Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 267 Lupine and Toby

Professor Highmore?

Why did Lupine suddenly mention Professor Highmore?
This was far beyond Draco's expectations.

Lupine knew what Draco was thinking from the look on Draco's face, so he explained: "As far as I understand, your father is working for Toby - but I know they have been ambivalent, and the methods Toby used You can probably guess it, it must be the kind of way that people can't 'reject'."

"And you, Mr. Malfoy. Although I only joined the job this year, I also know that Toby doesn't seem to like you very much, otherwise I wouldn't give you the position of the first minister—that's it, if you don't It's okay to be noticed by him, but once he pays attention, there must be some unknown reasons-it's easy to think clearly, it should be what he will do after this to give your father a warning Just maybe."

Draco didn't expect Professor Lupine to guess all the facts that had happened in a few words, which made him panic for a while, and he didn't know what to do.

Lupine didn't allow the silence to last long, looking down into Draco's eyes and asking, "So, do you have a grudge against Toby Highmore?"

Of course there would be dissatisfaction, but Draco had learned his lesson long ago and wouldn't just admit it with a few words from Lupin.And he didn't dare to fight against Professor Haimo anymore, and even planned to continue his status as the club's minister to win the first place in this semester.

"I see." Lupine said calmly, then smiled slowly, and his tone became gentle again: "Would you like a cup of hot chocolate, Mr. Malfoy? I believe this will make you sleep well. "

Looks like that's the end of the conversation for tonight.

Draco didn't understand what Lupine meant until he left. He couldn't let himself lose the election just because he and Lupine had different ideas, right?

Draco frowned and walked in the dark corridor, it was already curfew time, all the torches on the walls were extinguished, there was no one around, only the sound of his empty footsteps remained.

This made Draco uneasy again, he just wanted to go back to the dormitory quickly, so as not to run into Professor Highmore again, God knows if the other party will spare him again.

However, what I am really afraid of will come.

When Draco walked down the stairs on the fourth floor, he suddenly saw two figures below, to be precise, one of them was a ghost, and the other was the black devil he feared most.

"You mean?" Toby suddenly paused, and didn't continue.He looked up keenly, and found Draco with a pale face at a glance.

"How was the class just now?"

"It's okay, Professor."

"Then it's okay, you can go quickly."

After Draco's unbelievable escape, Toby once again turned his attention to the ghost in front of him - the bloody Baron.

That's right, he has made up his mind, and he thinks it's better to come and talk to Barrow in person, and ask about the relationship between the Marauder's Map and the Book of Access—for example, whether the parchment used to make the Marauder's Map is real The ones were torn from the Access Book, why is there no trace at all.

Although Toby had already made such mental preparations, Barrow's answer still surprised him——

"I thought you knew," Barro said in a dull voice. "The parchment on which the Marauder's Map is made is not one with the Book of Access—it is its soul."

Then there was the interruption by Draco, and Toby didn't have time to waste time arguing with a student about this kind of thing, so he just told him to leave quickly.

After Draco disappeared, Toby asked in a suspicious tone: "What do you mean that is its soul?"

"As you can see." Barrow said in an unchanging tone: "This parchment is the soul of the Book of Access. It didn't exist until Head Slytherin personally made it—— Or extraction, I don't know the specific process, just like I have never seen how Ms. Ravenclaw made the diadem."

Now the questions are answered.

Salazar Slytherin and Rowena Ravenclaw studied souls together, and even made their own creations for this purpose-the diadem and the parchment respectively.

But a new question appeared again—how did James and Sirius get this parchment?

How, where, none of it is clear now.

Toby didn't get the answer he wanted from Barrow.

"That's because I have already left the school." He said, "I only learned that the dean also left Hogwarts after I came back. No one knows whether he is still alive."

That said, not even Barrow knew how James and Sirius found the parchment.

Wait!
Toby suddenly remembered that Dumbledore had found Sirius before, and even entrusted him with the task of capturing Regulus.

Maybe the principal knows why.

"It seems that I have to leave first." Toby said decisively, not wanting to stay for a second, lest Barrow think about making him a ghost again.

"Wait a minute." Barrow said what Toby was thinking a few seconds ago. He floated in front of Toby, and let Toby slam into his body. It felt like being flooded with cold water. all over.

"What's wrong?" Toby had to stop.

"I want to know—" Barrow asked in an unchanging calm tone, "how long will I have to wait."

"What?" Toby was stunned for a moment, and then immediately came back to his senses: "Oh—you mean to free you? I don't think it's as easy as destroying a piece of parchment. Listen, I'm Willing to help you, but you'll have to be patient, Barrow—"

"My patience is sufficient." Barrow interrupted: "The time difference of a thousand years will not be two or three years. However, I can't help but wonder if you have missed a certain key link."

"What do you mean?" Toby was still thinking about going to the headmaster, and he didn't know if Dumbledore was asleep now.

"Helena." There was finally a slight ups and downs in Barrow's unchanging tone: "I haven't seen you go to her, not once."

"Mrs. Helena Gray?" Toby asked curiously, "What does this have to do with her? Does she also want to be free?"

"No." Baro said immediately, "I don't know what she thinks. But I know why I exist—to atone for Helena. If the shackles are not released, I will definitely not be able to get rid of them." Yes, there is no doubt about it. That's why I came up with this method."

"Method?" Toby frowned and said, "You don't want Helena to forgive you, do you? It's too difficult, and no one can do it—maybe it's one of the reasons for her existence. "

"It's possible." Barrow said sadly, "So I won't expect such an unreasonable request, but I believe there is a connection between them."

He looked at Toby and said seriously: "There is a connection between me and Helena. If you want to free me, you must find a way to pass this level."

"It makes sense." Toby said with the same serious face: "So what are you going to do, do you need me to find a time for the two of you to sit down and have a good talk?"

"It's impossible." Baro immediately refused, "I can't appear in front of her, and she won't want to see me either."

Toby was silent for three seconds.

"If I heard correctly, you don't intend to show up, and you hope that Helena will stop affecting you?"

Barrow nodded slowly: "That's why I need your help."
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"Now I kind of understand why Helena won't forgive him. Barrow hasn't tried even once! For nearly 1000 years, he didn't even dare to show himself in front of Helena. Is there anything more absurd than this? How can he be forgiven like this."

In the principal's office, Toby complained fiercely to Dumbledore, and then suddenly raised an academic question: "Is this because of the limitations of ghosts? It is because of these obsessions that they will Existence, but at the same time bound by these obsessions?"

"It's very possible." Dumbledore shook his head and said, "But I don't think that's why you came to me in the middle of the night, Toby."

"Oh, yes, Headmaster." Toby quickly told Dumbledore what he had just learned.

"Do you have a way to contact Blake?" Toby finally asked, "I think it's better to ask about this matter, what do you think?"

Dumbledore looked at Toby carefully for a moment.

He said slowly: "I think you seem to be busy with more and more things recently. Is this my illusion? First, the tasks I entrusted to you, then Harry's problems, and drama , celebrations, the Black Devil Foundation, plus the usual teaching—don't tell me you also have a time-turner, otherwise how could you be busy?"

"No, no, no." Toby resolutely denied: "This time, you are wrong, Principal. From the beginning to the end, there is only one reason why I am really busy - ancient magic. All things are carried out around ancient magic, In fact, I'm not busy at all, and I still have a lot of time available, no matter how much I have, I can take care of it."

"I hope you will think so when you can really become the headmaster one day." Dumbledore looked at Toby meaningfully: "Then you should pray that you will not encounter annoying students, especially Doing things like disturbing the principal's sleep in the middle of the night."

Toby nodded solemnly: "Trust me, principal, I don't like Severus either, as long as you say a word, I can drive him away, so that he never dares to come back."

The portraits on the wall were stunned. Phineas pointed Toby back and forth without making a sound, as if to say: Look, look quickly, I can’t believe Hogwarts still has such a thing. This kind of student, this kind of thing would never happen when I was the principal!

Under Toby's gaze, which he didn't hide, Dumbledore finally shook his head helplessly and said, "Sirius has lost contact with everyone. Don't forget, he hasn't appeared yet, and maybe never will." Fa has made an appearance in the wizarding world."

Toby didn't think so, because it was only a while ago that Harry had told him that Sirius had appeared in the fireplace of the Gryffindor common room via Floo powder.

And, almost as soon as he left the principal's office, he felt something move in his pocket.

It was a skeleton head, and the other was made into a necklace, and it was placed with Harry.

Toby heard Harry's voice coming from the skeleton's mouth:

"Sirius. Why are you here again?"
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In the Gryffindor common room, Harry sat alone on the sofa by the fire.This time even Ron and Hermione weren't there, he was the one who wanted to come over and have a quiet time.

It's all about previous training.

It was Snape's devil.

It never occurred to Harry that Snape could also summon the devil, which made him have a guess: Since they all knew Professor Highmore, would his mother, Lily Evans, also learn to summon the devil? Got this magic?
Harry believed that this was impossible. Professor Highmore, who was still in school, probably didn't have this ability. It was the knowledge of magic that was only discovered during archaeology later.

But he couldn't help but wonder, if his parents knew these ancient magics, would it be possible to survive Voldemort's hands?
The thought made Harry feel bad.

Because Professor Haimer once admitted to him that Haimer and Lily were good friends when they were in school, but they parted ways because of the incident of planning to murder Petunia later, which made Lily feel her "love" for her sister.

It was "love" that kept Harry alive, but failed to save his parents.

This inevitably made Harry feel resistant to Dumbledore's recent teachings, and felt that magic like "love" was not powerful enough.

What's the use?
Could it be that he was made to sacrifice meaninglessly one day like his own parents?
Although it was because of their sacrifice that Harry managed to survive, but, to be honest, Harry didn't think it was so valuable. He hoped that his parents could live instead of dying at the hands of Voldemort.

He sighed silently, staring blankly at the fire that was about to burn out in the fireplace, not sure how he should choose.

Professor Highmore has a way to help him, which requires him to understand the devil, and he needs help from Hermione and Ron.

Dumbledore also has a method, but it is "love" that he can't even learn.

Although he never brought it up, Harry often felt guilty for Hermione and Ron, thinking that he didn't need to implicate them, but because he didn't react in time, and everything happened too quickly, so he took the Two of my friends were also involved.

Otherwise, Harry would definitely not let them learn the Patronus as well.

It is good to learn one more spell, but it is not so necessary if you need to risk being targeted by Voldemort.

At this moment, in Harry's sight, the ashes under the flames squirmed twice, revealing a pair of eyes.

Harry recognized these eyes, and he opened his mouth in surprise. At the same time, he immediately remembered Professor Highmore's instruction to himself at the beginning - let him inform him of the arrival of Sirius in time.

But is it right?

What if they fight?
Just when Harry was hesitating, he realized that he had pressed his palm on the pajamas on his chest, and subconsciously touched the pendant skull on the necklace.

At the same time he said in surprise:

"Sirius. Why are you here again?"

(End of this chapter)