Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 286 Contents of the Second Phase

Harry did expect that this class would be a little different, but he found that he still underestimated Professor Heimer's creativity?

"Ah?" he asked blankly: "Professor, what did you say? Did I hear it wrong?"

Toby frowned, very dissatisfied with Harry's appearance.

"I thought you were ready." He said sternly: "Is this your attitude? Tell me, Mr. Potter, what is the first rule of archeology?!"

"Yes." Harry subconsciously racked his brains to think about it, but he didn't know what the first one was.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Toby's face was full of disappointment, which made Harry even more panicked.

This is how to do ah.

Harry didn't want to offend Professor Heimer from the beginning, but what the hell was going on.

"Professor, me."

"Forget it, Mr. Potter." Toby interrupted: "We'd better start with something simple first. Have you seen that armor?"

Harry had already noticed the armor in the corner, and he also knew that it was specially used to imprison that special humanoid devil.

"I saw it, Professor." Harry nodded honestly, as if it were some kind of eyesight test.

At the same time, he was also a little worried. Would the professor let him eat the devil in this armor?

This is also hard for people to accept.

Fortunately, Toby did not make such an "unreasonable" request.

"past."

Toby ordered: "Put on its helmet. You don't need to be fully armed, just wear the helmet."

This makes it much easier for people to accept.

Harry walked to the armor as quickly as possible so as not to make Professor Hemmer unhappy again.

The armor has obviously heard Toby's instructions. It might make people feel better if it refers to its "head" as a helmet.

It took off its helmet, revealing the smooth cross section underneath, held the helmet in both hands, and handed it to Harry.

But Harry hesitated and didn't take it.

His eyes widened, and he saw something dark inside the helmet, spinning restlessly, like a whirlpool that would never stop.

Harry knew very well that this was the devil trapped in the armor, now transferred to the helmet.

"What's wrong?" Toby's tone has become impatient: "Are you worried or scared? Or are you planning to wait for Severus to save you like the last duel?"

In the previous crazy version of the showdown, Harry, Cedric, Toby, and Snape were divided into two teams to see who could capture the devil who was briefly released first.

At that time, Harry was frightened by the devil who used trickery to attack.

He originally thought that he would not become anything like that. After all, he had personally faced dementors on the train at the beginning of school and even used a devil to drive away one. In the end, he was unlucky in front of another devil.

In the end, it was Snape who suddenly rescued him, using the devil that Snape had learned in advance. Until now, Harry didn't know what the devil looked like and had no memory at all.

But the feeling of being rescued is not pleasant at all.

Who told him to be Snape - Harry's least favorite professor, who had been deliberately causing trouble for him.

Harry was immediately aroused by Toby's words. He closed his eyes tightly and put the helmet on his head without mercy.

At this moment, the whole world became quiet.

Harry closed his eyes and waited for a while. The bad situation he expected did not happen, nor did he fall into a terrifying hallucination like last time.

At this moment, an unexpected voice sounded.

"Harry Potter?"

This is the sound of the Sorting Hat.

"How could this happen?" Harry asked confused: "Is it really you, Mr. Sorting Hat?"

"Of course it can't go wrong." The Sorting Hat replied: "Do you know where we are now, kid? I just remember that I slept for a long time, and when I woke up, I found that I couldn't see or hear anything.

.”

This is really bad.

Could it be that Professor Hemmer kidnapped the Sorting Hat?

"Hammer? Is this the Toby Highmore I know?" The Sorting Hat seemed to be able to hear Harry's inner voice, and it immediately shouted: "Hey, Toby! Don't be like this! Is this a joke?

?Don’t waste my time writing new songs, otherwise what will next year’s freshmen do?”

"Don't make a fuss, I just gave you a new look." Toby's voice appeared in Harry's mind, and he said: "You are almost out of shape, you have to wash it off. Don't worry, wait until it's dry.

I will let you go back after that."

"New look?" the Sorting Hat asked curiously: "What did you change me into? Is there a mirror? You must not mess around. No matter what, I am a Gryffindor hat."

"It'll be okay," Toby said.

Harry felt that he could no longer close his eyes and wait. He quietly opened a crack to learn more about his current situation, but just a glance almost made him faint from fear.

"Professor!" he said in shock: "Why did you turn into a snake again?"

Through the gap in the armor, Harry saw with his own eyes a very penetrating snake appearing where Toby had been.

"Oh?" Toby asked with interest: "Do I have horns on my head? Are there gems on my forehead?"

"It has horns, but no gems." Harry replied subconsciously.

"It seems that this is different." Toby turned his head and glanced in the other direction: "Not all the things in the Mason Door can be brought out. It is a pity, otherwise I would have two Gryffindors.

It’s a sword.”

Harry also looked towards the Mason Gate and found that it was still the same, decayed and unchanged at all.

"Aren't we inside the Mason Gate?" Harry asked in surprise.

"Of course not." Toby said, with a vivid expression on the snake's face: "If it is not absolutely necessary, I don't want to get into it when it is immature. The last time can only be regarded as an exception. This

There’s nothing you can do about it, otherwise how would you figure out what you want to learn next.”

"But you?" Harry asked puzzledly: "How on earth did you turn into a snake again?"

"Because I have been studying Mason Doors, I have to gain something." Toby said simply: "Interestingly, as a guarantee for safe entry into Mason Doors, there are some interesting connections between the devil and it. More

The results need to be continued to be studied—let’s not mention this matter for now—”

"Yes." The Sorting Hat interrupted: "I think you should put aside the unimportant things first. What should I do? Where is Dumbledore? Why didn't he come to me?"

Yeah, where's Dumbledore?

Harry suddenly remembered that Professor Hemmer had asked him to keep the secret from the principal, but why did he involve the Sorting Hat now? It usually stayed in the principal's office.

"The principal is out."

Somehow, Harry always felt that Professor Heimer seemed particularly relaxed when he said these words.

"It will probably take a long time to come back." Toby continued, "It will take a while."

"What should we do about the celebration?" the Sorting Hat asked again, "Dumbledore will be attending then."

"Don't worry." Toby said with a smile, the corners of his snake-faced mouth raised: "The principal will be back in time."

The real situation is that even for Dumbledore, it is not that easy for him to break into Nurmengard without permission, so he has to make more preparations in advance, and he will probably be busy for a long time.

So Toby secretly took the Sorting Hat.

"Okay, you have enough questions, let's start today's lesson." Toby said decisively.

Harry listened quietly, and he found that the Sorting Hat did not interrupt anymore. He didn't know whether it was because it knew it couldn't ask the principal for help, or because it was curious itself.

Just when Harry had this idea, the Sorting Hat had already begun to answer him.

"Toby is always cautious." It said: "After the end of your so-called course, I will definitely be erased by him - in fact, he tried to do this when he was in school, and wanted to try to see if he could

If it affects a thinking hat, it is almost successful."

"Oh my God." Harry exclaimed.

"There is no way." The Sorting Hat said helplessly: "Dumbledore had locked him up too many times, but once he relaxed, he had a chance to succeed. But it's interesting to say that he just wanted to ask

I just have a question - you must be curious, right? Now I can tell you, who asked him to secretly do bad things behind Dumbledore's back again - that's what he asked me at the time, why should I deceive him?

Slytherin is suitable for him. What can I say in the end? He had already planned to erase this memory of mine, but he still had the nerve to ask me this question?"

"Aside from Slytherin, which second-year student in the house would do this?"

Harry really didn't know about this. He only knew that Professor Highmore was a Slytherin, but he never knew that Slytherin was his only choice.

At this time, Toby, who had not interrupted, suddenly interjected: "There is nothing I can do about it. I was still a little confused at the time. I was even more Slytherin than Slytherin, and the Sorting Hat must have made a mistake.

Hesitating between decisions. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes, right? So this time is not bad, Harry——"

He suddenly changed his tone and started calling Harry directly by his name again.

"You should remember the purpose of my final exam last semester, right?"

"Yes, Professor." Harry said immediately: "Patronus Charm. Only students who have initially met the requirements of the Patronus Charm are eligible to learn ritual magic. In addition to this, there are also magic circle items, which can replace more dangerous items.

Scepter.”

"That's it." Harry saw Toby's tail tip raised and pointed at his head and said: "For the same reason, the course you are going to study next is very dangerous, so I asked the Sorting Hat

Come here and keep it on your head, it will help keep you awake."

"Do you call that [please]?" the Sorting Hat said dissatisfied.

"You're already here anyway," Toby said nonchalantly.

Harry only felt that the dark door was getting closer and closer to him.

"Then what do I need to do next?" he asked nervously.

"Summon your devil first." Toby said simply.

Don't eat it. Don't eat it.

Harry prayed silently in his mind and took out the recorder from his pocket. At the same time, he still listened to the Sorting Hat's chant: "Eat? Eat what? Are you going to eat yourself?"

Help yourself stay awake, huh, this seems to be really helpful.

Under the playing of Parseltongue, the rune snake finally appeared, with a lightning scar engraved on the far right side of its head. Harry felt quite heavy when he saw it - he finally understood that it was not the influence of Voldemort.

But his own.

"I have told you before." The Sorting Hat said: "Slytherin House will help you to achieve glory."

Harry said nothing.

He saw Professor Heimer sizing up the rune snake, and then Toby's tail was raised, and a dark light appeared on it, and he directly grabbed the snake's head with the lightning scar, and pulled it in front of Harry.

, the other two snake heads were far away from Toby, showing great discomfort and fear.

"Do you see clearly?" Toby asked suddenly.

"What?" Harry was stunned for a moment, still thinking about eating the devil.

"Only one snake has a lightning scar on its head." Toby's snake face continued: "The other two heads don't have one - do you know what that means?"

Harry was stunned for a longer time - he seemed to have ignored this and only focused on whether it was evil, but he had forgotten the appearance of the other two snake heads.

"I've said it before." Toby said slowly: "This is an extremely rare opportunity to help you recognize yourself - but now it seems that you have still ignored too many things. Haven't you discovered it yet?

, Harry, even if I have to say it, you are only one-third evil."

"Since you are unwilling to eat it, then we have only one option left - let the other two snake heads work for you."

"Do it now, Harry."

Cold sweat broke out on Harry's forehead. He looked back and forth at Professor Heimer several times, but found that the other party had no intention of taking back the order.

"The choice is in your hands." Toby said, staring at him.

The Sorting Hat also muttered in Harry's ear: "It's really a unique course. Have you really decided to listen to him? I think there is one thing I must remind you - you do have a choice, but Toby

No, he can only be sorted into Slytherin. Unlike you, you still have a chance to enter Gryffindor. So, are you really going to listen to him? "

Harry took several deep breaths.

Of course he had a choice, but at the same time, he seemed to understand why Cedric was so obsessed with the automatic casting wand.

Because everything else becomes unimportant compared to what is truly important.

Harry really hoped that one day he could resurrect his parents.

He opened his mouth, and a cold hissing sound came from inside, like a poisonous snake talking.

Almost at the same time, the left and middle heads of the rune snake attacked the critic on the right - it was affected by Harry's order and was so frightened that it could not move.

Something more terrifying was happening at the same time.

"Don't touch Harry! Don't touch Harry! Please - whatever you want me to do -"

"Get out of the way—get out of the way, woman—"

"Harry!"

Many people were calling his name, including the Sorting Hat's, Professor Highmore's, and his mother's.

Finally, Harry saw a bright light in front of his eyes, which stung him so much that he couldn't open his eyes, but he couldn't help but look directly at it. It felt like a warm hug.

After the vision gradually becomes clearer.

"Yeah." Al gasped and patted his face with his little paw.

"Mr. Al." Harry was covered in cold sweat. He quickly got up and found that the helmet had been taken off and was held in the hand by the armor on the side. Professor Heimer was helping to put it back on his neck.

superior.

"You're awake." Toby patted the armor's head. He turned around and asked, "How do you feel?"

"Feeling." Harry was suddenly stunned. He stared directly at the rune snake that had not dispersed. It only had two heads left and looked very miserable.

At that moment, Harry thought he had met his parents.

"Professor, I seem to remember." Harry murmured: "I remember everything. Voldemort, he killed my father first, and then my mother. She even begged for mercy for me, but he just couldn't

Willing to let us go."

Toby was silent for a short while, and Al silently helped Harry wipe away his tears, which were completely unconscious.

After a long time, Toby sighed and said.

"I've said it before, this is your own choice."