Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 352 Old Tom

Harry had never felt so peacefully sleeping.

He had a dream, in which he won the Quidditch World Cup, was a great contributor to the Chadley Cannons, and became Cho Chang's boyfriend as a hero.

"It's time to get up, Harry."

He was gently pushed awake, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the familiar yet unfamiliar face of Ge Jie En. This was his father, who now looked completely different, and his eyes were a little different from last night.

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The two of them stared at each other silently for a while in the early morning light.

"It turns out this is not a dream." Harry said happily, as if he was talking in his sleep.

"Of course it's not a dream." James replied with a smile. He knew very well how Harry was feeling at this moment, because he had also experienced such a day.

But in comparison, Harry's life is much more exciting than his - of course, James is referring to the scale of the Quidditch game, not his lack of eyesight on finding a girlfriend. No one can agree on this.

Not as good as him.

The boys sleeping in the living room got up one after another, and Angela also went to the bedroom to wake up the girls - these people had to join their families early to avoid worrying their parents.

After briefly washing up, they walked to the door one by one, where the considerate Mr. Al was waiting for them and would help them get rid of all evidence of hangover, such as body odor and so on.

When Harry saw Qiu Zhang again, he blushed, and Qiu's face was even redder than his.

"So, we can only meet when school starts?"

"That seems to be the case, huh."

Al stared at the two unskilled young lovers. He impatiently scribbled a few words on the small board for them to see——

[Remember to write to me - apart from that, do you have anything else to explain to each other? Do you want to kiss one and then separate?】

Qiu lowered her head shyly, but Harry saw her eyes suddenly become particularly bright.

Harry was stunned by this scene.

"Yeah." Looking at Qiu's shy and angry figure running away, Al shook his head regretfully for the unsatisfactory Harry.

"I really have you, man."

"Does a girl still have to take the initiative to say something like this?"

"Where did your courage to win the championship yesterday go?"

The words of the three Weasley brothers were both sarcastic and sharp. In the end, Hermione looked at him with extremely disappointed eyes: "Is this how you fall in love?"

"Shut up, you guys!" Harry was so angry that he made several people in the room laugh evilly.

After saying goodbye to everyone else one by one, Ron and Hermione deliberately stayed at the back. Harry also found James who was packing his luggage and asked: "Should I go with you later? Is that okay? Don't let me go."

Back to the Dursleys?"

"Why are you stuttering? I'm not Qiu." James patted the blushing Harry on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I will definitely not leave you alone, but your whereabouts are up for debate - you

I also know that I don’t have a house now, but I had one before, but I’m not sure whether we should go back to live in Godric’s Hollow.”

"I understand." Harry said with a glimmer of hope in his heart: "I have remembered everything, including the memories of when I was a baby, and it can really make people feel bad."

"You even remember this?" James said in surprise: "It turned out that Toby taught you this. Why did he do this? Forget it, it must be related to those weird courses, but this is not the main reason.

, but because we haven’t found Lily yet, and even if we go back, we have to wait until our family is reunited before going back - you should know what I’m going to do.”

How could Harry not understand James' hint?

"Are you going to find your mother?" He asked in surprise, "Can you take me with you?"

"Then we have to carry the polyjuice potion with us at all times. We can't let it go down even a day." James said with a smile: "You are a big star now, and you will be recognized wherever you go. Waiting for your transformation.

When will the standard be met? - So I plan to let you stay with the Weasley family first, for this holiday at most, and then you can settle down. Lupine is very willing to take care of you, but his little secret makes him

Be cautious - it will also keep you out of trouble with reporters."

Harry didn't lose his temper with James because of this thing. He knew very well that what James said was right - he was too easily recognized now, and for the first time, the popularity of the lightning scar was suppressed.

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"So, you are going to live with us this holiday, which sounds good." After hearing the news, Ron said, "Maybe I can help you with some advice, reply to people's letters, and so on."

"Just you?" Hermione expressed deep doubts about this: "Do you have a lot of love experience? Harry, you must not let him make trouble - although you are already very bad, I feel that he is better than you

Worse."

Harry twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, he really couldn't laugh.

"You don't need to worry!" Ron retorted angrily: "And who said I was going to reply to Qiu Zhang? I meant Krum - aren't you and him pen pals?"

At this moment, even Harry's eyes became suspicious: "After the World Cup, this is indeed the case. But isn't my favorite player your favorite? Why are you always staring at Krum?

put?

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Fortunately, they had already arrived near the Weasley family's tent. Ron saw Mrs. Weasley standing at the door asking why the twins didn't come back last night. He shouted anxiously and wisely: "Mom, Harry is going to stay during the holiday."

He's living with us - and he's in love!"

With a clanking sound, the pots and bowls fell from Ginny's hands to the ground. She looked at Ron blankly, and then looked at Harry in disbelief.

"Oh, crap." Ron stopped and said.

"Just tell me." Hermione glanced at Harry and snorted disdainfully: "Don't let him cause trouble, you will regret it sooner or later."

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"Looks like we have to say goodbye too."

In front of the players' tent, Sirius and Lupine came. After saying hello to them, James looked at Angela and Al: "Has Toby left already? I have something related to the team.

We need to talk to him about the matter."

"No need." Angela refused: "Toby guessed that you would leave the team, and he would let you go free. We will take away the disappearing cabinet and leave in a while."

"Give him freedom?" Sirius' eyes became a little evil: "So, that guy has become so unscrupulous? He will even say such things."

"He also guessed that you would say that." Angela repeated calmly: "But guess who is the vice principal of Hogwarts now, and who is a person who dare not even go home.

"

"Wow." Lupine stood up decisively and interrupted: "I really didn't know that Toby's divination ability was so powerful-could he guess what I said?"

Angela glanced at Lupine, her eyes seemed to say that this was really the case - at this time, Lupine would definitely step forward to avoid the dispute.

"Toby also asked me to tell you that when you have news, try to inform him as soon as possible, so as not to fall into anyone's trap again."

Just as Sirius was about to retort, he heard Angela continue to add: "Not only the news related to Lily Evans, but also about Severus Snape - if you find him, you must inform him

Toby of his whereabouts - it would be best to inform him before telling Dumbledore."

Al nodded his head affirmatively, indicating that what Angela said was not wrong at all, and even the tone was very similar.

After Al and Angela left with the vanishing cabinet that seemed to be almost broken, the three of them were silent for a while.

Finally, it was Sirius who took the initiative to break the silence and said:

"It seems we all heard correctly——"

"He was going to kill him."

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Hogwarts, Office of Ancient Magic.

"What did you say? Who did you plan to kill? Did I hear wrongly?"

Toby almost put his ear in front of the motionless old Tom Riddle, just to hear clearly what he was saying.

After experiencing last night's game, this guy seems to have finally come to his senses and has become different from before. He is no longer so dull and can react to external influences.

It's just that the speaking voice is too soft.

Toby waited patiently for a few minutes, and his efforts were not in vain.

"Kill. Kill. Tom kill. Tom Riddle."

Toby raised his head in shock, silently staring into Old Tom's eyes.

"Do you mean to commit suicide? Or... to kill your child?"

He was very sure that when he heard the word "child", Old Tom's eyes rolled slightly - this was the biggest reaction Old Tom had ever had.

"Merlin," Toby couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, there was a knock on the office door.

"Vice Principal Heimer."

Toby's head hurt when he heard this title. In fact, Dumbledore always seemed to be deliberately alienating him when he said this title - this was not a good thing, and he might be targeted specifically at him.

Fortunately, it was not Dumbledore who was knocking on the door today, but the new principal - Principal Minerva McGonagall.

After the door opened, Mag stood at the door. Her stiff and rigid expression melted away a lot, and she celebrated with a rare smile: "Congratulations to your team for winning the World Cup, but -"

The smile on her face seemed to only last for a second, which made Toby think he was being blinded.

"It's time to get back to work, Toby. As the vice-principal, you have to be responsible for part of the work of recruiting new students. You also have to send these admission notices one by one, including the list of books the students need to buy and the materials they need to use in the new semester.

The utensils that arrived - also, how are you preparing your new book? Do you want me to add that to the book list?"

In a daze, Toby seemed to see the shadow of Hermione Granger on Principal McGonagall's face.

It wasn't until McGonagall urged him again that he shook his head to wake up and replied: "Oh, new books, yes, I almost forgot about it. I have prepared new books and arranged the course content for next semester.

alright--"

"What is it?" Mag interrupted and asked.

Toby became more and more certain that he had read correctly.

Principal McGonagall seems to have become a fan of her own books.

"Probably - forget it, I'll just give you a copy and let me look for it - here it is."

Toby found a sample book on the messy table that had been sent not long ago. The name of the book was engraved on the black cover——

"Ancient Magic and Ancient Wizards"

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Ministry of Magic, Wizengamot Chambers.

This time, all the members of the Wizengamot were here. Each of them was trying to avoid making any noise, and they were all staring silently at the person who shouldn't be here - Albus Dumble.

profitable.

It didn't take too long to just announce two pieces of news, but the impact it brought was indeed extremely serious - Fudge, the Minister of Magic, was missing, and even Peter Pettigrew was rescued.

This time, no one loudly reprimanded Fudge for his incompetence - after all, even he himself was taken away, and he didn't know if Fudge would be moved to tears after seeing this.

"Start voting." Scrimgeour said concisely, as if he didn't want to stay here any longer.

"Raise your hands if you agree with Albus Dumbledore's appointment as Minister."

He glanced around and slowly raised his hand.

Then came the second, third, and fourth

It didn't take long for everyone in the courtroom to raise their hands, and no one dropped their hands.

"This should have been done a long time ago!" an old Wizengamot member shouted excitedly.

Dumbledore looked over, his eyes calm.

"Raise your hands if you object to Albus Dumbledore's appointment as Minister."

Everyone put their hands down.

"I declare that the appointment is valid."

Scrimgeour turned his gaze to Dumbledore and asked him with his eyes whether he was going to give a speech to inspire people - which is what Fudge did when he first came to the stage.

"Fudge is a very smart minister."

Dumbledore's voice echoed through every corner of the courtroom.

"I rarely say this about a person - but during his tenure it was the Ministry of Magic - don't be afraid of that name, my friends - that was worried about the troubles Voldemort had caused.

His head was messed up and his forehead was messed up. Fudge came to power only under extremely heavy pressure."

"He is a very good minister. Now we all know that there are many noble and ancient family members among the Death Eaters. How to deal with them is a very difficult problem. The wizarding world at that time could not bear the new situation.

It was a war, but Fudge’s tact solved this difficulty very well and bought us a lot of breathing time.”

"Then he knew very well that it was difficult to get others to obey his orders when he first took office, so he came up with a clever trick - he wrote to me and took the initiative to spread the word that he was asking me for advice. This was a kind of

He took the initiative to belittle himself, but the facts proved that his choice was not wrong at all, and I did know what he ate for three meals a day. It was not as rich as I imagined, or even too light."

"Although you are very aware of the conflict between me and Fudge later, it is difficult to say who was wrong. We are all just sticking to our own opinions - and time does change a person."

"But one thing will not change - that is the resolution of all Wizengamot members. You represent the majority of wizards in the magical world and know clearly what kind of dilemma we are facing."

"Gentlemen and ladies, this is a war that has not yet started. Unfortunately, we do not have much time to prepare."

"But please believe that your choice this time is also right."

"I have defeated Grindelwald before, and this time, we will defeat them completely."