Hogwarts Archaeologist Toby

Life is really ups and downs.

In the dark coffin, little Harry stood motionless. He seemed to have lost the ability to think, and he could only keep mumbling: "Fifty points for each person, fifty points for each person." .....”

They lost all the points they had gained from winning the Quidditch Cup. Once again, they cost Gryffindor a lot of points.

Now, there is no need to think about the College Cup at the end of the semester. Even if Professor McGonagall was here, she couldn't say anything. After all, she had planned to add twenty points to the thirty points and directly deduct fifty points from each of them.

Hermione and Ron also stopped banging on the coffin, and walked back to Harry in despair.

"I can't read new books in advance..."

Hermione said dejectedly, the long beard on both sides of her cheeks twitching.Professor Highmore relieved her of her job as a proofreader.

"There is also confinement..." Ron said desperately: "Professor Heimer just mentioned confinement. Isn't he going to let us be detained again?"

In the darkness, the three of them fell silent one after another.

But after a while, there was a sound outside the coffin. They thought it was Professor Haimer who had finally changed his mind, and quickly put their ears on the thick cover, but what they heard in the next second was a strange rustling The sound was like someone scratching the lid of the coffin outside.

The three of them were so frightened that they had forgotten about the magic stone. And they all remember that the ancient magic office is the most terrifying, not to mention that they are locked in the pharaoh's coffin. Who knows how many monsters are outside.

They retreated quietly, trying not to make any noise.

But the monsters outside were not going to let them go, and the thumping sound suddenly turned into a violent slap, making them jump up in fright.

"Professor, we were wrong, we were wrong!"

"Professor, don't go!"

"Professor, Professor Heimer!"

What they didn't know was that the confinement had already begun.

The long-horned water snake stayed outside the pharaoh's coffin, and two skeletons were slapping the cover up and down.

Toby watched this scene and nodded with satisfaction.

If left to the outside world, this method of punishment would never be allowed. Hogwarts has long since stopped punishing students like this.

But the headmaster can't control him inside the Mason Gate, and the headmaster is not at school today, but went to deal with the trouble Lucius Malfoy caused Toby.

Toby left the Office of Ancient Magic behind Mason's Gate, and the three of Harry left it alone.

He still has many important things to do.

On the other side of the Mason Gate is a very strange world, related to emotions, full of mystery and danger.

It's hard to explain. The only thing Toby knows is that emotion is an important source of power for wizards, and he doesn't know much about the others.

Years ago he had been wondering what Hogwarts would look like behind Mason's gate.

Now, he finally saw it.

The corridors of the castle have become much wider, allowing ten carriages to walk side by side, and all the portraits on the walls have disappeared, replaced by living portraits, who are doing things no different from the outside world.

In addition to these wizards, Toby also saw trolls, rows of armor, and even goblins. The corridors became extremely noisy because of them, and sometimes they fought with wizards.

Toby seems to have become the only magical animal in the castle. He doesn't understand why he turned into a long-horned water snake. This has nothing to do with his patron saint, but he does have a guess-the symbol of Slytherin House. It's a snake, and Toby always thought that he was more Slytherin than Slytherin himself, so he turned into a more powerful horned water snake.

Toby didn't touch the group of living portraits. There wasn't much time for the Mason Gate to bloom, and he didn't have much time left.

At this moment, a carriage pulled by the Thestral came quietly. Peeves sat on the front of the carriage, with the Sorting Hat on his head.

The Sorting Hat opened its mouth and said, "Strange guest, where are you going?"

This scene is really magical, because this is a brand-new Sorting Hat, and Peeves is far more honest than the outside world.

"The principal's office." Toby said tentatively.

The door of the carriage opened automatically, and Toby got in little by little. Then the door closed and the carriage continued to drive.

On the way, Toby was still asking questions, but the Sorting Hat was unwilling to answer. He just said: "I just follow the principal's instructions. Apart from watching Peeves, I also have to deal with strange guests like you. Don't Give me a hard time, boy."

Toby had no choice but to look out the car window. He didn't want to cause trouble in the world behind Mason's door. Who knew what was there.

Just now, he watched helplessly as a fire dragon was scolded by a dwarf and did not dare to raise its head. It only dared to walk around with its head lowered, and even sneezed with its neck raised.

Toby wants to bring out a fire dragon, but not everything can be brought out of the Mason Gate, especially living things.

There weren't many accidents like Al's, and that was the only exception Toby had ever seen.

After passing by a large number of giants, plus players from two full Quidditch teams (who were actually playing in the corridor), they finally stopped in front of a stone beast.

The carriage door opened, and Toby jumped in front of the stone beast.

The Sorting Hat nodded at the Stone Beast, and then ordered the reluctant Peeves to continue driving in the carriage, to nowhere.

The stone beast jumped away, out of the way of the spiral staircase behind him, and Toby walked up the stairs.

When he reached the end of the stairs, Toby tapped the oak door twice with the tip of his tail.

The door opened.

The headmaster's office was completely changed. There were no bookshelves, no strange silverware, and the top was gone.

Behind the door is a room that looks a little dark, even a little shabby, and it also looks a little dirty, as if it has not been cleaned frequently.

On the carpet in the center of the living room, an old lion lay on it, calmly watching the guest who came, namely Toby.

This lion is very old, but it has a pair of blue eyes, only these eyes are particularly sharp, which should not appear on such an old lion.

The long-horned water snake approached the lion little by little, and the two faced each other, as if separated by an invisible transparent wall.

"Professor Dumbledore?"

Toby tentatively greeted.

At this moment, the transparent wall disappeared and the barriers no longer existed.

The lion's eyes suddenly became extremely vivid, and Toby saw many emotions in it, including disappointment, expectation, encouragement, and vigilance.

Well, it's no different from Headmaster Dumbledore in the outside world.

Toby simply pretended not to notice. He looked around the room and asked curiously, "Where are we? Is it your old house? The one in Godric's Hollow?"