Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 421 Flames
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Harry, face down, listened to the silence.He is all alone.No one was looking at him.No one else was around.He wasn't quite sure he was here.

After a long time, perhaps no time at all, he realized that he must exist, must not be just a disembodied mind, because he was lying—definitely lying on the surface of something.So he is tactile, and the thing beneath him exists.

The touch of this thing is soft, which makes him feel a little familiar.

But Harry clearly saw that the Death Curse hit him accurately, and Professor Highmore's spell is unlikely to be wrong.
Harry didn't understand why Professor Highmore would do this.

At this moment, he felt that the things under his body began to shake, and he heard another voice unexpectedly—someone else was here.

"Maybe that's because Toby's brain is not normal. I should say that it is Dumbledore's fault. He pushed him too hard-although the method is very gentle, Toby is also a person with feelings."

Harry had to open his eyes.

He finally knew where he was - in the compartment of the Hogwarts Express, probably the same one he had been sitting in when he entered school.

The scenery outside the window is moving fast, the weather is clear, but there is no one, the sky is falling on the platform, and there are no birds flying past.

Harry also saw the man sitting at the table opposite him.

"You are. Merlin? I've seen your chocolate frog picture——no, haven't you turned into a grim reaper?"

Harry suddenly became terrified: "It's because I'm dead that I can see the god of death? Am I really dead?"

Merlin smiled at Harry who looked like this.

"I don't think so," he said. "Your mother saved you just in time—she did it once when you were a baby, and it's the same now."

"I know you have a lot of doubts in your mind, Harry, let's look out the window."

outside the window?

Harry subconsciously looked out the window.

I don't know when it started, the scene outside the car window has changed from a landscape to another picture.

It was in a dim room, and Harry saw a boy shoot a green light spell at an old man, but the boy was also hit by a bullet from the opponent's pistol, and his face paled a lot.

"Voldemort killed his father, and used his father's death to create a Horcrux - the Golden Ring of the Gaunts."

"There's a piece of information we need to keep in mind here - that wizards don't come back from the dead, Harry, can you hear me? Old Tom is dead, he wasn't resurrected, he was taken by Helbo The dead body was used for experiments on his horcruxes—specifically, after getting the ring from the Gunter family, Haierpo transferred the soul inside to Old Tom's body, and placed him in Death Castle for safekeeping. .”

"It wasn't Old Tom that Toby found, but Helbo."

"After his plan on Deria Island failed, he took the risk of possessing the dead old Tom, so that Toby thought he was really old Tom."

"That's why Toby restored old Tom so easily in the first place - it was just a transfer of soul. At that time, Hai Erbo was like Voldemort before. Without a body, they could possess many stuff—something is almost perfect for them."

"These things could be magic balls, or that plant Animagus."

Harry turned his head in confusion: "I don't understand. What do these words mean?"

"You don't need to understand." Merlin shook his head and said, "You just need to remember, and I will continue."

"Toby used old Tom—actually Helbo, to use him to find traces of Voldemort's existence. But what Toby didn't know was that Voldemort, who also had possession experience, would not be that old man from the very beginning. Tom—even if he looks exactly like his dead father."

"Voldemort has studied Horcruxes, and has studied the soul more deeply. He knows very well that magic cannot bring people back from the dead."

"In this way, the identity of the plant Animagus is somewhat suspicious."

"Voldemort knew it was a wizard with Horcruxes, too."

"Later, Snape didn't know that Voldemort was actually surrendered by him on his own initiative, and he was taken to the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets. There he found out the identity of the other party—Helper, who had lived for thousands of years. .”

"Thus, these two men forged a lie, making Toby think that Voldemort was Hai Erbo, and the real Hai Erbo could still use the identity of old Tom to exist."

"Speaking of this, I have to mention Haierbo's real purpose - he made such a big circle not in vain, but because he knows Toby very well - such a person full of extreme contradictions."

"During Toby's school experience, he never forgot his original intention - in order to become more Slytherin than Slytherin, and firmly believed in his heart that Muggle-borns are the most superior blood."

"Such a person is very likely to go astray, but Dumbledore discovered the clues in this student early on, and he has never given up on educating him."

"But the result of this is that Toby has actually been living in deep pain-he knows very well that Dumbledore is right, but he refuses to give up his ideas-in the end, the events that lead to Toby's self-destruction The ideas are getting stronger and stronger."

"You should know some of Toby's past experience. He always haunts the most dangerous places to archaeologically more dangerous ancient magic. But Toby is very talented, so that he can survive every time."

"But this time it's different."

"Do you remember when Toby gave you a tutoring session?"

Harry had been dumbfounded for a long time. He shook his head vigorously, trying to recall and said: "The professor said that he intends to let me communicate with the god of death at the moment of death, and maybe I can find out where my mother is—and If this opportunity fails, he will also die if he offends the god of death."

Merlin looked Harry in the eye.

"He lied to you. Toby lied to everyone - what really attracted him was not helping others, but wanting to use Haierbo's method - of course, it was reformed."

"He hopes he can become the next Grim Reaper."

"In this way, he can kill all the enemies in the last moment of his waking - Voldemort, Grindelwald, and Herbo. Dumbledore is not included, even if Dumbledore is also Toby A source of pain, but he was also a man of gratitude."

"Besides, Angela was also the one he lied to."

The picture outside the window finally began to change, from the pale young Tom Riddle to Angela's face.

"Angela has always wanted to figure out her true identity and why Hai Erbo valued her—I know the answer, and I can tell you right now, because Death is everywhere and can hear everyone's voice." Real thoughts."

"Listen, Harry, Angela has another name—Ariana Dumbledore. After Dumbledore's sister died—at least everyone else thought she was dead, but they knew the silent Hale Bo saved her anyway and made her into his Horcrux."

"This is also Hai Erbo's last horcrux. A living horcrux."

"Toby is lying to you—Helbo is the same way, he made everyone think that you are his last Horcrux, but it's not true."

"You are a Horcrux, Harry, but someone else's."

Outside the car window, Angela's face changed into someone Harry could never have imagined.

But the pair of green eyes on the other side were too shocking.

"Lily Evans."

Merlin said: "On the night when the accident happened, your mother was the only one who knew of Haierbo's existence—maybe she didn't even know the name of Haierbo, but she knew very well about Haierbo's great powers."

"Merope—Voldemort's mother lived to a very old age. After leaving old Tom, the source of all her magical powers disappeared—because she left her lover, still in a very reluctant way. "

"After that, Merope returned to the state she used to live in Gaunt's old house. She knew very well that her state was very dangerous, and if she lost control, she might die silently-all of which It was caused by the oppression of her family members."

"One day, Merope, who lived by begging, accidentally met an extremely kind girl. She had almost turned into a lunatic at that time, and told all the secrets to her in a vague state of consciousness. Listen to the girl in front of you."

"I think Lily at least remembered the word Horcrux."

"So, misfortune befell her."

"There was no Angela at that time, and Hai Erbo had to ensure that his experiment was correct—he needed a living Horcrux, but he didn't need a failed product."

"Voldemort didn't know what happened that night, and neither did Grindelwald—only your mother did."

"In that night, no one could stop Hai Erbo. He tampered with everyone's memory, threatened the only person who knew Lily Evans to kill Voldemort, and made you into her Horcrux."

"After that, your father became Hai Erbo's temporary subordinate, and your mother——she was imprisoned in a kerosene lamp by Hai Erbo, and she could only appear briefly with the love collected in another world. "

"But your mother dared not reveal anything to others. She has been waiting silently until I contacted her."

"I helped Lily gather enough love in the other world to allow her to appear in a more permanent way."

"Here we have to mention an extremely critical piece of information—that is, although Toby can kill you to become a god of death, this is a wrong way. The person who should really kill you is Lily ——Because she is the owner of the Horcrux."

"So, in the corner you didn't see, the spell was actually cast by Lily, and Toby's spell just hit a worthless corpse."

"Now you are no longer anyone's Horcrux, you are free, Harry."

Harry stared blankly at Merlin: "What kind of freedom is this? I don't even know where I am now."

"Illusion." Merlin said with a smile, "We'll call it that for the time being. Unlike the world behind Mason's Gate, this place is in the middle of the cracks, and it should be more stable. It won't be in endless chaos for a long time."

"Just wait a moment." Harry covered his forehead with a headache, and only then did he notice that the clothes on his body were exactly the same as when he entered school.

"I conjured this up for you." Merlin explained: "In order not to embarrass you - you didn't wear any clothes at the beginning, we don't have time to be embarrassed, the flames in the Goblet of Fire can't wake me up too much long time."

"Flame?" Harry asked blankly.

"Yeah." Merlin said: "Few people know that the real precious thing is not the Goblet of Fire, it's just a later creation. Only the flame inside is actually brought back from the world behind the Mason Gate, maybe you know The name of the other party - Andros. He wanted to rely on the patron saint to protect himself in that world, but it was a pity that the only thing he brought back was this flame, and he was accidentally attacked by Hai Erbo."

"This incident has made Haierbo very afraid of the Mason Gate. He dare not break into the world behind the gate without authorization. He needs a more suitable person to help him do this - Toby is a very suitable target. Of course , what attracts Hai Erbo more in Toby is his inner contradiction that no one notices."

"For Haierbo, manipulating such a person is simply easier than eating and drinking."

"But I believe Toby must have noticed this too, that's why he used such a risky way to get rid of Hai Erbo, and by the way he could free himself—but he miscalculated."

"With the help of Flame, I was able to stay sane, and I was able to reject Toby's succession—so he wouldn't succeed. He wouldn't be Reaper, and he wouldn't be the hero who killed Helbo, so that the whole magic The world will remember his name."

"He has to choose the harder path."

"The harder way?" Harry wondered.

"Alive."

Merlin said: "The harder way is to live. I have become a coward, and I have become the god of death today. But Toby can't do this, otherwise we don't know how long we have to wait-not to mention now With an evil wizard like Hai Erbo existing, his writing must be stopped."

"The law of conservation of magic, this is real. At the same time, it also means that if Haierbo is willing, he can kill most wizards after immortality, and become extremely powerful with his own instinct. At that time, no one can stop him." Without him, the magic world will also perish."

"Toby is the one most likely to stop Haierbo, and I hope he can do that too—but before that, he still has a problem to face."

"This is also related to Hai Erbo's purpose."

When Merlin said this, the expression on his face became much more pitiful.

"Now Toby knows how to destroy the Horcrux fragments in the wizard's body while keeping the wizard alive, but the premise of all this is that he must have the resurrection stone."

"But the resurrection stone has been destroyed. Haierbo destroyed it in front of Toby himself, and told Toby everything. It made him finally understand that magic cannot bring people back to life."

"As a result, Angela's problem will never be resolved, and she will live forever as Hai Erbo's Horcrux - Dumbledore will not want to watch this tragedy happen, and he also wants to return his sister , but Toby won't agree."

"Because Dumbledore nearly killed Angela once, and Toby didn't want it to happen again—he was a man with feelings, but Angela was also one of the few people he valued very much, and was almost on the verge of getting married. Al is just as important."

Harry asked nervously, "Is there any way to solve the problem?"

"There is one."

Harry was overjoyed to hear Merlin's answer, but the next second he wished he hadn't heard anything.

"Let Angela become silent, then let her lose control again, and use silent to revive her—this is the method Hai Erbo once used."

"But this is the only corpse of the fairies in the lake. They have long since perished in accordance with the law of conservation of magic. And I don't think Hai Erbo will teach Toby his experience—I know the method, but I I'm not going to tell him either."

"But as long as Toby is alive, he has the hope of solving the problem-I can't predict the future, but I know very well that living is the most promising future."

"You too, kid."

Merlin looked at Harry and said, "I can't help you much, and I don't know when I'll wake up next time, and I don't want to meet you next time—because you might be really going to die."

"But you can take her away."

Harry followed Merlin's line of sight to look out of the private room - in the corridor, a girl much younger than Harry was struggling to drag her luggage, just like what she did on the train when she was in school.

"She's free too, Harry."

Merlin said: "Go and catch up with her, and then your family can be reunited—I also believe that under such an unexpected situation, Toby may be able to give up the formal fight with Dumbledore, don't let them really Got into fights because of Angela."

Harry saw the girl walking farther and farther away, and he knew that he had no time to waste any more, and he had to hurry up and take Lily back.

Before getting up to leave, Harry asked Merlin one last question.

"Both my and Cedric's names were thrown into the Goblet of Fire by Professor Highmore?"

"Well boy, he needs your presence and another wand with which to kill you. Maybe you can take him as a hypocrite, thinking that by doing so you won't pollute your soul—but, always And don't forget that, Harry—"

"Behind Toby's cold exterior, there is always a heart full of love."

"Try to help him out, maybe you can invite him to a family dinner or something - he and your mother are good friends, very good friends, and I'm sure Toby would never have missed Snape and The scene where your family is in the same room is one of his few pleasures."

Harry frowned in disgust.

"And Snape?"

"It's not up to you to decide," Merlin said with a smile.

"Your mother is also a loving person, she can even be regarded as Toby's second Dumbledore."
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The air turned to a damp feeling, and as Harry lay face down on the cold grass, he felt another warm palm growing inside his hand.

He brought Lily back.

It's just that even if he didn't need to open his eyes, Harry believed that the current scene was not very good.

"Get out of the way, Toby, I'll just say this one last time."

"Sorry, Minister, I can't do this - I still owe Angela a dance, unless you want to finish the dance with me when she wakes up, otherwise - never mind, not at all Anything else. I would never have sent her before a murderer."

Harry sighed silently inwardly, and at the same time he felt the other hand twitch a few times.

"Can you hear me say a few words?"

Harry stood up cautiously and said - Toby and Dumbledore were startled by his actions at the same time, but quickly returned to normal.

This also allowed them to see the woman who was being held by Harry, whose face was very familiar to them.

"I brought my mother back from another world. Isn't that something to celebrate?"

"At least stop fighting, okay?"

(End of this chapter)