Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Harry was frightened by the sudden turn of events. He forgot that he still had the invisibility cloak. He kept moving his hands around his body quickly, and finally found something in his pocket - the flute given to him by Hagrid, which he also prepared.

Something used to make magic circle items.

Harry subconsciously played the flute.

【Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hogwarts!】

[Please teach us knowledge, but not from the devil!]

[The ancient magic circle is omnipotent and gives the devil infinite power!]

...

Harry's original idea was to use the flute to play the school song with the melody of "Symphony of Destiny", but after the dirty words, he made another mistake and turned into the devil's song with the melody of "Funeral March", which is Toby Highmore.

professor.

Harry hoped that someone would hear his cry for help. What he longed for most was the devil in the lyrics, even Mr. Al.

The figure seemed to be affected by the singing. He slowed down his pace, but then quickly picked up his speed again, and suddenly rushed towards Harry, like a dark bat.

Harry wanted to scream in fear, but couldn't make any sound and fell to the ground in fear.

At this moment, Harry heard the sound of horse hooves trotting behind him, and something passed over his head and rushed towards the figure.

When Harry raised his head again, the hooded figure had disappeared. A centaur stood beside him. It was different from the centaur Bane he had seen before - this centaur looked younger. His hair was

It is white-gold and has the body of a silver-maned horse.

"Are you okay?" The centaur reached out to Harry, trying to help him up.

Harry quickly took several steps back. Bain gave him a bad first impression, and he was even afraid of the centaur in front of him.

But the centaur seemed to know what Harry was thinking, and he said: "It seems that you have already seen Bain, and he is patrolling around here. I know that Bain has a very bad temper, and some animals have died in the forest.

And the new professor at Hogwarts almost broke into our tribal gathering place, and Bain inevitably overreacted - no wizard has ever been so close to us before, and this is not allowed."

The centaur once again extended his hand to Harry, and this time Harry did not refuse.

"Sorry." He said awkwardly, "Uh, do you know what that was just now?"

The centaur didn't answer. His eyes were astonishingly blue, like light sapphires. He looked at Harry carefully, his eyes resting on the distinct and prominent scar on Harry's forehead.

"You are the Potter boy," he said. "You should not be here. The forest is not very safe at this time - especially for you. Can you ride a horse? It will be faster."

"My name is Firenze." He added, bending his front legs and lowering his body, allowing Harry to climb onto his back.

Suddenly, the sound of more horse hooves came from the other side of the clearing. Bain limped out of the grass. He looked miserable. A long gash appeared on his chest and was still seeping out.

There was blood - this must have been caused in the battle just now. For the first time, Harry realized the cruelty of Mr. Al. Compared with Bain, Al's method of punishing students was completely too kind.

"Firenze!" Bain roared: "What are you doing? Think you are an ordinary mule?"

"This is the boy from the Potter family." Firenze said: "You are seriously injured and should return to the tribe for treatment as soon as possible. Moreover, I have already told you not to provoke the new professor, but you

He just refused to listen. You should know how cruel he would be when he really started to attack, but Dumbledore was there to prevent him from——"

"This is the mission of being a centaur!" Bain roared, regardless of his injuries: "We need to protect the forest, instead of letting the wizard drive us like you. Remember, Firenze, we swore an oath.

, we must not disobey God’s will. Don’t we see the omens shown in the movement of the planets?”

Firenze was so angry that he suddenly stood up on his hind legs, and Harry had to hold on to his shoulders tightly to prevent him from falling down.

"Have you not seen those dead animals?" Firenze roared to Bain: "Don't you understand why it was killed? Or did the planet not reveal this secret to you? I must resist that lurking

The man in our forest, Bane. Yes, I will side with humanity if necessary."

After Firenze finished speaking, he turned around lightly; Harry clung to him tightly, and they rushed deeper into the woods, leaving Bain behind.

Harry had no idea what was going on.

"Why is Bain so angry?" Harry asked, "Also, what was that just now? And why do you hate Professor Highmore, and Bain even didn't hesitate to fight him?"

Firenze slowed down and reminded Harry to lower his head and avoid the low-hanging branches, as if thinking. Finally, just as they passed through a particularly dense bush, Firenze suddenly stopped.

"Harry Potter, do you know how those animals died?"

"I don't know," Harry couldn't help being surprised when he heard this strange question.

"I have observed the corpses of those animals." Firenze said: "They were so emaciated that their lives were forcibly taken away, they were exhausted little by little, and they died in weakness and pain."

"There is no doubt that this is black magic, extremely evil black magic. Bain suspects that this is done by the new professor, but I know it is not him. He will not do anything against Dumbledore's ideas. He respects Dumbledore very much.

profitable."

Harry looked at the back of Firenze's head, which shone with silver spots in the moonlight.

"But who is the murderer?" Harry asked his question loudly: "Why can't it be done in a more ordinary way, such as...such as a full meal? Why must it take the life of an animal?"

"Because the murderer is also weak, ordinary eating is no longer enough to do this. He must use other lives to delay his own life so that you can drink another thing - something that can fully restore your energy.

and something magical - something that makes you immortal. Mr. Potter, do you know what is hidden in the school at the moment?"

"The Philosopher's Stone! Of course—the Elixir of Life! But I don't understand who—"

"Can't you imagine who has been waiting silently for so many years, eager to make a comeback? Who is clinging to life and waiting for the opportunity?"

For a moment, it was as if an iron claw suddenly grabbed Harry's heart. In the rustle of the leaves in the wind, he seemed to hear again what Hagrid said on the night they first met: "Some people say he died.

I think it’s just nonsense. I’m afraid he doesn’t have much humanity left in him, so it’s impossible for him to die.”

"Are you saying," Harry said in a low, hoarse voice, "that it's Vadi-"

"Harry! Harry, are you okay?"

Hermione and Ron ran towards them along the path. Behind them were the frightened Malfoy and the sullen Professor Hemmer. Al was standing on his shoulders, not showing any signs of the previous battle.

injured.

"I'm fine," Harry whispered, only daring to steal a glance at the expression on Professor Hemmer's face. He seemed to be on the verge of rage, his face was terrifyingly gloomy.

No one said anything more. Firenze silently put Harry back on the ground. He didn't want to stay with Toby, but Toby didn't let him go and strode directly towards him.

"What does Mars mean?"

He asked directly, his tone was completely threatening, as if Firenze would not hesitate to attack him if he dared to tell riddles like Ronan again.

Firenze looked at Toby calmly.

"War." He said: "In Centaur divination, Mars means war."

Toby narrowed his eyes slightly, as if to judge whether Firenze had deceived him.

Just when several people thought that another battle was about to take place, Toby said in an extremely calm voice: "Tell your leader Margery not to let me see Bain again. He has taken action against Al, so don't

Let me see him again."

Firenze and Toby looked at each other: "The centaurs will not accept the wizard's threat."

"You will." Toby said: "You must accept the threat."

After saying these completely unreasonable words, Toby turned around and glanced at the four students who were trembling with fear - this seemed to be the first time they had seen Professor Heimer really angry.

In the past, it was just pretending.

"Now hurry back to the castle, your confinement is over."

Toby was not in the mood to smile at them. He had just learned that something strange had happened.

All the dead animal carcasses were gone, not a single one was left behind.

It's like...someone didn't want them to find clues on those bodies.

No matter what these clues are, they must be related to Voldemort.