Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 78 Punishment
Only Toby and Dumbledore knew what mechanism they had set up in the last room.

Now, the mechanism has been pried, causing the magic ball to change.

The magic ball was handed over to Al before Toby entered Mason's gate, and he kept it.

On the fourth floor of the outer castle, Al has entered the room on the far right of the corridor.There was nothing unusual about the brand-new armor, and it was still standing inside the house, which showed that the intruder knew the trick of the first level—that is, performing knight etiquette.

Al looked nervous, but more excited.It knew what it was about to face, but it was not timid at all.

"Yeah." Al yelled at the armor.

The visor of the armor immediately opened, and Al got in at once.But before that, the magic ball also melted away, covering all the armor inside and attaching to the surface of the armor.

On the gleaming silver armor, a large number of shimmering magic circles immediately emerged, echoing each other and forming a whole piece.

The strength of the armor suddenly increased a lot. It played with the long ax a few times, and its speed became faster and faster, and it became more and more agile.

Of course, the magic circle shouldn't be engraved on the wizard's body. If he makes a mistake, his flesh and blood will explode.

But armor is different.

Before Principal Dumbledore helped solve the curse of the armor, Toby also tried many methods, although unsuccessful, but it would not break the armor.Even if you make a mistake, you can find goblins to fix it, they are the best blacksmiths.

"ah."

Al yelled again, and the visor of the armor immediately closed, revealing only a pair of small sparkling eyes inside.

The armor then opened the trapdoor and jumped into it along the darkness.

Facing a weak Voldemort alone?

It sounds nothing more boring than archeology.

On the other hand, a distraught Cedric walked back to the castle. He had just lost the Quidditch match to Gryffindor. It was a terrible defeat, surrounded by students trying to comfort him.

"Oh, it's nothing."

Cedric forced a smile: "We still have a chance next semester. By the way, I'm going to find Professor Haimer now, do you want to come together?"

After losing the Quidditch match, Cedric could only think of self-casting wands to redeem the honor of Hufflepuff House.

Unsurprisingly, after Cedric asked this question, the students around immediately came up with a lot of things, some said that they were going to change clothes, and some said they were going to the kitchen to get some snacks.Even so far, only a small number of students would go to the Office of Ancient Magic without any scruples, and there were even two people in total, one was him and the other was Hermione Granger.

But go to the kitchen?
Fred and George got mixed up in the Hufflepuff student team at some point, they were not afraid of being discovered at all, and they still greeted Cedric with a smile—they were students in the same grade and often attended classes together .And in a way, both Cedric and the Weasley twins are famous.

"this is not right!"

Cedric said solemnly: "You shouldn't violate the school rules!"

"Oh, come on." Fred waved his hand: "This is a rare victory for us, and we have to celebrate it."

Many Hufflepuff students glared at him, and George immediately grabbed Fred's dangling arm: "Actually, we're just looking for Harry and little Ron, and it seems that they're not here—then, goodbye."

The two quickly ran away before causing even greater chaos.

Cedric sighed helplessly, but he perked up at the thought of the autocasting wand.In any case, the Quidditch season was over, and he would have more time to study auto-casting wands.

After bidding farewell to the others, Cedric came to the door of the ancient magic office alone, and he unexpectedly found that the door was not closed tightly.

"Professor Highmore?"

Cedric pushed the door open carefully, and he saw the opened Mason door at once, but Professor Haimer was not in the room, instead he saw another person standing opposite the Mason door, with a chubby face little boy.

"I remember your name was Longbottom? Neville Longbottom?"

Cedric walked into the room suspiciously: "What are you doing here? Is it related to homework?"

He remembered this little wizard who seemed a bit timid, and he also heard that Neville had a fight some time ago, which surprised Cedric a lot.

However, Neville was taken aback by Cedric's sudden appearance. He looked around in a panic, then quickly pushed Cedric's body away, and ran away through the open door.

"you--"

Cedric yelled twice, but Neville didn't stop, and quickly disappeared at the end of the corridor.

"What's the matter with him—eh? What's the matter with you?"

A little boy with blond hair rushed towards the office, and Cedric immediately blocked the door. He couldn't let these freshmen enter the office casually.In any case, he still has the status of Mr. Al's assistant, although Mr. Al doesn't know why he is no longer in the office.

Coupled with that strange Mason door, Cedric can't make his own way at this time.

But the little boy didn't continue walking. After seeing Cedric, he immediately changed direction and walked from the other side of the corridor.

Cedric blinked. He vaguely remembered that the other party seemed to be a child of the Malfoy family, and it was he who had fought with Neville not long ago.

"What the hell happened today?"

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Mason Gate.

Toby has roughly figured out Al's movements.

Although he didn't see it with his own eyes, he knew very well in his heart that Al would only leave the Mason Gate without authorization after the magic ball responded.

But he didn't seem to be worried about it. Instead, he focused on the three little animals in front of him and stared at them coldly.

"Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley, and my editor, Miss Granger."

Toby told the names of the three people separately, which was very simple. After the skeleton told the story, he only needed to hear the voices of the three people to guess their identities.

"You guys made a mistake, a very stupid mistake."

Toby turned his gaze to the orange cat: "Especially you, Miss Granger, I remember that I clearly said that underage wizards should not enter the Mason Gate."

"You guys have disappointed me so much."

Owls, orange cats, and little mice stood together in a row in fear. Professor Haimer, who looked like a water snake with long horns, was even scarier than usual.

But it's not over.

"It seems that the last punishment still made me keep my hands on you. Let me think about it. Fifty points will be deducted from Gryffindor, fifty points per person."

"professor."

"Shut up! Mr. Potter! Do you think you don't have to pay for your stupidity?"

"professor."

"Shut up! Mr. Weasley! Is this how you pay me back for helping Bill Weasley? Stalking a professor? Maybe you deserve more detention."

"professor."

"And you, Miss Granger, I don't need any proofreaders anymore, I warned you. Also, don't write to me, remember that."

Under successive punishments, the three of them felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, and their bodies became extremely cold.

Then, they were horrified to see the pharaoh's coffin jumping over again and again.

"This time, I need to teach you a more profound lesson."

Toby said mercilessly: "You should be glad that you are just a student, not some other wizards I met during the archaeological process."

"Also, Headmaster Dumbledore can't plead for his students in this kind of place."

"Professor, don't—"

The coffin shut the three of them inside at once, and there was a sound of beating inside, but it couldn't make Toby change his mind at all.

"Feel the fear I've been through."

"It's better than if you almost killed me."

(End of this chapter)