Hogwarts Archaeologist Toby

The Christmas holidays were finally over, and Hermione also took the Hogwarts Express back to school.

She couldn't wait to find Harry and Ron and wanted to know if they had figured out who Nick Flamel was.

"What?! You haven't found out anything? Are you still wandering around the school every day? What if Filch—oh, no, what if you get caught by Professor Hemmer?!"

Hermione subconsciously thought of another, more terrifying possibility.

"Well..." Harry hesitated to say anything about Professor Highmore turning into a devil, even though he was very sure that it was just Professor Highmore's prank.

There was no way, Hermione had no choice but to continue to fight in the library with the two useless boys.Harry was still convinced he'd heard the name somewhere before, but couldn't remember where.

Hermione also knew the reason for the abnormal voting results of the teacher's commendation meeting. Principal Dumbledore also announced the truth of the "farce" at the dinner party on the first day of school, but he did not mention Toby, which was requested by Toby on his own initiative. He pursues ancient magic, but not this kind of well-intentioned type of praise.Only a few people know the deeper reasons, and now Hermione is included in this list.

This made her feel complicated on the way to the ancient magic office. She never thought that Professor Highmore had such a poor experience-no one gave him a present at school at Christmas.

She lightly buttoned the door and pushed it open after receiving the answer.

Soon, Hermione realized that she was thinking too much.

Professor Heimer looked like he was in a good mood. He was humming an unknown tune softly, holding a valuable silver plate in one hand and waving his wand in the other hand, causing the water droplets in the silver plate to flow toward It was sprinkled on the rotting wooden door - Hermione remembered that this was also one of Professor Hemmer's collections, and it appeared in the office together with the pharaoh's coffin.

Mr. Ayer was not idle either. He was sitting on the flying carpet and constantly flying around the wooden door, occasionally sprinkling some fragrant powder down.

They seemed to be trying to plant wooden doors, but Hermione always felt that the wooden doors were rotting faster instead.

"Hello, Miss Granger."

"ah."

"Hello, Professor Heimer, hello, Mr. Al."

Hermione walked to her desk with doubts in her mind, and a new batch of first drafts automatically flew in front of her, but she did not read it immediately, but quietly glanced at Professor Hemmer and his assistant - just for a moment, The wooden door became more rotten.

"Hai...Professor Heimo?"

"Is there a problem?"

"What are you doing?"

"Are you asking about watering the Mason door?"

"Oh...what?" Hermione was stunned.

"Mason Door." Toby explained patiently: "This door is very magical. It needs to be cultivated with ice water and pollen. When it is almost decayed, it can be restored to its original appearance, and then you can get into the door and enter another world. A wonderful world. It can also be said to be the other side of the real world.”

"This door is my most interesting collection, bar none."

Hermione listened in a daze, but she was still yearning for it.

"Then when you go through this door, can I go with you?"

"Of course—it can't!"

Toby's voice suddenly increased, startling Hermione for a moment.

"Only wizards who are emotionally mature can pass through the Mason Gate. Otherwise, they will not only be confused by the scene of another world, and will never be able to return smoothly, but the Mason Gate will also be destroyed. Students can't just enter, your emotions Not enough to support the ability to survive on the other side of the Mason Gate, now is the time for you to learn how to properly control your emotions, which is magic."

"Okay... okay." Hermione said frustratedly. Although the Mason Gate sounded dangerous, Professor Hemmer's decisive refusal was still a bit difficult to get used to.

After a while, Cedric also rushed to the office - he had been absent for a long time due to Quidditch training, and now that school had just started, he finally had time to continue studying the magic circle.

There was still a smile on the young man's white face, although the smile froze for a second after seeing Toby and Al's weird behavior, Cedric still said happily: "Mr. You brought a gift, and it was too late for Christmas, so it was successfully produced today."

Hermione quietly raised her ears and turned her head again. She saw Cedric take out a sparkling glass ball from his pocket. It was hollow and had a bunch of flames dancing inside.

That's a really nice gift.

Hermione thought.

Xixiu likes this shiny thing the most, and Cedric is Mr. Al's assistant, so he obviously cares about this gift.

Al took the glass ball and fiddled with it twice in his paws - Cedric suddenly became uneasy. He did not see the cheerful expression on Mr. Al's face as he expected - but he probably didn't remember it. Wrong? Xiu Xiu likes shiny objects the most.

Al threw the glass ball upwards, and suddenly made a short voice: "Cut."

"Huh?" Hermione blinked, did she hear wrong?Can Mr. Al still make sounds other than "ah"?

"Um..." Cedric looked even more confused than Hermione, and at the same time a little worried. Did Mr. Al think his gift was not sincere enough...or was it precious?

At this time, Toby suddenly said after sprinkling the last drop of water: "You two, don't think too much. Al is not an ordinary sniffer. It's not easy to impress him."

Cedric didn't know what to do - so Mr. Al really didn't like his gift?

He suddenly saw Mr. Al fumbling in his belly pocket, and took out another thing that was shining under the light, and then flicked it lightly, Cedric quickly caught it.

It's a gold galleung.

"But this time it looks pretty good." Toby said quietly: "It seems that Al is still very satisfied with this gift, so he will give you such a return gift..."

After a pause, he added: "The first gift I got in return was only a silver Sickle, not a gold Galleon."

Al also flew to Cedric and patted the young man on the shoulder with solemn eyes: "Yeah!"

"It makes you keep working hard." Toby continued to translate: "Don't embarrass it, after all, you are its assistant."

"Oh." Cedric finally came to his senses. He looked at the gold Galleons in his hand and said excitedly: "This is too expensive. The flame glass ball is not worth so much money. At most, it will cost more." It’s just thoughts.”

Hermione looked at this scene with envy.

"What Al values ​​is your thoughtfulness." Toby waved his hand and said, "And there is nothing worth refusing. We dug this gold Galleon in the Forbidden Forest. It is probably left by a rich man who disappeared before. of."

"Missing...missing?" Cedric suddenly felt that the gold coins in his hand were a little hot to the touch.

"It might be dead, too."

Toby said calmly: "This can be regarded as an alternative inheritance. The connection between students for hundreds of years. Maybe the students who died were also from Hufflepuff College."

Hermione turned her head back quietly, and all the envy in her heart disappeared at once.

Cedric sat restlessly in his seat. He glanced up at Professor Haimer and Mr. Al quietly, and while sighing silently, he put away the Galleon, planning to never spend it.

He glanced at the only person in the room who could communicate normally: The professor really hasn't changed at all.

Hermione quickly averted her eyes after responding to avoid being noticed by the professor.

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