Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 23 In the first lesson of school

The students were stunned for a while, and they were scared to leave their seats. Although the monster had already swam away, no one dared to sit back.

Ron and Harry stood tremblingly at the back of the classroom, Draco lowered his body and hid behind the yelling Crabbe and Goyle, Neville was frightened and collapsed on the ground, only Hermione summoned up the courage to ask : "Principal, Professor Haimer is really dead?"

Only then did the students realize that the principal was still with them, and for a while, many people yelled, "Principal, get us out of here!"

"What happened to Professor Highmore?"

"Mom, I want to go home"

Dumbledore put down "Transfiguration Today", he coughed hard twice, and called helplessly, "Toby."

Immediately, Toby's figure appeared behind the desk. He watched the students' reactions with satisfaction, and the illusion in the classroom disappeared little by little. The silver and gold turned into metal balls again and floated back to his side.

The students stared at him blankly.

Toby said slowly: "The last student to return to the table will be deducted five points."

A second later, there was a series of sounds of tables and chairs being moved in the classroom, and the honor fell to Goyle, who was so frightened that Draco and Crabbe had no time to bother him.

After Slytherin College was actually deducted five points, Toby looked at them and said: "I believe you are already aware of the danger of ancient magic. It was just an illusion just now. It happened when I was exploring Loch Ness." I can tell you with certainty that it is no safer than simply studying ancient magic, and what you have seen is also the easiest way to die, at least you will not be tortured."

Hermione took out her notebook habitually, and was about to write down this passage, the paleness on her face hadn't completely faded away.

"Don't remember this passage." Toby said, looking at her.

Hermione seemed taken aback, and immediately threw the quill on the table.

"Very good." Toby praised, not knowing what to praise.

"Now can anyone tell me what is that monster that just swallowed me up? I can give you some hints, that monster is about twice the size of this classroom, and it's right in the middle of what I just said In the words, I also gave you some clues—"

Toby had just finished speaking when he saw an arm raised high.

"Miss Granger."

"It's the Loch Ness Monster." Hermione said as calmly as possible. She suddenly found that Professor Highmore seemed not so easy to talk to, and she gradually began to regret the letter she wrote.

"One point for Gryffindor." Toby smiled and said, "Then who knows what the Loch Ness monster is?"

Or Hermione.

"The main body of the Loch Ness monster is a horse-shaped water monster, a magical animal of XXXX level, which can change into various shapes, but the most common one is the shape of a horse. And the Loch Ness monster is currently the largest known horse-shaped monster The water monster, whose favorite form is that of a sea serpent, has been seen by many Muggles."

Hermione's answers became smoother and smoother, and many students in the classroom didn't even know what a horse-shaped water monster was.

For example, Harry who was stunned for a moment.

"Perfect answer."

Toby's smile became more cordial: "Three points for Gryffindor."

Hermione sat down proudly, her mood getting better and better.

Not only did she fill in the points deducted from Harry and Ron, she even added three extra points to Gryffindor.

"As Miss Granger said, the Loch Ness monster is very dangerous, and there is not only one monster in Loch Ness, there are more horse-shaped monsters of different sizes deep in the lake, and wizards are also among them. In the recipe. They will gobble you up and float your guts to the surface. So if anyone dares to swim in Loch Ness, they must be crazy."

"The reason why I started from Loch Ness is also related to the illusion you just saw. That illusion was created by a magic circle. The knowledge about the magic circle will become our main course this semester."

Many students couldn't help but look forward to it, but Toby immediately poured cold water on them.

"But you'd better not think that you can learn such a profound magic circle from the beginning, even if you can't do it at the end of this year's semester, if you are lucky enough, you might be able to do it before graduation."

"And the first lesson is not about magic circles, but ancient magic."

With a dazed look in his eyes, Toby continued: "There is no need to take out your textbooks now, there is no record of these contents."

"When it comes to ancient magic, it is inevitable to explore ancient ruins. I used to be a spellbreaker at Gringotts, but I prefer to be called an archaeologist. Loch Ness is one of the places I have archaeologically. Deep in the lake, I found a lost city."

"As the name suggests, that city has been completely destroyed, and there are not many clues left. All the books have been soaked in water for many years and cannot be restored at all. But in this city, I found Extremely rich knowledge about magic circles, and this thing—"

He pointed to the metal ball floating in the air and said: "I named it the magic ball. It is likely to be the only magic ball left in the world. It can be easily used to construct a magic circle. The understanding of the array is thorough enough."

"In addition to the magic ball, I also found many interesting things in that city - for example, the wizards who lived in the city intentionally kept away from the outside world, they didn't seem to live voluntarily at the bottom of the lake, but more like Persecuted. And I also discovered their greatest possibility of extinction, which is the most interesting one, because later they did not have enough reproductive conditions, and all the children they gave birth to were deformed.”

"I like to think of that as the wizarding world today. In other words, we only exist because the old wizards are willing to intermarry with Muggles. That is, there are no real pure-blood families at all these days, and all of us They're all just half-blood wizards, otherwise the wizards would have been extinct long ago, just like that lost city."

The students reacted differently, with many unable to understand what Toby was saying, while others did and were outraged.

"Draco Malfoy."

Toby named a name: "I found that you seem to have something to say, just say it."

The blond boy stood up angrily, as if he had been insulted, he retorted angrily: "Malfoy is a pure-blood family, we are not half-blood wizards at all, precious pure blood flows in our bodies!"

(End of this chapter)