Chapter 20

An old but gentle voice came from inside.

"You, like hundreds of others before you, have discovered the joys of the Mirror of Erised."

"I didn't know it was called that, sir."

"But I assume you know its magic by now?"

"It...it made me see my family."

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Harry talked with Dumbledore who appeared here, and Harry learned that this mirror was just like what John said, and could show what he desired.

Dumbledore used this to teach Harry, and at the same time told Harry that the mirror would be moved to another place.

Harry was a little reluctant, but he still obeyed and put on the invisibility cloak and went back to sleep.

"Professor Dumbledore, what do you see when you look in the mirror?"

Before leaving, Harry was a little curious about what Dumbledore saw in the Mirror of Erised. Dumbledore smiled mysteriously and said playfully: "I saw myself holding a pair of thick woolen socks."

“You can never have enough socks.”

Regarding this answer, Harry felt that it was a bit perfunctory and not unreasonable.

After all, John also saw a table of food, and he felt that John might be as wise a person as Dumbledore.

Dumbledore, who watched Harry leave, did not leave the room, but said to the air with a kind smile: "Maybe I should also talk to you face to face, Mr. Wick."

Well, John knew he was naive in trying to hide this from the greatest wizard of the century.

Stepping out of the darkness, he terminated the Disillusionment Curse.

The figure gradually emerged, and he seemed to appear in the room out of thin air.

"Excellent Disguise Charm, it seems you learned a lot in the restricted area." Dumbledore praised.

John was a little embarrassed, and felt a little guilty after being exposed in person for violating school rules, especially when that person was the principal of Hogwarts.

Dumbledore laughed and said, "Don't worry, I don't think Professor Quirrell signed the note he gave you."

He blinked, looking naughty like an old man.

John knew that Dumbledore would not let him come out for no reason. He was about to leave, but Dumbledore stopped him.

As expected, Dumbledore looked at John, his kind eyes flashed with a sense of seeing through people's hearts, and asked: "Mr. Wick, what did you see in the mirror?"

John's body tensed, and he subconsciously activated Occlumency, and answered honestly: "Good food, a lot of good food... and I become stronger."

After hesitating for a while, John still chose not to hide it.

Dumbledore was very satisfied with his answer, clapped his hands and laughed: "Applause for honesty, John, you know, Minerva has been nagging in my ears these days, maybe there is something wrong with the Sorting Hat."

Under the half-moon lenses, Dumbledore's eyes were full of meaning, and his voice was as mellow as magic, "She was wrong. There is nothing wrong with the Sorting Hat. You are indeed the most suitable for Slytherin, there is no doubt about it."

"Promise me John not to touch those irreversible magics."

"I promise you Professor."

I don’t know why Dumbledore brought this up, maybe because he knew that John had read a lot of dark magic in the restricted area.

John nodded without hesitation. Although he knew that the old man would not kill the students, John was still a little afraid that he would be discovered.

"You have the self-control to defeat your desires. I believe in you John. As a reward for discovering the answer, you may have the opportunity to come into contact with the real Philosopher's Stone."

Dumbledore changed his seriousness and blinked, as if to imply something.

John was stunned. The answer?

He thought of the chocolate frog wizard card. The old man seemed to know everything.

Whether it’s the Forbidden Zone or the Chocolate Frog Wizard card.

Chapter 23 New Semester and Teaching

January 1st.

The new semester has arrived.

John felt nothing.

Hermione came to school yesterday and was disappointed that Harry and the others did not find Nico Flamel.

"John, are you watching Alchemy?"

library.

John was holding "Introduction to Alchemy" and watching it. Hermione saw this scene and temporarily gave up looking for Nico Flamel.

She checked John's book list. In addition to alchemy, there were also runes.

Hogwarts has a course on ancient runes, but it is an elective course for the third year.

Hermione, who regarded John as the target of pursuit, was not to be outdone when she saw it, and took back a pile of books about runes that day.

But unfortunately, when they met the next day, Hermione had two big dark circles on her face, like a sleepy lion.

Ancient runes were still too difficult for first-year wizards to grasp, something Hermione had to admit.

"I promise I've seen this name before, I just can't remember it."

Since being persuaded by Dumbledore not to go back to the Mirror of Erised, Harry has often dreamed that his parents were killed by Voldemort.

This allowed him to rediscover his focus on Nico Flamel.

Although Harry repeatedly believed that he had seen this name somewhere, Hermione and the others had almost given up on the possibility of finding Nico Flamel in the library.

Instead of continuing to forget about food and sleep as before, I went back to reading during breaks.

"I remember seeing it." Harry also began to wonder if he had seen it.

They gathered together to discuss, and John took out "A Simple Introduction to Ancient Runes" not far away and read alchemy and runes alternately, which would make him less tired.

"Wick, what are you doing with this? Do you want to learn from the wizards in Knockturn Alley and sell props?"

Since Malfoy watched the Quidditch match with John, he no longer had the attitude of ignoring John if he couldn't beat him.

Seeing that John was interested in alchemy, he subconsciously thought that John wanted to make money by selling props like the Weasley twins.

"Just make something small. Alchemy is a complicated subject. Do you know the Sword of Gryffindor?"

Closing the book in his hand, John's eyes became distracted.

Malfoy asked confused: "What is that?"

"It is said that Gryffindor asked goblins to forge the silver sword. Only real Gryffindors can find it, but that is not important. The Sorting Hat is also a product of alchemy."

After John worked hard and even slacked off in training, he finally illuminated Rune's skills.

This also means that he has mastered the basics of runes, and now he only needs to light up the alchemy to cast the goblin.

However, this process was a bit difficult. The butt of the Explosive-tailed Skrewt I got from Hagrid was almost used up, but it still didn't light up.

Malfoy nodded in understanding. As a member of the Malfoy family, Malfoy has no shortage of magic items.

I just feel that John, a Muggle family, is really in trouble and needs to refine things by himself.

There is an astronomy class in the evening.

Everyone gathered in the Astronomy Tower, and Professor Aurora Sinister told them about the location of Sagittarius.

After the day's class, John met Quirrell with an extra note in his hand.

"Defense Against the Dark Arts Classroom."

After opening the note, there is only one location.

John really didn't want to go there, but he was afraid that Quirrell would become suspicious, so he had to give up his plan to study alchemy.

…

Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

Realizing that this good student has gradually entered darkness, Quirrell began to take off his disguise.

Quirrell was originally a wizard with good standards. If it hadn't been for accepting Voldemort, he wouldn't have had to pretend to be a low-level professor.

"Well John Wick, it seems you have chosen the right path."

Quirrell was very satisfied to see John coming at night.

Sure enough, knowledge is the greatest forbidden fruit. After tasting the power brought by black magic, even the good student John Wick fell.

"Professor Quirrell."

After John came to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, he felt like someone was pricking his head with a needle. It was Legilimency, trying to peek into his brain's thoughts.

He decisively used Occlumency. After the new semester started, John upgraded Occlumency to Level 2, but it was still not enough.

He added any points to Occlumency, upgrading it to level 3.

Level 3 is already a master of Occlumency, and can still deal with a mutilated Voldemort's wandering soul.

With an excited look on his face, John was like a fanboy conquered by knowledge.

Voldemort, who used Legilimency to enter John's brain, was very satisfied. Now John only needed one word from him to become the most loyal Death Eater.

In training an undercover agent to be placed at Hogwarts, Voldemort spared no expense in his knowledge.

Through Quirrell's narration, he made John learn a lot.

He is a powerful wizard in his own right, and the knowledge he has learned is even more complicated.

Under his teachings, many things that John did not understand suddenly became clear.

In the days that followed, John attended classes during the day and went to the classroom to study at night.

This allowed him to quickly improve his level and successfully control Li Huo.

[Magic: Level 3 (30/1500)]

[Magic spells: Alajo Cave Opening (Level 3), Floating Curse (Level 4), Transformation Curse (Level 2), Disguise Curse (Level 3), Fluorescent Flash (Level 2), Blazing Flame (Level 3), Shattered to Bones ( Level 3), Fierce Fire (Level 2), Armor Protection (Level 2)...]

[Skills: Short Weapon Mastery (Level 7), Great Sword Mastery (Level 4), Hot Weapon Mastery (Level 1), Rune Mastery (Level 1), Alchemy Mastery (Level 1)]

[Blessings: Physical fitness, quick attack, precision, academic master, pilot, long-distance running, sword dance, troll killer, night devil]

The increase in magic power is not much, but the understanding of magic spells has improved a lot.

The biggest good news is that Alchemy has also been lit up.

Although he is still at level 1, John can already successfully refine a simple magic item.

Items with independent will, such as the Sorting Hat and the Sword of Gryffindor, probably require reaching level 7 before they can be made.

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Harry was dragged into devil training by Wood, even on snowy and rainy days.

He only wanted to defeat Slytherin and win the Academy Cup Championship, which would allow them to catch up with Slytherin in points.

And Harry had high expectations from him, which doubled Harry's pressure.

Even Hermione and Ron couldn't stand it anymore, and in the common room, they told Harry not to participate in the game.

Ron suggested that he say he was sick, but Hermione was more insistent and told him to say that his leg was broken.

This made Harry uncomfortable.

At this moment, Neville jumped from outside and fell into the common room.

Neville's legs were tightly pressed together, indicating that he was under a leg-locking spell.

It didn't take much thinking to know that Malfoy must have done it. Ron was very angry and immediately wanted to settle the score with Malfoy.

But Neville stopped him, he didn't want to cause trouble to Harry and the others.

Hermione untied Neville's leg-locking spell. Harry wanted to take out the chocolate frog to comfort Neville, but he touched a wizard card in his pocket.

"What's this?"

Harry handed another box containing a chocolate frog to Neville and was stunned when he saw the wizard card in his hand.

"This is the one John gave you. What else did John say at that time." Ron remembered the origin of this card.