Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Since Grindelwald told the news about Haierbo, Toby has tried to find traces of Haierbo's existence.

On the grounds of the Wizarding Liberation Front, the house elves in the school have become Toby's minions, checking the castle over and over again.

However, as expected by Toby, Hai Erbo would not leave such obvious clues waiting to be discovered.

After Dobby reported the disappointing news, the bedroom door in the other half of the office was slowly pushed open, and Angela walked out with Al on her shoulders.

"What's the matter?" Angela asked worriedly.

Toby shook his head slowly.

"Ah!" Al yelled anxiously, and after seeing Toby's indifference, he jumped over and pulled Toby's hair vigorously.

"What's the use of getting angry at me." Toby grabbed Al in his hand and put it in front of his face, "Of course I know that Hai Erbo is probably after Angela, but we can't find him now." Could it be that the mysterious man hid in the Forbidden Forest like before? There is also the Black Lake...all possible."

This is the conclusion Toby came to after hearing the news about Grindelwald——Compared with the unknown purpose, Angela's sense of existence is stronger.

In the past few years, Hai Erbo had clearly regarded Angela as the most important person, and even tricked Toby into placing her in Waggadu so that she could be monitored at any time.

Seeing Toby gradually sinking into thought, Angela hesitated for a while and said in a low voice: "It's better for me to leave. This can at least prevent Haier from succeeding. As long as I'm not in Hogwarts, he won't unable to achieve those nefarious purposes."

Toby turned to look at her, then walked over again step by step, lifting Angela's chin with one finger and staring into her distinctive silver eyes.

"Then what?" Toby asked in a suppressed dull voice, "Then Haierbo found out that you were on his own, so it would be easier for him to do it? We don't know where Haierbo is hiding, so naturally we can't do anything about it." Know how he will leave."

"But even if I stay here, I can't seem to be of much help." Angela said disappointedly.

Toby looked her up and down, looking at Angela with strange eyes.

"What are you looking at?" she asked.

"I'm looking to see when you suddenly changed into a different person." Toby sighed, "Did you help me a lot before? Archaeologist is my title, don't try to snatch it away so easily. .”

Angela was furious: "You——!"

"I know I'm very considerate, so you don't need to praise me anymore." Toby skillfully avoided Angela's tricks and kept moving around in the office.Al was still held in his palm, feeling like he was about to spit it out.

"Also—" Toby leisurely hung upside down from the ceiling and said, "Don't forget, I still owe you a dance. I can't let you have an accident before this, otherwise, where can I find a dance partner?" ?”

Angela's raised fingers (casting spells without a wand) paused, and she was still staring at Toby angrily, but the corners of her mouth still curled up subconsciously.

When Angela said "You still have a conscience" and went back to the bedroom to tidy up the long dress she had bought carefully, Toby shook his head tut tut, and he whispered to the dizzy Al Said: "First the scepter, and then the ball. If she was really allowed to leave, Hai Erbo would probably have captured her before tonight—she is too easy to deceive."

Al suddenly came to his senses, shook his head vigorously, and yelled to inform Angela.

"You little traitor." Toby grabbed it and shook it vigorously a few times, which forced Al to faint again.

"Come with me to the Chamber of Secrets now. This is the only place in the castle that elves can't set foot in."
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Chamber of Secrets.

Everything was the same as before. Voldemort and Andros' devil were locked together in the armor. Old Tom couldn't move except to regain consciousness. He could only watch Toby walking around the statue with the pendant of Al. Circle and circle.

"What are you looking for?" When Toby walked to the seventh lap, Old Tom couldn't help asking curiously: "Did you leave something here? You can ask me, or yours Two men."

In addition to the armor, the Antioch skeleton is also here.It has a pharaonic mask on its face, bandages all over its body, and a lady's wide-brimmed hat on its head, and it just roars around.

Toby ignored Old Tom. He walked straight up to Antioch and asked it, "Apart from the kerosene lamp before, have there been any other accidents here?"

Antioch yelled with all his might, "Roar!"

A roar meant negative, which meant that everything was fine in the secret room.

This is difficult.

Toby stood there thinking for a while where Hai Erbo might be hiding. Old Tom looked at him, and after a while, he asked curiously again: "Is there anything I can do to help you?" ?”

"No." Toby shook his head: "You can't even move freely now. Maybe you can only help me when you recover completely. How about I call Dean Sprout over? Your current body It's the plant Animagus, and she might have a way of getting you back sooner—plant it in the ground, then water it or something."

"Is this really possible?" Old Tom asked in a daze.

"It's a good idea." Toby immediately changed his tone and said, "Even if you can really treat you as a herbal medicine, it must be an endangered species. Wait a minute, I seem to think of someone who seems to be able to help you."

"Should it be true this time?" Old Tom said helplessly.
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"Neville, here is your note, which seems to have been given to you by Professor Highmore."

"Huh? Professor Highmore?"

Neville thanked him after taking the note, but the senior student walked away without looking back, as if he was afraid that his name would be written in the note.

[Mr. Longbottom, come to the ancient magic office at eight o'clock tonight. 】

Only time and place, no reason, not even a byline.

However, Neville saw a faint imprint on the lower right corner of the note, somewhat resembling Mr. Al's paw.

This should be right.

But what did Professor Haimer suddenly ask him for? ——
At eight o'clock in the evening, Neville came to the gate of the ancient magic office according to the agreed time.

"Please come in."

The heavy wooden door opened automatically in front of Neville. He was one of the few people in the school who was not so afraid of Professor Haimer, but more respectful, so he walked in calmly, not as cautiously as others.

After entering the office, Neville immediately saw the special collection placed in the center - the plant Animagus.It was planted in a big pot like before.

However, if Neville remembers correctly, this special collection shouldn't look like this before?

"Looks like you've noticed it."

Toby stood up from the sofa with a smile. He led Neville to the plant Animagus and said, "You read that right, it has undergone some changes—but that's not important."

So what else is important?
Neville thought in surprise.

"The important thing is that this collection is injured. I want him to recover as soon as possible, but there is no way. So I thought of you, Mr. Longbottom."

"Me?" Neville said in surprise, "But, sir, me?!"

How could he solve such a trouble.

Neville couldn't even figure out how a plant had been injured - it had been a wizard even before that, but it must have been hundreds of years ago.

"Don't underestimate yourself." Toby reminded patiently: "Do you still remember the teacher commendation meeting last semester?"

Neville could hardly remember it more clearly.

Because it was the only event where the students taught the professors, and coincidentally, almost all the selected students chose to combine these courses with ancient magic—they could only think of such the freshest knowledge Clicked.

After that, Neville was selected by Dean Sprout as a student, and the name of his later published paper was - "On Ancient Magic and Herbs - Is that really the real name of these herbs?" "

"It seems that you have almost recalled it." Toby said with relief: "I remember that last semester I asked you to predict the maturity time of the Mason Gate, and the result you calculated later was similar. It's a pity that I don't have a Mason Gate now, otherwise If you do, you may really be able to research something.”

(Chapter 277.)
"But this time you have a better chance."

Toby changed his tone and said, "Let's work together to see if you try to cast your own unique ancient magic—whether it's a magic circle or ritual magic. I'm in charge of improving it and see if it can It’s impossible to figure out more characteristics of this collection, or it’s okay to say it’s a secret.”

Old Tom kept his eyes shut, and he could pretend to be a botanical statue without any effort.

Neville did not expect that the lessons of last term would extend to today.

However, under Professor Haimer's encouragement, he still felt full of confidence.

"Can I break off one of its tentacles? Just a finger."

Old Tom's eyelids trembled.

Toby thought about it carefully.

"Let's start with the hair first. If it really doesn't work, you can only use your fingers."

Old Tom nearly opened his eyes.
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As Dean Sprout said, Neville has a rare gift for herbalism.

In addition, he had just learned the course content of "Instinct" recently, which made Neville's ideas more, and he seemed to believe that this was his instinct.

Although the Auror is also very good, Neville still hopes that he will be able to get the lake water in the magic ball in the future - from the legendary Avalon.

This way he can save more people.

After much tossing and turning, the hair tentacles on old Tom's head became fewer and fewer until the last one was pulled out.

Neville held this precious tentacle carefully, and he glanced at Professor Haimer, and after getting the response from the other party, he put this hair in the magic circle that was countless times more complicated under his feet.

Toby first asked Neville to stand in the corner of the room, then he took out Merlin's scepter and shook it firmly, and began to cast an unknown magic against the moonlight coming in from the window.

Blood-red thick fog surged out from the special creations on the top of the scepter—the crown and ruby, and buried the entire magic circle in a short while, but after that, they seemed to have encountered some kind of special barrier. I can't wear it no matter what.

Neville looked at this scene in horror, Al, and Angela who appeared at an unknown time surrounded him—the roars of beasts biting and fighting continued to be heard from the thick red fog, which almost made Neville feel ashamed. Wei's eardrums were shattered.

"What have I done?" He said, eyes widening.

Al patted him on the shoulder reassuringly, and Angela also said beside him, "It's not you, but Toby, he's the best at scaring people—you don't believe me."

As soon as the words fell, a thicker black mist suddenly rose from the magic circle, and swallowed up all the red mist in the blink of an eye.

The devil turned into the shape of Toby's head, and the magic circle underneath also became extremely dazzling.

Toby opened his mouth and roared, "Say your name!"

Old Tom, who was stared at by Toby, seemed to come alive suddenly. Delicate branches spread from his body, his body gradually became tall and straight, and his eyes suddenly opened, full of unprecedented vitality.

With a bang, Old Tom suddenly rushed out of the flowerpot, and flew towards the door without looking back—he didn't even need to open the door, his body was directly combined with the heavy wooden door, and after a short wriggling After that, he transformed back into a human form from the other side of the door.

In the next second, all the black mist in the magic circle condensed together, and he went straight to Old Tom along the tiny gap, and disappeared in the blink of an eyelid.

The office became quiet in an instant.

Neville stared blankly at the empty flower pot, pointed his trembling fingers in the direction of the flower pot, and suddenly let out a howl——

"That thing came alive?!"

Al smacked his mouth twice, looking a little unsatisfied.

Angela explained gently: "In the category of ancient magic, it's not surprising that a special collection can be brought back to life."

Neville seemed bewildered.

He nodded and said, "It seems to be the truth."
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in the secret room.

The two who were chasing one after the other suddenly switched positions at the entrance of the hall—the black mist arrived first, and slowly changed back to Toby's appearance in front of old Tom.

"Don't stop me!" Old Tom shouted impatiently, all the previous forbearance broke out in an instant: "I must kill that guy, if it wasn't for him, Merope and I wouldn't—you what are you doing?"

Old Tom watched Toby put his back in front of him in amazement——Toby turned around suddenly after stopping Old Tom, and the magic ball floated up from him automatically, retracting the magic circle that was originally placed under the armor .

The function of this magic circle is to trap Andros' devil and Voldemort at the same time.

Now that it's gone, the armor can no longer trap these two hostile guys at the same time - first Andros squeezed out of the visor, then Voldemort - he slowly removed the helmet, revealing the Zhang's face had already become extremely terrifying because of his damaged soul.

Voldemort took a deep breath.

"I smell something I can't name - it's fascinating. Long time no see, my stupid father. And you, Toby Highmore."

Toby stood in the middle of the line of sight between the two of them, staring at the Andros devil who was stirring in the air, and whispered: "Don't blame me for not reminding you, old Tom. I just want to make this duel fairer .”

"By the way, let me know who among us is Hai Erbo."