Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Toby took Al into the Hog's Head Bar, which was small, dark, and very dirty. Thick dirt accumulated on the several bay windows, and almost no light could penetrate. There were some candles burning on the rough wooden tables.

"This place is really dirty." Toby frowned and said, "It's far worse than the Veil Bar."

Al also fanned his nose exaggeratedly, and the whole bar exuded a strong smell of mutton.

The bar owner sidled out of a back door. He was a grumpy-looking old man, tall and thin with a lot of long gray hair and a beard.

Toby looked at the boss carefully, and the boss was staring at him impatiently, waiting for him to take his order.

"A glass of devil's gin and a glass of hot milk."

"Eight Sickles."

Al took money out of his pocket to pay the bill, and took out two clean cups that had been prepared in advance - this was Professor Flitwick's suggestion, and judging from the environment of the bar, this was indeed a very practical suggestion.

Devil's Gin is a dark red wine with bubbles that resemble small skulls and looks like a glass of lava.

Toby found a secluded corner with two cups in his hands, his hair drooping down little by little, hiding it from his eyes, and he occasionally took a small sip unhurriedly.

Al held the hot milk without saying anything. From time to time he took out a Bibi multi-flavor bean from his belly pocket and put it in his mouth. If it tasted good, he would smash it in his mouth. If it tasted bad, he would quickly drink a big sip of the hot milk.

Swallow the milk.

Toby also came to the Pig's Head Bar to try his luck this time. It is not easy to find traces of the fifth founder. Many records in the school are incomplete. The two goblin rebellions alone have completely destroyed Hogwarts.

It was affected a lot, especially the first rebellion, which was even a war involving the entire British wizarding world. Hogwarts also lost a lot of information in similar wars, including library books. After all, not everyone

Every headmaster has Dumbledore's abilities.

As for asking about the ghosts in the school, Toby knew that Bloody Barrow was one of the first batch of students, but the fifth founder was earlier than that. According to Barrow, the Forbidden Forest was there before he entered the school.

already exists.

Time passed little by little, and guests in the bar came and went. Not every guest was as naked as Toby. Some were covered with bandages, and some simply covered their heads with cloth bags.

There were also many guests who came to talk to him, but Toby drove away all the unreliable guests. He was not that easy to deceive. Before he became an ace curse-breaker, he started out as an ordinary curse-breaker bit by bit.

Yes, the goblins at that time didn't take him seriously.

The sun tilted down little by little, leaving only dim candlelight in the bar. A customer with something hidden in his arms sat quietly opposite Toby. Toby remembered that the other person had also been sitting in the bar for a long time, with a hood on his head.

His face was shrouded in dark smoke.

"I have something to sell."

He said as soon as he came up, his voice was hoarse and obviously disguised.

Toby stared at him and tapped the table with his fingers.

The man understood immediately and lifted up a corner of his robe, revealing something like a sculpture underneath.

Toby narrowed his eyes slightly. The thing in the other person's arms looked very much like a centaur.

This is not easy to get, because it is too rare, the centaurs have not had much contact with wizards, and they themselves have no habit of building sculptures.

"I used a shrinking spell." The mysterious guest continued in a low voice: "It is about ten times the original size."

Toby made an assessment in his mind. From this point of view, the original shape of the sculpture was about the same size as the centaur.

He nodded inadvertently and tapped the table with his fingers twice.

Al also stopped eating multi-flavor beans and stared at the other party with his dark little eyes.

The mysterious guest obviously didn't take one Sniff to heart, and after a while he stretched out a fourth one.

Toby shook his head and said disdainfully: "Four hundred galleons, you really dare to ask for it."

"You can exchange it for information." The mysterious guest added: "I know you, Toby Highmore, and I have also read your book, "Ancient Magic." I need specific information about a place in the book.

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Toby did not hide his face, so it was not surprising that the other party recognized him. There were many goblins in Gringotts in various countries who knew him.

"Tell me, where is it?"

"Ghost Castle, or Death Castle, whatever you want to call it, you should know where I am referring to. I heard that there are many weapons and armors made by goblins there, and no one can take them out, but -"

"But I did it. Yes, there are indeed many lost creations of goblins in the castle. They are a lot of wealth. Since you want to die, I won't stop you. Let's start trading. You bring the pen of truth.

?"

"Bring it."

The mysterious guest took out a blue quill, which was made from the feathers of the Silent Bird. It also had the function of making veritaserum. Only the true thoughts in the heart could be written on paper.

Toby took the pen of truth and wrote a series of messages on the parchment handed to him, all written in ancient runes.

"I hope you have taken this class."

Toby handed over the parchment and quill, and the mysterious guest took it and looked at it carefully. Not sure if he understood it, he put the sculpture in his arms on the table and left the bar without saying a word.

Walking very fast.

Toby slowly drank the last bit of wine, and Al took this time to take out a bag made of silver cloth, put the centaur sculpture in the bag, and finally tied the rope tightly and put it back in his belly pocket.

"Let's go."

Toby stood up. Al jumped on his shoulders and put on the half-moon glasses. A trace that only the glasses could see immediately appeared in front of his eyes, like a purple ribbon.

This is the aroma of algae, a herbal species that even Dean Sprout doesn't know about. It is only found in Loch Ness City. Toby guessed that it was a sign used by the wizards in the city to identify the residents of the city.

As for Al's glasses, two medium-sized magic circles were emitting a subtle light on the lenses. If you were a little further away, you wouldn't be able to see this light.

It would be fine if it was just a sculpture of a centaur, but what the other party asked about was Death Castle. How could there be so many coincidences?

The armor that replaced Lu Wei's guard role was brought back from the Death Castle by Toby.

Once they left the bar, Toby's footsteps disappeared. The magic ball cast a magic circle in an instant. This time it did not emit any light, but in the next second, even Toby and Al disappeared into the street.

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They followed the traces of the skeletal algae and came to a secluded alley. The other party stood upright at the end of the alley without any cover, with his back to the invisible Toby and Al.

But Toby suddenly stopped.

He stared at the back cautiously, as if the other person had long expected that Toby would not let him go.

The mysterious guest slowly turned around, took off the hood of his witch robe, and his face became clear in the moonlight.

Mundungus Fletcher, one of the members of the Order of the Phoenix, said with a painful expression: "Mr. Hemmer, save me..."

Then he fell on his back in the snow, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.