Harry Potter: Charlie's Candy Factory

Chapter 55 Sorcerer's Stone

"correct"

Charlie suddenly remembered something, interrupted the somewhat serious atmosphere, turned to Russell and asked
"I almost forgot to ask you, who did you send to the United States to negotiate with those people?"

"It's Dab, Master!"

Russell also restrained his excitement again, and quickly replied.

"Dab...Dab..." Charlie repeated the name twice before finally remembering something.

"I remember that the children of Anke and Chafcha are called Dabu, right?"

"Yes, that's the kid" mentioned Dab, Russell had a gratified smile on his face

"This kid is very smart, just like his father. But he is more courageous than his father. He is a good seedling. I think I can train him more in the future."

"Didn't he complete the task well this time?"

Charlie also chuckled, thought for a while, and said

"When he comes back, tell him to have a good rest, and then I'll go and help you and help you with some simple documents, so that you can relax."

"Well, I think Dab would like this job very much..." Russell readily agreed and nodded sincerely.

"When does he come back?"

"He said he wanted to take this opportunity to take a good look at the world outside the factory... After all, you also know that the child has never left the factory since he was a child."

After saying this, the two couldn't help falling into silence at the same time.

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Due to the sudden change, Hagrid didn't stay by Harry's side for too long. After everything was packed and ready for Harry, he hurried back to Hogwarts alone.

At this moment, he was standing in the principal's office, his body was still slightly frosty, and the goggles hadn't been taken off, but were stuck on his forehead casually.

It can be seen that he came to Dumbledore as soon as he came back.

"Principal Dumbledore..."

Hagrid first took a steady breath with his waist inserted, and then he spoke, taking out an object tightly wrapped in parchment and carefully handing it to Dumbledore in front of him.

"What you want."

Dumbledore's face was still as kind as usual, looking at Hagrid who was full of weather, he smiled and nodded to express his gratitude to the other party, and then took the things from Hagrid's hands.

"Thanks, Hagrid. I thought you'd want to spend more time with Harry...I didn't expect you to get it back so soon."

While speaking, he gently lifted the object with one hand, and peeled off the parchment layer by layer with the other hand.

"Yes...principal."

Hagrid took off the goggles from his forehead, spread his hands helplessly, and said.

"You don't know, that child is very cute. If possible, I really hope to have a good chat with him..."

"Unfortunately..." Hagrid said, hesitating for a while before continuing
"It's a pity that some accidents happened... It can even be said that the whole trip was all accidents."

Hagrid scratched the knotted beard on his face, and his voice gradually lowered.

"I'll have to tell you about it later, you won't be able to guess how outrageous it is."

"Okay, I'd be happy to hear the story." Dumbledore continued to respond to Hagrid's words, but the things in his hands didn't stop at all.

Soon, layers of parchment peeled off.

Dumbledore's eyes narrowed unconsciously, his hands paused, and after a while, he slowly opened the last layer of parchment.

Hagrid couldn't help but widen his eyes curiously, and subconsciously moved forward, as if he wanted to take a good look at what the principal Dumbledore entrusted him with and asked him to fetch.

Dumbledore didn't shy away from Hagrid. As the parchments disappeared, a dull red stone appeared in front of their eyes without reservation from the very center of them.

"This is……"

"The Philosopher's Stone," Dumbledore replied.
"It belongs to my friend Nicole Flamel, and he entrusted it to me for safekeeping." Dumbledore said softly
"Nicole Flamel!?" Hagrid raised his eyebrows in surprise. "That famous alchemist!? It is said that he relied on the Philosopher's Stone to make the elixir of life...and lived for five centuries!"

His huge fingers pointed in disbelief at the unremarkable red stone in Dumbledore's hand.

"So he made the elixir of life with this thing!?"

"That's not a legend..." Dumbledore lowered his eyes, carefully observing the huge and sophisticated magic formula hidden under the bleak appearance of the Philosopher's Stone, and continued
"To be precise, Nicolas has lived for six centuries."

After finishing speaking, Dumbledore raised his eyes again and looked at Hagrid after checking to make sure everything was correct.

"I have a hunch that something bad is coming towards it... that's why I asked you to take it out for me. We need to be prepared as soon as possible, and hide it in a safe place place."

Hearing Dumbledore's words, Hagrid's expression froze.Nodding seriously, he replied
"I think I can lend you Lu Wei. You know, three-headed dogs are always the most competent guards. Their territorial awareness is second only to the Norwegian spinyback guarding the treasure cave!"

"Well... I will find several other professors later to discuss specific matters together."

Dumbledore also nodded, he rewrapped the parchment that originally wrapped the Sorcerer's Stone, and then returned to his seat.

He opened the drawer where he often put candy and stuffed it in.

Seeing Dumbledore's actions, Hagrid suddenly grinned.

It suddenly occurred to him that perhaps there was no need for any deliberate protection at all.The drawer of Headmaster Dumbledore's desk is a perfect location!It's definitely safer than Gringotts there!
Hagrid didn't believe that someone in this world could steal the Sorcerer's Stone under the nose of Albus Dumbledore, the greatest White Mage.

"All right……"

As the drawer was slowly pushed up by Dumbledore, his expression became relaxed.

Looking at Hagrid, he asked with a smile
"Now maybe you can tell me a story about what happened along the way..."

Hearing Dumbledore's words, Hagrid suddenly slapped his head and remembered his purpose for coming back so early.

So, he hurriedly arrived at the Dursleys' door from the very beginning, and described in detail the attitude of the Dursleys, Harry's meeting, and the most important part of it—Charlie Black's intrusion.

(End of this chapter)