Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 325 The Unreached Deal

Why did Professor Heimer say this in that tone?

Wouldn't it be good news if both my parents were really alive?

Harry's originally good mood was messed up by Professor Hemmer's strange behavior.

This state of affairs lasted until he returned to the common room.

The quarrel between Ron and Hermione has come to a conclusion - in the end, it was Hermione who carved the magic circle on the bottle of fire, and the reason she gave was very good - only her magic circle item could make the three of them possible

Everyone has one, and the rest, whether it's a prank sweater or a recorder, won't work.

After Harry came back, both of them noticed something was wrong with his expression.

"What's wrong with you?" Hermione looked around and found that Harry didn't get back the new manuscript, which made her suddenly feel guilty: "Is it because of me that you were punished?"

Are you ready? How about I go explain it to Professor Heimer?"

"No need." Harry shook his head. He dragged the two of them to the corner and whispered Professor Hemmer's conclusion - the broken soul in his body did not belong to Voldemort, which meant that Harry's parents did

They may all still be alive.

"Then the suspect we met." Hermione lowered her voice and said, "Is your father's man real?"

Harry nodded.

Hermione and Ron looked at each other.

In the end, Ron patted Harry's shoulder gently, looking comforting.

"They must have difficulties that they can't express, so they haven't come to visit you."

Harry knew something was wrong. He had had this idea before, but now the evidence was even more solid.

But why is this happening?

Why were his parents unwilling to show up, and the only time they gave him was a flame bat?

At the same time, shortly after Harry left the office, Al also brought back the Flame Bat hidden in the utility room.

Toby held the cage and looked at it carefully for a while. Under his intimidating gaze, the flame bat suddenly became obedient and did not dare to scream anymore.

James once went to the Veil Bar to inquire about Toby, and he brought this flaming bat with him at that time.

Now, James handed over the flame bat to Harry, and just now, the method of studying the Cadmus skeleton through Harry failed.

It just so happened that not long ago, James deliberately kept the Resurrection Stone and gave it to Toby.

Could this be something he did on his own initiative?

The reason for everything actually does not lie with Harry, but with Toby.

James has long wanted to see Toby and hand over the Resurrection Stone and Flame Bat to him?

After guessing this, Toby simply decided to give it a try.

He asked the Flame Bat to hold on to the Resurrection Stone, even though he knew it couldn't use the Resurrection Stone, but he still did so.

Later, Toby once again disguised himself as the God of Death and appeared in front of the skeleton of Cadmus.

"Tell me, what is my wish?"

【revenge.】

"It's time to state your wishes."

Something magical happened.

The surrounding scene changed smoothly, and the living Cadmus Peverell appeared in the office.

Compared to the resentful Antioch, the expression on Cadmus's face was more gloomy.

"I beg you to help me successfully create the Resurrection Stone."

He lowered his head and said: "This is to punish the enemies who once persecuted our ancestors - even after their death, their souls must be dragged back from hell and endure torture that will never end - just like

Just like they did to our ancestors."

"This time, they will get a punishment even more terrifying than the devil, because I will not erase their memories, so that those people can remember everything but can't change anything."

"I beg you to help me."

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Dumbledore was sitting peacefully in his office. He was waiting for Toby to return the Resurrection Stone to him, and at the same time, he also wanted to know what Toby could find out from it.

After a while, there was a knock on the office door.

Toby strode in. He placed the intact Resurrection Stone on the table, as if he didn't even want to touch it again.

After a moment of silence, Toby finally changed his address to Dumbledore and returned to the more respectful way before.

"You are right, this is a trap, a trap for everyone."

He slowly said: "The purpose of making the Resurrection Stone from the beginning was not to allow the living to fulfill their wishes, but to take revenge on those who created the devil - to summon the souls of the dead back and take advantage of their powerlessness.

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"James was being used. This is the news he wanted to tell me in disguise - he was used by the person who once owned the Resurrection Stone. The person who taught Grindelwald ancient magic must have Lily's soul, so

Only then will James be willing to obey the other party's arrangements and do things."

"Fortunately, we didn't use the Resurrection Stone. Fortunately, we didn't. Especially you, the principal. After all, what I want to do is just confirm the life and death of James and Lily, but if you really resurrect your family, no one knows what the consequences will be.

Something."

Dumbledore was silent for a while after listening.

After a full minute passed, he asked abruptly, "Are you sure that the resurrection stone brought back souls and not devils?"

Toby immediately felt something was wrong with this question.

"Is there anything I don't know, principal?" he asked.

Dumbledore shook his head with a lonely expression. He didn't know whether it was because of the inability to resurrect his relatives, or because of the news that followed.

"I didn't want to tell you this at first, because it seemed too much like a deliberate trap." Dumbledore said slowly: "During the period when I left Hogwarts, I went to Nice.

I explored the lake, where I found the broom gift James left for Harry, and discovered an unknown devil - a special humanoid devil."

"You want to say," Toby said in surprise, "that the humanoid devil might have been transformed into Lily?"

Dumbledore nodded and admitted: "Indeed, I thought so at first, but now it seems completely different, unless the soul alone can turn a wizard into a devil."

"This is impossible." Toby immediately denied: "But you reminded me of one thing - if it is as I guessed before, Lily's soul has become a means to threaten James, doesn't it mean that she is really

Did she die once? Who could be the person who killed her?"

Dumbledore shook his head and said: "We have no way of knowing this now, unless we can find out the person who taught Grindelwald the ancient magic."

"Is he still unwilling to say anything?" Toby asked with a frown.

Dumbledore shook his head again.

Now there is one more mystery. In addition to Lily who does not know life or death, the humanoid devil that appears in Loch Ness is also worth exploring.

But Dumbledore is also right. This is most likely a trap set for Toby, because no one knows the devil better than him. Maybe he did it deliberately to lure Toby.

The study of the three skeletons had to come to an end temporarily. The only remaining Ignotus was least affected by Death. Harry alone had no way of knowing why he made the invisibility cloak. It must be added

Only another person with Potter family blood can do it.

Toby has gradually returned to his daily routine. Now that the exam at the end of the semester is getting closer and closer, the number of students participating in the teacher recognition meeting is increasing, and he happens to be the examiner in charge of this matter.

On Saturday, after dealing with a group of anxious students, Toby turned to Al and asked: "Has the final roster of the Chudley Cannons been decided?"

Al spread his little paws, looking a little helpless.

I don’t know how bad the players that Gjeon has encountered have been, which has led him to keep changing players during this period. He is probably afraid of meeting an alcoholic like him.

Except for Harry and Cedric, Gjeon would change the players in the team every once in a while.

Fortunately, Toby's training methods were effective, and the number of flame balls was sufficient, so the team's results were not let down.

But it is a pity that Toby's original plan to trap James failed. Especially after James took the initiative to show up, he must have been even more afraid to show up at Hogwarts.

Toby simply planned to continue to think of ways to research more clues related to Death.

But this is also stuck in a bottleneck. Without more members of the Potter family bloodline, Toby has no way of knowing what message Ignotus' skeleton left behind.

So far, he has learned that the three brothers of the Peverell family are actually descendants of the Muggle-born people in Loch Ness City. Judging from the performance of the eldest Antioch and the second Cadmus, they are completely

They deliberately summoned the God of Death for revenge, wanting to take revenge on those who persecuted their ancestors.

However, the three brothers did not live as far back as imagined, they were all around the 11th century.

Toby remembered that during that period, nothing was discovered that would lead to war, and no other Dark Lord emerged.

This seems a bit unusual.

The revenge plan of the three brothers did not succeed. And the problem may have appeared in the last Ignotus.

Toby, who was sitting behind his desk, pondered for a while.

"Is there any way to pry open Grindelwald's mouth?"

Grindelwald is still locked in Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets, and he is still the same, refusing to reveal anything more.

In the face of such a master of Occlumency, many magical methods are ineffective.

Since being induced by Grindelwald to wonder whether Ariana was still alive, Dumbledore has never interrogated him again.

As for Toby, he gave up his plan to waste time because he didn't believe what Grindelwald said.

But things are different now. Perhaps only Grindelwald knows all the truth.

"We can't ignore him any longer."

Toby said suddenly, causing Al's little face beside him to become solemn.

At night, Toby walked alone through the passageway of the abandoned bathroom and came to the secret room hall on the bottom floor.

"I thought you had forgotten me."

Grindelwald said slowly.

But Toby did not agree to what he said. Instead, he came directly to the armor and ordered: "Follow me, it's time to find a place for you to live."

"Where are you taking me?" Grindelwald asked, but Toby did not answer.

They returned to the castle along the passageway. The corridor was quiet at this time, and they met no one along the way.

It didn't take long for them to return to Toby's ancient magic office.

Al was ready. He opened the Mason door, revealing the dark entrance inside, like a ferocious whirlpool.

Toby turned his back to Grindelwald and said: "If you know me well enough, you should also know what the Mason Door means - now is not the time to open it safely, as long as you -"

Grindelwald suddenly interrupted: "As long as I refuse to reveal any truth, are you going to lock me in, and my life and death will depend on luck?"

"No." Toby turned around and said, staring directly at Grindelwald behind his hair.

"Whether you reveal the truth or not, I have decided to lock you in. Compared to the Chamber of Secrets, the Mason Door is obviously safer. Whether it is Hogwarts or Azkaban, it must be more strictly guarded.

Hold tight."

"I believe that Principal Dumbledore behind the door will be very willing to help - oh, I forgot that he will only be willing to help when he is sober. Guess what, when the dark side of the principal faces you,

What will he do?"

"Will he let you go this time?"

Grindelwald looked at Toby calmly.

"Dumbledore would not allow you to do this," he said.

Toby actually admitted this point directly: "Yes, I also know that he will not do this. Who asked you to use Ariana, who does not know the truth or falsehood, to blackmail him. But I have long been accustomed to killing first and telling the story later. Don't worry, in my case

The principal had no time to stop me before the Mason Gate was completely sealed."

It seems that Toby is really going to do this.

Since Grindelwald's existence is meaningless, it would be better to let him disappear - this is Toby's usual style in archeology, and not all insiders are willing to tell him useful information.

And those people also disappeared without a trace long ago.

Just before the armor was about to lead Grind into the Mason Gate, he suddenly said: "You have never told me its origin."

"What?" Toby asked with a frown.

"Yes." Grindelwald said calmly: "I have researched you specifically, but this does not include the origin of the Mason Gate. I can't find where it appeared from."

"As long as you are willing to tell me the truth, I promise to answer any of your questions. What do you think of this deal?"

Toby turned around and came to the armor. He stared into Grindelwald's eyes.

"No."

Toby said abruptly: "I won't tell you the origin of Mason Gate, and I don't need to ask you any questions."

"You have already answered me. So you don't know where it comes from, right?"

"Take him back," Toby ordered the armor.

After Grindelwald left, Toby came to Mason's door.

He seems to have found a clue.