Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 366 The New Principal

"Is that Professor Lockhart? Am I not mistaken?"

"Why is he dressed exactly like Professor Highmore? Is he deliberately imitating him?"

"No, haven't you thought about it? How did he become headmaster of Durmstrang?"

The moment Lockhart showed up, McGonagall knew that the development of the matter was far beyond his control.

Before this, there was no news about Lockhart at all, and it was not fully revealed until today.

Toby stared closely at Lockhart, the long hair on his forehead involuntarily drooped down, covering his sight a little bit.

On the contrary, after seeing this familiar scene, Lockhart immediately reached out and stroked the long golden hair in front of his eyes to the back of his head, and said with a smile on his face, "I'm not welcome?"

Luna and Ginny, who were standing at the back, stood on their feet and looked at the few people in front. Suddenly, the notebook held by Luna moved.

She quickly opened the Pandora notebook, and Ginny looked over her head curiously.

There is only a simple line of writing on it——

[The big thing is not good. 】

This word of divination was immediately fulfilled - Mrs. Maxim saw Toby's ugly expression, she immediately turned her head and wanted to tell her students, but in the next second, a commotion suddenly broke out in the crowd, causing Krum, who originally planned to say hello to Harry from a distance, turned his head and looked over——

The rune horses are all out of control!
"Is this a show?"

"Why are they flying around in the air?"

"Oops, they are rushing towards us!"

Shouts of panic rang out one after another, Principal McGonagall loudly maintained order, and together with Madam Maxim tried to calm the rune horses back down.

"Look at the good work your deputy has done!"

Madam Maxim saw who the culprit was at a glance, she said angrily: "The current situation is exactly the same as the trouble he caused in Beauxbatons, and it hasn't changed after so many years!"

"He is not my deputy!" Dean McGonagall tied up a rune horse with a rope, and then rushed to deal with the next one: "Never! How can a deputy leave the boss's sight without authorization? Didn't you notice? He and Lockhart are gone! Too bad I couldn't have seen it!"

"Lockhart?" Madame Maxime turned her head in astonishment: "You mean that greasy guy? What's wrong with him? Don't tell me he's Hammer's former accomplice. Could it be that he was in the previous troubles? Are you involved too?"

"No wonder he's such an eyesore."
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At the same time, at the moment when the rune horses lost control, Lockhart seemed to have realized the tragic fate he was about to face—he gradually closed his eyes, and felt something flying away with him .

When he opened his eyes again, he had already appeared in the Forbidden Forest, and was ruthlessly thrown into a bush.

Toby waved his wand and walked towards him viciously and asked, "How dare you appear in front of me so swaggeringly?! What? Could it be that you feel that your studies have improved? You can compete with me. gone?"

"I knew you would say that."

Lockhart lay helplessly in the hard bushes, he didn't even bother to get up, just half-up.All the smiles on his face disappeared, and his expression was full of sorrow.

"I don't want to come back in this capacity, but there is no way, the professor must let me do it—do you know the tradition of Durmstrang? I have never seen such a magic school that can do it right. It doesn’t matter whether the previous headmaster goes or stays. And it is said that its founder also had the same experience, died strangely, and the reason is not clear until now—”

"I'm not in the mood to talk nonsense with you!" Toby flicked the wand twice, almost igniting Lockhart's hair: "Tell me, what did Grindelwald tell you? Also, Severer Is Snape hiding with you too?"

"Snape?" Lockhart acted as if he didn't know at all: "What does he have to do with us? I thought you drove him away - okay, okay, let me tell you."

He compromised quickly, as if he didn't intend to make any resistance from the beginning.

"The professor did have a message for me to pass on to you."

After seeing Toby's unfriendly gaze, Lockhart immediately changed his words and said, "It's fine to call Grindelwald, anyway, he's not here now—in a word, he said he knows what your purpose of holding the Triwizard Tournament is, and He also said that you must be able to understand the meaning of this sentence, so he intends to help you solve this trouble."

In the end, Lockhart's voice became smaller and smaller, looking frightened.

Toby said disdainfully: "You mean to let me cooperate with Grindelwald? He is completely dreaming!"

"But." Lockhart carefully repeated Grindelwald's last sentence to himself.

"Who else can you turn to for help with Dumbledore besides us?"
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On the lively grass in front of the castle gate, Angela and Al hid in the corner together.

"Will it be a little big?"

"Yeah [I don't know, why hasn't Toby come back yet? I can't hold it anymore.]"

"Do you think he will be fired? Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he caused trouble."

"Yeah [probably not, what should I do if I'm fired? Do I want to go back to my old job? I really miss the days of archaeology. Even though the days of living in Hogwarts are as exciting, archaeology is much safer than it is now. No need to worry about it every day, yeah, I’m talking about Dumbledore.]”

"Isn't he going to be a minister? There's nothing to be afraid of. At worst, I'll take you far away. If it doesn't work, you can go to Waggadu. That can always be regarded as a shelter."

"Wagadu?" A voice sounded from behind them, startling them both.

Toby looked at them suspiciously: "When did I say I'm going to Waggadu? It's better to stay away from the place where Hai Erbo stayed, so as not to cause unnecessary troubles—well, don't Hiding here, come back with me."

Angela also stood up on Toby's shoulder while Al was climbing the rock fast. She opened her silver eyes and asked curiously, "Where is that person? Did you take it to plant trees?"

Toby stared at her strangely, making Angela confused.

"Even if the corpses are destroyed, you shouldn't choose this kind of place. It will frighten the students."

Without the first half sentence, Toby would be considered a competent professor.

He went on to say: "Let's let Lockhart go for now, he is irrelevant, the key is Grindelwald-of course, this must be done after asking our minister's opinion."
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The rune horses became quiet following Toby's return, and Lockhart also returned with his eyes wide open. He seemed to have never thought that he could return so safe and sound, without even experiencing a curse.

But soon, he resumed his job, obviously pretending to be Toby, but his tone was very cheerful.

"Long time no see, gentlemen and ladies."

"A signing? No, no, it might be a long time coming. I'm working on a new book. It's called Lockhart and Durmstrang. How about it?"

"Principal, we cannot disclose the location of the school."

"I know I know, this message is going to be skimmed over - oh, you? God, what's wrong with your eyes?"

He stopped in front of Moody, and had to, because Moody happened to be blocking his way.

"Where's Karkaroff?" Moody asked gruffly, "How did you take his place?"

Lockhart could see that Moody would be difficult to mess with, and he had obviously been prepared for it.

"He disappeared." Lockhart pretended to be puzzled: "No one knows where he went, and he disappeared suddenly-so I only need to take on this important role, and it is unanimously approved of."

"Durmstrang's unanimous vote?" Moody said meaningfully, it seems that he doesn't understand anything - as an extremely famous black magic school, the unanimous vote here must have very big clues.

"Excuse me, I have to attend the dinner." Lockhart felt that it was better to stay as far away from this person as possible.

But just when he missed his body and was about to go around the gate, Moody suddenly grabbed his arm so hard that he couldn't move.

"You haven't given up on LaToby Highmore, have you?"

"What?" Lockhart turned his head in surprise. He looked Moody up and down for a while: "I see." He suddenly said, "You are the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts this year? I advise you to leave early , this position is full of ambiguity."

Moody's magic eyes stared at him.

"I don't see any difference between that and dealing with your professors."

Lockhart finally confirmed that this guy really knew everything.

He led the students behind him into the castle suspiciously.

On the other hand, Toby is also dealing with the censure of the two women.

"I said, why can't we get through this dinner first? I don't want the Triwizard Tournament to end before it even started."

"Look at him." Madame Maxime raised her nose, her eyes were full of anger, and she said arrogantly: "Look at this shameless guy, those who don't know think I caused this trouble. Hogg There has to be an explanation from Watts and an apology to my students."

Toby muttered in a low voice: "Apologize? Don't wait for the apology, and they will be gone first."

"What did you say?" Maxim immediately became furious.

"Is this a threat?" She immediately turned to look at McGonagall: "Can I see this as a threat from Hogwarts to Beauxbatons?"

It wasn't until now that McGonagall finally understood why Dumbledore always got up in the middle of the night to drink coffee.

With such a troublesome student, it's no wonder he can sleep well.

Mag stared at Toby in silence for a while, making him uncomfortable.

"I think there are some issues that are best left for after dinner."

She said uncharacteristically: "Maybe there is no need to talk about it anymore."

"What did you say?"

Madam Maxim looked at Mag in surprise, and even Toby turned his eyes in surprise.

"Is there any problem?" McGonagall asked seriously: "Or are you planning to go to the Ministry of Magic to complain? Let me think about who is in charge of the Department of International Magical Cooperation - if I remember correctly, it should be Frank Longbottom, and his assistant, who was also his wife, Alice Longbottom. They were Toby's childhood friends, and, as we all know, Dumbledore through and through."

"I think your complaint will definitely play a big role, Principal Maxim."

McGonagall is completely speaking for Toby now.

This made Maxim so angry that she couldn't speak. She glared at the two of them for a while, but in the end she just snorted, regained her calm and proud posture, and walked towards the teacher's long table without looking back.

"What did I just see."

Toby was astonished.

McGonagall glanced sideways at Toby.

"Do you need me to explain it to you again, Vice President Haimer?" She said as she walked into the castle: "Maxim has come for you from the very beginning, no matter whether you have caused a disturbance in the rune horse today or not, She won't let you go like this, but will find ways to avenge what happened back then."

"We have to cut off her thoughts in advance - only in this way can the Triwizard Tournament go smoothly. And, most importantly, I am the headmaster of Hogwarts now, not everyone can be accusing my lieutenants to my face."

"Cool." As soon as Toby came out, McGonagall forced him back with his eyes.

"But don't get lucky too early." She said sternly: "From the very beginning, I didn't intend to stay out of the conflict between you and Dumbledore, and I will tell Dumbledore the truth about what happened today. "

"Just wait and see if you can still laugh when the time comes."

"Anyway, I've been used to it for a long time." Toby said indifferently: "He can't put me in confinement anymore, can he? The prison of the Ministry of Magic can't lock me up, not even Azkaban."

McGonagall ignored Toby's words. She walked ahead and slowly sat on the headmaster's seat belonging to Hogwarts.

Sitting next to her were Maxim with a cold face and Lockhart with a smile on his face—it seemed that he had regained his confidence from the praise of the students, and felt that he had passed the most difficult stage smoothly .

However, there was an extra chair left beside Mag.

Toby knew it belonged to the Ministry of Magic, but didn't know who would come.

After seeing Krum walking with Harry, Durmstrang's students naturally sat near the long table in Gryffindor.

"Impressive opening," Krum said in his deep, muffled voice. "Before I came here, I always thought that Durmstrang was the most special."

"Just don't worry." Harry also became uncertain after the experience just now: "In the future, there will be something you will never forget. I dare say that it will definitely be more exciting than the World Cup."

At this moment, Mag stood up, and the students became silent.

I don't know if it was because of the unsatisfactory meeting after the meeting that made her speech extremely concise.

"Everyone, let's have dinner first."

Just at this moment, Toby, who was just about to serve the ribs, was attracted by a faint fire, and it shone by his hand, emitting a faint light.

He looked up, and after looking back and forth, he noticed that only Moody was looking at him.

It seemed that Dumbledore already knew about Lockhart.

Toby simply picked up the phoenix feather on the table and handed it to Al, and opened the note carried by the flame.

There is only a very short line of text above.

【You didn't deal with Lockhart because you were going to join forces to deal with me, Toby? 】

(End of this chapter)