Chapter 789 Nicole May: I'm here to negotiate the terms!
A moment later, at the door of the Hogwarts principal's office.
Xenophilius Lovegood stood nervously in front of the stone beast, turning his head from time to time to look at the stairs below, as if he could see Luna through the floor, but he knew very well that Ravenclaw
Students rarely come to this floor.
Especially at this time, students are either in classrooms or huddled in the library or lounge.
Just when Mr. Lovegood was hesitating whether to sneak downstairs to see if his cutest little moon was getting used to living in Ravenclaw House, there was a slight sound of footsteps on the steps not far away.
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As the footsteps gradually became clearer, a silver-white little creature appeared in his field of vision.
Xenophilius's eyes sharpened, and a solemn expression quickly appeared.
"finally come."
Under the guidance of Gilderoy Lockhart, Elena reached her destination without any hindrance.
And in the process, she discovered a small pattern. The prank steps in the castle seemed to have another layer of operating logic - when the professors were walking, they would not trigger sinking, slipping, or disappearing.
steps.
If you think about it carefully, this is not something difficult to understand.
At least in Elena's impression, whether it is Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, Professor Dumbledore... the staff at Hogwarts never seem to jump up and down the stairs or frown.
Count the steps.
Of course, it is only for formal professors, not special cases like her who are outside the rules.
Perhaps as she had guessed, Hogwarts Castle is not simply a magical dead object. There may be something similar to a core hub hidden somewhere in the castle, which to some extent assumes the simple authority function of a "central computer"
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Energy, materials, and algorithms—these are the three most important constraints in the future world.
If we only liberate the first two, the benefits will only shorten the research and development time, rather than forming a subversive change in nature. Life forms have limits after all. Before the individual power cannot support a civilization,
The direction of integration of the magical world and the non-magical world still needs to be based on these three directions.
There is no doubt that whether it is a ghost, a portrait, or Hogwarts Castle...
Magical civilization has accumulated wealth for thousands of years. All knowledge, insights, wisdom, and art are like gifts specially prepared for her. At this important innovation node of human civilization, she has too many directions for her to enjoy and study.
.
And Hogwarts Castle is undoubtedly the most delicious and important one among them.
However, before that, she had a more suitable research subject——[SCP-017-03]
Hogwarts and the wizarding world gave it knowledge, life, and magic, and now it's time for it to contribute its own value to the world. This is the law believed in by the oldest Druid sect, and it is also the truth of the world.
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After casually glancing at the two magic stone statues that led to the principal's office at Lockhart's command, Elena gathered her thoughts and followed Lockhart and Xenophilius into the familiar square.
Room.
Dumbledore stood up from his chair and waved.
A golden-red curtain hung from the surrounding portraits at the same time, covering the portraits of previous principals. With the sound of the wooden door of the office closing, Newt and Flamel, who were sitting on the sofa in the room, also stopped talking and turned their heads to look at the door.
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There are seven tea sets placed on the mahogany square table, and the light smoke rising up indicates that the tea has just been brewed.
Tsk...seven sets...
It’s really interesting——
Elena glanced at the people in the room, walked directly to the bird stand of the phoenix, and in the eyes of this beautiful golden-red bird that dared not say anything, she skillfully grabbed a handful of crispy and fragrant fish and put it on the
He raised his eyebrows in the palm of his hand.
"This is different from what was agreed before. I thought you had finished talking before."
"If we talk about schedule issues, then it may be that I was delayed. As an old man who is hundreds of years old, I am really not that sensitive in terms of time. However, Dumbledore said that it might be more appropriate to wait for you to give a comprehensive introduction.
"
Nico Flamel looked at the silver-haired little witch with curiosity and explained with a smile.
He also did not expect that as the oldest existing alchemist in the magic world today, he would once again receive the most difficult invitation in his life to refuse at the age of 666 - second only to the first time he met Xian.
The shock of the Stone of Death.
There are three main reasons for this:
The first was the "Huberlian", which was beyond his knowledge and had never been heard of before.
Secondly, the participating forces this time are too dreamy. In the civilized world, knowledge is the most precious wealth and power, and fairies, wizards, and Muggles can be said to have gathered together all the joint actions of civilizations in the world today.
And the most important thing is that the person who facilitated all of this was a mixed-race Veela who had just turned eleven years old.
"You seem to have a lot of things you want to ask me, but please wait a moment..."
Elena walked slowly to the long table, picked up a cup of black tea, and blew gently, "Before this, didn't you notice that there is one less person in this room? You don't want to know that person first
Who is it..."
From the moment she entered the principal's office, the looks that Scamander and Flamel looked at at the same time said a lot.
The tea set prepared by Dumbledore also gave ample information. Obviously, at the first all-member meeting of the Foundation O5 Council, she needed to solve more than just the trivial "experiment" tonight.
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"Guessed something."
Nico Flamel and Newt Scamander exchanged glances, looking at Elena with piercing eyes.
"But what I'm more curious about now is what kind of 'hope' can make him break his promise and reappear in the magic world. As for the question you asked, isn't it already sitting there?
"
"So...I really hate people with such keen senses like you-"
With a complaint, the air beside the bookshelf behind Dumbledore gradually twisted and shattered. Gellert Grindelwald stood up with an indifferent expression, walked to the long table carelessly, picked up a cup of black tea and took a sip.
One bite.
"Have you never thought about it, wouldn't it be very embarrassing if you guessed wrong?"
When he appeared, no one in the room looked surprised except Gilderoy Lockhart.
"As one of the most outstanding wizards in the world today, Mr. Grindelwald, your aura is so dazzling. Unless Dumbledore suddenly split into two people, I really can't imagine that there will be two magic torches in this room."
reasons."
Nico Flamel turned his head, looked at the first generation Dark Lord with great interest, and replied calmly.
"As for Aberforth, he is obviously much weaker. Even young Mr. Scamander is stronger than him -"
"It is indeed you - Gellert Grindelwald..."
Newt Scamander smiled bitterly. This was the first time in so many years that he heard the word "young". Not to mention, when he was almost a hundred years old, he didn't expect to be able to return to combat power.
A relatively basic day.
However, on the other hand, the appearance of Grindelwald also cut off the last illusion in his heart.
Before this, because the two had been responsible for work in different fields, he and Grindelwald had never been in the same room face to face as they are now. Newt even thought about whether the first generation Dark Lord was still in Nurmengard.
Self-imprisonment.
"Long time no see, Mr. Scamander, thank you for taking care of me——"
Gellert Grindelwald picked up the tea cup in his hand, turned around unsteadily, raised his eyebrows and looked at Newt, with a dangerous flash of amusement in his eyes, and deliberately said softly in a slow tone,
"If you plan to wave the magic wand, I suggest you think clearly - at least judging from the current situation, whether it is strength, environment or numbers, your side does not have an advantage, so..."
"So, we are here to negotiate terms today."
Nico Flamel shook his head slightly and took out a small pure gold box from his arms.
And in the center of the box, lying quietly, was a crimson stone - the magic stone from Parasarsus.
"Albus Dumbledore, Gellert Grindelwald, Newt Scamander... you are the most talented wizards I have seen in these hundreds of years. Any one of you can easily influence
world, and if you unite..."
Nico Flamel stretched out his index finger and pressed it on the magic stone, looking around at the wizards in the room.
"Destruction or creation, now it's up to you to decide——"
Accompanied by the old alchemist's voice, the magic stone suddenly bloomed with a coquettish red light and exuded a terrifying aura.
"Huh? Mr. Flamel, what do you mean?"
Elena's eyes changed slightly, she put down the small fish rice in her hand and stared at Nico Flamel, and asked innocently.
"By the way, let me spread a little knowledge. I was born in 1326 AD..."
Nico Flamel turned his head with a smile, looked at Elena thoughtfully, and said meaningfully.
"If I remember correctly, this should be the explanation given to the 'Magician' by those old guys and I when we were spreading this deck hundreds of years ago, right - dear, Miss No. 0?
If I guess correctly."
The Philosopher's Stone, or the Philosopher's Stone.
As the most profound and mysterious existence in the field of ancient magic and alchemy, its function is not limited to turning any metal into pure gold or creating the elixir of life - in a sense, it means infinite levels of manifestation.
Even if it is just such a small piece of magic stone, the energy contained in it is enough to burn Hogwarts to the ground.
There is no doubt that he can use this power to actively help those 'flowers of hope' and open the door to a new world.
On the other hand, if hope and justice in this world have fallen, then Nicol Flamel can at least completely eliminate the source before darkness falls - as one of the refiners of the magic stone and the ancestor of European alchemy, Nico Flamel can at least completely eliminate the source before darkness falls.
Ke Flamel can be said to be one of the very few wizards in the world who knows how to let this energy vent.
At the same time, this also gave him the confidence to go to Hogwarts alone to negotiate terms.