Chapter 87 The Killed Philosopher’s Stone Imitation Experiment


Chapter 87 The Aborted Philosopher’s Stone Imitation Experiment

"hiss…"

In the library, Andrew, who was searching for information according to the reference list provided by Professor McGonagall, retracted his hand as if he had been bitten by a snake.

It's not that he is timid, but the book he just opened actually shows a being even more terrifying than Peeves - the current headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore.

‘Damn it, I was just looking up information on transfiguration, why did Dumbledore appear? ’

He prefers mint and lemon flavored candies, but one of his roommates has a crazy collector of Chocolate Frog cards, and he remembers Dumbledore's cards clearly - that thing is much more reliable than the damn speedrun.

In the card, Dumbledore's greatest achievement is - discovering the twelve uses of the fire dragon's blood, and his fruitful work in alchemy with Nicolas Flamel...

ah?
Alchemy…

He suddenly thought of the report he had shelved. Is alchemy so powerful? But that speed pass didn't even mention it.

But be strong, be strong, he has made up his mind to fight the art of transformation, and his talent is indeed sufficient for the art of transformation - this is extremely lucky, and pursuing alchemy would be too much.

After recovering some thoughts, he began to study why Dumbledore appeared in the information related to transfiguration.

'ha? ’

Andrew looked at the information dumbfounded, suspecting that his eyes were deceiving him.

In the last century - yes, the last century, Dumbledore, who was still studying at Hogwarts, began to show his amazing talent for transfiguration. While at school, he was published in the famous transfiguration magazine "Transfiguration Today" Published a paper on.

"This is outrageous...how can we still face each other?"

Andrew had to admit that his official biography had not seriously investigated Dumbledore's deeds - but it was not his fault. When he started the book, he wrote about Gryffindor, and the editor was not afraid to stick to it.

As for the follow-up, it is even more impossible to collect information - there is currently no general story about Dumbledore's deeds, and there is no Internet in the wizarding world. Just click on the forum and post a fishing post to make a mess of history.

Once he started collecting on a large scale, Mrs. Pince was bound to notice him—it sounded outrageous, but it was true. In this era of paper media, if you want to find useful things from so much information, you can only rely on yourself to read them line by line, and even add a bunch of descriptions of the parties involved to simply piece together what you want.

This extremely time-consuming thing is not very cost-effective - what he wrote is a legendary story, which is too relevant and not very readable.

'That part can be revised. In order to practice writing, Dumbledore used his genius-like thinking to write a short but profoundly creative text, and published it in the magazine "Transfiguration Today", which quickly attracted people's attention. of attention. ’

'This made the young Dumbledore suddenly aware of what he would encounter if he wrote the entire story. ’

'This allowed him to use magic to hide it in the vast sea of ​​books at Hogwarts when he finished the book - it is said that in the days to come, there will always be a lucky person who can discover it and read that part, but When he is about to take it away to borrow, the book will magically disappear from their hands...'

Andrew was full of ideas and added a bunch of settings to Dumbledore in one breath, and arranged for him to hide treasures in the Hogwarts library.

'Well, the story caught on, very well. ’

He rummaged through the book again and found that Professor McGonagall was also in it - she had won the Most Promising Newcomer Award in "Transfiguration Today" when she was still a student.

'No, it's too dangerous...'

He shook his head to get rid of the dangerous thoughts in his mind - Dumbledore was lucky enough to have written without any major problems, and he couldn't count on luck to tolerate all ungrateful things.

He even took a look at Dumbledore's paper - according to the book, it involved cross-species transformation.

Of course, it's not the transformation of a creature into another creature, that's not worthy of a magazine, but the attempt to transform one magical creature into another magical creature...

'I don't quite understand...I don't have any knowledge in this area...'

He shook his head, not even intending to subscribe to the magazine, and started reading what he really needed. ——

"You know, Professor McGonagall, no one can guarantee this kind of thing."

The next day, when Andrew reported to Professor McGonagall's office after class, he heard such a sound coming from the ajar door before he could knock on the door.

?

He hesitated, then knocked on the door.

"Come in, Mr. Taylor."

Professor McGonagall's voice came and Andrew walked in.

Another professor I don’t recognize—because this face doesn’t look like a student in any way.

When he looked at the professor from the corner of his eye, Professor McGonagall spoke, "This is Professor Singed, teaching alchemy."

"Hello, Professor Singed."

Andrew said hello - now he knew the professor's purpose without thinking.

The application that was probably rejected by Professor McGonagall was almost certainly written by the professor in front of me.

"Hello."

Professor Singed nodded towards Andrew and turned to continue talking to Professor McGonagall, "But we all know the finished product and have even received it - if I succeed, all the results can be left to the school!"

Andrew now knew what the professor was referring to - the Philosopher's Stone.

The magic stone that he completely ignored was the ultimate dream of alchemy - he had learned this information from other Ravenclaws more than once before.

That huge amount of Galleons, which made Andrew even think he might have written the wrong unit, was nothing in front of the Philosopher's Stone - after all, the Philosopher's Stone can really produce nearly infinite gold...

Andrew even speculated that the current owner of the Philosopher's Stone might even cooperate with the local Ministry of Magic to forge Muggle currency such as gold mines - but this is just speculation. After all, he didn't know how that thing worked, or even what it looked like.

But what Andrew can know is that the professor has completely failed-leaving the school to say this means that the project will not be established.

Unless Dumbledore plans to become Minister of Magic next year, it is possible to make the school financially independent. In the case of Hogwarts, what is the difference between becoming financially independent and building its own Ministry of Magic?
But with Dumbledore’s reputation as the Minister of Magic, he still needs to fight for independence? So, that pile of gold may be good for individuals, it may be good for scientific research or magical research, but it may be good for the Ministry of Magic and schools...

Gold and Galleons may have been equivalent before the advent of the Philosopher's Stone, but can they still be equivalent after the emergence of this thing? There is so much gold and silver in Spain that there is even a price revolution. That thing is naturally currency, but currency does not always have the same price...

"No, it's too risky, Professor Singed."

Professor McGonagall looked serious.

"Okay, if you insist..." Singed shook his head with severe hair loss, "But I will keep the plan in the near future. I can start research and imitation within three years, but after that it will depend on the talent of the students behind me. ”

"By the way, this is for you, classmate Andrew - a gadget I made myself. I hope you will be interested in alchemy."

He sighed, put a small silver thing that looked like a lighter on the table, and left. ,

Andrew glanced at the thing and was about to pick it up and return it, but Professor McGonagall shook his head to stop him, "It's okay, just take it. Alchemy is all about making these little things. He just wants you to be interested in the course - —Whenever he sees an outstanding student, he will give one as a gift.”

(End of chapter)

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