Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 284 Devil
In the Gryffindor common room, Ron said solemnly, "Harry must be hiding something from us."

Hermione buried herself in the latest issue of "Transfiguration Today", hoping to find some tips on how to turn objects into cats.

"Yes." She said casually, flipping the pages of the book quickly.

"What do you think is the reason?" Ron put aside the dissertation of the Transfiguration class, and said mysteriously, "Could it be because of the devil again?"

He lowered his voice: "I don't think there's anything wrong with Harry, he's been looking pretty normal lately."

Hermione took "Transfiguration Today" away in disappointment, and she couldn't find anything useful in it.

It's getting late now, and Hermione still has eight classes to attend tomorrow, so there's no way to spare extra time.

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Ron was still chattering: "Tell me, what will happen when we really learn the Patronus? Will that help Harry? It's not that I don't have confidence in Professor Highmore, it's just my progress. It’s really slow, if you learn too late—”

When he turned his head, he found that Hermione beside him had disappeared, and all the textbooks and other things had disappeared.

"I've encountered a ghost?" Ron horrified. He stood up immediately and yelled in the common room: "Can you see me? Can you hear me?!"
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In the common room, Wood, who was reading the article "Ancient Magic and Flying and Potions" in "The Quibbler", suddenly raised his head.

"Who? Who is calling me?"

He looked around in a daze, and found a familiar figure with a backpack bulging out of the doorway.

"Eh? That seems to be it?"

Wood turned his head and looked at the sofa on the other side.

"Anyway, I have something to do."

Wood saw Harry running towards the entrance of the passage suddenly, and at the same time saw Hermione and Ron who looked puzzled. Then he turned his gaze back to the entrance of the passage again, and found that the familiar figure from before had disappeared.

"Did I read it wrong?" He scratched his head and said, "There will really be two people with such fluffy hair—hey, don't go, read this article with me." Wood thought Fred and George, who were about to sneak away, stopped, and he said seriously: "Ancient magic and flying, this will definitely come in handy during the competition."

"You forgot to mention potions," said Fred, yawning.

"And that's the class that Flint participated in." George yelled from the side: "Do you really think you can learn anything from the troll? If you want me to say, you might as well join us Well, Fred and I recently had a great idea for getting rich—”

Wood interjected, "Is it an automatic bat? Or a quick-grab glove?"

George and Fred froze.

"Forget what I just said."

"Or are these two ideas of yours better, did you learn from this article? Are there any extra Quibblers?"
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Hermione finally breathed a sigh of relief when she got out of the tunnel.She walked quickly through the corridors, thinking about finding a place where she would not be discovered by her past self as soon as possible - Dean McGonagall had warned her not to meet her past self, otherwise bad things would happen.

"Yes, Harry!"

She stopped suddenly and said, remembering the strangeness Harry had shown.

Just at this moment, the passage opened again, and Harry ran out in a panic, attracting the attention of everyone in the corridor—Hermione also saw him.But Harry didn't notice Hermione who was hiding in the corner at all, and just ran with his head buried.

Hermione looked around, thought for a while, then stomped her feet, and chased after her with a heavy backpack on her back.

What Ron said before reminded her—it would be bad if the devil really caused trouble.She is now working hard to learn the Patronus. Although she succeeded once by luck, there is still a long way to go before summoning a tangible Patronus.

It wasn't just Ron who was afraid he was wasting Harry's time, Hermione was beginning to feel the same way.

"boom!"

Hermione, who had been quietly chasing after for a while, saw that Harry had bumped into another person all of a sudden, and fell so badly. She planned not to follow her, and it would be better to help Harry up first—but then The person who came down interrupted her thoughts.

It was Cedric Diggory.

This has always been Hermione's imaginary enemy, and it has been since the first grade-at that time, Hermione could help Professor Highmore correct typos in the new book, and Cedric was Mr. Al's assistant.However, before a year had passed, Hermione was fired, but Cedric stayed well.

Not only that, but Hermione also knew that Cedric was selected by Professor Highmore in a special course at the teacher's commendation meeting not long ago—of course, Hermione, who was chosen by Dean McGonagall, was so unintentional Too jealous of this, but she still wants to know if Professor Highmore has started writing new textbooks.

Hermione, hiding behind a suit of armor, saw Cedric and Harry talking together, and then walking away together.

This made Hermione think about it immediately.

Couldn't Harry just come to see Cedric?But why did he keep it from himself and Ron?
Is it because of me?

Hermione's guesses were starting to get wilder - if Harry wanted to go to Cedric, go ahead.He shouldn't think he would be angry with him for it, would he?

Am I usually that angry?
Now, the purpose of Hermione's stalking is not so simple, not only for Harry, but also to justify her own name. While hanging far behind the two of them, she gradually becomes dissatisfied.

Soon, Hermione discovered where the two people in front were going.

It was the classroom where the Black Devil's Club was located, and Hermione was too familiar with this route.And not long ago, she also discovered that the door of that classroom was different - as long as you press and hold the door on the other side to open, you can appear in an extra empty classroom, which is specially used for special students. They take special classes.

It's a pity that Hermione met the bloody Baron that time, and she didn't know the rules of that class, so she left after sitting for a while, learning nothing, only knowing that it was probably related to the magic of the soul.

Uh, soul?

And that special classroom.
Hermione's thoughts gradually became clear, and she felt that she finally understood Harry's intentions.There is nothing wrong with his devil, just sneaking in to class.

At this moment, Hermione felt really uncomfortable and weird—Harry didn't take her with him to class?

What an unforgivable betrayal!

Angrily, she walked over to the door of the club classroom, intending to ask Harry why he had such prejudice against him.

It couldn't be because he wasn't asked to copy the homework of the Transfiguration class, could it?
By the time Hermione reached the door, Harry and Cedric had already gone in.She was about to knock on the door, but the door opened from the inside at this time——

Draco Malfoy was very happy at first. He finally got the news from Professor Haimer, and he will soon arrange the sheep-eating ball in the prize list of the wish box, and it is expected to officially appear after Christmas.

But just when he was about to leave and went back to write a letter to his father asking if he wanted to advertise in Diagon Alley, a clenched fist suddenly came from behind the opened door and hit him on the face without hesitation. .

"what!"

Draco screamed, clutching his nose and leaning back.

"what!"

Hermione screamed too, startled.But once he saw who appeared at the door—it was Malfoy?
Hermione's eyes suddenly became a little exciting, she clapped her hands pretending to be calm, pretending to be vicious and said: "This is the punishment for insulting me on the Quidditch pitch last year, you deserve this punch. "

In the second year, Draco called Hermione a Mudblood in a dispute over the Quidditch pitch training, and was later discovered by Professor Highmore, for which Slytherin House was responsible for being deducted a full fifty points. cost.And the people who fought on the scene were not let go. They saw Professor Haimer who was possessed by the pharaoh's mask that night. Some people became mummies and lost that memory, but some people still occasionally have nightmares because of it—— - Toby the Mummy's fear level is second only to Toby the Devil.

"Professor!" Draco yelled in pain after seeing the person clearly, "Someone hit me, professor!"

professor?

Hermione's eyes widened. She looked into the room - there was a person sitting on that magnificent sofa chair. He was quietly looking out the window, but he didn't know what he was looking at.

It was impossible for Toby not to notice the abnormality at the door, but he didn't even turn his head after hearing Draco's shout, but said slowly: "Mr. When the behavior of the school rules involves more than two students, the punishment should not only be a deduction of points, but also a way to resolve personal grievances—what do you think of a duel?"

He finally turned his head slowly and said.

"If I were the principal, I would formally list duel as one of the school rules, and let the students vent all their dissatisfaction on the duel field, so as to solve all the troubles at once."

Hermione just thought the idea sounded good, very much like Professor Highmore.

Draco immediately realized that Professor Highmore was still thinking about what he said about "Mudblood", and at the same time remembered that Professor Highmore was also a Muggle-born-he obviously found the wrong person.

No matter how fair it is, it is inevitable that Professor Highmore has his own likes and dislikes.

Malfoy didn't dare to stay any longer, he was afraid that almost no one would turn over by eating sheep balls, so he left despondently holding his nose.

Hermione was still being watched by Professor Highmore, and she became a little bit panicked.

That's when someone has to say something.

Since Professor Haimer is unwilling to say, then...
"Professor, have you started writing a new book yet?" Hermione asked nonchalantly.

The way she looked reminded Toby immediately of the letter he'd received before he took office—it was so vehement.

"Cough cough." Toby coughed twice under cover, choosing not to answer Hermione's question.

He said: "I thought you were here to ask questions related to Transfiguration, or for an assessment."

"Uh." Hermione became afraid to look into Professor Highmore's eyes, and her expression began to feel a little guilty—should she tell the truth?
Professor Highmore is more than willing to punish students who lie to him.

Fortunately, the worst predictions did not materialize.

Toby called Hermione over directly. He glanced at the bulging backpack and asked with interest, "Did you bring Crookshanks back too? Or did you create a bunch of flame bottles?"

"neither"

Hermione opened the backpack, revealing that it was full of spellbooks, which she managed to find reference books in the library.

"Let me see." Toby took a copy of "The Origin of Transfiguration" and flipped through it casually. He shook his head and said, "This book is useless. It's for young wizard children. It's too early for you to read it." It's useless."

""Principles of Transformation". This book is not good either. It's all useless techniques. It can't even turn the opponent into a toad."

"Huh?" Hermione passed another book blankly.

""How to Become an Animagus", this book is okay." Toby commented: "But it's best to read it when you are in the fifth grade, so that you can keep pace with Dean McGonagall's course, otherwise It's too early, be careful to turn into a five-legged monster-although I haven't seen it, I still have to pay attention."

"Five-legged monster." Hermione repeated several times in her heart, and silently put the book at the bottom of her backpack.

As time passed, Toby briefly commented on each book Hermione borrowed, and then recommended another part of the book list, wrote it on parchment, and handed it to Hermione.

"I believe these books will help you." Toby said casually: "As for the ban. The book section will not work, it depends on your ability, don't expect me to give you an IOU, otherwise the principal may decide how to- — Well, just pretend you didn’t hear the second half of the sentence.”

Hermione nodded obediently, she never knew that Professor Highmore was so familiar with the books in the library, he had memorized every magic book, even the content inside.

She suddenly wanted to go back to being a correction officer again.

"Professor, I."

"Toby Highmore."

At this moment, a haughty and cold voice interrupted her.

Ms. Gray passed through the door. She glanced at the dazed Hermione, and said angrily, "You promised me that you wouldn't let that guy appear in front of me."

"Yeah, what's the matter?" Toby asked confusedly: "We have agreed that I will help you understand the soul in the crown, and you will be responsible for teaching my students. Is there any problem?"

From "what's the matter", Hermione suddenly found that she couldn't hear any sound. She looked back and forth in horror, and suddenly found that she had worn a pair of earplugs at some point - and Mr. Al appeared next to her , it raised its paws and shook it, telling her not to take off the earplugs, and then raised the small shovel in its hand as if in a demonstration—Hermione felt funny watching it.

"Harry Potter," said Ms. Gray in a tone that couldn't be more cold, "you know he's that fellow's pupil—"

"Wait a minute." Toby interrupted immediately, "I think we may have misunderstood."

"There's nothing wrong with it." Ms. Gray said forcefully, "I've heard about those things, and I can still see the difference between the normal class and the treatment of disciples. Let's stop here."

Toby stared dumbfounded at Ms. Gray's back, and he shouted: "What did you hear? Are you explaining clearly? Merlin, it's really difficult for ancient wizards to communicate--well, take off her earplugs. Miss Granger, you can go back."

"Oh." Hermione immediately stopped talking dumb with Mr. Al, and planned to go to the library to borrow the books on the parchment according to the list.

After he leaves.

Toby suddenly turned to look at Al and asked, "Did you find the Time Turner?"

Al nodded disdainfully, and was very disgusted with Toby's attempt to steal the students' belongings—it was not difficult at all, and it was much more boring than the previous expeditions.

At least not the same as stealing a pharaoh's mask from a mummy.

"Don't give me such a face." Toby stood up dissatisfied and said: "Otherwise, what are you going to do? Go to the Ministry of Magic to steal one? It's not the past now, so you can't really kidnap Fudge away, okay, you Go back too."

He and Al left the office together, one down the corridor, the other standing in front of the door.

Toby pressed the other side of the door and pushed it open, staring at Harry as soon as he walked in.

"It's terrible." He said with a headache.

(End of this chapter)