Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 371 Cat ears and reporters

370 Cat ears and reporters

The Three Broomsticks has always been one of the students' favorite places. What's more, it's still the weekend, so the place has already been filled with guests, leaving no empty table.

There was no other way, Harry and Qiu had no choice but to be taken to the bar by Ms. Romestad.

What a coincidence, there are already two younger guests here.

"Hello, Harry. Hello, Harry's girlfriend."

While saying hello, Luna lowered her head and fiddled with a hairband. There were two fluffy cat ears on this hairband, which were being fiddled with gently and were very elastic.

Another little guest was Ginny. She also had a headband and wore it on her head. When she saw Harry walking over with Qiu, her expression became a little unnatural, but she still whispered to Harry.

Hello.

In order to prevent the atmosphere from becoming more awkward, Harry had better pretend to be curious and ask: "What is this?"

"It's my new work." Luna handed the hairband to Harry and said, "You can observe the mood of the wearer based on the changes in the ears. I will give it to Professor Heimer for a look soon."

Harry was really curious this time. He knew that last year Luna became the new minister of the Black Devil Club because of her anti-monster glasses. Many people were waiting to see if she would make a new magic circle this year.

thing.

I didn't expect to be here already.

"Would you like to try it on?" Luna said, looking into Harry's eyes.

Her gaze was irresistible.

"Okay." Harry put on the headband with some helplessness, and kept glancing up, trying to figure out if it had changed in any way.

At this time, Mrs. Romestad took out another bottle of butterbeer from the box under the bar and placed it in front of Harry.

"Thank you." Harry was finally able to quench his thirst. After taking two big gulps, he turned to look at Qiu who was standing aside.

Qiu was holding her chin with her hand in a daze, while her other hand was shaking the wine bottle.

"What do you want to talk about?" Harry asked, taking a deep breath.

Luna also heard this sentence, and she looked to her left almost subconsciously, and happened to see Ginny quietly sizing up Harry and Qiu, and the cat-ear headband on her head gradually changed - far away

The one a little bit drooped, but the closer ear was secretly perked up, as if eavesdropping.

Luna took out a pen from her pocket, then opened Pandora's notebook and wrote on a blank page: "Cat-ear headbands are also useful for people you have a crush on."

"What are you doing?" Ginny noticed Luna's actions, but before she could see clearly, Luna had already closed the notebook.

"Some experimental results." Luna sipped her drink and said, "Just keep eavesdropping on you and don't worry about me."

Ginny's face suddenly turned red.

What's more important is that Harry also heard these words, and his expression suddenly became extremely embarrassed, and even the cat ears on his hairband were twisted into circles.

Qiu should have heard it too, but she didn't care at all.

"How do you think we should get along in the future?" she asked in a low voice.

The cat ears on Harry's head straightened up instantly. It was obvious that he didn't like hearing this question, and the inexplicable anger in his heart had not completely disappeared.

"I don't know." Harry said somewhat depressedly.

"Can't you even explain the reason clearly?" Qiu asked aggrievedly: "You are not even willing to explain more?"

Harry really didn't want to pay any attention to this question.

"Then you can't discuss anything with others from now on. Do you want me to pretend that I don't know?" Qiu kept asking: "Who is your girlfriend, me? Or - um?"

Qiu seemed to suddenly discover something. She stared directly at Harry's head and said: "Because you don't like me enough? Hate me? None? That's why. Is it really not suitable for me? I know? How could it be true?

"

"What are you talking about?" Harry turned to ask. He was subconsciously attracted by Qiu's shifting gaze.

"How can it be that it's not suitable? Is it because you are worried that I will hate you in turn when I know more about it?"

Harry had no idea that the ears on his head immediately clicked up and down, and there was still a blank expression on his face.

——

Ron, who was not far away, craned his neck to see this scene. He smashed his mouth and said, "What a pity. I guess there will be no good show. Oh, no, I mean, I really feel for Harry."

I'm happy, he doesn't need to break up, don't you think?"

He turned his head and saw Hermione and Cedric chatting again at some point, and the discussion was getting heated.

"What exactly are you going to do to my wand?"

"It's just a small change. Haven't you read the books Professor Heimer gave us?"

"It wasn't given by him, it was just lent to us temporarily."

"It's almost the same. Don't change the topic - what I want to say is, why not try to make the magic circle first and then combine it with your wand?"

"I don't think this method is feasible. It won't make my wand bloated - unless you can imprint a magic circle on the hair."

"Ignorant pure-blood wizard, you don't understand anything at all."

"Don't call me that, it sounds so mean."

Ron couldn't understand either. He looked at the two seemingly crazy people, then looked at the bewildered Harry and the enthusiastic Qiu on the other side.

"Oh, it's so boring - what is that?"

——

"Damn it, have you all seen it?"

"Of course, boss, Harry Potter and his girlfriend have reconciled."

"Idiot, I didn't say him. I meant Luna Lovegood. She has a new work. This woman really doesn't know how to be content. She is too greedy. She won't let go of her position as minister.

.”

"Shall we go warn her, boss?"

"You?" Draco said sarcastically: "If you are not afraid of being detained by Professor Hemmer, then go ahead."

Crabbe and Goyle both visibly hesitated after hearing this.

But Draco was still very angry. If he couldn't beat Luna in his work, he would have only one way left - that is, the magic potential of wizards to break through the limitations that Professor Heimer talked about in class, such as

A giant-sized patron saint.

But no matter how it sounds, it is much more difficult than creating a best-selling work.

"Can I sit here?"

A voice suddenly sounded, and Draco saw a woman with heavy makeup appearing in front of them. He was about to refuse, but the other party had already sat down on her own and spoke at the same time.

"I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation - but you seem to know Luna Lovegood?"

When Draco heard the name, his expression became distorted.

"none of your business?"

The woman smiled happily after hearing this answer, but her smile was a little greasy and seemed very exaggerated.

"Let me introduce myself first, Rita Skeeter. I'm a reporter."

Draco took her business card suspiciously. It didn't say where Skeeter's current workplace was, but it did have the experience of working at the Daily Prophet.

"You want to interview me?" Draco finally became interested.

"On this point, maybe we can wait until we finish interviewing Lovegood." Skeeter finally revealed her target.

"Who are you talking about?" Draco said disgustedly.

"Don't refuse in a hurry." Skeeter said slowly: "Everyone knows that she is the creator of anti-monster glasses, but there haven't been many reports about her. I believe you will like these questions.

, after all, according to what I just overheard, it seems that you guys don’t get along very well.”

She said and pushed over a small notebook. Draco lowered his head and scanned it briefly. He could see Skeeter's purpose at a glance.

"You want to discredit Lovegood?"

"Not exactly," Skeeter said: "It's just that my readers want the truth, and I believe they will definitely be interested in a young rich man."

But what was unexpected was that Draco actually avoided Skeeter. He quickly threw the notebook back, and then quickly told Goyle and Crabbe to leave.

"What's the matter, boss?"

After they finally left the Three Broomsticks, Gore asked in confusion: "Why didn't you agree to her?"

"Idiot!" Draco yelled angrily: "Do you really think Professor Hemmer will be affected by these reports? Don't forget who gave Lovegood's bonus. This stupid woman will be there soon.

I've suffered a lot. Don't get me involved then. I'm still waiting to be the next minister. Let's go back. If it doesn't work, go find the new dean and try. I remember that he has a very good relationship with Professor Haimer.

Maybe there will be a way."

——

Meanwhile, Draco's new headmaster was spending time with his favorite student.

Office of Ancient Magic.

Slughorn stared at the huge ice cube in the corner of the room. He asked curiously: "Is there something in here? What goodies have you hidden?"

It seems like everyone who has been in this room has this question.

"It's just a small collection." Toby came over with two wine glasses and said, "Would you like a drink?"

"Now?" Slughorn rubbed his hands in embarrassment and said, "Isn't it too early? Forget it, just give me less. It happens to be the weekend."

The wine bottle automatically flew over and poured half a cup for each of them. Slughorn took a small sip. He looked around at the strange collections in the entire office and said with emotion: "I really didn't expect that.

There will be opportunities to work with you. I remember that you and Albus had a very fierce quarrel. At that time, I thought I would never see you come back."

"Fortunately, I changed my mind in advance." Toby looked at the playground outside the window and said, "It turns out that my idea was really good. I should have come back early."

The two chatted wordlessly for a while, and the topic naturally led to Toby's former classmates.

"What happened to Severus?" Slughorn asked with a red face. He couldn't help but drink a few more drinks: "Does anyone know the reason why he left Hogwarts?"

"I don't know." Toby shook his head and said, "After all, the two of us haven't seen each other for a long time, and we don't have the close relationship we had when we were kids. He has changed a lot, but the annoying thing has remained the same.

If Lily were still alive, she would probably think so."

"Yes, Lily." Slughorn fell into silence and memories.

After a while, he spoke again: "I have seen Harry Potter with my own eyes. His eyes are exactly the same as Lily's. Except for his potions talent, he is really terrible. A hundred haha

It's a pity that all Li and Li are not as good as Lily."

"Fortunately, he inherited James' Quidditch talent." Toby continued: "Otherwise, he would be really useless - at least that's what I think, except for some worrying traits."

"What is it?" Sure enough, Slughorn began to feel curious: "Is there something fishy about his selection process? I didn't expect him to be so courageous."

"Who says it isn't?" Toby said very naturally, acting as if he really thought so.

"I remember that James liked to get into trouble very much when he was in school, and Harry was even more so. He didn't just like getting into trouble, but also had many ideas that even I found dangerous."

Under Slughorn's stunned gaze, Toby slowly uttered one word: "Dark magic."

"This is impossible!" Slughorn retorted subconsciously: "Aren't the magazines all promoting Harry Potter as the savior of the entire wizarding world? How could he be interested in black magic?"

But the look in Toby's eyes made him suspicious.

"Are you serious?" he asked in shock.

"I also have a headache about this problem." Toby sighed and said: "But I don't dare to tell others, especially Dumbledore. I don't know what Dumbledore will do if he knows about it.

To deal with Harry, should we drive him away? But in this case, no one will be able to help him."

"I think you should be able to understand this idea. After all, you personally helped me integrate into Slytherin more smoothly."

"That's entirely because you are good enough." Slughorn murmured, "But how could Harry be like this?"

"I can only guess that it has something to do with James." Toby said puzzledly: "Who caused him to get into so much trouble when he was a child? Harry has become even more troublesome. What do you think?"

"I" Slughorn obviously hesitated.

Toby waited patiently and silently, sipping the wine in the cup and showing no signs of being anxious at all.

After a while, Slughorn finally spoke again.

"There was a time when Lily secretly asked me many questions related to black magic. She also begged me not to tell anyone else, but I think she won't care now."

During Slughorn's narration, Toby remained silent.

But he strangely discovered that many of Lily's problems were related to the ancient magic he had studied when he was a child. Well, those magics did look a lot like black magic.

But Toby was sure that he had never studied Horcruxes. This was something he did not come into contact with until later in the temple in Egypt.

"anything else?"

Toby pretended to be enlightened and asked: "I really didn't expect that the real reason came from Lily. But did she ask any more outrageous questions later? Also, do you know where she came into contact with these black magic?"

Maybe this will help me help Harry. As you know, Harry was one of the members of the team I bought, and I couldn't bear to see him go down this wrong path."

"Where did you get in touch?"

Slughorn thought carefully.

"She complained to me once by chance. It seemed to be related to the relationship with Severus. She said that they were becoming more and more distant and she didn't know what to do."

Toby understood.

It's still Snape, the real key still comes from him——

This servant of Herbo.