Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 289 Law of Conservation of Magic

Toby was no stranger to the Wizarding War. Although he left England very early, Voldemort had long since stopped restraining himself. At the same time, he also made it clear to everyone that Hogwarts had become the most powerful place in the wizarding world at that time.

One of the safe places.

"It's war again." Grindelwald said contemptuously: "Do you just keep repeating these words? But why do you ask others not to do something you once agreed with? Do you really have this qualification?

What, Albus?"

It seemed that everything in the report was true. Reading the article was far less shocking than seeing it with his own eyes. Al couldn't help but look at them with wide eyes.

Toby stared silently at the Book of Access in his hand. He didn't say a word, as if he was distracted.

"You know the reason better than anyone else." Dumbledore said in a serious tone: "The tragedy made me wake up, but it made you sink deeper and deeper. You have never changed from the beginning, and I have not changed either.

I no longer expect this to happen. You disappoint me, Gellert."

Grindelwald pursed his lips tightly. These words seemed to bring him great harm, even decades of imprisonment could not compare with it.

But when he spoke, his tone was extremely calm, so calm that even the temperature in the air seemed to have dropped a few points.

"Then let your students do the evaluation."

Grindelwald said: "But before that, I think he needs to know the whole truth, which also includes the truth that you have always guessed but refused to tell him."

Toby tightened his gaze and immediately looked at Dumbledore, asking him how much he had hidden from him.

"Didn't you say that you have owned the Book of Access for a longer time?" Grindelwald added: "After all these years, don't you realize it at all? Don't you know the origin of pure-blood supremacy? Still

There's wizard supremacy, do you really think it's all wrong? All for no reason?"

"Stop pretending to be stupid. Since you don't want to say it, let me tell your students -"

"[The Law of Conservation of Magic], this is the source of everything."

"Conservation of magic." Toby frowned and repeated these words in a low voice.

"That's it." Grindelwald continued: "I think there should be a wizard who discovered this, such as Salazar Slytherin, so he became so reckless later, even at the risk of fighting with Hogwarts.

The other three founders broke up because he knew very well what would happen next - as time went by, and as more and more magical creations became available, and affected by these things, the number of wizards would only increase.

few."

"Because magic is conserved. Otherwise, why has the number of wizards in the entire magical world not changed much after so many years? Is this really a coincidence?"

"I think some people don't think so, and they are already implementing actions - the killing of giants, and the goblin war. They are also magical creatures, but because they are still alive, there are fewer wizards. Every time

If someone detects similar signs, the same situation will happen again and it will never end."

"This is magic and a curse, a curse that no one can avoid."

"Do you want me to continue talking?"

Dumbledore closed his eyes in pain, knowing that there was nothing he could do to stop Toby from continuing to listen.

Ever since the term "Law of Conservation of Magic" appeared, Toby's eyes have never left Grindelwald.

He continued to say in a bewitching tone: "Looking back to the inside of the wizard, it is not a piece of iron. Salazar Slytherin, look what he has chosen? Let the more valuable pure-blood wizards live.

Muggle-born people are not worthy of living. He has a stubborn prejudice against blood, but now it seems that he is not completely wrong. This is a way to allow more trustworthy blood to continue. Because, sooner or later, there will be

One day, someone among the Muggle-borns will realize that there are not many wizards worth living, and that they who are in a weak position may die from this at any time, in order to provide pure-blood wizards with a better life.

Make room for the birth of a baby.”

"It's not even that it didn't happen."

Grindelwald stared into Toby's eyes, and he spoke faster: "You have noticed it, right? Ritual magic, and magic circle. Why are these two such different types of magic born? One is more biased

Tradition, while the other is full of logic, which is something wizards are not good at."

"Because it was created by Muggle-borns." Toby murmured in a dazed tone: "Wands. At a certain period, Muggle-borns have begun to distrust wands. They must have their own power.

Only in this way can we resist the persecution of pure-blood wizards."

Grindelwald looked at Toby with satisfaction, and then turned his attention to the pale Dumbledore.

"Do you have anything to retort?" he asked.

Dumbledore seemed to have become countless times older in an instant. He heard Toby still talking to himself, carefully analyzing all the gains he had gained at Hogwarts——

"House is right. Mars means war. He has long known the law of conservation of magic, so he foresaw the emergence of wizard supremacy in advance, as well as the war that is bound to come - between wizards and other magical creatures.

War. His guess was correct about the centaurs, and by the way, there were centaurs. They also followed House's instructions to actively avoid conflicts with wizards. Maybe even House chose not to go because of this.

Became the fifth founder of Hogwarts, because that would intensify the conflict between him and Slytherin and lead to the emergence of pure-blood superiority in advance."

"Toby." Dumbledore said weakly, trying to communicate with Toby.

But Toby suddenly raised his head, stared at Dumbledore, gritted his teeth and said: "The city under Loch Ness, all the people living there are Muggles. They are trapped there as a last resort.

, because the Pen of Acceptance will record their names when they are born, allowing them to be targeted by pure-blood wizards. There must be. There must be more reliable and trustworthy Muggle-born people to save them. Maybe.

This is also how the bone age algae appears, so that they can accurately distinguish each other and not be fooled by pure-blood liars."

"Do you know these things? Have you also guessed the hidden history, Dumbledore?"

Toby has started to change his names.

There was sadness in Dumbledore's eyes, and Grindelwald shook his head slightly. He said: "It's time for you to know the truth. If you don't mind, maybe I should let you take a look.

What exactly did I see on that full night that made me decide to leave Nurmengard."

He took out a skull cigarette pot from his small pocket. Dumbledore raised his wand almost at the same time, but the next second, Toby took the initiative to step forward.

"Don't really make this irreversible."

He warned, holding the black walnut wand firmly in his hand and pointing it at Dumbledore without hesitation.

"You know me. I can't deceive myself. This is what black walnut brings to me. It's no longer a power, it's a complete curse."

The expression on Dumbledore's face froze.

Just as he hesitated for a moment, Grindelwald had already brought the skull cigarette pot to his mouth, took a strong drag, and then exhaled a cloud of smoke.

The smoke formed a picture - in the picture, a man was tied up, and standing in front of him was another wizard, holding an ornate scepter in his hand - the same thing that Toby got in the temple.

The scepter is exactly the same.

Toby saw the wizard raising his scepter and pointing it at the tied and scarred man.

He was hit by the spell, and his body began to slowly change. It melted like wax, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a ball of dark smoke. He took on a human form and stood up slowly. Just as he was about to start wreaking crazy destruction, he was

The wizard holding the scepter stopped him, and then animals formed from black smoke rushed in and forcibly controlled the humanoid devil, making him unable to move.

That's all there is in the picture.

"This is not a prophecy, but past history. This should be beyond your expectation, Dumbledore, do you see clearly?"

Grindelwald raised his voice and said: "Have you seen clearly the crimes committed by those pure-blood wizards? They are turning Muggle-born people into devils. You should be very familiar with this. Toby, you are very aware of these special

Whatever torture the devil will encounter, it will never end."

"This is the real war that can never be avoided - this is the war between wizards and wizards. In comparison, goblins and giants are nothing. They have been maintained in a relatively safe place.

within the quantity range.”

"But then the Statute of Secrecy came along."

Under Toby's rapidly flashing gaze, Grindelwald continued: "I believe that the Statute of Secrecy is definitely a law jointly created by wizards who know the truth. They know the existence of the law of conservation of magic and are also very aware of the power of wizards.

The trapped people cannot really fight against the growing number of Muggles. That’s why they use such harsh methods in implementation, and no one can disobey them.”

"But I think they seem to have overlooked one extremely critical thing - that is, in order to protect wizards from being troubled by Muggles, they must use a large number of protection spells, which further reduces the magic level of the entire wizarding world."

"Ancient magic also began to decline after the "Secrecy Act" was actually implemented."

"Now that you already know the existence of the law of conservation of magic, you should also understand that when the magic power is reduced, powerful ancient magic is extremely difficult to cast. This has led to the severance of the inheritance of ancient magic. No one will

Use them no more. And, this is why I value you."

At this moment, Grindelwald confided his heart very frankly, showing his unparalleled trust in Toby.

"Because only you can study ancient magic so persistently and try to find them. What you did is right. As the level of magic gradually decreases, the power of wizards has long been not as good as before. Only

Those ancient creations still possess powerful power, and even if they suffer some losses, they are far more powerful than the current wizards."

"Whoever masters them will hold the key to the next war."

"So, do you still think what I did was wrong, Toby?"

Grindelwald slowly turned his back. He no longer cared about anyone attacking him. He walked up to the skeleton with the missing head and turned his attention to the other intact skeleton.

He spoke slowly, no longer as fast as before, neither in a hurry nor in a hurry.

"Wizard supremacy is the perfect solution to all problems. The Statute of Secrecy continues to reduce the level of magic. That must be broken, and we must successfully control Muggles before they have the power to cause disaster more easily.

Otherwise, one day, wizards will not be able to cast even a simple unmarkable spell."

"There is also the blood of wizards. I believe this should be your biggest concern, Toby. Compared with pure-blood supremacy, wizard supremacy does not care about the difference in blood at all. On the contrary, I will try to make me

The students found those Muggle-born babies as soon as possible and protected them. Every wizard is extremely precious, and no one can give them up."

He turned back and looked at Toby again.

"You have been looking for these skeletons, right? Is it because you have also foreseen something, and the influence on you has not been completely eliminated? And Al, your lovely assistant, it is not without reason.

It appeared, didn’t it?”

"Now, Toby, I'm right, and so are you. It's time to pursue truly great ideals that only we can achieve, and no one else can."

"It's time to make your choice. Will you fight me with the person who deceived you, or will you decide to go to the Ministry of Magic with me and take away the last skeleton?"

The room suddenly became quiet, there was no sound at all.

Al lay nervously on Toby's shoulder. He tried to grab Toby's hair several times, but every time he extended his claws, he would withdraw them in fear.

Dumbledore said seriously: "I shouldn't have given you the opportunity to meet."

"You're right." Toby finally spoke. He turned to look at Dumbledore, and then looked sideways at Grindelwald.

"But you all guessed one thing wrong. There is absolutely no need for me to look for the third skeleton."

He calmed down all expressions and pointed the wand at Dumbledore, and Al also pointed at Grindelwald with the wand that originally belonged to "Lupin".

At this time, Toby looked extremely calm, even more terrifying and frightening than Grindelwald just now.

He said:

"There are three people in the room now, that's enough."

——

Earlier tonight, when the sky was gloomy.

Hunger and cold tortured Sirius. He had not had a normal meal for many days and had to look for food in garbage dumps or eat dead rats.

He couldn't stop for a moment, someone was looking for him, and there were more than one group of people.

Except for Regulus, the other group may belong to Dumbledore, but Sirius can't believe anyone now, not any stranger.

Sirius knew very well that he had to find a safe place to live before night came, otherwise the remaining physical strength would not be able to last for too long, and any magic might cause his position to be exposed.

He already wants to know where to go.

This is a simple street where poor people live.

The big black dog forced himself through the shabby door and came to a familiar house.

This is the house that belongs to Lupin. If he hadn't seen the news that he was working at Hogwarts, Sirius would have taken this risk anyway.

But it was different now. The most important thing was that the grudge against Lupine in his heart had been completely gone - the person who betrayed the Potters was not the werewolf Lupine, but Peter Pettigrew.

Sirius must live to see Peter punished.

With an unpleasant creaking sound, the door of the house was slowly pushed open.

As Sirius expected, there was no one here. Lupine should be enjoying a delicious dinner at Hogwarts at this time.

The big black dog returned to his human form, and Sirius rushed to the kitchen almost instantly. No one had ever seen him in such embarrassment. But compared with filling his stomach, his demeanor has long become a buried memory.

, I rarely even dream about it in my sleep.

Just as Sirius was rummaging through the boxes, he suddenly heard a movement from upstairs.

This made him extremely vigilant. He grabbed the even dirtier wand with his muddy hand, and bit into a piece of bread that was about to expire. It didn't taste very good, but he still devoured it. At the same time,

Walking up the stairs step by step.

There is only one bedroom on the second floor.

Standing in front of the door, Sirius listened carefully for a while, and he was sure that the sound came from this room.

I really hope it's just a mouse, so he can have extra food tonight.

The door was opened cautiously, and as soon as Sirius emerged, he saw the person tied to the bed, his mouth gagged.

"How will you be here?"

Sirius stared suspiciously at the controlled Lupine, and he commanded his wand to fling the strip of cloth out of Lupine's mouth.

As soon as he could speak out, Lupine said weakly: "Hurry up and inform Dumbledore so that he can stop Toby as soon as possible!"

"What are you talking about?" Sirius said disgustedly: "Hammer trapped you here?"

"It's not him," Lupine's tone became more and more anxious: "It's your brother, Regulus. I didn't expect that he was still alive. It was he who controlled me and didn't let me starve to death. But, after I changed

He won't show up when I'm dead, and has long been hiding away, but pain can make people recover their lost memories."

"I remembered part of it."

"Toby Highmore, he deceived me when we were exploring the snowy mountains. When I transformed into a werewolf, he forcibly took away my memories and sealed them in ice cubes that will never melt. This was something he had already done.

The trap is set.”

Looking at Sirius who still couldn't understand the current situation, Lupine shouted with all his strength: "Don't worry about so much, you just need to tell Dumbledore that Toby's memory is complete and there is no defect at all!"

"Go quickly! He remembers everything! It's too late!"