Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 297 Dinner Party

"I still don't understand, since someone is obviously pretending to be a circus owner, why doesn't the principal not allow us to reveal this matter, especially Aurors, they are everywhere now, it shouldn't be difficult to catch someone

of."

In the tent, Ron said these words to Harry and Hermione. He couldn't understand it.

"Perhaps it's because the principal wants to solve this problem personally." Hermione guessed: "Or it's because he doesn't think Aurors have this ability. I know this seems impossible, but if it were replaced by Deng

It's much easier for people to accept what Blido said, isn't it? He is the most qualified to judge others."

"Maybe." Harry stretched his neck and looked around, hoping to find Dumbledore in the crowd, but his hope was quickly dashed, and he also saw Percy walking over.

"Urgent notice." He said: "Because there are too many students staying in school during the holiday, the principal has temporarily decided to arrange a carriage back to school for us. Everyone will set off together in a while."

After Percy left, Harry said to the two people: "Now it seems that the principal has done nothing. At least we don't have to walk back in the wind and snow."

Finally, the circus people had started to pack their luggage, and the students from the four colleges were about to leave. Fred and George looked at Cedric's bulging pockets with strange eyes, which were the addresses left by the young girls.

You can contact them at any time by just writing a letter.

And the even scarier thing is that Luna received more than ten times as many contact information as Cedric, filling all her and Ginny's pockets, and someone also prepared a bag for them with many precious things in it.

one's gift.

Fairy Weiqi has been diligently guarding them. He kept warning: "You can accept all the gifts, but you will give me your contact information later. These people are so shameless. How can they rob them in front of their competitors?"

If Toby is here as an employee, he will definitely look good to those people."

Ginny kept sighing in her heart that Witch's way of doing things was truly amazing.

On the other side, Fudge, who was the first to walk out of the tent, looked at the bad weather and rejoiced: "Dumbledore is really thoughtful. It seems that he is also eager to get Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic back on good terms. By the way, he is now in

Where is it?"

Scrimgeour asked his men, and he said: "Dumbledore is arranging the specific transportation arrangements. He will wait for us directly at the Hogwarts dinner party."

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"Children." In the slightly crowded crowd, Mr. Newt struggled to squeeze towards the three Harrys: "Okay, I'm almost a hundred years old, please give way."

"Huh, it's really tiring." He panted and came to the three of them and said, "You come with me, the four of us will ride in the same carriage."

"Oh?" Ron just asked a question when Hermione interrupted him: "That's really great."

She blinked at Harry, and Harry knew that Hermione was thinking about her. Mr. Newt must have something important to say to them - for example, the principal's investigation has made progress, so he suddenly

Making such an unexpected decision.

But what Harry never expected was that when he got into the extra carriage that he had prepared, he would actually see an extremely familiar yet unfamiliar figure.

"This big black dog," Hermione said in shock: "Is he the one you said -"

"Let's talk about anything after you get in." Newt urged, and he finally got into the carriage. The space here seemed to have been expanded a lot, allowing him to squeeze into the seats on the same side as Hermione and Ron.

On the other side was Harry and the suspicious big black dog.

After the carriage drove slowly, Newt said, "You can talk now. Pay attention to the time and don't get too excited. Although a soundproofing spell has been cast here, it's better to be careful."

The big black dog couldn't wait to return to his human form almost instantly. Before Mr. Newt could finish his words: "Oh, by the way, you have to be careful. You know there are things you shouldn't tell them--"

"Your father is still alive!" Sirius said regardless, he grabbed Harry's shoulders excitedly: "James, he is very likely to be alive!"

Newt slapped his forehead in annoyance and picked up the suitcase at his feet, as if he was considering whether to give Sirius a break.

How could he get out of line so quickly!

Harry opened his mouth. This was his real first meeting with Sirius, but before he could think of how to greet him, such as addressing things like that, should he call him by his name directly, or should he say godfather and then

He then learned the news that shocked him the most in history, not even comparable to Horcruxes.

James Potter, his father, is still alive?

But what is this possible possibility?

Ron obviously felt that something was wrong with Sirius's state. He wanted to seek approval from Hermione, but he saw Hermione suddenly say after the same shock: "You mean, the person pretending to be the circus owner?"

Is this Harry's father?"

"What circus boss?" Sirius didn't know what they went through in the tent, because he was originally going to dress up as a dead man and couldn't go anywhere.

Hermione quickly told the whole story, and Mr. Newt had no time to stop him. Moreover, he was a little unsure whether he should stop the children, and Dumbledore didn't tell him what to do.

How to do it.

Forget it, magical animals are more worry-free.

Mr. Newt thought desperately.

"That should be it." After listening to Hermione's story, Sirius connected the two things: "Since Dumbledore said that James was not using the Imperius Curse, he must have some restrictions.

, you must show up at the celebration, the circus owner you are talking about is most likely James pretending to be."

"But why is it said to be very possible?" Ron couldn't help but wonder.

"Because there is no magic that can bring people back to life." Hermione said matter-of-factly: "You can't find this kind of magic in any book in the library."

But Harry didn't think so.

He knew that Luna's mother had been resurrected in the form of a notebook and had given him lessons. This also became the motivation for him to continue to study the devil, hoping that at some point in the future, his parents would also succeed.

resurrection.

But before he could do this himself, he was suddenly informed that James Potter had returned to the world.

At this time, Sirius also said: "You are right, and James' behavior is a bit abnormal. He said that he came to see me, but he was unwilling to see his child in person. I didn't understand him until now

The implication is that he can't see you with his true self, he has to disguise himself."

From the expression on Hermione's face, she still didn't want to admit Sirius's statement, and Ron obviously thought so too - the resurrection from the dead was still too bizarre.

And they couldn't figure out why James didn't want to return to Harry.

Before they could ask questions, Sirius understood what they meant.

"Maybe it has something to do with Lily." He said with conviction: "Apart from Lily, I can't think of any other reason why he could make such a decision."

Although this seems much more reasonable, however.

"What about you?" Harry suddenly asked, "What are you going to do in the future?"

Ron and Hermione thought Harry was being manipulated by someone, that he didn't care about James Potter at all?

Sirius also said anxiously: "What can I do? They are your parents now, and they are probably still alive. Your family finally has a chance to be together, Harry."

If you want to say what kind of changes these years of experience have brought to Harry, it is that they have made him calmer and much smarter.

"I'll go to Professor Hemmer and ask about the possibility of such a thing."

He knew he had said the wrong thing as soon as he opened his mouth, because Sirius immediately showed an expression of distrust, almost showing it on the surface.

"He is not worthy of trust." Sirius said decisively: "Instead of believing in a murderer, I would rather believe that he indirectly killed James and Lily. You don't understand, Harry, who is willing to trust that guy

None of them ended well. And Lupine, don't you know this? He was trapped for half a semester not long ago. The Professor Lupine who teaches you is someone else pretending to be you. Look at Snee again

Come on, he probably never really trusted Highmore. When we were in school, these two people never got along very well, but what about him now? He has become a professor at Hogwarts and the headmaster of Slytherin."

"You all need to stay away from Haimo."

It was a cliché again. Hermione and Ron looked at each other. They both thought this was a personal grudge between Sirius and Professor Highmore.

As for Harry, he was more concerned about another thing Sirius just mentioned.

"You were just talking about my father, did he ever trust Professor Heimer?"

"Yes, just like many people, they were deceived by Highmore." Sirius shook his head and said, "The reason is still because of myself. James always felt that it was Highmore who gave me the opportunity to stay in Hogwarts.

Opportunities, and the relationship between them is not that bad, and they don’t have many interactions. It’s through Lily that she learns more about her mysterious friend.”

"Also a murderer."

Sirius immediately added, as if he was afraid that Harry would forget about it.

Harry was very interested in what happened when his parents were in school, but it was too late.

The carriage stopped slowly. Newt glanced at the watch on his wrist and said, "The time is up, we have to get out quickly, otherwise we will arouse suspicion if we are late."

"When can I see you again?" Harry hurriedly took the time to ask: "And what will you do in the future?"

He asked the previous question again.

Unexpectedly, Sirius actually smiled at him.

"I guess it won't be long before you find out." He said mysteriously, "Dumbledore found a good job for me, it's very safe."

Before they get out of the carriage, Sirius changes back into his big black dog form. He will leave with the empty carriage, wait until everyone enters the castle, and then sneak around without letting anyone notice.

On the way back to the castle, Ron and Hermione didn't ask Harry any questions. There were too many people here and it was not a suitable place.

Harry noticed the curious and worried looks in their eyes.

"Don't worry." He lowered his voice and said, "I won't mess around. Even if I do, I have to go find Professor Heimer first."

"But you lost his things." Ron finally spoke about the skull necklace: "And the professor never came to see us once when we were in the hospital. Is this method really feasible?"

To be honest, Harry couldn't be sure.

Seeing that something was not right in the atmosphere, Hermione quickly comforted her: "How about you just let me go find the professor? I just want to find a chance to pass the exam. Have you forgotten about that cat?"

Ron and Harry had not forgotten it at all, and they even thought that it was the catnives conjured by Hermione that attracted Professor Highmore who happened to be nearby.

The trio followed the crowd into the auditorium hall. This time, the auditorium was even more grandly decorated than at the beginning of the school year, especially the teachers' table. At first, Harry was still wondering how to seat so many guests.

He understood now - not only was the teacher's desk extended, but it was also turned around and almost missed the two academic desks next to it.

"It is said that the position sorting this time is very tricky." Ron said: "If it were not invited by the principal, many people would not have stayed until the dinner."

Harry noticed that Dumbledore still occupied the middle position. Sitting next to him were Fudge and Dean McGonagall - eh? Where is Professor Hemmer?

Many people noticed that Professor Highmore, who was used to sitting next to Dumbledore, was missing. Hermione stretched her neck and looked around. She looked in the right direction and reminded: "We're over there, we're about to connect to Slytherin House."

That’s the direction.”

Harry and Ron looked over immediately, and sure enough, at the end of the extended teacher's desk, sat the careless Professor Heimer, who seemed to be asking some questions to Marcus Flint, who was unwilling to stay away.

, you can guess that it must be whether he has finished his homework or something.

The trio looked at each other silently. Does this have any meaning? Or is it just to make room for such a solemn occasion?

But don't be the worst kind.

After everyone was almost seated, Dumbledore stood up and the entire auditorium quickly fell silent.

"Welcome." He said: "Hogwarts welcomes some unusual guests today——"

Visitors from the Ministry of Magic from various countries sitting on Fudge's left were already preparing to introduce themselves.

But Dumbledore said with a change of tone: "One of them is the most worthy of a grand welcome - the current principal of Wagadu School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Principal Babajide Akinbad."

Ajinbad, who was dozing off leisurely, was stunned for a moment, then he smiled kindly and said hello to the students below.

Many people noticed that Principal Ajinbad was sitting in a very peripheral position, next to Professor Heimer.

As for Toby himself, he met Dumbledore's eyes from a long distance, watched him sit back in his seat, and announced that dinner had officially begun.

Fudge's face had become a little ugly.