Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 316 Regulus

The conversation that night ended in silence.

After that, Toby's life seemed to return to normal, until three days later, Lupine suddenly came to his door and told him an unexpected news.

"Aberforth - the original owner of the Hog's Head pub, he's back."

Dumbledore indeed guessed this correctly. It is estimated that Grindelwald really used Aberforth as a condition of exchange, specifically to deal with the devil who was targeting him.

Miraculously, he actually kept his promise.

Although he didn't say it out loud, Toby understood that this was a tacit promise between Grindelwald and Dumbledore. This feeling was really strange - were they enemies?

No matter what, Toby still wanted to see Aberforth with his own eyes.

Just when he was about to ask Al to teach for him, Lupine suddenly stopped him with an embarrassed look on his face.

"I suggest you'd better not go now."

"What's wrong?"

"Things are a little complicated, but it's very simple to say - not only Aberforth is back, but Regulus Black is also here. He is probably quarreling with Sirius, and may even get started.

——Hey! Wait for me!”

As soon as Lupine mentioned the word quarrel, Toby couldn't wait to set off.

Strangely, he actually met Snape who was leaving in a hurry in the corridor on the first floor.

Draco, who happened to be passing by, said in surprise: "Dean, isn't the next class going to be a Potions class? Where are you going?"

Snape and Toby looked at each other silently across the crowd. They had never understood each other's thoughts like this.

"Mr. Flint."

Snape casually hooked his hand and seemed to pull the confused Marcus Flint out of the air.

"You will be my substitute for the next class. Now, follow Mr. Malfoy to the classroom."

Draco thought Snape was crazy, how could he let the troll teach them a lesson?

Just when Draco and Flint looked at each other, Toby and Snape had already walked out of the castle side by side, followed by a helpless Lupin.

"It seems that you are very well informed." Toby said meaningfully.

Before this, Snape had no idea that Sirius was still alive.

"You're not bad either." Snape said with a sneer. He actually admitted it without any scruples, and even said by the way: "Guess who can't wait to watch the fun."

"Who else could it be?" Toby also sneered.

Lupine sighed, he could only silently hope that Sirius would solve Regulus's troubles in time.

But he is not the God of Death, so whatever he can't think of is what he wants.

When the three of them rushed to the Pig Head Bar, they found that there was not a single customer on the first floor, and there were constant quarrels coming from the second floor.

"Let me go! I must make him look good!"

"Don't—Sirius, now is not the time to cause trouble—"

"Then just let him go. I want to see how this irresponsible guy will deal with me - come on!"

It seemed that Toby and Snape had arrived at just the right time - Sirius and Regulus were having a serious quarrel.

When they arrived on the second floor, they saw Tonks trying to stop Sirius, while Regulus was tied to the sofa chair. The two not-so-similar faces were growling at each other.

"Come help!" Tonks shouted as soon as she saw them.

Toby and Snape remained motionless. They stood at the top of the stairs and watched the scene silently, with gloomy expressions on their faces.

Lupine wanted to help, but unfortunately he had just turned into a werewolf not long ago, and the aftereffects of weakness were still there. As soon as he walked over, he was almost pushed by Sirius.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Toby made an irritating voice: "Look, this is the eternally pure Black family, and they are all starting to help each other become more pure."

"Perhaps I can help." Snape looked at Regulus and said, "As long as you say a word, I can help you get rid of this annoying guy."

Sirius decisively turned around and took out his wand. At the same time, Toby and Snape also stared at him eagerly.

"Want to give it a try?" Toby mocked: "Two versus one, I remember this is your favorite lineup."

This sentence actually made Snape's face become more distorted. He thought of some bad memories and almost took action, even the tip of the wand emitted sparks.

"I'm glad to see you guys getting back together."

Dumbledore strode in and said, looking at the serious people in the room, especially Toby and Snape.

"But not in this way. Put your wands away, gentlemen, and please give me some alone time with Mr. Black - Toby, you need to stay too."

Toby raised his eyebrows and put away his wand. Snape and Sirius stared at each other fiercely, and reluctantly put down their arms. Tonks sighed tiredly, and Lupine looked back at Dumbledore.

When he walked up to Toby, he asked in a low voice: "So, you and the principal have reconciled?"

"You should pay more attention to your old friend." Toby patted him on the shoulder and said, almost not irritating Sirius again.

Except for Dumbledore, Toby, and Regulus, everyone else walked down the stairs. Sirius made a lot of noise. He walked to a table and sat down, then picked up a bottle of wine and poured it.

Get up. Tonks silently pushed her cup over, and Lupine sat down next to them.

Only Snape sat far away from them, gently stroking his wand with his fingers, and always glanced at Sirius with malicious intent.

"Toby."

Dumbledore's voice drew Toby's gaze away, and he said: "Please bring Mr. Black to the guest room and follow me."

Dumbledore led the way, walked to a guest room very familiarly and walked in.

Toby slowly came to Regulus. He waved his wand and untied the rope tied to Regulus.

"Hey, thank you."

"No." Toby interrupted, and he said in a bad tone: "You thanked me too early. I didn't expect you to dare to come back - stand up!"

He waved his wand again and tied Regulus tightly again, who was bending over to rub his legs, squeezing all the air out of his lungs.

After Regulus finally made his way to the guest room, Toby pushed him again and closed the guest room door from the inside.

"I remember there is another guest here." Toby reminded: "It's the captain of the Chadli Artillery Team, Gjern. I just arranged for him to live here a few days ago."

"He is not here today." Dumbledore shook his head and said, "Gjeon leaves very early every day and comes back very late. There is no need to worry that he will notice what is happening here."

Toby nodded, guessing that Gjeon had gone to find the team manager again. This speculation made him feel bad and made it more difficult for him to acquire the team for no reason.

So, he turned his anger on Regulus, pointed his wand at him and asked, "Tell me, where is Aberforth?"

"I don't know." Regulus said innocently, "I don't know where they took him."

Regulus was definitely not referring to Grindelwald's group of students here, because the next second Dumbledore explained: "I sent him to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies.

Let’s live there for a while.”

"Aberforth is sick?" Toby asked with a frown. He pointed the wand at Regulus again: "Be honest, what did you do to him?"

"I didn't do anything." Regulus shouted unjustly.

"This is my decision." Dumbledore explained: "Aberforth said that he was unconscious from beginning to end after being controlled. It was difficult to ensure that he would not be tampered with. He was also willing to accept such an arrangement.

.”

"So that's it." Toby thought it was good to be careful, but he still pointed at Regulus for the third time and asked in a vicious tone: "Don't think I don't know what you are planning - tell me, who is it?"

What gave you the courage to come back? Are you planning to use the law of conservation of magic to threaten us?"

This time Regulus no longer complained.

Sure enough, Toby's guess was correct. Only he and Dumbledore knew about the law of conservation of magic in this bar. There must be a reason why Toby was left alone.

"not like this."

Regulus said carefully, for fear of being taught a lesson by Toby again: "I'm here to bring you news. The law of conservation of magic is related to this, yes, but it is not a threat to you, but

It’s the entire wizarding world—”

He turned to look at Toby, his expression gradually becoming frightened.

"Your ideas have been proven right - the level of magic in the magic world is indeed decreasing, and the rate of decrease is gradually accelerating. I don't know why, but maybe it won't be long -"

"No wizard will ever be able to work magic again."

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Flint's classes were a complete mess. He usually passed the exams with a passing grade. There was no way Snape should just randomly pick him to take classes just because he was an assistant at the Commendation Club.

It is obvious that Flint is better at flying - more accurately, it should be called free fighting.

But there is one thing about him that is exactly the same as Snape - that is, he is completely unscrupulous in favoring the students of Slytherin House.

Now, the Gryffindor students are in big trouble.

After finally getting to the end of get out of class, Ron was so angry that he was shaking all over and said viciously: "I'm going to report him. I'm going to find Professor Heimer to report him. I'm going now!"

He was so angry that he even planned to find the Black Devil.

Harry stopped him quickly, and Ron immediately said loudly: "Don't you see? We have already been deducted a hundred points, but Slytherin has increased by a hundred points - he must be punished!"

"That's not what I meant." Harry was also very angry, but he still tried to calm down and said: "What I want to say is that someone just saw Professor Highmore and Snape leaving the castle together, and they are not in school now.

.”

"Then go find Mr. Al!" Ron said reluctantly: "There is always someone who can cure that troll."

Hermione walked past them with her book in her arms, her eyes still red. She had just been bullied by Flint in class and was constantly being picked on.

"I'll go too." She said fiercely.

Not only them, but other Gryffindor students also united, and they walked towards the Ancient Magic Office together, hoping to find someone to seek justice.

No one thought of going to Dean McGonagall at this time, because they knew that Dean McGonagall was not an easy person to talk to. She might also be very angry, but at least she would not quarrel with Snape on the surface.

But Professor Heimer is different. Everyone knows how special he is.

When the door to the Ancient Magic Office was opened, the person who appeared was certainly not Toby who was staying at the Pig's Head Bar, nor was it Al.

Angela stared at the group of children standing outside the house in surprise. She said happily: "You knew I was coming, so you came to greet me together? I didn't expect that I only taught for you for such a short period of time.

But I received so much love - maybe I should consider changing my job."

Al kept sticking out his tongue behind Angela. When Angela noticed something strange and turned her head, he immediately put on a dutiful face and called the students in.

The students were stunned by Angela's sudden appearance for a while, and then they loudly denounced: "Deduct points from us!"

"You actually want to be put in solitary confinement!"

"How shameless!"

"Everyone can see that he is imitating Professor Heimer, but the imitation is nothing like him!"

"Seven volumes of parchment homework! Seven volumes! But Slytherin doesn't have to write anything!"

Al quickly understood what the students were arguing about. He glanced at Angela and saw that she was keeping silent because of the embarrassment.

"Yeah!" Al simply slapped his thin chest and shouted twice, indicating that it would be all wrapped up in him.

"Mr. Al is the best!"

Amidst the sounds of admiration, Al gradually lost himself and became silly and happy.

"Stop laughing now."

After the students left, Angela urged angrily: "Where's Toby? Where has he gone? Why isn't he at school? I've been reading a lot of news recently and found that the recent situation is a bit confusing. Please tell me honestly.

——Did he have a falling out with Dumbledore?"

"Yeah" Al hesitated to answer.

To be honest, it originally thought there was such a trend, but no one expected that Grindelwald would suddenly appear and actually resolve the conflict between Toby and Dumbledore.

I just don’t know how long this time can last. After all, Toby and Dumbledore’s ideas are contrary to each other, especially after discovering the law of conservation of magic.

It simply turned to asking how Angela's trip to France was.

This story is much more interesting - according to Angela, she has become the most popular person at Beauxbatons Academy of Magic, and even the local principal is full of praise for her and wants to recruit her.

He came to be the vice principal, and this decision was effective for a long time, which made Angela quite distressed.

What's there to worry about?

Al was a little confused.

"You do not understand."

Angela shook her head and said: "I was wondering where would be safer when Toby and Dumbledore really become hostile."

"Vagadu, or Beauxbatons?"

Al thought seriously for a while, and then responded dryly: "Yeah."

It's really hard to decide.