#8 - Looking for an Expert

Phillip perked up when Archerose said he thought the artefacts did indeed exist. 'So it's not just fairy tales then,' he commented, practically wrigging his hands in delight.

He followed the professor down the corridor and away from the staff-room. Phillip wondered why that was necessary and if that meant that other staff members didn't approve this information going to the students. 

Phillip's eyebrows climbed up almost in sync with Professor Archerose's explanation. Talisman made more sense than something of an otherworldly object like a magical flying sword or whatever the Muggle tales usually had.

'Hogwarts can't be sustained without them?' Phillip thought, biting his lip. 'Well, I can't be sustained either and I'm more important to myself than a castle that can always be rebuilt,' he concluded, knowing that whatever he would find, Phillip would take for himself. And the start was as close as Slytherin common room.

'Thank you professor Archerose for all your help,' Phillip smiled. 'Have a wonderful day,' he replied absent-mindedly, his thoughts already in his house's common room. Phillip turned in the direction of the grand staircase, and thus the dungeons, hurrying along the corridor to his destination.

[Exit.]