Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 391 The Secret of the Magic Array
390 The Secret of the Magic Circle
Professor Highmore can always give Harry a "surprise".

On the way back, Harry couldn't help but wonder why Professor Highmore would do this, maybe it was because of extenuating circumstances?

Although Snape was a member of Haier, and he had Professor Haimer with him last year, didn't James do the same?Now he was finally out of Haierbo's control and returned to the normal world. Maybe this was the reason why Professor Haimer changed his attitude towards Snape?
anything else?
Harry thought about it carefully. What could be the reason for Lockhart?Well, he is a best-selling author, and the sales of the books written by Professor Highmore have not been very good. He really needs to improve his ability in this area. As for Grindelwald's subordinates, this may be another kind of instigation Maybe.

As for Voldemort.

How could it be possible for Professor Highmore to cooperate with Voldemort? Since he has reached a tacit agreement with Snape, then Voldemort must have been tricked back by them so that his threat no longer exists.

There is also the matter of concealing Dumbledore, which makes it easier to guess-isn't it normal for Professor Highmore to quarrel with others?It was Snape before, and now it was just Dumbledore, which Harry understandably didn't think was a problem at all.

Before he knew it, Harry had secretly refuted all James' doubts one by one. In his opinion, it was really impossible for Professor Highmore to do anything that would hurt him.

This is very reasonable, because Professor Haimer has too many chances to succeed, and he has saved him more than once before.

It seems that Professor Haimo has been misunderstood again, he has to find a way to persuade those people.

Cho, who was walking beside him, kept silently staring at the expression on Harry's face.

"You seem to be in a much better mood now." Qiu said, "It's much better than when you first came out."

"Because I know what to do," Harry said cheerfully.

Qiu didn't ask the specific reason.

"Really?" She said casually: "Then can you bring Professor Angela back to Hogwarts? There are still many students in Ravenclaw who miss her, but she doesn't agree anyway, Unless Professor Highmore comes and apologizes in person."

Harry thought about it carefully.

"Not necessarily." He said abruptly.

Maybe this is also in Professor Haimer's plan? Well, it should be, right?

He really couldn't see clearly the relationship between these two people, it seemed to be much more complicated than the relationship with Mr. Al.

Just as Harry was thinking this way, a small shadow flew over from the distant sky, shuttled through the wind and snow like a sharp arrow.

"Ah!" Al said hello after seeing the two, but did not stop, but continued to fly towards the village.It can be seen that it is used to doing this, not only has a warm and comfortable flying carpet, but also holds a flame bottle made by Hermione in its arms.

Cho stared at Al's disappearing back.

"It should be looking for Professor Angela."

"I guess so," Harry murmured.
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Three brooms.

"Why are you here again?"

It was not Angela who spoke, but James.He didn't return to the original table, but still turned his back to Angela, probably thinking that there was nothing to talk about.

But Al is different, at least James knows what it really is.

"Would you like to come over and have a drink with me?"

James greeted warmly.

Al glanced at this guy very strangely, it quickly bypassed James who was gradually freezing, and flew in front of Angela who deliberately ignored him.

"ah!"

It produced a cleverly wrapped gift from its belly pocket, and winked so much that it was Toby who gave it to her.

"Do not make jokes."

Angela pushed the gift aside without even looking at it and said, "How could it be that he prepared this, but if you use his small coffers again, I'm afraid he will trouble you again soon."

Al didn't seem to care at all.

Angela ordered a plate of multi-flavored beans for it. Although she didn't take the initiative to mention it, when Al talked about Toby, she became quite silent.

【He was furious, he was going to be furious, he was either scolding Dumbledore all day, or he was planning to blow up the Ministry of Magic - of course, I just thought he was joking about the latter thought, he didn't want to let the conflict Continue to upgrade.But, Angela, he is really short of manpower now, don't you see that he is willing to accept even Snape?Come back, I dare say he has been waiting for you, as long as you are willing to go back, he will give you a lot of affairs, not much easier than me. 】

Angela snorted.

"Since you are so busy and still want to see me, I feel that he still leaves too much time for you."

【That's not the case. 】

Al bit the beans until they were crunchy.

【I don't listen to him very much now, mainly because I often don't see where other people are, and I feel that he is becoming more and more weird-you think Hai Erbo is possessed by him, right? 】

"He really didn't mention it to you?" Angela glanced at it sideways.

【I promise! ] Al immediately raised his two little paws and said.

After staring at each other silently for a while, Angela looked away.

"Let me think about it again."

She still didn't agree, and she was obviously still angry.
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After returning to the castle, Harry and Qiu separated. Harry felt that he still had to go to the library. Although the hope was slim, the time for the second game was getting closer and closer, and the decryption of the golden egg was imminent. .

When he came to the library, he saw the other three warriors as usual, and what was strange was that all three of them were sitting together now.

Cedric waved at Harry, and after he sat down in doubt, he explained, "Krum found me first, but then Fleur couldn't help it anymore, and we didn't know how to untie the lock. The secret of the magic circle, how about you, Harry?"

"Me neither." Harry shook his head in frustration: "But what's going on now, do we want to cooperate together? This should be unprecedented, right?"

"I don't know magic circles." Krum said dullly.

"I'm not leaving either!" Furong said immediately, "I even think this was premeditated from the very beginning, otherwise, why only Hogwarts, who has learned the magic circle, have two warriors, just me and Krum one."

"Don't talk about us like a Christmas gift." Harry didn't like Fleur's expression very much, but he really felt that cooperation was fine. After all, there was nothing in the rules to prevent this, and it was completely a practice formed spontaneously by previous warriors. .

"Then let's start."

Track Lake announced.

At first, he thought that what Furong said might be right, he had to use the knowledge of the magic circle from Hogwarts and the special magic from the other two schools to unravel the magic circle.

But nothing came out of research in the library alone - Harry didn't realize until after his stomach growled.

It has been a whole afternoon now, and the nearby students have already left for dinner.

Krum touched his stomach, put away the golden egg and said, "It's time to eat."

This was unanimously agreed by the other three.

Students from other schools did not have strict seating requirements, so Krum and Harry sat in the Gryffindor seats together, Fleur stood at the door and looked carefully, and finally chose Cedric to go with him Sit down at the Hufflepuff table.

"She still thinks I'm a child."

Harry said with some dissatisfaction that he still remembered what Fleur said when he was first selected as a warrior.

"No one thinks otherwise." Krum silently made up the knife.

"But your performance on the Quidditch pitch is still good." Krum didn't seem to be very used to boasting: "It looks much better than those little beans."

Harry pursed his lips for a long time, unable to say the word thank you.

After finishing their dinner in a hurry, the two waited silently at the long table for a while. Fu Rong's eating speed was a bit slow, and they thought they would chat for a while after everything was over.

While waiting, Harry chatted with Krum.

"What do you guys do after dinner? Just stay in that big boat and do nothing? Or go to bed so early?"

"No, we will also gather in the largest cabin, sometimes we will talk about magic, and sometimes we will play games together - you seem to discriminate against us a lot, Durmstrang's students can also play wizard chess of."

"Really?" Harry looked surprised. "How about your skills? Are you as good as Quidditch?"

Krum showed a grave expression.

"Do you think the secret in the golden egg—"

"Huh? Are you changing the subject?"

"Hear me out—"

"No! You're just changing the subject!"

Facts have proved that Wizard Chess and Quidditch seem to have always been reversed. Harry is often abused by Ron, while Krum is repeatedly abused by his classmates, and it seems that there is still a way to exercise willpower. sign.

"As expected of Durmstrang."

Harry looked at him, his tone somewhat meaningful.

After this, they were finally able to talk about normal topics.

"Maybe we're going in the wrong direction."

Krum frowned and said: "Fleur's words gave me a reminder, if we are really divided into two groups, does it mean that there must be two equally special things--only in this way Only the magic circle inside the golden egg can work."

Harry felt himself awakened.

"Big ship, and that gigantic carriage."

He and Krum looked at each other, and then they got up at the same time, and walked quickly to the speechless Cedric and Fleur, who was eating faster.

"Wait a little longer, I'm going to finish eating soon, be a gentleman, don't rush me."

"No, there's another thing."

Harry quickly recounted the guesses he and Krum had thought together.

After listening, Cedric pondered for a long time in his heart, and Fleur also immediately realized: "So you mean, I have to take a Hogwarts student to Beauxbaton's carriage? This is impossible, Madame Maxime will not agree!"

"Is it okay to have something to do with the golden egg?" Harry asked puzzled.

"This is the rule!" Furong said sternly.

Harry thought for a moment in silence.

"Actually. It's not completely impossible."
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"You're crazy."

"NO, I have not."

"You are crazy, and you will take me crazy with you."

"Then you can go back in despair. You don't even have the qualifications to participate in the second competition. I think Mrs. Maxim will be very happy and very happy."

"You don't need to mock me, it's all your responsibility if something goes wrong, don't think about getting me involved."

"When the time comes? Let's see if someone can find me first."

Fu Rong looked at the footprints that appeared out of nowhere in the ice and snow, and she said disdainfully: "Poor camouflage, do you think you can fool Madame Maxime with this alone? Maybe even my sister can find you."

"You have a younger sister?" Harry's curious voice came from the air: "Why have you never heard of it? Is she here too?"

"What?" Fu Rong suddenly became vigilant: "Be careful later, I remember you have a girlfriend, don't think I don't know your little thoughts."

"Merlin, why do you always—I have many suitors, too? The champion of the Quidditch World Cup, isn't that enough?"

"Get along with my sister? Then you have to get rid of your girlfriend first."

"That was not what I meant!"

Harry felt like he was going to collapse, and he couldn't explain it.

But, forget it, let her do it this time, he did it all to solve the riddle of the golden egg.

While repeatedly comforting herself, Fleur brought Harry under the invisibility cloak to the giant carriage.

She knocked on the car door.

Harry had never been here before, he guessed right, the Untraceable Stretching Charm was indeed performed in the carriage, but——he really didn't know how to describe it, the oncoming aroma made him completely dazed.

It was as if he had never seen so many beautiful girls in his life.

"Did you have dinner at Hogwarts again?"

"Yeah, there is no way, I have to maintain my strength."

"So, you have unlocked the secret of the golden egg?"

"Who knows?"

"This annoying guy." After Harry silently followed Fleur away, he heard Fleur whisper: "She keeps complaining that I took her position as a warrior, but she doesn't want to think about why she can't do it. One o'clock—Gabrielle, come here."

Harry saw Fleur walk up to a miniature version of Fleur, and carefully smooth her shaggy hair.

"Tell me, dear." Fleur asked softly, "Is Madame Maxime in the carriage?"

Gabriel didn't speak, she stared blankly at the watermarks gradually pouring out on the floor - it was the snow standing on the soles of Harry's shoes that had begun to melt.

Harry was tense for a moment.

What Fu Rong said was right, he really couldn't even hide it from her sister.

Fleur calmly removed those footprints with her magic wand, and then repeated the question just now in a low voice.

"No." Gabrielle finally whispered, looking up at her sister with excitement.

"Then come with me."

Fleur took Gabrielle to the deeper part of the carriage without any excuse. Harry tried his best not to look at the girls in cool clothes, and hurriedly followed with his head down.

After reaching the deepest point, Fu Rong opened a door and walked in quickly.

"come on in."

Harry flew forward immediately.

After Furong closed the door, he realized that this was Furong's bedroom, but he had been suffocated for a long time, so he lifted off the invisibility cloak and said, "The fragrance is unbearable, you all use it." Perfume bath? I'm about to be suffocated."

Gabriel covered her mouth in surprise the first time she saw Harry.

"Harry Potter." She choked the scream back into her throat.

Harry looked at Fleur puzzled.

Fu Rong's tone seemed a little unnatural.

"She usually watches Quidditch, well, that's it"

"Can you sign me an autograph?" Gabriel couldn't wait to come up.

Fu Rong pursed her lips.

"And she's a fan of the Chudley Cannons."

Harry knew he shouldn't be laughing at this moment, but he just couldn't help it.

"Okay, let's hurry up."

Furong said impatiently, trying to cover up the embarrassment just now.

She took out the golden egg, and Harry also took out the golden egg that he had hidden long ago from his arms.

"I said three two one,"

"I prefer one two three," whispered Gabriel.

"Then one, two, three." Fu Rong gave her a doting look: "Let's start, one, two, three!"

The two golden eggs were pried open at the same time, and the magic circles inside were revealed together. They no longer rotated out of thin air, but fled from the golden eggs quickly, and quickly intertwined to form another more complicated magic circle. .

Then something terrible happened.

Under Harry's terrified eyes, the magic circle gradually grew bigger, until it filled the whole room, but even so, it didn't stop it from continuing to expand, until it slowly stopped when it was revealed through the window .

Fu Rong fell down on the bed in a daze.

"I'll be expelled from school"

It is impossible that this will not be discovered by others, and no one thought that solving a puzzle would cause such a big commotion.

"No, no, wait a moment."

Harry said suddenly: "You listen to the movement outside, and no one stopped to talk. They—no, we are the only ones who can see the magic circle."

Following Harry's gaze, Fleur immediately looked at Gabriel.

She was staring at the two suspiciously.

"What happen to you guys?"

Just as she finished saying this, the magic circle began to shrink again, and the speed was equally fast, returning to its original size in less than a few seconds.

Still together.

Harry stared carefully at the pattern floating in the center of the room.

"It's a map."

He identified it carefully: "The largest range should be. It should be Black Lake. Our next game will be in Black Lake."

"Just like that?"

Fu Rong finally regained her composure, and she asked with undisguised suspicion: "Then why did your professor of ancient magic make such a fuss, not only our carriage, but also Durmstrang's big ship."

"What the hell did he just do?"

(End of this chapter)