Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 66 Mason's Gate and the Flaming Glass Ball

The Christmas holidays were finally over, and Hermione also took the Hogwarts Express back to school.

She couldn't wait to find Harry and Ron, wondering if they figured out who Nick Flamel was.

"What?! You didn't find out anything? You still wander around the school every day? What if Filch—oh, no, what if Professor Highmore catches you?!"

Hermione subconsciously thought of another, more terrifying possibility.

"Hmm." Harry hesitated to tell about Professor Highmore's transformation into a devil, even though he was very sure that it was just a prank by Professor Highmore.

There was no way, Hermione had no choice but to continue to fight in the library with the two useless boys.Harry was still convinced he'd heard the name somewhere before, but couldn't remember where.

Hermione also knew the reason for the abnormal voting results of the teacher's commendation meeting. Principal Dumbledore also announced the truth of the "farce" at the dinner party on the first day of school, but he did not mention Toby, which was requested by Toby on his own initiative. He pursues ancient magic, but not this kind of well-intentioned type of praise.Only a few people know the deeper reasons, and now Hermione is included in this list.

This made her feel complicated on the way to the ancient magic office. She never thought that Professor Highmore had such a poor experience-no one gave him a present at school at Christmas.

She knocked on the door lightly, and pushed the door open after getting the answer.

Soon, Hermione realized that she was thinking too much.

Professor Highmore seemed to be in a good mood. He was humming an unknown tune softly, holding a valuable silver plate in one hand, and waving a magic wand in the other, letting the water drops on the silver plate Sprinkled on the wooden door that was about to decay - Hermione remembered that this was also one of Professor Highmore's collections, and it appeared in the office together with the pharaoh's coffin.

Mr. Ayer was not idle either. He was sitting on the flying carpet and constantly flying around the wooden door, occasionally sprinkling some fragrant powder down.

They seemed to be trying to plant wooden doors, but Hermione always felt that the wooden doors were rotting faster instead.

"Hello, Miss Granger."

"ah."

"Hello, Professor Highmore, hello, Mr. Al."

Hermione walked to the desk full of doubts, and a new batch of first drafts flew to her automatically, but she didn't read it right away, but quietly glanced at Professor Highmore and his assistant - just for a while, The degree of decay of the wooden door became deeper.

"Professor Highheimer?"

"Is there a problem?"

"What are you doing?"

"Are you asking about watering the Mason Gate?"

"What?" Hermione froze.

"Mason's door." Toby patiently explained: "This door is very magical. It needs to be cultivated with ice water and pollen. When it is almost decayed, it can be restored to its original appearance, and then drilled into the door and entered another A wonderful world. It can also be said to be the other side of the real world."

"This door is my most interesting collection, and it's not one of them."

Hermione listened in a daze, but still yearned for it.

"Then when you go through this door, can I go with you?"

"Of course—it can't!"

Toby's voice suddenly increased, startling Hermione for a moment.

"Only wizards who are emotionally mature can pass through the Mason Gate. Otherwise, they will not only be confused by the scene of another world, and will never be able to return smoothly, but the Mason Gate will also be destroyed. Students can't just enter, your emotions Not enough to support the ability to survive on the other side of the Mason Gate, now is the time for you to learn how to properly control your emotions, which is magic."

"Okay." Hermione said dejectedly. Although the Mason Gate sounded dangerous, Professor Highmore's resolute refusal still made people feel a little uncomfortable.

After a while, Cedric also rushed to the office - he had been absent for a long time because of Quidditch training, and now that school has just started, he finally has time to continue studying the magic circle.

There was still a smile on the young man's white face, although the smile froze for a second after seeing Toby and Al's weird behavior, Cedric still said happily: "Mr. You brought a gift, and it was too late for Christmas, so it was successfully produced today."

Hermione quietly pressed her ears, and turned her head again.She saw Cedric take from his pocket a gleaming glass ball, hollow and dancing with a flame.

That's a really nice gift.

Hermione thought.

Xixiu likes this shiny thing the most, and Cedric is Mr. Al's assistant, so he obviously cares about this gift.

Al took the glass ball, fiddled with it twice in his paws - Cedric suddenly became nervous, he didn't see the happy expression on Mr. Al's face as he expected - but he probably didn't remember Wrong? Niffles are a favorite of shiny items.

Al threw the glass ball upwards, and suddenly made a short voice: "Cut."

"Huh?" Hermione blinked, did she hear wrong?Can Mr. Al still make sounds other than "ah"?
"Um..." Cedric was even more confused than Hermione, and at the same time worried. Did Mr. Al think his gift was not sincere enough or precious?

At this time, Toby said suddenly after sprinkling the last drop of water: "You two, don't think too much, Al is not a normal sniff, and it is not easy to impress it."

Cedric didn't know what to do - so Mr. Al really didn't like his present?

He suddenly saw Mr. Al fumbling in his belly pocket, and took out another thing that was shining under the light, and then flicked it lightly, Cedric quickly caught it.

It is a gold Galleon.

"But this time it looks pretty good." Toby said quietly: "It seems that Al is still very satisfied with this gift, so I will give you such a gift in return."

After a pause, he added: "The first gift I got in return was only a silver Sickle, not a gold Galleon."

Al also flew in front of Cedric, and patted the young man on the shoulder with solemn eyes: "Yeah!"

"It makes you keep working hard." Toby continued to translate: "Don't embarrass it, after all, you are its assistant."

"Oh." Cedric finally came back to his senses. He looked at the Galleon in his hand and said excitedly: "It's too expensive, the flame glass ball is not worth so much money, at most it will cost more It's just thoughts."

Hermione watched the scene enviously.

"What Al values ​​is your thoughtfulness." Toby waved his hand and said, "And there is nothing worth refusing. We dug this gold Galleon in the Forbidden Forest. It is probably left by a rich man who disappeared before. of."

"Missing?" Cedric suddenly felt that the gold coin in his hand was hot.

"It might be dead, too."

Toby said calmly: "This can be regarded as a different kind of inheritance. The connection between students has been connected for hundreds of years. Maybe the student who died is also from Hufflepuff College."

Hermione turned her head back quietly, and all the envy in her heart disappeared at once.

Cedric sat restlessly in his seat. He glanced up at Professor Haimer and Mr. Al quietly, and while sighing silently, he put away the Galleon, planning to never spend it.

He gave a look to the only person in the room who could communicate normally: The professor really hasn't changed at all.

Hermione quickly closed her eyes after responding to avoid being noticed by the professor.

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(End of this chapter)