Chapter 18 Nicolas Flamel

The Easter holiday is over and the final exams are coming.

A week after the exams, the exam results were announced on the bulletin boards of various colleges. Shaylin got excellent grades in the exams of Charms, Transfiguration, Potions, and History of Magic, and performed well in other subjects; Draco, Daphne, and Meredith's grades were not bad either.

The little wizards of Gryffindor were much worse. Except for Hermione, who was a real academic master, the performance of Harry and Ron could only be described as mediocre. As for Neville and Seamus, it was even worse, and their results could only be described as terrible.

In general, Shaylin ranked first in the whole grade, Hermione ranked second, Meredith ranked third, and the fourth place was a Ravenclaw girl Murray, Daphne ranked fifth, and Draco ranked sixth. This made the little wizards of Slytherin very excited for a while, while Gryffindor, who had always been at odds with Slytherin, became the object of ridicule of other colleges and fell into a cloud of sorrow.

Shaylin, Hermione, and Meredith are all all-around students who excel in both written and practical exams; Daphne is slightly more inclined to practical classes. Her grades in Charms and Transfiguration are not bad, but her grades in History of Magic, Astronomy, and Herbology are dragged down.

Draco is particularly talented in Potions. He got full marks in Potions, and his grades in Charms and Transfiguration were not bad either, so he got sixth place. This made him happy to show off to Nott, Blaise, Goyle, Crabbe and others.

The Harry trio did not stay depressed for too long in the exam results. Before the exam results were announced, the Harry trio suddenly found that Professor Snape's whereabouts were suspicious, and thus concluded that Professor Snape was going to steal the Philosopher's Stone.

One night, the three sneaked into the restricted area of ​​the corridor on the fourth floor, but found only a pool of blood and the corpse of a three-headed dog on the ground - this made them more certain that Professor Snape had broken into the collection location of the Philosopher's Stone.

The three of them broke through the levels of the Devil's Snare, the Flying Key, and the Giant Chessboard. Ron was knocked unconscious at the chessboard level, leaving Harry and Hermione to continue moving forward. The two first bypassed the corpse of a giant monster, and then came to Professor Snape's logic level. Hermione quickly deduced the effects of all the potions. Harry asked Hermione to go back and report, and he drank the bottle of potion that could pass through the black flame.

In the last room, Harry met Quirrell, who was constantly looking at the Mirror of Erised.

Just like in the original plot, Quirrell revealed the true face of Voldemort parasitizing on the back of his head - it was a hideous and terrifying face, the color of the face was as white as chalk, the red eyes were shining, and below were two snake-like long nostrils.

Voldemort used Harry to take the Philosopher's Stone out of the Mirror of Erised. Just when Harry was about to rush to the door burning with black flames, Quirrell grabbed Harry's hand, but Quirrell was backfired by the power left by Harry's mother on Harry.

Harry's excellent ability to respond on the spot was revealed at this moment. He fearlessly rushed to Quirrell and touched Quirrell's skin with his hand. As the two wrestled and struggled, Harry fell into a coma for three days, and Quirrell died tragically.

After Harry woke up, he welcomed the end-of-term dinner. At the dinner, Dumbledore gave Ron 50 points, Hermione 50 points, Harry 60 points, and finally Neville 10 points, which made Gryffindor reverse in one fell swoop.

The Gryffindor table burst into thunderous cheers, while the Slytherin table was full of disappointment and frustration. The prefect Gemma Farley was shaking with anger, as if she was about to cry at any time. Draco, who was deeply indignant, kept repeating curses and shouted that his father was a Hogwarts director and would definitely seek justice for Slytherin in this matter.

Shaylin had a calm face. The House Cup was dispensable to him. His vision and ambition were definitely not limited to this!

Daphne and Meredith had originally looked unhappy. They felt that Dumbledore's approach was unfair - Shaylin only scored 20 points for killing a troll and saving his classmate's life, but Ron played a game of chess and Hermione solved a logic problem, which could earn the house 50 points! But when they saw Shaylin's calm face, combined with the three's previous adventures, they suddenly showed an expression of enlightenment.

Xie Lin saw the expressions of the two girls and smiled with satisfaction, "I am very happy that you can calm down so quickly. Remember, the college cup is virtual. It can neither bring us real honor nor produce real value for us. It can neither be eaten nor exchanged for money."

At this point, the two girls were amused and laughed. Xie Lin pointed to his head and continued seriously: "The really important thing is how much knowledge we have learned here and how much strength we have increased. Only these are truly valuable things."

These words convinced the two girls, and even Draco, Pansy and others beside them were amazed. What Xie Lin did not say in his heart was: The biggest benefit of this storm - the Philosopher's Stone, has fallen into my hands, and the college cup? Whoever likes it can take it!

The banquet was over, and the students from various colleges began to disperse.

Just as Shaylin was about to go back to the dormitory, Professor McGonagall stopped him. There was some confusion on her face. "Professor Dumbledore is waiting for you in his headmaster's office, Mr. Malfoy. He seems to have some questions about the final exam. He wants to ask you."

"Okay, I understand, Professor McGonagall." Shaylin nodded.

"By the way, the password in the principal's office is cockroach pile." Although Professor McGonagall didn't like Slytherin very much, Professor McGonagall took this as his performance throughout the semester - excellent study, steady handling, humility and politeness. This outstanding student truly loves him from the bottom of his heart and regards him as his favorite disciple.

Professor McGonagall was both satisfied and looking forward to Xie Lin's performance. At this moment, she looked at Xie Lin and said carefully: "Also, regarding the Academy Cup, I hope you don't think that the school is unfair, and that the school is unfair I am very optimistic about you, Xie Lin, you are the most talented student I have ever seen."

Hearing the usually stoic Professor McGonagall calling him Xelling affectionately instead of "Mr. Malfoy", Xielin felt the concern in Professor McGonagall's tone, felt warm in his heart, and nodded: "I understand, Professor, don't worry. Bar!"

Hogwarts Headmaster's Office.

This is a spacious, beautiful round room with many windows on the wall, and also hanging portraits of the past Hogwarts headmasters, all of them snoring gently in their respective frames.

There were all kinds of silver instruments on thin-legged tables in the office. They made all kinds of funny little noises, whirled around on the tables, and puffed out smoke. Dumbledore's pet, Fawkes, a phoenix with red feathers and golden tail feathers, was perched on a tall gilded branch behind the door; the Sorting Hat lay crumpled on a shelf next to his desk. .

Unexpectedly, there was already a guest in the house.

This is an old man who is dressed fashionably. His face is full of wrinkles, his hair is all white, and his beard is longer than Dumbledore's. But he is in good spirits and can be said to have a childlike appearance.

But what is even more noticeable is that this old man is wearing the latest slim-fitting wizard robe from the extraordinary clothing store. The robe exudes obscure magic fluctuations. Even from Schelling's superficial alchemy perspective, this robe It comes with at least 50 kinds of magic, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is priceless.

"Hello, Professor Dumbledore, hello, sir." Xie Lin bowed to the two old men in a polite manner.

He noticed that the fashionably dressed old man next to him was looking at him with interest. The old man smiled and explained to Schelling: "Hello, kid, let me introduce myself. My name is Nico Flamel."

Even given Xie Lin's state of mind, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment when he heard the old man's name.

Nico Flamel smiled and said: "Kid, don't be nervous. I came here this time because of the Philosopher's Stone. I had given this stone to Dumbledore to keep for me, but somehow it ended up in Hogwarts." I lost my guilt, so Dumbledore asked me to do a crystal ball divination on this stone. Who knew that you would appear in the scene displayed by the crystal ball, so I came all the way to Hogwarts just to come. I just want to see you, nothing else.”

ah! What a secret!

Xie Lin made so many preparations for the Philosopher's Stone, but he actually forgot that there is such a heaven-defying ability as divination in the magical world - of course, it is no wonder Xie Lin was so negligent, because divination has a very high demand for bloodline talents. Therefore, fortune tellers who truly have "sight" are actually very rare, and unfortunately, Nico Flamel happens to be one of them.

Xie Lin knew that he couldn't hide it from the two old men in front of him, so he simply explained it openly.

Xie Lin smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. Flamel's divination skills are indeed very good, and Xie Lin has learned a lot. I don't want to make pretentious words here. The magic stone is indeed in my place. I broke in during the Easter holiday." In the forbidden area of ​​the corridor on the fourth floor, I passed all the levels and finally got a stone on a mirror. At first I didn't know that it was the famous Philosopher's Stone, but out of my personal naughty moment, I copied a fake and placed it After entering the mirror, I later found out that this stone was the Philosopher's Stone after consulting many books and information. I have done some research on alchemy, so I was very happy to see this work that is said to represent the pinnacle of alchemy. , I hope to gain knowledge of alchemy from this stone, and I even hope that one day I can make my own Philosopher’s Stone by my own ability!”

After saying this, Xie Lin raised his head, and his eyes inadvertently met Dumbledore's deep eyes behind his half-moon glasses. Xie Lin suddenly felt an indescribable weird feeling in his heart, and his spirit fell into a trance for a moment. In just an instant, Xie Lin's eyes returned to clarity - it was Dumbledore's Legilimency!

Sherrin regained his consciousness and clenched his fists at the same time. The flames of anger burned in his chest. He decisively used Occlumency to drive out Dumbledore's spirit!

His eyes became cold, and his tone no longer held any respect, and he said coldly: "Professor Dumbledore, intruding into other people's thoughts before obtaining their consent, especially when that person is your student, this kind of Is rude behavior really okay?”

"Ahem, you actually learned Occlumency." Dumbledore was a little embarrassed and adjusted his glasses.

Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Nico Flamel hurriedly came out to smooth things over, "Children of the Malfoy family - I'd better call you Schelling. I hope you don't misunderstand your principal, because it involves important matters such as the Sorcerer's Stone. Although his actions In my opinion, there is something wrong, but there are also difficulties that he has to do..."