Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 367 The Last Chair

Al, who was chewing broccoli dryly (he only realized he had gained weight after putting on his tuxedo), and Angela, who was elegantly cutting steak, noticed something strange about Toby at the same time.

"What's wrong?"

Angela put the cut beef into her mouth and a small piece of her left cheek bulged up.

Toby seemed to be answering her doubts, but also said to himself: "That's why I spare no effort to let Dumbledore leave Hogwarts. He really knows me too well and knows that I

The possibility of not going to trouble Lockhart is to cooperate with Grindelwald. But in this case, the target we want to target will be very obvious."

"cooperate?"

Angela quickly figured out part of the reason: "You are finally going to attack Dumbledore? When did this happen? And what do you mean by cooperation?"

Al also raised his head and looked at Toby curiously.

Toby very naturally brought the plate of steak cut by Angela in front of him, picked it up piece by piece with a fork, put it in his mouth, and chewed it slowly.

In this scene, Angela is no different from Toby's servant.

She was about to have a seizure, but soon her silver eyes widened little by little.

"Is it because of me?"

"Yeah?" Al looked at Angela in surprise, his eyes seemed to say when did you become so smart?

Toby pushed all the few bites of steak in front of Al so that he wouldn't have to suffer from the broccoli.

"Moody once asked me a question."

He lowered his voice and made sure not to be heard by others nearby: "He knows that I have made promises to many people, but he can't figure out the reason why I insist on holding the Triwizard Tournament."

Of course Angela remembered such a thing.

In the original plan, Toby was going to seek help from the Goblet of Fire in order to find out whether Angela was the resurrected Lily. However, after taking away the notebook from the Castle of Death, Toby completely overturned this idea.

.

Because the account book has Lily Evans' own name on it. But the Castle of Death is not the place where Angela first met Toby, and it is difficult to correlate it with Lily's death date on a specific timeline.

Because Angela does not have earlier memories, people who live in the same tribe as her can also provide proof.

"Actually, I had no intention of changing my decision from the beginning."

Toby looked into Angela's eyes and said: "That's what you mean, why Haierbo let you go so easily - you have always wanted to know the reason, right?"

It turns out it was because of Angela.

Toby was right - Angela did try to find her true identity, especially her special magical talent, which made her think for a long time that she was not a pure wizard, but something like

The legendary Lake Witch who imprisoned Merlin.

"So that's it." Angela looked deeply moved.

At this time, Al suddenly interrupted: "Yeah."

[Don’t be too happy. Although we don’t know whether Dumbledore guessed Toby’s thoughts, he made it clear from the beginning that he did not want Toby to seek clues according to Herbo’s ideas. He always thought this was an obvious

trap, but what can we do? Archeology is never a foolproof thing, and some risks must be taken.】

Angela nodded frequently when she heard this, and she said to Al with a strange look in her eyes: "Don't talk to me in such an elder's tone, it sounds weird - but how does he plan to stop you?"

The moment Angela asked this question, the door of the auditorium was pushed open.

A man walked in.

It was Rufus Scrimgeour. He walked past the students' eyes intently, and his long disheveled hair left a deep impression on them.

After arriving in the direction of the teacher's desk, Scrimgeour found the only empty chair and sat down. He glanced in the direction of Toby intentionally or unintentionally, and then started chatting with the nervous Lockhart.

"Now we know."

Toby murmured in Scrimgeour's direction: "Dumbledore has arranged enough people to restrict me at Hogwarts. In order to avoid aggravating this conflict, he can only turn his target to Grindel."

On Wo’s students.”

"Don't forget, Fudge is still missing."

——

"Excuse me, do you still want to eat this fish soup?"

Harry, who was discussing Quidditch tactics with Krum in a low voice, raised his head. He was the first to see a long waterfall-like silver hair hanging in front of his eyes. This girl had a pair of big blue eyes and a white mouth.

The straight teeth are amazingly beautiful.

Ron on the side was completely stunned.

"Why are you like this again?" Hermione said contemptuously, then pushed the plate to the girl in front of her and said, "It's okay, you can take it away."

Ron watched the girl smile at them and then walked to sit down near the Ravenclaw table. Sitting next to her was Luna. He didn't know how this position was determined, but Ron

I don't care.

"I remember Ginny and Luna were good friends." He said dryly: "Maybe I will have a chance to get to know her."

Harry couldn't help but laugh.

"What's so funny about this?" Ron's voice was still hoarse: "I swear, she is definitely a Veela! Isn't it, Krum?"

Ever since Krum sat down, Ron had been trying to find ways to talk to him, hoping to get closer to him.

"There is no portrait of your professor." Krum glanced in the direction of the teacher's desk and said, "Principal Lockhart has never mentioned to us that you also have a Veela professor."

"Ms. Angela is not a Veela." Hermione said impatiently. She didn't understand why these boys were so short-sighted: "Didn't anyone realize that she was far more beautiful than a normal Veela? That's right.

It won't suddenly grow a sharp mouth - I thought you could tell the difference."

Krum raised his head and glanced at Hermione, then said nothing and lowered his head again.

The atmosphere became a little awkward for a moment, and Harry didn't know how to explain to Krum that Hermione wasn't usually so sharp.

So he simply ignored it and just immersed himself in eating, only occasionally looking in the direction of the Ravenclaw table.

Of course, what he was looking at was not the girl just now, but Qiu.

Finally, after dinner, the highlight is about to begin.

Principal McGonagall stood up and gave a simple speech. She explained Scrimgeour's identity to the students - it must be said that in such a game, the arrival of the head of the Auror Office was very unusual.

Then Mag turned his head and looked at Toby.

Toby immediately understood. He clapped his hands twice, and the door of the auditorium opened again - and then a figure that was very familiar to all the students walked in. When the other person walked between the long tables, he would make a heavy sound.

Footsteps.

Especially the long ax made everyone who had seen it and those who had not seen it fall silent.

The silver armor walked all the way to the teacher's desk and placed the Goblet of Fire in front of Toby.

Then it stood quietly aside, never leaving, the long ax held in the other hand emitting a sharp cold light.

"As you can see."

Toby stood up and explained: "In order to prevent students who are not old enough to withstand the temptation, after the goblet is placed in the hall, your old friends and new friends from different schools - that is, this armor, it

I will stay by the Goblet of Fire all day and all night."

"This is not a test, children. Don't try to challenge the armor's patience. It has been very unhappy recently. No matter how much I try to persuade it, it refuses to put down the long ax in its hands - so, I wish you good luck."

When he said the last words, Toby not only looked at the students, but also focused on Moody, Scrimgeour, and Lockhart on the other side.

In his eyes, the threat was particularly obvious.

The Triwizard Tournament kicked off completely with such a weird atmosphere.

——

Although many unpredictable things happened at the dinner party to welcome the guests, and everyone finally heard that it was not just the armor that was in a bad mood, but also the even more terrifying Professor Heimer.

But in the next few days, Hogwarts was still spent in an extremely peaceful atmosphere.

More changes continue to take place in the wizarding world outside the school - Dumbledore finally passed the "Azkaban Guardianship Act" against all objections, and Barty Crouch Sr. also brought the latest

A large number of Aurors were stationed on the island where Azkaban is located. It was rumored that all the dementors on the island would be expelled and exiled to an unknown island that could not be marked.

This has had a very strong impact on the British wizarding world. Wizards are worried that the reduced number of Aurors will not be able to maintain the stability of the wizarding world. However, no results can be seen in a short period of time, so there is not much opposition.

After experiencing such a big change, no one knows what Dumbledore's next plan is, and no one can guess his thoughts.

Fortunately, it seems that even Dumbledore is aware of the impact of the reduction of Aurors. He did not continue to put forward more seemingly impossible opinions, but remained silent on this, and was finally willing to start going around like a normal minister.

Attend meetings.

According to an unknown Weasley, this made Percy extremely happy. He met many important people, and his status also rose with the tide. But luckily Dumbledore was in charge, otherwise he probably wouldn't be willing to

Went home for dinner.

Despite this, no matter what Azkaban becomes, it cannot divert the attention of the students at Hogwarts - everyone is paying attention to the Triwizard Tournament.

The day after the Goblet of Fire was placed, someone was finally willing to take the risk of being beheaded and be the first to put a note with a name into the flames of the Goblet of Fire. After that, there was almost a steady stream of people willing to sign up.

Endlessly.

Those students who were not old enough could only look at this scene with envy.

"Krum has signed up."

In the library, Harry briefly put down the unfinished paper in his hands, wanting to find a topic to chat about and take a good rest.

"Sooner or later." Ron opened a book called "Ancient Greece and the Dark Ages" and said. Under the influence of Professor Heimer's course this year, this book is gradually becoming more popular and is used to check information.

A good helper.

Perhaps due to the holding of the Triwizard Tournament, the current Professor Heimer has not shown too much ambition in the ancient magic class. Not only are the dangerous course contents missing, but also the private lessons that were originally arranged

Harry and Ron have not received any notification.

This made the students think that Professor Heimer had been changed, or that he had exchanged identities with another professor——

Alastor Moody.

Ever since he alluded to the dark devil intentionally or unintentionally in the first class, he began to teach the students some very unacceptable spells.

For example, the three unforgivable curses.

And according to Professor Moody, this is just the beginning, and more dangerous spells are yet to come.

It seems that even he thinks that Professor Hemmer cannot be defeated by the Killing Curse alone.

When Lockhart, the principal of Durmstrang, heard the news, he immediately told the students in his school to stay away from Moody.

Before coming to Hogwarts, he had warned these young men not to mess with Toby Highmore. I really don't know when he would mention all the professors at Hogwarts.

At least these students now know the reason - not everyone can have such an impressive armor collection, which makes many students who originally planned to take advantage of the opportunity completely give up their thoughts, after all, they can't grow a second head.

Ron muttered again in a low voice how terrifying that armor was, and how every student would stare at it when they passed by. He spoke in great detail.

"You haven't given up on the idea of ​​participating in the competition, right?" Harry finally reacted: "How many times have you tried?"

"Not once." Ron said gloomily: "That armor stared at us very closely. It seemed to remember everyone's age."

"I advise you to keep going." Harry looked around and said, "Don't forget, there is a devil imprisoned in there."

Students at Hogwarts all know that this armor is also a tool used by Professor Hemmer to imprison devils.

"It's a good thing you didn't mention it." Ron rolled his eyes and asked curiously: "Can you use your own devil to avoid this trap?"

"I haven't tried it." Harry shook his head quickly and said, "I don't want to try either."

Ron clicked his tongue, his hopes for the thousand galleons bonus becoming increasingly disappointing.

At this time, Hermione next to her poked her head out from the tall pile of books. She said angrily: "I really don't understand why some people just refuse to follow Professor Hemmer's rules, even if you are really selected."

Nothing good will happen."

Ron hummed and said nothing.

Harry noticed the title of the book Hermione was reading - Wandology.

"When are we going to learn "Wandology"?" He asked puzzledly: "Is there such a course?"

"That's not the case."

Hermione said without raising her head: "It has nothing to do with homework. Cedric and I plan to study the automatic casting wand together. In addition, he does not plan to participate in the Triwizard Tournament, and has already decided to put this

All my free time during the semester was spent studying wands."

"Then he must be crazy." Ron smacked his lips and commented, his eyes full of regret and regret.