Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 60 Flashback Curse

Toby sent the unconscious Mundungus to the school hospital. Ms. Pomfrey hurried over, and she was startled by Mundungus who was foaming at the mouth.

"Who is this man? What's wrong with him?"

"Black magic potion, or a curse." Toby said with a gloomy face: "There is also the Imperius Curse. Mundungus must have been controlled by the Imperius Curse. Can you save him?"

"The Soul Seizing Curse?"

Ms. Pomfrey realized that the situation was more critical than she had imagined. The Imperius Curse was one of the three unforgivable curses, and any wizard found using the Imperius Curse would be sent to Azkaban.

The ward suddenly became flustered, and Toby also helped a lot, and he himself had a wealth of experience in dealing with curses.

In the end, after being fed the last dose of potion, Mundungus' complexion finally became quite normal, but he was still in a coma and did not wake up.

"The exact time of waking up is still uncertain, but there shouldn't be any major problems." Madam Pomfrey wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "The principal—"

"I have notified the principal." Toby said, "Thank you, ma'am."

Madam Pomfrey nodded and left the ward.

Toby didn't leave, he already figured out what happened tonight - the thief who tried to steal the Philosopher's Stone was eyeing Hogwarts, the thief not only knew that the Philosopher's Stone was hidden in Hogwarts, but also knew Lu Wei was replaced by an armored guard, and the target was on himself.

But this mysterious thief was very cautious. The other party did not show up in person, but contacted him through Mundungus, and planned to use the news of Death Castle to find a way to break the armor guard.

However, the other party's plan was doomed to fail. Toby was already secretly vigilant when he heard the "old castle", and did not write the real key information with a real pen.

But Toby still couldn't figure out one thing. He found that the parchment used for the transaction was still on Mundungus' body and hadn't been taken away by the thieves. Could it be that the other party also expected that this time they would return in vain?That's why he gave up Mundungus in advance?
But in any case, Toby at least wanted to understand one thing-the thief must have an internal response in Hogwarts, otherwise he would not know the fact that Lu Wei was replaced by armor.

At this moment, two more people walked into the ward one after another, but none of them was Principal Dumbledore.

Snape walked ahead with a gloomy face, and Quirrell followed behind him timidly.

They saw Toby, and they also saw Mundungus lying on the hospital bed.

Snape's eyes tightened, while Quirrell seemed taken aback.

"You called us here at night just to let us see a patient?" Snape stared at Toby unkindly: "He was injured by your own hands?"

Toby carefully observed the expressions on the faces of the two of them. He knew that these two people were the first to appear in the rightmost corridor on the fourth floor that night when Lu Wei lost control.

"I need to check your wands."

Toby threatened unabashedly: "Don't make it difficult for me, I just need to use the flashback spell to see if you have cast the Imperius Curse with your own wands, and hand over your wands."

While Toby was speaking, he had already aimed his wand at the two of them, and the door of the ward was suddenly closed forcefully, isolating the movement in the room.

Quirrell looked terrified, and Snape's brow furrowed tightly.

"Are you serious? Bringing your bad habit to Hogwarts, casually checking other people's wands, are you serious, Toby?"

"I'm not kidding, Severus. Just tonight, the person lying in the hospital bed almost died. The seriousness of the matter is beyond my imagination, and the thieves have already targeted me. It is possible to cast the Imperius Curse on me at any time, don't force me to do it."

Toby did not hide his doubts about the two at all, Snape's face was livid with anger.

Quirrell stammered and said: "Don't-don't do this, for-for-why don't you find-find Principal Dumbledore, he must have-has a way."

"I have already notified him, and it is estimated that I will be there in a while." Toby was still staring at the two of them, and he said to himself: "I believe the principal will make the same choice."

"You really think so?" Snape asked back.

"But he hasn't come yet." Toby said, sparks followed from the tip of his wand.

Both of them had already understood Toby's plan, and he obviously decided to do it despite Dumbledore's obstruction, let alone the so-called consequences.

This is why Dumbledore didn't tell Toby about his doubts about Quirrell-because he has always had no scruples.

"Take it."

Snape said bluntly, throwing his wand to Toby.

Quirrell also had to hand over his wand tremblingly.

"Thank you." Toby said sincerely, and he took the two wands: "If there is no problem, I will apologize to you, and I hope that I will do the same in a while."

Snape snorted coldly, and Quirrell showed an ugly smile.

Toby raised his wand and joined it with Snape's.

"Flashback!" Toby roared.

Just where the two wands meet, a stream of thick gray smoke emerges, gradually forming a smiling face, like a ghost.

"A euphoria."

Toby glanced at Snape. This spell was the one needed to make the euphoria potion.

"Flash back!" Toby continued to shout, without stopping immediately.

In the next few spells, Toby saw the spells needed to prepare other potions, including palliatives, madness potions, hatred potions, etc., but there was no Imperius Curse.

"Sorry, Severus."

Toby had no choice but to say, handing the wand back to Snape, and at the same time gave him a dark look.

He believed in Snape more, so he checked Snape's wand in advance. In this way, if Quirrell was the thief, it would be easier to join forces to subdue Quirrell.

Snape took back the wand without saying a word, and deliberately rubbed it on the witch robe, showing a disgusted expression.

But he still squinted his eyes inadvertently, and held the wand in his hand, consciously or unconsciously alert.

Quirrell visibly tensed up.

"Flash back to the previous curse!"

Under the gaze of the three gazes, Quirrell's wand also showed the spells he had used before - Repel Curse, Stunning Curse, and Iron Armor Curse. It seemed that Quirrell had just experienced a big battle not long ago.

"Yes-yes-it's a troll."

Quirrell quickly explained: "I plan to listen to your-your suggestion, catch-catch a giant monster in the Forbidden Forest, and demonstrate how to defeat the giant monster in class."

"Sorry, Professor Quirrell."

Quirrell's wand also did not leave traces of casting the Imperius Curse, and Toby returned the wand to him: "Just look for me in catching the troll, I can help."

Quirrell pulled out a smile that was uglier than crying, and didn't answer this sentence.

The suspicions of both people were eliminated, and Toby also cast a flashback spell on Mundungus' wand, but there was also no trace of using the Imperius Curse.

This is a little strange.

Toby recalled the whole incident again. He failed to find out the insider of Hogwarts, but instead called the two professors to the school hospital.

Before that, Mundungus failed to pass on the news. It seems that the thieves had no intention of obtaining useful key information from Toby from the beginning, and he was deliberately diverted. Hogwarts tonight The defense force has become much weaker——

"Oops!"

Toby said suddenly: "The thieves have probably gone to steal the Philosopher's Stone!"

"Just this rare opportunity tonight!"

(End of this chapter)