Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 381 Grindelwald's Mistake

380 Grindelwald's Mistake

This time, there is no doubt that Grindelwald made a mistake.

In his previous conversation with Toby, he said that Dumbledore would become conservative because of the tragedy that happened to Ariana, making Dumbledore cautious about power.

But after listening to Toby's narration about the Horcrux, Dumbledore made the most unexpected choice——

He simply used his position as a minister to force Slughorn to tell the truth, without any intention of holding back.

The most unexpected thing is that he even succeeded.

"There's bad news, and a—"

"Is there any good news?" Toby interrupted, his eyes were still looking at the returned Dumbledore, his eyes were full of novelty and exploration.

"Do not."

Dumbledore shook his head, ignoring Toby's gaze.

"There is another bad news, which one are you going to hear first?"

Toby bowed his head and thought for a while, and he couldn't help asking: "Can you wait first? So, the dean really told you the truth? This won't drive him away, will it?"

Dumbledore replied calmly: "Horace is very angry with me, but he also has nothing to do with me. Besides, doesn't this just allow him to unite with you as soon as possible? That is to fight against me and resist Bai The power of the Demon King."

"Cough cough." Toby coughed twice, and he whispered avoiding Dumbledore's gaze, "It's better to say the less bad news first."

Dumbledore stared at Toby for a while, and Toby became more and more uncomfortable, so he simply turned around and turned his back on Dumbledore.

How could he bring up the matter of disagreement with Dumbledore at this time, otherwise, he might be the one who will be wanted next.

Dumbledore finally spoke: "The bad news is that Horace never taught Voldemort how to make a Horcrux, but he did know that Voldemort had this idea, which is also related to the worse news that follows— —”

Before Toby recovered from the shock, Dumbledore continued: "Horace taught Lily the more specific content. You heard me right, I mean the more detailed content. He gave Lily the magic weapon, and always thought that Lily's death was caused by himself - because Voldemort wanted to extract this magic from Lily's mouth, and killed the Potters as a result."

"That's why he's afraid to confront me, fearing that I'll blame him for it. But it's totally unnecessary, and Horace knows so little of the truth—for example, that we all now know Now, the death of the Potters is not all because of Voldemort, but also Helbo and Grindelwald, who planned all this. Of course, Grindelwald was completely unaware at that time, he did not know that he had been killed Harper took advantage of it."

Toby frowned and thought for a while, before he drank all the lemonade in the glass before he knew it.

"Is there anything different about what the dean revealed?" He suddenly raised this question.

"Not at all." Dumbledore shook his head and said, "So now we have a suspicion that can be ruled out-Helbo does not have a more special Horcrux magic, and Harry is just an ordinary Horcrux, which can prevent him from being affected. The only way left is Occlumency, but it's too difficult for him."

Toby was silent for a moment.

"Then how did Harry get in touch with the death steward?"

He really couldn't figure this out.

If Hai Erbo didn't have any changes in Horcrux magic, how did he affect Harry through the death steward.

"There's another problem."

Toby gave up on the matter for the time being. He looked up at Dumbledore and asked, "Where is the Mysterious Man? Where did he get the Horcrux magic? Before he made Horcruxes, someone must have taught him how to do it." OK, who is this person?"

"we do not know."

Dumbledore sighed and said, "Perhaps no one will know this except Hai Erbo."

This is not a good sign.

Now that Voldemort had just escaped from Azkaban, it turned out that the person who taught him Horcrux magic was not the expected Slughorn. Could it be that he had been in contact with Haierpo long ago?

At this moment, Toby suddenly took out a ring hanging on the necklace from his collar with a serious expression.

This is a skull ring, also made from the skull of Ignotus.

At this moment, under the watchful eyes of the two, the mouth of the skeleton opened and closed, but what came out was Harry's voice——

"Professor Highmore? I...I really hope I'm wrong. But your collection seems to have slipped out by itself."
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After saying goodbye to Ron, Harry simply greeted Hermione who was waiting in the common room, and then he dug his way out of the passage, came to the corridor, and walked aimlessly.

He didn't know where to find Qiu, and at first it was just an excuse to get away, but he didn't expect to bump into Qiu when he went downstairs.

"Where are you going?" Qiu asked in surprise.

"Planning to go outside for a while." Harry subconsciously asked, "Do you want to go together?"

Everyone next to him was booing, but only Qiu could tell that Harry was not in a good mood.

After arriving on the playground, Cho turned her head to look at Harry's profile for a while.

"Do you want to chat?"

"I don't really think so, just stay with me quietly for a while."

Qiu didn't speak again, but she took Harry's hand quietly, and squeezed his palm twice.

Harry never thought he'd be comforted by something like this.

His originally messy head also calmed down, staring at the frozen lake in a daze.

After about 10 minutes, Harry felt much better.

"Going to see Hagrid?"

He offered to ask: "By the way, I can see if the snails have been frozen to death. I really hope there are not any left."

No one at school liked Hagrid's new textbook.

Qiu was amused.

"Okay," she said.

So the two walked along the lake, along the road that had been cleared in advance to Hagrid's cabin.

But before he got there, Harry stopped suddenly.

He vaguely saw someone standing in the paddock near the cabin—it was definitely not Hagrid, and he wasn't that big.

The strangest thing was that the other party was wearing a wide-brimmed lady's hat, which made Harry feel inexplicably familiar.

"What's the matter?" Qiu tugged at Harry's arm and asked, "Why don't you leave? Is there something wrong with you?"

"No."

Harry backed away calmly and said, "Come with me, and be careful not to make any noise. I've seen that hat before. It's Professor Highmore's collection—Professor Highmore?"

He nervously took the skull necklace out of his collar, and it was obvious that Qiu was taken aback by this item.

"It's not what you think."

After hastily explaining something, Harry continued to speak to the skeleton head: "Professor Highmore? I...I really hope that I was wrong. But your collection seems to have sneaked out by itself."
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When he saw Professor Highmore and Headmaster Dumbledore coming together, Harry felt relieved.

It seems that with these two people present, nothing can stop them.

"Where are you?"

Toby was the first to come up to ask, and he looked in the direction Harry pointed - the figure was still standing motionless in the paddock, without moving.

"I hope this doesn't disturb your date." Dumbledore said to the two with a smile.

Qiu blushed.

"Okay, let's go first."

Toby wasn't as relaxed as Dumbledore, he recognized old Tom Riddle, but he shouldn't be here.

After Harry and Cho left, Dumbledore drew his wand and said, "I remember you put him in the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets, but didn't your other collection guard him?"

"It was there before." Toby said with a frown. "The armor has been staring at it, except these days—because I happened to be researching the secrets of Death Castle and needed it."

Just as Toby walked over, he was suddenly stopped by Dumbledore.

"Have you noticed that Old Tom seems to be communicating with someone?"

"Communication?" Toby turned around and asked, "Who are you talking about?"

Dumbledore turned his gaze to Old Tom.

"Who else? Death Steward, it just disappeared not long ago, maybe it is wandering in this castle."
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Meanwhile, in Hagrid's cabin.

There were three people, plus a panting dog's head, lying quietly in front of the window, only daring to reveal a pair of eyes looking out.

"I still feel like I should go and stop that guy myself."

Hagrid muttered, "I can't let him trample my pumpkin patch, or what will I do next year's Halloween—and the snails, I put a small number of snails in the paddock, in case they come across What happened to—"

"Huh?" Ginny couldn't hide her disappointed expression: "It's just a small part, isn't it all?"

"What do you mean?" Hagrid was very dissatisfied with Ginny's tone: "Little guy, you should get along with them more, only in this way can you understand their benefits."

"What's the benefit?" Luna asked with a pair of misty eyes flashing: "Burning your arm with sparks?"

"You guys are going too far." Hagrid said angrily, "I shouldn't have invited you over."

"Okay, stop arguing." Ginny changed the subject guiltily and asked, "Luna, what can Pandora do? Can we just wait here for him to leave?"

Luna glanced at the notebook in her hand.

Unlike usual, no words appeared on the blank page.

"Mom is scared." She said worriedly; "She doesn't dare to show her face now, she seems to be worried about being discovered by someone."

"Don't worry." Hagrid said in a persuasive voice, and he clenched the pink umbrella that was originally placed in the corner: "I will protect you, and at least let you get out safely. Remember when the time comes Just take Fang Ya away, and then go to the castle to ask the professors for help, did you hear me clearly?"

"do not go."

Ginny quickly grabbed Hagrid's arm, but her strength was too weak, and Hagrid accidentally lifted her up with her arms, her legs hanging high.

"You don't understand, this is simply not something that ordinary people can solve. Let's wait a little longer—look, what am I talking about? Professor Haimer must have discovered that there is a problem here. He's here—hey, Is that Dumbledore behind him?"

Hagrid just wanted to warn the two people who were approaching loudly not to get too close to the people standing in the paddock, but Toby and Dumbledore's actions were much faster than his reaction, and before Hagrid came back to his senses, they had already One left and one right appeared beside Old Tom.

In the ice and snow, Old Tom seemed completely unaware that he had been blocked by two extremely powerful wizards. He was still staring at himself with his head raised.

Dumbledore guessed right, he was indeed communicating with someone.

"No kerosene lamps."

Toby said with a headache: "It is estimated that the death steward has appeared here before, but he has long since left. It is possible at any time."

Old Tom was repeating the same thing over and over, like he'd done before in his mind's eye.

Dumbledore listened warily.

"He got the knowledge of Horcruxes from me. I don't regret doing so. He has no way to face death at all. Sooner or later, he will have to pay for it."

Dumbledore turned his head, and he met Toby's solemn gaze.

In any case, they didn't expect that Old Tom knew about the Horcrux. He was just a Muggle, and it was impossible for him to know anything about the wizarding world.

"professor?"

The three people hiding in the house finally came out, Ginny called out cautiously, and Luna couldn't wait to find Toby.

She spread out her unresponsive notebook and said, "Can you help my mother? She's terrified."

When Toby looked at the notebook, it finally began to change, showing a little bit of chaotic handwriting.

[Luna is right, I really don't want to be scared.I almost thought that I was going to be discovered—not just being caught, but the kind that would have serious consequences, and I don’t know how to describe—]

"Black feathers."

Toby interrupted: "If the death steward can find the black feathers you used, maybe it will mistake you for other residents and lock you back in the death castle."

The handwriting paused for a moment.

[That's what happened! 】New text appeared on the notebook.

Dumbledore turned his gaze back to Toby, and asked him why he knew so clearly.

"Because I also used the feathers I got from the castle."

Toby said in a low voice: "I figured it out the night I tested it with Harry - I couldn't figure it out with my brain, but felt it inexplicably. But maybe it’s because my soul is more complete, so I don’t have to worry about being restrained for the time being, but the feeling still exists.”

"That doesn't sound like a good thing," said Dumbledore.

Toby was silent for a moment.

"I think so."

(End of this chapter)