In the last week of the Christmas break, Hogwarts students have begun to return to school one after another, but this year, the school is deserted.

On the eighth floor, the principal's office was rarely full of people.

Karl, Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and a white-haired old man who looked much older than the previous two.

The old man was so thin, skinny that he was looking at Grindelwald with a nervous face, and at the same time his eyes glanced at Carl from time to time, as if he wanted to say something.

Looking at the old man, Grindelwald said to Dumbledore disdainfully, "You rely on this old man to find me every time, don't you, Dumbledore?"

The change in title foreshadowed Grindelwald's mood, which was obviously very unhappy, and looked at the old man with a somewhat unkind gaze.

"Don't be nervous, Nicol, he can't make any waves with me. Dumbledore comforted the old man.

As he spoke, he looked at Carl and introduced, "Carl, let me introduce you, this is Nicol Lemay." You should have heard his name. ”

"Hello, Monsieur Lemay, I have admired my name for a long time. Carl said sincerely.

Unlike the fakes of vampires, this is an eternal in the true sense of the word, and its alchemy achievements and other aspects are worthy of admiration.

"Hello, Carl, you can call me Nicol, I've wanted to see you for a long time. Nick Lemay held out his right hand to Karl.

The old man's voice was so small that he didn't seem to have any strength, but he could tell that he was glad to see Carl.

Karl carefully shook the old man's hand, which he had to do, and the old man's dry palm seemed as if he would crush it if he squeezed it with a single effort.

"Carl, your invention of Hearthstone is the most fun thing I've played in hundreds of years. Nicol Lemay said excitedly, "You may not believe it, but I am a staunch admirer of yours." ”

"That's a ...... Flattered!" Carl looked at the old man strangely, exclaiming and secretly scolding.

His words were completely sincere, but he could clearly remember the old man's previous letter, the super god player in front of him who had opened two thousand karls to open Fordin.

Looking at the old man's haggard appearance, to be honest, he was a little unbearable.

He even became more and more suspicious that it was the existence of the Philosopher's Stone that caused the old man's luck to decline so much.

So, he said, "Mr. Lemay, if you really like to play, I think I can give you a set of cards." So that you don't have to, you know, open so many packs. ”

Nicol Lemay looked at him in surprise, happy as a child, "You saw the letter I wrote to you!

With that, he turned to look at Dumbledore and complimented, "Albus, he's really, really smart!"

Dumbledore couldn't help laughing, and he spoke:

"Karl, Nicol gave up his own free time, he-"

As he spoke, Dumbledore's eyes glanced over the bookshelf, and then he noticed that the Philosopher's Stone he had placed on the bookshelf was missing.

Without even thinking, instinctively, he looked at Grindelwald, his gaze as calm as water, as if there was infinite anger in it.

Grindelwald was seen as a little weak-hearted.

"Don't look at me! I don't have that thing right now!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Karl.

Karl was immediately furious.

My day!

Can you old man not sell his teammates so obviously!!

Besides, this stone was given by your old man!

No, he had to take the Philosopher's Stone out of his jacket pocket and place it on the table in front of Dumbledore.

Grindelwald immediately became smug, "See, Albus, this boy is the same kind of person as me, and you can't lead him in the direction you want." ”

Dumbledore didn't look at him, he looked at Karl deeply, his eyes flashing with emotions that he couldn't even call himself.

Neither disappointed nor indignant, but an expression of amazement, mixed with even a hint of truthfulness.

The next second, he raised his wand decisively.

"Dumbledore, what are you going to do!"

Grindelwald decisively stood in front of Karl, staring at Dumbledore coldly, his wand was tightly grasped in his hand, and it seemed that as long as Dumbledore dared to make the slightest movement, he would attack directly.

However, Dumbledore was not affected by him, as if he did not exist.

With a slight shake of the wand in his hand, the old man stopped moving.

However, Grindelwald did not relax in the slightest, he looked at Dumbledore vigilantly, and his gaze did not leave the old man's body for a moment.

At this time, I only heard Dumbledore whisper: "Karl, eternal life is not as beautiful as we imagined, when you reach my age, you will know that death is just your last rest after a long day, you can look at Nicol, he-"

"Come on, Albus, I've had enough of your rhetoric!"

Grindelwald rolled his eyes disdainfully, as if he had heard some big joke.

Turning around, he looked at Karl and pointed at Nicol Lemay, "Boy, do you want to know why this old thing gave up the Philosopher's Stone?"

Without waiting for Carl to nod, Grindelwald continued, "Do you know why he's so thin?"

"Because he can't eat at all!!"

......

He looked at Nicol Lemay, the old man, and then at Dumbledore, the former's face was like this, but the latter's face seemed to be a little ugly, as if he didn't want Grindelwald to say more, but he couldn't say anything to stop it.

So, Karl wondered, "You mean, the price of using the Philosopher's Stone is not being able to eat?"

"Of course not," Grindelwald shook his head, "much worse than that!"

"Imagine a scenario like this, kid......"

"Your whole life, every minute, every second, everything you do is not your heart, when you eat, you choke yourself with every mouthful, and when you drink water, you choke yourself with every mouthful-"

"Hunger and thirst are always bothering you, and even if you try to eat something to fill your stomach, every bite of food you swallow will be spit out by him before it reaches your stomach, and every mouthful of water you drink will choke out of your nostrils. ”

"Every little thing in life is full of obstacles, and you need to spend 10 times more energy than everyone else to get something done to make sure it doesn't go wrong. ”

"One year, ten years, one hundred years...... Boy, for the sake of eternal life, how long do you think you can survive?"

Carl finally came to his senses, "You mean to say that the price of using the Philosopher's Stone is luck?"

At this time, he finally understood why Nicol Lemay's luck was so weak, no wonder he smoked two thousand packs to draw Fortin.

In the period before the holiday, combined with the data fed back by Jokowi, the probability of wizards opening card packs and oranges has surged.

Now that I think about it, it's all the credit of Nicol Lemay alone - the old man has single-handedly increased the probability of others opening an orange card.

However, when I think about it this way, even if I can really get eternal life in this way, it is really not interesting.

To be honest, he admired Nicol Lemay more and more, and it was a miracle that the old man could endure such pain and live for more than 600 years.

If you are someone else, you will stuff your teeth when you drink cold water every day, you can't eat or drink water, and you need to endure the double torture of your body and soul every day......

You may be able to endure it for a year, ten years, or you may be able to get through it, but for a hundred years, two hundred years, what's the point of living like this?

Looking at Carl's expression, Grindelwald smiled understandingly, "So, boy, this old man doesn't really see through life and death, he's really tired of life!"