Tonks took out a portkey for Lockhart to hold, and after a period of dizziness, they arrived in front of an elegant building, where several men were smoking and chatting in front of the house, and when they saw Tonks and Lockhart, they only nodded and did not talk.

"They are my colleagues. Tonks explained.

Upon entering the house, a white-bearded old man sitting in a chair smiled and nodded at Lockhart.

"Welcome, Mr. Lockhart. ”

Lockhart hurriedly returned the salute: "It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Nicol Lemay. ”

Lockhart was surprised, he thought that a man who had lived for six hundred years would either be old and ugly, or rejuvenated and young, but Nicol Lemay looked like an ordinary old man.

"Please come with me......," Nicol Lemay said, leading Lockhart into the study, "Sit." ”

Lockhart looked around, the room was featureless, and the shelves did not have as many ancient cheats as he imagined, and it was hard to imagine the study of a man who had lived six hundred years old.

"How does it feel to be close to death?" Lemay also sat down across from Lockhart, "If it feels rude, forgive an old man for his curiosity." ”

"Well, a strange feeling, nothingness, like I am the creator god myself. Fortunately, I created the world in time and woke up. ”

"It's an unimaginable experience, but I'll soon be able to experience it for myself. Lemay nodded.

This sentence reminded Lockhart that the old man in front of him, in order not to plunge the wizarding world into a crisis, had voluntarily given up the Philosopher's Stone, and he was walking lonely towards the eternal wall of infinite height up and down, infinite width on the left and right, and death.

This made him awe-inspiring and put away his habitual smile: "Everyone will have the opportunity to experience death, and once a qiē will eventually pass away, only the god of death has the right to live forever." ”

"Only death is immortal, interesting. Lemay seems to agree. "Actually, I didn't give up the Philosopher's Stone voluntarily. ”

Lockhart was taken aback, could there be any inside story?

Ignoring Lockhart's surprise, Lemay continued, "The Philosopher's Stone has failed. ”

"But you know how to make the Philosopher's Stone. Lockhart still didn't get it.

Lemay didn't answer, he took out a red gem and placed it on the table. This stone flows with magnificent colors and exudes a strange atmosphere.

This is definitely a philosopher's stone, although I haven't seen it when it comes out, and I haven't heard of its description, but if such a stone that exudes a magical and powerful aura is not a philosopher's stone, then Lockhart doesn't know what the philosopher's stone will look like.

Lockhart resisted the urge to give the old man in front of him a shot and forget everything and then abscond, Nicol Lemay's strength is definitely not under Dumbledore, ** can age, but the magic increases with age, although the growth rate gradually slows down after adulthood, but it will definitely not stop.

- And the old man in front of him is theoretically the strongest wizard.

"The materials I collected made 2 philosopher's stones, and I didn't tell him about this Dumbledore. Lemay seemed to see through Lockhart's thoughts, "One will keep me alive for 700 years, and theoretically I only need 10 years to make another one." ”

Lockhart knew that Lemay must have something to sue him.

"But after I used one, I knew I was on the wrong track, that this is not the way to eternal life. Lemay seemed to recall, "The Philosopher's Stone made my magic begin to decay. ”

"Its principle is to sacrifice mana and forcibly repair the aging **, theoretically, as long as your mana grows faster than the speed of repairing the mana, you can live forever. But the decay is getting faster and faster, and in order to survive, the magic power is also decaying faster and faster, just like drinking to quench your thirst. ”

"I was one of the strongest wizards in the world when I first made the Philosopher's Stone, but now I'm a Squib. At the same time, my ** aging rate has also begun to be unbelievably fast, as if I want to complete all 600 years of time in a few months!"

Lockhart nodded: "If you can become a Muggle and live forever, I think a lot of people would be willing." Do you mean that people who don't have magic can't continue to use the Philosopher's Stone, and they can't rely on someone else's magic?"

Lemay nodded: "In other words, I have not given up on eternal life, but I can't survive any longer." ”

"But it can live 600 years, and the Philosopher's Stone is still a successful product. ”

"No, if that's all, the Philosopher's Stone is certainly a good thing. However, when I lived to be 200 years old, I found that I was starting to lose my senses. ”

"At first, the symptoms were mild, I just had a hard time being happy or sad, but as time went on, I began to feel less and less able to feel any emotions, and when I lived to be about 250 years old, I had no feelings at all, my friend died, and I couldn't be sad. The apprentice has achieved great things, and I can't be happy. That's why I didn't take in any more apprentices or continue to practice medicine to save people, because I couldn't get the pleasure of teaching knowledge and helping others. ”

"After a while, I even felt like my sense of taste was gone, and all my feelings were simulated. Do you know what it feels like?" said Nicol Lemay lightly, "it is better to live than to die, but the fear of death, of course, I don't have such a feeling of fear anymore, it is a very subtle fear, perhaps it is the nature of all life to try to stay away from death." For the rest of my life, I was looking for a solution to this problem. ”

Since Lemay is now sitting and saying this to Lockhart, it is clear that he has not found a solution.

"What's the use of suing me, does Dumbledore know?"

"He knows, otherwise, with his temper, he will not force me to make one for him at once. Actually, Voldemort should have been given the Philosopher's Stone, and I was kind of looking forward to what his expression would be when his magic decayed. ”

"So, this Philosopher's Stone?"

"Destroy it, or take it to play, whatever you want. It's yours, but I'm going to ask you for a favor. ”

"What about my trauma?" Lockhart asked nervously.

"Lie to you, the wounds of ** will heal. Lemay took out three more potions, "Permanent Enhancement Potion, I almost wanted to drink it as plain water for the past hundred years, the first time I drank it, the second bottle was very bad at the beginning, unfortunately, for me, it was really plain water." ”

"What do you need me to do?" Lockhart stood up and took the bottle with both hands, his heart surprised but more confused and a little afraid. Could it be that I am the protagonist, and I also encounter this kind of mysterious old man who teaches me a qiē bridge?

"I heard Dumbledore say that you are the best master of memory magic in the world, please let me and my apprentices forget about the making and use of the Philosopher's Stone. My apprentices are now lying next door, and I don't want my descendants to continue down this wrong course, and to save Voldemort from worrying. ”

"Understood. Lockhart was startled, how did Dumbledore know that he was good at memory magic, did he already know? But he also knew in his heart that if Dumbledore had malicious intentions, he would have been ruined.

"Let's start now, I want to die quietly, and when I'm done, remember to let the Aurors at the door leave. ”

Lockhart pulled out his wand, and he had a strange feeling that he had never cast the spell when the other person was facing him face to face and looking at him. "Forget it!"

It took a few minutes to forget everything, but the spell was successful, and there might be someone in the world who could recover it, but definitely not Voldemort. When Lockhart walked out of Lemay's house with the Philosopher's Stone in his pocket, he had the feeling that he was dreaming, inexplicably messing up the plot, inexplicably sleeping for months, and inexplicably participating in what may be one of the biggest events in the history of wizards and even in human history - the destruction of the myth of the Philosopher's Stone.

"Did I still wake up under Voldemort's death curse?"