Hogwarts Archaeologist Toby

Toby took Al into the Hog's Head, which was small, dark, and very dirty, with thick grime on the bay windows that barely let in light, and candle stubs burning on rough wooden tables.

"This place is really dirty." Toby frowned and said, "It's far worse than the Veil Bar."

Al also slapped his nose exaggeratedly, and the whole bar exuded a strong smell of mutton.

The bar owner sidled out of a back door. He was a grumpy-looking old man, tall and thin with a lot of long gray hair and a beard.

Toby looked at the boss carefully, and the boss was staring at him impatiently, waiting for his order.

"A glass of devil's gin and a glass of hot milk."

"Eight Sickles."

Al took money out of his belly pocket to pay the bill, and took out two clean cups that had been prepared in advance - this was Professor Flitwick's suggestion, and judging from the environment of the bar, this was indeed a very practical suggestion.

Devil's gin is a dark red wine, the bubbles that come out look like small skulls, and it looks like a glass of magma from the outside.

Toby found a hidden corner with two cups in his hands, his hair drooping a little bit, blocking his eyes, and occasionally took a sip slowly.

Al held the hot milk without saying anything. From time to time he took out a Bibi multi-flavor bean from his belly pocket and put it in his mouth. If it tasted good, he would smash it in his mouth. If it tasted bad, he would quickly drink a big sip of the hot milk. Swallow the milk.

Toby came to the Pig's Head Bar this time to try his luck. It is not easy to find traces of the fifth founder. Many records in the school are incomplete. The two goblin rebellions alone made Hogwarts It was affected a lot, especially the first rebellion, which was even a war involving the entire British wizarding world. Hogwarts also lost a lot of materials in similar wars, including library books. After all, not every Every headmaster has the ability of Dumbledore.

As for asking about the ghosts in the school, Toby knew that Barrow the Bloody Man was one of the first students, but the fifth founder was still earlier than that. According to Barrow, the Forbidden Forest was established before he entered the school. already exists.

As time passed, the guests in the bar came and went, not every guest was as naked as Toby, some were covered with bandages, and some simply covered their heads with cloth bags.

There were also many guests who came to talk to him, but Toby drove away all the unreliable guests. He was not that easy to deceive. Before he became an ace curse-breaker, he started out as an ordinary curse-breaker bit by bit. Yes, the goblins at that time didn't take him seriously.

The sun dipped a little bit, leaving only dim candlelight in the bar.A guest with something hidden in his arms sat quietly opposite Toby. Toby remembered that the other party had also sat in the bar for a long time, with a hood on his head and his face shrouded in black smoke.

"I have something to sell."

He said as soon as he came up, his voice was hoarse, and he was obviously pretending.

Toby stared at him and tapped his fingers on the table.

The man understood immediately, he lifted a corner of his robe, revealing the sculpture-like things inside.

Toby narrowed his eyes slightly, and the thing in the opponent's arms looked a lot like a centaur.

This is not easy to get, because it is too rare. The centaurs have little contact with wizards, and they themselves do not have the habit of building sculptures.

"A shrinking spell was used." The mysterious guest continued in a low voice: "It is about ten times the original size."

Toby made an assessment in his mind. From this point of view, the original shape of the sculpture was about the same size as the centaur.

He nodded inadvertently, and tapped the table twice with his fingers.

Al also stopped eating multi-flavored beans, and focused on the other party with his small dark eyes.

The mysterious guest obviously didn't pay attention to one snuffer, and stretched out the fourth one after a while.

Toby shook his head, and cut it disdainfully: "Four hundred Galleons, how dare you ask for it."

"You can exchange it for information." The mysterious guest added: "I know you, Toby Hemmer, and I have also read your book, "Ancient Magic." I need specific information about a location in the book. .”

Toby did not hide his face, so it was not surprising that the other party recognized him. There were many goblins in Gringotts in various countries who knew him.

"Tell me, which location is it?"

"Ghost Castle, or Death Castle, whatever you want to call it, you should know where I am referring to. I heard that there are many weapons and armors made by goblins there, and no one can take them out, but -"

"But I did it. Yes, there are indeed many lost creations of goblins in the castle. They are a lot of wealth. Since you want to die, I won't stop you. Let's start trading. You have the pen of truth with you. ?"?

"Bring it."

The mysterious guest took out a blue quill, which was made from the feather of the soundless bird. In addition, it also had the function of making veritaserum. Only the true thoughts in the heart can be written on the paper.

Toby took the pen of truth, and he wrote a series of messages on the parchment handed over by the other party, all written in ancient runes.

"I hope you've taken this class."

Toby handed over the parchment and quill, and the mysterious guest took it and read it carefully. He didn't know if he understood it, so he put the sculpture in his arms on the table, and left the bar without saying a word. Go fast.

Toby drank the last bit of wine slowly, and Al took out a cloth bag made of silver cloth, put the centaur sculpture in the cloth bag, and finally tightened the rope and put it back in his belly pocket.

"Let's go."

Toby got up and stood up, Al jumped on his shoulders, put on the half-moon glasses, and immediately there was a trace that only he could see, like a purple ribbon.

This is the aroma of Bone Age Algae, a herb species that even Dean Sprout doesn't know, only found in Loch Ness. Toby guessed that it was a sign used by the wizards in the city to identify the residents in the city.

As for Al's glasses, two medium-sized magic circles were emitting a subtle light on the lenses. If you were a little farther away, you couldn't see this light.

It would be fine if it was just the statue of the centaur, but the person who asked the question happened to be the Castle of Death. How could there be so many coincidences?

The armor that replaced Lu Wei's guarding role was brought back from the Castle of Death by Toby.

Once leaving the bar, the sound of Toby's footsteps disappeared, and the magic ball cast a magic circle in an instant. This time, it did not emit any light, but in the next second, even the figures of Toby and Al disappeared in the street .

They followed the traces of Bone Age Algae and came to a secluded alley. The other party did not hide at all, standing upright at the end of the alley, with their backs to the invisible Toby and Al.

But Toby suddenly stopped.

He stared at the back cautiously, as if the other person had long expected that Toby would not let him go.

The mysterious guest slowly turned around, took off the hood of his witch robe, and his face became clear in the moonlight.

Mundungus Fletcher, one of the members of the Order of the Phoenix, said with a painful expression: "Mr. Heimer, save me..."

Then he fell face up in the snow, life or death unknown.