Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Ron looked at Neville, who had only the hilt of the sword left in his hand. He was stunned for a few seconds, but then Hermione immediately rushed towards him——

"And you!"

Hermione yelled while beating her: "I have never seen someone as stubborn as you, who has no brains at all, and can be deceived by others. Are you so proud of living in the magical world since you were a child?!"

Ron didn't dare to take the initiative to hit Neville, and naturally he didn't dare to attack Hermione, but Hermione's attack speed was much faster than Neville. There were always times when Ron couldn't resist, and he screamed in pain.

"Ah! Oh! Hiss! It hurts! Don't! Ah——"

Harry and Neville didn't know what to do, so they could only stand aside and watch Ron being beaten up by Hermione.

After the two fought for a while, there was another click, and the wooden sword in Ron's hand broke. He watched helplessly as Hermione hit his arm at a very fast speed——

"Click!"

Now, the last wooden sword is gone.

Hermione gasped and stared at Ron.

Ron covered his arms tightly and did not dare to speak. He suddenly thought that the duel seemed to be over, so would they also be expelled?

At this moment, Toby stood up again, strode up to Ron, and opened the sleeve of the arm that was last hit.

Ron thought his arm was swollen at first, but now he realized that nothing happened. Harry was not bruised and bruised. Only the pain seemed to be real.

A broken wooden sword flew in front of Toby, and he held it in the air and showed it: "Did you see the scratches on it? This is a special magic circle that only conveys pain, but not the real injury.

"

He glanced at each person's face: "Do you know what this means?"

No one dared to speak. Hermione looked at Toby carefully, her eyes looking a little guilty.

Neville was still panting and looked like he had no strength at all. Ron and Harry could only gently rub the sore spots on their bodies.

"It means this will be extra homework for you,"

Toby said sternly: "Learn this magic circle before the next class. Those who can't do it will continue to be detained!"

After leaving the office, Harry, Ron and Neville were still in a daze.

"So...we don't have to be expelled?" Ron was surprised.

Hermione, who was walking at the front, snorted and didn't bother to talk to him.

Under constant questioning from Harry and Ron, Hermione raised her chin and explained: "The loser will be expelled. In this case, only if there is a tie, no one will be punished. But this is a duel, with a wand."

It would be difficult to draw a draw with a wooden sword, but it can be done with a wooden sword, as long as all the wooden swords are broken."

"That's why Hermione hit her hard and fast in the last blow." Harry explained: "Otherwise, it would be too late to break the last wooden sword."

"Oh..." Ron nodded stupidly: "I thought you really wanted to beat me to death."

Hermione snorted again. She hadn't completely forgiven the two of them, otherwise she wouldn't have hit them so many times just now.

At this time, Harry and Ron no longer felt any pain. This was obviously the function of the magic circle, which would not allow the pain to last too long.

"Thank you, Hermione."

Harry said sincerely that she had just resolved a crisis for several people without causing anyone to be expelled.

"Humph!" Hermione ignored him.

"I'm sorry, Hermione." Ron also apologized: "If it doesn't work, just hit me a few more times. It'll be fine in a while anyway."

They also took away the broken wooden sword so that they could better learn this magic circle. Toby's attitude in handing over the homework was serious.

"Humph!" The grudge in Hermione's heart has not been completely resolved.

At this moment, Neville suddenly burst into tears, startling the three of them.

"Why are you crying again?" Hermione asked confused, and Harry and Ron quickly comforted him.

"I...I'm so happy." Neville cried.

He finally kept the crystal ball that healed his parents. Although Toby never mentioned it, Neville thought so.

Strangely enough, they walked back to the common room together. While comforting Neville, Hermione finally stopped being so cold. Ron and Harry quickly seized the opportunity to apologize, and it wasn't until the end that Hermione snorted again and left.

, but this sound was obviously not that angry.

"Well done, Neville." Ron said sleepily, "Your crying really helped a lot."

Neville rubbed his eyes in confusion. He didn't feel that he was helping, and he was crying sincerely. He had no idea what role he had played.

Ron turned his head to Harry: "Did you hear the trap door Hermione said?"

Hermione was the only one who saw that there was a trap door in the forbidden room on the fourth floor, and she didn't tell them about it until just now.

Harry had been thinking about this. It was obvious that the three-headed dog was guarding something, and the small package in the underground vault of No. 713 was probably hidden behind the trap door.

"There's another thing." Harry reminded: "Didn't you hear what Hermione said? Professor Heimer might have noticed her little tricks, but he didn't punish us. Why do you think this was possible?

"

"Maybe it's just because he didn't see it?" Ron said: "The scene was so chaotic, how could everything be seen. Anyway, Hermione's last hit hurt me a lot. This magic circle is really magical.

It will only cause pain, but no injury-"

His eyes suddenly widened in horror: "Isn't this a magic circle specially used for corporal punishment of students?"

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"This is education."

In the ancient magic office, Toby finally smiled, but Snape looked gloomy.

"Speaking of which, I learned this from Principal Dumbledore." Toby seemed not to have seen the expression on Snape's face. He continued: "The work of education is not limited to the classroom, but also outside the classroom.

There are also a lot of things that require a lot of thought—"

"You mean you were specifically called to give a lecture?" Snape said coldly, "Then you have indeed received an extraordinary education."

"Hey, Severus, what's the use of getting angry at me." Toby smiled: "Don't blame the mistakes of their four children on me. It's not my fault that Harry Potter was not expelled from school.

, I just gave them a chance to tie, but they caught me. Thinking about it this way, these children are not that stupid, at least Miss Granger is not."

Snape glanced at him sideways: "But Dumbledore would never punish students corporally, let alone treat them as roughly as you did."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Toby shook his head: "The principal is very patient. He is willing to call a student to the office for a heart-to-heart chat. But don't forget, I am not a Gryffindor after all-"

"But a true Slytherin."