Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 336 The Triwizard Tournament and the Minister of Magic

"You want to hold a Triwizard Tournament?"

In the principal's office, after listening to Toby's opinion, Principal McGonagall put down his work of writing letters to the freshmen, raised his head quite seriously and asked, "Are you sure you want to do this? Dumbledore specifically asked you to do this before leaving school. Some of my things are related to you."

"How could it be for me?" Toby said with a heartache of being misunderstood: "It is obviously for Hogwarts, and the Black Devil Foundation has to bear a large amount of expenses for it, and it is almost impossible to pay the professors. salary."

The portraits on the wall immediately hissed, and Phineas sneered the loudest: "He is threatening you, Dumbledore has just left and he can't help but use such a shameless method , don’t let him fool you.”

"I'll figure it out." McGonagall said calmly.

"That's not what I meant." Toby glared at Phineas, and then argued, "Actually, I was going to do the principal a favor."

"Tell me." Mag's tone was still calm.

"That's the thing." Toby analyzed a little bit: "Everyone knows that Fudge's position is on the verge of falling, but it is still a little bit close to let him completely step down. But we can't expect him to make mistakes again. This is unrealistic. But the Triwizard Tournament is different. According to the regulations, when the Triwizard Tournament is held at Hogwarts, the Ministry of Magic will also participate. At that time, we will designate Dumbledore to be in charge of this matter , it just so happens that he also knows Beauxbatons and the headmaster of Durmstrang."

"When Dumbledore is able to intervene in the affairs of the Ministry of Magic by virtue of this matter, he can start to attack Fudge a little bit, and let everyone know by the way that it is the right choice to change the minister as soon as possible."

Although a little tricky, this method sounds good.

But Mag didn't let go. She stared at Toby silently for a while, looking at Toby inexplicably.

"Dumbledore also told me that once I'm about to convince you, that's when I will fall into the trap you set."

Toby pretended not to understand: "So you also think this method is feasible?"

"That's not the point." Mag said with a stern face: "The real point is that this matter involves Albus, but you didn't go to him, but you came to me to discuss it."

"Can I tell you where Albus lives, or are you going to contact him yourself?"

It seems that it won't work here with McGonagall, and she attaches great importance to Dumbledore's opinion.

No way, Toby had no choice but to continue to discuss this matter with Dumbledore, lest it would be too late.

Fortunately, the place where Dumbledore lived was not too far from the school.

Pig's Head Bar.

Toby looked at the dirty table. He ignored Aberforth's warning eyes behind the bar and said, "How did you get used to living here? It's far worse than Hogwarts."

Dumbledore, who was sitting across from him, put down the cup in his hand, and said blankly, "If you insist on mentioning why I left Hogwarts—"

"Stop!" Toby didn't want to argue with Dumbledore.

He talked about his idea of ​​holding the Triwizard Tournament, which was no different from before.

After listening to Toby's narration, Dumbledore did not show the slightest sign of being moved. He said calmly: "There may be some troubles in this matter. The Ministry of Magic is busy hosting the Quidditch World Cup. Fudge wants to In this way, he can show his abilities to the outside world and let wizards in other countries know that he can continue to serve as a minister."

"As for the Triwizard Tournament you mentioned, if there is no accident, it is very likely to be rejected-Fudge is hostile to Hogwarts, and he regards you all as my people."

"Then I'll tie him up—" said Toby viciously, "and send him somewhere no one can find him—well, I'm just kidding."

After seeing Dumbledore's eyes, Toby changed his words helplessly: "What can we do? If you can't control the Ministry of Magic, who can resist Grindelwald's counterattack? Just rely on that fool Fudge? He will kill us."

Dumbledore didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, he replied slowly: "It's not yet the day of the official election, and I have told you that even if I am elected as the new Minister of Magic, it will be very difficult. Make sure Grindelwald doesn't pop out and make trouble, he's fully capable of that."

What Dumbledore said was right. When Grindelwald really showed up, he would easily break through the lie that Dumbledore became a hero again.

Toby saw that the only threat that Dumbledore really cared about was Grindelwald, and Fudge was not in his consideration at all.

"Then I'll wait slowly." Toby didn't continue to insist.

"One more thing." He said by the way: "Next year's Defense Against the Dark Arts professor has not been confirmed yet, what do you think of Angela?"

"Has she officially resigned from Waggadu?" Dumbledore asked back: "Has the disappearance of Aginbad, that is, Hai Erbo, had any impact on her? I'm not referring to her personally, but the school. influences."

"No." Toby shook his head and said, "Helbo would often leave Waggadu before, and he couldn't stay in the school all the time. You know, he wants to make some evil plans. So the teachers and students of Waggadu I just got used to his style, thinking that he would just go out for a longer time. As for Angela, she resigned, but she just used the excuse that Aginbad agreed, and the others didn't know the real reason."

Dumbledore nodded, and he thought for a moment.

Just when Toby thought the matter was settled, Dumbledore suddenly refused, "I don't think it would be a good idea for Angela to stay at Hogwarts."

"Why?" Toby asked, frowning.

"Because it's so close to you." Dumbledore gave an unexpected answer: "Helbo values ​​you, and Angela in particular. He has no reason to take a girl in the school at will. It's just watching her. If you continue to stay together, Hai Erbo will probably catch you all, and even Grindelwald may plan to do so."

It seemed that Angela's particularity still couldn't escape Dumbledore's attention.

"I will find an extra helper." Dumbledore continued, "Even if you are worried about being separated from Angela, there must be more people who belong to us in the school."

"Is it yours?" Toby asked dissatisfied: "If I read correctly, even if you set the target on the Ministry of Magic, you don't plan to let Hogwarts go?"

"Who said that only teachers can understand students?" Dumbledore said with a smile: "Students have finally begun to understand professors."

The conversation went nowhere.

After returning to Hogwarts, Toby found Angela and explained the difficulties encountered in holding the Triwizard Tournament.

"When do I have to wait?" Angela asked blankly, "Can you use other methods to re-ignite the Goblet of Fire?"

"No more." Toby spread his hands and said, "It might be okay in the past, but since I turned into a half-devil, it can't work anymore. If I hadn't been extra careful that time, I was burned by Andros. The cup is completely destroyed, and there is no way to keep it."

"Then what should I do?" Angela suddenly realized that she seemed to have nowhere to go. Fortunately, she had thought about taking Toby away before, but it turned out that she had nowhere to go in the first place.

"I don't need to go anywhere." Toby said indifferently: "Just treat it as another assistant for me. Remember to say hello first when you see Al in the future. After all, he is also your senior."

As soon as Al heard this, he immediately shook his body, put on a serious look, and then patted Angela on the shoulder encouragingly.

"Ah! [Very good, come on!]"

Angela looked at them helplessly, until she heard Toby say again: "As an assistant, the first job I will give you now is to write a letter to Ms. Maxim of Beauxbatons."

Angela knew this Principal Maxim. Not long ago, she took the students of Waggadu to Beauxbaton for exchange and study, and she was almost recruited by the other party because of her amazing magical talent.

After unfolding the letter paper, Angela asked curiously, "What do I need to write?"

Toby responded: "Let's say that the Triwizard Tournament will be held in the near future. Hogwarts' vice-principal, Toby Highmore, invited her to bring the best students in the school to Hogwarts. Some preparations—Al, you write a letter too, just write to the headmaster in Durmstrang."

Angela stared at Toby stupidly, until Al urged her to come back to her senses.

"Can this really work?" She asked in shock: "Bypassing the Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore, can you hold the Triwizard Tournament?"

"Don't forget, I'm also the vice-headmaster of Hogwarts." Toby said with a smile similar to that of Dumbledore.

This position has the effect of appeasing Toby. It is estimated that even Dumbledore did not expect Toby to take advantage of it so quickly-after all, he is not dead yet.

"Besides, there is no need to prepare in advance even for the most complicated competition."

Toby scanned the room and said.

"My collection alone is enough."

Just when Toby showed his true nature again, on the other side, the few people who had just visited the Zombie Trail also ended their short vacation.

Harry was so frightened that his face became as pale as a sheet of paper.

While Sirius was still yelling about being boring, Lupine took out a pocket watch and said, "It's time to pick up the players. There's a game tomorrow."

"You are not a bad team manager." Sirius said casually, Lupine just smiled wryly. If it wasn't for this coincidence, he would never be able to become a real team manager in his life.

"Let's go to the Weasleys first." James said after thinking for a while, "Cedric lives not far from there, and then we will go to Wood and Qiu Zhang. What do you think of this idea? Or do you want a few drinks first?"

"I'd like to get drunk." Sirius squinted and said, "But I guess our manager won't agree. He's already in love with this job."

Intentionally or not, what Sirius said was accusing Lupine of trusting Toby too much, which made him extremely upset.

Lupine also gradually got tired of helpless persuasion, he retorted calmly: "But Toby is not our enemy, your brother is."

"I want to catch Regulus sooner than anyone else." Sirius frowned and said, "But why can you turn a blind eye to what is happening before you? Snape has already turned to Haibo—"

"To be precise, it should be Haierbo." Harry corrected in a low voice.

"It's almost the same." From Sirius's point of view, there was no difference, and he also regarded Snape and Toby as the same kind of people: "Dumbledore trusts Snape, you all know that, otherwise he You can't stay in Hogwarts either. Don't you think this scene looks familiar? Think about it carefully, people who have betrayed Dumbledore are not worthy of trust."

Harry gradually couldn't understand.

"Snape betrayed Dumbledore?" He asked puzzled, "What does that mean?"

James shook his head and explained: "It seems that you don't know. Snape, he once joined the Death Eaters, that is to say, he betrayed Hogwarts once a long time ago. It's a fad, and many Slytherins have thought so."

"I didn't expect that Dumbledore would be willing to vouch for him and accept him again. You should also know what happened next. Toby also had a very unpleasant fight with Dumbledore, so Sirius said that."

Lupine on the side explained to Harry what a Death Eater was—probably speaking, it was Voldemort's subordinates who had caused serious panic during the Wizarding War.

Such a line of information was drawn in Harry's mind-Snape took refuge in Voldemort and Haier successively, and now he disappeared with Grindelwald.

"Snape can't be trusted," Harry retorted, "but Highmore taught him—he—"

Harry was suddenly speechless.

He did know that Professor Highmore had been deliberately hiding from Dumbledore many times, but could this be another betrayal?
"Take a look." Sirius sneered, "Even Harry knows that Highmore is unreliable, so who can guarantee that Dumbledore won't be mistaken again?"

"Don't talk about it." James sighed and said, "Go to the Burrow first and get the twins here. I heard from them that they seem to be planning to find something to sell. We have to warn them not to delay training."

However, when the four arrive at the Leaky Cauldron, where they're about to borrow a fireplace, they meet someone they didn't expect.

Scrimgeour strode towards them, as if he had been waiting for them here for a long time.

Harry subconsciously became extremely nervous. The news that James and Sirius were still alive was kept secret. Could it be that the other party noticed some clues?
Scrimgeour's eyes moved among the four and landed on "Gazen".

"Congratulations on qualifying for the World Cup, hope to see you in the final."

"You will." James just replied calmly, without any panic.

Sure enough, there was a reason why James was so calm. Scrimgeour didn't seem to think of another dimension at all, and then he turned his head and looked at Lupine and said; "In a few days, after the process is over, Peter Pettigrew will be sent to Azkaban. As one of his few ex-friends, do you have anything else to say to him?"

"No." Lupine replied simply.

Scrimgeour was not at all surprised by this result, and he walked away immediately after nodding his head.

"I guess he's after us." Sirius squinted his eyes and said in a low voice, "Thought our Haimo's people, or Dumbledore's, wanted to exchange some conditions with us."

"Then Fudge is really desperate." Lupine calmly analyzed: "He must have done nothing to hide it after he had nothing to do."

"Let's go." James sighed again inexplicably, he grabbed a handful of floo powder and threw it into the fireplace, the firelight shining on his face full of complicated thoughts.

For a moment, no one knew what he was thinking.

Peter, Lily, Toby, even Harry, are all possible.

(End of this chapter)