Chapter 22: Surprising
A vast starry sky shrouded the land, and a huge castle with many turrets and towers sits between two mountains, and the glass of the windows shines brightly under the starry sky.
The courtyard was silent, a light peeked through one window, and the hall inside was filled with thousands of candles, rows of empty seats, and long tables full of gold and silver cutlery, but there was no food on the plates, and the feast did not seem to have begun.
On the high platform of the hall was a long table, opposite to the empty table below, and it was filled with people, dwarfs, white-bearded old men, and expressionless men, each neatly dressed and sitting quietly in their seats.
"Why hasn't Professor Madara come yet?" The dwarf broke the silence, and there was an empty seat beside him.
"Hagrid said he was coming back on the Hogwarts train, it should be almost there!" The white-bearded old man laughed.
"Oh!" The dwarf was a little surprised.
The others remained silent, and silence returned to the hall.
In the tower at the top of the castle, a young man looks at the stars in the sky, dressed in a black suit, with his hands in his trouser pockets, a black coat draped outside, and a black cat squatting on his shoulder.
The night wind blew his coat, and his long white hair like snow flew gently, revealing a handsome face, and the whole person was like a demon king in the night. "Madara, we don't go to eat at night, why do you run to the rooftop to blow the cool breeze again!" The black cat's big green eyes showed helplessness, and his tone was a little dissatisfied.
"It's not time yet!" The young man smiled disapprovingly.
"A warm castle is better than this. I really don't understand, why do you always like to stand on high places? The black cat lay weakly on the young man's shoulder.
"Maybe I prefer to look down!" The young man's eyes were lowered, and his pupils glowed scarlet. Gazing at the mountains in the distance, a train can be faintly seen speeding like a long black dragon.
"Have you finished copying the Philosopher's Stone?" The black cat seemed to remember something, and suddenly asked.
"It's still being made, and soon everyone will see it as a treasure, and there will be enough magic stones that can be used to pave the way!" A blood-colored crystal stone flew out of the young man's pocket, levitating in front of him. There is a glimmer of light.
"You want to return the Philosopher's Stone to Dumbledore?" The black cat looked at the young man in surprise.
"Hmmm! I really want to see his expression! The young man had a wicked smile in his eyes, and he didn't wait for the black cat to ask him. Say what's on your mind.
"Seems interesting!" The black cat let out a sinister laugh as well.
The gate of the castle had been opened, and people in black robes walked in, all of whom seemed to be children, and they hurried into the castle. Not far away, a large lake is lit up. That's the gas light on every small boat.
"It's time for us to go!" The young man had put the stone back in his pocket, disappeared with the black cat to the top of the tower, and instantly appeared on the lawn, his hands still in his trouser pockets, and walked slowly towards the castle.
Madara and the cat rush back to Hogwarts ahead of time, and instead of looking for Dumbledore, they return to the Divine Space, using the multiplier liquid and the super mixer to make the Philosopher's Stone, which he was going to use with an elephant spell. However, the magic stone copied by copying the spell is only a superficial and powerless thing.
At this time, he already had thousands of magic stones, and the wooden clone was still continuing to be made in the Cloud Kingdom of the Shenwei Space. He is going to make 100,000 magic stones, and now that the Outer Dao Golem is in his body, he is ready to use the magic stone to increase the strength of the White Peerless, although he doesn't need the magic stone, but the life force in the magic stone can make a lot of things.
"Professor Madara!" Madara had just walked into the castle. Around the corner hurried out a witch in emerald green robes.
"Professor McGonagall!" Madara paused, and nodded to the witch.
"The opening dinner started immediately. Except for the first-year students, the students of other grades have already arrived, how can you come back! McGonagall was about to pick up the new students, and finally saw Madara who had disappeared for a day, and McGonagall was angry that Madara was completely unpunctual.
"It's a bit of a trifle!" Madara doesn't give McGonagall a chance to speak, and quickens his pace out of the hallway.
The Great Hall of Hogwarts was full, although there were still some empty seats, compared to only a few more people than Dumbledled, and now it was noisy, and the students of all years sat at the long tables in their houses, talking to each other with great interest about the interesting events that happened during the holidays.
Bang!
The wooden door of the auditorium suddenly opened, and a black figure walked in, passing through the middle aisle, and the students on both sides stopped their discussion and turned their eyes to Madara.
The boys looked surprised, not knowing who Madara was, while some of the girls looked at Madara intently, their hearts racing, they had never seen such a handsome person.
Dumbledore nodded at Madara, his face not fluctuating, as if he didn't know the Philosopher's Stone was in Madara's hands.
Madara didn't speak, and sat down next to Flitvier, with Snape on the other side.
Cat Xiaoxian jumped off his shoulder, squatted on the long table, and looked at the empty plate with some disappointment, the dinner had not even started.
"Professor Madara, you almost missed the dinner!" Flitwick whispered from the side.
"I found something today, so I'm coming back late, and something very exciting will happen in a while!" The corners of his mouth turned up, and he said in a calm tone.
"What's the matter?" Flitwick looked at Madara in amazement, he had just said it casually, but he didn't expect Madara to say something amazing.
"You don't believe it when you say it, wait for a while to watch a good show!" Madara didn't lower his voice, and although his words were not heard by the students below, they were all heard by the professors around him.
Snape gripped his clothes slightly, and looked at Dumbledore to see that he was seeing Spot, who had apparently caught his attention.
"Professor Madara, what are you going to do?" Flitwick fidgeted at the thought of Madara's frozen London, and he suddenly wished that Madara hadn't returned.
Spotted smiled and looked at the hall calmly, no one could guess what he was thinking.
Snape and Dumbledore looked at each other, making eye contact, Snape had already grasped the wand, he meant to let Madara leave immediately, Dumbledore was a little hesitant, he wanted to see what Madara was doing.
As the two men spoke silently, Hagrid picked up the freshmen from the train and led them across the lake to Professor McGonagall, who returned to the hall after completing his mission.
By this time, all the Hogwarts personnel had arrived, except for McGonagall and Filch, the caretaker, who had greeted the newborns in front of the castle, and Traurini was also sitting on the seat at the end, her head bowed, and she hadn't looked up since Madara arrived.
Hagrid came to the table and saw that Madara had returned, his face first stunned, then angry, and about to speak, Dumbledore coughed under his breath.
"Humph!" Hagrid sat down in his chair in a fit of rage, and since he had returned to Hogwarts, he had immediately gone to Dumbledore and told him about Madara's theft of the Philosopher's Stone.
Dumbledore's reaction was beyond Hagrid's expectations, and he didn't say anything, just told Hagrid that he would take care of it himself, and that he shouldn't tell anyone about it.
Although Dumbledore didn't blame himself, Hagrid still felt uncomfortable, if he hadn't gone to find Madara and wanted to use the apparition to return to Hogwarts, the Philosopher's Stone wouldn't have been taken away by Madara.
Hagrid had no idea that everything was planned by Dumbledore himself, and he was not just one of the pawns.
"Hagrid! I was about to go to you, this thing will be returned to you! Madara snapped up and pulled a blood-colored stone out of his pocket and threw it on the table in front of Hagrid.
All the professors' eyes first looked at the stone and then on Madara's body, as for the students below, they had no idea what was going on, and although they knew that Madara should be the new professor, they had no idea who he was.
"You ......" Hagrid looked at Madara in dismay, staring at the lost Philosopher's Stone in disbelief.
Dumbledore's actions caught Dumbledore off guard, a trace of fluctuation appeared on his face, his eyes stared at the philosopher's stone, and he could feel the fluctuation of mana, Madara actually gave up immortality.
"This ......" Snape stared at the Philosopher's Stone, pondering, and looked up at Madara and Dumbledore in surprise, things were more complicated than he could have imagined.
Bang!
Before anyone could react, the door to the hall opened again, and the new Hogwarts students began to enter.
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