Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Flying lessons are coming soon, and students are all nervous about it.

As soon as Malfoy left the ancient magic class, he went around bragging about his flying skills and always complained that the first years were not eligible to join the Quidditch team, otherwise he would have been selected long ago.

"Don't listen to him." Ron comforted Harry: "He is just talking nonsense, but it is true that I almost hit the glider. At that time, I was riding Charlie's broken broom——"

"Oh, come on," Harry interrupted: "You've said that a hundred times."

Almost all the new students were seizing the opportunity to show off their flying skills. Harry was extremely dissatisfied with this because he had never touched a broomstick.

Although he didn't meet him often, Harry still noticed that Hermione, who had always been arrogant, seemed to be as nervous as him. After all, the ability to fly cannot be learned just by reading books. Once he saw Hermione holding a baby in her arms.

There were words in this book, and the title aroused his interest - "The Magic of Quidditch".

"Is this book useful?" Harry asked casually.

Soon, he regretted asking the question.

Hermione kept talking for a long time, which made Harry tired. Only Neville would eagerly listen to every word Hermione said, hoping to use it in flying lessons - he had also never touched flying.

broom because his grandma wouldn't let him.

"It looks like you've memorized this book." Ron said as he passed by. "I hope you can win points for Gryffindor in flying lessons."

Hermione suddenly went crazy: "Isn't it fun to say sarcastic words?"

Ron was frightened. He looked at the back of the figure who left angrily and said in shock: "How did I offend her?"

After Hermione walked away, Harry whispered: "Don't you know that Hermione often runs to Professor Hemmer's office recently? It is said to be related to some new textbooks. Anyway, I don't understand, but you don't want to think about her recent...

It’s all about who you stay with.”

Ron finally understood, and suddenly he said, "No, aren't you worried that Hermione will become the next little thief?"

"What little thief?" Neville asked in confusion: "And Professor Highmore is not as bad as you think. He is quite kind sometimes."

Harry and Ron looked at Neville as if they didn't recognize him.

Ron said regretfully: "We haven't had flying lessons yet, why did you break your brain in advance?"

"I...I'm serious." When it came time to get serious, Neville couldn't help but stutter.

"Then tell me more carefully?" Harry asked curiously: "When did he become friendly? Why haven't we seen him before?"

Neville didn't want to mention his parents, but he seemed to suddenly understand.

"Professor Heimer is still very friendly in front of his former friends." Neville muttered: "Thinking about it this way, we really can't get his friendly response. We are not people of the same era."

"You mean Snape?" Harry thought for a moment and said, "But he obviously had a fight with Snape."

"I don't know about that." Neville shook his head.

They had indeed heard that Professor Highmore and Professor Snape were students of the same grade, and both were from Slytherin House, but they didn't know much more, and they even mentioned that the two of them suddenly got into a fight.

reason.

Cedric had also heard of these things, but all his courage was spent on volunteering. He was already very satisfied with his role as an assistant and would never dare to offend Professor Heimer with any more words.

After dinner on Wednesday, Cedric came to the Ancient Magic Office again. He had already learned from Professor Kettleburn how to take care of the Sniff, but when he entered the office, he suddenly remembered - he seemed to

I forgot to ask how to take care of a Xiu Xiu who can ride on a flying carpet, oh, and there is also a Xiu Xiu who wears glasses.

Would the average Niffler dress up like this?

In the huge office, Toby was walking around, Al was sitting on his shoulders, and the two guys walked around and discussed things in low voices.

"Do you think it would be better to put the coffin here?"

"ah!"

"Does it take up too much space? What about the opposite wall? Or behind the desk, so that people who come into the office can see it at a glance - oh, it's Mr. Diggory, please come in."

Cedric felt like he heard the word "coffin", but after thinking about it carefully, he decided not to ask any more questions. He endured curiosity and sat across from the desk. Several pieces of parchment and articles automatically floated to his desk.

In front of you, the categories are stacked.

"Ask me again if you don't understand anything."

Toby gave the order casually, and then continued to wander around the office.

"Yes, Professor."

Cedric cherished this opportunity. He hoped that his name would be mentioned when the magic circle had real influence. For this reason, he specifically requested Professor Highmore to add the name Hufflepuff to himself.

, Toby readily agreed, and at the same time crossed out the name of a certain embarrassed werewolf in his mind and decided not to write any special thanks for him.

Different from Hermione's simple revision, Cedric's task is more clear-converting the spell into a usable magic circle. This task is not simple, but he can learn a lot. He can also take this opportunity to read

Many of Professor Hemmer's articles that have not yet been published, which are different from the first draft given to Hermione and require more careful preparation before publication, are now read by Cedric in advance.

Cedric began to read the articles he had prepared in advance. Whenever he read something he didn't understand, he would go to the bookshelf on the wall, where he could always find detailed reference materials without making a mistake.

He didn't know whether these books were deliberately prepared by Professor Heimer, but there was no doubt that Professor Heimer appreciated those truly outstanding students, otherwise Cedric would not have gotten this opportunity.

It’s not easy to submit an article in a magazine, and it’s even more difficult to sign a book that will be published soon – I just don’t know why the publishing house is in far away Africa, when the UK is obviously closer.

When he feels that he has read almost everything, Cedric will draw the corresponding magic circle on the parchment. This step currently only requires an ordinary quill pen, otherwise you will have to use some special "ink", which is all weird.

Weird things, such as the tears of the Silent Bird, the tail feathers of the Chimera, metals, gold, silver, and copper are also acceptable.

Then there is blood, the blood of various magical animals, even the blood of wizards.

However, this seemed to involve the category of black magic. Cedric did not dare to ask more, but he was always curious about one thing - how on earth can the magic ball be able to depict the magic circle at will?

Although this can be done with ordinary parchment, the power is not the same at all. It can only be used for teaching purposes, and it cannot fully exert the power of the five-pointed star magic circle.

After thinking blankly for a while, Cedric couldn't help but asked curiously.

"Are you talking about the magic ball?"

Toby did not show the magic ball. He carefully looked at the corner of the office and said without looking back: "Obviously, the magic ball is an extremely rare alchemical product, and the corresponding magic has been lost. I did think about imitating another

A magic ball, but it turns out it’s not that simple. There are many unknown materials. They are not metals, or in other words, they are not metals that are dead, but have unique lives.”

"Perhaps, this is also the reason why the wizards in the lost city want to escape."

Cedric nodded in confusion.

Ancient magic has always been mysterious.

In his eyes, Professor Haimer seemed to be more mysterious than ancient magic.

For example, he doesn't know now whether what Professor Heimer said is a guess or a fact.