Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 242 Helena and Barrow
As a well-informed Niffler, Al smells gossip.

Facts have proved that its nose is still very good.

"That's a long story," Barrow said, the blood on his clothes glistening, making it hard not to notice: "Ms. Gray, that is, Helena, she is the daughter of Ms. Ravenclaw. .”

"Wait a minute!" Toby interrupted immediately: "Which Ravenclaw?"

"Rowena Ravenclaw." Barrow said with straight eyes, "She is also one of the four founders of Hogwarts."

Toby blinked. This was a rare surprise for an archaeologist—Barrow and Helena were both living history.

He rubbed his fingers and looked like he was counting money, making Nick's eyes look weird.

"Then do you know—" Toby asked with interest: "Are there any secrets in the school? Or something that can be related to archaeology? The secrets of the founders are also fine."

"That's relevant to the story I'm about to tell," said Barrow. "Miss Ravenclaw's diadem, it is said that those who wear it will be endowed with wisdom. But very few people know - almost no one You know, the diadem has been stolen."

Hey, it just so happens that Toby really knows.

The crown, the diary, and the locket, these are the three things that Voldemort attaches great importance to.Among them, the diary and locket are in Toby's hands, and the diadem is still with Dumbledore.

Sometimes Toby couldn't help but wonder if Dumbledore had discovered the secret of the crown and was using the wisdom given by the crown.Instead of worrying that students who love archeology will damage the crown.

But how could Voldemort take the crown away?There was no Voldemort then.

"Helena," Barrow said unexpectedly, "it was she who stole the diadem. Lady Ravenclaw covered up her daughter's mistake, but soon after she fell seriously ill and hoped to be able to return to the Seeing Helena one last time before dying, and sent me to find her."

"Why you?" Toby and Al showed puzzled expressions together, and he asked, "Aren't you a student of Slytherin?"

"You have so many questions." Nick on the side said dissatisfiedly, he still wanted to continue listening, but couldn't stand being interrupted all the time.

"The reason is very simple." Barrow did not ignore Toby's doubts: "Because the relationship between Head Slytherin and Ms. Ravenclaw is very good, they often discuss magic together, and they are equally full of wisdom. At that time I I am a proud student of Slytherin, and I often come to visit with her, and after a long time, Ms. Ravenclaw gradually appreciates me, so she entrusts me with such an important task."

Toby thought it wasn't that simple—a friendship between Slytherin and Ravenclaw? "Hogwarts: A School History" has never written this content, it is said that the relationship between Slytherin and Gryffindor, and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff is the best.

The key should be in the magic they discuss.

"What kind of magic?" Toby's brain circuit made Nick feel strange.

"Perhaps you will be interested." Barrow said, "It's ancient magic, ancient magic that existed during the time of the founder."

"Can you tell me more about it?" Toby asked again.

"Not yet." Barrow's words seemed a little mysterious, and it even seemed like Trelawney was pretending to be a ghost.

"Okay." Toby had no choice but to signal Barrow to continue the story.

"After a while, I found Helena in a forest in Albania, but I didn't find the diadem, but that wasn't important at the time, and Lady Ravenclaw didn't have much time left— —I need to get Helena back as soon as possible, but she won't say anything."

"Then you killed her?" Nick looked at Barrow with a disappointed face: "This is not a measure that should be taken - well, well, it's okay if I don't talk."

Al yelled at him twice angrily, the key information must be behind.

"I like Helena, I courted her when I was in school."

Barrow's words made Al let out a short cry, and then he quickly pinched his mouth with his paws to keep silent.

"At that time, my temper was very violent, and it was easier to scare the students away than now. Maybe this is also the reason why I have a talent for black magic, so I let the head of Slytherin take a fancy to me-in short, at that time I was dazed for a while, and I added her two rejections together, plus she said something that angered me at that time, and then I stabbed her to death."

It really is.
Toby couldn't make any comments, and he knew from Baro's current appearance that wearing shackles must be for repentance, and he hasn't taken them off for so many years.

"Yeah——" Al let out a long sigh, and couldn't help thinking that this kind of thing might happen to Toby and Angela—but of course, the person who was stabbed to death must be Toby, Ann Kira had too many reasons to do this - what kicked her, snatched the scepter away and things like that, and always called her back and forth, calling her to Hogg Watts helps without paying a salary-but Al is quite satisfied with this, after all, he doesn't need to dig gold out of his belly pocket.

"what are you thinking about?"

Toby stared at Al with burning eyes, as if he knew what thoughts were hidden in his mind.

"Yeah (nothing, nothing)." Al quickly shook his head to cover it up, pretending that nothing happened.

"Give us a moment," Toby said to Nick and Barrow, causing Al to panic—was that a lesson?No, I have to go to Angela for help quickly, and go to Ouagadou to hide from the limelight first.

"Don't move—hey, don't bite my fingers!" Toby pulled Alpa away vigorously after walking away, and said in a low voice, "What's the matter with you—didn't you understand? Yes Helena secretly told the mysterious man where the diadem is."

"Huh?" Al was stunned.

"It should be like this." Toby said with bright eyes: "Albania, this is also where the headmaster found the tree hole, which was just enough to hide a crown. Later, Helena was bewitched by a mysterious man when she was young. , said the location, the crown was taken away by the mysterious person, and then quietly brought back to the Room of Requirement—in this way, the matter should be much easier to solve, you go to Angela and ask her to come over as soon as possible , I will go to the principal to ask for a crown now."

"Huh? (Looking for Angela again?)" Al asked confusedly.

"Time to let her charm work," Toby said with a smile.

Toby didn't share his thoughts with Nick and Barrow. After saying goodbye to the two ghosts, he and Al split up, one rushed to the disappearing cabinet, and the other rushed to the principal's office immediately.

"Pile of cockroaches."

The stone beast jumped up to make room, and Toby rushed up the spiral staircase, slamming on the oak door: "Principal! Principal! Open the door, principal!"

The wooden door was pulled open from the inside, revealing a cold face and long greasy hair that would never change.

"People who don't know think you are going to blow up the headmaster of Hogwarts." Snape said in a cliche way: "Is this your order of assassination? You should really publish this plan in "Singing On the Quibbler."

"I promise you will be the next one." Toby looked at Snape suspiciously: "Why are you here? Didn't you have a fight before, don't tell me you came to admit your mistake, or - you Shouldn't it be to complain?"

At this time, Dumbledore, who was sitting behind the desk, said: "I have to say, I am very relieved, this time you at least put the duel outside the school instead of in the school corridor. progress."

"He won't be so lucky next time," Snape choked.

"You too." Toby pulled Snape away impatiently: "It's still this little trick after all these years. It's exactly the same as reporting Remus when you were in school. It hasn't improved at all."

This sentence can be regarded as annoyed Snape, he pulled out his wand angrily, and Toby looked into Snape's eyes.

"This time the progress is a bit too big, gentlemen." Dumbledore said sternly: "It is not a good idea to change the venue of the duel to the headmaster's office."

Snape stared at Toby for a while, and said in a cold voice, "Don't think I don't know what you have in mind, think about how to explain it to the headmaster, archaeologist."

Toby stared angrily at Snape's back. If he had known earlier, he would not have been called here. Remus was more reassuring.

"Come and sit, Toby." Dumbledore's voice sounded behind him: "So, you broke your promise? Are you planning to get back the skeleton placed in the Ministry of Magic?"

It seems that Snape did tell everything, even letting Dumbledore know about the drama.

"That's not the case at all!"

Toby changed his face as soon as he turned around, and said seriously: "If you don't do this, how can you bring back the magic ball? It's still hidden in the skeleton body. You don't want to see me Breaking into the Ministry of Magic? And it's not easy to involve Arthur in this kind of thing-or do you have other people in the Ministry?"

"So that's the case." Dumbledore's tone was a little vague, making it impossible for Toby to confirm the other party's attitude.

"Come and sit." Dumbledore repeated again: "Tell me, why are you looking for me in such a hurry? It must have nothing to do with the magic ball."

Toby was not guilty at all, and he said as if to take credit: "Principal, I know why the diadem is in Albania—it was Helena, the ghost of Ravenclaw College, who stole the diadem from the very beginning. let's go."

Immediately afterwards, Toby recounted Barrow's words and his own guesses. Dumbledore listened silently, and the speed of flipping through the magazine became slower and slower.

"What a sad story," he concluded.

"Isn't it?" Toby was not so sentimental, he said cheerfully: "Can you lend me the crown? I promise I won't study it casually, it's just used to communicate with Helena—if If you are worried, I can go with you when the time comes, even if Fox is sent to monitor me, it doesn't matter."

Fox on the perch shook his head momentarily to express his refusal. He didn't want to stay with Toby and Al for too long—it would make him bad, and he could feel it.

"I believe in your assurance, and I also believe that you also have plans to study Fox." Dumbledore pierced Toby's mind with one sentence, and Fox immediately tweeted angrily.

"But, I'm sorry, Toby, I'm afraid I can't give you the diadem."

This is a bit disappointing.

"Why." Toby said helplessly: "I have the diary and the locket here, and you are willing to lend me even the pen of acceptance. Why are you holding on to the crown? That's just It’s just a relic of the founder, didn’t you give me the sword of Gryffindor before, and it’s still with Al, you didn’t say you wanted to come back.”

"Wait a moment--"

Toby suddenly said to himself: "Wisdom, it is said that the crown can give people wisdom. This must not be the way you discovered the use of the crown, right? I knew it must have special magic, otherwise how could Helena Will be easily found by Barrow."

"Let's talk about your plan first." Dumbledore changed the subject and stared at Toby with a penetrating gaze: "Do you really want to help Barrow?"

"How is it possible." Toby laughed out loud: "He wants to make me a ghost in the school, which is very wrong, principal, and this matter itself is a bit difficult-my purpose is actually very Simple, I wanted to ask Helena what kind of magic Ms. Ravenclaw and Slytherin were studying. Barlow would only say that it was ancient magic, and refused to reveal more. But Ravenclaw Law's daughter might know."

"Besides, this may also be related to the problem on my body - the black feathers. To be honest, there are too many problems on my body now, so many that I don't bother to solve them - the ritual magic involving the magic ball, The injuries caused by all kinds of black magic, as well as Snape's sharp edge, that guy is really ruthless——Principal, did I say something wrong?"

Toby noticed that Dumbledore's eyes became more and more serious, and his expression was not very good-looking.

Phineas in the portrait sneers: "I don't know if you've got anything right."

The portraits on the side nodded in unison, rarely agreeing with Phineas' statement.

Toby glanced at these portraits sideways, and planned to remove them all after he became the principal, even if he replaced them with Al's self-portrait, at most it was noisy, and there was no way to put bright lights in the office. It's just an item, it's not really a problem.

At this time, Dumbledore finally spoke, his tone still a bit heavy.

"I see, Toby," he said. "Lady Gray—no, Helena, leave it to me, and I'll see her myself."

Toby stared blankly at Dumbledore.

He was completely confused again.

(End of this chapter)