Harry Potter: The Atypical Alchemist

After moving Ron to the hospital bed and waiting for Madam Pomfrey to come, Stone and Hermione left the school doctor's office.

Late at night, Stone walked down the corridor, his steps much lighter and more swaggering than at the beginning.

As for Filch? Not afraid at all, with Snape's endorsement, at least tonight, Stone can walk sideways in Hogwarts.

It's a pity that they didn't meet Filch until they separated, and it felt like they were punched in the cotton.

However, Hermione breathed a sigh of relief happily:

"Phew—it's great that Filch didn't find out."

"Maybe, I'd really like to see his reaction," Stone said.

"You should be in Gryffindor."

"Forget it." Stone shook his head and said with a smile: "The Stunning Helm wooden sign has no effect on me at all."

"That's not necessarily true," Hermione said. "At least your behavior tonight shows that you have the gene for bravery."

"Who knows?" Stone said noncommittally, "Goodbye, I'm tired enough tonight."

"okay, bye."

After saying that, Hermione looked at Stone for a while, rushed forward and hugged him, turned around and ran towards Gryffindor Tower.

"Aba Aba——"

Stone stayed there for a moment, touched the back of his head, and glanced around before walking towards Ravenclaw Tower.

There was no one in the common room, so he walked back to the dormitory quietly.

When he opened the door, Anthony woke up again:

"Huh? Stone? Are you out?"

"No, you are dreaming, go to sleep."

"Oh--"

Anthony closed his eyes again, and Stone returned to his bed.

Now, he is going to start dreaming too.

... ...

After relaxing my mind, the problem of thinking about the music box was easily solved.

The purely mechanical method is a bit troublesome and the sound quality is not good; it is not easy to rub a piano purely by hand;

Modifying it on the basis of the piano given by Axel would be the simplest method, requiring only a set of musical notation and some simple mechanical structures.

He took his tools to the music room and took apart the piano.

Stone didn't know the structure of the piano itself, but with Axel's level of rigor, there was no need to worry about such minor problems. He only needed to modify a certain part without destroying the original musical notation.

However, when he took the piano apart, he found no trace of musical notation. Inside the entire piano, only the resonance board looks a bit strange.

- It has a shield-shaped symbol engraved on it.

Thinking of the magical effect of this piano, Stone probably understood that this was the core of Axel's alchemy school.

"No wonder it resists the manufacture." Stone murmured: "If a shield is stuffed inside the piano, why not resist the manufacture?"

Stone didn't understand this area and shouldn't have taken it lightly.

But he soon discovered that the location of the shield symbol was not related to the other structures of the piano. He just randomly selected a location and engraved it on it to produce an effect. As long as this resonance board is not touched, the original magical effect of the entire piano will not be damaged.

This is much easier to do.

Stone took out his notebook, sat cross-legged in front of the piano, and designed the mechanical structure he needed based on the structure inside.

It is not difficult to imitate a cat and draw a tiger. Soon Stone stood up and left the music room.

Returning to the alchemy room, he took out a copper bar and cut it into the shape he wanted.

Now, he understood why Axel always wore a vest, and why he was so strong...

"I'm so tired!"

Stone wiped the sweat from his forehead, placed the processed structure on the table, rested for a while and picked up the carving knife.

Carving the talismans was very simple, they were all used in competitions, and there was no problem of weakness. It didn't take long for him to complete the core part.

In addition, there are some mechanical structures and control modes, which took him a lot of time.

The next day, he took the new parts and came to the music room again.

The thing made of copper bars is a fixed structure under the action. Stone removed the original copper bars and installed the new ones. After installing the additional mechanical structures, he fastened the piano board. .

At this time, the choir members also arrived.

Just in time to test it out.

"Okay." Professor Flitwick walked in, "We can get started."

After hearing this, Stone sat down in front of the piano.

The first time, Stone finished playing honestly.

The second time, he stretched his hand to the top of the pedal, and there was an extra hole, revealing the switch to control the mode. He flipped the switch.

After recording the sound for the third time, the moment the baton moved, he flipped the switch, stood up directly, and left the piano.

Amid the melodious piano, the performance was not compromised in any way.

"What's going on?" Flitwick asked in surprise: "You modified the piano?"

"Yes." Stone said with a smile: "In this case, even if I am absent, it will not affect your rehearsal."

"What's more important is that during the performance, I can watch it from the audience!" He boasted vigorously, "As a member of the choir, it is the happiest thing to see our performance live!"

Hearing Stone's compliment, Flitwick's original hesitation disappeared instantly, and he said with a smile:

"That couldn't be better!"

"Thank you, Professor." Stone bowed slightly, "Then if there's nothing else, I'll leave first?"

"..."

Under Professor Flitwick's blank eyes, Stone left the music room.

The moment he walked out of the classroom, Stone shook his fist fiercely, finally breaking free from such trivial matters.

He came to the auditorium.

The auditorium was full of voices bragging about Harry Potter. Of course, Stone and others who participated were also praised.

Stone felt okay about this. After all, he didn't do anything. He dealt with some students and sat down in his seat.

At this time, Hermione also sat opposite him:

"The things you make are famous in our college, and many students want to buy them from you!"

"Huh?" Stone wondered: "Isn't Harry still in the school doctor's office? It's not you and Ron who are preaching those things everywhere, right?"

"Yes!" Hermione nodded heavily, "Don't you like gold galleons? I want to help you promote it so that you can earn more."

"......thank you."

"You're welcome, we are friends, as we should."

As soon as he finished speaking, the owls delivering the message flew in from the window lattice.

One of them flew on Stone's head. It was not Nyx, but an owl he had never seen before.

"Strange? Who else would write to me?"

Puzzled, Stone took the letter from the owl's mouth.

The envelope reads:

Stone Cape collected.

From Nyx Ramadhan.