Chapter 47: Nicolas Flamel's Gift
"But just when I walked out of the laboratory frustrated, Perenel invited me to join him for dinner, just like he had done for the previous three hundred years and more than a hundred thousand days and nights."
"At that moment, I finally realized what a stupid thing I had done! I threw aside all the good things in my life and spent three hundred years just for a stone! But I seemed to wake up too late. My wife has gone from being a high-spirited young man to a gray-haired, shambling old man.”
"Since then, I have never thought about the Philosopher's Stone and concentrated on living with Perenel. We have traveled to most countries in the world over the years."
Nico Flamel drank the red tea, smiled at the curious Adam, and continued:
"The elixir of life can only prevent people from dying of old age, but it will not stop people from aging. It is like a blessing given by Zeus to Tithonus. So over the years, Perenel and I became osteoporotic, The pace is slow..."
"We can't even eat food that needs to be chewed now. Fortunately, the elixir is a potion and not anything else. In addition, we can also drink some black tea, hot cocoa and other things."
"Although my body is aging, even though the people we are familiar with have left us one after another, this world still makes me nostalgic. I have always imagined that I can live in this world forever with Perenel, but just a few days ago Years ago, Perenelle told me: She was tired."
Speaking of this, Nico Flamel felt a little sad:
"After my questioning, she told me that her sense of taste had long since disappeared, and the black tea didn't even taste like water to her. She was already tired from continuing to live."
"From that moment, I realized that maybe we should have set off to the next stop long ago, but we just stayed in a place where we shouldn't stay for so long because of something less important."
"So when Dumbledore asked me if he could borrow the Philosopher's Stone, even though I knew the Philosopher's Stone would be destroyed, I still agreed."
"It's time for Perenel and I to set off for the next stop. Life that has been silent for hundreds of years is finally going to usher in some unprecedented changes - the most gratifying thing is that Perenel will be with me There is nothing more joyful than this in the world.”
Nico Flamel couldn't help laughing as he spoke, and it was obvious that he was indeed happy from the bottom of his heart.
Adam could probably understand what Nico Flamel meant. For Nico Flamel, who had lived for more than six hundred years, the biggest attraction in the world to him was his wife.
If he doesn't have a wife, continuing to live in this world will only mean that he can drink a few more cups of black tea, red wine and the like that he has been drinking for hundreds of years, which means nothing.
If continuing to live in this world has become torture for your wife, then embracing death may not be a bad idea.
For this couple, death is just another great adventure.
For the first time, Adam understood the meaning of this sentence so deeply.
At this moment, Adam gave up the idea of giving Nico Flamel another Philosopher's Stone. He really no longer needed the Philosopher's Stone.
"I'm sorry it took you so long to hear a story from an old man like me."
"Please don't say that, Mr. Flamel, I am honored."
Adam said sincerely.
Not only was he able to hear the intangible gains of being able to hear the life of a legendary figure like Nico Flamel, which benefited him a lot, but there was also the substantive gain of increasing his magic power.
Magic is closely related to the soul and heart. The legendary story of Nico Flamel's life, including his understanding of death, has helped Adam even more than the knowledge Adam has learned this year.
"It's nice to hear you say that."
Nico Flamel could see that the relative in front of him, who had a very thin blood relationship with him, had not deceived him, and he smiled happily:
"As a reward for fulfilling my last wish, I would like to give you some gifts."
"……Gift?"
"Actually, it can also be understood as inheritance. After all, the only people in this world who are related to me by blood are you and your grandmother."
Adam blinked and watched Nicoléme stand up, walked to the cabinet where the magic stone was previously placed, and waved to him:
"Come here, please forgive an old man who is over 600 years old and can no longer carry such heavy things... Oh my god, how old was I when I put them here? I was really energetic at that time. !”
Adam quickly ran to Nico Flamel's side.
"The gifts I want to give you are all in this cabinet."
Nicoléme patted the cabinet next to him, and then pointed to the books on the top shelf of the cabinet:
“The first was the book that changed my life.”
As soon as these words were spoken, Adam already knew what this book was, and sure enough, Nico Flamel followed up:
"The Book of Abraham, the Jew. Although the refining of the Philosopher's Stone has proven to be just an accident, this book is still meaningful to me. I hope you won't use it as a foothold."
"I will keep it well."
Adam nodded solemnly.
"You don't need to take it too seriously. I was just joking. It doesn't matter if you use it as a table leg."
Nico Flamel smiled. The second layer of the cabinet was originally where the magic stone was kept, but now there were several small bottles containing bright red liquid like blood.
"These are the elixir, and its formula."
Nico Flamel took a bottle from it, took a small piece of paper, and put it in Adam's hand.
Under Adam's wide-eyed gaze, Nico Flamel smiled:
"The existence of the Philosopher's Stone is not a well-kept secret for many people. Although your connection with the Philosopher's Stone is very weak and Dumbledore may not be able to discover it, I have been with the Philosopher's Stone day and night for six hundred years. for many years."
"Don't worry, you don't have to worry about me, an old man who doesn't have a few days to live, leaking your secret."
"This seems to be a symbol, child. A magic stone is destroyed, and another magic stone is born. A pair of old people give up the magic stone and embrace death. The magic stone reappears in the world in the hands of a child..."
"At the same time, this seems to confirm my guess. The success of the Philosopher's Stone is really just a coincidence, but it doesn't seem to be that coincidental, does it? This world is so wonderful."
Putting the bottle of elixir and formula into Adam's hand, Nicoléme said:
"Take this, child, I hope you will not make the same mistake as me, and use the life that the Philosopher's Stone brings to you on things that you find meaningful."
