Hogwarts: Wizards of Eternity

Ever since Roger gained his freedom, Dumbledore had been secretly watching him.

In Dumbledore's eyes, Roger was good in every way, except for his pursuit, which made Dumbledore frown.

Immortality!

Even if Roger was pursuing eternal youth, Dumbledore wouldn't have had any extra reaction, after all, one of his old friends was an immortal.

But immortality was another concept altogether.

It was a near-impossible path, and as one of the most knowledgeable people about magic in the world, Dumbledore could vouch for his judgment.

Roger is very good now, but when Roger truly stands on the road to immortality, wanting to go further, what will happen when he discovers how desperate the future is?

Dumbledore didn't want to gamble, didn't dare to gamble, didn't want to gamble.

Therefore, entrusting the Philosopher's Stone to Roger this time was a kind of trust, a kind of test, and also a kind of… attack on Roger!

However, Dumbledore was not attacking Roger's life, but his ideal.

Dumbledore understood Seers, so he wouldn't show off like Guan Gong in front of Guan Gong, playing riddles like in the past.

He chose to reveal everything to Roger openly.

"Roger, you won't be helping for nothing this time. After everything is over, I will introduce you to someone. I've heard McGonagall say about your ideal, and he should be able to bring you a lot of help," Dumbledore said.

Entrusting the Philosopher's Stone to Roger was a belief, but also a test. Dumbledore had seen too many people and things in his life.

He knew how difficult the road to immortality was, so could Roger suppress the desires in his heart when faced with the readily available opportunity for immortality?

This was test one.

Can you hold on?

The letter Dumbledore gave to Roger not only contained information for the professors, granting Roger the 'power to act expediently', but the letter itself was also a magical item, which could mobilize most of the resources of Hogwarts, and even part of the authority within the Headmaster's office.

It was almost equivalent to half of the temporary headmaster's authority.

Roger had always been focused on magic, and he was also friendly to his classmates. Not only Gryffindors, but even Slytherin children, if they encountered difficulties and he saw them, he would not stand idly by.

He would not exclude others just because Slytherins were considered 'different' to Gryffindors.

He focused on himself, and treated others equally and kindly, so… when he ascended to a high position, would he still be like this?

Would he use his convenience to do bad things, would his heart be alienated due to the change of identity, or…

Dumbledore had seen too many politicians who were completely different people when they were out of power and when they were in power, and he had also seen people who said 'for the greater good' but were lost in the mundane world.

Now, there wouldn't be many armies forcing Roger to the brink of life and death every day. If he did something slightly out of line, as long as it wasn't too excessive, there wouldn't be any serious consequences.

This was test two.

Again, can you hold on?

"I will recommend you to study with him for a period of time. If you are interested, and he is not disgusted with you, it is not impossible for me to recommend you to be his student. According to my understanding of him, he might even be willing to teach you the method of making the Philosopher's Stone… You should know who I'm talking about, right?" Dumbledore looked at Roger with gentle eyes.

The path Roger chose was a path full of dangers and obstacles.

Dumbledore, who had been paying attention to Roger, had of course also discovered what Voldemort had noticed. Roger's talent was rare in a century, and the greater the ability, the greater the impact it could have.

If Roger's path to immortality went astray, not only Roger himself, but probably a large number of wizards and Muggles would fall into the bottomless abyss along with Roger!

He couldn't watch this possibility grow, so he chose to attack.

Dumbledore's three tests were also three killing moves!

Needless to say about the Philosopher's Stone and power, if Roger did something wrong, Dumbledore wouldn't need to use any severe methods. After a period of depravity and loss, Roger's indomitable spirit and will would naturally disappear.

The power of will is the source of magic. Without that indestructible will, Roger's magical talent and future development would be greatly affected.

Roger wouldn't become too much stronger than himself, then Dumbledore, who had the ability to clean up the mess, would naturally not do anything else to Roger besides persuading him to return to the right path.

Well, Dumbledore never thought of throwing Roger into Azkaban just because Roger had done something wrong.

Who hasn't made mistakes when they were young? As long as it doesn't involve major issues of right and wrong, Dumbledore is always tolerant of children and allows them to make mistakes.

And Dumbledore's third killing move was even more deadly!

Dumbledore didn't deceive Roger. If Roger was willing, Dumbledore really wanted to recommend Roger to his good friend, recommending an heir to his old friend who had lived for more than 600 years and was already a little tired of living.

If Roger couldn't resist the temptation to take a shortcut, and was willing to give up his delusion about the unattainable immortality, and chose the Philosopher's Stone and the elixir of life that were close at hand, it would also be a good ending in Dumbledore's eyes.

Unlike the Philosopher's Stone in Roger's hand at this moment, which would be consumed, if he learned the method of making the Philosopher's Stone, as long as Roger didn't want to die, who knew how long he could live, possibly thousands of years!

Immortality with a probability of less than one in a billion, and eternal life with a 100% success rate.

How would you choose?

Apart from eroding the mind and the disappearance of a certain possibility in the future, it's all benefits.

This is an unsolvable machination.

This is test three.

It is also the final killing move.

Three questions, can you hold on?!

"I know, Nicolas Flamel, the alchemy master… I really need relevant knowledge of alchemy, thank you, Headmaster." Helping to look after the Philosopher's Stone for a period of time, and learning knowledge from Nicolas Flamel, these are not actually equivalent, Roger understood this.

Although Roger didn't like owing people favors, when he really encountered something he needed, Roger would never refuse just because he couldn't save face. The favor owed could be repaid slowly in the future, doubled, but some opportunities, once missed, are truly gone!

"But formally becoming an apprentice, the Philosopher's Stone or something, forget it, I have my own path to walk," Roger said firmly.

It wasn't that Roger had any opinions about Nicolas Flamel and the Philosopher's Stone.

But, immortality is a long and difficult road, and eternal life is just the first step at the starting point.

If even the most basic foundation of the Great Dao, when there is clearly a choice, is to take a shortcut and embark on a path that he is not good at and does not know the foundation of… without others saying it, Roger himself would think that his path to immortality is impossible to succeed!

Such a weak will, is it worthy of the fruit of immortality?

"Yes." Dumbledore nodded after hearing Roger's words, noncommittal.

In Dumbledore's eyes, who was rich in life experience, it didn't matter what a person said.

What he does is the most important.

Things that come off the cuff are not to be taken seriously, he looked forward to Roger's future choices.

Let's see if he is bewitched by the Philosopher's Stone.

Intoxicated by the poisonous corruption of power.

Or, abandon his ideals and choose reality.

…All of his tricks have been broken by Roger one by one?

If he can truly overcome these three obstacles of greed, hatred, and delusion.

Then Dumbledore will never interfere with Roger's path again!

Such a terrifying mind should be allowed to try that dead end that countless talented, even great wizards who have made their names throughout human history, have not been able to walk through since ancient times!

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Unaware that Dumbledore's gentle killing move with good intentions was already hanging over his head.

After bidding farewell to Dumbledore, Roger walked towards Professor McGonagall's office.

The professor said before that she would have time this afternoon.

Roger was a little curious, the magic of this world is the echo of the soul, spells and potions are a part of the ritual magic system, so what kind of thing would alchemy be?

His eyes were full of anticipation.