Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 21

[——According to the tribal priest, this will bless them with good weather in the next year, and it will also bless them to catch enough fish in the river so that they can fill their stomachs—to be honest, I think It's a good deal.But still the same sentence, the premise is that the sacrifices can only be domestic animals, not living people. 】

[This is just a relatively common example of ritual magic, and the specific process will not be described, so as to avoid random attempts by curious little wizards.As for the idea of ​​combining ritual magic with a magic wand, it is necessary to try to simplify the entire ritual process, remove unnecessary parts, and turn the necessary parts into spells, which is no less difficult than creating spells, and each ritual magic must Specially equipped with a completely different spell, the author has successfully used an example, which may bring some inspiration to you, the process is as follows——]

Harry was frightened and wanted to turn the pages, but Percy snatched the magazine away.

"Oh, that's bad." Percy asked with an ugly face, "I originally planned to read this myself, and you should read the second half—you didn't finish the first part, did you, Harry?"

The result was palpable, and Harry was pale with fright.

"If saying this can make you feel better, the next page is the picture of the livestock being turned over. Bill crossed out that picture on purpose, but I still feel uncomfortable for a long time after reading it. Fortunately, you didn't see it. to that photo."

Harry was speechless.

He looked at the desserts that appeared on the dinner plate, his face was pale and frightening, and he didn't want to eat anything.

He carefully looked in the direction of the teacher's long table. In order to prevent Professor Highmore from finding out that he was secretly looking at him, Harry had to pretend to avert his gaze and glance around.

In fact, Toby couldn't find this, he was fighting for a bowl of pudding with Al.He actually lost to Al in the previous rib, which is a shame for archaeologists!

In the process of looking around, Harry noticed a hook-nosed professor. When he looked at each other through Professor Quirrell's scarf, he suddenly felt a burning sensation from the scar on his forehead.

"Are you all right?" Percy asked worriedly, still regretting his mistake.

"It's okay." Harry said enduring the pain, he realized that the hooked-nosed professor didn't seem to like him at all, and his eyes were terribly cold.

But no matter how scary it is, it seems that it is not as scary as Professor Haimer. How did he study those ritual magic with the disgust?The text description alone is scary enough.

The final scramble ends with Al pulling out a small shovel, while Toby, who is unarmed, leaves his shovel in the office.

"Cough cough." Professor Dumbledore coughed twice suddenly, and Al and Toby sat down immediately, not even caring about pudding.

When the food was gone and the dinner finally came to an end, the students were all groggy, and Dumbledore stood up again.

"Now that everyone has eaten and drunk enough, I would like to say a few more words to you. At the beginning of the semester, I would like to put forward some points for everyone to pay attention to."

He mentioned the prohibition of students in the Forbidden Forest, the administrator Filch's request that students not cast spells in the corridors, and the vetting of Quidditch players.

"In addition, I would like to introduce a new professor of ancient magic, Toby Highmore!"

He stretched out his palm to Toby, and Toby stood up and bowed slightly to the surroundings. Harry applauded a little absent-mindedly, but it didn't matter. Compared with Snape, his smile was much more cordial, and less like a murderer who had announced in advance, which earned him a lot of applause.

"Toby Highmore was a former student of Hogwarts. He has traveled abroad for many years and is willing to share appropriate magical knowledge with everyone."

Dumbledore added an extra emphasis on the pronunciation of the word "suitable". Toby Quan pretended not to hear it, and still maintained a decent smile. He even forced a voice through his teeth to remind: "Mr. and Mrs. Longbottom."

Dumbledore paused, and then continued to speak calmly: "In addition to Professor Highmore, we also welcome his assistant to join the teaching staff—Mr. Al!"

Sniff stood up from the shrunken chair, swayed a little twice, straightened his body, and then it asked Toby to put itself on top of Toby's head, standing higher than everyone else.

"Ah!" It said with a wave of its hand, and bowed gracefully.

The students below were stunned, and Toby had to take the lead in applauding. The applause gradually sounded and intensified, which was countless times bigger than the applause Toby received!
"I knew it! I knew it!"

Fred slammed the table and shouted, "I knew it would come!"

George clapped louder than him: "What's next? Let Peeves be the principal? I'm looking forward to it!"

But the professors haven't come to their senses yet, they were all frightened by this sudden decision - how can anyone let magical animals be the professors of Hogwarts? Not even assistants.

But Al didn't care, it jumped off Toby's head and raised an eyebrow at him proudly.

Toby cut, with an expression of envy and jealousy.

Then Al walked up and down the long table, greeted the professors one by one, and shook hands with them respectively.

Professor Flitwick smiled, Professor McGonagall was rather serious, Quirrell had a strange expression, and only Snape refused to reach out to hold Al's paw.

"You guys are messing around!" He lowered his voice and reprimanded.

Al spat at Snape, then fled on a miniature flying carpet.

Amidst the applause that seemed to never stop, Dumbledore lowered his voice and said, "But you still have to do the teaching yourself, don't try to be lazy, Toby."

Toby was suddenly interested in the silver cup on the table. He held the cup in his hand and looked at it, but he didn't look at Dumbledore.

"there's one more thing!"

Dumbledore's voice suddenly raised was extra loud, as if he was teaching someone a lesson.

The applause gradually weakened, and Dumbledore looked at the students and said: "I must tell everyone, those who do not want to encounter accidents and die in pain, please do not enter the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor."

The cheers and applause stopped abruptly, and a few people laughed loudly, but it was only a few people.

Toby looked at Dumbledore all at once.

tragic death?It's not that scary.

It's just a mechanism to protect the Philosopher's Stone, and it's not as exaggerated as the Forbidden Forest.

But it's always good to exaggerate, and Toby was pleased with the reaction of most of the students.

Knowing to be afraid is better than knowing the danger and taking the risk of being a werewolf close to the full moon.

Afterwards, Dumbledore conjured up the lyrics of the school song from the stiff faces of the professors, and happily sang with everyone.

Harry couldn't get into it at all, he didn't laugh just now, but was staring at Toby Highmore in fear.

The corridor on the right side of the fourth floor is very dangerous, there is a possibility of tragic death——

Could it be Professor Highmore's office there? !
(End of this chapter)