Harry Potter: The Atypical Alchemist

As soon as he came downstairs, Stone met the three little Gryffindors, running towards this side in a hurry.

Seeing this, Flitwick said:

"It seems that your friends have something to do with you, so I won't bother you."

"Okay Dean, bye."

"Goodbye."

Flitwick walked in the opposite direction, and the three little ones panted and came to Stone, leaning on their knees and bending down.

"What's the matter, so urgent?" Stone asked.

"Phew!" Harry quickly adjusted his breathing and said urgently: "Snape knows a way to get through Lu Wei! Hagrid leaked it."

"how come......"

"Do you remember that Hagrid kept a dragon?" Harry asked.

"Remember, but..."

Harry still didn't give Stone a chance to be confused and rushed to say:

"The person who sold Hagrid's eggs was a hooded man. He knocked out Hagrid's mouth to get through Fluffy, and just used music to make it fall asleep!"

"So - why are you telling me this?" Stone wondered, "Do you want me to analyze it for you?"

"No." Harry shook his head, "The situation is now clear. I want to get ahead of Snape and get the Philosopher's Stone first."

Then, he took out a bag and handed it to Stone, "There are seventy gold galleons in it. In addition to what I owe you, the other money is to ask you to help us get the magic stone together."

"..." Stone shook the bag in his hand, "My advice is - don't go."

"According to what you said before, except for Defense Against the Dark Arts and Lu Wei, other professors, including Dumbledore, must have set up obstacles. Whether Snape or Quirrell, I don't think they can get it smoothly. Magic stone."

"Besides, there is Dumbledore in the school, you can tell him about this first."

"Dumbledore is not here." Harry's face was pale, but his eyes were bright:

"I must go! If Snape gets the Sorcerer's Stone, Voldemort will come back. He killed my parents. There is no way I can resurrect him!"

"Ok."

Judging from Harry's attitude, he was determined not to give up. Stone asked another question:

"Why are you coming to me? What makes you think I can help you? I'm only a first-year student."

"I asked him to come to you." Hermione on the side interjected, "Among the people I know, you are the most powerful person who is willing to help others keep secrets. I think, since you can do baseball, woodworking, etc. If you have enough gold galleons, maybe..."

"Is that so..."

Stone weighed his money bag and thought. In the silent orange sunset, the gold coins collided and made crisp sounds.

"Ding!"

The money bag fell into Stone's left hand, and then he opened the bag tied with a straw rope:

"Sorry, I don't sell my body when I'm doing art."

He counted out thirty-five gold galleons and tossed the bag of money to Harry.

"It's too dangerous," he said. "I welcome buying things or analyzing information. But the hard work... I'd better avoid it."

If you rush through the trap door, there are two possibilities - the person who stole the magic stone is there; or he is not.

If you are not there, you will have to face the levels set by the professors. This is a mechanism to prevent dark wizards, not the kind of play house stuff you learn in first grade classes.

If you are here, it will be even more dangerous.

There are two possibilities for the person who stole the Philosopher's Stone - Quirrell, or Quirrell and Snape. They are all adult wizards who can be professors, and Stone doesn't think that his three-legged cat skills can deal with them.

"I still want to advise you not to go. If you don't listen - I can only wish you success."

... ...

After dinner, Stone buried himself in front of his desk and drew a design for the music box.

There are two ideas now. One is to use the notation and ideas designed during the competition to make a device that can store sounds; the other is a pure music box, mechanical, the kind found in the Muggle world.

Stone didn't know the advantages and disadvantages of the two ideas yet, so he planned to draw both drawings to see.

His habit is to first list the necessary factors and goals that need to be achieved, and then work backwards from the goals to the design drawing.

The chapter was written, but he had no idea what to do next.

Draw it, cross it out... draw it again, cross it out again.

He supported his forehead with his left hand and held the pen in his right hand. He drew and stroked repeatedly, and the frequency became faster and faster.

"Bah-"

The notebook was scratched by the tip of the pen. Stone took the pen and slammed it on the table.

"Huh? Huh? Huh?" Anthony woke up suddenly, "What's wrong?"

"Huh -" Stone took a deep breath, "It's okay, you are dreaming, go to sleep."

"Oh-" Anthony closed his eyes again.

Stone crossed his hands and put them in front of his forehead, thinking for a long time.

"Impressed......"

Talking to himself depressedly, Stone tore off the torn paper, capped the pen, and stood up from the desk.

Then, he turned off the light and walked to the door.

The moment he opened the door, Anthony woke up again:

"Do you want to go out?"

"You are dreaming."

"Oh--"

After closing the door, Stone glanced at the common room and made sure that no one was there, then tiptoed out of the Ravenclaw Tower.

It's fine in Ravenclaw Tower. It's relatively high here and Ravenclaw students are relatively peaceful. Filch usually doesn't come here.

Be careful when you go downstairs. Stone put on his hood and walked quietly to the main castle of Hogwarts.

In the darkness, Filch stood out with his lantern.

In the silence, Stone's keen hearing could also help a lot. He crossed the stone bridge and reached the main castle without much effort.

The trap door was at the end of the corridor on the fourth floor. Taking the spiral staircase was the quickest way, but it was too brightly lit and the risk of exposure was too high, so Stone walked to the walking staircase.

Filch has a cat named Mrs. Norris, who is a good helper for him in catching students. Because it's unclear whether it relies on hearing or smell, Stone is extra careful here.

First floor, second floor, third floor.

Stone walked to the corner of the third floor and was about to lead to the corridor on the fourth floor when a sound suddenly came from the corner.

"Hello, Professor Snape."

It was Filch who was speaking, and Snape was right in front of him? Why is he here?

Stone quietly approached the wall.

At this time, Snape spoke:

"Well, did you catch any Gryffindor students today?"

"not yet."

"The exams are over. Gryffindor people won't stay in the dormitory. Please pay more attention."

"Ok."