Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 390 Golden Egg

389 Golden Egg

Despite making some progress in the Death Class, Harry could not help but notice that Professor Highmore had no intention of revealing the secret of the golden egg to him, and few people could solve the magic circle.

At least the four warriors can't.

During the short vacation, he often saw Krum and Fleur haunting the library with sad faces, and recently Cedric came more and more often.

Sometimes the four of them would meet together by chance, and Harry could tell what they wanted to say just from the looks in Fleur and Krum's eyes -

This isn't fair!

It's really unfair.

Students at Hogwarts have already learned about magic circles when they first entered school, but for students from other schools, this is knowledge they have never touched.

"I think maybe we're all on the wrong track."

At that time, Cedric comforted him: "The school cannot be unaware of this. They will not set up such an obvious injustice - otherwise the Ministry of Magic will not agree. The magic circle is the key, but it should not be as bad as we imagined."

So profound.”

Cedric's words were very enlightening, but Harry did not see Fleur and Krum coming to the library less frequently. On the contrary, each of them became more and more anxious.

In all previous Triwizard Tournaments, there should have never been a time when all the warriors suffered such a collective failure before the second level. They would become the biggest joke in history.

Hermione also started talking to Harry again. It was obvious that she still cared about whether Harry could solve the secret of the golden egg.

"I seem to have no choice."

Harry said confused: "Why is this puzzle more difficult than facing death?"

Hermione was dissatisfied with Harry's excuse.

"There is no comparison at all, and it is impossible for Professor Heimer to set up riddles related to the God of Death for you. He is not that crazy."

"Talk about being crazy."

Ron appeared out of nowhere, and he said mysteriously: "Do you know what is the most crazy thing? Among the three of us, you are the only one who is least valued by Professor Hemmer. You are so weird."

Not surprising, you were obviously the first to get Professor Heimer’s attention.”

Now when he has nothing to do, he will show off his devil in front of Hermione. For him, this is the only place where he can beat Hermione except wizard chess.

"Really?" Hermione glanced at him sideways and said, "Actually, I only figured it out recently. The Marauder's Map is still in Professor Hemmer's hands. You also know this. So he must be very aware of my movements.

But they never punished me, why do you think this is?"

Finally, she said very arrogantly: "That's because Professor Heimer has already acquiesced to these plans of mine. He is simply not something you dirty, stupid, and extremely arrogant pure-blood scum can understand."

"Hey hey hey!"

Harry shouted dissatisfied: "Can you please leave me alone when you are cursing someone? Logically speaking, I am just a half-blood wizard. Look at Ron and say, don't look at me."

"How could you do this?" Ron stared at Harry in disbelief: "Is this the focus of your concern? Shouldn't it be her description of pure-blood wizards? I feel that this is comparable to pure-blood supremacy.

Ism is much scarier."

"Then at least we still have three years to stop her." Harry said perfunctorily: "And with the Dark Devil around, it's not that easy for her to become the next Dark Lord. At most, she will only be accepted by Professor Heimer as his subordinate.

That’s all.”

"You told all these conspiracies!" Ron exclaimed.

Hermione snorted disdainfully. Even if she became Professor Heimer's subordinate, with the help of so many elves, she was confident of becoming the second best.

Just when Ron was panicking about the future of his two friends, Harry found Qiu on the last day of Christmas vacation in order to relieve his depression of being unable to solve the golden egg puzzle.

"Want to go to Hogsmeade together?"

So the two set off.

On the icy and snowy road, Qiu wanted to mock Harry for his performance at the ball, but she soon discovered many clues from Harry's silence.

"What's wrong?" She asked worriedly: "Are you still blaming yourself? In fact, it's nothing. Luna was quite excited at that time. We had a lot of fun. Seriously, I never knew

She likes to dance so much, and although her dance moves are a bit strange, I think it’s quite interesting.”

"Huh?" Harry turned around and asked in confusion. His mind was still thinking about the magic circle in the golden egg: "What are you blaming yourself for? Are you blaming yourself?"

He immediately realized that he had messed up the date.

Until she finally walked into the warm Three Broomsticks Tavern, Qiu didn't say another word to herself. She just asked the bartender for a glass of butterbeer, and then sat down with her head down, looking very angry.

Harry felt like he was starting to have a toothache. He felt that all his luck was used to deal with Death, and that everyone else was working against him.

At this moment, he would rather wrestle with death than sit awkwardly in such a lively atmosphere and then spend the entire afternoon in silence.

"Luna is indeed a very nice person."

After thinking about it for a long time, Harry finally came up with this sentence.

"Uh-huh." Qiu made a sound from her nasal cavity, her eyes scanning Harry intentionally or unintentionally, wanting to see what other unreliable things he could say.

"Actually, if you want, we may still have the opportunity to dance. I know a place, and that room is particularly magical. It should be able to be turned into a dance hall. I just need to get Professor Heimer's permission in advance, otherwise I will

I don’t know how to open that room specifically—what do you think of this idea? If it works, I’ll ask Professor Heimer when I get back.”

Harry had never felt that his ability to comfort girls was that strong, but he ignored the terrifying image of Professor Hemmer in the minds of his students.

Qiu was stunned. She held Harry's hands in emotion: "You are actually willing to do this for me?"

"Ah, yes." Harry immediately said the standard answer. It would be wrong to say anything more at this time.

"You are so kind to me." Qiu's eyes almost melted.

Harry blinked. He had never thought that Professor Highmore had such a magical effect.

"Of course -"

"You little devil who talks nonsense, if you dare to say one more word, I will throw you out of the window!"

Harry was frightened. He turned around and saw a dense Christmas tree decoration behind the table. There was also a more hidden table just behind the decoration.

He vaguely caught sight of the familiar long silver hair, and a strange thought suddenly came to his mind - Professor Heimer hadn't persuaded Angela to go back? Is he so incompetent at comforting others?

The person who spoke was none other than Angela, and it was probably because she heard the name "Professor Hemmer" that she interrupted Harry's boast in annoyance.

Just when Harry was caught off guard, another familiar voice came from the other side of the table——

"What a pity. I want to see it for a while longer - but forget it, we have to meet sooner or later anyway - hello to you."

After seeing the other party, Qiu shouted in surprise: "Captain Gjeon?"

Harry was even more shocked. He saw that Gjern - that is, James smiled at him with a blink of an eye, which made his face suddenly become extremely ashamed - was actually met by his father when he was on a date with his girlfriend.

Nothing is more embarrassing than this.

"Why are you here?" Harry asked with a red face.

"I don't like hearing this anymore." James picked up the cup and walked over with a smile: "Why can't I come? Also, don't call me captain anymore. Qiu, the Chadley Artillery Team has been disbanded long ago. I

Now he is a staff member of the Ministry of Magic, working under Ludo Bagman, responsible for patenting funny products, and he is also Harry's agent. But now - "

His tone paused, and then he showed a wry smile and said: "I was also sent to participate in the Triwizard Tournament. Normally, there must be two officials. This time, only Scrimgeour was sent.

Come here, Dumbledore probably thought it was not enough, so he let me come too, and even opened a guest room for me at the Three Broomsticks - the kind where I can stay for a long time."

Harry could tell from the expression on James' face that this matter must not be that simple, especially when James' eyes glanced at the profound meaning of his own expression, which confirmed his suspicion.

It's just that there are some things that are not convenient to mention in front of Qiu.

Qiu looked at Harry on the left and Gjern on the right. She suddenly picked up the cup and said, "I haven't seen Professor Angela for a long time. I'm going to sit with her for a while. You two can chat first."

"oh?"

James watched in surprise as Qiu walked around him and sat down next to Angela. He walked up to Harry and asked in a low voice: "Why is she so smart? Does she know that I have something to say to you alone?"

Harry also whispered about the conflict between himself and Qiu before - that is, Qiu always felt that Harry had to hide everything from her, which made her very dissatisfied. If not for meeting Luna by chance

, and with the help of her magical cat ears, it is estimated that the two are still in a cold war to this day - more likely they broke up directly.

That's why Qiu deliberately didn't disturb the conversation between Gjeon and Harry.

"I really belong to you." James patted Harry on the shoulder with emotion, and he said proudly: "It's much better than the way I chased Lily back then. Why didn't I think of using this method to express my feelings?

"

"I didn't set a trap on purpose." Harry felt that James' view of love was really hopeless.

"It doesn't matter." James was happy anyway.

But the topic we talked about next was not so pleasant.

"Dumbledore and Toby quarreled again."

James' words made Harry's heart skip a beat: "And they had a very fierce quarrel. It was said that it was even more vicious than that time. But Toby will definitely not give up the vice principal he finally got, right? Then he won't

It was so easy to leave the UK again, so Dumbledore sent me here. On the one hand, he wanted me to keep an eye on Angela, and on the other hand, he wanted me to keep an eye on Toby during the game to prevent him from doing it again.

Come out if there is any trouble."

"Why is this happening?" Harry asked puzzledly.

"This is exactly what I want to warn you."

James said solemnly: "Toby, Snape, and Lockhart, you should try to avoid contact with them in the future. Dumbledore is convinced that there are some ulterior secrets reached between these three people."

, but he couldn't pry open Toby's mouth, nor could Lockhart's, and Snape was missing - and, worst of all, if we're not wrong, Snape took the mysterious man with him.

Back in England, it's very likely that it's with Toby, and he has the Philosopher's Stone now."

"That is to say, even in the most favorable situation, we are very likely to face a mysterious person with a physical form - this is exactly the purpose of his desire for the Sorcerer's Stone."

This short sentence completely subverted Harry's imagination of Professor Heimer.

He knew how much Professor Highmore hated Voldemort, and he also knew what kind of person Professor Highmore was, but he never thought that Professor Highmore would join forces with Snape—and perhaps also include Voldemort.

Of course, it is more likely to be used, but even that is very scary.

That wasn't the end of it, James seemed determined to keep Harry away from Toby, and he simply told all the information Dumbledore had given him.

Among them, the most important thing is that Snape is actually from Helbo's side.

In other words, Toby, who was obviously helping Harry stay away from the threat of Halpo, was actually secretly and indirectly cooperating with Halpo.

"This is impossible." Harry immediately retorted after being shocked: "Why don't you think about why he did this? There is no reason at all."

"Don't make it difficult for me, Harry." James shook his head sadly and said, "I'm just following Dumbledore's orders. If possible, I don't even want to get close to Angela - as you can see

The assistant who passed Toby seemed to be named Al? Then he suddenly turned into a Thestral. Who knows if Angela will also transform? I feel like there are no normal people around him. "

"And the most important thing, don't forget, Toby is not actually a wizard anymore, he is still half a devil. It is not surprising that such a person can become anything. I am learning Animag."

I've seen it with my own eyes when he was the patron saint of Si - I won't be surprised even if he turns into the next Herbo."

"correct,"

After saying so many words in succession, James moistened his throat with a drink, and then asked: "I remember Toby was tutoring you on your homework alone, right? How far are you now? There is a chance to interrupt early.

? If it really doesn’t work, I can go and talk to him. The current situation is very bad, so I can only think of ways to protect your safety first."

"No need."

Harry stood up suddenly and said, his mood becoming very intense.

"It's useless for you to be angry with me." James shook his head and said, as if he had expected this scene.

Harry stared at James for a moment.

"I didn't mean to, I'm sorry, I just need time."

"Of course, of course, everyone needs time to calm down. I'll wait for you here, or you can write a letter."

".Let's go, Qiu."

After Harry left the bar with Qiu, James sighed. He turned his back to Angela and said: "Since you have been with Toby for so long, tell me, my son will also become

His people?"

Angela did not look back, she said in a cold voice——

"I thought you already knew, poor guy."

James smiled bitterly after hearing this answer.

"You're right. If you think about it carefully, I do seem quite pitiful."