Archaeologists at Hogwarts

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Toby was very dissatisfied with the attitude shown by the Potter family.

But he didn't have time to sulk, because Angela figured it out after a while—Dumbledore was going back to Hogwarts again?

"Then what should I do?" She asked suspiciously: "Should I also stay in school? Or are you planning to arrange me in another place?"

"how is this possible."

Toby shook his head and said, "You are Hai Erbo's only remaining Horcrux—maybe Hai Erbo doesn't care about it very much, but it doesn't prevent the Mysterious Man and Grindelwald from following you. I dare say, these two people must not An good heart. So you still have to stay with me to ensure safety."

Harry cast a sympathetic look at Angela. He understood this feeling too well. He lived in fear every day, for fear that he would no longer be himself when he woke up.

Angela became more puzzled.

"Then will you agree to his conditions? Are you really willing to let Dumbledore have access to me anytime?"

At this time, Lily said solemnly: "Of course Toby will agree. Becoming the headmaster of Hogwarts has always been his dream, second only to becoming more Slytherin than Slytherin."

Toby interjected: "In fact, there is still proof of the superiority of Muggle-borns, but this is related to these two dreams-the pursuit of ancient magic is also included, so these are actually one time. Yes, I was going to say yes to Dumbledore, and after hearing his idea of ​​going back to school, I immediately figured out what he was going to do."

"devil."

Toby said with great fanfare, as if he wasn't worried that the Potters would leak the secret at all.

"Dumbledore's devil is very special. It was originally in human form, and it was still Arianna Dumbledore. It is his life's regret."

"I guess it's impossible for him to really give up on you, but to focus on his devil - although it's not known if it's feasible, but Pandora is a good example. It has a special It can be resurrected from the dead, but it’s hard to say whether the resurrected person is the original person—magic can’t really bring people back from the dead, and we all know this very well.”

"No matter what, there is only one way left for Pandora - that is to learn from the devil and become a devil. Only in this way, the change brought about by that black feather will not disappear, and it will last longer by Luna's side."

"But that's where the problem lies."

I don't know when, with Toby's narration, several people at the table became quiet together.

In this silent silence, Toby stared at Angela and said: "Perhaps Dumbledore also thought of the same method - he will not sit idly by your safety, maybe he will try to make you and his The devils combine, and maybe that will turn you back into Ariana."

Angela's eyes widened immediately after hearing these words, Lily lowered her head and pondered something, Harry and Al exchanged a shocked look in silence.

James was also shocked and said: "If this method is really feasible, then the conflict between you and Dumbledore will be even more difficult to resolve. Could it be because of Hai Erbo? He had expected all of this a long time ago, That's why you deliberately left this hole so that you two can fight each other?"

Toby shook his head after thinking about it for a while.

"Although I don't know exactly what Hai Erbo is capable of, I don't think he could have expected this step - the devil is not the same as other magic, it is difficult for him to guess what Dumbledore's devil will become. But I'm sure he'll be delighted to see this - Dumbledore is desperate to get Angela back into Ariana, and I'm desperate to stop him."

"I know,"

Before James could ask, Toby went on to explain: "It doesn't sound like there's any harm in turning Angela back into who she was—but you want to be like this, James? And you, Lily, would you like to find that James and Harry have become strangers at a certain moment, and that your original true love will be Vernon?"

"What kind of scary ghost story is this?" Harry couldn't help but yelled, "I'm definitely going to have a nightmare tonight."

Toby waved at Harry from a long distance and said, "See, this is what Dumbledore was going to do with Angela. Regardless of what I think, but have you asked Angela?" , Is she willing to become like this, and does she want to recall that painful experience—including killing her own mother."

Toby turned his head to look at the restless Angela, reached out and patted her shoulder lightly, and then whispered: "This is a nightmare for everyone, so of course I will stop Dumbledore from doing this Do."

After Lily thought about it for a short while, she quickly understood what Toby meant.

"You tell these things so that we can help you persuade Dumbledore not to do it?"

"Isn't that okay?" Toby said with a smile: "Since the conflict between me and Dumbledore, the number of people who persuade me to change my mind is always the most. Why is no one willing to persuade him? I think I know him better than you all, Dumbledore is very good, but not perfect. In this world, there is no perfect person, and you are exaggerating him too much."

"Probably that's all."

Toby stood up suddenly and said: "We should also go back and deal with Dumbledore's restless thoughts. I already have some ideas now. Either let Angela learn her own devil, or let her learn Arnie Patronus of Magus, both of these spells work wonders on devils."

"Especially the former—if Angela really learned about devils, maybe it means that we were wrong from the beginning—Dumbledore's devils have no effect on her, Angela is complete, There are no memories to recover."

"Hopefully we can see that day sooner rather than later."

Under James' powerless persuasion, Toby took Angela and Al away from their new home, and disappeared into the sky in a magic car.

Harry silently wondered why there were still so many troubles, and James probably thought so too.

The two Potters, one big and one small, looked at Lily helplessly.

Lily sighed deeply.

"Clear the table, and tomorrow we will invite Dumbledore to be a guest, and see what he will say."
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The next day's invitation went very well.

Dumbledore came to the Potter family as a guest on time, and during dinner, James brought up the topics Toby had said under Lily's continuous eye gestures.

During James' narration, Dumbledore listened patiently, he didn't show the slightest sign of impatience, let alone anger or anything.

After listening to everything, Dumbledore smiled and shook his head and said, "He really knows me very well, better than you all. But I still have to say that what Toby said is not entirely correct."

"My original intention is not to restore Angela's memory, but to hope that she can remove the Horcrux identity in a safer way. In other words, I plan to use my own devil to forge another Angela." , and transfer Haierbo's soul to this duplicated dummy."

"These are just conjectures at the moment, and I can't even be sure whether the clone will be a human being or a devil closer to Ariana—I just hope she can survive well."

"It's just that I can't guarantee whether this method is effective, and whether it will make Angela painfully recall all the memories as Toby said. I'm not sure yet."

James asked a little nervously: "Then what Toby said may become a reality?"

Dumbledore nodded silently, acknowledging his worries in disguise - even if this method works, Angela can survive without the resurrection stone, but she is destined to live forever after turning back into Ariana In the torment of anxiety.

"That sounds so cruel."

Lily's dissatisfied tone startled James, and Harry only dared to glance at the expression on Dumbledore's face out of the corner of his eye—he didn't expect his mother to be so courageous and dare to speak so bluntly in front of Dumbledore. Say something cruel.

But even Harry thought it was cruel.

Dumbledore seemed a little lonely at this moment.

"Actually, I have another choice."

Dumbledore whispered: "During the last semester, Grindelwald exchanged an answer to a question with me - he told me a location where Haierpo's hiding place used to be, and the answer I gave him was It's my devil that hasn't changed, and it's still Ariana."

"I think he probably guessed something in advance, and I'm waiting for me to take the initiative to ask him for help, and ask him what the solution is."

"Are you going to promise him?" James asked blankly, he didn't expect such a disturbing clue.

Dumbledore watched James' face, then Lily's, then Harry's.

"No, I would never do that."

His voice rang like a bell over the dinner table.

"I will not let him have the opportunity to get close to Ariana - Toby is not willing to take the risk of letting me take care of her, and I will not make such a stupid decision again."

"After so many years, we all have to learn something, especially lessons."

James breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this answer.

At this time, he suddenly heard Lily say, "We will join the Order of the Phoenix."

"Huh?" James looked back suspiciously, and Harry looked at Lily nervously.

They discussed it for a while yesterday, and it stands to reason that such a decision would take longer to be fully confirmed.

"I was serious."

Lily held James and Harry's hands respectively and said: "From the very beginning we were doomed to avoid foreseeable disasters, because we have long been involved. James, you and I don't need to Deceive yourself, Hai Erbo will definitely not let go of the opportunity to use Angela, do you think he will leave us alone so easily?"

James turned around in confusion.

For some reason, Harry was suddenly inspired by Lily's words, and he said loudly, "Then I'll join—"

"You have to go to school!" James glared at Harry and said, "Go to school and play Quidditch by the way, what else do you want to do besides these? Now that you have finally regained your freedom, don't worry That’s right, if you’re so free, I can teach you the Patronus of the Animagus, or you’ll have to learn the Patronus, what would you do if you were bullied at school without the devil.”

Harry had become dizzy at the end, what does it mean that someone would bully him?

Without the devil, will someone bully him?

Leaving Harry alone, James bit his lip tightly, and it was obvious that he was very conflicted at the moment.

Although he knew that Lily's words made sense, and the result of facing Haierbo again was hard to avoid, it was hard for their family to reunite
"I agree too."

Finally, James said weakly: "Someone has to protect the mother and child, and I don't want you to hand over this task to Snape—by the way, you have to promise that we will not meet each other in the future, myself I also don’t want to see him, even though he was once Hai Erbo’s subordinate.”

Facing James' request, Dumbledore replied calmly: "I don't think anyone needs to worry about this - because Snape has already refused to join the Order of the Phoenix, but he still refused completely."

Lily frowned, realizing that Dumbledore was far from being as calm as he appeared to be.

"What did he say?" Lily asked cautiously: "Could it be that he intends to completely cut off the relationship here and stand with Toby? But isn't Toby a member of the Order of the Phoenix?"

Dumbledore's expression softened a lot.

"This joke is really funny. It is estimated that few people know that Toby has indeed accepted my invitation-but that's not the case. Severus doesn't plan to join anyone anymore. He has completely fulfilled his wish-and Just to get you back, Lily."

"I don't know anyone who can talk to him now. In fact, even I am thinking that maybe he doesn't have to be involved-if he wants to."
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Malfoy Manor.

Passing through the deep path behind the iron gate, the visiting guests came all the way to the glorious gate, then pushed the door open, walked through the long corridor under the gaze of the portraits of previous Malfoy masters, and finally came to a room with a long Inside Conference Room With Table.

In this room, Lucius Malfoy was already waiting for him.

He stood up and hugged the visitor: "Long time no see, my old friend."

Snape nodded slightly and said, "It's been a long time."

His reaction was cold, which made the expression on Lucius' face a little unnatural.

But this couldn't stop Lucius' inner anxiety. Before he sat down, he asked, "I've heard some news, including the news about the Dark Lord, is it true?"

Snape sat down securely on the armchair, the long hair on both sides brushing his cheeks, half covering his eyes.

"The real situation is worse than you imagined, Lucius, traitors like you and me are likely to be doomed."

"But I can't help you."

Before Lucius could speak, Snape raised his hand and interrupted: "I'm not that capable, and I won't be able to protect your family well in the foreseeable future. And, to be honest, I'm not interested at all." Do it."

"You can't do this!" Lucius immediately took a step forward, his lips pursed tightly: "I helped you before, when I was in school—"

"I know." Snape's eyes were like nails, shocking Lucius speechless.

"The advice I can give you is to act as if nothing happened, or you can continue to rely on Toby Highmore as you are now, he will not treat his own people badly, and he is more suitable for you than Dumbledore-this is That's all the advice I can give you."

Lucius didn't expect Snape to leave after saying these few words, he asked loudly, "What about you? Who are you going to rely on?"

Snape's back paused briefly.

"I've had enough of living like this," he said, turning around abruptly. "I've also had enough of pinning my hopes on other people and living in anxiety all my life."

"I figured it out, my old friend, I have my own love, and there was more than one, and I also have my own feelings."

"Even if I die one day, I only hope that I die in a black magic experiment, by my own hands. Instead of being trampled on like a dog and abandoned by the side of the road with no one left miss."

Lucius was frightened by Snape's tone, he dared not step forward to stop him, and watched Snape leave the manor.

Snape had never changed himself, even if it was only for such a short moment, he hoped that he would no longer live in guilt and pain.

He will live completely for himself.

(End of this chapter)