Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 334 Andros and the Ancient Patronus Curse

The recent experience has caused Toby's attitude towards death to change a little bit.

In the beginning, the god of death must be evil, and it caused Toby to use ancient magic to renew his life.

But later, he learned that the Grim Reaper was actually transformed by a wizard.Especially after meeting Haierbo, he knew for the first time that the wizard who became the god of death was actually Merlin.

Merlin left the Mason Gate to Antioch and Cadmus, among the three dead brothers, to be buried with them.

He also left the water of Avalon for the residents of the city of Loch Ness, which has a very magical effect. The Longbottoms were healed by the water of one of the few lakes of Avalon.

Now it's Toby's turn.

After the last Mason Gate was destroyed, Toby returned to Hogwarts with Harry, his magic ball and staff.

He already knew that there was Merlin's brain in the magic ball, and the scepter was once owned by Merlin, and it was his weapon.

The most important point is that only few people know about it now—not even Angela, except for Toby and Al, only Harry has heard it from Hai Erbo—whether it is the magic ball, or The scepter has become Toby's special "horcrux".

He didn't create these two Horcruxes by mutilating other talents, but by splitting part of his soul in order to avoid the curse of death.

This may be a coincidence, but judging from the results, Toby has developed a strong connection with two things related to Merlin.

Perhaps, there was never any curse.

This is a signal deliberately induced by the god of death, in order to find people like Toby.

The power that Hai Erbo has always wanted to have was first accepted by Toby.

This is really an amazing discovery.

Just as Toby was immersed in thinking about how to use this information to avoid any future betrayal, Dumbledore suddenly asked, "Then do you know what Merlin's purpose is? Why is he looking for someone like you?"

"Also, are you really sure, after turning into a god of death, he will still be Merlin?"

What Dumbledore never expected was that he managed to avoid the trouble caused by Hai Erbo for a short time, but it didn't take long before new troubles appeared on his students.

This brought him a deep uneasiness, and made him subconsciously want to keep Toby away from this dangerous idea-because Dumbledore knew very well what kind of ambition his student had.

Sure enough, Toby was still the same, and he said with great interest: "Who knows, it can't be to harm me, you must know that Merlin was also a victim of that blood war, and he stood with me— -certainly,"

After seeing Dumbledore's particularly vigilant eyes, Toby quickly changed his words and said: "I admit that there are a lot of risks in it. But where is there no risk? I have told the students a long time ago that the ancient Magic itself is unusual, it's dangerous—"

"Very charming again." Dumbledore continued, "But have you ever wondered why Merlin left you these two things? Not one, but two?"

"Is there a possibility, no matter which one it is, but at least one thing is specially used to deal with the god of death, not a key."

"You didn't understand me." Toby corrected immediately: "The curse is the key, and these two things—"

He suddenly stopped talking, the long hair on his forehead was blown by the passing breeze, and he fell into silence very suddenly.

Under the moonlight, Dumbledore waited patiently for a while without interrupting Toby's thinking.

After a full 5 minutes, Toby said slowly: "You reminded me of one thing, whether it is Hai Erbo or Merlin, they have lived for thousands of years. With a person like me, Even all the wizards in the entire wizarding world can't think like them."

"It's not decades, or hundreds of years, but thousands of years. That is to say, what happened in the last thousand years is related to them in their view."

It was Hai Erbo who really warned Toby.No matter how powerful he was, he would never have thought that he was being watched by someone all the time when he was archaeological. That's why he suffered such a big loss later, and he was helpless in front of Hai Erbo.

If it wasn't for Haierbo who didn't know the true identity of the God of Death at the time, both Toby and Harry would have died along with the final Mason Gate.

Dumbledore quickly grasped Toby's intentions.

"So it's not just the magic ball and the scepter." He frowned and said, "Even the lake in Avalon and the Mason Gate were left for you on purpose? There are four items in total?"

"It's possible." Toby admitted, "Just look at the experiences of the three brothers. They have been under the influence of Hai Erbo and the God of Death since they were still alive, and it hasn't completely ended until recently—you can put them As me, maybe you can also regard me as them, just a part of Merlin's Millennium Plan."

"The most incomprehensible thing is that maybe this is not Merlin's idea, but the god of death. His two identities are completely different, and the god of death still has the upper hand now."

Dumbledore was relieved to see Toby finally figured it out.

"But Merlin gave you the magic ball and the scepter." He said, "I think, before you take the initiative to contact the god of death next time, you should be more clear about Merlin's purpose."

"We don't even know what he's thinking now."

Toby thought carefully about Dumbledore's opinion.

Indeed, no matter whether to avoid another betrayal or not, the most important thing is to first figure out Merlin's intentions.

If he accidentally made a mistake and killed Merlin, it would be terrible if he left the god of death instead.

"By the way," Toby asked casually before leaving, "I heard that Aberforth has returned to the Hog's Head Bar? Wasn't he arranged by you to find clues before, has he gained anything now?"

Since Sirius and Lupine disguised themselves as bodyguards to travel with the team, the Pig's Head Bar was vacant until Aberforth came back and reopened.

"No." Dumbledore said, "They haven't been able to find any clues. Grindelwald's men are hiding very deeply. Maybe they will only show up on the day I succeed in the election, so that they can maximize their influence. force."

Toby nodded and said nothing.

Accompanied by two noises, the two left this secluded alley one after another and disappeared without a trace.

Hogwarts, Office of Ancient Magic.

When Toby came back, seeing Al was talking excitedly, Angela on the side exclaimed: "The Artillery team really won, they entered the World Cup - Toby, you are back, you heard Is it? Your team actually entered the World Cup!"

Toby walked over and saw the letter from James with the good news written on it.

"Send the report as soon as possible." Toby said with satisfaction: "It seems that the "Daily Prophet" will be overwhelmed by us again."

Al took the quill and began to write. Angela watched silently for a while, then looked up at Toby who walked to the sofa and sat down, and saw that he was taking out the magic ball and the scepter to keep looking.

"What's the matter?" Toby noticed that Angela was sitting opposite him, and he asked without raising his head, "Did you feel bored these days? I will try to arrange a meeting for you at Hogwarts." position, but only if I can convince Dumbledore."

Ever since Haierbo's identity was exposed, Toby never let Angela return to Waggadu, and no one knew whether Haierbo would find Angela again.

This is also related to the reason why Angela came to talk to Toby.

She blinked her bright eyes, her long silver hair naturally fell on her shoulders, and asked in a worried tone: "Do you want to understand why Hai Erbo didn't blackmail me?"

This is the lingering question.

On that night, Haibo came to Hogwarts through the disappearing cabinet.But when Toby found Angela, she was sleeping soundly and showed no sign of being disturbed at all.

Since Hai Erbo has regarded Toby as an enemy, he shouldn't turn a blind eye to Toby's helper.

The most important thing is that Angela's identity is doubtful.

Toby asked directly, "What do you want to say?"

Angela hesitated for a while, and finally said what was in her heart: "I've been thinking about this for a long time, since James Potter is still alive, and Haier has personally admitted that Lily Eyre Vance is also living in this world. Is there a possibility that I, too, was created by him? After all, Hai Erbo agreed to let me stay in Ouagadou very happily. Now it seems that this may be another A kind of surveillance—"

At this time, Toby interrupted: "You want to say, maybe you are Lily, right?"

Angela nodded, she was thinking of this possibility.

But Toby's response was a little careless: "If you are really Lily, it will be fine, I don't need to look for it, Snape will come to us on his own initiative, and then I can catch him."

No matter how naive Angela was, she could see Toby's indifferent attitude.

"Don't you believe it?"

"Yes, of course I believe it. If you are Lily, Hai Erbo's method of controlling Snape will be clear. Maybe he even secretly revealed your true identity to Snape. When I return to Hogwarts , Snape became more loyal to Hai Bo when he brought you here by the way."

"I don't think so." Angela retorted, "Snape must not have known about this in advance, because I fought him in dueling class the second year you returned to Hogwarts." After a while, his expression didn't look like he admired me at that time—it might have been pretended, but can anyone pretend that much?"

"It's very simple." Toby said casually: "Just arrange for you to meet with Snape first, and then Haierpo will tell Snape the inside story. You only need to change the order."

"It seems to be the same." Angela nodded with a dazed expression.

She looked at Toby who kept fiddling with the magic ball and scepter for a while, and suddenly asked loudly, "So you still don't believe this guess?"

She always felt that Toby was perfunctory herself.

Toby then put down the two things in his hand.

He raised his head, looked at Angela and said, "I just thought I would believe it, so I chose not to believe it. Haierbo obviously knows us very well. Do you think he would deliberately put this kind of clue in front of our eyes?"

"But what if he even guessed this point?" Angela asked again: "What if he guessed that you would deliberately choose not to believe it?"

"I don't care if what you said is right or not." Toby shook his head and said, "Actually, there is another way, which is to let you summon your own Patronus. Even after James is resurrected, his Patronus is still a female." Deer. If you are really Lily, then your patron saint should also be a stag."

"Patron saint?" Angela said blankly, "but I don't have a patron saint."

This is real.

When we first explored in the temple, whenever the patron saint was needed, it was Al who made the move.Angela couldn't help at a time like this.

Toby also asked Angela why, and even tried to teach her.But Angela, who was gifted in magic, couldn't learn this spell no matter what.

This is indeed very abnormal.

"Actually, maybe there is a way to solve this problem now."

Angela watched Toby walk out of the office, and came back after a while, with the shiny silver armor behind him.

Toby knocked on the armor twice and said, "The true identity of the devil trapped inside is the invincible Andros. Do you know who he is?"

Angela nodded.

She didn't know it before, but she has known the legendary ancient Greek wizard since she met Al-because Al always carries a lot of snacks with him, including chocolate frogs.

"Then you should also know that he has a way to summon a giant-sized Patronus?" Toby said after asking, "I suspect it's because Andros used some kind of more powerful Patronus Charm, and it's still lost." So you might be able to learn this unusual ancient Patronus charm from him."

Angela leaned over and stared at the devil that was about to move inside through the gap in the visor.

"I think he doesn't seem to be very talkative." Angela turned to look at Toby and said, "He can't talk either."

"It's funny." Toby grinned: "Of course I know that this matter is difficult, but don't forget that I still have a lot of collections."

"You mean the lake water in Avalon?" Angela asked curiously: "But haven't those lake waters been used up?"

"No, not that little toy."

Toby glanced at the collections in the house, including the skeletons of the three dead brothers, the ice cubes that sealed the memory of the god of death, the pharaoh's mask, the wide-brimmed hat with arms, and the plants that had been separated early. Animagus—By the way, these three things slipped back into the office before the Mason Gate was destroyed, but they were shrewd and knew how to protect themselves.

Some of the collections here have been placed by Toby in the office for decoration from the beginning, and a very small part of the collection is stored by him in the vault of Gringotts.

The magic ball, the pharaoh's mask, the scepter, and the devil that Andros turned into have been taken back by Toby.

But three of the most dangerous collections remained at Gringotts.

Under Toby's penetrating gaze, Angela heard the other party say in a more terrifying tone: "I remember that you have never been clear about how I became a devil, right?"

"Soon, you'll see it for yourself."

(End of this chapter)