Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 298 A New Round of Hostility
The dinner party has officially begun.

"It's not what we said it would be."

Holding a fork, Fudge poked back and forth on a piece of steak, and said in a low voice, "You shouldn't deliberately ignore our guests, they are all representatives from the Ministry of Magic of various countries, and then expect them to be able to—"

"Can you help you master the power that you are more and more obsessed with?" Dumbledore interrupted suddenly, making several people sitting next to him turn their heads to look: "I dare say that Grindelwald has just taken a fancy to you This weakness of mine, that’s why I decided to use you to add trouble to me.”

When he mentioned Grindelwald's name, more people nearby visibly paused, including the wizards and witches that Fudge had always been careful with.

But now Fudge was in no mood to observe the reactions of those people. He felt more and more bad in his heart, and stared at Dumbledore dumbfounded.

"Are you going back on your word?" he said.

"No." Dumbledore shook his head regretfully: "It's because you haven't been able to understand my real appeal. I'm not only wary of Grindelwald, but also all the dementors stationed in Azkaban. I never I don’t think it’s the right thing to do.”

"You, you." Fudge was so angry that he couldn't even hold the knife steadily. He noticed the foreign guests who were huddled together and whispered, and he knew very well in his heart that all the hard work today would be in vain—what those people were worried about That's right, Fudge has a big gap with Dumbledore, and is also suspicious of being used by Grindelwald.

He stood up suddenly, his face flushed with anger, and he seemed to want to threaten Dumbledore with a few words.

But in front of the calm gaze cast by the other party, Fudge seemed to be stuck suddenly, and left the teacher's long table angrily without saying anything. The staff of the Ministry of Magic behind him immediately followed, everyone's face They all looked worried.

Instead, Scrimgeour had the last word to Dumbledore.

"You are provoking a war." He said seriously.

"You know who started it first," said Dumbledore.

After all the Ministry of Magic personnel in the auditorium left, the personnel sent by various countries walked out a representative, who was the previous Mrs. Mary.

"I hope to verify the identity of Grindelwald in Nurmengard as soon as possible." Dumbledore said to her: "As a prison built by Grindelwald himself, it is hard for me not to doubt whether he will stay there." What kind of backup method is used to hide the eyeliner of the local Ministry of Magic."

Even in the eyes of outsiders, Dumbledore's suspicion has a solid basis, otherwise, how would Grindelwald tell those secrets to Scrimgeour who came to visit.

But the premise is that the way Scrimgeour inquired must also be true.

"We will seriously consider your opinion."

Mrs. Mary said that, like the previous group of people, they left the auditorium together with representatives from various countries.They have plenty of work to do tonight.

The noise of the students below disappeared, and they couldn't turn a blind eye to these departing people.Nobody knew exactly what was going on.

"Looks like I have to go too." Akinbad on the other side wiped his mouth and said, "It's okay if I just visit in a private capacity, but as the principal of Waggadu, I can't help but worry about the future of the school." consider."

"If it were me, it wouldn't be the case." Toby said indifferently.

"You haven't forgotten your wish to be the principal." Akinbad laughed, and he glanced at Dumbledore from a distance: "But this kind of person, how can you win him, even you All the ministers of the Ministry of Magic are being played around by him."

"No." Toby denied: "There is one thing you said wrong. I never regarded that idiot as a minister. He should have stepped down long ago."

"Then I wish everything goes well." Akinbad finally said before leaving: "Don't forget the agreement between us. I will come to take that humanoid devil before the end of this semester."

Unlike the others, Aginbad appeared less worried, and he even said hello to Dumbledore before officially leaving.

After he left, Newt, who remained in his seat, teased: "Isn't it a good time if I don't leave now."

"Eat yours." Dean McGonagall said angrily.

Dumbledore ignored the students who were full of gossip. He smiled and said, "The ribs tasted very good tonight. I strongly recommend you to try it."

Newt frowned and stared at the food recommended by Dumbledore. He thought about his age again, and finally sighed, "I can't help but wonder if you've taken the elixir of life."

In any case, Dumbledore's calm performance reassured the students a lot, as if nothing could trouble them as long as he was still at Hogwarts.

In fact, this is indeed true. Not long after this incident, not long after Fudge had time to prepare another round of offensive, the International Federation of Wizards released a shocking news——

[The news that Gellert Grindelwald escaped from Nurmengard has been confirmed. 】

For a time, the entire magic world became panicked.

Also, that night, Toby came alone to the secret room where the real Grindelwald was held.

"Do you have any good news to tell me?" Grindelwald said as soon as he saw him, "You seem to be in a good mood today."

"It's really good." Toby showed Grindelwald the news published on the front page of "The Quibbler": "Take a good look, your students betrayed you, how long do you think those people can last? "

Grindelwald read the report through his visor, and finally laughed out loud.

"Stop pretending to be fake." He smiled. "Who is it? Albus? I knew he'd take advantage of me. He's always been. Everyone needs to be more thoughtful."

"Or maybe—" Toby said with a long voice, "it's just because the headmaster is worried about his brother's safety. After all, Aberforth's wand appeared in your hand, but no one knows where he is now." where."

"Dumbledore is not such a person." Grindelwald shook his head and said, "You don't know him well enough, and you don't know me well enough. I believe he is now very sure that his brother is fine at all, maybe just like your Defense Against the Dark Arts Just like the Professor of Art, I was only temporarily trapped. Otherwise, it would not only be you who came to see me, but also Albus Dumbledore."

"Maybe it's just because he doesn't want to see you." Toby said bluntly: "Thinking about it carefully, he would rather choose to deceive me than go to Nurmengard to take a look at you."

Grindelwald was visibly taken aback.

"This is an interesting possibility." He didn't show any look of loss at all, but said with interest: "I never thought he would hide me to such an extent."

"Okay." He said suddenly: "About the report you mentioned, you should be very clear that those students will not betray me unless I deliberately give orders. And now I also know what you are thinking —Magic ball, right? You've been meaning to ask me how on earth I figured out the structure of a magic ball, haven't you?"

"Not anymore." Toby said unexpectedly, "Since you were showing that Muggle-born being turned into a devil, it's no longer—"

"Speaking of this." Grindelwald suddenly interrupted: "I have always been curious, what exactly did you see that night, the future, or the past like me? I have considered many possibilities, but I always want to Don't understand what would cause an unknown student to suddenly kill two people at once. Yes, I was expelled from school when I was a child, but it was only because of some of the more egregious experiments I did, but I Never intended to kill anyone else. At least not back then."

Toby stared at Grindelwald intently.

From the look in his eyes, Toby seemed to be really considering this possibility—letting Grindelwald see his own hidden memory with his own eyes.

"You want to kill me." Grindelwald said abruptly, "I suggest that you better apply to Dumbledore first to see if he will agree with you to do so."

"Since the experience at the Screaming Shack, we haven't chatted alone." Toby stared at him and said, "As for the reason, you know it well-the law of conservation of magic, That's why I took the initiative to come to you tonight."

Grindelwald was not in a hurry to answer, he chose to continue listening patiently.

"I also have something that I can't figure out." Toby said, "Maybe you know the origin of the devil, and you can connect it with ancient magic, but where did you learn about the law of conservation of magic? I studied Ancient magic has been going on for so long, but this law has not been discovered.”

At this moment, Grindelwald suddenly spoke up.

"So you don't know." He said, "You don't know the identities of the three skeletons, who they are, and their descendants. So you don't know anything."

This time, it was Toby who stopped talking.

"Antioch, Cadmus, Ignotus, the three brothers of the Peverell family, and the Deathly Hallows, don't you even know these?" Grindelwald asked again: "Then what are you doing?" Where were the other two skeletons found?"

"Deathly Hallows?"

Toby frowned.He vaguely remembered hearing the name—from Xenophilius when he first visited Luna's house, and Xenophilius mistakenly called the black feather As a resurrection stone.

And invisibility cloaks.

Toby thought of more—in the past he saw, there was a person who was hidden, and that person was actually wearing an invisibility cloak, so he didn't appear in the picture. As a result, Toby always thought that there were only two skeletons. Didn't know there was a third skeleton.

"I remembered." Toby said: "At that time, I was still thinking that the famous Dark Lord would still like to read fairy tales. No, I have to ask Al to write this story into a report. I believe readers will be very willing." watch."

"I advise you not to do this." Grindelwald sneered: "Because the story of the Deathly Hallows is real, at least there must be the original form as a reference. Among them, Albus and I discovered the most obvious The Elder Wand, a most powerful wand."

Toby was absent for a moment.

"The most powerful wand ever," he murmured, "I love this collection."

Grindelwald has left enough clues for Toby. He is implying that the reason Toby knows the law of conservation of magic is actually related to the three dead brothers. For this reason, he also revealed the old wand owned by Dumbledore.

But after leaving the secret room, the expression on Toby's face immediately changed, and he was no longer so obsessed.

"The principal is right about one thing. No matter how many dementors you can control, it can't compare to Grindelwald's demagogy."

This is nothing more than obvious sowing dissension. To be honest, if it weren't for the awkward relationship between Toby and Dumbledore recently, he might actually do the thing of stealing the Elder Wand.

On the contrary, because of the bad relationship, Toby couldn't act so recklessly.After all, it's not time to leave Hogwarts yet, and Dumbledore hasn't returned the third skeleton to him yet.

Meanwhile, in the headmaster's office, Dumbledore was studying the skeleton standing in front of him.

Perhaps because of a coincidence, Toby did not disguise the skeleton (Ignotus) that Grindelwald gave himself as a gift as Black's body, but changed to another one.

Coincidentally, Dumbledore seemed to already know who the skeleton in front of him was.

Antioch Peverell, the eldest of three brothers, was also the maker of the Elder Wand.

Now, under Dumbledore's watchful eyes, Antioch's skeleton is clinging to the Elder Wand, which seems to have a great attraction to it, and refuses to let go no matter what.

It's even trying to use the Elder Wand to cast magic, and the skull's mouth is opening and closing, as if chanting some spell.

Dumbledore waited patiently for a while, but unfortunately, the skeleton's magic power had become too weak to cast any spell.

At this time, the Sorting Hat, who had been looking at it for a long time, asked, "When do you plan to return it to Toby, that kid probably won't be safe for long."

Dumbledore took out the Elder Wand silently, and he said slowly, "Just tonight."

As soon as Toby returned to the office, he saw the third skeleton standing in the middle of the room. Al was arranging the three skeletons in order of size, as if he was going to speak, and the content was nothing more than to be diligent and clean the house , and you have to listen to yourself in everything, it is the boss of all collections.

"How?" Toby walked in and asked, "Did the headmaster use any means to monitor me?"

"Yeah." Al shook his head, it has been checked many times, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Toby stood in front of the three skeletons, looking at them one by one.

"Three Brothers of Death." He said in a low voice, "It's really an appropriate name. Are you the one who attracted the God of Death?"

(End of this chapter)