Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 443 Disaster
442 Disaster
Death Castle is empty.

As a former archaeologist, Toby is very aware of the hidden dangers this means.

There are many guests living in Death Castle, some of them are considered normal, such as armor, and the unlucky ghosts who were driven out by Haierbo on Delia Island.

But there are many more formidable and scary guys - and the lady's sombrero is one of them.

This ancient castle came from a distant time, and no one knew how it was built. There was only one thing Toby knew—that some wizards were willing to live here in order to avoid the negative influence of the law of conservation of magic.

He still remembered what the unlucky guy said at the beginning - in order to ensure permanent residence here, all residents can only rely on two kinds of magic.

Either it's love, or it's a devil full of negativity.

The latter is simpler, so there are black feathers born after the residents are banned.

This feather is related to the devil.

This is an ancient magic that Toby has not yet understood. He only knows that those black feathers have many magical functions.

For example, "reviving" Pandora in another form can also restore the dying Toby, and even the deadly gaze of the basilisk can be resolved.

In addition, now Toby also knows another use of the black feather - making an extremely powerful auto-casting wand.

That only needs a black feather, a devil, and an ordinary wand is enough.
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Office of Ancient Magic.

"According to the current information, a long, long time ago, pure-blood wizards tried to use the devils who were persecuted to make a powerful weapon called an auto-casting wand, but this plan was finally stopped by Merlin. He took all the humanoid devils Find them all, and then create the Mason Gate, a magical item that can be used to house devils."

"But it is conceivable that the original pure-blood wizards already knew the conditions for making self-casting wands. Although the devils disappeared, the black feathers were still kept, and used to avoid the possible disasters caused by the law of conservation of magic. Leaving the last seeds for the wizarding bloodline Although these are only conjectures, it is enough to regard the Castle of Death as a by-product of a war in a more ancient period."

"Now, this artifact is completely out of control. All the guests who live in it, and the black feathers are gone, and both things are equally difficult to deal with-one means a large number of minions and enemies, and the other means Lots and lots of weapons, that is, self-casting wands."

Toby took a short break after finishing the news in one breath, to give Dumbledore enough time to think.

Al anxiously used Toby's wand to create a glass of lemonade. Toby took it and drank it. He and Al looked at his wand together—except for Pandora's wand, this should be the entire wizarding world. The only second self-casting wand.

But in the foreseeable future, there will only be more and more of this extremely special wand, which means that a certain powerful army will be controlled by someone.

Whoever can control this army will become the most powerful party.

"I didn't expect to encounter so many things in a short vacation." Toby muttered in a low voice: "It's better to make me a god of death, otherwise there will be so many troubles."

Dumbledore's pale blue eyes were fixed on Toby.

"There is no need to say such things." Dumbledore said slowly: "But if I remember correctly, only when the guests in the castle die—or in a similar way to death—can the black Feathers are produced, shouldn’t that be correct?”

This is indeed an extremely critical piece of information.

The armor is like this, and the origin of the wide-brimmed hat is also related to this point-their original owner died, so these two things are left behind, and the black feathers appear in the guest room.

Dumbledore continued: "So the army and black feathers cannot exist at the same time-no matter who is the person who evacuates the castle of death, that person must kill all the residents in order to get the automatic casting The material of the wand."

Toby heard the meaning of Dumbledore's words - he was trying to relieve his worries, and he didn't need to think about the need to face all the residents and the black feathers at the same time - because they could not exist at the same time.

"But I don't think that's good news."

Toby retorted: "Whether it's armor or women's wide-brimmed hats, you've seen them all. They're in a fairly normal state and can understand orders. Besides, as long as there are auto-casting wands, there will always be this kind of army— —ordinary wizards will suffice for this, if there are enough of them."

At this time, Angela suddenly interrupted the conversation between them.

"Wait a minute," she asked curiously, "What's the matter with that person on Delia Island? Wasn't he kicked out by Hai Erbo? That means he's also the original resident? Where are the black feathers?"

Toby narrowed his eyes and thought about it for a while: "It is probably used on Old Tom's body, so Hai Erbo was able to use that body to hide it from all of us. The black feathers gave the body many other abilities, For example, you can be possessed by Hai Erbo without worrying about being discovered, but there is another possibility."

He suddenly raised his head and looked at Dumbledore, who was exploring Deria Island with him at that time.

"Principal—ah, it's the minister—is there a possibility that Hai Erbo caused some changes to the resident, and this change also includes the black feathers in his body, so that he can become a person who travels through the real world and communicates with him?" The key between the worlds behind the Mason Gate."

Dumbledore stared at Toby immediately after hearing this.

He ignored Toby's anxious slip of the tongue, and all his attention was attracted by what Toby said.

At the beginning, on Deria Island, the former resident said that Hai Erbo tried to use himself to hide in the world behind the Mason Gate—this was a bit like a kerosene lamp, very magical and extremely rare .

Because it means there are alternatives to Mason doors.

It's just that the guest who is the key seems to be extremely fragile. He lost the ability to be the key after he resisted, so he was given up by Hai Erbo, and he survived until the day when Toby and Dumbledore appeared.

Dumbledore said in an extremely serious tone: "If this information is true, plus the fact that we didn't observe black feathers on each other at the time-maybe the combination of black feathers and residents is a substitute for Mason's door. This item has one more function."

If the black feather can also replace the mason door.
Toby sighed too.

"It would be great if Merlin was more rigorous in his work. How could even the Mason Gate he turned into be replaced? But if you think about it carefully, it is indeed possible. The Mason Gate was created to protect the devil, and the black feather is Existing to take advantage of the devil—these two things are almost natural enemies."

"So, are Merlin dealing with all the pure-blood wizards, or is there really a natural enemy?"
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While the teachers and students were discussing major events that could affect the entire magic world, some people were enjoying their own happy vacations.

Harry was happy, but Ron didn't think so.

Diagon Alley, Weasley's Wizard Wheezes.

In response to Ron's previous request in the letter, Harry would come and see him from time to time.Of course, this is mainly because the products of the Weasley twins are interesting enough to be endless, so Harry is always interested in visiting here.

Ron was relieved that Harry had arrived, and he had time to rest.

"Guest, is there anything I can do for you?"

"Uh, just go for a stroll—I said, is it necessary to do this every time? Is it because you're so polite that Fred and George won't find out that you're slacking off?"

Facing Harry's complaints, Ron squinted at him and said; "No, but at least it won't give them an excuse to deduct my wages. These rules are written in the prank rules-this is the two of them. The employee guidelines that have been fiddled with are still copied from Professor Haimer's archaeological guidelines."

Harry casually flipped through the "Rules of Mischief" that Ron handed him, and it looked a bit like that.

However, some rules seem to be unreasonable.
"There is no employee discount." Harry frowned and said, "Employees are not allowed to buy love potions-I said, is this written specifically for you? Afraid that you will cheat girls' feelings?"

Ron said disdainfully: "I wouldn't have bought it even without this rule. A small bottle costs two Galleons. How crazy am I to want to fall in love? Two Galleons!"

Harry felt a sense of admiration for Ron in his heart.

The two of them took a good stroll in the store. Ron introduced these products in a clear and logical manner. He made great efforts to prevent the twins from having an excuse to deduct their wages.

During this period, both Fred and George stopped by to inspect Ron's work status.

Whenever this time Ron would speak the introduction very loudly.

"Extensible Ears—Want to know what secrets your neighbors are hiding? Perfect for eavesdropping."

"Forget it." Harry pushed Ron's hands away in embarrassment: "My nearest wizard neighbor is Dumbledore, so...you understand?"

Fred stared at Ron with the most serious eyes—his clerk was having trouble selling, but there were no unsold products at Weasley's Wizard's Wheezes, only unqualified staff.

If the employee is his younger brother, wages will be deducted.

Ron racked his brains for a while, and suddenly he approached Harry and whispered, "The minister's secret is more valuable—"

"Come on!" Harry quickly pushed Ron away, and he turned his head to look at Fred in a panic: "You must also not go out and talk nonsense, it will bring me big trouble."

"How could it be?" Fred said with a chuckle, but before he left, Harry still saw him secretly giving Ron a thumbs up. It seemed that Ron's performance satisfied him very much.

"What have you learned here?" Harry said with a headache.

"Learn how not to be deducted from wages." Ron clapped his hands and said, "No way, Ginny and Luna's clothing store doesn't plan to take me in, so I have no choice but to stay here."

"What's going on here?" Harry said in a low voice, "Is it related to Pandora? Isn't she planning to stay in the clothing store by herself? That will scare the customers."

Harry had learned through Ron that Pandora had become a devil. Fortunately, she had become a rational devil, and the lodging object had changed from a notebook to a magic wand.

"It has nothing to do with Pandora." Ron said sullenly, "It's all because Ginny looks down on me—"

"She really said that?" Harry was taken aback. He remembered that the relationship between Ron and Ginny was not so bad.

"Of course she won't say so." Ron's mood became even more depressed: "But I understand that Fred and George have their own business, and even Ginny is going to open a clothing store, and I can only Give them a part-time job to earn pocket money”

Harry tried his best to comfort Ron.

"Look out." He patted Ron on the shoulder and said, "Didn't you see someone as powerful as Professor Highmore who couldn't make a bestseller? Everyone has flaws, and no one The exception is that speaking of bestsellers, do you know when Professor Highmore plans to hold a book signing?"

"Are you going to participate?" Ron stared at him strangely.

"Otherwise, do you want to be hated by Professor Highmore in the new semester?" Harry said with lingering fear: "Although I don't need to take tutoring classes anymore, it's just a small matter to spare a little time. You have to keep your head down in class. Not to mention that Professor Highmore has been the principal for four years now, and he has become the principal in just four years, which is amazing."

It is indeed amazing.

Ron never thought that he would be able to see the day when Professor Haimer became the headmaster when he was in school. He thought it would take a long time.

"It should be soon." Ron estimated the date and said, "If I remember correctly... the day after tomorrow. The day after tomorrow is the day when Professor Highmore will hold the autograph session. I hope the scene will not be as deserted as Lockhart's time. If not, let me go too, just to find more time to be lazy."

Harry and Ron had fixed a time for the signing, and they were going to ask Hermione if she would come.

"I should go." Harry glanced at the time and said, "Mum is waiting for me, she should be out of Gringotts by now."

After saying goodbye to Ron, Harry came out of the shop.

He never came to Diagon Alley alone, either James or Lily would accompany him.

After everything they've been through, it's hard for both of them to let Harry go out alone.

This time, Lily happened to come to Gringotts to withdraw money, while James went to find Lupine. These two people and Sirius often get together recently to discuss how to make a werewolf a living.

The idea is still fascinating.

Harry also silently came up with ideas in his heart, and was rejected one by one by himself—it is not that simple to eliminate the prejudice against werewolves.

Lily was waiting for Harry at the appointed ice cream shop. She glanced at a petite figure out of the corner of her eye, and when she wanted to take a closer look, she found that he had disappeared.

"Not her."

A certain voice sounded from the end of the alley.

"It's not anymore, and the castle has no butler. There's nothing left."

(End of this chapter)