Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 36 Hermione
Neither Cedric nor Hermione dared to speak, nor dared to enter the office.

"Professor Erheimer."

Cedric hesitated, "Hufflepuff will have Quidditch training tomorrow, so I need to get up early, or I'll go back today—"

Toby was busy taking back the magic ball, and the atmosphere in the office immediately returned to normal.Brightly lit.

"The illusion of Moonlight Cemetery is considered as a backup," Toby and Al murmured, "It's too dark, I can't see anything clearly, and it's not convenient for students to study—Mr. Diggory, what are you talking about? "

"Oh, I said—" Cedric looked towards the more receptive office: "Hufflepuff has Quidditch practice tomorrow, but it's okay if I go back later, I can fall asleep easily."

"It's okay." Toby reassured: "Whether it's you or Miss Granger, if you have other things to do, you don't need to come. Of course, the premise is that you finish your homework on time and don't become tutors. "

Cedric didn't know if this was Professor Highmore's sincere words. He had seen the consequences of Marcus Flint's secret complaint. Before that, Professor Highmore had told him to let Professor Snape find him.

Once again, Cedric was confused.

He and Hermione sat across the desk as usual.

Cedric tried his best not to pay attention to the brand-new office, but Hermione couldn't help but look at the blood-stained armor. She had seen many similar armors in the corridors of the castle, but fortunately the colors were different. It's different, the pair in the office is pitch black, otherwise she couldn't help but suspect that Professor Haimer moved it into the office without authorization.

"Is there a problem, Miss Granger?"

Toby noticed Hermione's strangeness.

"Well," Hermione asked cautiously; "Professor, is there anyone in this black armor?"

The posture of the armor looks so vivid, as if it is really about to cut at the strange-shaped potted plant.

"It turns out there are."

Toby's answer startled the two of them: "But now there is no more. It's amazing to say that I got this armor from an old castle. It was rumored that there were ghosts there. I thought it was just a rumor at first, but I didn’t expect it to be really haunted. That archeology wasted a lot of my strength.”

Cedric couldn't keep his composure any longer. He glanced quietly at the pharaoh's coffin that seemed to be standing in front of him: "Professor, is there anyone in this coffin?"

"It was originally there."

Toby smacked his mouth and said: "And the monster inside the coffin is a little scary. In order to save our lives, Al and I even took the initiative to get into the coffin and hid for several days. I don't know if that guy is dead now."

"In short," Toby said to them without waiting for the two to continue asking questions: "You don't need to worry about these souvenirs, they are all safe. I need to leave for a while, and I don't know when I will be back. You can leave at any time. Don't wait to greet me."

After saying these words, Toby immediately took Al and left without even giving the two of them time to react.

The two who had never seen each other looked at each other for the first time, and they both saw shock in each other's eyes.

Before that, they didn't pay much attention to Professor Haimer's identity as an "archaeologist", and they finally had a real sense of it until today.

Moreover, it seems that it is not just ordinary archaeology.

Ordinary archaeologists would not break into a really haunted castle, and would even think about bringing out a pair of armor.

They lowered their heads again, as if the weird things around them didn't exist.

After struggling to read the materials for a while, Cedric walked to the bookshelf as usual, wanting to find the materials.

He pointed his fingers back and forth at the book, and suddenly turned his head, staring closely at the skeleton shelves on both sides of the coffin.

"Miss Granger."

Cedric called out Hermione's name for the first time: "Do you think these two skeletons are looking at us?"

Hermione was startled and shivered, she immediately raised her head, and found that the skeleton in front of her was still the same, but the skeleton sitting opposite Cedric turned around at some point, staring at Cedric next to the bookshelf with empty eye sockets. Derek.

"I gotta go!"

Hermione screamed, "Wait-wait-wait-I'll come back when the professor is around!"

She ran out of the office in a hurry, and Cedric followed her closely: "I have to go too. Thinking about it carefully, it is more important to deal with Quidditch training."

After both of them left, the door slowly closed.

The skeleton that was staring at Cedric moved slowly, and turned its head back to the door, as if nothing had happened.

Hermione ran back to the dormitory with a flustered expression. The roommates just glanced at her and looked away. No one asked her what was wrong.

Hermione was so used to this, she quickly calmed down on her own, without anyone's help.She even understood why her roommates didn't like her, and she also knew that they would say bad things behind their backs, whether they were showing off or being domineering.

But it is impossible for Hermione to change this attitude. As a student who has never been in contact with the magic world, she can't help but want to work harder to avoid being underestimated by others.

If Cedric is working hard for Hufflepuff, then Hermione is more focused on herself.All in order not to be underestimated by others.

It can also be said to be inferior.

The moment Hermione escaped from the office, she thought she would never want to go back there again.

But thinking about it carefully, she seemed to have nowhere else to go.

Hermione changed into her pink pajamas without saying a word, and she flipped through a book on the bed for a while.But after a while, she got up and got out of bed again, and left the dormitory with the book.

During the whole process, no roommate asked her what she was going to do.

Hermione came to the empty common room. She nestled herself in the armchair, staring straight at the flames in the fireplace, looking a little helpless and pitiful.

This was very different from the usual Hermione, and only when she was alone would she show such a different look.

To be honest, until now, she didn't think the wizarding world was so good.

She is homesick.

The flame in the fireplace slowly turned into a faint light. Hermione was in a daze for a long time, when she suddenly heard something, she turned over and looked over, subconsciously uttering words of accusation——

She thought that the people who appeared would be Harry and Ron who were going to duel, but she didn't expect to see Al who was slowly flying out in the passage—it sat on the flying carpet, looked around, and finally found that Seeing the stunned Hermione, she waved happily:
"ah!"

(End of this chapter)