Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 70 Lucius Malfoy
The trio left with a heavy heart.

Ron rubbed his arm, wondering where he had said the wrong thing again.

Harry was still thinking about his parents.

And Hermione was thinking about what Professor Highmore had said about Slytherin House - that's what most of the students thought, Slytherin students were all bad.

But when the words came from a real Slytherin, it seemed weird.

And Hermione didn't think Professor Highmore was a bad person, at least not as bad as Snape, and even the only favoritism was given to Gryffindor students.

They returned to the Gryffindor common room and sat in a circle in silence for a while.

Not long after, Neville finally came back, and his mood was still a little gloomy.

The news of him knocking out Draco had already spread, and the students were all quietly watching him, muttering, and Neville looked a little at a loss.

"This way, Neville!"

Harry called out, telling Neville to sit up.

"What did Professor Haimer tell you?" Ron asked curiously.

But Neville faltered and hawed, and refused to say anything.

Harry reached into his robe pocket and pulled out a Chocolate Frog, the last of the box Hermione had given him for Christmas.Harry handed it to Neville.

"Don't worry, okay?" Harry said, "That's Professor Highmore, he's not even afraid of Snape, and he rewarded us with a special house point, just to tell you that nothing will happen."

Neville unwrapped the Chocolate Frog, his lips twitching in a feeble smile.

"Thank you, Harry. I want to go to bed. Do you want pictures? You collect pictures, don't you?"

After Neville left, Ron stared at Harry with weird eyes: "I said, buddy, you are getting better at speaking well for Professor Highmore now. Have you finally stopped doubting him?"

"No." Harry said softly, looking at the chocolate frog card that Neville handed him: "I finally figured out why Professor Highmore appeared in the Leaky Cauldron, because he knew my parents, which is a very good idea. The reason, isn’t it? I can feel that their relationship must be more than just acquaintance. And Professor Highmore has been in the school for so long, we can see clearly whether he is a bad person or not—another A picture of Dumbledore, the first one I got on the train was—”

He gasped, stared at the back of the card, then looked up at Ron and Hermione.

"I've found him!" he whispered, "I've found Nico Flamel! Just look at it - [Fruit in alchemy with partner Nicole Flamel]!"

Meanwhile, in the ancient magic office, Toby was thinking silently.

At first, he thought it was because he finally had his own wand that caused Neville's personality change, but later he found out that this was not the case at all, and no one would go bad just because of the wand wood.

The real reason lies with the Longbottoms.

Neville went to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries with Mrs. Longbottom on Christmas Day. While alone with his parents, Neville heard his mother Alice say "Lucius Malfoy" name.

This was a good sign, indicating that the Longbottoms had really begun to gradually get rid of the influence of the Cruciatus Curse—but on the other hand, Neville only knew that his parents had been hospitalized, but he didn't know who caused it.

Therefore, Lucius Malfoy was naturally identified by Neville as the murderer.Even if it wasn't caused by him, at least it must be one of the murderers.

However, this is not the case. Dumbledore told Toby in a later letter that it was Bellatrix and his husband who really attacked the Longbottoms, as well as Barty Crouch Jr. Bustan Lestrange.

But Neville didn't know who the specific murderer was. The experience in the hospital made him hate Malfoy, including Lucius' son, Draco Malfoy.

Coupled with Draco's rude words, and what happened to Harry's parents reminded Neville of himself, so he suddenly lost control and beat Draco severely.

Toby didn't take this trivial matter to heart at all. He is now a professor in the school and has every right to decide whether to punish the students according to his own will.

Like Snape.

Like a real Slytherin.

At night, a man with long blond hair rushed to Hogwarts. Holding a cane, he roughly pushed the students who were blocking the way, and walked quickly into the hospital hospital.

In the hospital bed, Draco Malfoy was almost recovered, he was not seriously injured at all - Neville's strength was not that great - he just couldn't catch his breath after being suddenly attacked, so Will pass out.

It can even be said to be stunned.

But Draco still asked the nurse to cover his injured area with bandages, so that the whole face showed a pair of eyes, nose and mouth.

"father!"

After seeing the man who came in, Draco cried out happily: "You are finally here, this time you must drive Longbottom out of the school, and Potter! I saw that he wanted to do something!"

"Potter, Potter." Lucius walked to his son's bedside, carefully checked the wound after the bandage, and continued after finding that there was no major problem: "You mentioned Mrs. Potter at Christmas. Many times, I know he saved you in flying lessons, but I also want to remind you that this was a good opportunity to change attitudes. When most people see Harry Potter as driving away It would be irrational for you not to pretend to like the Dark Lord's hero."

Draco remained silent angrily, and Lucius showed a cold smile: "It's not easy to drive Harry Potter away, after all, he didn't really do anything. However, it's much easier if it's just targeting Longbottom Now, this is also related to the purpose of my coming to Hogwarts, the newspaper reporters will come here soon, and by the way, they can criticize Dumbledore's education policy, he is old, it's time to leave Hogg—"

"Leaving what? Who are you going to let go?"

A voice suddenly sounded, and Toby, who narrowed his eyes slightly, appeared at the door of the ward.

After seeing him appear, Lucius' face suddenly turned livid.

Toby walked into the ward unhurriedly, the door closed automatically behind him, and a sound-proof spell was deliberately applied to prevent the voices in the room from being heard by Madam Pomfrey.

Then Toby stepped forward quickly, he grabbed Lucius by the collar, leaned him against the wall, poked him in the chest with his wand, and roared angrily: "Say it again, who will leave?" Hogwarts?!"

"talk!"

(End of this chapter)