Hogwarts Archaeologist Toby

Neither Cedric nor Hermione dared to speak, nor dared to enter the office.

"Uh...Professor Heimer."

Cedric hesitated: "Hufflepuff has Quidditch training tomorrow, so I need to get up early, or I'll go back today—"

Toby was busy taking back the magic ball, and the atmosphere in the office immediately returned to normal.Brightly lit.

"The illusion of Moonlight Cemetery is considered as a backup," Toby and Al murmured, "It's too dark, I can't see anything clearly, and it's not convenient for students to study—Mr. Diggory, what are you talking about? "

"Oh, I said—" Cedric looked towards the more receptive office: "Hufflepuff has Quidditch practice tomorrow, but it's okay if I go back later, I can fall asleep easily."

"It's okay." Toby reassured: "Whether it's you or Miss Granger, if you have other things to do, you don't need to come. Of course, the premise is that you finish your homework on time and don't become tutors. "

Cedric didn't know if this was Professor Highmore's sincerity. He had seen the consequences of Marcus Flint's secret complaint. Before that, Professor Highmore had also told him to let Professor Snape find him.

Once again, Cedric was confused.

He and Hermione sat across the desk as usual.

Cedric tried hard not to pay attention to the brand-new office, but Hermione couldn't help but look at the blood-stained armor. She had seen many similar armors in the castle corridors, but fortunately the colors were not the same. Different, the one in the office was pitch black, otherwise she couldn't help but suspect that Professor Heimer had moved it to the office without permission.

"What's the problem, Miss Granger?"

Toby noticed Hermione's strangeness.

"Um..." Hermione asked cautiously; "Excuse me, Professor, is there anyone in this black armor?"

The posture of the armor looks so vivid, as if it is really going to chop down the strange-shaped potted plant.

"It turns out there are."

Toby's answer shocked the two of them: "But not anymore. It's really amazing to say that I got this armor from an old castle. It is said that it is haunted. I originally thought it was just a rumor, but I didn’t expect it to be really haunted. That archaeological trip took a lot of energy out of me.”

Cedric couldn't keep his composure any longer. He glanced quietly at the pharaoh's coffin that seemed to be standing in front of him: "Professor, is there anyone in this coffin?"

"It was originally there."

Toby smacked his mouth and said: "And the monster inside the coffin is a little scary. In order to save our lives, Al and I even took the initiative to get into the coffin and hid for several days. I don't know if that guy is dead now."

"Anyway," Toby said to them before the two of them could continue asking questions, "You don't need to worry about these souvenirs, they are all safe. I need to leave for a while, and I may not come back when. You can leave at any time. No need to wait to say hi to me.”

After saying these words, Toby took Al and left immediately, without even giving the two of them time to react.

The two who had never seen each other looked at each other for the first time, and they both saw shock in each other's eyes.

Before that, they didn't pay much attention to Professor Heimer's identity as an "archaeologist", and it wasn't until today that they finally had a real sense of it.

Moreover, it seems that it is not just ordinary archaeology.

How could an ordinary archaeologist break into a truly haunted castle and bring out a suit of armor?

They lowered their heads again, as if the weird things around them didn't exist.

After struggling to read the materials for a while, Cedric walked to the bookshelf as usual, wanting to find the materials.

He pointed back and forth at the book, then suddenly turned his head and stared closely at the skeletons on both sides of the coffin.

"G...Miss Granger..."

Cedric called out Hermione's name for the first time: "Do you think these two skeletons are looking at us?"

Hermione was startled and shivered, she immediately raised her head, and found that the skeleton in front of her was still the same, but the skeleton sitting opposite Cedric turned around at some point, staring at Cedric next to the bookshelf with empty eye sockets. Derek.

"I gotta go!"

Hermione screamed, "Wait-wait-wait-I'll come back when the professor is around!"

She hurriedly ran out of the office, and Cedric hurriedly followed her: "I have to leave too. Think carefully, it's more important to deal with Quidditch training."

After both of them left, the door slowly closed.

The skeleton that was staring at Cedric moved slowly, and turned its head back to the door, as if nothing had happened.

Hermione ran back to the dormitory with a flustered expression. The roommates just glanced at her and looked away. No one asked her what was wrong.

Hermione was used to this, and she quickly regained her composure on her own without any help from anyone. She even understood why her roommates didn't like her, and she also knew that they would say bad things behind her back, which was just to show off or be domineering.

But it was impossible for Hermione to change this attitude. As a student who had never been exposed to the magical world, she couldn't help but want to work harder to avoid being underestimated by others.

If Cedric was working hard for Hufflepuff, then Hermione's focus was more on herself. All in order not to be looked down upon by others.

It can also be said to be inferiority complex.

The moment Hermione escaped from the office, she thought she would never want to go back there again.

But thinking about it carefully, she seemed to have nowhere else to go.

Hermione changed into her pink pajamas without saying a word, and she flipped through a book on the bed for a while.But after a while, she got up and got out of bed again, and left the dormitory with the book.

During the whole process, no roommate asked her what she was going to do.

Hermione came to the empty common room. She nestled in the armchair and stared directly at the flames in the fireplace, looking a little helpless and pitiful.

This was very different from the usual Hermione, and only when she was alone would she show such a different look.

To be honest, until now, she didn't think the magical world was that good.

She was a little homesick.

The fire in the fireplace slowly turned into a weak light. Hermione was stunned for a long time. She suddenly heard something, turned over and looked over, and subconsciously said words of accusation——

She thought that the people who appeared would be Harry and Ron who were going to duel, but she didn't expect to see Al who was slowly flying out in the passage—it sat on the flying carpet, looked around, and finally found that Seeing the stunned Hermione, she waved happily:

"ah!"