Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 79 The Lion
Life is really ups and downs.

Inside the pitch-black coffin, little Harry stood motionless, as if he had lost the ability to think, only kept chanting: "Fifty cents each, fifty cents each."

They lost all points for winning the Quidditch Cup.Once again, they cost Gryffindor a lot of points.

Now, there is no need to think about the college cup at the end of the semester.Even if Professor McGonagall was here, she couldn't say anything. After all, she was going to add [-] points to the [-] points and directly deduct [-] points from each of them.

Hermione and Ron also stopped beating on the coffin, and they walked back to Harry in a daze.

"I can't even read new books in advance"

Hermione said dejectedly, the long beard on both sides of her cheeks twitching.Professor Highmore relieved her of her job as a proofreader.

"There is still confinement." Ron said desperately: "Professor Haimer mentioned confinement just now. He will not let us be confinement again."

In the darkness, the three of them fell silent one after another.

But after a while, there was a sound outside the coffin. They thought it was Professor Haimer who had finally changed his mind, and quickly put their ears on the thick cover, but what they heard in the next second was a strange rustling The sound was like someone scratching the lid of the coffin outside.

The three of them were so frightened that they had already forgotten about the Philosopher's Stone.And they all remembered that the ancient magic office was the scariest thing, not to mention they were locked in the pharaoh's coffin, who knew how many monsters there were outside.

They backed away quietly, trying not to make any noise.

But the monsters outside were not going to let them go, and the thumping sound suddenly turned into a violent slap, making them jump up in fright.

"Professor, we were wrong, we were wrong!"

"Professor, don't go!"

"Professor, Professor Highmore!"

Unbeknownst to them, the lockdown had already begun.

The long-horned water snake stayed outside the pharaoh's coffin, and two skeletons were slapping the cover up and down.

Toby watched this scene and nodded with satisfaction.

If it is placed outside, this kind of punishment will never be allowed.Hogwarts has long since stopped punishing students like this.

But the headmaster can't control him inside the Mason Gate, and the headmaster is not at school today, but went to deal with the trouble Lucius Malfoy caused Toby.

Toby left the Office of Ancient Magic behind Mason's Gate, and the three of Harry left it alone.

He still has many important things to do.

On the other side of the Mason Gate is a very strange world, related to emotions, full of mystery and danger.

It's hard to explain. The only thing Toby knows is that emotion is an important source of power for wizards, and he doesn't know much about the others.

Years ago he had been wondering what Hogwarts would look like behind Mason's gate.

Now, he finally saw it.

The corridors of the castle became much wider, enough for ten carriages to walk side by side, and all the portraits on the walls disappeared, in exchange for living portraits, who were doing the same things as the outside world.

In addition to these wizards, Toby also saw trolls, rows of armor, and even goblins. The corridors became extremely noisy because of them, and sometimes they fought with wizards.

Toby seemed to be the only magical animal in the castle, and he didn't understand why he turned into a long-horned water snake. This had nothing to do with his patron saint, but he did have a guess - the symbol of Slytherin House It's a snake, and Toby always thought that he was more Slytherin than Slytherin himself, so he became a more powerful horned water snake.

Toby didn't touch the group of living portraits. There wasn't much time for the Mason Gate to bloom, and he didn't have much time left.

At this moment, a carriage pulled by thestrals drove past quietly, and Peeves was sitting on the front of the carriage, with the sorting hat on his head.

The Sorting Hat opened its mouth and said, "Strange guest, where are you going?"

This scene is really amazing, because this is a new sorting hat, and Peeves is far more honest than the outside world.

"The principal's office." Toby said tentatively.

The door of the carriage opened automatically, and Toby got in a little bit, then the door closed, and the carriage continued to drive.

On the way, Toby was still asking questions, but the Sorting Hat didn't want to answer them. He just said, "I just follow the principal's orders. Besides looking at Peeves, I have to deal with strange guests like you. Make it hard for me, boy."

Toby had to look out of the car window, and he didn't want to cause trouble in the world behind Mason's door. Who knows what's here.

Just now, he watched a fire dragon being reprimanded by the dwarf and did not dare to raise his head. He only dared to walk around with his head down, even sneezing with his neck raised.

Toby wants to bring out a fire dragon, but not everything can be brought out of the Mason Gate, especially living things.

There are not many accidents like Al's, and that is the only special case Toby has ever seen.

After passing by a large number of giants, plus players from two full Quidditch teams (who were actually playing in the corridor), they finally stopped in front of a stone beast.

The carriage door opened, and Toby jumped in front of the stone beast.

The Sorting Hat nodded at the Stone Beast, and then ordered the reluctant Peeves to continue driving in the carriage, to nowhere.

The stone beast jumped away, out of the way of the spiral staircase behind him, and Toby walked up the stairs.

After reaching the end of the stairs, Toby tapped on the oak door twice with the tip of his tail.

The door opened.

The headmaster's office was completely changed. There were no bookshelves, no strange silverware, and the top was gone.

Behind the door is a room that looks a little dark, even a little dilapidated, and looks a little dirty, as if it hasn't been cleaned often.

On the carpet in the center of the living room, an old lion crouched on it, calmly watching the visitor, that is Toby.

This lion is very old, but it has a pair of blue eyes, only these eyes are particularly sharp, which should not appear on such an old lion.

The long-horned water snake approached the lion little by little, and the two faced each other, as if separated by an invisible transparent wall.

"Professor Dumbledore?"

Toby tentatively greeted.

At this moment, the transparent wall disappeared and the barrier no longer existed.

The lion's eyes suddenly became extremely vivid, and Toby saw many emotions in it, including disappointment, expectation, encouragement, and vigilance.

Well, it's no different from Headmaster Dumbledore in the outside world.

Toby simply pretended not to notice. He looked around the room and asked curiously, "Where are we? Is it your old house? The one in Godric's Hollow?"

(End of this chapter)