Archaeologists at Hogwarts

"Harry...Potter?"

Toby glanced sideways at Snape, and he mocked disdainfully: "You really don't think I would believe that a baby killed a mysterious person, do you?"

"What do you mean?" Snape stared at him closely.

"It's just like what I said." Toby said lazily: "I would rather believe it is James, and that..." He raised the corners of his mouth with a wicked smile: "The unspeakable woman,

It was they who successfully fought back against the mysterious man before they died, and the baby just survived."

"Does Harry have any special blood? A vampire? A goblin? Even a troll will do, but he has nothing. He is just a simple and pure wizard. I can't believe that so many people believe this.

I still remember the disbelief expressed by Professor Dumbledore in his letter, which made me think that he was controlled by the Imperius Curse."

"Let's turn the conversation to serious matters."

Before Snape could recover from these remarks, Toby stretched out a palm and waved it up and down twice: "Where is my application document? Take it out quickly. The principal didn't say I still want it.

An additional interview was agreed upon in the letter."

Snape did not move, he frowned: "Is this your reason? Then how do you explain the lightning scar?"

"I don't care what he does." Toby was getting impatient: "Maybe he accidentally hit the corner of the table. No one else was present at the time, and no one had seen the battle scene with his own eyes. Anything could happen.

, take out the documents quickly!"

Snape looked at him coldly: "Then why do you have to go back to Hogwarts? Haven't you already left? Why do you still have to go back?"

Toby stared at Snape keenly: "Isn't it the same for you, Severus? Don't think I don't know anything. You first became a Death Eater, and then you were arrested under the guarantee of Principal Dumbledore.

Successfully exempted from the crime, now you ask about Harry Potter's situation again and again... You actually care about James' child? This really surprises me."

"Could it be...that it's because of Lily?"

"for you!"

Snape suddenly threw a letter in front of Toby, and then left the bar without looking back.

Toby stared at his back, thoughtfully.

After returning to Hogwarts, Snape rushed into the principal's office angrily.

"—Arrogance, arrogance, and damn sharpness—"

He paced back and forth in front of Dumbledore, adding a negative adjective every time he mentioned Toby.

"I knew that all the good behavior he showed when he was in school was just an act, this hypocritical guy!"

"I've known this for a long time, Severus."

Dumbledore was reading a book that Snape had never seen before. He said without raising his head: "Originally, I planned to absorb Toby into the Order of the Phoenix, so that he could better control Voldemort's life.

We tried to protect him within our sphere of influence, but in the end we failed."

"Toby is an extremely determined person. He rarely changes his mind, but hides it behind a calm appearance, until he chooses to leave the UK, adventure everywhere, and explore those inaccessible ancient ruins."

Dumbledore closed the book and spread it on the table. Snape finally saw clearly what the book was——

Ancient Magic - by Toby Highmore.

Snape took the book in his hands: "Is this written by Toby?"

"That's right." Dumbledore said calmly: "He also plans to use this book as a teaching material for ancient magic. There is no doubt that this will make the sales of this book from bleak to best-selling. I am very happy. It is hard not to doubt that this is also the reason why Toby insists on choosing this book as a teaching material."

Snape flipped through a few pages - recorded ancient magic, magic changes in the magical world, magic circles, non-existence, wandless magic, magic rituals...

He found that most of the content in it had no beginning and no end, and the reading was messy and disorganized, even some adventure experiences were like this.

"Ancient magic?" Snape said disdainfully: "His level is basically like this. He has forgotten almost everything he learned in school, and even his writing level has been greatly reduced."

"I don't think so." Dumbledore said: "If you look carefully, you will find that Toby has had an extremely rich experience over the years, traveling around various countries. Although he has always been just a He is a lowly Curse Breaker, but that identity is obviously used to facilitate the exploration of the ruins. As a future colleague, I strongly recommend that you read this book."

Snape looked up at Dumbledore: "Are you serious? I remember Toby had a big fight with you before leaving. He didn't leave voluntarily at all, but was driven away by you! Now you are Are you going to recruit him back? But it’s just when Harry Potter is about to enter school?!"

"If you are worried that Toby will have ulterior motives for Harry." Dumbledore said calmly: "Then you can rest assured, Severus."

The drawer of the desk suddenly opened, and many letters floated out and scattered in front of Snape's eyes.

"This is all the job application Toby wrote for me."

Dumbledore explained: "Since the year Voldemort was defeated, these applications have not stopped."

Snape looked at Dumbledore coldly: "Since the year when the Dark Lord was defeated? Do you know that if you say this, it will make Toby look more like a coward?"

"Ah, Severus." Dumbledore looked a little surprised: "I really didn't know you would actually speak for Toby."

Snape snorted, and Dumbledore continued with a smile: "But as I said, Toby is an extremely determined wizard. He rarely changes his mind, and there are times when he has to do so. reason."

"Voldemort's efforts to recruit Toby are very rare, and it will not do him any good to stay in the UK."

"Very rare?" Snape stared at Dumbledore closely: "Is this also related to the reason why you have to drive him away?"

Dumbledore admitted frankly: "Yes, Severus, I have to do the same. Some of Toby's ideas... are extremely terrible in my opinion. We were facing a war at that time. The final facts of the upcoming war proved to be more tragic than we imagined. Many wizards lost their lives, Bones, James, and..."

"enough!"

Snape interrupted Dumbledore abruptly, causing a burst of boos from the portrait.

"How rude." Delis Derwent said with a frown.

After a brief silence, Snape finally asked: "In that case, why did you ask Toby to come back?"

Dumbledore smiled gently: "In fact, I am also waiting for Toby to give me a satisfactory answer personally."