Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 81 The Stealer
At the Office of Ancient Magic, Cedric has not left, and Al has not returned.

Ever since meeting Neville and the eccentric Draco, Cedric has been staying in the office, taking the initiative to assume the duty of guard - after all, the Mason door is still open, who knows what Professor Highmore is doing A mysterious experiment that cannot be disturbed by others.

But Cedric was not idle either. He drew a piece of parchment for the disarming spell magic circle, and put the parchment on the headless skeleton. At the same time, the skeleton's hands moved a bit so that the eye sockets in its head could be aimed at Cedric.

But Cedric was used to it, and even though he felt a little weird, he was able to avoid fear as much as possible.

After the parchment was pasted, Cedric took out his wand and tapped it lightly on the parchment to make the magic circle take effect.

The disarming spell worked, and the skull's head flew out of the opponent's hands. The head was giggling in the air, and its upper and lower teeth collided.

Cedric quickly caught the head, and carefully put it back into the hands of the headless skeleton.

He murmured to himself in confusion: "The magic array is clearly correct, but why doesn't it work on the ash wood?"

Ash is also the material of his wand, which is also Cedric's experiment in making self-casting wands.It was impossible for him to engrave the magic circle on the wand from the beginning, it would be bad if he failed.

As for experimenting with skeletons, it was Professor Heimer's idea. Cedric still remembers what the other party said at the time, "They will be very happy to have someone to play with them." That's why Cedric got to do experiments in the office. permission.

As for touching other souvenirs, Cedric didn't even dare to think about it. Just looking at the pharaoh's eyes on the surface of the coffin was uncomfortable enough, not to mention the few black cloaks hanging from the ceiling, each of which was beautiful. It was wrapped around the neck, like someone who committed suicide and hanged himself.

Just when Cedric was about to continue studying the ash wood, there was finally a movement from the Mason door - Toby stepped out the door first, followed by Harry, Hermione, and Ron. All returned to human form.

Cedric stared at this scene dumbfounded. He had expected the appearance of Professor Haimer in advance, but the other three people had never expected it at all, and their expressions were not very good at this time. I was so dizzy that I couldn't even stand still.

"Professor, they are—"

Before Cedric could finish his question, Toby repeated the punishment for the three of them again, and this time it was more detailed.

"A total of 150 points have been deducted from Gryffindor. Miss Granger will no longer be allowed to appear in the office on the grounds of her work as a proofreader. There will also be confinement. I will notify you in advance before confinement."

There is no way to really deduct points inside the Mason Gate, you need to repeat it again when you come out, which also caused secondary damage to the three people in a daze, they collapsed on the floor at once, feeling in endless fear A lot of desperation was squeezed in.

"Mr. Diggory, please take them to the school hospital. Madam Pomfrey will take good care of them."

Although he didn't know exactly what happened, Cedric understood something more or less, and that was 150 points!How the hell did they mess with Professor Highmore?
"I'll do it now, sir," Cedric said hastily, and then he added: "One more thing, Neville Longbottom—"

"I'll talk about other things when I get back."

Toby didn't give Cedric a chance to continue talking, and Al hasn't come back yet, so he must go to protect the Philosopher's Stone room as soon as possible.

After Toby quickly left the office, Cedric walked up to the three of them with distracted eyes, and Hermione was whimpering softly.

"Uh" Although he couldn't bear it, Cedric still asked in a low voice: "Can you still stand up now? Can I help you?"

Hermione cried even louder.

On the other side, Toby met an unexpected person on the far right side of the corridor on the fourth floor. It was Snape, who seemed to have just arrived.

Toby stared at Snape closely: "Why are you again? I said, you are still working for the mysterious man, right?"

It was hard for him not to doubt Snape's motives, after all Snape had no notice of the magic ball.

Snape said with a gloomy face, "Just put your mind at ease, Toby, I just went to the school hospital, and guess who is missing?"

Toby frowned slightly. He ignored Snape, but hurried into the first room. The trap door had been opened, but the armor had disappeared.

He jumped into the devil's net below, and quickly passed through the flying key room, the chessboard room, the troll room (the troll was knocked unconscious again), and Snape's potion room.

Throughout the whole process, Snape also followed Toby, and the two remained silent, but this time it was Snape who was on guard against Toby.

They saw the Mirror of Erised in the last room, the armor stood opposite the mirror, sniffed open the mask, and greeted Toby excitedly.

At the foot of the armor lay an unconscious man with a huge swelling on the back of his head. This was the thief who came to steal the Sorcerer's Stone.

It was Mundungus Fletcher.

Since the incident at the Pig's Head, Mundungus has been in the school hospital for treatment and has never woken up.

But now, he appeared in the room protecting the Sorcerer's Stone.

Snape sneered and mocked, "Think about how to explain it to Dumbledore, Toby."

"It was you who brought Mundungus back to Hogwarts, and you were the one who first came into contact with him."

Suspicion shifted inexplicably from Mundungus to Toby.Since Mundungus was the one who came to steal the Philosopher's Stone, it was inevitable that Toby would be suspected by others—he did something to Mundungus.

Toby narrowed his eyes slightly without saying a word, and took Al straight out of the basement.

At night, Toby received a notice from Dumbledore who had returned, and he took Al to the principal's office.

Headmaster Dumbledore looked tired, having dealt with Toby's retention during the day, which Lucius was responsible for.

As soon as Toby came in, he said: "Principal, you should know very well—"

Dumbledore interrupted: "I know what's going on, Toby. I'd rather believe that you would steal the Sorcerer's Stone yourself than surrender to Voldemort."

This sounds a bit like trust, but Toby always feels a little weird.

"That's how you see me? A lawless criminal?"

"Toby, I'm not in the mood to joke with you right now."

Dumbledore said wearily, he opened a piece of folded parchment and put it in front of Toby: "I have tried to fight for you, and there will be no major problems in a short time, provided that you— —”

Toby looked at the paper, and there was a large line printed on the top——

[The detention and probation of Professor Toby Highmore. 】

(End of this chapter)