Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 57 Night Encounter
Silent night.

Listening to Ron's sound asleep, Harry quietly leaned out of the bed, took out the Invisibility Cloak from under the bed, and stared at it.

It's his father's, use the cloak well.

Harry put the invisibility cloak on his body, and he was completely invisible in the mirror.

Use it well.

Suddenly, Harry woke up.Putting on this invisibility cloak, the whole of Hogwarts was completely open to him.He can go anywhere.

Harry glanced at the sleeping Ron, but didn't choose to wake him up.

It was his father's invisibility cloak, and it was the first time Harry had used it, and he wanted to use it alone.

He tiptoed out of the dormitory, down the stairs, across the common room, through the portrait hole, and out into the corridor.

Harry already had a plan—he was going to look for clues about Nick Flamel in the restricted area, where students were usually not allowed to read without authorization, but now it was different, no one could find him.

The library was dark and eerie.Harry lit a lamp and carried it across the rows of bookshelves.

The forbidden book area is at the back of the library.Carefully stepping over the rope that separated the books from the rest of the collection, Harry held the lamp up to read the titles.

However, he couldn't tell from the title of the book.The peeling, faded gilt letters spelled out words Harry couldn't understand.Some books don't even have titles.

"ah."

"Keep your voice down, Al."

Harry froze for a moment - it was the voice of Professor Highmore, and Mr. Al, they also came to the library at night, and they were walking towards the restricted area.

Harry quickly blew out the lamp, and quickly put his palm back inside the invisibility cloak. Just as he was about to escape, he was accidentally burned to his wrist by the hot lamp.

"Ah oh."

Harry quickly suppressed the pain, and the cold sweat covered his back all at once.

Not far in front of him, Professor Haimer stopped, his eyes hidden behind his long hair.

Under the shroud of darkness, Professor Haimo looked more like a devil.

"Yeah?" Al on the shoulder called out suspiciously.

Toby's frown gradually relaxed.

"It's nothing." He said, "Mrs. Pince shouldn't come to patrol the library at night. She drank so much during the day, she should be sleeping now."

Harry watched Professor Highmore pass him by without suspicion, much to his relief.

But Toby's explanation aroused Harry's curiosity.

Moreover, to be honest, Harry always felt that Professor Highmore looked very skilled. He even wore an extra pair of gloves, and it seemed that he had sneaked into the restricted area more than once.

Harry hesitated for a while. He thought it would be good to wait a little longer. This was one of the few chances he could sneak up on Professor Highmore, not to mention that Professor Highmore seemed a little sneaky.

In fact, since he received that special Christmas gift this morning, Harry no longer doubted Professor Highmore so much, and he could fully understand Professor Highmore's intentions.Before that, Harry had never imagined that he would receive a Christmas present.

It's just that Snape at the banquet seemed dissatisfied with this. Before Principal Dumbledore called Professor Highmore away, Harry saw that Snape's face was not good-looking, which made Harry feel very happy.

But Professor Highmore is still too suspicious, it’s only about his own behavior, Harry always feels that Professor Highmore’s style is incompatible with other professors at Hogwarts—of course, Professor Highmore is still very strict except in class , Even after the interview, he only became friendly, but the severity did not change much.

Harry moved his steps quietly. He already thought that Professor Highmore would not be able to find him, so his movements became bolder, wanting to see what book Professor Highmore was going to read.

However, Professor Haimer's movements were very subtle, and every time he pulled out a book, he would forcefully hide it in his arms.

Just when Harry was hesitating whether to get closer, he heard Professor Highmore and Mr. Al say, "It's time."

"Huh?" Al raised his head suspiciously.

"It's time to break the seal."

Harry was horrified to see a black and red flame suddenly surged from Professor Highmore's body, sharp horns grew out of his head, his height suddenly rose, his face turned blood red, and his teeth became sharp. out of the mouth.

devil!

Professor Highmore is really a devil!
"Ah-ah!!!"

Harry let out a shrill scream, and he ran out without looking back, only to feel that the devil was still behind him making piercing laughter, chasing him constantly.

At the same time, the magic ball floated back to Toby's side silently, and he looked towards Harry's fleeing footsteps.

"It's Harry Potter? I didn't expect someone else to be in the library. Did he use an invisibility cloak? Hmm."

Toby listened to the continuous screams in the corridor, as if someone was being tortured.

"Did I scare him too much?"

"ah?"

"Forget it, this experience is probably enough for him to have a few nights of nightmares, so let's not deduct points for now, and hurry up to find books related to the horse people. I knew the principal would definitely find nothing, the horse people The historical heritage is not as good as Hogwarts, it doesn’t even have a decent library, and they only know how to look at the stars all day long, but they don’t want to reveal anything, these centaurs are really brainless.”

"ah?"

"You ask me why I have to come to the forbidden book area at night? Of course it's because Mrs. Pince is not so easy to handle. She valued these books when I was in school, and not only for the students, but even the principal. It's hard to borrow some books. I saw the headmaster want to borrow a copy of "Muggles Through Time" and ended up having to pry every finger of Mrs. Pince, and then Mrs. Pince in front of the headmaster Wrote a warning: The consequences of mistreating this book will be as dire as her ability to make it."

"In Mrs. Pince's opinion, these books are more important than the authority of the principal. Yes, I am talking about Principal Dumbledore. But the scene at that time was really too funny. I doubt that Mrs. Pince could not bear it." To drive the headmaster off with a feather duster—oh, headmaster."

Toby's expression was as stiff as Harry's, and Al tried to hide his laughter, but his belly was still shaking.

In the slanting moonlight, Headmaster Dumbledore slowly emerged, staring at Toby calmly.

"Is this the Disillusionment Curse?" Toby hurriedly praised, "It's worse than Harry Potter's invisibility cloak. I didn't hear your footsteps at all, but borrowing books in this way must be necessary." It's much easier, I guess you won't have to pry off Mrs. Pince's fingers later—?"

Five minutes later, Dumbledore smiled and brought Toby with a bulging forehead to another empty classroom.

Al's pendant was a success and got away with it.

(End of this chapter)