Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 391 The Secret of the Magic Array

390 The secret of the magic circle

Professor Hemmer can always "surprise" Harry.

On the way back, Harry couldn't help but think about the reason why Professor Hemmer did this. Maybe it was because of extenuating circumstances?

Although Snape is a member of Haierbo and worked with Professor Heimer last year, didn't James do the same thing? Now that he has finally gotten rid of Haierbo's control and returned to the normal world, maybe this is also the case

Why did Professor Hemmer change his attitude towards Snape?

anything else?

Harry thought about it carefully. What could be the reason for Lockhart? Well, he is a best-selling author, and the sales of the books written by Professor Hemmer have not been very good. He really needs to improve in this area.

As for Grindelwald's capable men, this might be another way of instigating rebellion.

As for Voldemort.

How could Professor Hemmer cooperate with Voldemort? Since he had reached a tacit agreement with Snape, Voldemort must have been deceived by them together so that his threat would no longer exist.

There is also the matter of concealing Dumbledore, which is easier to guess - isn't it normal for Professor Highmore to quarrel with others? He used to be Snape, but now he has just become Dumbledore, okay

Understood, Harry didn't think that was a problem at all.

Unknowingly, Harry had secretly refuted all James' suspicions one by one. In his opinion, it was really impossible for Professor Highmore to do anything that would harm him.

This makes perfect sense, because Professor Heimer has too many chances to succeed and has saved him more than once before.

It seems that Professor Heimer has been misunderstood again, and he has to find a way to persuade those people.

Qiu, who was walking beside him, kept silently staring at the expression on Harry's face.

"You seem to be in a much better mood now." Qiu said, "You are much better than when you first came out."

"Because I know what to do." Harry said cheerfully.

Qiu didn't ask for the specific reason.

"Really?" she said casually: "Then can you bring Professor Angela back to Hogwarts? There are still many students in Ravenclaw who miss her, but she doesn't agree to it.

Unless Professor Heimer comes to apologize in person."

Harry thought about it carefully.

"Not necessarily." He said coldly.

This might also be part of Professor Heimer's plan, hmm, that should be the case, right?

He really couldn't see clearly that the relationship between the two people seemed to be much more complicated than the one with Mr. Al.

Just as Harry was thinking this, a small shadow flew over from the distant horizon, darting through the wind and snow like a sharp arrow.

"Yeah!" Al said hello after seeing the two of them, but did not stop, but continued flying in the direction of the village. It could be seen that it was used to doing this, not only did it have a warm and comfortable flying carpet,

He also held the bottle of fire made by Hermione in his arms.

Qiu stared at Al's disappearing back.

"It should be looking for Professor Angela."

"I guess so," Harry murmured.

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Three broomsticks.

"Why are you here again?"

The person who spoke was not Angela, but James. He did not return to the original table, but still turned his back to Angela, probably because he felt there was nothing to talk about.

But El is different, at least James knows what its true form is.

"Want to come over and have a drink with me?"

James greeted warmly.

Al glanced at this guy very strangely. It quickly bypassed James, who was gradually freezing, and suddenly flew in front of Angela, who deliberately ignored him.

"ah!"

She took out a smartly wrapped gift from her belly pocket and kept winking, almost making it clear that it was from Toby.

"Do not make jokes."

Angela pushed the gift aside without even looking at it and said, "How could he have prepared this? But if you use his little treasury again, I'm afraid he will cause trouble for you again soon."

Al didn't seem to care at all.

Angela ordered a plate of braised beans for him. Although she didn't take the initiative to mention it, Al still became quite silent when he talked about Toby.

[He was furious, really furious. He was either yelling at Dumbledore or planning to blow up the Ministry of Magic all day long. Of course, I only thought he was joking. He didn’t want to cause conflict.

Continue to upgrade. But, Angela, he is really short of manpower now. Didn't you see that he is even willing to accept Snape? Come back, I dare say he has been waiting for you, and he will explain it as long as you are willing to go back.

If you are given a lot of things to do, it won’t be any easier than mine.】

Angela snorted.

"Since you are so busy and still have time to see me, I feel like he still leaves too much time for you."

【That's not the case.】

Al chewed the beans until they were crunchy.

[I don’t listen to him very much now, mainly because I often don’t see other people, and I feel that he is becoming more and more weird - do you think Haierbo is possessing him? 】

"He really never mentioned it to you?" Angela glanced at it sideways.

[I promise!] Al immediately raised his two little paws and said.

After staring at each other silently for a while, Angela looked away.

"I'll think about it again."

She still didn't agree, obviously she was still angry.

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Harry and Qiu separated after returning to the castle. Harry felt that he still had to go to the library more. Although there was little hope, the time for the second game was getting closer and closer, and the decryption of the golden egg was imminent.

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When he came to the library, he saw the other three warriors as usual. What was strange was that now these three people were sitting together.

Cedric waved to Harry, and after he sat down in confusion, he explained: "It was Krum who found me first, and then Fleur couldn't help it anymore. We didn't know how to solve the problem."

The secret of the magic circle, what about you, Harry?"

"Me neither." Harry shook his head in frustration: "But what's going on now? Are we going to work together? This should be unprecedented, right?"

"I don't know how to use magic circles." Krum said dullly.

"I won't leave either!" Fleur said immediately: "I even think this was premeditated from the beginning. Otherwise, why would only Hogwarts, which has learned the magic circle, have two warriors, and it just so happens that Krum and I are alone?

one."

"Don't talk about us like it's a Christmas gift." Harry didn't like Fleur's way of expressing it, but he really felt that there was nothing wrong with cooperation. After all, there was nothing in the rules to prevent this. It was completely a spontaneous practice formed by the warriors in the past.

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"Then let's get started."

Circuit Lake announced.

At first, he thought that Fleur might be right. He had to use the knowledge of magic circles from Hogwarts and the special magic from the other two schools to unlock this magic circle.

But nothing would be learned just by researching in the library - Harry realized this only after his stomach growled.

A whole afternoon has passed now, and all the students nearby have long gone to have dinner.

Krum touched his belly, put the golden egg away and said, "It's time to eat."

This was unanimously agreed upon by the other three.

Students from other schools did not have strict seating requirements, so Krum and Harry sat together in the Gryffindor seats. Fleur stood at the door and looked carefully, and finally chose Cedric and walked with him.

Go sit down at the Hufflepuff table.

"She still thinks I'm a little kid."

Harry said with some dissatisfaction that he still remembered what Fleur said when he was first selected as a warrior.

"No one thinks so." Krum silently added a stab.

"But your performance on the Quidditch field was pretty good." Krum didn't seem to be used to complimenting others: "You look much better than those little beanies."

Harry pursed his lips for a long time, but couldn't say the word thank you.

After finishing dinner in a hurry, the two of them waited silently at the long table for a while. Furong's eating speed was a bit slow, and they still wanted to chat for a while after everything was over.

While waiting, Harry and Krum chatted.

"What are you going to do after dinner? Just stay in that big ship and do nothing? Or go to bed so early?"

"No, we will also gather in the largest cabin. Sometimes we will talk about magic, and sometimes we will play games together - you seem to have great discrimination against us. Durmstrang's students can also play wizard chess.

of."

"Really?" Harry looked surprised: "What about your skills? Are they as good as Quidditch?"

Krum showed a deep expression.

"What do you think the secret in the golden egg is——"

"Huh? Are you changing the subject?"

"Listen to me-"

"No! You're just changing the subject!"

Facts have proved that wizard chess seems to be the opposite of Quidditch. Harry is often abused by Ron, while Krum is repeatedly abused by his classmates, and it seems that there is also a way to exercise willpower.

sign.

"As expected of Durmstrang."

Harry looked at him, his tone somewhat meaningful.

After that, they were finally able to talk about normal topics.

"Maybe we're going in the wrong direction."

Krum frowned and said: "Fleur's words gave me a reminder. If we are really divided into two groups, does that mean there must be two equally special things? That's the only way.

Only the magic circle inside the golden egg can work."

Harry felt himself awakened.

"The big ship, and the giant carriage."

He and Krum looked at each other, then they both stood up at the same time and walked quickly to Cedric who was speechless and Fleur who was eating faster.

"Wait a minute, I'm going to finish eating soon, be a gentleman and don't rush me."

"No, there is something else."

Harry quickly recounted the guess he and Krum had come up with.

After listening, Cedric thought about it in his mind for a long time, and Fleur immediately responded: "So you mean, I have to take a Hogwarts student to Beauxbatons' carriage?

This is impossible, Madame Maxime will not agree!"

"Isn't it related to the golden egg?" Harry asked puzzledly.

"This is the rule!" Furong said sternly.

Harry thought silently for a while.

"Actually, it's not completely impossible."

——

"You're crazy."

"NO, I have not."

"You are crazy, and you want to take me crazy with you."

"Then you can go back in despair. You won't even be qualified to participate in the second game. I think Mrs. Maxim will be very happy then."

"There's no need for you to ridicule me. If something goes wrong, it will be all your responsibility. Don't even think about getting me involved."

"When the time comes? Let's see if anyone can find me first."

Fleur glanced at the footprints that appeared out of thin air in the ice and snow, and said disdainfully: "A poor disguise, do you think you can deceive Madame Maxime with just this? Maybe even my sister can spot you."

"You have a sister?" Harry's curious voice came from the air: "Why have I never heard you mention it? Is she here too?"

"What?" Furong suddenly became vigilant: "Please pay attention for a while. I remember that you have a girlfriend. Don't think that I don't know your little thoughts."

"Merlin, why do you always--I also have many suitors, okay? Quidditch World Cup champion, isn't that enough?"

"Do you want to get along with my sister? Then you have to get rid of your girlfriend first."

"That was not what I meant!"

Harry felt like he was about to collapse and couldn't explain it.

But forget it, let her be fine this time. He did this just to solve the mystery of the golden egg.

While repeatedly comforting herself, Fleur took Harry under the invisibility cloak to the giant carriage.

She knocked on the car door.

Harry had never been here before, and his guess was correct. The Invisible Stretching Charm was indeed cast in the carriage, but - he really didn't know how to describe it. The aroma that came to him completely stunned him.

It was as if he had never seen so many beautiful girls in his life.

"You had dinner at Hogwarts again?"

"Yeah, there's no other way, I have to maintain my strength."

"So, you have unlocked the secret of the golden egg?"

"Who knows?"

"This annoying guy." After Harry silently followed Fleur away, he heard Fleur whisper: "She keeps complaining that I took away her warrior position, but she doesn't want to think about why she is not capable of doing this.

One o'clock - Gabrielle, come here."

Harry saw Fleur walking up to a mini version of Fleur and carefully smoothing her fluffy hair down.

"Tell me, dear." Fleur whispered, "Is Madame Maxime in the carriage?"

Gabrielle didn't say anything. She stared blankly at the water marks gradually emerging on the floor - this was the snow on the soles of Harry's shoes starting to melt.

Harry was extremely nervous for a moment.

Fleur was right, he couldn't even hide it from her sister.

Fleur calmly used her wand to remove those footprints, and then repeated the question in a low voice.

"No." Gabrielle finally whispered. She looked up at her sister, her eyes looking very excited.

"Then come with me."

Without further ado, Fleur took Gabrielle and walked deeper into the carriage. Harry tried his best not to look at the girls in cool clothes, lowering his head and hurriedly followed.

After reaching the deepest point, Furong opened a door and walked in quickly.

"come on in."

Harry immediately flew forward.

After Fu Rong closed the door, he realized that this was Fu Rong's bedroom, but he had already been suffocated. He opened the invisibility cloak and said: "The smell is unbearable, you all use

Do you use perfume to take a shower? I’m about to be suffocated to death.”

Gabrielle covered her mouth in surprise when she first saw Harry.

"Harry Potter." She choked the scream back into her throat.

Harry looked at Fleur in confusion.

Fleur's tone seemed a little unnatural.

"She usually also watches Quidditch, that's it."

"Can you sign an autograph for me?" Gabrielle couldn't wait to come up.

Fleur pursed her lips.

"And she's a Chudley Cannons fan."

Harry knew he shouldn't laugh at this time, but he just couldn't hold it in.

"Okay, let's hurry up."

Fleur said impatiently, trying to cover up the embarrassment just now.

She took out the golden egg, and Harry also took out the golden egg that had been hidden in his arms.

"I said three two one,"

"I prefer one, two, three." Gabrielle whispered.

"Then one, two, three." Furong gave her a loving look: "Let's start, one, two, three!"

The two golden eggs were pried open at the same time, and the magic array inside was revealed. They no longer rotated out of thin air, but quickly escaped from the golden eggs, and quickly intertwined to form another more complex magic array.

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Then, something terrible happened.

Under Harry's horrified gaze, the magic circle gradually grew in size, until it filled the entire room, but even this did not stop it from continuing to expand. It did not stop until it was seen through the window.

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Furong fell down on the bed in despair.

"I'll be kicked out of school"

There was no way this would not be discovered by others. No one expected that solving a puzzle would cause such a big fuss.

"No, no, no, just wait a moment."

Harry suddenly said: "Listen to the noise outside, no one stopped to talk. They - no, only we can see this magic circle."

Following Harry's gaze, Fleur immediately looked at Gabrielle.

She was staring at the two of them with a puzzled look on her face.

"What happen to you guys?"

Just as she finished saying this, the magic circle began to shrink again, at an equally fast speed, and it only took less than a few seconds to return to its original size.

It's still combined.

Harry stared carefully at the pattern floating in the center of the room.

"This is a map."

He carefully identified it: "The largest range should be Black Lake. The location of our next game is Black Lake."

"Is that all?"

Fleur finally regained her composure, and she asked with undisguised suspicion: "Then why did your ancient magic professor make such a big fuss, not only with our carriage, but also with Durmstrang's ship."

"What exactly did he just do?"