Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 335 The Fourth and Fifth Years

Since returning to England, Toby has sent seven items from his vast collection into the Gringotts vault without taking them out in the first place.

In the days that followed, Toby first took out the magic ball, the Pharaoh mask, the scepter, and the devil that Andros had now learned to transform into.

There are three other collections that he still places in Gringotts.

The next day, Toby took Al and Angela to Diagon Alley.

They saw many wizards on the street discussing the victory of the Chadli Cannons, but no one thought that they would actually have the ability to enter the World Cup.

And the value of this victory finally began to be reflected - the prizes in the wish box have changed a lot, including jerseys autographed by team members, tickets to the next Chudli Cannons game, and players who wish to win in person.

Celebrate birthdays at home - there's only one prize, and it's the ultimate grand prize.

Perhaps it was because of the good harvest from the wish box that Griphook, the elf who came to receive him in Gringotts, was much more polite to the big customer in front of him.

"We're here to get some things." Toby said, standing in front of Griphook.

"Of course, come with me."

The four of them walked into a small cart together. Al skillfully got into Toby's collar, leaving only his little head exposed. Angela looked curiously at the tunnel in the stone corridor. This was her first time here.

Gringotts.

Soon, the cart began to run through the maze-like tunnel, which dazzled Angela.

"I want a maze too!" She shouted happily to Toby: "It's so exciting to play!"

Toby patted Al on the head and asked him to deal with Angela.

Griphook looked like he had something to say to Toby.

"Mr. Hemmer."

Griphook approached with great discernment and asked: "The senior executives of Gringotts, including the goblins who have worked with you, would like to know whether the report published in "The Quibbler" some time ago is true?"

It seems that the fairies also pay attention to the law of conservation of magic.

Toby lowered his head and glanced at Griphook, then stared at the passage in front of the cart and said perfunctorily: "You should ask Dumbledore yourself about this, he is the first author. Besides, I am no longer a Gringotts

It’s been a long time working.”

"Of course, of course." Griphook did not show his displeasure because of the rejection. Instead, he changed his words and said, "Gringotts will never treat his friends badly, let alone a signature curse-breaker."

He just had to say directly to Toby, "You can make conditions."

This time, a friendly smile finally appeared on Toby's face.

"The Lestrange family's vault." He said simply: "If you can let me stay in that vault for a short period of time, maybe we will have a chance to talk about the law of conservation of magic.

.”

After hearing that Toby was actually targeting the treasuries of other wizarding families, Griphook immediately became wary: "Lestrange? As far as I know, the members of the Lestrange family who are still alive today are not

There are many - younger brother Rabastan, older brother Rodolphus, and his wife - Bellatrix."

"Then you should be clear." Toby interrupted: "These people have all been Death Eaters, and they have all been imprisoned in Azkaban and will never be released. No one will go there again.

Keep an eye on their family coffers."

Griphook was silent for a while.

Protecting the treasures in the vault is Gringotts' bottom line.

"We need to think about it carefully," Griphook said at last.

"No problem." Although it was obvious that he was more likely to be rejected, Toby still said: "When you have agreed on the result, you can go to Weiqi. He is my partner and you should know him."

Griphook snorted from his nose. It was obvious that he looked down on fairies like Wedge who were outside the power center of Gringotts.

It's no wonder that Weiqi agreed to Toby's invitation so readily - he also hated these kindred people, and had long wanted to get them to change their minds.

Maybe you want to go a little further.

Gradually, the speed of the cart slowed down.

"We're here." Griphook stepped off the cart and stood in front of the stone door without a keyhole. He poked it with his finger and the door slowly disappeared.

The treasury was so full of gold that it almost overflowed.

The Black Devil Foundation did make a lot of money during this period.

Immediately afterwards, Toby and Al also stepped off the cart together, and Angela was also called down to help.

Al took out a suitcase that looked normal from his belly pocket, but when Angela started loading gold into it, she realized that the space in the suitcase was much larger than imagined.

"Will all this gold be taken away?" Angela looked at the hills and asked curiously: "What are you doing with so much money?"

Toby just nodded. After most of the hill-like piles of gold were moved away, the collection wrapped in cloth bags underneath was finally revealed.

There were three pieces in total. Toby took one of them and returned to the cart.

Angela knew that this was the secret of Toby becoming a devil.

The cart started to go back and forth in the direction it came from, and Al's eyes couldn't help but roll around again - he had stolen Nick Flamel's Philosopher's Stone from here when he first came to England.

It was a record worth being proud of, but it was a pity that Toby, who was "timid and afraid of getting into trouble", took the initiative to give it back to Dumbledore.

This incident has always bothered him, and he always wants to get something along the way.

Fortunately, it found a good target.

"Yeah, yeah!" Al slapped Toby hard and asked him to stop the cart.

The two people standing in front of the vault not far away turned their heads curiously.

"Professor Heimer, Mr. Al!" Harry called out in surprise: "And - Professor Angela? Hello."

Toby asked Griphook to wait alone in the cart for a while. Al had already run over with his short legs wagging, and then stared at "Gejen" beside him with a suspicious look on his face.

Since seeing Al's true identity with his own eyes, James no longer treats it as a simple sniffer. He also knew what Al was wondering about, so he took the initiative to lower his voice and said: "No one

Knowing my true identity, no one would associate me with this vault - Harry brought me here."

At this time, Toby came over and asked: "Are you back for vacation? By the way, congratulations on qualifying for the World Cup."

James asked the goblin who brought them to go away a little, and then replied proudly: "It's a trivial matter. Those teams couldn't help but fight. No wonder Britain has not been able to win the World Cup final trophy for so many years."

Harry silently listened to the conversation between Professor Heimer and his father. He now did not understand the adult world - who could have guessed that these two people almost killed each other not long ago?

Professor Heimer was actually willing to let James go, and Harry's father almost destroyed part of Professor Heimer's soul (magic ball) - Harry kept this a secret and told no one.

This also includes James and his friends.

Because Halper said that it was different from a Horcrux, Harry didn't want the misunderstanding to get deeper due to his leaking the secret.

After chatting for a while, Toby finally brought the topic to the right track.

"Have you found any clues related to Lily?"

"Not yet, what about you?"

"I didn't find it either."

Harry looked at the two of them in surprise, and then he realized that there was another reason for competing in various places during this period - it was also to find his mother.

"I don't want you to become too stressed because of this." James turned around and said, "It would be more appropriate to leave this matter to Sirius and Remus, but I need to stay and protect you. After all, no one can

I don’t know how many people are watching you."

"It makes me feel like a burden." Harry whispered, his tone somewhat dissatisfied.

"Don't say that." James frowned and shook his head.

"Yes." Toby also chimed in: "I didn't expect you to realize this fact now. It's good to treat you as a burden. A more accurate description should be - how about the little dark devil?"

Harry froze on the spot, unable to say a word.

James was about to stop him, but Toby suddenly turned to him and asked: "You should know that in a short time, Peter Pettigrew will be tried, right? If nothing else happens, the best outcome for him will be to be sentenced to death for the rest of his life."

What are you going to do when he is imprisoned in Azkaban? Only if you show up proactively can you wash away his grievances - even though he has no complaints at all in leaking the secret, only you can save him now. You will do this

Do it?"

Harry finally came to his senses after hearing these words, and he immediately retorted: "Of course not, right?"

He looked at his father, but didn't see the answer he wanted on James' face.

James hesitated, even just a little bit, but he still hesitated.

"I knew you would think so." Before James could say anything, Toby continued: "After all, I saw you trying to save Snape with my own eyes back then - forget it, I

Let me tell you this, you'd better tell me in advance before you raise this idea."

"Because I will catch you and lock you up before you actually make such a stupid mistake - Pettigrew deserves it."

James didn't expect Toby to speak so bluntly.

He finally sighed: "We are going back to find Remus and Sirius soon. You must not want to meet one of them, right?"

"You're right." Toby snapped his fingers, turned and left.

On the way back, Toby indeed saw the two people guarding four portions of ice cream from a distance in the ice cream shop. He just said hello to Lupine from a distance, and did not pay any attention to Sirius, whose expression suddenly darkened on the other side.

"I don't understand why Dumbledore still trusts him so much?"

Sirius withdrew his gaze, took a bite of the crispy fruit on the top of the cup and said, "That guy even has problems with the pets around him, what else is not worthy of suspicion?"

"Al is Toby's assistant, not a pet." Lupine corrected helplessly. Fortunately, he had already spotted James and Harry who had just come out of Gringotts, so he waved to them.

After James came over and sat down, he first pushed one of the ice creams in front of Harry, and then said: "I just met Toby, and he also didn't find any clues related to Lily-"

"And he was warned not to interfere with Peter Pettigrew's case." Harry quickly interjected, he really couldn't believe how James could be tolerant of someone like Peter Pettigrew.

In order to prevent the atmosphere from becoming too awkward, Sirius asked James about the various reasons why he doubted Toby. Lupine gently explained to Harry: "Don't blame him, Harry, of course James is the same as the others."

It's different, otherwise he wouldn't have accepted me before. After all, the threat of werewolves is also not small."

"This is different." Harry still insisted on his opinion.

Sirius stopped talking, looked around at the father and son, and then said cheerfully: "Merlin, look how similar you are. James, he was exactly like you when he was a child - okay, don't let that happen

That nasty guy ruined our vacation, so where to go next – how about a horror tour? I haven’t been to the Zombie Trail in a while.”

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Hogwarts.

As soon as he returned to the office, Toby asked Angela, who had been silent all the way, "How was it? You have already met James with your own eyes. Does this remind you of anything?"

Angela thought carefully about it for a while.

"Nothing." She said disappointedly.

"Yes." Toby replied nonchalantly: "You have met Harry many times before this. Even if there is a problem, it will show up at that time instead of waiting until today."

Angela simply stopped worrying about this issue and asked curiously: "Why are you going to the Lestrange family's vault? Are there any collections you are interested in?"

"This matter is mainly to find the mysterious person." Toby did not hide it, he said directly: "Among his former subordinates, only the Lestrange family's treasury is most likely to hide information related to him.

Something - maybe he is hiding in there now, but the possibility is very low, and it is not worth the risk yet."

This title has become a bit unfamiliar.

"What about the gold?" Angela asked again: "Is so much gold related to the mysterious person?"

"No, it's something else."

Toby finally opened the cloth bag he brought back, revealing the collection inside - it looked like a large, roughly carved wooden goblet. The cup itself was unremarkable at all, and even looked a bit like it had been damaged.

Abandoned waste.

"The Goblet of Fire." Toby looked at the cup and said, "This is the Goblet of Fire that symbolizes the Triwizard Tournament. It is by relying on it that I became half a devil."

Angela blinked in surprise. She knew part of the origin of the Goblet of Fire and knew that it was related to Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, and Hogwarts.

But--

"When did this become your collection?" She said in shock: "Did you steal it? Or did you just grab it?"

"None of them." Toby patted the cup and said, "To be precise, I borrowed it from the principal, but I never returned it, and I never told him the true purpose of the Goblet of Fire - very

What’s interesting is that it represents not only the competition between the three schools, but more importantly the three people involved.”

"This is what I discovered after researching for a long time, and it may also hide a certain period of history that was buried - in short, to make a long story short, using the Goblet of Fire, I, the devil transformed by Andros, and Al used to make up the numbers,

We had a game together, and I won in the end, so I finally achieved the conditions to become half a devil inside the Mason Gate."

"But since that time, the Goblet of Fire seemed to have used up all its magic power and could no longer ignite the flames - but I still found a way to solve this problem. I just need to hold the Triwizard Tournament again, which can make it rekindle.

Restoration. And that gold is specifically used to fund the competition."

Toby smiled and said: "After the game is over, we can continue to use the Goblet of Fire to learn about Andros - this will be a game only involving you, Andros, and me."

"Believe me--"

Toby patted Angela on the shoulder hard, looking like he was entrusted with an important task.

"I will help you win this game so that you can learn the ancient Patronus Charm and know what your Patronus is."