Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 452 Courses
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Vengeance must be avenged, and blood for blood.

Although he knew that Neville had changed a lot due to his parents' hospitalization for many years, Toby did not expect that it could change Neville to this extent—even his instincts became so bloody.

Toby gradually wondered if it was his own fault.

If Toby hadn't returned to Hogwarts, would Neville have lived cringing like this - but the outcome sounded just as bad.

Anyway, the incident didn't affect Toby for long.

He is now the headmaster of Hogwarts, and he usually has many things to do.Fortunately, he doesn't have as many titles as Dumbledore, so he doesn't have to leave school to attend important meetings.

But even so, one person found him.

"Principal Highmore, I'm the head of the Black Devil's Club now, right?"

Draco Malfoy couldn't wait any longer.

He had achieved excellent results in last year's "Instinct" course—successfully discovered his own instinct, concealment and deception, and achieved considerable results in Occlumency.

According to Toby's promise at the time, Draco can completely serve as the head of the Black Devil Club this year. This is a very important thing for him-Draco has been thinking about this position being snatched by Luna. The experience of leaving, I vowed to take it back one day sooner or later.

Now is finally the time.

"no problem."

Toby had no reason to refuse Draco's proposal, and students who performed well should have been rewarded.

"From today until the last day of this school year, you, Mr. Malfoy, will be the head of the Black Devil's Club. Do you have anything else to say besides that?"

Draco was extremely excited.

"What about the club party? Is it also called by me?"

The Black Devil Club does have a tradition of holding parties, and the content of the parties is usually related to the magic circle items made by the students.Whoever sells the most inventions will receive an additional bonus.

This bonus exists among Luna's money for opening a clothing store.

"Anytime is fine." Toby said indifferently: "But I guess I won't be able to participate recently, Al, or Angela will play instead of me."

This was exactly what Draco wanted - a chance to be free to show off.

After getting the promise, Draco immediately wrote the announcement of the start of the party in the college magazine (some important information can be shared in the college magazines in the four lounges), which also allowed many people to see the notice .

"I'm not going."

Hermione immediately said after seeing this news: "Principal Haimer won't be present, and I won't be able to learn the devil from him by then, and there is still an OWL exam waiting for me, I have to hurry up and review. "

"Review now?" Ron was shocked: "We have just started school!"

But Hermione had no intention of changing her mind.

"Do you know how important this exam is?" she said, glaring at Ron. "It's almost the difference between working for someone else for the rest of your life or retiring early."

Ron showed a puzzled expression: "Isn't this all working for others? I thought I would be able to open a store myself."

"That's a good idea." Hermione snorted, "It mainly depends on whether your parents have their own shop, or whether they have money—Harry."

"I—what's wrong with me?!" Harry was taken aback, wondering how much money he had, and whether he could open a store like the Weasley twins.

"It's nothing." Hermione calmed him down first, and then said, "I just want to ask you some news—is the ancient magic class included in the OWL exam?"

"What does that mean?" Harry asked puzzled.

Ron took the lead and explained: "Because this exam is administered by the Wizarding Examinations Administration of the Ministry of Magic, it is not entirely the responsibility of the school. The ancient magic class is a new class-although it has been four years, But I don't think Percy took the test, because it wasn't there."

Harry also didn't know about this at all, because the courses taught by Highmore were not enough for seven school years, but all the students who were older than them were learning the same content as Harry's class, just in terms of difficulty. will vary.

"Will we also have one less exam?" Harry snapped back the question as soon as he asked the question.

"Probably not. After all, Principal Haimo can prepare for the exam himself. I'd better go to my mother. She should know."

"I'll go too." Hermione hurriedly followed Harry out of the aisle.

Ron looked left and right.

Forget it.

Ron really didn't think he could take the ancient magic class with his own level-unless the devil was included in the assessment, but it was too late now.
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Lily has her own office.

When Harry found her, Lily was busy preparing the materials for the next class - a large pile of teacups.

"I haven't heard of it."

Lily's answer made the expression on Hermione's face very unpleasant, she shook her head and said: "It stands to reason that new courses are subject to a certain degree of review, but the ancient magic class is too special, no one has it. Ability to test Toby's level, he is the only one."

"But I don't think you should worry."

Lily comforted again: "Dumbledore is at the school. If he wants, he can arrange this exam anytime—wait a minute."

The expression on her face became suspicious.

Harry and Hermione also looked at each other, probably all three of them thought of the same thing.

Who better to test Toby than Dumbledore?
He insisted on going back to Hogwarts this year, shouldn't he also have this purpose?
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At the same time, in the ancient magic office, Toby and Dumbledore were sitting on both sides of the sofa. The former bowed his head in silence, while the latter enjoyed afternoon tea leisurely.

The reason why the two met this time was entirely because of a strange incident.

After another moment of silence, Toby whispered, "I said, I'm the principal now, right?"

"Hmm." Dumbledore nodded slightly, and took another piece of toffee from the coffee table.

"Are you a professor, that is to say, my subordinate?" Toby asked again.

Dumbledore's reaction was calm: "If you have to describe it that way, it's actually not impossible."

Toby turned his head, his eyes fixed on Dumbledore.

"Then why is my office still the original one, and you can occupy the original principal's office? Is this any different from before?!"

For all sorts of odd reasons, Toby didn't take it to heart in the first place.

As a result, when he came back to his senses, he found that Dumbledore had returned to the principal's office that belonged to him.

Tobit hadn't vacated that office in order to return it to its rightful owner.

"Do not impulse."

Dumbledore said unhurriedly: "I just want to catch up with old friends. I mean the portraits of the principals on the walls - and I also need to make my own portrait. As one of Hogwarts As a principal, I have both the power and the obligation to fulfill this responsibility."

Toby frowned and asked, "How long will it take you to finish?"

"About one school year?" Dumbledore blinked and said, "I'm not too sure, after all, I've never created a self-portrait before this, so I'm afraid it will take a lot of time."

At this time, Angela, who had been silently behind the desk in the distance, couldn't sit still.

"Whoever told you to keep such an important office unused is your fault."

She was really afraid that Dumbledore would stay at Hogwarts.

"Me too"

Toby glanced at Dumbledore in the middle of his speech. He couldn't say in front of Dumbledore that he planned to put aside the influence of many years, which would make Toby feel a little ashamed of himself.

Fortunately, Dumbledore did not continue to entangle in this matter.

"Since I'm here, I just have something to discuss with you." He said, "It's about the ancient magic class OWL exam. This matter has been dragged on for too long. According to the Ministry of Magic's procedures——"

"Process?" Toby interrupted suddenly: "Do I still need a process? I have been teaching at Hogwarts for four years. What else do I need? Am I just joining the job on the first day?"

"It's not that exaggerated." Dumbledore said: "The matter of admission can still be decided by Hogwarts itself, but the OWL exam is..."

Dumbledore made a long sound on purpose, which made Toby extremely upset.

"What if you don't join?" Toby muttered in a low voice, "No one will care about such a small thing, and my recommendation letter is more useful than any grade."

Dumbledore retorted: "But you should be clear, your letter of recommendation can only be effective in Gringotts, right? I'm afraid it must be limited to the position of a spellbreaker. Or do you plan to let the Black Devil Foundation recruit more people?" people?"

This is actually very difficult to do.

Because this time, because of Toby's becoming the principal, he thought that he had gained a lot of fame, and the new book would definitely be a hit.So I asked William to print more copies for himself.

The result is obvious. No one is interested in Toby's new book at all. If it is not listed as a Hogwarts textbook, I am afraid that none of them will be sold.

The consequence of this incident is that the foundation is not that rich again, it is still in a state of rapid expansion, and money is needed in many places.

William wrote to Toby during the holidays, saying that as long as Toby, the boss, doesn't publish books indiscriminately, it will be considered a great help.

"Students will always have a way out." Toby said firmly.

Dumbledore said quietly: "However, the OWL exam has always been regarded as one of the symbols of authority, and many jobs require checking the results of this exam. If your ancient magic class is also included in it, there may be more wizards Will be interested in ancient magic, because that means more jobs to choose from."

"In other words, this is the real way to increase the sales of your book, more effective than anything else."

Toby's eyes became more and more strange, and he always felt that Dumbledore had other purposes.

"What exactly do you want to do?" Toby asked angrily, "If it's because my class is more popular than yours, then you should think of ways to improve your teaching level, not Use these dirty methods."

Dumbledore put the empty teacup on the tea table, and he showed Toby a gentle smile: "But I am the Minister of Magic, which is a worse position than anything else, because you don't know what to do in front of you." What a bunch of people right - most of them are good, but a few have to be dealt with carefully."

"In order to return to Hogwarts, I had to face those people's questioning for a long time. After successfully doing all this, it is impossible for me to spend this year's school life in peace."

"So, tell me, Toby."

Dumbledore finally asked the question he was most concerned about, and his tone became a lot more dignified.

"Is the instinct and ritual magic you teach students in class related to the devil? You have already thought about the use of the devils in the mason tree in advance, right?"

"Or, it's also because of the Mason tree that you can feel those devils now, and feel the wonder of them related to this semester's course?"

Angela was confused, and she couldn't understand the meaning of Dumbledore's question.

But Toby understood.

Dumbledore is suspecting that Toby is teaching the students some weird magic again, and this magic is still related to the devil.

Coincidentally, Toby used a mason tree to trap a bunch of devils just a while ago.And now Toby is also associated with the Mason tree, maybe Toby can learn more about the role of the devil through the Mason tree, and even the devils can be released without waiting for the Mason tree to bear fruit.

This was actually Ron's previous concern - Toby had unknowingly introduced the devil into this semester's curriculum.

"Instinct is just instinct."

Toby shook his head and said, "I'm just teaching students how to use instinct and ritual magic to fight black magic."

Dumbledore didn't seem to agree with Toby's statement: "But I know very well that instincts are also divided into good and bad. Even if there is no such distinction, there will be a calm and intense contrast-it's hard for me not to compare your teaching content with The devil connects."

Toby thought Dumbledore had discovered Neville's instinct.

But Dumbledore's next words made Toby realize that he was wrong.

"Draco Malfoy."

Dumbledore said the name: "His instinct is to lie and deceive. Tell me what kind of good instinct is this? What effect will the ritual magic cast with this instinct have?"

Toby's mouth opened wide.

How did he forget about this kid?
"It's just Occlumency." Toby explained: "Mr. Malfoy learned Occlumency with his own instincts. As for the ritual magic - he demonstrated it in class, but it was just to make his Si The Raitling badge (Draco's magic circle item, also his scepter) bounced the spell back, with no sign of summoning the devil at all."

Dumbledore stared at Toby.

"But it would be different if Draco had the devil. You are planning to build an army, an army that belongs only to you."

"Is that so, Toby?"

(End of this chapter)