Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 401 Snape and Horcruxes

400 Snape and the Horcruxes

When Angela and Al rushed back to the office, they opened the door and saw Toby grabbing James by the neck and pushing him to the floor. James' hands kept touching Toby's face.

It was pulling up and down, as if trying to pull out his eyeballs.

"Calm down, James!"

Toby increased the strength in his hands, and while he was about to twist James' neck into a knot, he shouted: "Calm down!"

"No," James said through his teeth, "Give me the kerosene lamp. Besides, you're about to strangle me to death."

"This is simply impossible!" Toby said forcefully again: "I had agreed with you before that we would only help find Lily, but I didn't do anything after I found her. Besides, we still can't confirm what it is.

It’s not Lily.”

"I'm not discussing this with you." James' face became increasingly red.

"Me neither, this is just a final announcement."

Toby exerted force with his hands, causing James' neck to make a "click" sound. His head tilted and he could no longer make any sound.

"ah"

Al looked at this scene and sighed: "Ah [I thought you could endure it for a few more days, what does this mean? Are you finally starting to clear out the remaining Dumbledore forces in Hogwarts?]"

"He just passed out."

Toby said as he released his palms and flicked his wrists to both sides.

"Take him to the school hospital and Madam Pomfrey will cure him."

——

In the ward of the school hospital.

"Wizard's chess again?"

Madam Pomfrey stared at Angela, her eyes full of suspicion.

"It's just a game of chess, why did you make another one pass out? Are you playing the real version?"

Angela blinked, trying to use her beauty to get away with it.

"Ahem!"

Harry, who had woken up, was lying on the bed next to him. He coughed twice and reminded in a low voice: "Professor Heimer is the designer of the competition. He may be considering the possibility of the third link.

Woolen cloth?"

This sounds somewhat reasonable.

"Then why don't you. Oh, I understand. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

Madam Pomfrey obviously thought that Harry had cheated secretly, and asked Professor Heimer to tell him the content of the next game in advance.

To this, Harry could only respond with an awkward smile.

After placing James, Madam Pomfrey told Harry some things he needed to pay attention to, and then left the ward.

But Harry found that neither Mr. Al nor Ms. Angela had left.

"ah."

Al took out a pair of anti-monster glasses and asked Harry to put them on so that he could understand what he was saying.

After Harry put on his glasses in confusion, he saw a series of words popping up from the top of Mr. Al's head.

[Toby feels that he should tell you this news so that you can be mentally prepared in advance.]

"Um, I'm listening."

[The kerosene lamp, you can think of it as a replica of the Mason Door, only allows Death the Butler to appear in the real world when it is lit. Toby felt that this was a better way to be

The way of the master of death. He now understands that the Mason Gate was needed in Halbo's plan, but what Halbo didn't know was that Merlin also needed the Mason Gate to regain his brief sobriety, so his plan was ruined.】

[Now that we have kerosene lamps, the chances of you defeating Haierbo will be much higher. Maybe even Merlin will find a way to help us.]

"Merlin?" Harry asked confused: "What Merlin? Is the God of Death Merlin?"

[Don’t you know?] Al scratched his head. He and Angela looked at each other. Harry saw a line of words appear above its head: [Did I say the wrong thing? Do I need to erase his memory?

?]

"Use a scepter?" Angela discussed with Al on her own: "The consequences of this may be more serious, and it may destroy his brain."

"Don't!" Harry shouted quickly: "Isn't it okay that I didn't hear anything?"

[Forget it.] Al waved his paws indifferently: [There is one more thing to tell you. Now we have two guesses about the identity of Death Butler - one is the mother of the mysterious man, Merope Gaunt. And

The other is your mother——Lily Evans.]

[Okay, that’s all. Let’s go now. See you in class next time. 】

Harry stared blankly at the two departing figures.

"What?!"

——

Maybe it was because Toby was too cruel, or maybe it was just because James was not Toby's student. This made James wake up gradually in the middle of the night.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the dark ward. The most frightening thing was that something was staring at him closely.

"Shh!"

James recognized Harry's voice, and he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Why haven't you fallen asleep yet? You haven't slept all the time, have you?"

"I can't sleep." Harry said honestly.

James was silent for a short while. He moved to the other side of the hospital bed and patted the space he had left. Harry quickly climbed onto the bed as well, with his head resting on half a pillow.

"You know everything?"

"Well, Mr. Al told me when he sent you here."

"well."

James sighed: "I admit that I was a little anxious during the day, but I also don't understand why Toby told me the news, and then hung me with a kerosene lamp. He should know this.

If this is not a wise move, I will definitely find a way to cause trouble for him."

"What if it's because of me?"

Harry's words made James' breathing pause briefly.

Harry continued: "I have been thinking about it for a long time, and I always feel that Mr. Al still has something to say to me, such as how to save my mother and why she became like that -

Although the identity of the Death Butler is uncertain at this time, it is certainly worth a try."

"Because of Death?" James asked.

"Professor Heimer must be concerned about death." Harry whispered: "This is Hei Erbo's purpose, and naturally it became his goal."

James scratched his head hard. He knew that his current hairstyle must be terrible, and he had passed this feature on to his son.

"Then what do you think, Harry?" He tried to keep his tone calm.

In the darkness, Harry stared straight at the ceiling.

He didn't answer, but James already knew the answer.

——

"Bang bang bang."

No one answered.

"Bang bang bang!"

Still no one answered.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang -!"

"Damn it! Can't you just calm down for a while?!"

Snape suddenly pulled the door open, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Don't you know what time it is? Do you insist on disturbing me in the middle of the night?!"

"I seem to have discovered Lily's whereabouts."

Toby blocked Snape's mouth with one sentence. He looked at the stagnant expression and gaze on the thin face in front of him with satisfaction, picked up the Black Devil wine he had prepared in advance and shook it.

"Would you like a drink?"

A minute later, Toby was sitting alone on the sofa in the office. He turned his head and looked around the office. Unlike James, Snape hardly made any additional decorations for this office.

"This is not good." Toby commented with a click of his tongue: "It seems that you don't plan to live in Hogwarts for a long time, do you? As the deputy principal of the school, I think I need to criticize you -"

"Bang! Bang!"

Snape slapped the two cups he brought on the coffee table and glared at Toby angrily.

"All right."

Toby unscrewed the wine bottle casually, and then took a look: "Are there no ice cubes? You usually entertain guests like this - oh, I forgot, you never have guests, after all, places like Spider End Alley are really

It's not suitable to be seen - calm down, Snape, just think I'm talking nonsense, I'm a little nervous now, just like you, after all, it's Lily."

Snape sneered twice.

"Now you are willing to pretend to be a good person. You told me before that you only use her as a tool - I'm afraid everyone is almost a dead thing without emotion in your eyes."

"I had to do it, and you were wrong about one thing."

Toby slowly filled the last glass and pushed it in front of Snape.

"Emotions are also tools, and they are even the most important ones that cannot be ignored. In addition, maybe saying this will make you feel better - I have always viewed myself this way. Whether it is body, spirit, or magic, they are all excellent tools.

, more precious than the relics of the founders.”

Snape stared at Toby silently for a while, and the two eyes collided in the air.

"I believe this sentence is true."

He drank up the wine with the skull bubbles in the wine glass in one gulp, and then asked simply: "Where is Lily? How did you find her?"

Toby enjoyed the impact of the strong magma exploding in his mouth. He exhaled comfortably, and then said slowly: "This matter is a long story - I guess even Haierbo is worried about this."

Take pride in your careful design.”

He briefly summarized the speculation between the kerosene lamp and Lily, and then talked about the black feathers in the Castle of Death.

"I am now more and more worried about my own hidden dangers." He said in a relaxed tone, without any trace of worry.

"If Haierbo can even calculate this, then he has actually left a back-up plan on me that can be activated at any time - but the premise of all this is that he is the master of the Castle of Death.

It still takes time to confirm.”

"Let's go back to Lily."

Toby said in a sudden change: "Her sister, Petunia, admitted that she had seen a figure similar to Lily. This happened after the Potter family was killed, and I don't know much about the rest.

What about you, Severus? Do you know anything extra?"

Snape frowned and said nothing, just pouring himself wine.

"I didn't realize you had become an alcoholic."

Toby was dissatisfied and put the wine bottle further away from him, and then continued: "Haven't you figured it out yet? If Lily is trapped in the world behind the Mason door, then she will naturally not be able to pass through that door.

It makes perfect sense that the magic circle was summoned back."

"But in order to confirm this further, I need more information related to Lily, including Herbo. Don't you know anything? Don't keep all the secrets in your heart, Severus, it's time

Did you share it because we are old classmates?"

There is no part in the Unbreakable Vow that Snape must reveal all the truth to Toby.

He would rather die than have some of the secrets hidden in his heart exposed.

But Snape still didn't speak, and nothing could be seen from the expression on his face.

"What are you worried about?"

Toby asked puzzledly: "Is it possible that Haierpo also put a curse on you? Forget it, we can always mention the things when we were in school, right? For example, how did Lily know about Horcruxes, and why did she take this

Ask Dean Slughorn a question."

Snape finally responded.

"Horcruxes?" He stared at Toby closely and whispered: "I have never mentioned Horcruxes to Lily."

Toby's face became serious little by little.

"Are you telling the truth?"

"What do you think? Why did I mention Horcruxes to Lily? I didn't even know about this magic when I was in school. Wait a minute."

Snape suddenly became alarmed and asked, "Could it be that the person Halbo first came into contact with was not me, but Lily?"

"Where are you going?" he shouted, watching Toby rush out the door.

"Go and confirm the authenticity of this news."

Toby said without looking back: "By the way, find someone to talk to, if he can talk."

Snape was about to follow him immediately, but the door to the office was slammed shut in front of him.

He stretched out a hand to open the door, but stopped midway.

Toby obviously didn't want him to follow.

And Snape really needs time to think about one thing -

In addition to the Horcruxes, does Lily have any other secrets that she is hiding from them?

——

Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.

After leaving Snape's office, Toby kept coming here.

Voldemort was still suffering inside the armor, unable to speak a word.

The henchman that Antioch transformed into was still staring closely at the unconscious old Tom, looking as if he was about to swallow him up.

"Has he ever woken up?"

"Roar!"

"It seems there is no more."

Toby squatted in front of Old Tom. He stared at the other man's eyelids carefully, and suddenly slapped him in the face without any warning.

With a "pop" sound, Old Tom's head tilted to one side.

Another slap.

"Snapped."

For a moment, Old Tom's head was almost removed, but there was still no sign of waking up.

Toby gradually narrowed his eyes.

He stood up, took out his wand, and put it on Old Tom's forehead.

"It seems like we need to add some serious ingredients."

Toby's tone was extremely cold, and his body gradually turned into black mist.

"Avada——"

The next second, Old Tom's eyelids opened immediately.

He stared at the wizard in front of him who was about to kill him, and said in a skilled and finally no longer staccato tone -

"You are very irritable, young man."