Hogwarts Crawler

"But just as I walked out of the laboratory in despair, Perenelle invited me to dinner, just like the three hundred years and more than a hundred thousand days and nights before."

"At that moment, I finally realized what a stupid thing I had done! I threw away all the good things in my life and spent three hundred years on a stone! But I seemed to wake up too late. My wife and I went from being full of vigor and vitality to being gray-haired and staggering old people."

"Since then, I have never thought about the Philosopher's Stone again, and I have concentrated on living with Perenelle. In these years, we have been to this most of the world's countries. "

Nicolas Flamel took a sip of black tea, smiled at Adam who looked curious, and continued:

"The elixir of life can only prevent people from dying of old age, but it can't stop people from aging. It's like a blessing from Zeus to Tithonus, so Perenel and I have become osteoporotic and slow in our steps over the years..."

"We can't even eat food that needs to be chewed now. Fortunately, the elixir of life is a potion and not something else. In addition, we can drink some black tea, hot cocoa and the like."

"Despite the aging of the body, despite the The people we are familiar with have already left us one by one, but I still miss this world. I have always fantasized about living forever with Perenelle in this world, but a few years ago, Perenelle told me that she was tired. "

Speaking of this, Nicolas Flamel was a little disappointed:

"After my inquiry, she told me that her sense of taste had long disappeared, and those black teas did not even taste like water to her. She was tired of continuing to live."

"From that moment on, I realized that perhaps we should have set off for the next stop a long time ago, just for a "I stayed in a place where I shouldn't have stayed for so long because I had to find some unimportant things. "

"So when Dumbledore asked me if I could borrow the Philosopher's Stone, even though I knew that the Philosopher's Stone would be destroyed, I still agreed. "

"It's time for Perenel and I to set off for the next stop. After hundreds of years of silence, our lives are finally going to usher in some unprecedented changes - the most gratifying thing is that Perenel will be with me. There is nothing more gratifying in the world than this."

Nicolas Flamel couldn't help laughing as he spoke, and it was obvious that he was really happy from the bottom of his heart.

Adam probably understood what Nicolas Flamel meant. For Nicolas Flamel, who had lived for more than 600 years, the biggest attraction of this world to him was his wife.

If there was no wife, continuing to live in this world would only mean that he could drink a few more cups of black tea, red wine, and other things that he had been drinking for hundreds of years. There was no meaning.

If continuing to live in this world has become a torture for his wife, then embracing death might not be a bad idea.

For this couple, death is just another great adventure.

For the first time, Adam understood the meaning of this sentence so deeply.

At this moment, Adam gave up the idea of ​​giving Nicolas Flamel another Philosopher's Stone. He really didn't need the Philosopher's Stone anymore.

"I'm sorry that you took the time to listen to the story of an old man like me."

"Please don't say that, Mr. Flamel. I feel honored."

Adam said sincerely.

Not only did he benefit a lot from hearing about the life of a legendary figure like Nicolas Flamel, but he also gained a substantial amount of magic power.

Magic power is closely related to the soul and mind. Nicolas Flamel's legendary story of his life, including his understanding of death, helped Adam even more than what Adam learned this year.

"I'm glad to hear you say that."

Nicolas Flamel could see that the relative in front of him, whose blood relationship with him was already very thin, did not deceive him, and smiled with relief:

"As a reward for fulfilling my last wish, I want to give you some gifts."

"... Gifts?"

"In fact, it can also be understood as inheritance. After all, the only people in this world who are related to me by blood are you and your grandmother."

Adam blinked, watched Nicolas Flamel stand up, walked to the side of the cabinet where the Philosopher's Stone was placed before, and waved at him:

"Come here, please forgive me for an old man over 600 years old who can no longer move such heavy things... God, how old was I when I put them here? I was really energetic at that time!"

Adam hurried to Nicolas Flamel's side.

"The gifts I want to give you are all in this cabinet."

Nicolas Flamel took a photoHe patted the cabinet beside him, and then pointed to the books on the top shelf of the cabinet:

"First of all, this is the book that changed my life."

As soon as this sentence came out, Adam already knew what the book was. Sure enough, Nicolas Flamel followed up:

"The Book of Abraham of the Jews", although the refining of the Philosopher's Stone has been proved to be just an accident, this book is still very meaningful to me. I hope you don't use it to pad the table legs."

"I will keep it well."

Adam nodded solemnly.

"Don't take it so seriously, I was just joking just now, it doesn't matter if you use it to pad the table legs."

Nicolas Flamel smiled. The second layer of the cabinet was originally used to store the Philosopher's Stone, and now there are several small bottles filled with blood-red liquid.

"These are the elixir of life, and its formula."

Nicolas Flamel took a bottle from it, and then took a small note and handed it to Adam.

Under Adam's wide-eyed gaze, Nicolas Flamel smiled:

"The existence of the Philosopher's Stone is not a well-kept secret for many people. Although your connection with the Philosopher's Stone is very weak and Dumbledore may not be able to find it, I have been with the Philosopher's Stone day and night for more than 600 years."

"Don't worry, don't worry that an old man like me who will not live for many days will reveal your secret."

"This seems to be a symbol, child. One Philosopher's Stone is destroyed, and another Philosopher's Stone is born immediately. An old couple gives up the Philosopher's Stone and embraces death. The Philosopher's Stone reappears in the world in the hands of a child..."

"At the same time, this seems to confirm my guess. The success of the Philosopher's Stone is really just a coincidence, but it doesn't seem so coincidental, right? This world is so wonderful."

Handing the bottle of elixir and the formula to Adam, Nicolas Flamel said:

"Take this, child, I hope you can not repeat my mistakes and use the life brought to you by the Philosopher's Stone on things that you think are meaningful."