Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 65 House
Quirrell has nothing to do with Voldemort.

That night, Toby sneaked into Quirrell's dream with the help of the dream messenger, and saw that he had been to Romania during the vacation before school, and was followed by a mysterious vampire, so after returning to school, he It will smell like garlic.

Quirrell's stuttering is indeed abnormal, but it is due to a curse, he can't say the name of the vampire, and once he recalls this incident, he will stutter.

And this happened to be the experience that Quirrell took the initiative to hide - not only because of the Philosopher's Stone, but also because Quirrell wanted to avoid being looked down upon by others.

Toby's blessing almost comes true - he doesn't want to work with vampires, and Quirrell just happens to almost become a vampire.

As for the Philosopher's Stone - Quirrell in the dream never wanted to steal the Philosopher's Stone, he had enough troubles already.

After meeting Dumbledore again, Toby said: "Poor Quirrell, a little overwhelmed, and too pitiful. It doesn't seem easy to stare at his vampire."

It is now the last day of the Christmas holiday, and the Mirror of Erised has just been placed in the room protecting the Sorcerer's Stone. The troll who was knocked down before is still in a coma, and it is estimated that it will take a few days to wake up.

Mundungus didn't wake up either, with a troublesome injury that required lengthy treatment.

Dumbledore didn't say anything about it, he just nodded, and then told Toby a news that surprised and pleased him.

"I asked the centaurs, and they don't know the origin of the fifth founder, but they know who House is—according to them, House is the ancestor of the centaurs in the Forbidden Forest, and he was the one who created the centaurs. The traditions and rules of divining the future, but not revealing it to the outside world, and not getting too close to wizards, and guarding the Forbidden Forest.”

Toby blinked, and the thoughts in his mind surged quickly. He analyzed: "So the fifth founder actually exists, and it is this horse man named House, but he decides for some reason. Before the establishment of Hogwarts, he chose another different path-the Forbidden Forest. He was also the first founder to part ways in the true sense-not only gave up maintaining friendship with wizards, but also gave up making the later horses An opportunity for people to attend Hogwarts."

Toby felt that if House could become one of the founders of Hogwarts, he might really have a horse classmate.

"And House did it on purpose"

"Foresight. Foresight from the forest."

Toby caught Dumbledore's eye, and Dumbledore was watching him too.

The two thought of the same place at this moment.

"Gellert Grindelwald's claims - wizard supremacy."

Toby said categorically: "House believes that wizard supremacy will inevitably emerge, and the horse people will be hunted and killed by wizards at that time, so he will prevent the horse people from encountering crises before then."

"I think so too." Dumbledore agreed with Toby: "According to the description on the pedestal of the Pensieve, House must have had an inseparable relationship with the four founders at the beginning, perhaps more than we imagined. Closeness. The reason that can cause him to sever contact on his own initiative is definitely not simple."

Toby asked: "But did wizard supremacy exist during the founder period? According to my archaeological findings, before the "Secrecy Act" actually appeared, there were very few such targeted claims in the wizarding world. There may be conflicts between different races, but they won't shout out the slogan of wizard supremacy in such a big way."

"Obviously." Dumbledore said: "This is the reason why House obviously foresaw something, so he set up such strong traditions and rules, and even concealed the fact that he had a friendship with the four founders." Facts—he doesn’t want the horse people to see this scene, he doesn’t want the horse people to form a friendship with the wizard, or he doesn’t want the horse people to be betrayed by the wizard, or even wiped out.”

Both House's ideas and practices were extremely radical—he voluntarily gave up his friendship with wizards.

But judging from the results, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it.

Toby knew that the goblin kingdom existed during the period of the four founders. The sword of Gryffindor was made by the goblin king Raignac I, and he was also the best silversmith during that period.

But now there is no goblin kingdom left, only Gringotts is left, and the two goblin rebellions have all failed. They can't leverage the ambition of the wizards to control the magic world, and they have no ability to stop it from happening, even the goblins It was against the implementation of the Secrecy Act at first, which would greatly reduce their interests, but then it didn't work either.

Judging from this line of thinking, House's approach was right again, and he avoided the situation where the horsemen were being purged.Centaurs and wizards are rarely encountered, and the two have nothing to do with each other.

"But why does House think so?"

Toby still didn't understand: "Could it be that he can foresee things hundreds of years later? I've never heard of such a powerful prophet. It's incredible."

Dumbledore watched Toby walking around in the office, and he suddenly said, "So I gave that sculpture to the Centaur, so that you can do better archaeology in the Forbidden Forest in the future."

"Ok?"

Toby raised his head all of a sudden: "Why do you suddenly become so active? Is it because of the centaurs? Or is it because of wizard supremacy?"

After thinking for a while, he said, "Is it because of Gellert Grindelwald? I heard that you were the person he feared the most when he ruled Europe, so he didn't extend his influence to Britain. In the end You also defeated him yourself."

"Speaking of which, I have never understood this - how on earth did you defeat Grindelwald? There are very few records about it, and each story is different - by the way, I can see Gryffindor's sword with my own eyes huh, Headmaster?"

Toby changed the topic abruptly. He noticed that when Grindelwald was mentioned, Dumbledore's eyes became a little inexplicable. Toby didn't want to be awkward with the old man in front of him just after he got the permission to excavate the Forbidden Forest.

"follow me."

Dumbledore said calmly, Toby followed behind him a little anxiously, and Al moved and sat on his shoulders to avoid being popped out of a huge swollen bag later.

When they came to the headmaster's office, Dumbledore picked up the sorting hat and pulled out a gleaming silver sword from the hat. The hilt was studded with a dazzling ruby ​​the size of an egg.

"Is this the sword of Gryffindor?"

Toby exclaimed in a trance, he thought he was here to be scolded.

Dumbledore turned the hilt of his sword towards Toby.

"is it okay?"

Toby took the sword carefully, and carefully looked at it in his hand.

He heard Dumbledore say in a steady voice: "This sword belongs to Gryffindor, and it belongs to every outstanding student in Gryffindor House-including me. I have personally drawn this sword come out--"

"I also personally defeated Grindelwald with this sword."

"In the Muggle way, the way Gryffindor himself fought in the duel."

"If you talk about it carefully, this sword can still be regarded as my property. Of course, it is based on the property concept used by wizards, not goblins—otherwise all goblin creations are only temporarily loaned to wizards. , once dead, it should be returned to the goblin."

"It's really ironic." Toby sighed in surprise: "The ruler of wizard supremacy was defeated in a Muggle way."

He looked up at Dumbledore with doubts in his eyes, wondering why the headmaster would tell this to himself.

Dumbledore reached for the sword, put it back inside the Sorting Hat, and handed the Sorting Hat to Toby.

"Try it," he said, "and see if you can get the sword out by yourself."

Putting the hat on his head, Toby said helplessly, "So is this also part of education? I'm a Slytherin, how can I do what only Gryffindors can do."

The sorting hat was firmly on Toby's head.

"Hello, Toby."

"Hello, Mr. Sorting Hat."

Then, nothing happened.

Dumbledore sighed in disappointment, and Toby left the office inexplicably.

After the door was closed again, the Sorting Hat opened its mouth and said, "Albus, he is simply the most difficult student I have ever seen for you."

"I think so too."

said Dumbledore, pale blue eyes expressing thought.

"I'm afraid it will be even more difficult in the future."

(End of this chapter)