After leaving Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Albert did not return to England by boat directly. Instead, he took Isobel back to the house left to them by the Flamel couple and began to carefully search every corner of the house.
Isobel looked at Albert who was rummaging through the boxes and asked in confusion: "What are you looking for?"
"Looking for what Mr. Nico left for us."
Albert searched Nico's study, but unfortunately he didn't find what he wanted. Although there were still many valuable books in the study, the most valuable notes and manuscripts were already in his place.
"You mean...Mr. Nico doesn't want Dumbledore to know?" Isobel was very surprised at this, and then shook her head and said: "If Mr. Nico really wanted to leave something to you, he would probably have given it to you before.
If something is given to you, it is impossible for me to keep it until now and give it to you."
"Who knows? Maybe they don't want Dumbledore to know. Even best friends won't tell each other all their secrets." Albert ran around the dormitory again and searched around, but still couldn't find what he wanted.
Looking for something.
Isobel leaned against the door frame of the bedroom, looked at Albert who was busy inside and asked: "Are you so sure that Mr. Nico will leave something for you?"
"Well, if I lived for hundreds of years..." Albert waved his magic wand and restored the messy room to its original state, "I would do the same..."
"Don't make me guess riddles."
"In short, Mr. Nico left the knowledge to me because he knew that I was not short of money and knew that I wanted knowledge." Albert thought for a while and said, "If you insist on saying it, just treat it as intuition."
"Really."
Isobel walked over, reached out and rubbed Albert's cheek in protest.
"Do you want to keep looking?"
"Of course, continue. I feel like I have overlooked something."
"Is it because Nico left this house to us alone that makes you wonder what might be hidden here?" Isobel expressed her guess.
"Yes, this is indeed one of the reasons." Albert returned to the study and his eyes fell on the crystal ball on the table, "However, this place has been protected by the Loyalty Curse. Even if it is donated, the value is actually not great.
You can't keep bothering Dumbledore."
Any wizard who wants to enter here needs Dumbledore to "leak the secret", which is obviously a troublesome matter.
"Of course, leaving this place to us actually also means to serve as a safe house for us."
"It's really puzzling. How do you plan to find that thing, through divination?"
Isobel saw Albert staring at the crystal ball and suddenly figured out something.
"Well!" Albert said a little depressed, "When I first thought about crystal ball divination, I felt that what I just did was a bit stupid."
"Okay, don't be depressed." Isobel touched Albert's head and comforted, "You just didn't react for a while."
"No, actually I already guessed where the thing is."
As he spoke, Albert took out the photo frame he had just taken away, looked at the Flamel couple smiling at him in the frame, opened the frame from behind, and found what the Flamel couple had left for him.
A hand-drawn parchment map and a gold Ouroboros ring.
Isobel opened her mouth slightly, but she didn't expect that Albert actually guessed it.
There is a passage behind the sheepskin map:
Dear Albert, you will probably need it when you want to make the Philosopher's Stone.
I saw in the oracle that you took the picture frame, so we decided to put it in the picture frame.
The location on the map is an alchemy workshop. We leave it to you. Where are all the information and manufacturing tools for the magic stone. There are also many ideas that we have not been able to realize. Maybe you will be interested in this.
It would be a joy if you could perfect them one by one one day.
Don't tell Dumbledore that he doesn't like the Philosopher's Stone.
——Nicholas Flamel
"Is this what you're looking for?"
Isobel took the rough gold ring, which was the Ouroboros symbol that symbolized alchemy.
"Actually, I don't know what I will find." Albert re-read the contents of the letter.
"Don't they already have a magic stone? Why do they want to make more magic stones?" Isobel couldn't understand what Nico was doing.
"They probably need the magic stone to make gold." Albert looked at the information on the parchment, frowned slightly and said, "The magic stone will be gradually consumed in the process of making this magical gold, so they
Try to make more magic stones in order to obtain this more precious gold. The gold ring in your hand may be of amazing value. By the way, that ring should be the key to the alchemy workshop."
"Actually, I'm more curious about how you knew." Isobel handed the Ouroboros ring back to Albert.
"You guessed it, sometimes you don't need evidence." Albert sealed the ring and map back into the photo frame, and left with Isobel.
"I thought you would rush to find the alchemy workshop in the letter." Isobel was a little surprised at Albert's calmness, as if the person who was rummaging through the boxes just now was not him.
"Let's talk about it when we have time. That thing is of no use to us now, and even if we want to recreate the Magic Stone, I'm afraid it won't be that easy." Albert knew exactly what the focus was now.
"Why do you think Dumbledore doesn't like the Sorcerer's Stone?" After returning to the ship, Isobel asked her doubts.
"Because immortality and money are not what Dumbledore desires." Albert said lightly, "I think in Dumbledore's eyes, the Sorcerer's Stone is probably the source of disaster."
"People will be crazy for the magic stone?" Isobel thought of the reason.
"Yes, many people spend their whole lives pursuing longevity and money." Albert said softly, "If they knew about the existence of the Philosopher's Stone, they would probably fight for it like crazy. In fact, there have been similar cases in history, but
What we are fighting for is not the magic stone, but a powerful magic wand that is said to be invincible."
"What about you?" Isobel asked.
"I have never longed for immortality. It is a terrible curse." Albert said calmly to Isobel, "The greatest significance of the Philosopher's Stone to me is that it allows us to die when we want to die, just like
Nico took death as calmly as Perenal."
"Actually, it wouldn't be bad to grow old together like Nico and Perenal and face death together."
Isobel sat next to Albert, resting her head lightly on his shoulder, and looked at the sea level in the distance together.
"Let's go back!"
"Well, go home!"
Under the control of Albert, the sailing ship sailed away from French waters and headed towards Britain.
