The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

Chapter 29 The Story of Nico Flamel

Loren could never have imagined that five minutes ago he was in Hogwarts and now he was walking on the streets of Devon. It had just rained, and there was a moist smell in the air.

In the morning, Professor McGonagall found Loren in the library and took him to see Dumbledore. Loren thought that something happened to Peter Pettigrew, but in the blink of an eye, Dumbledore brought him here. .

"Nico wants to see you." Dumbledore took a deep breath happily, enjoying the weather.

Of course Loren knew who Dumbledore was talking about Nico: "Nicola Flamel? Why do you want to see me?"

"He doesn't want his inheritance to be sealed for too long."

"When he met you in Hampshire, he knew that you would go to Hogwarts, so he asked me to take a good look at what kind of child you are."

"He said, if I think you can, I will take you there. But if you are not suitable, you will have to explore the mysteries of those two books on your own." Dumbledore told Loren the reason as he led Loren forward.

"So he really sold me those two books?"

Loren knew that Dumbledore already knew that he had the "General Understanding of Hieroglyphs" and "The Book of Abraham" in his hands, and he was still not sure whether the person he met in the town was Nico Flamel.

If so, why did Nico Flamel go to that remote town, set up a bookstall, and sell books to Loren at a price that was just enough for him to pay.

"Why don't you wait and ask him in person later?" Dumbledore seemed to sense that Loren had more than one question in his mind, and he meant something.

"Then why now?" Without any recruitment, Nico suddenly wanted to see him, and Loren didn't believe that Dumbledore was not involved.

"Of course not just now, Loren."

"You have proven yourself since you told me about Banban, but you brought me more surprises later."

"Be willing to trust, have a yearning for knowledge, value friendship, and most importantly, have love in your heart."

"These are precious qualities."

After experiencing what happened to Tom, Dumbledore became more cautious and at the same time paid more attention to examining the students' hearts. Dispelling darkness and leading to light is what a qualified principal should do.

Loren curled his lips. It was obviously a surveillance investigation, but it turned out that he seemed serious when he said this.

The person behind the mirror last night was definitely Dumbledore, so full of magic that he almost blinded Loren. He probably heard that Loren saw relatives in the Mirror of Erised, so he made up his mind.

"Although sometimes, a little naughty." Dumbledore added, the two stopped in front of a small courtyard, he stepped forward and pressed the doorbell.

There's nothing magical about it, just like every other Muggle house on the street. There is a green lawn in the courtyard and the windows are kept spotless.

The door was opened by an old woman. Dumbledore stepped forward and gently touched her cheek: "Long time no see! Perenelle."

The woman nodded and smiled softly at Loren behind Dumbledore: "Come in quickly." She turned sideways to welcome the two of them in.

Walking through the courtyard and entering the house, the living room has a normal Muggle family sofa, color TV, and refrigerator.

The old white-haired bookseller that Loren had met before was sitting on the sofa watching TV, and an opera was playing.

The old man looked up at Loren, with a gentle smile on his face: "I just said we would meet again!"

Perenal invited the two of them to sit down, made black tea, and went to the back room.

Dumbledore sat quietly next to him, as if all this had nothing to do with him, watching the opera on the TV with interest.

"Hello, sir." Looking at those eyes, Loren had a lot to ask, but he didn't know where to start.

Nico saw Loren's doubts, but didn't mention it and started talking on his own: "I'm going to tell a long story, some of which you may have heard..."

The Black Death was raging in Europe in the 14th century. Nico Flamel graduated from Beauxbatons and obtained the "Book of Abraham" under the guidance of a mysterious man in his dream. He spent decades researching but found almost nothing. I read the contents of the book with the help of a Hebrew scholar.

"There is a severe curse attached to the Book of Abraham. Except for the high priests and scribes, anyone who looks at it will bring death. I thought that I could avoid this curse by relaying it. Such an idea is really arrogant! "

"I hope you will remember this lesson and don't leak the contents of the book to others, or be careful to bring disaster to others..."

After the Hebrew scholar died, Nico Flamel refined the Philosopher's Stone by chance. Although it is incomplete, it has been able to turn stone into gold and prepare the elixir of longevity.

"It's just immortality. My body is still aging normally, and my bones will break if I don't pay attention." At this point, the old man laughed, as if it was something interesting.

Seven hundred years is long enough, and he has lived enough. Nico had already planned to return to France with his wife to rest in peace some time later, after arranging the funeral arrangements.

Until then, Nico wants to pass on his knowledge. After hundreds of years of exploration, he has made achievements in many aspects, not just the magic stone.

"You know, given enough time, anyone can become a scholar."

Nico compiled the contents of alchemy, other knowledge, travel notes, and autobiography that he had discovered over the past hundreds of years, and finally compiled it into "A Comprehensive Interpretation of Pictographic Symbols."

I originally planned to put this book in the Beauxbatons library, hoping that sooner or later someone would discover it and continue exploring along the existing path. As for the cursed book, fate will have its own plans.

This plan lasted until a year ago, when Nico dreamed of the mysterious man from six hundred years ago, asking him to go to Hampshire and pass the book to a 10-year-old child.

Nico thought it was fate and he chose a small town at random. Selling books like a hawker, I plan to entrust the two books to the lucky person and let the lucky person explore on his own. After all, you will not be short of time if you have the magic stone.

Not long after we sat down, before finishing a cup of coffee, we met Loren.

"Just like six hundred years ago, Loren was also engaged in some copying work, just like fate." Nico's voice suddenly rose, and he looked very excited.

After selling the book, Nico didn't relax. Loren was so young that he didn't know if Loren could make it to where he stopped.

Nico didn't want the people behind him to be like him, going round and round and finally refining a semi-finished product. That would be a pity. It might even be worse. After all, looking back at the process of refining the magic stone, it was full of luck and cannot be replicated.

"You know, older men always think about things and hesitate." Nico smiled happily, "The last time he did something outrageous was decades ago."

Finally, please Dumbledore, if Loren is a suitable candidate, bring him here, and I will give this lucky boy a little help.

As he said that, Nico Flamel took out a picture from his pocket, like a picture of a chocolate frog: "Take it back and put it on the cover of "An Introduction to Pictograms". It will save you some detours. "

Loren reached out and took it. On it was a portrait of Nico in his youth, with his eyes closed and unable to move.

"We are not masters and disciples. We have no obligations to each other. We are just a small help from a pioneer to a follower."

"If you appreciate this small help, help me take care of Beauxbatons."

"Finally, you have to remember that the key to making the magic stone is to redeem a desperate soul!"