Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 375 Return of Voldemort
In Toby's first school year, Voldemort briefly possessed the magic ball, but no one expected that this would cause damage to the magic ball.

It wasn't until later that Toby knew the reason - because the magic ball was made of the brain, and it was related to Merlin, it was considered half a living thing, so Voldemort could successfully possess it.

After that, Voldemort actually learned a lot of knowledge about the magic circle in ancient magic, and even applied it to a series of plans in the second academy-the victim of which was the completely unaware elf Dobby. Unknowingly controlled by Voldemort, he successfully lured two children, Luna and Ginny, into the Forbidden Forest, and almost killed them by using the giant spider in the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

At that time, Voldemort was to create a prisoner who was qualified to be held in Azkaban. Toby and Dumbledore guessed his plan, and used one of the skeletons to pretend to be Hagrid, and Toby hid in the dark. Come to Azkaban.

Later, Toby and Voldemort met at the bottom of the prison, and escaped after a series of fierce battles, but paid the price of soul damage, until Al's tears healed him.

However, since then, Voldemort has suddenly disappeared.

No one knows where he is hiding again, but it is absolutely impossible that he is dead, because all his Horcruxes have not been destroyed yet.

According to Dumbledore's speculation, the dementor riot in Azkaban may be related to Voldemort. He mistakenly thought that the Ministry of Magic had discovered his hiding place, so he had to use this method to get out.

But now, Toby is more concerned about another thing than Voldemort's whereabouts.

This is also related to the original words that Dumbledore told Tonks——

"It won't be Toby, and it won't be Grindelwald."

Toby could surmise that Dumbledore couldn't help but suspect that.

Because not long after Lockhart came to Hogwarts, Toby not only didn't do anything to him, he didn't even bother Lockhart.

It happened at this time again that a riot broke out among the dementors in Azkaban.

These two things really seem to be related to each other.

If you think about it on the worst side, this might be Toby and Grindelwald's first plan to deal with Dumbledore together.Especially after Grindelwald personally demonstrated to Dumbledore that he had the ability to command dementors, he became even more suspicious.

Fortunately, Voldemort, who was in speculation, dispelled Dumbledore's suspicion, which allowed him to convey the message to Toby through Tonks.

Toby didn't intend to continue arguing with Dumbledore on this trust relationship, and the two had long since cracked in their attitudes towards the law of conservation of magic.

What he wanted to figure out at this time was another matter.

That is Grindelwald, whether he participated in this riot or not.
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After hearing the news from Tonks himself, Toby simply said goodbye to the two and left alone.

Moody's magic eyes seemed to penetrate the wall, and his sight followed Toby's back.

"He went to find Grindelwald's students."

Moody said with a tone of affirmation.

Tonks had obviously guessed this too.

But her expression looked very troubled.

"The minister asked me to come back for the purpose of observing his relationship with Lockhart. It would be great if I could eavesdrop on this conversation. Probably not. Teacher, do you think he will really form an alliance with Grindelwald?"

Moody dragged his wooden legs back to sit in front of the table, and he opened the "Ancient Magic and Ancient Wizard".

"That's Dumbledore's business to worry about."

Moody stared at the words on the page and said, "And you should also know that from the moment he began to doubt, he already had the answer."

Tonks had a sad expression on his face.

"I'd better interview those students. They can't be from Grindelwald, can they?"
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After the teachers and students of Durmstrang came to Hogwarts, they have been living in the ghost ship in the Black Lake and have not actively contacted people in the school.

When Toby came to the boat, some students found him immediately.

"Who are you looking for?" A boy in a thick leather jacket asked warily.

"I'm here to find your principal." Toby said calmly, "I need to discuss something with him. Is he on board?"

Not long after Toby finished speaking, a figure appeared on the other side of the longboat.

It was Lockhart.

It seems that since Toby boarded the ship, he knew that the other party was looking for him.

Lockhart, with long blond hair drooping in front of his eyes, came over. He pretended to be the same as when he first came to Hogwarts, and deliberately ordered in a serious and solemn tone: "Chudley, go back to your dormitory. Go, don't come out and walk around if you have nothing to do."

It can be seen that Lockhart's image in the students' minds is still very majestic. After the student saluted respectfully, he turned around and left.

It wasn't until the other party disappeared behind a certain wooden door in the cabin that Lockhart walked over with a smile and said, "How is it? Not bad. When I first became the headmaster, I was still thinking about how to deal with this bunch of students, and then I I thought of you, I didn’t expect this method to be really effective.”

Toby looked at him coldly, his gaze was more piercing than the frozen lake water.

"Well, it seems that it's not too late." Lockhart said awkwardly: "What do you want to see me for?"

He took Toby into his bedroom, which was almost exactly the same as the office where Lockhart taught. The walls were covered with his own portrait, but now the portrait had become deliberately serious, no longer Shining teeth are showing.

It wasn't until Lockhart closed the door that Toby said, "When are you going to make me wait before letting Grindelwald contact me?"

"Ah" Lockhart showed a embarrassed expression on his face: "I can't decide this matter, I'm just a student, he is the professor—"

"How about this." Toby interrupted suddenly with a different tone: "Can the accident that happened in Azkaban be regarded as Grindelwald's plan to drag me into the water? He won't give up provocation for a moment. My relationship with Dumbledore, isn't it?"

Lockhart looked surprised.

"The professor really wanted to recruit you, and he told me more than once, but what happened to Azkaban? Don't tell me that all the prisoners locked there have escaped."

Toby didn't speak, just stared at him silently.

"Is this true?" Lockhart's eyes gradually became flustered: "Is it useful to hide in St. Mungo's this time? Or I'd better go back and forget it-these students will be handed over to you first, Toby, For the sake of the fact that we were on the bestseller list together?"

As soon as the words fell, Lockhart knew he had said the wrong thing.He saw a faint black mist around Toby, which was a sign that the devil was about to emerge, and the other party's eyes became more gloomy.

"I heard you want to see me?"

Just then, a familiar voice saved Lockhart.

Toby turned his head in the direction of the sound, and there was a clear face protruding from the wooden wall of the cabin.

"Please forgive me, I can only meet you in this way." Grindelwald's wooden mouth opened and said, "This is what I learned from your plant Animagus, and it is safer than Floo powder There are many."

"It's really safe." Toby said in a bad tone: "But I don't see any sincerity. This is not what you should do when you ask someone for help."

"Looking for help? Do you?" Grindelwald seemed to find Toby's words very interesting: "Forget it, we really need each other's help now, especially after Dumbledore became a minister."

"Don't act like you don't know about it." Toby gradually approached the face on the wall and asked, "Dumbledore's becoming the Minister of Magic is just fulfilling your wish? Where did you hide Fudge? Where is it, also in Durmstrang?"

"I can testify that there is no such thing!" Lockhart, who was trying to minimize his sense of presence, suddenly raised his hand and said, "I almost searched the whole of Durmstrang, but I couldn't find any trace of Fudge's existence. And the students at the school can't ignore a man with that big belly."

Toby frowned and glanced at him, Lockhart immediately put his hand down, chatting awkwardly and nervously with a portrait of himself.

"I heard you used to be a best-selling author?"

"Aren't you too? Hahaha."

Seeing Toby's eyes getting more and more dangerous, Grindelwald ordered in time: "Go outside and find some firewood and come back, so that our guests don't get cold."

Lockhart seemed to be waiting for this sentence, he couldn't wait to escape under the eyes of all the portraits, and didn't dare to stay for a moment.

"Now we can have a good talk."

Grindelwald turned his gaze back to Toby.

"I think I should tell you one thing first, Fudge's disappearance has nothing to do with me."

After hearing this sentence, Toby frowned tightly.

"I don't need to deceive you about this, Toby." Grindelwald continued: "And the kidnapping of a Minister of Magic is just a trivial matter to me, and there is no need to hide it."

"You should be able to guess that the person who kidnapped Fudge was to make Dumbledore the new Minister of Magic as soon as possible, but this person is not me, but someone else."

A name was slowly revealed from Toby's mouth.

"Severus Snape."

"It should be him." Grindelwald responded: "At first I didn't expect that your old classmate would have the leisure to do such a thing, but it must be the order Hai Erbo left him, that is, Said that Hai Erbo had already guessed that his plan would fail."

"Oh?" Toby suddenly sneered, "How do you say that you and Haierbo seem to be at odds with each other? He sent his servants to rescue you not long ago, and you even cooperated once."

"But it's not the way I like to cooperate." Grindelwald shook his head, causing ripples on the wooden boards on the wall.

"No one likes the feeling of fate being manipulated. Another old classmate of yours—James Potter should have told you about this. He also worked for Hai Erbo, and he knows very well that I don't know I don't realize how deeply I was influenced by Hai Erbo."

"Then you might as well show up." Toby said bluntly, "Sit down with me and Dumbledore and have a good talk about how to solve our common enemy."

Grindelwald laughed after hearing this.

"Do you really think this is possible? After so many things happened, and after you desperately want to know Angela's identity, will Dumbledore still have a chance to get back together with you?"

The conversation finally leads back to why Toby changed his mind.

Apart from Grindelwald, it seems that no one can help Toby deal with Dumbledore.

"Yeah, I know."

Before Toby could ask, Grindelwald continued: "It's not difficult to guess, the person Haierbo valued is not only you, but also the woman beside you, Angela. And from what happened later See, she is obviously more valued than you. This also means how important she is."

"But I think Dumbledore will definitely not agree with this. He is too conservative and unwilling to continue to take greater risks. Especially after he becomes a minister, he will become even more serious than before. Conservative. Because he already knew the fate of his obsession with power, he became extremely cautious, so careful that he didn't want you to follow the clue left by Hai Erbo."

"From this point of view, your old classmate's methods are much more sophisticated than mine. He understands you and is the most suitable person to provoke your relationship."

There was a brief silence in the room, and Grindelwald left enough time for Toby to think.

"What about Azkaban?" Toby suddenly asked the original question: "Do you know what happened in Azkaban?"

"Of course I know," said Grindelwald, "Peter Pettigrew has his uses—by the way, I did cause his escape, because a dementor wouldn't notice a tiny mouse. Shortly after my order, Pettigrew has been placed on the small island of Azkaban, and Kingsley has memorized the location, which is not difficult for him. But I still advise you not to waste Strength, as early as the moment the riot happened, Pettigrew had already left early."

"You must be wondering whether this riot has something to do with me, right? No, I will not resort to such inferior methods. It is useless, and it will not cause any damage to Dumbledore, who is determined to improve the prison environment." Impact."

"However, I can tell you what I've been busy with lately."

Toby has seen the answer from Grindelwald's eyes.

"Voldemort, the Dark Lord who has been more deeply influenced than me, was deliberately portrayed by Hai Erbo as a wizard who only fears death, and he is also a servant he has pre-ordered."

"I've been trying to find him recently, and no one knows better than you and me how important a position Voldemort occupies in Haierbo's pursuit of immortality. He doesn't want to become a god of death himself, but he needs someone who can Become a servant of death."

Toby narrowed his eyes and stared at Grindelwald.

"But you couldn't find him."

Grindelwald sighed regretfully.

"We're a step too late, Toby. If I'm right, he's already in the hands of your old schoolmate."
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Snape, who had disappeared for a long time, was personally arranging the scarf for the person opposite, so that the face that appeared in the back of his head could be smoothly covered.

"Severus." Voldemort said weakly, "I didn't expect that you would be the one who never gave up looking for me in the end."

Snape lowered his head slightly, and Fudge, who was under the control of the Imperius Curse, slowly stood up, so that the back of his head could be better aligned with his face.

"It is my honor, master."

(End of this chapter)