Hogwarts Archaeologist Toby

432Trouble and Trouble

Ever since becoming Minister of Magic, Dumbledore has occasionally shown his aggressive side.

In the last school year, Toby had already enjoyed this kind of treatment.At that time, they were still having disagreements over how to deal with Hai Erbo.

Later, Toby took the risk of using the resurrected Voldemort, plus the almost dead Moody, which made Dumbledore retreat.

Of course, if we look at the current results, throughout the school year, Toby successfully concealed his true purpose from Dumbledore - that is, Toby actually didn't care much about Angela's true identity. .

He was ready to die (become the God of Death), so how could he care so much.

Unfortunately, Toby still fell short in the end, and the reason for his failure was also very bizarre - the flames from the Mason Gate in the Goblet of Fire awakened Merlin, and as a result, he did not agree to let Toby become the next Grim Reaper.

Later, Hai Erbo also achieved his goal by the way - to tell Toby that Angela is actually Arianna Dumbledore, and also his real Horcrux.

Then he destroyed the resurrection stone, making it impossible for Toby to use the original method to destroy Angela's soul that did not belong to her, and it also seriously caused the source of another conflict between Toby and Dumbledore.

Now, instead of waiting for Herbo's next move, they were the first to face Grindelwald's estrangement.

The Dark Lord, who has always been in the gray camp, actually wants to possess Merlin's power. He needs the Mason Gate to find Merlin, and he also plans to try to see if he can use the Mason Gate to break the restrictions of the law of conservation of magic - as long as he catches a few Muggles and throws them away You can find out the result when you go inside the door.

In addition, Grindelwald also has the same purpose as Herbo - they certainly don't want their enemies to unite against them - Toby and Dumbledore must become more hateful.

In this regard, Dumbledore gave his own solution-first find a way to solve one of them.

More precisely, Grindelwald is almost blatantly hiding at the Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

According to Toby's thoughts, Dumbledore doesn't seem to pay so much attention to international influence.

"No, I still pay attention."

After meeting in the Pig's Head Bar, Dumbledore said to Toby: "So I won't visit Durmstrang as my real identity, but I have to sneak in."

Toby nodded clearly and asked: "Do you know where Durmstrang is? Do you have a map? What about the structure of the castle? And which room is Grindelwald most likely to be hiding in... ...You don’t know anything about it, do you? Then what’s the use of asking me? Do you still want me to gather the Quidditch team back together and play a friendly match with them as a school representative?”

"I think it's better not to bother James." Dumbledore responded calmly: "Although the specific plan is not clear yet, I have found a suitable candidate-Igor Karkaroff. He was the previous headmaster of this school. And it seems that Grindelwald's method of letting Lockhart take away the headmastership was not very honorable, because Karkaroff was discovered by Lupine while pretending to be a werewolf in the sewer—— He escaped all the way to the UK and is currently being treated at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Magical Injuries."

"Then shall we go to him now?" Toby said standing up, he didn't want to delay any longer.

"no need."

Dumbledore's next words surprised Toby.

"In addition to having to deal with the changes in Azkaban and the trouble you caused me in school. I also sent someone to investigate last semester when Durmstrang had no one to supervise it. That is Said, the map of the whole school is in my head, if you want, we can ask Fox to take us to Durmstrang's principal's office now - Grindelwald is hiding there, I can recognize it His preferred style of decoration.”

Toby didn't know how to evaluate Dumbledore's method for a while. He could only say dryly: "You can recognize the decorative style... This sounds really romantic - ah, no, I mean I mean it’s really great.”

Dumbledore withdrew his sharp gaze, and he continued: "But we still have one more problem to deal with now—where are you going to put Angela? I know you are taking her with you wherever you go now. Same time?"

Toby's face became more vigilant: "What are you going to do?"

"We have many choices." Dumbledore seemed to have considered this for a long time. After all, it was extremely unrealistic for Angela to participate in this battle.

"Either stay at Hogwarts, or let her go to the Potters for a while, or let her come to the Hog's Head, and Aberforth will take good care of her—"

"Then choose the Potter family." Toby interrupted: "Angela doesn't remember that she has a brother, not even one."

During the conversation between the two, Aberforth has been silently wiping the glass behind the bar.

But after hearing Toby's answer, he immediately ran over like a lion whose tail had been stepped on, grabbed Toby's collar and roared, "How dare you not let me see her?! Taking care of her, don't treat me like this cold-blooded guy—"

He pointed to Albus's broken nose, but his eyes were still fixed on Toby and he continued to shout: "At least let us meet, I deliberately cleaned up this place just to wait this day."

Toby tilted his neck and looked around the bar—the dust on the table was gone, his cup today was also free of dirt, and he could even smell a faint fragrance.

"Have you been wearing perfume?" Toby sniffed it carefully, then immediately shook off Aberforth's hands and said, "Don't dream, Angela doesn't like the smell of this perfume."

"Then what kind does she like?" Aberforth asked after being taken aback for a moment.

"Toby is lying to you." Dumbledore said blankly, "If you continue to ask him, he will definitely say that it is his own unique taste. By the way, he will brag about his archaeological experience. It might trick you into going to a piece of archaeology."

"That's it." Toby said a little meanly: "So don't you think about seeing Angela alone, having such a brother will only ruin her life - just let her go, don't worry about it." Don't bother her any more."

"In addition, I also want to warn you that Al will always stay with Angela. If anything happens to her, Al can immediately summon me through the magic circle - it has many abilities that you can't imagine. .”

Aberforth was furious: "You—"

Toby slapped Aberforth's finger off, and he responded viciously: "I won't give you another chance to kill her, and I won't let her remember killing herself. A mother’s sin—don’t even think about it.”

When he heard "mother", Aberforth froze, unable to utter a word of rebuttal.

Toby kept staring at him, and at the same time took out a skull necklace from his collar, and said to the skull's mouth: "Al, now bring Angela to the Potters, remember to bring the magic ball, Just leave the scepter to me."

Almost in the next second, Al's response came from the skeleton's mouth: "Yeah."

There was also Angela's voice faintly heard: "Are you sure Toby said he just needs to keep the scepter? Forget it... Then I'll go see Lily..."

Toby put the necklace back into his collar. He stopped looking at Aberforth and turned his eyes to Dumbledore's face.

"We'll set off in a moment... Then we'll see if Grindelwald can handle ritual magic. He's too embarrassed to call himself a professor of ancient magic."

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The fire formed by Fox engulfed Dumbledore and Toby. After regaining sight again, Toby found himself in a cold, damp room where even the sunlight seemed cold.

The decorations in this room are all in solemn dark colors, and the floor and wooden doors are also in a style that Toby has never seen before. Although they are brand new, they can't conceal the old style.

Without turning around, Toby had already seen the purpose of his trip behind the only desk - Grindelwald holding a copy of "The Quibbler" in his hand. The teapot next to him floated up on its own and poured into the empty teacup. Tea.

This is the principal's office in Durmstrang.

After the fire faded, Grindelwald put down the magazine in his hand, and he smiled at Toby and said, "If I had founded such a magazine when I was young, maybe I would have been able to recruit more helpers."

Neither Toby nor Dumbledore had any intention of talking nonsense with Grindelwald.

The red mist emitted by the scepter and the black mist transformed by Toby exploded in the blink of an eye, sweeping across the entire room like a tide.

Dumbledore raised the Elder Wand and aimed it at Grindelwald. A fiery red phoenix spewed out from the tip of the wand, wrapped in fiery flames, and flew towards Grindelwald screaming.

Amidst these dazzling brilliance, blue fire quietly emerged, protecting Grindelwald and allowing him to calmly deal with the attacks of the two men.

Toby's face emerged in the mist like black paint. He opened his mouth wide and swallowed Grindelwald whole in one mouthful.

But in the next second, more blue flames burned the black mist, revealing Grindelwald's true face.

Toby staggered back into his human form and backed away. He watched helplessly as Dumbledore and Grindelwald launched into an astonishing contest. Countless spells splashed around, destroying everything in the room.

"Something's wrong..."

Toby said abruptly, staring at Grindelwald closely, his eyes gradually filled with shock.

"How could he defeat the devil so easily... Summon the patron saint, hurry up!"

Although he didn't know why Toby reminded him like this, Dumbledore immediately summoned the silver phoenix to protect him.

The silver light is like some kind of magical mirror, and the place illuminated by the phoenix becomes its real appearance - Grindelwald no longer exists.

In his original position, there stood a dark figure, even the face disappeared.

Toby could see Grindelwald's state at a glance.

"Let's go, he has turned into a devil, even more exaggerated than me. If there is no Animagus Guardian God-"

"That's all you know, right?" Grindelwald interrupted suddenly: "A pure devil can't stay awake, it's a complete punishment—you might as well think about it further, what is it? turned me into this."

"Think about where the devil comes from, Toby Highmore."

"In this way, you will know why I call myself a professor of ancient magic, and who the incompetent person is."

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Godric's Hollow.

"This snack tastes good, and this, this... are all made by you yourself?" Angela asked, holding a cake in one hand.

"I learned it when I was a child." Lily said casually: "Since the Ministry of Magic warned me not to use magic at home, I have to find other hobbies. Toby also tasted the snacks I made when he was in school, but I doubt whether he has a sense of taste, and every evaluation is different from what I thought."

Al, who was also enjoying it, held his stomach and said "Yeah".

"What is it talking about?" Lily asked curiously.

Angela said with a strange expression: "It said that only in that way can Toby's goal succeed. He has been setting up difficulties for you, otherwise Toby will no longer be able to eat free snacks after being easily satisfied - this These are all bad intentions.”

Lily was also a little shocked when she heard: "It turns out that he is not only playing tricks when he is studying ancient magic... No wonder Severus hates him so much, now I finally understand how he feels..." .who is it?!"

Lily stood up vigilantly, and before she could continue asking questions, Al rushed out first.

Outside the protective spell of the room, Toby walked over with an ugly expression, and the somewhat weak Fox stayed on his shoulder.

"Give me the magic ball." Toby said before he even had time to say hello: "I'll give you the scepter to protect yourselves. I'll draw the magic circle for summoning in advance - it will be used in ten minutes. Remember to put it in when the time comes. I'll get it back."

"Also, take care of Fox."

Al stared blankly at Toby disappearing in front of his eyes. It could tell that another person had taken him away with the magic circle of the patron saint.

After Angela and Lily, who were a step behind, arrived, Al told Toby's explanation in a daze.

At this time, even Angela knew that Toby must have encountered some very difficult problems.

There wasn't much time left for the three of them (James had taken Harry to see his godfather and Lupin), but fortunately Al still remembered the structure of the magic circle.

After finally drawing the magic circle, ten minutes finally passed.

There was a flash of light on the grass - Toby, who was regarded as a portkey, appeared in the open space, Dumbledore held his arm, and Grindelwald was pressed under the two of them - at this time the magic ball seemed to turn into The shackles, it actually engraved the magic circle on Grindelwald's body.

"Fox, take me back to Hogwarts, quick!"

Fox, who was already extremely weak, exhausted his last bit of strength, and it turned into flames and swallowed Toby and Grindelwald.

In the blink of an eye, Dumbledore was the only one left in the open space in front of the house.

He patted the dust off his body and stood up, sighed looking at the charred witch robe, and then he comforted the stunned people: "Don't be nervous, as you can see, Grindelwald has been captured by us." , but at present we have no way to harm him, we can only lock him up temporarily."

"I hope Merlin's heart can help."