Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 284 Devil

In the Gryffindor common room, Ron said seriously: "Harry must be hiding something from us."

Hermione was immersed in reading the latest issue of "Transfiguration Today", hoping to find tips on how to turn objects into cats.

"Yes." She said casually and quickly turned the pages of the book.

"What do you think the reason is?" Ron put aside the paper for the Transfiguration class and said mysteriously: "Could it be because of the devil again?"

He lowered his voice: "I don't think there's anything wrong with Harry. He seems quite normal recently."

Hermione took away "Transfiguration Today" in disappointment. She couldn't find anything useful in it.

It's already a little late now. Hermione still has eight classes to attend tomorrow, so there's no way she can spare any extra time.

or

Ron was still chattering: "Tell me, what will happen when we really learn the Patronus? Will that help Harry? It's not that I don't have confidence in Professor Heimer, it's just my progress.

It’s really a bit slow. If I learn it too late, I’ll—”

He turned his head and found that Hermione beside him had disappeared, and all the textbooks and other things had also disappeared.

"Did I encounter a ghost?" Ron said in horror. He immediately stood up and shouted in the common room: "Can you see me? Can you hear me?!"

——

In the common room, Wood, who was reading the article "Ancient Magic, Flight and Potions" in The Quibbler, suddenly raised his head.

"Who? Who is calling me?"

He looked around confusedly and found a familiar figure suddenly coming out of the doorway with a bulging backpack.

"Eh? That seems to be it?"

Wood turned his head and looked at the sofa on the other side.

"Anyway, I have something to be busy with."

Wood saw Harry suddenly running towards the entrance of the passage, and also saw Hermione and Ron who looked confused. Then he turned his attention to the entrance of the passage again and found that the familiar figure from before had disappeared.

"Did I read it wrong?" He scratched his head and said, "There really are two people with such fluffy hair - Hey, don't leave, and finish reading this article with me." Wood stopped thinking

Fred and George, who were about to sneak away quietly, stopped. He said seriously: "Ancient magic and flying will definitely come in handy during the competition."

"You forgot to mention the potion." Fred said with a yawn.

"And that's the course Flint participated in." George yelled from the side: "Do you really think you can learn anything from the trolls? If you ask me, you might as well join us.

, Fred and I recently came up with a good idea to make a fortune——"

Wood interrupted and asked: "Is it an automatic bat? Or a quick-grabbing glove?"

George and Fred were stunned.

"Forget what I just said."

"Or are these two ideas of yours better? Did you learn them both from this article? Is there any extra "The Quibbler"?"

——

It wasn't until she got out of the passageway that Hermione finally breathed a sigh of relief. She walked quickly through the corridors, trying to find a place as soon as possible where she wouldn't be discovered by her past self - Dean McGonagall had warned her not to interact with her.

If you meet your past self, something terrible will happen.

"That's right, Harry!"

She suddenly stopped and said, remembering Harry's behavior.

Just at this moment, the passageway opened again, and Harry ran out in a panic, attracting the attention of everyone in the corridor - Hermione also saw him. But Harry didn't notice Hermione hiding in the corner at all.

Just keep your head down and run.

Hermione looked around, thought for a moment, then stamped her feet and chased after him with a heavy backpack on her back.

Ron's words before reminded her that it would be terrible if it was really the devil who caused the trouble. She is now working hard to learn the Patronus. Although she succeeded once by luck, she still has a long way to go before she can summon a tangible Patronus.

distance.

Not only was Ron afraid that he would waste Harry's time, but Hermione also began to feel the same way.

"boom!"

Hermione, who had been chasing quietly for a while, saw that Harry suddenly bumped into another person, and he fell so badly that she thought it would be better not to follow him, but to help Harry up first - but then

The person who came down interrupted her thoughts.

It's Cedric Diggory.

This is Hermione's imaginary enemy, and it has been since the first grade - at that time, Hermione could help Professor Hemmer correct typos in new books, and Cedric was Mr. Al's assistant. However, there is still

Hermione was expelled before a year had passed, but Cedric was still staying well.

Not only that, Hermione also knew that Cedric became the student selected by Professor Heimer in the special course of the Teacher Appreciation Ceremony not long ago - of course, Hermione, who was selected by Dean McGonagall, had no idea.

She was too jealous of this, but she still wanted to know if Professor Heimer had started writing a new textbook.

Hermione was hiding behind a pair of armor. She saw Cedric and Harry talking together, and then walking away together.

This immediately made Hermione think about it.

Could it be that Harry just came to see Cedric? But why did he hide it from himself and Ron?

Is it because of me?

Hermione's guesses began to become more and more outrageous - if Harry wanted to go to Cedric, just go ahead and do it. He shouldn't think that he would be angry with him for this, right?

Do I usually get angry that much?

Now, Hermione's purpose of secretly following him was not that simple. It was not only for Harry, but also to clear her own name. While hanging far behind the two of them, she gradually became dissatisfied.

Soon, Hermione discovered where the two people in front of her were going.

It's the classroom where the Black Devil Club is located. Hermione is very familiar with this route. And not long ago, she also discovered something unique about the door of that classroom - as long as you press and hold the door on the other side to open it, you can appear

In an extra empty classroom, it is specially used to give special courses to special students.

Unfortunately, Hermione met Bloody Barrow that time, and she didn't know the rules of that class. As a result, she left after just sitting for a while. She didn't learn anything, except that it was probably related to the magic of the soul.

Hmm. Soul?

And that special classroom.

Hermione's thoughts gradually became clearer, and she felt that she finally understood Harry's intentions. There was nothing wrong with his devil, he just came to class secretly.

At this moment, Hermione felt really uncomfortable and weird - Harry went to class without her?

This is truly an unforgivable betrayal!

She walked over to the door of the club classroom angrily, intending to ask Harry why he had such a prejudice against her.

It can't be because he wasn't allowed to copy the Transfiguration class homework, right?

By the time Hermione arrived at the door, Harry and Cedric had already gone in. She was about to knock on the door, but the door opened from the inside at this moment——

Draco Malfoy was originally very happy. He finally got the news from Professor Heimer. He would soon put the goat-eating balls in the list of prizes in the wish box, and it was expected to officially appear after Christmas.

But just when he was about to leave and go back to write to his father asking if he wanted to advertise in Diagon Alley, a clenched fist suddenly came from behind the newly opened door and hit him in the face without hesitation.

.

"ah!"

Draco screamed, covering his nose and leaning back.

"ah!"

Hermione also screamed, and she was startled. But once she saw the person who appeared at the door - it was Malfoy?

Hermione's eyes suddenly became a little wonderful. She clapped her hands calmly and pretended to be vicious and said: "This is to repay your punishment for insulting me on the Quidditch pitch last year. You deserve this punch."

"

In his second year, Draco once called Hermione a Mudblood during a dispute on the Quidditch field. This was later discovered by Professor Highmore. For this, Slytherin House was responsible for a full fifty-point deduction.

The price. And the people who were fighting at the scene were not spared. They saw Professor Heimer possessed by the Pharaoh mask that night. Some people became mummies and lost that memory, but some people still occasionally do things because of it.

Nightmare - Toby the Mummy ranks second only to Toby the Devil in the hierarchy of fear.

"Professor!" After seeing clearly who was coming, Draco screamed in pain: "Someone hit me, Professor!"

professor?

Hermione's eyes widened, and she looked into the room - there was a person sitting on that extraordinary sofa chair. He was quietly looking out the window, and he didn't know what he was looking at.

It was impossible for Toby not to notice the abnormality at the door, but he didn't even turn his head after hearing Draco's call, but said slowly: "Mr. Malfoy, I suddenly thought of a brilliant idea - when a violation

When the behavior of school regulations involves more than two students, the punishment should not only be a deduction of points, but also a way to resolve personal grudges - what do you think of a duel?"

He finally turned his head slowly and said.

"If I were the principal, I would officially make dueling one of the school rules and let students vent all their dissatisfaction on the duel field, so as to solve all the troubles at once."

Hermione only thought that this idea sounded good and very Professor Hemmer's style.

Draco immediately realized that Professor Highmore was still thinking about what he said about "Mudblood", and at the same time, he remembered that Professor Highmore was also a Muggle-born - he had obviously found the wrong person.

No matter how fair he is, it is inevitable that Professor Heimer has his own likes and dislikes.

Malfoy did not dare to stay any longer. He was afraid that almost no one would even turn over after eating a sheep ball, so he left in despair, holding his nose.

Hermione was still being stared at by Professor Heimer, and she became panicked little by little.

Someone has to say something at this time.

Since Professor Heimer doesn't want to say it, then...

"Professor, have you started writing a new book?" Hermione asked confusedly.

Her look reminded Toby immediately of the letter he received before taking office - it was really fierce.

"Ahem." Toby coughed twice and chose to avoid answering Hermione's question.

He said: "I thought you were here to ask questions related to transfiguration, or for an assessment."

"Uh." Hermione became afraid to look into Professor Hemmer's eyes, and her expression began to feel guilty - should she tell the truth?

Professor Heimer is most willing to punish students who lie in front of him.

Fortunately, the worst prediction did not happen.

Toby called Hermione over directly. He took a look at the bulging backpack and asked with interest: "Did you carry Crookshanks on your back? Or did you create a lot of fire bottles again?"

"neither"

Hermione opened her backpack, revealing that it was filled with magic books. These were reference books that she had finally found in the library.

"Let me take a look." Toby took a copy of "The Origin of Transfiguration" and flipped through it. He shook his head and said, "This book is useless. It is for young wizard children. It is already long for you."

No more use."

""Principles of Transformation". This one is no good either. It's all useless techniques. It can't even turn your opponent into a toad."

"Huh?" Hermione handed over another book blankly.

"'How to Become an Animagus', this one is not bad." Toby commented: "But it's best to wait until you are in fifth grade to read it. At that time, you can keep up with Dean McGonagall's course progress, otherwise

It’s too early, and you may become a five-legged monster—although I haven’t seen it before, you still have to be careful.”

"Five-legged monsters." Hermione repeated it several times in her mind and silently put the book at the bottom of her backpack.

As time passed, Toby briefly commented on each book that Hermione borrowed, and then recommended another part of the book list by the way. He wrote it on the parchment and handed it to Hermione.

"I believe these books will help you." Toby said casually: "As for the books in the forbidden book area, it will not work. It depends on your ability. Don't expect me to give you an IOU, otherwise the principal may not know what to do -

—Well, just pretend you didn’t hear the second half of the sentence.”

Hermione nodded obediently. She had never known that Professor Heimer was so familiar with the books in the library. He had memorized every magic book and almost remembered the contents inside.

She suddenly wanted to go back to being a corrector again.

"Professor, me."

"Toby Highmore."

At this time, a arrogant and cold voice interrupted her.

Ms. Gray walked through the door. She glanced at Hermione who was stunned, and then said angrily: "You promised me that you wouldn't let that guy appear in front of me."

"Yes, what's wrong?" Toby asked confusedly: "We have agreed that I will help you understand the soul in the crown, and you will be responsible for teaching my students. Is there any problem?"

Starting from "What's wrong", Hermione suddenly found that she couldn't hear any sound. She looked back and forth in horror, and suddenly realized that she had worn a pair of earplugs at some point - and Mr. Al also appeared next to her.

, it raised its paws and shook it, telling her not to take off the earplugs yet, and then raised the small shovel in its hand as if to demonstrate - which made Hermione feel funny.

"Harry Potter." Ms. Gray said in an extremely cold tone: "You clearly know that he is that guy's disciple-"

"Wait a minute." Toby immediately interrupted: "I think we may have some misunderstanding."

"It can't be wrong." Ms. Gray said forcefully: "I have heard about those things, and I can still see the difference between normal classes and treatment of disciples. Let's stop here."

Toby stared at Ms. Gray's back in shock, and shouted: "What did you hear? Please explain it clearly? Merlin, ancient wizards are really difficult to communicate with - okay, take off her earplugs."

Miss Granger, you can go back."

"Oh." Hermione immediately stopped talking dumbly with Mr. Al and planned to go to the library now to borrow the books on the parchment according to the list.

Wait until he leaves.

Toby suddenly turned to look at Al and asked, "Have you found the time turner?"

Al nodded disdainfully, disgusted with Toby's behavior of trying to steal students' belongings - it was not difficult at all, and it was much more boring than during previous adventures.

At least it's extremely different from the difficulty of stealing a pharaoh's mask from a mummy.

"Don't give me such a look." Toby stood up dissatisfied and said, "What else are you going to do? Go to the Ministry of Magic and steal one? This is not the past. We can't really kidnap Fudge. Okay, you

Go back too."

He and Al left the office together, one walking down the corridor, the other still standing in front of the door.

Toby pressed the other side of the door and pushed it open. He stared at Harry as soon as he walked in.

"It's terrible." He said with a headache.