Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 290 Ancient Magic and the Past

Gryffindor House Dormitory.

"Why are you not sleeping yet?"

Ron asked in a daze. He straightened up and sat up, watching Harry walking around the dormitory under the cover of darkness.

Harry's movements were very careful. If Ron hadn't had another nightmare about being scolded by a sweater, he would never have noticed that Harry was still awake in the middle of the night.

It could be seen that Harry was a little nervous, and he relaxed a lot until he found out that the person who woke up was Ron.

"The skull necklace is missing." He tried to lower his voice and said, "It's the skull specially used to contact Professor Heimer."

Ron woke up immediately, he was completely frightened.

"You actually lost Professor Hemmer's things?" His eyes looked as if Harry had committed a capital crime.

"Keep your voice down." Harry reminded quickly, and then added: "I didn't lose it on purpose. And I clearly remember that-"

He suddenly stopped talking.

"What?" Ron refused to let him go: "Is it related to the reason why you came back tonight?"

At this moment, Neville on the other side suddenly turned over and murmured something in his sleep, asking Leif not to run away.

Harry didn't answer. He glanced at Ron and turned around to leave the dormitory. Ron followed immediately without hesitating for too long, and he even skillfully took out Harry's invisibility cloak.

Harry didn't say much.

In fact, he didn't want to say anything.

At the beginning, it was obviously Professor Heimer who strictly ordered him not to reveal the deeper demonic lessons. But when Harry recalled his experience as a baby, Harry was unwilling to tell him about it.

He didn't even want to recall that memory. Once he remembered it, he would be extremely angry and at the same time resentful of his own powerlessness.

Under such conflicting thoughts, Harry remained silent. Ron probably also noticed that Harry's expression was not good-looking, so he simply didn't say a word and just silently followed him in small steps.

When they were about to reach the common room, Ron couldn't help it any longer. He tried to change the subject and said, "Did you forget the necklace somewhere, like near the armchair?"

"Probably." Harry reluctantly replied: "I'll go look for it again, so you don't have to follow me -"

"Hermione!" Ron suddenly interrupted Harry. He stared dumbfounded at the figure huddled up by the fireplace - Hermione was staring blankly at the bottle of fire in her hand until she heard Ron's cry.

He suddenly came back to his senses.

She smoothed the sleeves of her pink pajamas and changed her stern look almost instantly: "Where are you going to secretly go? Have you forgotten the feeling of Professor Heimer's confinement?"

"I should be asking you this, right?" Ron retorted dissatisfiedly: "What are you doing here so late at night? Are you still studying the final assessment of the Teacher Appreciation Ceremony?"

It seemed that Ron was right. Hermione muttered something in a low voice, probably something like it was so difficult and it was rare that she couldn't sleep, so she had to get up and study, etc., which made Ron feel like he was hearing some kind of horror story.

"What about you?"

Hermione collapsed on the sofa, her arm hooked with the flame bottle hanging weakly along the armrest. She asked feebly: "Are you also worried about the assessment?"

"You're talking about us, hahaha." Ron couldn't help but laugh: "Dude, did you hear that? Hermione actually thinks that we will worry about the assessment - it's worse than that."

After seeing the expression on Harry's face, Ron immediately warned: "Harry has lost Professor Hemmer's collection."

"What?" Hermione's reaction was almost exactly the same as Ron's: "What did you lose? Is it too late to admit your mistake now? Is it possible that you will only be detained for one semester?"

"It shouldn't be that bad." Harry's mood was completely confused by the reactions of the two people. He murmured in a low voice: "Professor Heimer shouldn't be worried about such a trivial matter. Maybe I fell into his trap.

It’s already in the office.”

Despite saying this, Harry's actions were neat and tidy. He immediately started rummaging around the lounge - especially the space between the gaps in the sofa, which was his focus.

Hermione and Ron immediately came to help. They still didn't want Harry to be in solitary confinement, not to mention that Christmas was coming, and missing the celebration would make Harry uncomfortable for a long time.

As time passed by, they searched everywhere they could, panting from exhaustion.

"Here comes the skull necklace." Hermione suddenly raised her wand and said, "Here comes the necklace, comes here the skull head, Professor Hemmer's collection - this won't work. If it succeeds, we won't need to sleep."

"What are you doing?" Harry asked with strange eyes.

"It's a senior class course, Flying Curse." Hermione stared at her wand in despair: "It seems like it's not working yet. Why are everything so difficult? The Patronus Charm and the ancient Transfiguration. Why did it suddenly happen?

It’s become like this.”

"You have to ask the Black Devil about this." Ron collapsed on the sofa panting and said, "I dare say Bill never learned such a difficult course when he was in school."

Harry looked around at the two people.

"Sorry." He said suddenly.

Hermione and Ron were both stunned. Only then did they remember why they learned the Patronus.

Those were all extra lessons arranged by Professor Heimer to help Harry.

"I seem to have said the wrong thing." Ron said belatedly.

"Oh, why am I so stupid?" Hermione said with a suppressed scream, which made Ron frown: "This is not a normal apology. Even I know what to do - ugh, it hurts, what are you doing?"

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Hermione slapped Ron hard and said with bright eyes: "Have you forgotten what day it is tonight? It's a full moon." She continued without waiting for the two to answer: "It's our first time to go up to the scepter.

The course is also held on a full moon night, which must be something unusual. For example, some rituals can only be completed during the full moon, so Professor Heimer can quickly help students understand their own magic circle items."

"Then what?" Ron asked stupidly, he couldn't understand the meaning of this.

"Then, of course, we need to look for the skull necklace and my bottle of fire." Hermione said with a look like you haven't figured it out yet: "Since this day is so special, it will definitely help, right? You guys

Do you still remember that the three of us successfully divined the same prophecy?"

Of course Harry remembered that it was the prophecy they made related to Sirius, and wanted to know whether they should tell the news about Sirius' appearance.

The answer is definitely that all three of them are the same, so Harry later told Professor Heimer about it and got the skull necklace as a communication item again.

"I understand." Harry said immediately: "Are you planning to let us divine the whereabouts of the skull necklace again tonight?"

"Not only that." Hermione said excitedly: "There is also the ancient transfiguration technique, which can turn the flame bottle into a catnive. This will definitely succeed."

Just when Harry couldn't wait to take out the recorder, Ron looked at the two of them and said abruptly: "Seriously, am I the only one who thinks this is risky?"

"What do you mean?" Hermione asked, putting down the bottle of fire.

"What else could it be?" Ron said exaggeratedly: "Of course it's Professor Highmore's ancient magic. Do you want to see the devil with your own eyes? I'm not talking about Harry's runes, but monsters. Just

Like - five-legged monsters? I have never seen them, but I can guess that they must be very scary."

"You're right." Harry slowly put down the recorder. He remembered the illusion he had seen in the ancient magic class when he first entered school - Professor Hemmer used a magic circle to summon the magic circle under Loch Ness.

What kind of monster, he managed to escape from being surrounded by the horse-shaped water monster.

And Professor Heimer really likes five-legged monsters. He compared those examples more than once to tell students the risks of letting their guard down a little in the process of learning ancient magic.

"What you said makes sense." Hermione actually confirmed Ron's statement, which made him more surprised than ever.

"But it shouldn't be a problem if I use transfiguration, right?" Hermione added: "You don't use the flame bottle to cast spells, but just through the wand. This is not ritual magic, so it will be fine."

"That's true." Ron nodded half-knowingly: "But is there any need to experiment like this? Isn't everything the same as usual?"

"Then it was just normal training." Hermione said anxiously, "I have to do something now, the assessment is almost driving me crazy."

Judging from Hermione's fluffy curly hair that almost exploded, what she said was really not an exaggeration at all.

Ron gave Harry a look that didn't know what to do.

"Then let's try it." He took a few steps back and said, as if he was afraid that Hermione would accidentally hurt her intentionally.

Hermione glared at him angrily, and then carefully placed the bottle of fire by the window, deliberately placing it in a position where one side was under the moonlight and the other side was illuminated by the flames of the fireplace, just like when Professor Hemmer taught class near the campfire.

"I'm going to start," she announced.

Harry and Ron took a few steps back in unison, and at the same time, he felt a little strange in his heart - why did tonight turn out like this?

Didn't he want to be alone for a while? Why did he end up watching Hermione perform Transfiguration?

However, Hermione had really started. She clenched the wand in her hand, then pointed it at the bottle of fire, and fired the spell with a bang.

The bottle of fire began to change slowly. Downy hair grew all over its body, its head came out of the mouth of the bottle, its limbs stretched out, the beard next to its mouth trembled, and it stood on all fours on the floor, vividly alive.

This is an orange cat, not a hybrid, with pointed ears and a tail like a lion's tail.

Hermione's eyes widened in surprise.

"I succeeded?" she said in disbelief, asking the other two shocked little wizards with her eyes.

"It looks like it." Ron tentatively walked over and stretched out a hand, wanting to touch the cat's ear.

"Hey."

Neko suddenly jumped and knocked Hermione to the ground on the other side of her. When she got up, she heard Ron say in surprise: "It must be, it is exactly the same as Crookshanks."

Yes, not polite at all——"

"Don't worry about it, it's going to run away!" Harry said anxiously. He pointed at the entrance of the passage. The cat had already gotten in and ran very fast.

"Stop it!" Harry turned around and said, "If Filch finds it running around in the corridor at night, you will be locked up with me!"

Hermione hurriedly rushed into the passage to cast a spell, and she muttered: "The catnives are coming——"

Mao Lizi ran to the final entrance.

"The cat nives are coming!"

It skillfully opened the door with its claws and disappeared in a flash.

Hermione looked at its back and said, "Why is it so difficult?"

"hiss--"

At this moment, a series of cold voices emerged in the common room. Hermione and Ron were silent at the same time. They looked at Harry and found that he had taken out his recorder and was playing Parseltongue tunes from his mouth.

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The rune snake appeared, and its two remaining heads were exposed in front of Hermione and Ron, making them open their mouths in surprise.

"Am I dazzled?" Ron rubbed his eyes vigorously and asked, "Or did it really lose its head?"

Harry pursed his lips tightly. He thought of this method completely subconsciously, and by the time he reacted, it was already too late to stop himself.

As a result, the Parseltongue continued to play strange tunes. At Harry's command, the runes immediately scurried into the passage and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Hermione and Ron were both looking at Harry, but he just deliberately changed the subject and said: "We should be able to catch that naughty cat in a while."

"But -" Ron asked in confusion: "What are these things next to you?"

"Huh?" Harry blinked hard like Ron did before. He noticed that after the runes left, a layer of black smoke surrounded him at some point, gathering and never dissipating.

At this moment, it seemed natural——

"Kids, close your eyes."

Toby Highmore strode into the common room, holding the catnivet in one hand and Harry's devil snake wrapped around his other arm.

"Do it now." He repeated.

The trio immediately complied. They didn't even have time to exchange glances, and couldn't understand why Professor Heimo suddenly appeared here.

Only Harry vaguely guessed something, and this was what Ron reminded him - it seemed that he shouldn't use the devil's pure ancient magic on the full moon, as it would bring trouble to them all, and might even turn into

monster.

However, in front of Harry's closed eyes, Toby seemed to understand what he was worried about and said: "Don't worry, kid, as long as I'm here, nothing will happen to you."

Under Toby's thick curly hair was an extremely pale face. He seemed to have been seriously injured and could not even stand firmly.

But he still stared closely at the scene in front of him——

The black mist formed a scene - two people performing ancient ritual magic under the full moon. It looked very complicated and I couldn't remember it.

But if you look carefully, you can find that there is a vaguely empty space beside the two people.

That is an invisible man who really exists and is also the third skeleton.

Toby looked away from this familiar scene and turned to the invisibility cloak that fell on the floor.

He picked up the invisibility cloak that was emitting light, and felt the distinctive blazing heat, which seemed to be about to burn out.

Until the end, Toby did not let go of his hand.

Grindelwald foresaw the past, and so did Toby.

The full moon records the past and transmits it to future wizards through ancient magic.

At the same time, a curse was also given to them.