Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 354 Ancient Magic and Ancient Wizard

Harry didn't expect James' progress to be so fast. He originally thought it would not be an easy task. After all, his mother hadn't disappeared until now, and no one could find her. It was completely unclear where she was. What's wrong.

Among James' so-called clues, the strangest thing is where he found the clues.

Harry never expected that it would be at number four Privet Drive.

That is, the Dursleys.

"Wait a minute." When he heard this, Ron immediately interrupted: "But why did he go there?"

Harry guessed some possibilities.

"It's probably trying to vent my anger." He guessed, "Just like what Professor Haimer did, and my dad should know them too."

This makes more sense.

Harry went on to say that the key person in this clue was his aunt Peggy, and he didn't know what James did to ask Peggy about an experience many years ago.

"Many years ago refers to not long after the news of my parents' death came out." Harry thought for a while and said, "It probably should have been when I was just sent to the Dursleys. I was a baby then, Professor Highmore didn't help me revive this memory, but Aunt Petunia remembers something."

"She said she saw someone who looked like my mother wandering around the house - from the eyes, because the person's face was covered by a mask. But when she chased it out, the person was gone. gone."

"Wait a little longer." Ron interrupted again: "But the time doesn't match, if what your aunt said is true and this happened, then wouldn't your mother be better than you?" James was resurrected even earlier, and maybe he never died at all?"

"My dad thought so too."

Harry raised the letter paper in his hand and said, "So he's going to go on to other places they've been together, or people they know in common, to see if there's anything new to discover."

This seemed the most reasonable course of action, and it sounded less dangerous, reassuring Harry a lot about James' safety.

It's a pity that the subsequent investigation didn't seem to go so smoothly, and Harry never received the next letter.

Maybe it's because I'm too busy, there are many places to go.

Harry could only comfort himself that way.

Fortunately, living in the Burrow is still very good (except for Ginny), the twin brothers always come up with novel products for him to try (except for Ginny), and there is also a lot of fun to watch on "The Quibbler" (except for Ginny).

One thing worth noting is that the fallout from Fudge's disappearance was widespread, and it caused a lot of panic at first, but it did the same good—that the Daily Prophet and the The Quibbler has finally reconciled, they are no longer against each other, and the winds of reporting are very consistent.

This should all be due to Dumbledore, after all, he has become a minister now, and it is said that the Prophet newspaper has also fired some unreliable reporters—just like Mr. Weasley’s news channels, these are also Percy told Harry.

".Minister Dumbledore attaches great importance to this newspaper. It took almost no effort to make those reporters dare not write reports indiscriminately, and almost all those who were disobedient were driven away. Of course, as a minister, the powerful Assistant, I have also contributed a lot. This is a very cumbersome job. It needs to communicate with various departments. It must be performed by someone with a certain ability. Unthankful job, like this—”

Percy cleared his throat twice, he purposely put on a straight face, and said in a not-so-proficient solemn tone: "You must complete this work as soon as possible, otherwise the minister will be very upset—do you understand? Harry?"

Harry looked stunned.

He lost his mind.

He couldn't help but be distracted. Today was the day when the Weasleys went to Diagon Alley to buy supplies for the new semester. As a big star in the Quidditch world and the entire wizarding world, Harry really didn't dare to go out.

Logically speaking, Fred and George shouldn't go out either, but they have their own thoughts, and they secretly told Harry that they planned to put the store in Diagon Alley, and they needed to take this opportunity to investigate, so they also went out together. followed.

As a result, only Harry and Percy, who had finally been given a day off, were left in the Burrow.

But Percy was so talkative, he didn't seem to need a break at all, and came to Harry to show off his new job every now and then - maybe this could be his way of rest.

"Harry?" Percy frowned dissatisfied: "You must not be like this outside, you are not an ordinary person now, although you were famous before, but it is different now, in case you are walking on the road suddenly What should you do if you are interviewed? Those people will belittle you severely."

"Huh?" Harry asked subconsciously, "Didn't Dumbledore already fire those people?"

"I'm talking about a third-rate tabloid." Percy explained: "Rita Skeeter was just fired from the "Daily Prophet", but she is still working as a columnist. Although there are not as many readers as before, but In order to be famous, who knows what crazy things she will do, you must be careful in the future."

Harry vaguely remembered this name. He had read many exaggerated articles before, almost all of which were related to criticizing "The Quibbler". Many people who didn't know the truth were deceived.

"I really don't know that." That was all Harry could say, he really didn't know this man very well.

And then Harry started to regret it, because Percy put on the air that he had to be aware of the dangers, just thinking about how painful that would be.

Fortunately, there was a sound from downstairs in time - it was the Weasleys returning from Diagon Alley.

Percy wanted to hold Harry to continue the conversation, but Harry couldn't care less. He yelled "You're back!" and rushed out, acting more agile than he had been at the Quidditch World Cup.

In the first-floor drawing room, Mrs. Weasley slapped the soot off the children, especially hard as her palms fell on Fred and George.

"You are all so old, why are you still running around, don't you know that you should set a good example for your brothers and sisters? Look at Percy, he has a decent job now, and look at the two of you—"

"We're still students!" Fred complained.

"Not even of legal drinking age," George added.

"You still want to drink?" Mrs. Weasley glared at them: "Don't let me catch you with my own hands - Harry, dear, run slowly."

But Harry didn't slow down at all, and his appearance reminded Ron, who was secretly watching, of the days when they were locked up in the Forbidden Forest.

It was the black devil who was chasing them then, and it was probably the same this time.

"Any news?" Harry ignored the embarrassment when he met Ginny, and asked immediately, "Have you met Hermione? How is she?"

"It wasn't good at first, until I went to the bookstore—" Ron slowly searched for something in the full stack of books.

"What happened to the bookstore?" Harry asked curiously.

"It's even worse." Ron picked up a book and said, "This is Professor Haimer's new textbook, and no one knows that he has written a new book—the notice was just sent out this morning, and it's in "The Quibbler" As a result, Hermione stopped chatting with me and focused on this book."

Harry took a look, and saw the familiar cover, with the title of the book written on it——

Ancient Magic and Ancient Wizards.
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Hogwarts, Office of Ancient Magic.

Dumbledore put down the book he had roughly read, looked up at the opposite side, and asked with some interest, "How is the sales volume of this book?"

Toby had a strange look in his eyes, and he avoided talking about it: "Sales? How can education be measured by sales? I have long since stopped caring about such unimportant things."

Al, who was playing wizard chess on the sofa on the other side, let out a "Yeah", and Angela, who was silently observing the chess game, also said, "It's useless for you to care, no one is interested in your book at all. Obviously you are like this now Famous, but I didn't expect this new book to sell so badly - you're not born to be a best-selling author."

"Use you to translate what Al said?!" Toby's curly hair turned into a hedgehog: "Get out, get out!"

Angela picked up the chessboard indifferently, and Al yelled at her again—[It's okay, he will become like this every time a new book is released, it will be fine after a while. 】

After the door was closed, Toby turned his head to look at Dumbledore who was silently smiling. He coughed twice and pretended to say inadvertently, "The principal—ah, no, it should be the minister—uh, do you think there is?" One possibility, let the "Daily Prophet" also promote my new book together?"

"I don't think there is such a need." Dumbledore replied slowly: "You don't care about sales anyway, as long as the students can see it is enough."

"It's not fair." Toby immediately became angry. "You have the master copy of The Quibbler, but I don't have the copy of the Daily Prophet—"

"Come on, Toby." Dumbledore interrupted: "You and I both know that the real master is not with me, and it is impossible for me to let you own another newspaper. Why did you come to me today?" ? I'm very busy, and I have to meet two people in a while, so I don't have that much time to chat with you."

"Okay, honorable Minister of Magic." Toby deliberately emphasized the tone of the address, appearing extremely dissatisfied.

It was only later that he revealed why he had specially called Dumbledore to the school.

"It's not all because of old Tom Riddle." He curled his lips and said, "That guy is finally able to speak, but he's not too normal. He just said one sentence over and over again—kill Tom Riddle."

"I've confirmed it many times, and found that he really intends to kill his own child—that is, the mysterious man. Is there anything I don't know? What kind of grievance is there between the two of them?"

Dumbledore was silent for a moment after hearing the news.

After a full 5 minutes, he slowly said: "According to my limited investigation, Voldemort used the Imperius Curse to manipulate his uncle, making him kill his heartbroken father, and all of this was done by me. It was investigated many years ago, but the matter did not cause much controversy, because Voldemort's uncle confessed to the matter, and the officials investigating him believed that there was no possibility of wrongful conviction."

"The two fathers and sons really love each other." Toby sarcastically said, "But what's going on now? Since old Tom is a heartless man, does he know that he has such a son? Why did he suddenly hate him?" ? He probably doesn’t know who the murderer is? Could it be that Hai Erbo told him?”

This time Dumbledore's answer was quick.

"Just in time, besides seeing old Tom, I have another news for you."

Dumbledore said: "Once, I suspected that there was something wrong with Horace. You should know your dean very well. He likes to collect outstanding students. This includes Voldemort when he was young."

"I think this should also be related to Horace's choice to leave Hogwarts voluntarily. Now maybe only you can unlock this secret—before he finds out again, you have at least one year to get the answer from him .”

"Don't say it like the curse of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professorship." Toby waved his hands in disgust, as if to drive away something unknown.

Then he asked again: "You mean, the dean once taught the mysterious man some knowledge beyond the scope of textbooks? But don't we already know the answer now? Horcruxes. What else can there be besides Horcruxes, a It is impossible for normal students to be exposed to knowledge related to Horcruxes when they are in school."

"Not to mention, we have collected almost all of them now. After a while, I plan to see what I can do with them—there are so many Horcruxes, there must be a way to find the mysterious man—what's wrong?"

Toby noticed that Dumbledore's eyes were still very serious: "Did I say something wrong?"

"No, Toby." Dumbledore shook his head and said, "I thought it would be so simple at first, but after such a long time, I thought you had understood that Voldemort's fate was manipulated." Yes, he was born as a tool used by Hai Erbo to replace the god of death."

"Now Voldemort's secret is not so important, but Helbo's—that is, there may be such a possibility—"

"Even Professor Horace's secret knowledge to Voldemort was created by Hai Erbo - this is the secret we want to explore."
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"Why hasn't Arthur come back yet?"

Mrs. Weasley looked at the clock on the wall, and she asked Percy, "Is your dad going to work overtime today?"

"As Assistant to the Minister for Magic—"

"If you talk nonsense again, you will be punished without pie for a week!"

"He doesn't work overtime!" Percy said immediately, "I haven't heard that there is any extra work in the department. I guess it's because of an accident today, and Muggles found out that the key was lost or something like that."

"Alas." Looking at a large group of children waiting to be fed, Mrs. Weasley sighed and said, "Then let's eat first, and heat it up when he comes back—"

At this time, the door was finally knocked.

"Sorry, Molly, I'm late, but I've brought back two guests who you can't imagine who they are—come in."

Two people followed behind Arthur, Harry and Ron opened their mouths in surprise.

The pretending Sirius and James, who had changed his appearance a long time ago, greeted them with a smile. He looked at the surprised Harry and said, "What's the matter, you don't recognize me as the captain so soon?"

(End of this chapter)