Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 2 Toby Highmore
Severus Snape stared at Toby in silence for a moment, as if comparing the scruffy face in front of him with his memory.

"I thought you were dead."

said Snape at last.

Toby spread his hands helplessly: "Why are so many people looking forward to my death today, I should really look at the horoscope chart before going out."

Al held a multi-flavored bean and nodded vigorously, as if saying: That's it.

After noticing Snape's line of sight, Toby took the initiative to introduce: "It's called Al, it's my pet, and it can also be regarded as a partner. Compared with ordinary sniffing, it is particularly sensitive to the source of light. It was very important during the exploration of ancient ruins and saved my life many times."

"Ancient ruins?" Snape mocked with the corners of his mouth curled up, "Have you not given up on your whimsical ideas and wasted all your time exploring ancient ruins?"

"Oh." Toby countered mercilessly: "This is better than joining the Death Eaters. If Lily is still alive, I don't know what she will think of you."

"You!" Snape immediately became angry, and he stared at Toby viciously: "That's better than you, a coward who can only run away!"

Toby clicked his ears indifferently: "At least I didn't stand against Lily, nor was I an accomplice to kill her. Besides, what happened to the coward? I remember that Professor Slughorn also planned to escape, and your Actively join the difference, we have no intention of helping the mysterious person."

Snape stared at Toby like crazy: "You are not allowed to mention Lily's name again!"

Toby raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter, Severus? What are you doing so excited? I thought you had forgotten her a long time ago, so much time has passed, and her and James' children should grow up too Right. I still remember the scene when you parted ways - that 'mudblood' got me in too, Severus."

Accompanied by the sound of dinged sugar palms, Snape got up suddenly and pushed the table away.

Al jumped onto Toby's shoulder all at once, looked at the savory beans scattered all over the ground, and loudly attacked Snape, the culprit.

The bar owner Wicky saw this scene from a distance, and Toby stretched out his hand to comfort him: "Please change the table, oh yes, let's have another order of multi-flavored beans."

While the house-elves were cleaning, Wicky came over and said, "I thought you were just catching up."

Toby looked at Snape with a smile and said, "My old classmate is really enthusiastic."

"After all, we haven't seen each other in years."

After the table was changed again, Snape suppressed his anger and sat down again.

He glanced at Witch, who was staring at this place, and said meaningfully: "Since you graduated, it seems that you have a lot of experience."

Toby replied casually, "You too, Severus."

This was the first time the two had met since graduating from Hogwarts.

Snape stayed in England, and Toby never went back.

They were from the same class at Hogwarts, and both were from Slytherin House.

Snape has been seeking the approval of pure-blood students when he was in school. Of course, this is also related to his own love of black magic, so he will hang out with those "evil" students all day long.

But it wasn't a real friendship after all, at least Toby didn't see those "friends" stand up for Snape when he was bullied by James and the others.

And Toby also had few friends when he was in school, he was marginalized.

Slytherin House was not favored by students from other colleges, and almost everyone agreed that only bad students would be assigned to Slytherin.In addition, it happened to be during the rise of Voldemort's power at that time, which brought a deeper and more stereotyped bad impression to Slytherin College, but the students of Slytherin College were not wronged at all. There is a blatant discussion of whether to join the Death Eaters.

But Toby was different.

He had no intention of becoming a Death Eater, unwilling to serve Voldemort, but he was not accepted by students from other houses.

Because he was the extremely rare Muggle-born assigned to a Slytherin house for many years.

This was simply unimaginable to Toby, and it was also true for everyone else.

Slytherin House has always been a house that pays attention to blood. Pure blood is the highest honor. How can a mudblood be allowed to enter?

This made Toby lost for a long time at the beginning, not because of his Muggle-born status, but because he was not recognized.

Fortunately, there is magic to accompany him.

For Toby, who lived in the Muggle world since he was a child, magic has always attracted him the most.

This strong interest has enabled Toby to achieve excellent results. Whether it is OWL or NEWT, his results in every subject are excellent.

This made him attract attention, and the best of them came from Professor Slughorn. He is a pure-blood wizard himself, but he doesn't judge a person because of his blood, but because of whether the other party is good enough, whether he has Enough "collection" value.

Toby's excellent grades made Professor Slughorn look at him differently, and he was willing to make conveniences many times.

But good grades bring not only positive reactions, but also negative ones.

Toby was targeted by Voldemort, and the terrible Dark Lord would rather disregard Toby's blood to recruit him.

Of course, the means of solicitation are not so friendly.

It is impossible for Toby to agree to Voldemort's solicitation. The fact that he is a Muggle-born cannot be changed. He also cannot agree with Voldemort's idea of ​​purifying his blood, let alone forget his student experience.

Always treat with indifference.

Fortunately, Toby's will is firm enough. He has been an orphan since he was a child, and he knows how to deal with himself and how to avoid trouble.

This is completely different from another fringe character - Severus Snape.Many times it seemed to Toby that Snape was asking for trouble.

Of course, it was hard to tell what happened later, the hatred between Snape and James had reached the point where it could not be resolved, and it became meaningless to trace the source.

They don't deal with it by nature.

Toby was good at observing. He saw that Snape liked Lily very early on, but he couldn't say it out all the time.

As a result, Lily was with James, whom she had always hated, and gave birth to a savior of the wizarding world, the Boy Who Lived——Harry Potter.

And this Harry happened to be related to the reason why Snape went to Egypt.

"Tell me about it."

Snape asked in the tone of an interviewer: "Harry Potter will also enroll this year, are you here just for him?"

"For the Boy Who Lived?"

(End of this chapter)