Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 273 Scepter

Office of Ancient Magic.

The Mason door leaned against the wall quietly. Al touched it cautiously, and then immediately retracted his claws.

"How about it?"

Angela, who had just come out of the disappearing cabinet, asked: "When will it mature? Will there be any problems?"

Toby was sitting behind the desk. He was flipping through the Book of Access boredly, watching a lot of familiar names or names that he had never heard of flash before his eyes one by one.

"Ajinbad (Principal Wagadu) can't wait anymore?" He said casually: "Tell him that we have already agreed in advance that the reward for his willingness to help lie is the devil, and then in my

If requested, he needs to postpone it for a period of time. For this reason, he can give him the opportunity to enter the Mason Gate this year and do whatever he wants to study. But the premise is that the Mason Gate cannot be damaged - so there is no use in hurrying. You have to wait for it to mature first.

",

Angela didn't listen to Toby's words at all, she had already got the answer from Al - by coincidence, it happened to be the same day as the celebration - both were Christmas.

"That should be no problem." She said cheerfully, turned her head to look at Toby's thoughtful face, and asked curiously: "Are you very busy recently? Do you have a lot of worries?"

"Never less." Toby sighed, he put down the admission book and said, "Are you free that day?"

"You mean Christmas?" Angela blinked: "Are you going to invite me to the dinner? But I remember that the British Minister of Magic will also come -"

"When will I treat you to dinner?" Toby asked blankly: "What I want to say is that if you are free then, maybe you can help me keep an eye on Ajinbad. I have other things that day.

There are so many things to do and I’m so busy.”

Angela was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "How can you doubt Principal Akinbad? He -"

"I know he was kind enough to take you in." Toby interrupted: "But the Mason Gate is still too important, and someone must look after him. And, yes, I doubt him. Not just him, many people

I have suspected them all, and some of them are not even human beings. If you don’t believe it, you can ask Al.”

Angela turned her head and looked over with strange eyes, and Al immediately nodded aggrievedly.

Isn't it? Toby treated it as a magical animal from the beginning and thought about it all day long to restore it to its original shape.

But where is the truth?

"What about me?" Angela's mind suddenly became enlightened, and she asked, "Have you ever doubted me?"

"This is an excellent quality of Slytherin - shrewdness. I can't forget this. If I can learn it earlier, maybe I can stay at Hogwarts when I graduate. But of course, I

You can’t deceive yourself or others, it’s hard to grasp the scale in between. So——”

Toby yawned and asked lazily: "Are you free on Christmas?"

He returned to the original question.

"No." Angela said angrily, turning to look at Al, deliberately not looking at Toby.

"You mentioned it a little late. There happened to be an exchange event between Wagadu and Beauxbatons Academy of Magic that day. I have to be responsible for leading the team to protect the safety of the students."

"Beauxbatons?" Toby said thoughtfully: "I remembered that there is a giant female principal there. I originally wanted to send you there, but you know, because of my research, and...

Many people were unhappy - including Ms. Maxim. She dismissed my research. Like many people, she could only see the evil side. She was really narrow-minded. Or Ajinbad.

My horizons are broader.”

Angela said nothing and was still making trouble.

"Al." Toby said abruptly: "Give her the scepter."

Al immediately looked at Toby with his eyes wide open - to whom? Angela? That was what he had managed to snatch away.

Angela acted even more shocked than Al, and she began to doubt whether the person in front of her was Toby.

Toby simply stood up and walked over. He lifted Al's body, turned his head downward, and shook it hard. When a lot of things fell out, he still comforted him in a good voice:

"Don't be so stingy, we already have a lot of collections, don't we? Look, there's also Gryffindor's sword here."

Al yelled angrily: Those are their collections, they all belong to Dumbledore, or Hogwarts would be more appropriate.

"Sooner or later it will be ours." Toby said confidently: "Otherwise, who else will be the principal in the future? Dean McGonagall? She will let me."

In order to avoid Angela misunderstanding, Toby turned to her and added: "I am referring to the student that Dean McGonagall likes, rather than using threats or other means. Don't worry, I'm not that bad yet."

to a certain point.”

"I never doubted this." Angela said subconsciously. She was still immersed in the shock that Toby was about to return the scepter to herself, and Toby really did so and soon dropped it to the floor.

He picked up the scepter, wiped it with his sleeve casually, then handed it to Angela and said: "Take it, you should know how to keep it well, don't let other people see it, let those with ill intentions

People think it's still with me - anyway, Hogwarts and Dumbledore are blocking it."

"You are so cold-blooded." Angela said movedly, grabbing the scepter and refusing to let go.

Al stared with nostalgia at this scepter, which was rarely left even in the magical world. It suddenly turned its head and looked at Toby, and then Angela, who had come back to her senses, did the same.

"Don't ask anything, and don't say anything."

Toby looked into Angela's silver eyes, and he said slowly: "You just need to remember one thing, no matter when and where you are, you must bring your disappearing cabinet with you."

Angela knew that Toby would not return the scepter to her for no reason. Most importantly, she knew very well that no one could change Toby's determination, and she certainly could not.

But she gave it one last try.

"If you change your mind now—"

Toby interrupted mercilessly: "Go back quickly. This is your first college exchange on behalf of Wagadu. You must still have a lot of things to be busy with."

Angela wanted to say that it was all arranged by Principal Ajinbad, and she didn't need to worry about it at all.

But she would not reveal her guilty conscience in front of Toby, and it would be easier to accept it if it were Al.

After watching Angela get into the cabinet and leave, Toby and Al looked at each other in silence for a while.

"ah"

After a long time, Al was the first to be defeated.

"If you are willing." Toby said with a smile: "Maybe then you can drink to your heart's content and no one will stop you, how about that?"

Al's eyes lit up with excitement, but soon dimmed.

"Yeah? (Is there really still a chance?)"

Toby, who could have fooled him, remained silent.

He is very good at ancient magic and has even done a lot of research on divination.

But until today, he has not been able to see through his future destiny, which is shrouded in thick smoke, accompanied by various dangerous scenes that have happened - the ruins of Loch Ness, the Egyptian pyramids, and the snow-capped mountains that never melt.

, bottomless desert, weird castle.

It almost filled his past and present. When he accidentally woke up, he found that he had been completely surrounded by mysterious ancient magic, whether it was good or bad.

But this did not affect Toby at all. He turned around and continued to study, even at the risk of taking risks himself.

This is for the glory of defeating pure blood, and also because he is a wizard who is even more Slytherin than Slytherin.

——

Defense Against the Dark Arts Office.

"Virgil doesn't look very good lately, what's wrong with him?"

"Maybe he wants to rehearse a drama. The rehearsal time has become a bit irregular recently, which makes it impossible for him to continue to have fun."

"Fun? Does he like Sirius's stories too?"

".Probably not."

Draco wondered why Lupine would have such an idea - how could an owl like a wizard's story?

As if to cover up his embarrassment, Lupine brought a cup over and said, "Would you like a cup of hot chocolate?"

Draco accepted it and no longer had the previous dislike.

He is currently in a special class at the Teachers' Commendation Ceremony.

During this period, Lupine helped him a lot, especially in the matter of making [Eating Sheep Balls].

According to Draco's idea, he envied Professor Heimer for having an almost omnipotent magic ball, so he wanted one himself.

But his sheep-eating ball is completely different from the magic ball.

Everything was inspired by Vergil, who miraculously survived after being bitten by a goat-eating beast. Lupine experimented with its feathers several times, and repeated it many times. In the end, he actually made a small and medium-sized animal.

of sphere.

Judging from the appearance, the goat-eating ball is about the same size as a magic ball. It has the ability to change the bloodline of magical animals, making their appearance no longer so strange, allowing wizards to freely raise them in the Muggle world without worrying about being discovered.

Any exception.

Just now, Lupine experimented with a swallow-tailed dog with a forked tail, and it turned out to be successful. Under the deformation of the sheep-eating ball, the forked tail gradually became less obvious, and finally turned into a single tail again.

Tail.

This can be done without even casting any spells.

Draco has almost imagined the results of this year's ministerial competition. No one can win her by then, not even Luna's anti-monster glasses, and Draco will no longer take her seriously.

"Give."

Lupine held the freshly mixed hot chocolate and placed it in front of Draco: "Drink it, and then this year's teacher recognition ceremony will end here. I hope you can get a good result, Draco.

"

"Is it about to end?" Draco asked in surprise. He didn't expect that the teacher recognition event would end so soon. It hasn't been long yet.

"It's been a long time." Lu Ping said with a smile: "Look at our results - the sheep-eating ball, named after the sheep-eating beast. Look at how amazing it is. I can guarantee that if we continue to go deeper,

If you continue your research, you may become a well-known expert in the magic world within a few years."

Draco immediately became proud, but he soon realized that all he had provided from beginning to end was Vergil, and almost all the rest of the work was done by Lupine alone.

"It's still early." He muttered, wondering if he really wanted to use this item to compete. Would Professor Heimer allow him to do so?

Regarding this, Draco, who had regained consciousness, had no idea at all.

"Are you worried about Toby?" Lupine could tell at a glance what Draco was worried about, and even if Draco was maintaining a good attitude, he could still see through his mind.

Draco was somewhat resistant to the feeling of being seen through. Lupine seemed to have a magical power and knew what he was thinking in his heart. Even though he was obviously used to hiding it.

"No," he said firmly, "I'm just hesitating when to hand over this item to scare those people."

"Definitely." Lu Ping said gently, without exposing his lie.

It's time to leave.

Draco stood up, put away the goat balls, and suddenly thought of something.

Before, Lu Ping had asked him what he was thinking about when he made the silver snake badge.

It turned out that Lupin's guess was very different from Draco's own feelings.

What Draco hated was the incident in which he was saved during flying lessons.

As for Lupine, he cited many examples to prove that Lucius was under threat from Toby, and it was natural that Toby was the one Draco held a grudge against.

Although the results were somewhat disappointing, the matter was dropped later. Lupine never mentioned it again, and Draco had no intention of thinking about it, and was immersed in making sheep balls.

But in the end, he vaguely felt that even he didn't know what he had done in the production process.

Indeed, the biggest credit for making the sheep-eating balls belongs to Lupine, but Draco did not do nothing - he also needed to recite the spell, and many of them were key links that must be maintained to make silver.

Snake emblem when the mood is good.

"No, you have completed the most important part." Facing Draco's question, Lupine patiently explained: "This is also a very important point in magic. Emotions are always indispensable. This belongs to you.

Eating the sheep balls must be done by you. If you are worried that Toby will not allow you to pass, then you can ask him to come to me. I believe he will understand. "

Draco felt a lot more relieved. He now hoped that the Teachers' Appreciation Ceremony would not end so soon, so that he might be able to learn more from Lupine.

This is much more interesting than Defense Against the Dark Arts.

"By the way, Professor." Draco no longer cared about the so-called title. Before leaving, he asked one last time: "Is this the end of the Teacher Appreciation Ceremony? I heard that there will be real results this time.

It appears completely different from last time.”

"Are you trying to say, can I beat other professors?" Lupine said with a smile: "Believe me, Draco, this is impossible. Even without Toby, Dean McGonagall, and many others

The professor is here, but there is also Principal Dumbledore."

"Just wait and see, I believe it will be interesting."