Chapter 29: The Philosopher's Stone
"What are you doing?" Hermione couldn't help but wonder as she looked at Al who had come to him so late. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"I went to see Professor Snape, and he promised me an hour every night to help me improve!"
Hermione's eyes widened, and she looked at Al who was presenting to him and said, "You're not sick, are you? Or Snape is sick, how could he promise you to take extra time to teach you, especially since he's still the head of Slajerin House!"
"I don't know, it's just that Professor McGonagall asked me to relay a message to Professor Snape, Professor Dumbledore said that he will be back!" Al also thought it was incredulous, he couldn't understand who he was referring to, and Snape's attitude changed so quickly!
"What? Snape doesn't have a fever, or is there some secret here?" Hermione was also at a loss, which was very inconsistent with Snape's usual attitude!
"Who knows!" Al looked at his watch, more than an hour had passed since he came out of Snape's office, and it was getting darker, Al looked at Hermione in front of him, he just opened his mouth, he wanted something, but when he remembered Hermione's usual respectful attitude towards teachers other than Snape, Al thought about it, and decided not to tell Hermione some assumptions about Professor Rocky!
"What's wrong with you?" Hermione looked up and saw Al looking at her as if something was wrong!
"Oh no, nothing! I think I've found something interesting!" Al handed Hermione the book in his hand, "Here's some of the information I've found." ”
Hermione looked down and flipped through the book in Al's hand, which was a character document similar to historical materials.
"Nicolame?" Hermione didn't understand, Al was trying to explain something.
"That's right, it's Nicolame!" Al stood up and sat down beside Hermione, gesturing to a passage in the book.
"Here are some clues I've found, about the thing hidden on the third floor, the one Hagrid took out of Gringotts' vault 713 underground!"
Seeing Hermione's frowning expression, Al hurriedly continued: "Nicolame, the only great wizard in the world today who has mastered the technology of immortality, has lived for 657 years now, do you know why he has lived for so long?"
"There must be some medium, it should be a powerful magic item!" Hermione thought for a moment, "Listen to me, Al, I think you've been a little crazy lately, it's not something we should be thinking about!"
"I know, Hermione, but I've found it all, why don't you listen to it?" Al winked at Hermione, motioning for Hermione to continue!
"Listen, Hermione, Nicolame relies on the Philosopher's Stone to make the elixir of immortality, the Philosopher's Stone, as a top-notch and rare magical item, has extremely powerful magical power, and can turn stones into gold, and can also make elixir of immortality! The first emperor of ancient China, King Yingzheng of Qin sent the immortal master Xu Fu to the sea to find the traces of the Philosopher's Stone, although the King of Qin did not succeed in the end, but also alerted the world, there is such a precious magic item in the world, as far as I know, since the King of Qin in ancient China searched for a time, set off a frenzy to find the Philosopher's Stone, and later there were some powerful ancient magicians who had naturally evolved the Philosopher's Stone, but in the end they all disappeared inexplicably, and none of them lived past 700 years old! And Nicolame is this generation of wizards with the Philosopher's Stone of Nature!"
"Is there a classification of Philosopher's Stones, why are they called Natural Philosopher's Stones?" Hermione vaguely thought about what Hagrid had taken out, but she didn't quite understand why Nicolame's Philosopher's Stone was here at Hogwarts!
"Of course, because of the power of the Philosopher's Stone, all the wizards at that time were very yearning, so through superb alchemy, a lot of artificial Philosopher's Stones were made, of course, they were all very powerful, they could turn stones into gold, and they had huge magical power, but the most important point was that the artificial Philosopher's Stone could not make elixirs. According to the literature, King Arthur's sword in the stone is inlaid with magic stones made by human wizards and elven mages, in order to further enhance the power of the sword in the stone!"
"So, you mean that Nicolame gave the Philosopher's Stone to Hogwarts for safekeeping?"
"That's right, Hermione!" Al pulled out a newspaper clipping from his pile of materials, pointed to the person on it, and said, "Look, this is Nicolame, and next to him is our Professor Dumbledore! They are good friends, Nicolamay once said that Dumbledore is the person he trusts the most, and also said that he will give up taking the elixir of immortality. I think for a person of their age, life and death have long been seen through!" Al had a glint of excitement in his eyes, and he felt that Nicol Lemay was so cool!
"So, he gave his Philosopher's Stone to Dunburidore for safekeeping, he didn't think it was safe to keep it in Gringotts!" Hermione found a reason to convince herself.
And so it was, because Gringotts was attacked shortly after they started school!
"Actually, that's it!" Al picked up the cup and took a sip of water, which made his mouth feel dry and he needed a little water to relieve it!
"But what does that mean?" Hermione frowned, staring at Al's face tightly, "Don't tell me what you think about the Philosopher's Stone!"
"No, of course not!" Al quickly waved his hand, signaling that Hermione wasn't what she thought she was!"I mean, someone has a mind on the Philosopher's Stone, and that person is in Hogwarts right now!"
"You mean, someone from the troll broke into the third floor that night to steal the Philosopher's Stone?"
"That's right, it must be like this!" Al looked at Hermione steadfastly!
"And I'm ......" Al tried to continue guiding Hermione, but was immediately interrupted by Hermione!
"So, Snape, the troll was the only one who was injured that night, and he didn't fight the troll!" Hermione said firmly.
"But......" Al clearly didn't expect things to go this way!
"No, Al, I think your mind is dangerous right now. You're still a first-year wizard, you're not Professor Snape or Professor Dunbrido, and although you're much better than us, it's not something you can handle!" Hermione said earnestly, taking Al's hand.
"But Hermione, I ......"
"Alright, Al!" Al was interrupted again, "Al, listen to me, these things should be the things that the professors think about, okay?" Your strength can't solve such a problem, even if Snape gets the Philosopher's Stone, he's a professor at Hogwarts, and there's Abs Dumbledore, the most powerful white wizard in history, there's nothing to worry about, don't risk your life, okay, Al, look me in the eye and promise me!" Hermione stared at her with big eyes, looking at Al!
"Okay, okay......" Al looked at Hermione, he really didn't want to say anything, so he had to agree!
When he went back in the evening and told Harry and Ron his speculation, Harry and Ron immediately decided that Snape was playing tricks, and everything seemed to be caught in a strange circle, and Al completely lost his mind in it, and all the bad things revolved around Snape, but Al knew that it must not be Snape, otherwise Professor McGonagall, or Professor Dumbledore, would not have instructed him to go to Snape to teach him!