Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Life is really full of ups and downs.

In the dark coffin, little Harry stood motionless. He seemed to have lost the ability to think, and he could only keep mumbling: "Fifty points for each person, fifty points for each person."

....."

They lost all the points they needed to win the Quidditch Cup. Once again, they cost Gryffindor a lot of points.

Now, there is no need to think about the College Cup at the end of the semester. Even if Professor McGonagall is here, she can't say anything. After all, she originally planned to add twenty points to the thirty points and directly deduct each of them.

Fifty points.

Hermione and Ron also stopped banging on the coffin, and walked back to Harry in despair.

"I can't read new books in advance..."

Hermione said frustratedly, the long whiskers on both sides of her cheeks twitching. Professor Hemmer relieved her of her job as editor.

"There is also confinement..." Ron said desperately: "Professor Heimer just mentioned confinement. Is he going to let us be detained again?"

In the darkness, the three of them fell silent one after another.

But after a while, there was a sound outside the coffin. They thought it was Professor Heimer who had finally changed his mind. They quickly put their ears to the thick cover, but the next second they heard a strange rustling.

The sound was like someone scratching the lid of the coffin hard outside.

The three of them were so frightened that they trembled. They had long forgotten about the magic stone. Moreover, they all remembered that the ancient magic office was the most terrifying, not to mention that they were locked in the pharaoh's coffin.

Inside, who knows how many monsters there are outside.

They retreated quietly, trying not to make any noise.

But the monster outside was not ready to let them go, and the squealing sound suddenly turned into violent slapping, making them jump in fright.

"Professor, we were wrong, we were wrong!"

"Professor, don't leave!"

"Professor, Professor Heimer!"

What they didn't know was that the confinement had already begun.

The long-horned water snake stayed outside the pharaoh's coffin, and two skeletons were tapping the cover up and down.

Toby looked at this scene and nodded with satisfaction.

If left to the outside world, this method of punishment would never be allowed. Hogwarts has long stopped punishing students in this way.

But the principal can't control him inside Mason Gate, and the principal is not at school today, but went to deal with the trouble Lucius Malfoy caused Toby.

Toby left the Ancient Magic Office behind Mason's door, and Harry and the three of them stopped caring about it.

He still has many important things to do.

On the other side of Mason Gate is a very strange world, related to emotions, full of mystery and danger.

This is difficult to explain. The only thing Toby knows is that emotion is an important source of power for wizards. He is not very clear about the rest.

He had been wondering for years what Hogwarts would look like behind the Mason Gate.

Now, he finally saw it.

The corridors of the castle have become much wider, allowing ten carriages to walk side by side, and all the portraits on the walls have disappeared, replaced by living portraits, who are doing things no different from the outside world.

In addition to these wizards, Toby also saw trolls, rows of armors, and even goblins. The corridors became extremely noisy because of them, and sometimes they would even fight with the wizards.

Toby seems to have become the only magical animal in the castle. He doesn't understand why he turned into a long-horned water snake. This has nothing to do with his patron saint, but he does have a guess-the symbol of Slytherin House.

It's a snake, and Toby always thought that he was more Slytherin than Slytherin himself, so he turned into a more powerful horned water snake.

Toby didn't come into contact with these living portraits. The Mason Gate didn't have much time to bloom, and he didn't have much time left.

At this moment, a carriage pulled by the Thestral came quietly, with Peeves sitting on the front of the carriage, with the Sorting Hat on his head.

The Sorting Hat opened his mouth and spoke: "Strange guest, where are you going?"

This scene is really magical, because it is a brand-new Sorting Hat, and Peeves is far more honest than the outside world.

"The principal's office." Toby said tentatively.

The door of the carriage opened automatically, and Toby got in little by little. Then the door closed and the carriage continued to drive.

On the way, Toby was still asking questions, but the Sorting Hat was unwilling to answer. He just said: "I just follow the principal's instructions. Apart from watching Peeves, I also have to deal with strange guests like you.

Give me a hard time, boy."

Toby had no choice but to look out the car window. He didn't want to cause trouble in the world behind Mason's door. Who knew what was going on here.

Just now, he watched helplessly as a fire dragon was scolded by a dwarf and did not dare to raise its head. It only dared to walk around with its head lowered, and even sneezed with its neck raised.

Toby wanted to bring out a fire dragon, but not everything could be taken out of the Mason Gate, especially living things.

There are not many accidents like Al's, and it was the only special case Toby had ever seen.

After passing a large number of giants and two entire Quidditch teams (who were actually playing in the corridor), they finally stopped in front of a stone beast.

The carriage door opened and Toby jumped in front of the stone beast.

The Sorting Hat nodded to the Stone Beast, and then ordered the reluctant Peeves to continue driving the carriage to who knows where.

The stone beast jumped away and got out of the way of the spiral staircase behind him, and Toby walked up the stairs.

When he reached the end of the stairs, Toby gently knocked twice on the oak door with the tip of his tail.

The door is open.

The principal's office has completely changed. There are no bookshelves, no strange silverware, and the spinning top is gone.

Behind the door is a room that looks a little dark, even a little shabby, and it also looks a little dirty, as if it has not been cleaned frequently.

On the carpet in the center of the living room, an old lion lay on it, calmly watching the guest who came, namely Toby.

This lion is too old to look good, but it has a pair of blue eyes. Only these eyes are particularly sharp and should not appear on such an old lion at all.

The long-horned water snake was approaching the lion little by little. The two were facing each other, as if there was an invisible transparent wall between them.

"Professor Dumbledore?"

Toby greeted tentatively.

At this moment, the transparent wall disappeared and the barriers no longer existed.

The lion's eyes suddenly became extremely vivid, and Toby saw many emotions in it, including disappointment, expectation, encouragement, and vigilance.

Well, this is no different from Principal Dumbledore in the outside world.

Toby simply pretended to turn a blind eye. He looked at the surrounding rooms and asked curiously: "Where are we? Is it your previous house? The one in Godric's Hollow?"