Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 262 Snape and the Devil
The weather was getting colder and frost was forming on the court.Under repeated complaints from the players, Wood had to temporarily suspend all training plans.

"Angelina, remember to keep your position during the game—and you two—" During the break, while the players were changing their witch robes, Wood grabbed Fred and George and warned: "Don't Let me find out that you are late again, otherwise I will definitely give you a good look!"

Fred laughed and said, "No problem, we will cover your eyes in advance at the next training."

"The ears are also blocked, so it's impossible for you to hear me." George also said with a smile.

"I'm not kidding you!" Wood said angrily. He seemed to have eyes behind his back, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he hooked Harry who was about to go around, and said in a solemn tone: "I heard that you often talk to Cedric recently. Diggory in the mix? How about it, have you heard about the Hufflepuff team's tactics?"

"Of course not!" Harry said in surprise: "We are going to class, those tricks can't be used in the competition at all."

"Trick?" Wood suddenly came to the spirit: "So, you have prepared a secret weapon yourself? I like this trick."

"It's nothing like this at all." Harry quickly denied, "It's just a class, and it's Professor Highmore's class. That's Professor Highmore, and it has nothing to do with Quidditch at all."

Wood just stared at Harry with an "I understand" look, and after patting his shoulder, he asked, "By the way, you didn't tell him our tactics, did you?"

"How many times do you have to tell me," Harry sighed.

"Yeah." Fred said again: "You put too much pressure on him, Wood."

George said mysteriously: "That will affect Harry's performance in the competition. Listen to Professor Haimer's class, how many people will fall half to death then."

Harry wanted to refute, but considering that almost all of the tricks he and Cedric used in training were related to devils - from this point of view, it seemed not impossible.

But they couldn't make the devil invisible either.

Hey, he seems to happen to have an invisibility cloak.

Fortunately, Wood's exclamation dragged Harry back from the road of crime in time: "Why didn't I think of it, Professor Haimer's class, he knows a lot of things, I even regret that I can't continue to learn from him I have learned the course, and I feel that it will be of great use in the future.”

Angelina, who was placing the broom, paused, and asked suspiciously, "Are you serious?"

"Of course." Wood said seriously: "The divination method of ancient magic is really easy to use. I have guessed the weather of the next day right many times. Otherwise, why do you think it is always sunny when we apply for the training venue?"

This sentence made the entire training room quiet, and the players' breathing disappeared.

In the silence, Angelina said in a small voice: "I thought that was only used to predict the taste of beans"

Chaser Alicia Spinnet also whispered: "Isn't it just your guess?"

"How is it possible." Wood said proudly: "You have to know your own scepter well enough, and then just desperately want to let the team win."

It seems that this method is only effective for Wood.

"Oh my god!" Fred hugged his head suddenly and wailed, "How much time have we wasted, all the gold has slipped away!"

George's reaction was exactly the same as his, and the two of them were close to crying.

A black shadow stood in front of them, and Wood said with unkind eyes: "So that's why you guys are late—are you still working on those so-called business? Be sober. Compared with winning the Quidditch Cup, these two things Don't you know which is more important!"

"Of course I understand!" Fred said immediately, but everyone could hear that what he said was completely different from Wood.

Harry slipped away quickly and quietly before further disturbances occurred in the common room.

Principal Dumbledore's class, Professor Lupine's class, plus Professor Hammer's tutoring class, these alone are three additional courses.

That took up almost all of Harry's spare time, and he had to take part in the training after he finally had a break. Fortunately, he stopped now because of the weather, otherwise Harry really didn't know how to ask Wood for leave. He always felt that Wood was very likely Will strangle himself in one fell swoop.

But among the three courses, Harry liked the tutoring class taught by Professor Highmore the most.

There are many reasons: the pressure of teaching Dumbledore is too much, he is at best an observer in Professor Lupine's Patronus class, but most importantly, in Professor Highmore's extra class, Harry can be in the warm Enjoy the excitement of the Firebolt indoors.

He couldn't fly enough.

And Cedric Diggory is just the right opponent, he is the same Seeker in the team as Harry, and he can always find some new skills when comparing with each other - unfortunately these skills are also not available. Many of the ones used in the official arena are related to the devil, which is definitely a foul.

However, compared to the regret of not being able to use the secret weapon, what Harry did not expect was that he would feel resistance to Professor Highmore's lessons so soon.

"I shouldn't need to introduce you, but——Professor Snape, he will also participate in our follow-up courses."

Room of Requirement.

After Toby finished speaking, Cedric looked at Snape suspiciously, and his reaction was not that surprising.

It is estimated that Professor Highmore will not be able to handle the next course alone, so he asked Professor Snape.

Only the choice made him feel a little puzzled-is the relationship between Professor Highmore and Professor Snape so good?
He clearly remembered that these two people seemed to have fought in the corridor, and that rumor didn't sound like a lie.

On the contrary, Harry's gaze was different, full of hostility in his gaze, and he was very reluctant to see Snape.

It had nothing to do with whether he was in Professor Highmore's class or not. Wherever he was, Harry didn't want to see Snape more than once, preferably never.

And Snape, as soon as he entered the Room of Requirement, swept his vigilant eyes around, watching out for any possible mischief by Toby.

It wasn't until he found that there was no problem that he silently relaxed the fingers clenched on the wand in his sleeve, and set his sights on Harry who had been staring at him all the time, looking down at him, the corners of his mouth turning into disdain.

"Okay, kids."

I don't know if Toby noticed this scene, but he directly announced to the two: "It's time to start today's training, you guys go to warm up first, and it will officially start in 10 minutes."

Snape had never seen Toby's special training method—as expected, it was beyond the imagination of ordinary people—three balls of flames were flying around the air, and Harry and Cedric were all killed. It is required not to fly out of the range of ten feet, and it cannot be hit by the flame ball.

This exercise was not difficult at all, but neither Harry nor Cedric could do it well-because there was the devil.

Since the beginning of the warm-up, they have actively summoned the devil, and it seems that because of Snape's presence, Harry's rune snake is very real, as if it really came to life, Cedric's devil The Badger immediately lost ground.

"It reminds me of the Quidditch match last year."

Snape, who watched this scene from a distance, said abruptly: "I remember that in that match, Potter acted as annoying as his father."

"Are you asking me if I ever trained him in this way?" Toby interrupted, "I can tell you right now, yes, Severus, he is much better than James. Considering sending him to the Quidditch World Cup."

Snape let out a short sneer.

"Unless werewolves stop attacking wizards," he said, "or you finally stop doing anything wrong, or you're just delusional."

Toby didn't show any anger at all, he even responded with a smile: "Unfortunately, you can't achieve both of these goals—especially the latter, don't forget, Severus, you begged me Those who teach you the devil must have the consciousness of being a disciple."

Snape acted like he wanted to fight Toby to the death.

"Don't be so excited." Toby said slowly: "It's not the time for you to be angry yet—you should understand that negative emotions are not only grief, but also other things."

Snape's eyes narrowed slightly: "Are you planning to teach me the devil in this way?"

Judging from Toby's performance, he is even caring, and can bypass the memory of Lily by angering Snape, making Snape less painful.

This really didn't look like Toby Highmore in Snape's mind.

Facts have proved that he was right.

"Just an example." Toby said, looking into Snape's eyes, "There is a more effective way than this - I told you, Severus, that you will absolutely regret this decision Yes, but who told you not to listen to me?"

Then he turned his head and called to Harry and Cedric in the air, "Okay, kids, warm-up is over."

The flame ball stopped automatically, and Harry and Cedric flew back to Toby, panting.He flicked his wand and conjured two Firebolts out of thin air, making Harry stare straight at him—how many Firebolts did Professor Highmore buy?

Is he going to form a special team?
"It's just a prize that hasn't been drawn yet from the wish box." Toby explained simply, "I'll use it first—here, don't tell me you can't ride a broom yet."

Cedric watched as Professor Highmore handed one of the Firebolts to Professor Snape, which made the expression on his face suddenly strange.

He still remembered that during a conversation with Professor Highmore some time ago, Snape rode a broomstick into the Office of Ancient Magic—more precisely, he was thrown into it.

That scene really stuck in Cedric's memory.

Snape stared at Toby for a moment, and he took the broom unexpectedly, without saying a word.

Toby raised his eyebrows, but he didn't say much, but turned to the two students and said: "I told you in the last training, and some new tricks will be added in this training. —The Snitch. You're all Seekers, and you're all familiar with that. But—”

Harry knew that nothing good would come next.

Cedric had immediately turned his head to the corner of the pitch.

It was so dark there that I couldn't see anything.

However, the clashing sound of the armor can still be heard.

That pair of armor, which Haimo used as a teaching material in the second-year immortality class, came out of the darkness, emitting a dim light all over, trapping the rare humanoid devil inside.

A bad premonition suddenly rose, and Harry thought of an absolutely impossible guess.

He heard Professor Haimer continue to say to the crowd: "It's time, it's time for you to meet the real devil, it is the golden snitch that will be used in today's training - and the task of the two of you is to separate Help me and Professor Snape get it back, it's that simple."

No, it doesn't sound simple at all.

Snape said gloomily, "Did you really decide that way, Toby? Even I didn't expect that you would miss the day when you were called to talk, and you couldn't even wait to relive it again. Shall I call Dumbledore over earlier?"

Under the anxious eyes of the two students, Toby said indifferently: "Although you can try it - I really didn't intend to hurt my students, but my colleagues may not be able to. Maybe it's time for Slytherin House to change to another house." long."

The sparks of hatred were about to splash on Cedric. Just as he was about to open his mouth to ease the atmosphere, he noticed that Harry had silently moved his position and took the initiative to stand by Professor Highmore's side.

"It seems that you have made your own choice." Toby said with satisfaction: "Then Mr. Diggory, you can team up with Professor Snape—don't worry, I still know the importance."

He snapped his fingers, and the arms of the armor immediately fell off and fell to the ground with a bang.

"Pick them up." Toby ordered: "Take one for each person, and it can be used as a bat for a while, knocking the devil into the air, and cooperating with each other to protect you. Yes, you heard it right, here You're going to be batsmen in this practice, and seekers—"

He looked at Snape: "We are in charge."

"There is no better way to experience the devil than to touch it, Severus, to feel the pain I have suffered. You should be glad that it hasn't really come out of its cage."

Harry stared blankly at Professor Highmore, he vaguely thought of something.

By the way, it's Ron and Hermione.

The way Professor Highmore helped him solve the Horcrux troubles was to let Ron and Hermione learn the Patronus Charm, and Professor Highmore also mentioned that he had also received the spell from Al and Angie in a similar situation. Pull the help of Professor.

And that help happened to be about the devil in the armor.

Could it be that the reason why Professor Highmore can become a devil is because of the howling soul trapped in the armor?

Which of them is the real devil now?

(End of this chapter)