Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 354 Ancient Magic and Ancient Wizards

Harry didn't expect James' progress to be so fast. He originally thought it wouldn't be an easy task. After all, his mother is still missing and no one can find her. She has no idea where she is.

Where is it?

Among James' so-called clues, the strangest thing is the location where he found the clue.

Harry never expected that it would be No. 4 Privet Drive.

That is, the Dursley family.

"Wait a minute." When he heard this, Ron immediately interrupted: "But why would he go there?"

Harry guessed some possibilities.

"Probably they want to help me vent my anger." He guessed: "Just like Professor Heimer did, and my father should also know them."

This seems much more reasonable.

Harry went on to say that the key figure in this clue was his Aunt Peggy. He didn't know what James had done, but he actually asked Peggy about an experience he had many years ago.

"Many years ago refers to shortly after the news of my parents' death came out." Harry thought about it carefully and said, "It should probably be when I was first sent to the Dursleys. I was still a baby at that time,

Professor Hemmer didn't help me revive this memory, but Aunt Petunia still remembers some things."

"She said she saw a person who looked very similar to my mother wandering around the house - she could tell it from the eyes, because the person's face was covered by a mask. But when she chased her out, she found that the person was gone.

Already."

"Wait a while." Ron interrupted again: "But the time doesn't match up. If what your aunt said is true and this happened, wouldn't your mother be better than

James was resurrected even earlier, and maybe he never died at all?"

"My dad thinks so too."

Harry raised the letter in his hand and said, "So he plans to continue going to other places they have been to together, or people they know in common, to see if he can make any new discoveries."

This seemed to be the most reasonable approach, and it didn't sound that dangerous, which made Harry feel reassured about James' safety.

Unfortunately, the subsequent investigation did not seem to go so smoothly, and Harry never received the next letter.

Maybe it's because I'm too busy, there are many places to go.

Harry could only comfort himself in this way.

Fortunately, life in the Burrow was pretty good (except for Ginny). The twin brothers would always come up with novel products for him to try out (except for Ginny). There was also a lot of fun to watch on "The Quibbler" (except for Ginny).

Ginny).

One thing worth mentioning is that the impact of Fudge's disappearance was very widespread. It caused a lot of panic at the beginning, but it also brought the same benefit-that is, the "Daily Prophet" and "

The Quibblers have finally reconciled, they will no longer antagonize each other, and reports are moving in the same direction.

This should all be attributed to Dumbledore, after all, he has become a minister now, and it is said that the Prophet newspaper has also fired some unreliable reporters - just like Mr. Weasley's news channels, these are also

Percy told Harry.

"Minister Dumbledore attaches great importance to this newspaper. It took almost no effort to stop the reporters from writing random reports, and those who were disobedient were almost driven away. Of course, as a minister, he is very capable

Assistant, I have also contributed a lot. This is a very tedious job that requires communication with various departments. It must be done by people with certain abilities. Sometimes the tone of voice has to be changed to express the minister's attitude. It is a very important job.

A thankless job, like this-"

Percy cleared his throat twice, deliberately kept a straight face, and said in a solemn tone that he was not very skilled in: "You must complete this work as soon as possible, otherwise the minister will be very unhappy - do you understand?

Harry?"

Harry looked dumbfounded.

He was distracted.

He couldn't help but get distracted. Today was the day when the Weasley family went to Diagon Alley to buy supplies for the new semester. As a big star in the Quidditch world and the entire wizarding world, Harry really didn't dare to go out.

Logically speaking, Fred and George shouldn't go out either, but they have their own little ideas. They secretly told Harry that they planned to locate the shop in Diagon Alley and needed to take this opportunity to inspect it, so they came together.

Followed.

As a result, only Harry and Percy, who finally got a day off, were left in the entire Burrow.

But Percy was so eloquent that he didn't seem to need a break at all, and he would always come to Harry to show off his new job - maybe this could be regarded as his way of taking a break.

"Harry?" Percy frowned dissatisfied: "Don't do this outside. You are no longer an ordinary person. Although you were famous before, it is different now. What if you suddenly suddenly disappear while walking on the road?

What should you do if you are interviewed? Those people will belittle you severely."

"Huh?" Harry subconsciously asked, "Didn't Dumbledore fire those people?"

"I'm talking about a third-rate tabloid." Percy explained: "Rita Skeeter was just fired from the Daily Prophet, but she is still working as a columnist. Although the readers are not as many as before, she is still working as a columnist.

In order to become famous, who knows what crazy things she will do, so you must be careful in the future."

Harry vaguely remembered the name. He had read many exaggerated articles before, almost all of which were related to criticizing "The Quibbler." Many people who didn't know the truth were deceived.

"I really don't know about that." Harry could only say this. He really didn't know this person very well.

Then Harry began to regret it, because Percy made it so that he had to understand the dangers, and just thinking about it, he knew how painful it would be.

Fortunately, there was a sound in time from downstairs - it was the Weasley family returning from Diagon Alley.

Percy wanted to hold Harry back to continue the conversation, but Harry couldn't care less. He shouted "You're back" and ran out, showing more agility than he did at the Quidditch World Cup.

In the living room on the first floor, Mrs. Weasley patted the cigarette ashes on the children, and seemed particularly hard when her palms fell on Fred and George.

"You are so old, why are you still running around? Don't you know that you should set a good example for your younger brothers and sisters? Look at Percy, he has a serious job now, and look at you two -"

"We're still students!" Fred complained.

"Not even of legal drinking age," George added.

"You actually want to drink?" Mrs. Weasley glared at them: "Don't let me catch you with my own hands - Harry, dear, run slowly."

But Harry didn't slow down at all. His appearance reminded Ron, who was secretly watching the excitement, of the days when they were imprisoned in the Forbidden Forest.

It was the Black Devil chasing them back then, and it's probably similar this time.

"Is there any new news?" Harry didn't even care about the embarrassment when he met Ginny. He asked as soon as he got up: "Have you met Hermione? How is she doing recently?"

"It wasn't good at first, until I went to the bookstore-" Ron slowly searched for something in the pile of books.

"What happened until we went to the bookstore?" Harry asked curiously.

"It's even worse." Ron picked up a book and said, "This is Professor Heimer's new textbook. No one knows that he has written a new book. The notice was just sent out this morning. It was in "The Quibbler"

As a result, Hermione stopped chatting with me and focused exclusively on this book."

Harry took it and saw that it still had a familiar cover, with the title of the book written on it——

"Ancient Magic and Ancient Wizards".

——

Hogwarts, Office of Ancient Magic.

Dumbledore put down the book he had roughly read through, raised his head and looked across the way, and asked with some interest: "How is the sales of this book?"

Toby had a strange look in his eyes, and he avoided talking: "Sales? How can education be measured by sales? I have long stopped caring about such unimportant things."

Al, who was playing wizard chess on the sofa on the other side, said "Yeah", and Angela, who was silently observing the chess game, also said: "It's useless for you to care, no one is interested in your book at all. You are obviously like this now

You are famous, but you didn’t expect that this new book would sell so poorly—you are not born with the ability to be a best-selling author.”

"Use you to translate what Al said?!" Toby's angry curls turned into hedgehogs: "Get out, get out!"

Angela picked up the chessboard nonchalantly, and Al gave her another chirp - [It's okay, he will become like this every time a new book is released, and he will be fine after a while.]

After the door was closed, Toby turned to look at Dumbledore who was smiling silently. He coughed twice and pretended to say casually: "Headmaster - ah, no, it should be called the Minister - um, do you think so?"

One possibility is for the Daily Prophet to follow suit and promote my new book?"

"I don't think there is such a need." Dumbledore replied slowly: "You don't care about sales anyway, as long as the students can see it, it is enough."

"That's not fair." Toby immediately became angry: "You have the master copy of "The Quibbler," but I don't have the master copy of "The Daily Prophet—"

"Come on, Toby." Dumbledore interrupted: "You and I both know that the real master is not with me, and I can't let you own another newspaper. What exactly do you want to do with me today?

?I'm very busy, I have to meet two people in a while, and I don't have much time to chat with you."

"Okay, distinguished Minister of Magic." Toby deliberately emphasized the tone of the title, showing great dissatisfaction.

He then revealed the reason why he specifically called Dumbledore to school.

"It's not all because of old Tom Riddle." He curled his lips and said: "That guy is finally able to speak, but he is not too normal. He keeps saying one thing over and over again - kill Tom Riddle."

"I have confirmed it many times and found that he really intends to kill his child - the mysterious man. Is there anything I don't know? What is the grudge between the two of them?"

Dumbledore was silent for a while after hearing the news.

After a full five minutes, he slowly said: "According to my limited investigation, Voldemort once used the Imperius Curse to control his uncle and let him kill his heartless father. These are all things I have done before."

It was investigated many years ago, but this matter did not cause much trouble, because Voldemort's uncle confessed to the matter, and the officials who investigated him believed that there was no possibility of wrongful conviction."

"The two fathers and sons are really in love." Toby said sarcastically: "But what's going on now? Since Old Tom is a heartless man, does he know that he has such a son? Why did he suddenly hate him?

?He probably doesn’t know who the murderer is, right? Could it be that Haierbo told him?”

This time Dumbledore's answer was quick.

"Just in time, besides meeting Old Tom, I have another news to bring you."

Dumbledore said: "I once suspected that there was something wrong with Horace. You should know your dean very well. He likes to collect outstanding students. This includes the young Voldemort."

"I think this should also be related to the fact that Horace will choose to leave Hogwarts voluntarily. Now maybe only you can solve this secret - before he finds out again, you have at least a year to get the answer from him.

.”

"Don't make it sound like the Defense Against the Dark Arts professorship is a curse." Toby waved his hands with disgust on his face, as if to drive away something unknown.

Then he asked: "You mean, the dean has taught the mysterious man some knowledge beyond the scope of the textbook? But don't we already know the answer now? Horcruxes. What else can there be besides Horcruxes? A

It is impossible for normal students to be exposed to knowledge related to Horcruxes when they are in school."

"Not to mention, we have almost collected them all now. I plan to see what I can do with them in the future - with so many Horcruxes, there must be a way to find the mysterious person - what's wrong?"

Toby noticed that Dumbledore's eyes were still very solemn: "Did I say something wrong?"

"No, Toby." Dumbledore shook his head and said, "I thought it would be that simple at first, but after such a long time, I thought you had understood that Voldemort's fate was manipulated.

Yes, he was born to be the tool used by Haierbo to replace the God of Death."

"Voldemort's secret is not so important now, but Herbo's - that is to say, there may be such a possibility -"

"Even the secret knowledge that Professor Horace gave to Voldemort was caused by Herbo - this is the secret we want to explore."

——

"Why hasn't Arthur come back yet?"

Mrs. Weasley looked at the clock on the wall and asked Percy, "Is your dad going to work overtime today?"

"As Assistant to the Minister of Magic—"

"If you keep talking nonsense, you won't be able to eat pie for a week!"

"He doesn't work overtime!" Percy said immediately: "I haven't heard that there is any extra work in the ministry. It is probably because of unexpected situations today, and some Muggles found out that their keys were lost."

"Alas." Looking at the large number of children waiting to be fed, Mrs. Weasley sighed and said, "Then let's eat first and then warm it up after he comes back -"

At this time, there was finally a knock on the door.

"Sorry, Molly, I'm late, but I've brought back two guests. You won't know who they are - come on in."

Two people followed Arthur, Harry and Ron opened their mouths in surprise.

Sirius, who was pretending, and James, who had changed his appearance long ago, greeted them with a smile. He looked at Harry who looked surprised and said, "What's wrong, you can't recognize me as captain so quickly?"