Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 273 Scepter
Office of Ancient Magic.

The Mason door leaned against the wall quietly, and Al touched it cautiously, then immediately retracted his paw.

"How about it?"

Angela, who just came from the disappearing cabinet, asked, "When will it mature, will there be no problem?"

Toby was sitting behind the desk. He was flipping through the access book, watching a lot of familiar or unfamiliar names flashing before his eyes one by one.

"Akinbad (Principal Waggadu) can't wait anymore?" He said casually: "Tell him, we have already agreed in advance, the reward for his willingness to help lie is the devil, and then in my The request needs to be postponed for a period of time. For this reason, he can give him the opportunity to enter the Mason Gate this year, and he can do whatever he wants to study. But the premise is that the Mason Gate cannot be damaged-so there is no use in rushing, we have to wait for it to mature first. ",

Angela didn't listen to Toby's nagging at all, she had already got the answer from Al—coincidentally, it happened to be on the same day as the celebration—it was Christmas.

"That should be all right." She said cheerfully, turned her head to look at Toby's pensive face, and asked curiously, "Are you busy recently? Do you have a lot of troubles?"

"Never less." Toby sighed, put down the admission book and said, "Are you free that day?"

"You mean Christmas?" Angela blinked. "Are you going to invite me to the dinner party? But I remember that the British Minister of Magic will also come—"

"When am I going to treat you to dinner?" Toby asked blankly: "What I want to say is that if you are free then, maybe you can help me keep an eye on Akinbad. I have other things that day There are things to do, too busy."

Angela froze for a moment, then said angrily: "How can you doubt Principal Akimbard, he—"

"I know he kindly took you in." Toby interrupted: "But the Mason Gate is still too important, someone has to watch him. And, yes, I doubt him. Not only him, many people I have suspected them all, some of them are not even human, if you don’t believe me, you can ask Al.”

Angela turned around with strange eyes, and Al nodded aggrieved immediately.

Isn't that right, Toby regarded it as a magical animal from the beginning, thinking about restoring it to its original form all day long.

But where is the original shape!

"What about me?" Angela's head suddenly brightened, and she asked, "Did you doubt me too?"

"It's a good Slytherin quality - shrewdness, and I can't forget that. If I had learned it sooner, I might have stayed at Hogwarts when I graduated. But, of course, I You can't deceive yourself, it's hard to grasp the middle scale. So—"

Toby yawned and asked lazily, "Are you free for Christmas?"

He returned to the original question.

"No." Angela said angrily, turning her head to look at Al, deliberately not looking at Toby.

"It's a bit late for you to mention it. There happened to be an exchange between Waggadu and Beauxbaton Academy of Magic that day. I have to lead the team and protect the safety of the students."

"Beauxbaton?" Toby thought about it, "I remembered that there was a giant female headmistress there. I originally wanted to send you there, but you know, because of my research, it led to a relationship with the headmistress." A lot of people were a little unhappy - including Ms. Maxim. She dismissed my research, and like many people, she can only see the evil side, which is really narrow. Or Akinbad have a wider horizon.”

Angela remained silent, still arguing.

"Al." Toby said abruptly, "Give her the scepter."

Al immediately stared at Toby with wide eyes—for whom?Angela?That's how hard it was to grab it.

Angela was even more shocked than Al, and she began to wonder if the person in front of her was Toby.

Toby simply stood up and walked over. He held Al's body, let its head down, and shook it vigorously. While a lot of things fell out, he was still consoling: "Don't be so stingy, we already have a lot of collectibles, don't we? Look, here's the sword of Gryffindor."

Al yelled angrily: That's not their collection, they all belong to Dumbledore, or Hogwarts would be more appropriate.

"Sooner or later, it will be ours." Toby said confidently: "Otherwise, who else will be the principal in the future? Dean McGonagall? She will let me."

In order to avoid Angela's misunderstanding, Toby turned his head and added to her: "I mean that I am a student that Dean McGonagall likes, rather than using threats or other means. Don't worry, I'm not that bad yet. Kind of place."

"I never doubted this." Angela said subconsciously, she was still immersed in the shock of Toby returning the scepter to her, and Toby did so, and soon dropped it on the floor Picking up the scepter, he wiped it with his sleeve carelessly, then handed it to Angela, and said, "Take it, you should know how to keep it well, don't let other people see it, let those who have bad intentions People think it's still with me - Hogwarts has Dumbledore in the way anyway."

"You are so cold-blooded." Angela said emotionally, grabbed the scepter and refused to let go no matter what.

Al stared at this scepter full of nostalgia, which is not much left even in the magic world. It suddenly turned its head to look at Toby, and then Angela did the same after regaining consciousness.

"Don't ask anything, and don't say anything."

Toby stared into Angela's silver eyes, and said slowly: "You just need to remember one thing, no matter when and where, you must also take your disappearing cabinet with you."

Angela knew that Toby would definitely not return the scepter to herself for no reason.The most important thing is that she knows very well that no one can change Toby who is determined, and of course she can't.

But she tried one last time.

"If you change your mind now—"

Toby interrupted mercilessly: "Go back quickly, this is the first time you have exchanged with the academy on behalf of Waggadu, there must be a lot of things to be busy."

Angela really wanted to say that everything was properly arranged by Principal Akinbad, and she didn't need to worry about it at all.

But she also wouldn't show her guilty conscience in front of Toby, and it would be easier to accept it if it was Al.

After watching Angela get into the cabinet and leave, Toby and Al stared at each other in silence for a while.

"ah"

After a long time, Al was the first to lose.

"If you want." Toby said with a smile: "Maybe you can drink to your heart's content then, and no one will stop you, how about it?"

Al's eyes lit up excitedly, but quickly dimmed.

"Yeah? (Is there really a chance?)"

Toby, who could have fooled the past, remained silent.

He is very good at ancient magic, and even has a lot of research in divination.

But to this day, he still has no way to see through his future destiny, which is shrouded in thick smoke, accompanied by various dangerous scenes that have happened in the past-the remains of Loch Ness, the Egyptian pyramids, and the never-melting snow mountain , bottomless desert, weird castle.
It was almost full of his past and present, and when he accidentally woke up, he found himself completely surrounded by mysterious ancient magic, whether it was good or bad.

But this didn't affect Toby in the slightest, and he could continue to study without turning around, even at the risk of himself.

This is for the glory of defeating pure blood, but also because he is a more Slytherin wizard than Slytherin.
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Office of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

"Virgil's condition doesn't look very good recently, what's wrong with it?"

"Maybe I want to rehearse a drama. The rehearsal time has become a little irregular recently, making it impossible to continue to have fun."

"Fun? Does he like Sirius stories too?"

".Probably not."

Draco wondered why Lupine had such an idea - how could an owl like a wizard's story?

As if to hide his embarrassment, Lupine brought over a cup and said, "Would you like a cup of hot chocolate?"

Draco accepted, and the previous dislike had long since disappeared.

He is now in a special class for the Teachers' Recognition Show.

During this time, Lupine helped him a lot, especially in making [Sheep-eating Ball].

According to Draco's thinking, he envied Professor Highmore for having an almost omnipotent magic ball, so he wanted one too.

But his sheep-eating ball is completely different from the magic ball.

Everything was inspired by Virgil who miraculously survived after being bitten by a sheep-eating beast. Lupine used its feathers to experiment several times back and forth. sphere.

Judging from the appearance, the sheep-eating ball is about the same size as a magic ball. It has the ability to change the lineage of magical animals, making their appearance less strange, and allowing wizards to freely raise them in the Muggle world without worrying about being discovered. any exceptions.

Just now, Lupine experimented with a swallowtail dog with a forked tail, and it was successful. Under the cover of the sheep-eating ball deformation, the forked tail gradually became less obvious, and finally turned back into a single Tail.

It doesn't even require casting any spells to do it.

Draco had almost imagined the results of this year's ministerial competition, and no one would be able to win her by then, not even Luna's anti-demon glasses, which would have long been out of Draco's eyes.

"Give."

Lupine held the freshly made hot chocolate and put it in front of Draco: "Drink it, then this year's teacher recognition party will come to an end, I hope you can get a good grade, Draco. "

"Is it coming to an end?" Draco was surprised. He didn't expect the activities of the teacher's commendation meeting to end so soon. It hasn't been long.

"It's been a long time." Lupine said with a smile: "Look at our result - the goat-eating ball, named after the goat-eating beast. See how amazing it is, I'm sure, if you go deeper If you continue to study, maybe within a few years, you will become a well-known expert in the magic world."

Draco immediately became complacent, but soon he realized that from the beginning to the end, all he provided was Virgil, and the rest of the work was almost done by Lupine alone.

"It's still early." He muttered, wondering if he really wanted to use this item in the competition, would Professor Highmore allow him to do so?
In this regard, Draco, who was relieved, had no idea at all.

"Are you worried about Toby?" Lupine could tell what Draco was worried about at a glance, and he managed to see through Draco's mind even if he was doing well.

Draco resisted the feeling of being seen through. Lupine seemed to have a magical ability to know what was going on in his heart.Even though he is obviously used to covering up.

"No." He said stiffly, "I'm just hesitating when to hand over this item to scare those people."

"Of course it will," Lupine said mildly, without debunking his lie.

It's time to leave.

Draco stood up, he put away the sheep ball, and suddenly thought of something.

Earlier, Lupine had asked him what was going on in his mind when he made the silver snake.

It turned out that Lupine's guess was very different from Draco's own feelings.

Draco hated being saved from flying lessons.

As for Lupine, he cited many examples to prove that Lucius was under the threat of Toby, and he took it for granted that Toby was the one Draco hated.

Although the result was a bit poor, but then the matter just fell through. Lupine never mentioned it again, and Draco didn't even bother to think about it, and buried himself in the making of the sheep-eating ball.

But in the end, he vaguely felt that even he didn't know what he did during the production process.

Indeed, the greatest credit for making the sheep-eating ball belongs to Lupine, but Draco did not do nothing—he also had the process of reciting spells, and many of them were key links that had to be maintained to make silver Snake emblem when the mood just goes.

"No, you have completed the most important part." Faced with Draco's question, Lupine patiently explained: "This is also a very important point in magic, emotions are always indispensable. This belongs to you You must complete the sheep-eating ball. If you are worried that Toby will not allow you to pass, then you can let him come to me. I believe he will understand."

Draco was relieved a lot, and now he somewhat hoped that the activities of the teacher's commendation meeting would not end so soon, so that he might be able to learn more from Lupine.

This is much more interesting than Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

"By the way, Professor." Draco didn't care about the so-called address now, and he asked finally before leaving: "Is this teacher commendation meeting completely over like this? I heard that this time there will be real selection results Appeared, completely different from last time."

"Are you trying to say, can I beat other professors?" Lupine said with a smile, "Believe me, Draco, it's impossible. Even without Toby, Dean McGonagall, and many others The Professor is here, but there is also Headmaster Dumbledore."

"Just wait and see, I believe it will be very interesting."

(End of this chapter)