Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 314 Regulus
Toby didn't expect Gjeon to be so stubborn.

The only reason he is optimistic about the Chudley Cannons is that the team's results are terrible, which is directly linked to the purchase price of the team, and of course it will be very cheap.

That's right, Toby wanted to buy a team. Apart from "The Quibbler", this was the second way he could increase his influence in the magic world.

Of course, there is another method, and it is the best one—that is to join the Ministry of Magic, or the International Federation of Wizards, but Toby has long been blacklisted by those people, and it is impossible for them to recruit such a black devil. Only a goblin would be willing to cooperate with a desperado like him with such a reputation.

What else can I do?Use the Imperius Curse?Or is it trying to find a way to replace Gjeon with a skeleton?

Hmm. The thought of Dumbledore's presence put Toby's thoughts away.

As he walked the dark streets of Hogsmeade, he figured in his heart that the dinner party would be over soon.

So he decided not to go back to the Shrieking Shack - on the one hand a Lupine had guessed correctly that Toby had indeed avoided going to the dinner party to avoid meeting Dumbledore.On the other hand, it is because although Toby is not afraid of Lupine becoming a werewolf, if he lets him go when he breaks through the window, he will get into a lot of trouble.

You know, there are still Aurors in the village.

When he walked to Honeydukes, which was about to close down, Toby saw Tonks hurried past him, but she backed away after a few steps, dissuading Toby from buying some candied pineapple by the way.

Tonks changed his hair to blue, and he didn't know if it was related to the depression caused by work.

"Toby Highmore?" She confirmed Toby's identity, and then asked, "Did you meet anyone suspicious?"

"There are quite a few." Toby said casually, "I suggest you hurry up and arrest the Potions professor at Hogwarts. It would be irresponsible for the students to waste a second."

Tonks saw that Toby was playing tricks on her.

"I'm not joking." She said seriously: "According to Ms. Rosmerta from the Three Broomsticks, a suspicious guest appeared in the bar today."

"Is it a new face?" Toby looked at the store and said something new, maybe he could bring some to Al when he ran away.

"That person blocked him very tightly." Tonks shook his head and said, "No one has seen the other person's face clearly."

"Maybe I went to the wrong place." Toby decided that it would be better to buy a bucket of Bibi's multi-flavored beans, and it seemed that there was a new flavor: "Could it be that you were going to the Pig's Head Bar?"

"I hope so," said Tonks, and hurried away.

Toby finally bought a bucket of multi-flavored beans. He walked down the street holding a wooden bucket as big as the upper half of his body. Bundle.
He didn't stop eating all the beans in the bucket until he saw a familiar figure standing near the train station.

After all, he hasn't had dinner yet.

Toby stared at the man, and the man stared at Toby.

"Reculus Black?" Toby asked softly.

"It's me." Regulus took off the tightly blocked hood, and he said in a good voice as he walked towards Toby: "Don't be impulsive, I have something very important to tell you, I I really can't think of who to ask for help, you—you're not angry at all? I thought it would be the same as when we met last time."

Regulus especially remembered the last time Toby tried to take him away as soon as he saw him.

Toby stared at Regulus for a while, then he shook his head, pointed to a row of chairs by the station, and said uncharacteristically, "Go and sit over there—do you like beans?"

Regulus looked at the big wooden barrel that Toby handed over, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether it would be a tool Toby used to trap himself in it.

After seeing Regulus' refusal to accept it, Toby ate again, walking to a seat and sitting down.After a while, Regulus also walked over cautiously and sat in the seat farthest from Toby.

In the dark night, from time to time, faint roars sounded from around the village, but they were all drowned out by Toby's chewing beans.

"So you already knew?"

Toby asked abruptly: "The law of conservation of magic, you already knew about this, that's how Grindelwald convinced you, right?"

Regulus stared blankly at Toby for a few seconds, he nodded reluctantly and said, "That's about it. I didn't expect you to know it already. It seems that the professor is in your hands now. I really didn't expect it."

"Didn't expect anything?" Toby asked back: "Do you think I can't handle Grindelwald?"

From the look on Regulus' face, he thought so.

There was a mistake in the plan that was thought to be foolproof. Even so, Grindelwald would not be caught by Toby, at least he could leave smoothly.

"A counterfeit is a counterfeit." Toby said disdainfully: "A wizard who doesn't even have a devil, dare to call himself a professor of ancient magic. That's how he usually teaches you? Find a way to steal other people's achievements, steal my research results?"

Regulus seemed to think of the "Ancient Magic" that was used as a prize by the wish box, which made his expression a little complicated in an instant.

"I came to you because it happened to be related to this matter."

Regulus finally changed the subject to the main topic. He said, "Professor he—well, Grindelwald actually has his own devil, but it's very special, and I only saw it once."

Toby turned his head to stare at Regulus all of a sudden, and even stopped eating beans.

He said coldly: "When the devil undergoes a major change, it will also cause unpredictable changes to the wizard. You want to tell me that Grindelwald also decided to leave Nurmengard for this reason?"

Regulus was taken aback by Toby's cannibalistic gaze, and he hurriedly said, "It's not what you think, I didn't mean that Grindelwald was innocent. On the contrary, we all know what we are doing something."

"Is it only you who don't know?" Toby narrowed his eyes and said, "Deception is Grindelwald's best method, even if he tricks you, you won't be able to find it out—tell me, what are you going to do if you find out?" ?”

Regulus didn't dare to refute Toby at this time. He could only swallow all the words of protest, and said dryly: "Full moon, today is the full moon, Grindelwald must hide during the full moon, only That way it won't-"

Toby's pupils widened slightly, and he subconsciously said, "I won't be found by Death."

"Reaper?" Regulus didn't seem to understand everything. He wondered, "What Reaper? What I want to talk about is the devil. Grindelwald's devil is very special. They seem to be in a hostile relationship—"

"Fool!" Toby said angrily, and Regulus was too scared to say another word.

The need to hide, plus the so-called hostility.

Toby thought of the history that Grindelwald had seen on the night of the full moon—an ancient Muggle-born who was caught and turned into a devil.

Now he finally understood.

That wizard may be the original god of death.

Everything is related to the night of the full moon, it is all related to the devil, and it is all related to the god of death.

As for the Muggle-borns living in the city of Loch Ness, are they avoiding the pursuit of other wizards, or does it also include Death?

Toby didn't have time to continue thinking, he stood up quickly, and ran towards the castle without thinking.

Regulus, who was left on the spot, stayed for several seconds. He was trying to save Grindelwald, so he could not come to Hogwarts to look for Toby on the night of the full moon.

But now it sounds like, why are things a little different from what he imagined?

Grindelwald, how many things are he hiding from his students?
Does this also include Regulus himself?
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On the other side, Al was busy directing the two skeletons to pack their luggage. All the things in the room were neatly placed in the corner and piled high.

Al looked at the huge block of ice in another corner, with a very embarrassed expression on his face—how can he take away so much luggage, or take a carriage secretly?Will this be discovered by Hagrid?
At this time, there was a knock on the door of the office.

Al was stunned for a moment, and then he ordered the two skeletons to quickly pick up the blankets that had been prepared and cover them on the high pile of luggage. After they were almost blocked, he coughed twice, and opened the door of the office .

Dumbledore was outside the door. He smiled and looked at Al with a guilty face, and also noticed the luggage in the corner.

"I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed."

Dumbledore saw Al's plan at a glance, and he said gently: "I didn't think of driving you away, yes, some of Toby's jokes are indeed a bit too much, but they are not useless, maybe you can It's been a great way to use this opportunity to bring out Grindelwald's students - so, can you tell me where Toby is now? I have something very important to talk to him about To the city under Loch Ness, and to James Potter."

Al looked at Dumbledore in disbelief. He obviously didn't expect the headmaster to be so tolerant—there was only one possibility, that is, Dumbledore had indeed made an astonishing discovery. Randomly put aside.

It hesitated for a moment, and finally named the Shrieking Shack.

Dumbledore frowned slightly, and when he remembered that there was still a sentence that the skeleton was in the Ministry of Magic, he relaxed it again.

Fortunately, the situation is not the worst - he thought so.

Without all the skeletons, Toby couldn't complete those very dangerous experiments.

"I brought you supper."

Dumbledore conjured up a few delicacies, including steak, tomato soup, and pies, which were neatly arranged on the table next to the sofa, and Al swallowed droolingly - he was busy all night Ready to run away, also did not eat dinner.

It thanked gratefully, and after letting the skeletons put all their luggage back, they began to eat with big mouthfuls.

Dumbledore didn't leave, he found a place to sit down, made himself a cup of coffee, and then stared intently at the ice that would never melt.

Al didn't see this scene until he heard Dumbledore ask himself: "Do you have this memory too? Do you also know what Toby saw that night?"

Al froze as the steak, caught in the knife, slid back onto his plate.

It has known for a long time that there will be such a day, and sooner or later other people will see the connection between itself and Toby - after all, the ordinary sniff is not as powerful as it.

But what should I do now with Al, it seems that there is no place to escape, even if the disappearing cabinet is still in the office, if Dumbledore wants to catch it, it must be very simple.

"I want to understand something."

Dumbledore continued: "Some very interesting things, no one knows your origin, but this is obviously very important to Toby. At first I didn't understand why, until later I found out, Toby actually returned to Hogwarts for a good reason - in this way, it is easy to guess your origin."

"The Devil in Ancient Magic."

Dumbledore said slowly: "You are Toby's self-saving method. When the wizard's devil changes, it will also bring unpredictable changes to the wizard-Toby puts all his hopes on these changes. That's why his demons are so strange, and that's why you were born."

"It's just that during this period, I think it's due to some unknown reasons, whether it's the magic ball that can only be used after using ritual magic, or Toby's repeated experiments are too far beyond the invisible boundary , which makes his demons so different, including you, Al."

"Yes, I noticed."

Dumbledore finally shifted his gaze to Al and said: "I noticed that since Toby came back, he hasn't summoned a Patronus, not once. And you, compared with Toby, seem like So kind."

Although it was a sentence of praise, Al was not happy at all after hearing it.

There was only one thought in his mind——

Why does Toby have to be against Dumbledore?
This is bad, bad.

"Is there anything I can do to help you?"

Dumbledore's friendly tone sounded like a devil's whisper to Al, no matter how sincere the other party was, it still scared Al.

It shook its head in a panic, thinking that it would not have given up packing its luggage if it had known earlier, it might as well throw away all those things and leave as soon as possible.

But it can't do it now, and it has to tell Toby the news as soon as possible. Well, if it's better, even if it dies, Toby must die to understand.

"Looks like it's gone."

Dumbledore looked back regretfully, he walked to the window, looked out of the castle, and saw the figure running back in the dark.

"Then let me talk to him personally."

He finally said to himself.

(End of this chapter)