"What!" Morgana asked loudly, "Do you know the whereabouts of the Philosopher's Stone?"

Matthew didn't nod, but he didn't deny it either.

Instead, he unhurriedly took out an oiled paper bag from his pocket.

He slowly opened the oil paper outside, and then he handed the contents inside, along with the oil paper, to the "little boy" in front of him, who was half a head shorter than him.

"What is this?" Morgana couldn't help but frown at the sight of what was wrapped in oiled paper, while pinching her nose with her other hand.

What appeared in front of her was a dirty strip of cloth that had been sitting in it for an unknown amount of time, and when it came into contact with the fresh air, it quickly emitted a disgusting stench.

"Ms. Morgana, I suggest you take a closer look. Matthew said calmly, "It's better to smell it again." ”

Morgana glanced at Matthew with some disbelief, looking at the boy in front of her with an extremely sincere expression on his face...... She endured the stench and pressed her nose closer to the dirty strip of cloth—

Almost for a moment, she was shocked.

At a speed that was barely visible to Matthew's naked eye, she appeared in front of Matthew and shouted hysterically:

"Where did it come from...... This thing...... Where are you from?"

For on the dirty strip of cloth, in addition to the disgusting stench, she smelled a familiar smell......

The taste that has been with her for hundreds of years......

The taste of the Philosopher's Stone!

......

"Calm down, Ms. Morgana!" Matthew suddenly felt an extremely strong oppressive force, which made his legs a little weak, and he quickly said, "Calm down...... Calm down......"

In fact, the strip of cloth wrapped in the oiled paper was actually a mop strip!

Almost half a year ago, when he was taking part in the "after-school practice" for the second time, he was ordered by the castle caretaker Pringer to go to the office of the vice-chancellor, Professor Rozier, to clean up......

At that time, under Professor Rozier's seat, by chance, he saw a drop of bright red, blood-like liquid.

At that time, Matthew did not hesitate to drag it clean with a mop.

But after a series of events, when leaving the vice-chancellor's office and returning the sanitary utensils to Mr. Plinger's office, Matthew kept an eye on it and tore off a strip of cloth with a hint of bright red on the mop.

When he returned to the Slytherin common room, he wrapped the strip of cloth in oiled paper, carefully preserved it, and sealed it.

At first, Matthew just kept an eye on it, and he didn't really know what the liquid was.

But as time went on, more and more evidence emerged, and he could gradually guess that it was almost eight or nine times.

As Principal Grindelwald's aunt, Professor Bathilda Basshat, a teacher of the history of magic class, said, wizards like Gellert Grindelwald disdain to use the Philosopher's Stone to make elixirs to keep themselves alive......

As for obtaining large sums of gold through the Philosopher's Stone, Matthew disagrees that this would be Grindelwald's doing......

As for hiding precious treasures like dragons in fairy tales, not using them, but guarding them like a miser...... This kind of behavior, for Grindelwald, is even more incredible!

So what exactly is the Philosopher's Stone used for, Matthew quickly found the answer -

"Eternal youth" is not a powerful magic, and there are many ways to do it in the wizarding world...... Let an elderly wizard look as he did when he was younger.

But that kind of magic, like make-up in the Muggle world, brought only an illusory appearance.

No matter how glamorous the appearance is, when the magic is removed in the middle of the night, when you look in the mirror, the appearance of "eternal youth" will still look old.

But the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Vita Rozier, is not the same with his "eternal youth".

Her incomparably youthful face and skin were extremely natural, without the slightest hint of camouflage magic. It's as if the passage of time has not left a trace on her!

Especially when Matthew left Slughorn's office and returned to the Slytherin common room, he had "touched" the Deputy Principal up close, and this feeling was very obvious to him at that time!

At that time, Matthew was almost certain of the whereabouts of the Philosopher's Stone!

You know, as the most precious, pure, and magical substance, and as the highest masterpiece of alchemy, the Philosopher's Stone has one last use-

That is "eternal youth".

Moreover, the Philosopher's Stone brings eternal youth in the true sense of the word, allowing the passage of time to cease completely in your body until you leave this world naked......

Although, this is also the most inconspicuous of the three uses of the Philosopher's Stone.

Throw the "Philosopher's Stone", a unique and incomparably precious magical item, to your most loyal subordinates, and let her use it as a "cosmetics...... This kind of behavior may sound a little strange.

But if the person who did it was Gellert Grindelwald, it seemed a little reasonable.

......

Of course, Matthew will not directly tell the origin of this strip of cloth.

But Morgana was obviously in a hurry, and she screamed, tugging at Matthew's collar, without any etiquette at all: "Where did you come from...... This thing...... Where the hell did you get that......"

"Calm down, Lady Morgana. Matthew smiled and said, "Now, can you believe what I said earlier?"

"Good!" Morgana looked a little calmer, and she took a deep breath, "Now I'm sure you can take me to the Philosopher's Stone......"

"And what about the conditions I made earlier?" asked Matthew with a grin.

"Yes, I promise you everything. Morgana lowered her head and said in a low voice, "I won't kill Neville Longbottom and Hermione Granger, and I won't take Harry Evans' life......"

She paused and said slowly, "Of course, I won't kill you either...... If you can help find the Philosopher's Stone. ”

"Alright, let's pull the hook!" Matthew suddenly felt a little childlike, and then stretched out the little finger of his left hand with great interest.

"What do you mean?" asked Morgana, a little puzzled.

"It's a Muggle way of making promises. Matthew explained: "If two people's little fingers are entwined and hooked together, they can't go against what they said before, and they can't deceive each other anymore......

"Muggles' way of contracting?" Morgana looked a little scoffing.

Still, she held out Harry Evans' right little thumb......