Hogwarts Archaeologist Toby

Quirrell has nothing to do with Voldemort.

That night, Toby sneaked into Quirrell's dream with the help of the dream messenger and saw that he had been to Romania during the holiday before the start of school, and was then targeted by a mysterious vampire, so after returning to school he It will be full of the smell of garlic.

Quirrell's stuttering is indeed abnormal, but it is due to a curse, he can't say the name of the vampire, and once he recalls this incident, he will stutter.

And this happened to be the experience that Quirrell took the initiative to hide - not only because of the Philosopher's Stone, but also because Quirrell wanted to avoid being looked down upon by others.

Toby's blessing almost comes true - he doesn't want to work with a vampire, and Quirrell just happens to be one.

As for the Philosopher's Stone - Quirrell in the dream never wanted to steal the Philosopher's Stone, he had enough troubles already.

After meeting Dumbledore again, Toby said: "Poor Quirrell, a little overwhelmed, and too pitiful. It doesn't seem easy to stare at his vampire."

It is now the last day of the Christmas holiday. The Mirror of Erised has just been placed in the room protecting the Magic Stone. The troll that was knocked down before is still unconscious and it will probably take a few days to wake up.

Mundungus didn't wake up either, with a troublesome injury that required lengthy treatment.

Dumbledore didn't say anything about this. He just nodded, and then told Toby a piece of news that surprised and delighted him.

"I've asked the centaurs. They don't know the origin of the fifth founder, but they know who House is - according to them, House is the ancestor of the centaurs in the Forbidden Forest, and it was he who formulated the plan for the centaurs. Traditions and rules - divination of the future, but not disclosed to the outside world, not to be too close to the wizard, and to protect the Forbidden Forest."

Toby blinked, and the thoughts in his mind surged quickly. He analyzed: "So the fifth founder actually exists, and it is this horse man named House, but he decides for some reason. Before the establishment of Hogwarts, he chose another different path-the Forbidden Forest. He was also the first founder to part ways in the true sense-not only gave up maintaining friendship with wizards, but also gave up making the later horses An opportunity for people to attend Hogwarts."

Toby felt that if House could become one of the founders of Hogwarts, he might actually have centaurs as classmates.

"And House still did it intentionally..."

"Foresight...foresight from the forest..."

Toby met Dumbledore's gaze, and Dumbledore was watching him.

The two of them were thinking of the same thing at this moment.

"Gellert Grindelwald's claim to wizard supremacy."

Toby said categorically: "House believes that wizard supremacy is bound to appear, and the centaurs will be hunted and killed by wizards by then, so he will prevent the centaurs from encountering a crisis before then."

"I think so too." Dumbledore agreed with Toby: "According to the description on the pedestal of the pensieve, House must have had a close relationship with the four founders from the beginning, perhaps more so than we imagined. Close. The reason that could lead him to take the initiative to cut off contact is definitely not simple. "

Toby asked: "Did wizard supremacy already exist during the founder's period? According to my archaeological findings, before the "Law of Secrecy" actually appeared, there were few such targeted claims in the magical world. There may be conflicts between different races, but they will not shout out the slogan of wizard supremacy in such a big way."

"Obviously." Dumbledore said: "This is the reason why House obviously foresaw something, so he set up such strong traditions and rules, and even concealed the fact that he had a friendship with the four founders." Facts—he doesn’t want the horse people to see this scene, he doesn’t want the horse people to form a friendship with the wizard, or he doesn’t want the horse people to be betrayed by the wizard, or even wiped out.”

Both House's ideas and practices were extremely radical—he voluntarily gave up his friendship with wizards.

But judging from the results, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it.

Toby knew that the Goblin Kingdom existed during the time of the Four Founders, and that Gryffindor's sword was forged by Goblin King Legnac I, who was also the best silversmith during that period.

But now there is no goblin kingdom left, only Gringotts is left, and the two goblin rebellions have all failed. They can't leverage the ambition of the wizards to control the magic world, and they have no ability to stop it from happening, even the goblins It was against the implementation of the Secrecy Act at first, which would greatly reduce their interests, but then it didn't work either.

Judging from this line of thinking, House's approach was right again, and he avoided the situation where the horsemen were being purged.Centaurs and wizards are rarely encountered, and the two have nothing to do with each other.

"But why would House think that?"

Toby still didn't understand: "Could it be that he can foresee things hundreds of years later? I've never heard of such a powerful prophet. It's incredible."

Dumbledore watched Toby walking around in the office, and he suddenly said, "So I gave that sculpture to the Centaur, so that you can do better archaeology in the Forbidden Forest in the future."

"Ok?"

Toby suddenly raised his head: "You...how did you become so active all of a sudden? Is it because of the centaurs? Or is it because of wizard supremacy?"

After thinking for a while, he said, "Is it because of Gellert Grindelwald? I heard that you were the person he feared the most when he ruled Europe, so he didn't extend his influence to Britain. In the end You also defeated him yourself."

"Speaking of which, I have never understood this - how did you defeat Grindelwald? There are few relevant records, and each account is different - by the way, I can see Gryffindor's sword with my own eyes ?, Principal?"

Toby changed the topic abruptly. He noticed that when Grindelwald was mentioned, Dumbledore's eyes became a little incomprehensible. Toby did not want to get into trouble with the old man in front of him after he had just received permission to archaeologically inspect the Forbidden Forest. ?

"follow me."

Dumbledore said calmly, Toby followed behind him a little anxiously, and Al moved and sat on his shoulders to avoid being popped out of a huge swollen bag later.

When they came to the headmaster's office, Dumbledore picked up the sorting hat and pulled out a gleaming silver sword from the hat. The hilt was studded with a dazzling ruby ​​the size of an egg.

"Is this the sword of Gryffindor?"

Toby exclaimed in a daze, thinking he was here to be disciplined.

Dumbledore turned the hilt of his sword towards Toby.

"is it okay?"

Toby took the sword carefully, and carefully looked at it in his hand.

He heard Dumbledore say in a steady voice: "This sword belongs to Gryffindor, and it belongs to every outstanding student in Gryffindor House-including me. I have personally drawn this sword come out--"

"I personally used this sword to defeat Grindelwald."

"In the Muggle way, the way Gryffindor himself fought in the duel."

"If you talk about it carefully, this sword can still be regarded as my property. Of course, it is based on the property concept used by wizards, not goblins—otherwise all goblin creations are only temporarily loaned to wizards. , once dead, it should be returned to the goblin."

"It's really ironic." Toby sighed in surprise: "He defeated the ruler of wizard supremacy in a Muggle way."

He looked up at Dumbledore with confusion in his eyes, wondering why the principal would tell him this.

Dumbledore reached for the sword, put it back inside the Sorting Hat, and handed the Sorting Hat to Toby.

"Try it," he said, "and see if you can get the sword out by yourself."

Putting the hat on his head, Toby said helplessly, "So is this also part of education? I'm a Slytherin, how can I do what only Gryffindors can do."

The sorting hat was firmly on Toby's head.

"Hello, Toby."

"Hello, Mr. Sorting Hat."

Then, nothing happened.

Dumbledore sighed in disappointment, and Toby left the office inexplicably.

After the door closed again, the Sorting Hat opened his mouth and said: "Albus, he is simply the most difficult student I have ever seen."

"I think so too."

said Dumbledore, pale blue eyes expressing thought.

"I'm afraid it will be even more difficult in the future."