Chapter 22 Dumbledore and the Promise
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Nan Shan Dou Xi
hall.
"You should wake me up, I want to see your parents."
Ron complained angrily. He was annoyed that Harry found out that the mirror didn't call him by himself yesterday.
Harry said: "You can go tonight, I will go again, I want you to look at that mirror."
The two were eagerly discussing about the magic mirror, and almost forgot about Nicole Flamel.
John made a sandwich with turkey on toast.
Just as he was about to put it in his mouth, Harry said, "John is there too, but I haven't seen his family."
John put down the sandwich and said with some seriousness: "Harry, that mirror should not be able to see your family, but reflect what your heart desires. You shouldn't be too obsessed."
Ron asked curiously, "John, what did you see?"
"I?"
Recalling the scene he saw yesterday, John smacked his mouth and said, "I saw a table of food."
"Uh……
Ron and Harry were a little speechless, they thought John would see other things, shouldn't he see books if he loves learning so much.
However, Harry didn't take John's words to heart, and instead wanted to go more and more.
He is so lacking in love.
The strongest magic built with maternal love can't make up for the shortcomings in his heart. Compared with the savior, he wants his parents to be by his side more.
John didn't care whether Harry listened or not, anyway, his warning had already been said.
With Dumbledore around, even Voldemort couldn't hurt Harry and the others.
John, who was not worried, remembered Nicole Flamel after eating, and took out the chocolate frog wizard card from his pocket and handed it to Harry.
"This is?"
Harry was a little puzzled by his movements.
John smiled mysteriously, "All the answers may not be as profound as imagined, you have to learn to observe the things around you."
The chattering words made the two of them puzzled, but Harry still accepted the card.
Harry, who was so focused on the Mirror of Erised, stuffed the card into his pocket as soon as he changed hands. It might take a while before he remembered it.
None of this has anything to do with John, he's already headed to the library.
Under the gaze of Ms. Pince, he piled up books on alchemy records on the table.
The diligent appearance made Professor McGonagall who passed by here feel relieved. The only drawback is that this is not a Gryffindor student.
After two hours of the blessing of Xueba, John barely piled up the alchemy theory.
Xueba's time passed, he put down the pile of books and rubbed his sore eyes.
"It's still too difficult to rely on these theories."
In front of him were "Simple Introduction to Ancient Runes" and "Simple Alchemy".
These are the most basic things, and they can make people's minds swell.
But thanks to this, John can start practicing alchemy.
According to the records in "Fairy Casting", magic text plus alchemy is equal to fairy casting.
Although the formula is simple, it requires thousands of trials to succeed.
Head to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor, John has a different location this time.
"I need a place where I can refine things."
After walking back and forth in front of the huge tapestry three times, a wooden door appeared on the blank wall.
Push open the door and go in. Inside is a place with many crucibles.
There are still many empty bottles on the wall shelves, and some contain the materials of magical creatures.
John moved his fingers, it seems that he needs to add more materials.
Like forging wands, magical creatures are valuable to wizards.
With John's family background, he couldn't afford it by buying, but he has a big material dealer around him, so he can just borrow it.
...
the next day.
"Here you go, John, what do you want a snail ass for?"
In Hagrid's hut, as a gamekeeper, Hagrid deals with magical creatures every day, and the materials he has saved over the years are invaluable.
But Hagrid didn't seem to realize this, sitting on the treasure mountain without knowing it.
John is one of the few students who has a good relationship with Hagrid, and he also has a friendship with breaking into Aragog's lair.
After hearing that John asked for materials, he immediately collected a lot.
Taking the materials, John almost fell down.
Although Hagrid held it easily, this pile of things was actually very heavy.
The snail is a magical animal bred at Hogwarts, possibly a cross between a manticore and a fire crab.
In other words, Hagrid could take out a basketful of butts at once, which John was going to use as materials for his first alchemy.
"I'm learning alchemy Hagrid, after all, who can understand these things better than you."
Hagrid was very happy to hear this, and John declined his offer to give him rock cakes.
Holding a basketful of snail butts, John struggled back to the Room of Requirement to start his own refining.
For this reason, he can be said to forget food and sleep, and even missed dinner.
When he came out of the Room of Requirement, John had some black ash on his nose.
When he was about to return, he passed the fifth floor.
Stopping, John saw that the door where the mirror was placed was ajar.
He knew Harry was in there.
"He's still obsessed." Sighing, John changed his mind about going back to the dormitory, and went to the room on the left.
As he approached the door, John heard conversations inside.
Could it be Ron?Harry took Ron to look in the mirror yesterday.
Casting a disillusionment spell on himself, John seemed to disappear in the darkness.
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 suppose you know its magic by now?"
"It...it made me see my family."
...
Harry talked with Dumbledore who appeared here, and Harry knew that this mirror was just like what John said, and it could show what he longed for.
Dumbledore used this to teach Harry, and at the same time told Harry that the mirror would be changed.
Harry was a little bit reluctant, but obediently put on the invisibility cloak and went back to sleep.
"Professor Dumbledore, what did you see when you looked 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 wool socks."
"There are never enough socks."
For this answer, Harry felt a little perfunctory and not unreasonable.
After all, John also saw a table of food, and he felt that John might be as wise 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 enough to try to outwit the greatest wizard of the century.
Stepping out of the darkness, he terminated the Disillusionment Charm.
The figure gradually emerged, and he seemed to appear in the room out of thin air.
"Excellent Disillusionment Charm, it seems that you have learned a lot in the restricted area." Dumbledore praised.
John was a little embarrassed, and he was a little guilty of being exposed face-to-face for violating school rules, especially if that person was the headmaster of Hogwarts.
Dumbledore laughed, "Don't worry, I don't think Professor Quirrell signed the note for you."
He blinked, not naughty like an old man.
John knew that Dumbledore would not let himself out for no reason, he was about to leave, but Dumbledore stopped him.
Sure enough, Dumbledore looked at John, his kind eyes flickered with a sense of insight, and asked, "Mr. Wick, what did you see in the mirror?"
John's body tensed up, subconsciously activated Occlumency, and replied honestly: "Food, a lot of food... and I have become stronger."
After hesitating for a while, John still didn't choose to hide.
Dumbledore was very satisfied with his answer, clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Applause for honesty, John, do you know that Minerva has been nagging in my ears these days, maybe there is something wrong with the Sorting Hat."
Under the half-moon-shaped 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, and you are indeed the most suitable for Slytherin, there is no doubt about it."
"Promise me John, don't touch those irreparable magic."
"I promise you professor."
I don't know why Dumbledore brought up this matter, maybe because he knew that John had read a lot of black 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 of being discovered.
"You have the self-control to overcome your desires. I believe you John. As a reward for your discovery of the answer, maybe you will have the opportunity to get in touch with the real Philosopher's Stone."
After changing the seriousness just now, Dumbledore blinked, as if hinting at something.
John was taken aback, the answer?
He thought of the chocolate frog wizard card, the old man seemed to know everything.
Whether it's the Restricted Section or the Chocolate Frog Wizard card.
"You should wake me up, I want to see your parents."
Ron complained angrily. He was annoyed that Harry found out that the mirror didn't call him by himself yesterday.
Harry said: "You can go tonight, I will go again, I want you to look at that mirror."
The two were eagerly discussing about the magic mirror, and almost forgot about Nicole Flamel.
John made a sandwich with turkey on toast.
Just as he was about to put it in his mouth, Harry said, "John is there too, but I haven't seen his family."
John put down the sandwich and said with some seriousness: "Harry, that mirror should not be able to see your family, but reflect what your heart desires. You shouldn't be too obsessed."
Ron asked curiously, "John, what did you see?"
"I?"
Recalling the scene he saw yesterday, John smacked his mouth and said, "I saw a table of food."
"Uh……
Ron and Harry were a little speechless, they thought John would see other things, shouldn't he see books if he loves learning so much.
However, Harry didn't take John's words to heart, and instead wanted to go more and more.
He is so lacking in love.
The strongest magic built with maternal love can't make up for the shortcomings in his heart. Compared with the savior, he wants his parents to be by his side more.
John didn't care whether Harry listened or not, anyway, his warning had already been said.
With Dumbledore around, even Voldemort couldn't hurt Harry and the others.
John, who was not worried, remembered Nicole Flamel after eating, and took out the chocolate frog wizard card from his pocket and handed it to Harry.
"This is?"
Harry was a little puzzled by his movements.
John smiled mysteriously, "All the answers may not be as profound as imagined, you have to learn to observe the things around you."
The chattering words made the two of them puzzled, but Harry still accepted the card.
Harry, who was so focused on the Mirror of Erised, stuffed the card into his pocket as soon as he changed hands. It might take a while before he remembered it.
None of this has anything to do with John, he's already headed to the library.
Under the gaze of Ms. Pince, he piled up books on alchemy records on the table.
The diligent appearance made Professor McGonagall who passed by here feel relieved. The only drawback is that this is not a Gryffindor student.
After two hours of the blessing of Xueba, John barely piled up the alchemy theory.
Xueba's time passed, he put down the pile of books and rubbed his sore eyes.
"It's still too difficult to rely on these theories."
In front of him were "Simple Introduction to Ancient Runes" and "Simple Alchemy".
These are the most basic things, and they can make people's minds swell.
But thanks to this, John can start practicing alchemy.
According to the records in "Fairy Casting", magic text plus alchemy is equal to fairy casting.
Although the formula is simple, it requires thousands of trials to succeed.
Head to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor, John has a different location this time.
"I need a place where I can refine things."
After walking back and forth in front of the huge tapestry three times, a wooden door appeared on the blank wall.
Push open the door and go in. Inside is a place with many crucibles.
There are still many empty bottles on the wall shelves, and some contain the materials of magical creatures.
John moved his fingers, it seems that he needs to add more materials.
Like forging wands, magical creatures are valuable to wizards.
With John's family background, he couldn't afford it by buying, but he has a big material dealer around him, so he can just borrow it.
...
the next day.
"Here you go, John, what do you want a snail ass for?"
In Hagrid's hut, as a gamekeeper, Hagrid deals with magical creatures every day, and the materials he has saved over the years are invaluable.
But Hagrid didn't seem to realize this, sitting on the treasure mountain without knowing it.
John is one of the few students who has a good relationship with Hagrid, and he also has a friendship with breaking into Aragog's lair.
After hearing that John asked for materials, he immediately collected a lot.
Taking the materials, John almost fell down.
Although Hagrid held it easily, this pile of things was actually very heavy.
The snail is a magical animal bred at Hogwarts, possibly a cross between a manticore and a fire crab.
In other words, Hagrid could take out a basketful of butts at once, which John was going to use as materials for his first alchemy.
"I'm learning alchemy Hagrid, after all, who can understand these things better than you."
Hagrid was very happy to hear this, and John declined his offer to give him rock cakes.
Holding a basketful of snail butts, John struggled back to the Room of Requirement to start his own refining.
For this reason, he can be said to forget food and sleep, and even missed dinner.
When he came out of the Room of Requirement, John had some black ash on his nose.
When he was about to return, he passed the fifth floor.
Stopping, John saw that the door where the mirror was placed was ajar.
He knew Harry was in there.
"He's still obsessed." Sighing, John changed his mind about going back to the dormitory, and went to the room on the left.
As he approached the door, John heard conversations inside.
Could it be Ron?Harry took Ron to look in the mirror yesterday.
Casting a disillusionment spell on himself, John seemed to disappear in the darkness.
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 suppose you know its magic by now?"
"It...it made me see my family."
...
Harry talked with Dumbledore who appeared here, and Harry knew that this mirror was just like what John said, and it could show what he longed for.
Dumbledore used this to teach Harry, and at the same time told Harry that the mirror would be changed.
Harry was a little bit reluctant, but obediently put on the invisibility cloak and went back to sleep.
"Professor Dumbledore, what did you see when you looked 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 wool socks."
"There are never enough socks."
For this answer, Harry felt a little perfunctory and not unreasonable.
After all, John also saw a table of food, and he felt that John might be as wise 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 enough to try to outwit the greatest wizard of the century.
Stepping out of the darkness, he terminated the Disillusionment Charm.
The figure gradually emerged, and he seemed to appear in the room out of thin air.
"Excellent Disillusionment Charm, it seems that you have learned a lot in the restricted area." Dumbledore praised.
John was a little embarrassed, and he was a little guilty of being exposed face-to-face for violating school rules, especially if that person was the headmaster of Hogwarts.
Dumbledore laughed, "Don't worry, I don't think Professor Quirrell signed the note for you."
He blinked, not naughty like an old man.
John knew that Dumbledore would not let himself out for no reason, he was about to leave, but Dumbledore stopped him.
Sure enough, Dumbledore looked at John, his kind eyes flickered with a sense of insight, and asked, "Mr. Wick, what did you see in the mirror?"
John's body tensed up, subconsciously activated Occlumency, and replied honestly: "Food, a lot of food... and I have become stronger."
After hesitating for a while, John still didn't choose to hide.
Dumbledore was very satisfied with his answer, clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Applause for honesty, John, do you know that Minerva has been nagging in my ears these days, maybe there is something wrong with the Sorting Hat."
Under the half-moon-shaped 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, and you are indeed the most suitable for Slytherin, there is no doubt about it."
"Promise me John, don't touch those irreparable magic."
"I promise you professor."
I don't know why Dumbledore brought up this matter, maybe because he knew that John had read a lot of black 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 of being discovered.
"You have the self-control to overcome your desires. I believe you John. As a reward for your discovery of the answer, maybe you will have the opportunity to get in touch with the real Philosopher's Stone."
After changing the seriousness just now, Dumbledore blinked, as if hinting at something.
John was taken aback, the answer?
He thought of the chocolate frog wizard card, the old man seemed to know everything.
Whether it's the Restricted Section or the Chocolate Frog Wizard card.
