Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 1 The Curse Breaker and Old Classmates

"Hoohoo."

A series of hurried footsteps sounded in the dark corridor, and under the shadow of the dim torches on both sides of the corridor, a face covered with dust and sweat quickly flashed past, with long messy hair fluttering back and forth, dirty and knotted.

And behind him, there were countless bandaged faces—they were all mummies, and they came back to life!
"Hurry up! Al! Haven't found the exit yet?!"

The man shouted anxiously.

A dark shadow suddenly passed in front of him, it was a Nixiu.Xixiu took a quick sniff on the ground, and then immediately pointed out a direction before the fork.

"Good job!"

The man asked Al to jump on his shoulders, he changed direction, ran wildly, and finally saw the light at the exit from a distance.

With a sudden jump, the man reappeared in the blazing sunlight.

But this is not over yet, the ferocious mummy is still chasing him closely, and will soon run out of the tall pyramid as well.

The man unhurriedly took out his wand, and just waved it over the exit, causing the built-in stone door to fall down again.

The Shimen fell wildly with a bang, blocking all the roars inside the pyramid.

The smashed head of a mummy fell from the sky and fell in front of the man.

"Goodbye."

The man laughed and kicked his withered head, causing it to hit the stone door and immediately shattered into pieces.

Then he caught the struggling Niffler, dug in its belly pocket, and took out a pure gold mask.

This mask is very similar to the pharaoh's mask in ancient Egypt, with facial features carved on it, but there are no more complicated decorations around it, and it is only the size of an ordinary mask.

"Finally found!"

The man picked up the mask and kissed it hard, then threw it back in front of Xixiu, and Xixiu hurriedly stuffed the mask into his pocket, for fear of being taken away by the man again.

The man gave it a contemptuous look, but Xixiu jumped back on his shoulder indifferently, pretending nothing happened.

"gone."

The man patted Xixiu's head and said, walking towards the outside of the pyramid step by step.

Gringotts Egypt Branch.

Ever since the dusty man walked into the bank, he had attracted almost everyone's attention—most of them were goblins, and there were envy, jealousy, and disbelief in their eyes.

"You're still alive?!"

The goblin behind the counter said in surprise, he tightly held the gemstone in his hand, watching the customers beside him with distressed faces, hesitating whether to stop it.

"I let you down."

The man said with a flick of his hair, stroking the long hair behind his head with the palm of his hand.

"I'm here to see Larry."

After a pause, the man added with an emphasis: "Now."

It didn't take long for the man to be ushered into a luxuriously decorated living room. There was already a goblin sitting on the sofa, with jewel rings on his fingers and a cigar dangling from his mouth.

He is the goblin supervisor of this Gringotts - Larry.

"Toby Highmore."

The goblin smiled and stood up. He seemed to want to give the other party a hug, even though the other party looked dirty and smelled of sweat, but Larry didn't show a trace of boredom.

"My best spellbreaker, you have been missing for a whole month, let me see what surprise you have brought me this time."

Toby didn't let the other party hug him, nor did he hand over the golden mask, but took out a crumpled letter from his pocket.

"What's this?" Larry froze.

Toby grinned, revealing his white teeth.

"My letter of resignation."

He tossed the letter forward, and before Larry could stretch out his hands, it fell at his feet.

"I quit, Larry."

Toby was about to go out, and Larry stopped him quickly: "Hey! Toby! This joke is not funny at all! Maybe we can talk about your salary again! Double it! How about twice it?" ?! Triple?! Hey! Hey—at least tell me why you resigned?!"

"Because I found a new job."

Toby said without turning his head, and Al made a face at Larry on his shoulder, sticking his tongue out of the old man.

"New job?" Larry stammered and asked, "Did the headquarters poach you?! Those bloody misers, how much did they promise you?!"

"Not much."

Toby finally stopped. He turned around and said in a contemptuous tone: "The goblin supervisor at the headquarters really wants me, and maybe promised a higher salary, but Gringotts is no longer enough to attract me."

"The place I'm going to is the greatest magic school in the world—"

"Hogwarts!"

Veil Bar.

This is the only wizarding bar in Egypt, which only entertains guests from the wizarding world. The bar has been cast with a Muggle expulsion spell, and Muggles cannot see the building.

The owner of the bar is called Wicky. Like Larry, he is also a goblin, and he is not easy to mess with.

Just look at the guests in the bar. Vampires, werewolves, hags, and even giants are all not easy to mess with, but even so, they dare not make trouble in the bar.

Because Witch is not only doing bar business, but also related to the black market, specializing in the sale of stolen goods and the sale of prohibited items.

He has a group of powerful subordinates who are in charge of the rules in the black market.

Toby, who hadn't washed up yet, walked into the bar. The smell on his body attracted a lot of disgust from the guests, but they seemed to be used to it for a long time. No one said anything to drive Toby away. Cursing under his breath, "Damn Toby! He must be rich again!"

As a regular customer, Toby sat at an empty table naturally, and he shouted to the Veela waitress: "A big pineapple pizza, a big glass of lemonade, and a big steak, seven cents Cooked."

He smacked his mouth.

Al stretched out a hand in a dignified manner, and murmured a series of words that no one could understand.

Toby added with a smile: "Give Al another large serving of multi-flavored beans, which he likes the most."

Veela blows Toby a kiss, and Al doesn't let it go.

At this time, a goblin in a suit and vest sat across from Al. He was the owner of the Veil Bar, Wicky.

"I thought you were dead and disappeared for a whole month."

He said as soon as he came up, pushing a piece of paper in front of Toby.

"I won't die if you die."

Toby picked up the slip of paper, on which was written a name—Mundungus Fletcher.

Witch explained calmly: "When you arrive in the UK, you can find him. This person will sell the stolen goods for you, and it will also be convenient for you to go to the black market to buy some prohibited items."

"Is this person reliable?"

"This joke is not funny at all."

How could the black market be reliable? It was full of people living in the dark.

"Send you an additional message."

Witch continued: "The Pig's Head Pub is just in Hogsmeade Village. It's not really a black market, but occasionally there are some interesting guests."

Toby nodded, and he suddenly smiled and said, "Pig's Head Bar. If I had enough pocket money when I was in school, I would have known the news earlier."

Witch reached out for the bartender, ordered two malt whiskeys, and pushed one of them in front of Toby.

"You really decided to leave?" He asked, "It's hard to find a reliable partner like you."

Toby didn't answer this question, but said: "Don't occupy your seat, I have another guest coming over later, that's my old classmate, and I'm still waiting to catch up with him."

The two looked at each other in silence for a while, and they each drank the wine in their glasses, and then Wicky shook his head and walked away.

Al curiously sniffed the mouth of the cup, tentatively stretched out his tongue and licked it, then suddenly became wobbly, unable to even walk steadily.

Toby stretched his arms back and forth to keep Al from accidentally falling to the floor.After playing this game for too long, the Veela waitress came over with a plate.

"Wake up, it's time to pay the bill."

Toby tapped Al on the head and said, it seemed that because he felt the atmosphere of the upcoming parting, the drunk Al shot extra generously this time.

"That's all my money!"

Toby said angrily, Veela finally kissed Al's head gently, which made him calm again, and stood there blankly for a while.

Just as Toby was gobbling it up, a strange guest suddenly walked into the bar. The regular customers looked at him unkindly, but they got even colder eyes.

The strange guest found Toby, and he sat on the seat opposite Toby, staring at him silently.

Only then did Toby raise his head. He stared at the other person's hairstyle that hadn't changed for many years. It was always drooping on the side of his face, as if he hadn't washed his hair.

He took a sip of lemonade, swallowed the food in his mouth, and smiled frivolously at the other party.

"Long time no see, Severus."

(End of this chapter)