Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 58 The Mirror of Erised

"It's not fair."

Toby muttered under his breath, and Al chuckled.

But Toby didn't complain for too long. He saw a very imposing mirror in this classroom, reaching the ceiling with a gorgeous golden frame, supported by two claw-shaped feet underneath.

It is the Mirror of Erised, which can reveal the deepest desire of the heart.

"Start now, Principal?" Toby asked, "The last mechanism that is fully arranged?"

Dumbledore didn't speak, but there was a rush of footsteps in the corridor - Toby recognized that it was Harry's footsteps.

"Hide us," Dumbledore ordered.

The light of the magic circle flashed, and the figures of the three disappeared immediately.

In the next second, Harry sneaked into the room and found the Mirror of Erised.

He had escaped from Snape and Filch's pursuit just now, but he hadn't seen the devil figure of Professor Haimer—he has gradually come to his senses now, remembering that in the first ancient magic class, Professor Haimer Changed into an illusion.

In this way, it is very likely that Professor Highmore's devil is also fake.

Unfortunately, Harry was definitely discovered by Professor Highmore, that's why the other party frightened him like this.

This made Harry even more worried. He would rather Professor Highmore really be a devil than be punished.

Just as Harry was distressed by this, he inadvertently glanced at the opposite mirror and almost screamed.

There were at least a dozen other people standing behind him in the mirror.

Harry quickly identified it, but there was no one behind him.

He saw the woman standing behind her in the mirror smiling and waving to him, and the tall, thin man with dark hair standing beside her put his arms around her.

Harry moved closer and closer to the mirror.

"Dad? Mom?" he asked.

Harry looked at his family in the mirror, not even willing to blink.

Toby, who was hidden, watched the scene quietly, and Al sat on his shoulder and dozed off.

It wasn't until there was a sound in the distance that Harry realized that he couldn't stay in this room for long.

"I will come again."

He whispered, and hurried out of the room.

After the door was closed, the figures of the three reappeared.

Al had fallen into a deep sleep, and the other two deliberately lowered their voices to talk, so as not to wake it up.

"You seem to think very highly of this boy, Headmaster. Is there anything you can tell me? Other than charades?"

"Sorry, Toby."

"No need to be sorry, as long as you don't stop me from going to the Forbidden Forest again, in my opinion, the identity of the fifth founder is far more important than the Boy Who Lived."

"Remember to respect the Centaurs if you insist, that's what they value most."

"Of course, Headmaster, of course."

Toby slowly moved Al onto the flying carpet, floated beside him, and then walked towards the gate.

Just before leaving, he turned around and saw himself in the mirror.

"The past. Nothing to miss."

He looked at himself in the mirror and said, then turned and left the classroom.

Dumbledore, who was left alone, also walked to the mirror. He sighed deeply, revealing his feelings of powerlessness and aging.

He said to himself in the mirror.

"Death is not scary."

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Regardless, Harry was horrified by Professor Highmore.

Early the next morning, Ron, who learned what had happened, took Harry into the auditorium, and he kept talking about his experience in confinement: "When the time comes, don't look at it, don't touch it, you know the sea What a terrifying collection in Professor Mo's office—"

"Stop it," Harry interrupted suddenly.

Professor Highmore, who was on the teacher's seat, was walking towards them. Harry watched in horror as he got closer and closer to him, and finally stopped in front of the two of them.

"Have you finished your homework?" Toby asked.

"It's finished!" Harry was so nervous that he almost screamed, "We finished the ancient magic homework on the first day of the holiday!"

"very good."

Toby smiled in satisfaction, then turned to look at Ron: "Thank you Mrs. Weasley for the gift, very creative sweater, Al also likes it very much."

Al has already changed into the sweater gift from Mrs. Weasley, which is a black and red one. Her craftsmanship is very exquisite, and Al fits him very well.

It was sent by Mrs. Weasley to thank Toby for his help to Bill.

"Oh, no problem, Professor." Ron nodded quickly in agreement.

They watched Toby leave the auditorium with Al, and Harry couldn't believe it: "He really let me go!"

Ron leaned on his chin and said, "It seems that Professor Haimer is always tolerant of outstanding students. Why don't we work harder to learn magic circles, just like Hermione."

"Good idea, but we'll have to wait until after breakfast."

After finishing their breakfast, the two patted their bulging stomachs and looked at each other guiltily.

"Want to play wizard chess?"

"What about Nick Flamel? What about ancient magic?"

"Why don't we finish playing Wizard Chess? Just play for a while."

"Ok."

They sat by the fire in the common room and had a good fight.A moment later, Fred and George also appeared.

"Are you going to have a snowball fight?"

"We'll deal with you two, and we can give Percy to you too."

Percy, who was studying, had already changed into the sweater of the Weasley family. Without raising his head, he said, "I'm not going, and please keep your voice down, and don't disturb me—hey! Let go! Let go!"

Fred and George stood Percy up, and Ron and Harry looked at each other again.

"Are you going?"

"Would you like to go?"

"Well then go!"

So they played from morning to noon, and after lunch they played until afternoon, forgetting about their studies and Nicole Flamel.

It wasn't until they met Professor Haimo again that they recalled the magic circle, but Professor Haimo was walking outside the castle in the afternoon and didn't pay much attention to them.

"What is Professor Highmore going to do?"

"I don't know, maybe I went to Hogsmeade village."

"Hogsmeade? What's that place?"

"Bang!" "Bang!"

The snowball hit Harry and Ron. Percy was fighting against Fred and George alone. He shouted angrily: "Come help, don't be dazed! I must teach them a lesson today— —”

"boom!"

Percy was also hit by the snowball.

On the other side, Toby was leading Al on the snow outside the castle. They passed the station and walked into Hogsmeade village.

The atmosphere of Christmas is still here, and Toby turned left and right on the street, and finally came to a small bar in a small road. A battered wooden sign hung on a rusty bracket on the door. The head of a wild boar was chopped off, and the blood seeped into the white cloth that wrapped it.

The sign creaked in the wind as Toby approached.

This is the Hog's Head Pub.

It's also the place Witch said would have lots of interesting guests.

(End of this chapter)