Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 281 An Unsolvable Trouble

The result was a bit bad, and Dumbledore's worries became a reality-Harry's devil talent did not come from Voldemort, but from himself.

Harry was led out of the Mason Gate by Professor Highmore almost as if in a dream, and they returned to the office together. When Toby took off the helmet, Harry was still in a daze, as if he couldn't hear anything.

Toby patted his body hard, and a layer of black dust fell from his body, which was almost piled up into a small mound, and then gathered together, turning back into the devil's appearance, he immediately pushed it back into the armor, and at the same time Blocked the devil's unwilling roar.

The devil was imprisoned again, and then Toby thought about checking Harry's status.

"Isn't it because I broke my head when I came out?"

He stretched out his palm and waved it back and forth in front of Harry's eyes, but Harry didn't respond at all.

Toby thought for a few seconds, and suddenly he shouted loudly: "Have you finished your homework?!"

"I finished writing, Professor!" Harry immediately came back to his senses, he stuttered and said, "It's in the dormitory, do you want me to bring it here now?"

Harry saw Professor Highmore looking at him with a smile, and he immediately recalled what happened just now, and what Professor Highmore said to himself not long ago——

"Are you interested in joining Slytherin?"

"That will lead you to glory."

It was exactly what the Sorting Hat had said to him.

Originally, Harry had already found a reason for the Sorting Hat's misjudgment-how could it be because of himself?In fact, it was all because of Voldemort's influence that he had something in his mind that didn't belong to him.

but now
Now everything has changed.

"Professor, I." Harry said pitifully, "What's wrong with me?"

"What's the matter?" Toby smiled more happily: "Why do I ask you what's the matter? Shouldn't it be happy? Not everyone has the opportunity to recognize themselves so clearly-you can't deceive yourself, this is still My Wand Church gave it to me."

"Okay, you sit down first."

Harry saw Professor Highmore wave his hand slightly, and he was pushed onto the sofa by a gentle force, conjuring a glass of lemonade in front of him at the same time.

Toby first ordered the armor to return to his original hiding place, and then asked Al if anything happened during this time.

"Malfoy has been here? Forget it, he should have gone to find Severus, leave him alone - listen to me, Harry."

Toby sat across from Harry, and he also conjured a glass of lemonade for himself. After taking a sip, he said, "First of all, I have to explain to you what happened before. It's actually very simple , can be clearly stated in one sentence—that is, to ensure that the method of using the devil to deal with the mysterious person is effective."

"Before this, I told you that you accidentally became one of the mysterious man's horcruxes, and he left a broken soul in your body, which will greatly affect you, even including you The origin of the devil-the rune snake, it may be caused by the mysterious man."

"But now we know the answer - your demon has nothing to do with You-Know-Who, which is good news and bad news - well, it's not that bad, and it's never a bad thing to have a chance to recognize yourself. Just like me, I will never deny that studying ancient magic is harmful, and many times it is more dangerous than studying black magic. But there is no way, I think I need to do this, ideal, you can understand the ideal mean, Harry?"

Harry still can't fully understand what Professor Highmore said, and all he can do is know it, but he really doesn't understand how important the ideal Professor Highmore is talking about.

"That's heavier than life," said Toby slowly. "I think Mr. Diggory thinks so too."

Harry knew how paranoid Cedric was about the idea of ​​making self-casting wands, but he hadn't expected to get such comments about him from Professor Highmore.

"It's getting too far," Toby said after taking another sip of lemonade. "Don't you drink some too? That'll help you calm down."

Professor Highmore was right. After trying it, Harry's whole body shivered. He looked at the cup in his hand in amazement, and then took another sip, his mind cleared up a lot.

"A little bit of condiment." Toby squeezed his fingers and rubbed them back and forth twice. He said with a smile, "I got the recipe from an old wizard. Maybe it was in Africa or the Amazon rainforest. Forget—but, let's get back to the present question—it's much easier now that your demon has nothing to do with You-Know-Who."

"Before this, I also thought about what to do if your devil really came from the mysterious man. If you use the mysterious man's devil to deal with the mysterious man, this method will definitely have a great effect Discounted - but now it's different, you can use your own strength to deal with him."

"Pure power that belongs only to you."

Harry was gradually drawn into it, his thoughts shifting from his own evil to a better word, and more fascinating, power.

"So what on earth am I supposed to do, Professor?" Harry asked fascinated.

But Toby suddenly stopped talking at this moment.

"Before that, what I want to ask you is, are you sure you are ready to pay the price for this?"

Professor Highmore's words were more effective than ten thousand glasses of lemonade, Harry immediately came to his senses - yes, this is Professor Highmore's ancient magic, how can there be such a thing as safe?
But Harry really didn't think he had any choice.

He is one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, and he will meet Voldemort sooner or later.

But Toby seemed to be in an extremely complicated state of mind. He saw the idea of ​​​​consciousness in Harry's eyes, so he said what he wanted to make Harry refuse: "What I have to tell you is that if you really If you agree, then you must keep it a secret and not tell anyone."

Harry was surprised: "Anyone can't? Even Hermione and Ron know about Horcruxes, and they are also learning the Patronus Charm to help me, can't even them?"

"It's not just them." Toby stared straight into Harry's eyes and said, "I'm talking about anyone, even if Headmaster Dumbledore asks, you can't say anything, nothing."

Harry froze.

It was the first time he had seen Professor Highmore ask himself to keep it a secret so seriously.The point is that he can feel that Hermione and Ron are nothing at all, and only Principal Dumbledore is the reason for Professor Highmore's scruples.

"me."

Harry suddenly didn't know how to make a decision, and the price seemed to be greater than he had imagined.

However, Toby put down the empty cup, and instead he said relaxedly: "It's okay, you can think it through before making a decision, I think the principal should have a way to help you, I'm not the only choice, Is not it?"

"You just need to remember one thing." Toby added at the end: "Don't tell anyone about this, keep it secret."

Harry nodded blankly, he even forgot to put down the cup in his hand, until Al quickly reminded him to react.

"Sorry Mr. Al, I"

Harry glanced at the back of Professor Highmore who had stood by the window, looking at the snowy sky outside.He clutched the collar of his witch robe, and left the ancient magic office with a heavy heart.

After the door was closed again, Toby said to himself in a voice almost no one could hear: "Let Harry take the most dangerous path of ancient magic. If Lily is still alive, she will hate me to death."

"It's a pity that magic can't bring people back from the dead. It's better to leave the choice to the living. I don't think Lily would want her child to die."

Al lightly picked up the Mason door and cleaned off the dust that fell from the door.

"Knock knock knock."

The door was knocked.

"Please come in."

Toby turned around strangely. He thought Harry had made a decision so quickly, but he didn't expect that the person who walked in would be Remus Lupine, followed by Malfoy with a disappointed face—— He was holding a hot mug, the contents of which smelled like hot chocolate.

"So you're in the office."

As soon as Lupine came up, he said aggressively: "Then why did you drive Draco away just now? I clearly remember that you are also from Slytherin House."

"What?" Toby turned his head and glanced at Draco. Al told him that Draco had been here once, but why did he not go to Severus, but let Lupine—Lupine is Are you trying to help Draco?
This is really strange.

"Have you ever seen Draco's work?" Lupine asked again.

"No." Toby was not in a hurry, he said slowly, "Is it a magic array item? It's not too late to see it, so bring it here."

Draco glanced at Lupin, and after Lupine nodded, he took out the well-prepared sheep-eating ball from his pocket, put it on the table, and then briefly explained the function of the sheep-eating ball-now it can help wizards Get rid of the extra tail of the swallowtail dog.

"Sounds good." Toby said with interest: "What else? Can you change the appearance of other magical animals? Wizards all have the habit of keeping pets. Let me think about owls, toads, all of these It’s no different, but the cat is still very different, the tail is like a lion’s tail, and the ears are a bit bigger, can it change the cat’s appearance?”

"Not yet." Draco shook his head, but he quickly added: "It won't take long, as long as you try a few more times, you should be able to do it."

Toby didn't pierce the guilt written on Draco's face, he nodded and said, "Very well, let's talk about it when you can make it."

The situation became better in Draco's eyes. He took back the goat ball and turned to leave, only to find that Lupine hadn't come to the meaning.

"You go first, Professor Highmore and I still have some things to talk about." Lupine said with a smile.

After Draco left, Toby immediately put on a strange look. He stared at Lupin, and said in admiration, "If I read correctly, you are helping Malfoy cheat? It's hard to imagine this. It turned out to be something you did."

"I said—" Lupine said calmly, "I want to try to help Harry, and now this method has worked, hasn't it? Draco put all his thoughts on your assessment, That way he won't be able to trouble Harry again. Also, I can help a student who has gone astray by the way. Unlike you, he has a worthwhile opportunity to change, not a trapped one. Deeper and deeper."

"Come on." Toby waved his hand impatiently and said, "One Dumbledore headmaster is enough—or, you suddenly want to be a headmaster too? I really don't see it."

"The premise is that the trouble hidden in me must be solved first." Lupine said helplessly: "Although I really don't want to mention this matter again, is your professor training over like this? What should I say about my previous prophecy?" How to explain? Sirius, he... why did he appear in my prophecy?"

Lupine didn't know that Sirius was still alive.

In Toby's confession to Dumbledore, he once said that he hid an important memory in ice that would never melt, and the humanoid devil was the only key.

But at the time and place of this memory, there was someone else present - Lupine at school.

That memory was related to Lupine who turned into a werewolf and almost killed Snape. Fortunately, Toby rescued Snape in time and faced the werewolf alone, making Lupine a witness to that memory .

The professor training was just an excuse, it was Toby to test whether Lupine still remembered that memory, and he had tried it once before—that was the adventure in the snowy mountains, when Toby and Lupine teamed up to explore the ancient ruins, at that time Al hasn't shown up yet.

"Professor training." Toby was a little stunned by the question.

Al was hiding behind Lupin, gesturing quietly to him.

"How?" Lupine couldn't wait anymore, he asked eagerly: "Have you discovered anything new? Whether it's a prophecy or something else, it doesn't matter."

"Actually," Toby suddenly had an idea. He pushed his hair back and said with a big smile, "There is, and the method is very simple—remember the prophecy we made in your house? The crisis will happen when you become a werewolf—"

"Wait a minute!" Lupine suddenly interrupted seriously: "Don't tell me that you plan to monitor my transformation process. Although Snape will help me prepare the wolfsbane potion, it is not without risk."

"Then there's no other way." Toby looked helpless, as if regretting that he couldn't study werewolves.

But at this moment, Toby's tone suddenly changed, and he said mysteriously: "But you don't want to know what will happen to the prophecy after you transform into a werewolf?"

Lupine looked at him in surprise: "Are you saying that the prophecy will change because of this kind of thing?"

Toby nodded affirmatively: "This is the magic of ancient magic. Let alone a werewolf, no matter how bad you become, you will be deeply affected-it is everywhere."

After saying this, Toby could see—

Lupine began to hesitate.

(End of this chapter)