Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 428 Ancient Magic and Black Magic
427 Ancient magic and black magic
Office of Ancient Magic.

An owl flew in through the window and landed on the desk covered with manuscript paper.

Toby conjured up a small dish of water and handed it to the owl, then took the letter it was carrying, unfolded it and read it carefully.

Not long after, another person came into the office——Angela pushed the door open and walked in. She shook the dirt off her shoes and complained: "The horses in the Forbidden Forest still don't welcome you, even if you are accompanied by Hagrid." It's no use talking nice things about me—they can't accept the fact that you're going to be headmaster—I'm talking to you, did you hear me?"

Toby's reaction was very calm, he said without raising his head: "I heard, but even Firenze doesn't welcome me? He should be the horseman who has the best impression on me."

"Firenze?"

Angela turned her head in doubt, and Al, who was whimpering and sitting on the small flying carpet, floated in, put the small shovel used for posturing back into her belly pocket, and said in a sullen tone: "Yeah. "

【Firenze is very aware of your temper. He knows that if you don't like them, they will be kicked out of the Forbidden Forest, but he can't completely become your tool and become the next centaur leader.He's not so tolerant yet. 】

Angela's eyes gradually became strange: "When did you talk about these things? Why did you talk about them secretly behind my back?"

Al gave her a very simple response: If I tell you, how can I use you as a shield, what if everything is exposed.

"How could I?" Angela couldn't help but feel guilty as soon as she picked up the tune. She glared at Al angrily, then simply walked up to Toby and snatched the letter from his hand—there were a total of Two lines, but Toby has been reading it for several minutes.

"Severus Snape?" Angela looked at Toby and asked after finishing reading, "He declined your invitation, and he doesn't want to return to Hogwarts?"

Toby leaned back on the chair, turning around unconsciously.

"I guess he's had enough." Toby said slightly, as if talking to himself.

"No matter what Severus has been through, he has now fulfilled his ultimate wish, which is to get Lily back. But Lily is destined not to belong to him, so there is no need for Severus to live a good life , he is free, completely free."

"But apart from Lily, there is another thing that he deeply loves - black magic. Severus has always refused to give up black magic, just like I refused to give up ancient magic - and unlike me, I think of ancient magic more as a tool to become powerful, but his genuine love of igniting evil emotions fits him perfectly."

"Unless he can live again, Severus will not give up this path."

Angela blinked curiously.

"So what's he going to do?" she asked.

"I don't know." Toby shook his head slowly and said, "And to be honest, I don't really want to know, lest I can't help but feel sad because I didn't have time to stop him after he died. It's very contradictory, but I can't help it, after all, he rejected me first."

Angela stared at Toby silently for a while, and Al quietly jumped on Toby's shoulder, flicking his hair once and for all.

"You care about Snape?"

"Well, I didn't have many friends when I was in school. He is also one of the few people I would like to help plan a murder. The other one is Lily."

"It seems that your popularity is not very good."

"At least everyone else is afraid of me, and that's enough for me."

"You are really cold-blooded."

Toby opened his eyes and stared at Angela: "Otherwise, what do you think I rely on to be unwilling to reunite Dumbledore's family? It's really cold-blooded."

"Just don't be cold-blooded to me." Angela sighed and said, "Don't lie to me again, you deceived me really badly last semester."

"But we still know your true identity." Toby also sighed and said, "Although the result is not very good, at least we know."

"Right, one more thing."

Toby stood up with a headache.

"I have to visit our old Headmaster. Since McGonagall decided to leave Hogwarts, he doesn't trust me much either."
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Slughorn sat on the comfortable sofa, and he too had a headache.

On the coffee table in front of him was the latest issue of the "Daily Prophet" just delivered this morning, as well as the first page, which was the front page of "The Quibbler".

The same article appeared in two of the most influential newspapers and magazines - "Toby Highmore - Hogwarts' new Headmaster".

Judging from the specific content of the articles, it is difficult to say whether their editor-in-chief has passed the gas in advance - although the content of the description is slightly different, but the method is extremely concise - McGonagall is leaving Hogwarts, and her position Toby will officially take over.

This is definitely not good news for Slughorn.

He would be happy to see his favorite student in a high position, as long as it wasn't Toby.

In other words, as long as it wasn't someone who would bother to revive Voldemort.

He was one of the very few people who knew the news last year, because he recognized the man trapped in the armor, and Toby later admitted as much.

The results of it?
The result is that after Toby made Dumbledore dare not act rashly, even McGonagall was kicked out of Hogwarts by him.

Do you even have to ask who is next?
He is the only one with the oldest qualifications.

Although Slughorn himself was reluctant to leave the campus that made him feel good, but just to be on the safe side, he submitted his resignation immediately, hoping to retire safely.

Don't get him involved, don't get him involved.
The doorbell rang.

Slughorn turned his head in horror, he heard a very familiar voice coming from outside the door.

"Dean, are you home? It's me, Toby Highmore, and your favorite student is here to see you."

Toby, Angela, and Al were waiting outside the door.

There was no movement from inside the door.

Angela asked Toby if he came at the wrong time with her eyes.

Toby shook his head, a strand of black mist spread from his fingertips, and stretched in along the crack of the door like a spider web.

"Don't greet me with this thing!"

The door was finally opened, and Slughorn stood angrily at the door, staring hard at Toby who took the devil back.

"Okay, now you are in a hurry to attack me." Slughorn yelled angrily: "Can't you even let me leave decently? Must force me to choose between you and Albus One can satisfy you?"

"Look at what you're talking about." Toby was as comfortable as returning to his own home. He walked into the room and stretched out his hand to invite Angela and Al to come in together.

"I wouldn't treat my old dean like this—why hasn't the mead I gave you last time been touched?"

Toby pointed to the bottle in the corner of the room and asked, "Didn't you say you wanted to keep it for yourself?"

"Because I regret it." Slughorn completely regarded Toby as a broom star: "Take it away quickly, and you won't need to give me any gifts in the future-it's best not to have any dealings."

The expression on Toby's face became more and more queer.

"You didn't react so badly last semester. What happened? Did someone say something bad? Tell me that person's name—"

"There was no such thing," Slughorn interrupted. "Never, I just saw you drive McGonagall away—first Albus, then McGonagall, and more -"

"By the way." Toby also interrupted: "Do you know that Lily is still alive?"

"What?" Slughorn froze for a moment. "How could she be alive?"

Toby picked up the magazine on the coffee table and glanced at it: "There is another piece of news that has not been reported. Dumbledore will return to Hogwarts next semester. It is probably because there is no negotiation with the Ministry. The announcement of the news has been postponed, but this is something that Dumbledore and I have discussed long ago."

"What's the matter?" Slughorn froze again.

"That's right." Toby said with a long sigh: "Besides, Severus also rejected the invitation to the position of vice-principal somehow—as long as I take up this position, it will be vacant. I don't know if you— —”

"I'm not interested." Slughorn shook his head like a rattle, and his belly shook violently: "I'm not interested in power at all. Don't try to pull me into the gang."

"That's it!"

Before Slughorn could react, Toby stepped forward and grabbed his hand and shook it firmly: "Then you can go back and be a Potions teacher, if you are really so uninterested in power, I will You can also serve as the head of Slytherin - I just pretend I haven't seen the resignation letter, and I hope to see you again when the term starts."

"Hey!" Slughorn yelled at Toby's back, "I didn't promise you!"

"I know." Toby said with a relentless back, "But you said that you don't want to have to choose someone to stand by, so if you don't want to be recruited by the Order of the Phoenix, you have to go back to Hogwarts. Believe me, no one will force you to do anything there, and Dumbledore can't run my school anymore."

After they walked a little further away from the house, Toby explained to Angela: "The old headmaster felt the same way, he thought he would be treated the same as McGonagall. From this point of view, Dumbledore still It's a good thing that I didn't contact him in advance, let him retire safely at Hogwarts."

Angela didn't care much about school affairs.

"Where are we going next?" She asked indifferently, "Are we going to visit Flitwick or Dean Sprout?"

"They have Mag to appease them, so I don't need to bother."

Toby turned his head and looked at Al: "You should remember what I said when I first returned to school?"

Al felt the thoughts in Toby's heart, and it couldn't help becoming excited.

"It is to explore this school well."

Toby turned his head to Angela and showed a satisfied smile: "The castle has existed for thousands of years, and it has gathered so many great wizards and students. Now, I can finally return to my old job, but here Before that, we have to go to Gringotts."

"I remember I had only two of my most valuable pieces left there, and it was time to take one of them out."
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Gringotts.

Five of Toby's seven collections have been taken out—the magic ball, the pharaoh's mask, the scepter, Andros' devil, and the Goblet of Fire.

It is worth mentioning that although Haierbo and Voldemort managed to escape at the end of last semester, they were eager to destroy the resurrection stone and did not spend time in the secret room, so they did not lose a few things inside ——Except for the plant Animagus, which has become Haierbo's temporary body, no one knows where he is hiding.

When Toby and his party came to Gringotts, they were warmly welcomed.

Toby recognizes Griphook the goblin.

At this time last year, Griphook also briefly chatted with him about the law of conservation of magic, and was especially worried about the future situation of the goblin.

This time the state of Griphook seemed much calmer.

"Dear guest, come with me."

He jumped into the narrow trolley first, and then made room for Toby and Angela to sit in. Al was covered by Toby's collar to prevent it from being blown away or stealing something. thing.

The cart moved in the aisle.

"Can I ask the last time in the Lestrange family vault—"

"No."

Facing Griphook's temptation, Toby resolutely refused, "You'd better not inquire about anything."

It's about the Gold Cup.

In order to easily get Hufflepuff's gold cup, Toby once made a deal with the goblin Griphook on the news of the law of conservation of magic-telling them that the news is indeed correct.

By the way, Toby also told Griphook a fact - under the influence of this law, it would be very difficult for the goblins to find allies to join forces with.

Griphook was silent for a while, he grabbed the handle of the cart, turned around suddenly and shouted: "The elders think we can cooperate with you, but you must show your sincerity and ability to match in advance, otherwise we will not be able to trust you."

Toby sarcastically said, "Is this the last idea you guys came up with? Ask a resigned spellbreaker for help?"

"It's cooperation." Griphook corrected firmly: "And we have already inquired. All the elves who have cooperated with you have said that your professional ethics is very good, and you will never let us do business that loses money."

Angela, who was sitting in the back, laughed and said, "I didn't expect you to spend all your popularity on this kind of place."

"Money is always better than feelings." Toby stared at Griphook and said, "But how can you pay me? I have never been cheap, and to you I am no longer just An ace spellbreaker, and an ace wizard."

Griphook paused, but he didn't pause for long.

He seemed to have negotiated a suitable price with the other goblins long ago.

"William, we know that he belongs to you, and we are willing to give him a seat in the elders' seat."

"No, that's not enough." Toby immediately refused, "You don't know what I want at all. I died once, Griphook, and I almost died willingly, but I couldn't die. .”

"I also have a good friend who chose to pursue his own ideals, which inspired me a lot - let me tell you now, Griphook, what I want is to make the wizarding world what I like look."

"At that time, it will be up to me to decide whether or not there will be a place for you."

"Do you understand?"

Griphook shouted angrily, "You're crazy!"

Toby looked at him indifferently.

"Otherwise, why do you think I didn't die?"

(End of this chapter)