Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 324 The Soul in Harry

The trio knew that this time Professor Haimer assigned them a very unique homework - how to kill the Patronus.

When Professor Lupine taught the Patronus class, he never said that the Patronus can also be killed. Hermione also searched many books in the library for this, but also did not find any relevant records.

"Don't waste your time."

One night a week later, Ron exhorted the dejected Hermione: "That must be Professor Highmore's discovery during archaeology, and it hasn't been made public yet."

Hermione had already guessed that this was the reason, but she soon regained her composure, hoping to read the new book for next semester as soon as possible.

Of course, it would be better if it could be earlier.

She slowly shifted her gaze, causing Harry, who was aware of it, to feel a thump in his heart, and the tip of his pen, which was busy writing his thoughts, involuntarily slowed down.

"Harry." Hermione urged in a friendly yet unfamiliar tone: "Have you finished your homework? Do you want me to check it for you?"

"No, no need." Harry quickly concealed: "It's almost there, give me a little more time, and I'm almost done."

Among the three, Harry is the only one who hasn't handed in his thoughts, and there is nothing he can do about it. He now needs to be busy with the training of the Chudley Cannons—by the way, the flame ball training method that Harry experienced last semester was rejected. Applied to the entire team, this is also the key reason why they were able to win the game some time ago-the players may be more nervous and did not foresee the scene of winning the game, but at least they know that they must not mess with it. Professor Higher was dissatisfied.

This is Haimer's rule that gradually spread throughout Hogwarts. The first content is not to make Professor Highmore unhappy, otherwise you will never have a chance to laugh again.

While Harry was racking his brains to write a few more words on the parchment, Hermione was whispering with Ron about the next study method.

"I have an idea." Hermione said, "Maybe we can find an opportunity to engrave this magic circle on something first, as to whether we can understand it—well, it's not important at the moment, it's very complicated. But the experiment might help us learn something."

Ron tried to pretend to understand, he nodded and said, "I agree with you."

Harry, who was in a hurry to finish his thesis, didn't care about the goal they were arguing about—whether it would be better to engrave the magic circle on the sweater, or the flame bottle would be more suitable.

After another 10 minutes, Harry double-checked for typos before finally relaxing and letting out a slow breath.

"I'm going to the office to hand in my thesis." He asked cheerfully, "Do you want to go together?"

Ron was already in a hurry, and he asked angrily: "What's wrong with the sweater? Are you looking down on my work? I just want it to reach its full potential—"

"Destroy it as you go." Hermione said coldly, "Don't think I don't know what you're planning, you just want to use a reasonable excuse to destroy that sweater, if it's not because you're worried about Professor Highmore Blame you, I guess you've already done it - I'm telling you now, no, because you can't make a second identical sweater, but I can make more flame bottles - Harry, you first Go by yourself, and by the way, ask Professor Haimer if the manuscript for the next book has been written—don’t be distracted, I haven’t finished yet—”

Harry hesitated for a second, and he finally decided that it would be better not to get involved, so he took less than ten seconds to pack up all his textbooks and homework, and left the scene of the argument as if he was running away—— Ron was holding his prank sweater aloft, looking like he was going to kidnap Hermione.
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"Please come in."

Harry rushed to the gate of the Office of Ancient Magic just in time before curfew. The voice from inside sounded like Professor Highmore wasn't ready to rest yet.

It is indeed so.

When Harry opened the door and walked in, he saw that Professor Highmore had just closed a locket. He had vaguely seen this collection several times, but he couldn't remember what it was, and he had never heard Professor Highmore explain it specifically. Pass.

"Professor, here is my thesis."

Harry didn't want to know what Professor Highmore was researching at all, and he was still thinking about Hermione's instructions before he came.

"Excuse me, professor, do you have any new manuscripts? We want to better understand the magic circle, and Hermione also wants to read your new book as soon as possible."

After nervously finishing the request, Harry noticed that Professor Highmore's eyes never left him.

"Mr. Potter."

Toby said abruptly, "Is your devil all right?"

"It's okay." Harry didn't know why Professor Highmore suddenly asked such a question, but he replied honestly: "I remember you said that the change of the devil will also cause the change of the wizard, but since the rune After the tattooed snake had only one head left, I felt that everything was normal, except that I was not so resistant to Slytherin. I can't tell if it has something to do with the devil."

Harry really couldn't tell the difference. He had a connection with Slytherin House early on, and later it was proved that his devil had nothing to do with the unknown broken soul in his body, but was all created by him.

"This is a good beginning."

Toby judged calmly: "You left the smuggler as the decision maker in the end, and you yourself have become full of reason because of this, and you can more easily distinguish right from wrong. Besides these, do you still remember that I mentioned that you should Hold you off from learning about the devil?"

"Yes, Professor." Harry nodded.

Not only that, but he also remembered that it was related to the reason why he, Ron, and Hermione were admitted to the school hospital for examination.

But until now, Harry didn't know what the specific reason was.

And after experiencing so many lessons, the three of them didn't dare to pursue it further—if necessary, Professor Haimo would not hide it from them, and it is not a good thing to be full of curiosity without authorization.

After that, Harry went through the suspension of the Patronus class and studied the flame bat instead-because Toby suddenly deduced that if Harry's parents were really alive, then Voldemort would not have been able to kill him that night. Killing anyone, so that Harry as a Horcrux seems to be confusing-who does the broken soul in his body belong to.

By chance, Harry learned from Gjenn, the captain of the Chudley Artillery Team, that James had taken a flame bat to Egypt to inquire about Toby's whereabouts. Such a thing.

However, Toby learned from Witch, the bar owner, that James was regarded as Toby's enemy and was lured to Loch Ness at the same time.

Now Toby knows that James not only failed to die there, but also unexpectedly learned a superb ancient magic-the patron saint specially used to deal with devils, which must be changed by a wizard who has learned Animagus. become.

Of course, Toby wouldn't leave himself with such serious troubles, especially after he became half a devil-so he destroyed all records, and at the same time deduced the truth of teaching James this magic. Someone else, maybe this unknown guy taught Grindelwald so much about ancient magic.

Harry didn't know what happened next, all he could think of was his experience of being forcibly sent to the school hospital for examination.

Just when he thought that Professor Haimer would take this opportunity to tell the real reason, he heard Toby continue to say to himself: "In the original teaching plan, you will continue to study flame bats, but unfortunately, I think all That's the end of the story, and the suspected Jaime didn't leave too many clues on purpose—so we're going to have to refocus on our original target."

original goal?

Harry asked suspiciously: "Is it trying to defeat the mysterious man? Now that the threat of Grindelwald has disappeared, then only the mysterious man is left."

"It's all wrong." Toby said decisively: "There are still remnants of Grindelwald's subordinates who are still at large. As for the mysterious man, he is irrelevant, and it is not even clear whether he is dead or alive-but we can just take this opportunity. Confirm this."

"That's your devil, Harry."

Harry became more and more confused.

Toby explained patiently: "You should still remember a guess I told you—that is, who does the broken soul that stays in your body belong to. Is it the mysterious person, or someone else. It just so happened that I recently Found a way, maybe let's try it."

For Harry, the news came quite suddenly.

But Toby wasn't like that at all.

Ever since figuring out the secrets of Antioch all this time, Toby has been thinking about who would be the best to use to observe the second Deathly Hallows.

The Deathly Hallows that Toby put in the second order is the Resurrection Stone, because this item has the second closest connection with Death, and is simpler than the Invisibility Cloak.

Although Harry is a descendant of Ignotus, he still has no way of knowing what news Ignotus left behind, maybe the real James needs to be added.

But the resurrection stone doesn't need to be so troublesome.

The only difficulty is who should do it better.

Toby thought of a few candidates - only himself, really, and Dumbledore with Ariana's devil.

But both of these ideas were vetoed by Toby-his own soul was incomplete, and Dumbledore could not use the resurrection stone-in case he couldn't help resurrecting his own blood relatives, and thus fell into the trap that James deliberately left behind. into the trap.

But Harry is different. He was "lucky" to learn about the devil, and he can also use this opportunity to know whether there is a connection between him and Voldemort-because if Harry really succeeded in doing this, then it means that his body is broken. His soul really belonged to Voldemort.

Toby now knows that Tom Riddle is actually a descendant of Cadmus Peverell (creator of the Resurrection Stone) among the three brothers, and his soul is enough to spy on the clues left by his ancestors.

Harry only felt that tonight's experience was a bit weird, because so many things would be involved just because of handing in an assignment.

But he also wants to know the answer, and he also believes that Professor Haimer will protect himself.

Because at the moment he just agreed, Al, who was silent on the side, had already started to work. It took out various objects and drew one magic circle after another under Harry's feet. piled up to a thickness visible to the naked eye.

"It's just to be on the safe side." Toby reassured Harry, putting an arm on Harry's shoulder: "Relax, I'll be back in a moment."

Harry didn't know where Professor Highmore had gone, but when he came back, there was a black stone in his hand, which seemed to be nothing unusual.

Toby brought a skeleton to Harry, who was confused, and Harry saw a new round imprint on the other's forehead.

"Don't be nervous, kid."

Toby said comfortingly again, and stuffed the black stone into Harry's hand: "There is nothing to do, and you don't need to think about anything, just stay quietly, even if you shut yourself up Eyes are fine."

After seeing Professor Highmore's solemn instructions, Harry felt that it would be better for him to be obedient. He had never seen Professor Highmore look so serious.

When Harry obediently closed his eyes, behind him he couldn't see, both of Toby's arms turned into a faint black smoke, and then his whole body turned into a messy paint, forming a witch. The robe fell over Harry.

"tell me."

Taking advantage of Harry's figure, Toby asked Cadmus in a deep voice, "What is my wish?"

【revenge. 】

Cadmus's skeleton mouth opened and closed, and said the same answer.

"It's time to say what you want."

The process that was originally the same as the last time, has changed greatly in the ensuing journey.

Almost in the blink of an eye—the full moon is rising, and the Grim Reaper is about to catch those who offend its majesty—fortunately, Toby’s advance arrangements took effect. Li quickly returned to the reality of the ancient magic office, and did not let the god of death succeed.

"Professor, was that just now?" Harry opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was Professor Highmore's pale face.

"Where's the flame bat?" Toby asked suddenly.

Harry was taken aback by Professor Higher's tone, and he stammered, "In the corner utility room on the fourth floor, no one usually goes there—"

"Al." Toby ordered without looking back, and Al immediately left the office, apparently to retrieve the flaming bat.

"Professor, I—"

"Unfortunately, Harry." Toby shook his head and said, "The attempt just now failed. The soul in your body is not the mysterious man's soul at all. As for whose is it. We still don't know yet."

"Why did this happen?" Harry was startled at first, and then he asked in disbelief: "Then my parents—"

It was clearly a hopeful guess, but to Harry's ears, Professor Highmore seemed to be telling some extremely serious facts.

"Yes, it's possible that both your parents are still alive"

"A lot of them are alive."

(End of this chapter)