Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 381 Grindelwald’s Mistakes

380 Grindelwald’s mistake

This time, there is no doubt that Grindelwald made a mistake.

In his previous conversation with Toby, he said that Dumbledore would become conservative because of the tragedy that happened to Ariana, making Dumbledore cautious about power.

But after listening to Toby's story about Horcruxes, Dumbledore made the most unexpected choice -

He simply used his position as minister to force Slughorn to tell the truth, without any intention of holding back.

The most unexpected thing is that he succeeded.

"There's bad news, and a-"

"Good news?" Toby interrupted, his eyes still looking at the returning Dumbledore, his eyes full of novelty and exploration.

"No."

Dumbledore shook his head and said, turning a blind eye to Toby's gaze.

"There is even worse news. Which one are you going to hear first?"

Toby lowered his head and thought for a while, and couldn't help but ask: "Can you wait a moment? So, Dean, he really told you the truth? This won't drive him away, right?"

Dumbledore calmly replied: "Horace is very angry with me, but he also can't do anything to me. Moreover, doesn't this just allow him to unite with you as soon as possible? In other words, to oppose me and resist White House.

The power of the devil."

"Ahem." Toby coughed twice. He avoided Dumbledore's eyes and whispered, "It's better to tell you the not-so-bad news first."

Dumbledore stared at Toby for a while longer. Seeing that Toby was getting more and more uncomfortable, he simply turned around and turned his back to Dumbledore.

How could he bring up the disagreement with Dumbledore at this time? Otherwise, he might be the one wanted next.

Dumbledore finally said: "The bad news is that Horace never taught Voldemort how to make Horcruxes, but he did know that Voldemort had this idea, which is also related to the worse news that follows -

—”

Before Toby could recover from the shock, Dumbledore continued: "Horace taught Lily more specific content. You heard me right, I meant more detailed content. He taught Lily the more specific content."

He taught Lily the magic weapon, and he always thought that Lily's death was caused by himself - because Voldemort wanted to take this magic from Lily, and ended up killing the Potters."

"This is also the reason why he dare not face me, worried that I will blame him for this matter. But in fact this is completely unnecessary, Horace knows too little of the truth - for example, now we all know

Well, the death of the Potters was not entirely due to Voldemort, but also Herbo and Grindelwald, who planned all of this. Of course, Grindelwald was completely unaware at that time, and he did not know that he had been

Haierbo took advantage."

Toby frowned and thought for a long time, and before he knew it, he drank all the lemonade in the glass.

"Is there anything different about what the dean disclosed?" He suddenly raised this question.

"No." Dumbledore shook his head and said, "So now we have one suspicion that can be eliminated - Halbo does not have any more special Horcrux magic, and Harry is just an ordinary Horcrux, which can prevent him from being affected.

The only way left is Occlumency, but it's still too difficult for him."

Toby was silent for a while.

"Then how did Harry get in touch with Death Butler?"

He really couldn't figure this out.

If Halper didn't make any changes in Horcrux magic, how did he influence Harry through Death Butler.

"There's another question."

Toby gave up on the matter for the time being. He raised his head and looked at Dumbledore and asked: "Where is the mysterious man? Where did he get the Horcrux magic? Before he made the Horcrux, someone must have taught him.

Okay, who is this person?"

"we do not know."

Dumbledore sighed and said: "Perhaps no one except Herbo can know this."

This is not a good sign.

Now that Voldemort has just escaped from Azkaban, he discovered that the person who taught him the Horcrux magic was not Slughorn as expected. Could it be that he had already been in contact with Herbo?

At this moment, Toby suddenly took out a ring hanging on a necklace from his collar with a cautious expression.

This is a skull ring, also made from the skull of Ignotus.

At this time, under the gaze of the two men, the skull's mouth opened and closed, but what came out was Harry's voice——

"Professor Heimer? I. I really hope I saw it wrong. But your collection seems to have sneaked out on its own."

——

After saying goodbye to Ron, Harry simply said hello to Hermione who was waiting in the common room, and then walked out of the passage, came to the corridor, and walked around aimlessly.

He didn't know where to find Qiu. At first, he just used it as an excuse to get away. Unexpectedly, he happened to bump into Qiu when he was going downstairs.

"Where are you going?" Qiu asked in surprise.

"I'm going to go for a walk outside." Harry subconsciously asked, "Do you want to go together?"

Everyone nearby was making noises, but Qiu could tell that Harry was not in a good mood.

After arriving at the playground, Qiu turned her head and looked at Harry's profile for a while.

"Do you want to talk?"

"I don't really want to, I just want to stay with me quietly for a while."

Qiu said nothing, but she quietly held Harry's hand and squeezed his palm twice.

Harry never thought he would be comforted by something like this.

His originally messy head also became calm, and he stared at the ice-covered lake in a daze.

After about ten minutes, Harry felt much better.

"Want to see Hagrid?"

He took the initiative to ask: "By the way, I can also take a look to see if those snails have been frozen to death. I really hope not a single one of them is left."

No one in school likes Hagrid's new textbook.

Qiu was amused.

"Okay." She said.

So the two of them walked along the lake and followed the road that had been cleared in advance towards Hagrid's cabin.

But before he got there, Harry suddenly stopped.

He vaguely saw someone standing in the paddock near the wooden house - that person was definitely not Hagrid, and he wasn't that big.

The strangest thing was that the other party was wearing a wide-brimmed lady's hat, which made Harry feel inexplicably familiar.

"What's wrong?" Qiu tugged on Harry's arm and asked, "Why don't you leave? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

"no."

Harry stepped back calmly and said: "Follow me, be careful not to make any noise. I have seen that hat. It belongs to Professor Heimer's collection - Professor Heimer?"

He nervously took out the skull necklace from his collar, and it was obvious that Qiu was frightened by this item.

"It's not what you think."

After Harry hurriedly explained, he continued to say to the skull: "Professor Heimer? I. I really hope I saw it wrong. But your collection seems to have sneaked out on its own."

——

When he saw Professor Highmore and Principal Dumbledore arriving together, Harry felt much relieved.

It seemed that with these two people present, nothing could stop them.

"Where are you?"

Toby was the first to come up and ask. He looked in the direction Harry pointed - the figure was still standing motionless in the paddock, not moving.

"I hope this didn't disturb your date." Dumbledore said to the two of them with a smile.

Qiu's face turned red.

"Okay, you go first."

Toby was not as relaxed as Dumbledore. He had recognized that it was old Tom Riddle, but he should not have appeared here.

After Harry and Cho left, Dumbledore pulled out his wand and said, "I remember you placed him in Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets, but didn't let your other collections guard him?"

"It was there before." Toby frowned and said, "The armor has been staring at it, except these days - because I happened to be researching the secret of the Castle of Death and needed to use it."

Just as Toby walked over, he was suddenly stopped by Dumbledore.

"Have you noticed that Old Tom seems to be communicating with someone?"

"Communication?" Toby turned around and asked, "Who are you talking about?"

Dumbledore cast his gaze in front of Old Tom.

"Who else could it be? Death Butler, he just disappeared not long ago, and he might be wandering in this castle."

——

Meanwhile, in Hagrid's cabin.

Three people, plus a panting dog head, were quietly lying in front of the window, only daring to reveal a pair of eyes looking out.

"I still think I should stop that guy myself."

Hagrid muttered: "I can't let him trample my pumpkin patch. Otherwise, what will I do next year's Halloween? There are also Blast-Ended Skrewts. I have placed a small number of Blast-Ended Skrewts in the paddock, just in case I encounter them."

Something unexpected happened——"

"Huh?" Ginny couldn't hide her disappointed expression: "It's just a small part, isn't it all?"

"What do you mean?" Hagrid was very dissatisfied with Ginny's tone: "Little guy, you should get along with them more. Only in this way can you understand their benefits."

"What's the benefit?" Luna asked with a pair of misty eyes flashing: "Burn your arms with sparks?"

"You are really going too far." Hagrid said angrily, "I really shouldn't have invited you here."

"Okay, stop arguing." Ginny changed the subject with a guilty conscience and asked: "Luna, is there any good solution for Pandora? Can we just wait here to let him leave?"

Luna glanced at the notebook in her hand.

Unlike usual, no text appeared on the blank page.

"Mom is scared." She said worriedly; "She doesn't dare to show her head now. She seems to be worried about being discovered by someone."

"Don't worry." Hagrid said in a persuasive voice. He gripped the pink umbrella that was originally placed in the corner: "I will protect you, and at least let you escape safely. Remember not to forget when the time comes.

Just take Yaya away, and then go to the castle to ask the professors for help, do you hear me clearly?"

"do not go."

Ginny quickly grabbed Hagrid's arm, but her strength was too weak, and she was accidentally lifted up by Hagrid's arms, leaving her legs hanging high.

"You don't understand. This is simply not something that ordinary people can solve. Let's wait a little longer - you see, what I'm talking about is that Professor Heimer must have discovered that there is a problem here. He is here - eh,

Is that Dumbledore behind him?"

Hagrid was about to shout a warning to the two approaching people not to get too close to the people standing in the paddock, but Toby and Dumbledore's movements were much faster than his reaction, and before Hagrid could recover, they were already

One on the left and one on the right appeared next to Old Tom.

In the ice and snow, Old Tom seemed completely unaware that he had been intercepted by two extremely powerful wizards. He was still staring in front of him, his head raised upwards.

Dumbledore's guess was correct, he was indeed communicating with someone.

"No kerosene lamp."

Toby said with a headache: "I guess Death Butler has appeared here before, but left long ago. It could be possible at any time."

Old Tom was repeating one sentence over and over again, just like the erratic behavior he had done before.

Dumbledore cautiously put his ear close to listen.

"He got the knowledge about Horcruxes from me and I don't regret doing so. He has no way of facing death and will have to pay the price sooner or later."

Dumbledore turned his head and met Toby's solemn gaze.

In any case, they never expected that Old Tom would also know about Horcruxes. He was just a Muggle and had no way of knowing anything related to the magical world.

"professor?"

The three people hiding in the house finally came out, Ginny called out cautiously, and Luna couldn't wait to find Toby.

She spread out her notebook, which showed no response at all, and said, "Can you help my mom? She's scared."

When Toby looked at the notebook, it finally began to change, revealing hurried writing bit by bit.

[Luna is right, I really shouldn’t be frightened. I almost thought I was going to be discovered—not the ordinary kind, but the kind that would have serious consequences. I don’t know how to describe it—

—]

"Black feathers."

Toby interrupted: "If the Death Butler can find the black feathers you used, maybe it will mistake you for another resident and lock you back in the Castle of Death."

The writing paused for a moment.

[That’s it!] New words appeared on the notebook.

Dumbledore returned his gaze to Toby, asking with his eyes why he knew so clearly.

"Because I also used the feathers I got from the castle."

Toby whispered: "I understood it the night I tested it with Harry - it can't be guessed with my brain, but something I feel inexplicably, like the Marauder's Map, which can let me know the Death Butler

existence. But maybe it’s because my soul needs to be more complete, so I don’t have to worry about being restrained for the time being, but the feeling still exists.”

"That doesn't sound like a good thing," said Dumbledore.

Toby was silent for a while.

"I think so."