Chapter 1144 The Ring of Ouroboros
After leaving Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Albert did not return to England directly by boat. 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 puzzledly: "What are you looking for?"
“Look for what Mr. Nico left us.”
Albert searched Nico's study, but unfortunately he didn't find what he wanted. Although there are still many valuable books in the study, the most valuable notes and manuscripts are already with him.
"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 left it before. I gave it to you, there is no way I would have kept it until now and given 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 dormitory, looked at Albert who was busy inside and asked: "Are you so sure that Mr. Nico will leave something for you?"
"Well, if I live for hundreds of years..." Albert waved his wand and restored the messy room to its original state, "I will 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."
“It’s true.”
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 said his 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. We 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 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 somewhat depressedly, "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 moment.”
“No, actually I already guessed where the thing is.”
With that said, 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.
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 day.
Don't tell Dumbledore that he doesn't like the Philosopher's Stone.
—Nicola Flamel
“Is this what you are 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 Nico’s approach.
"They probably need the magic stone to make gold." Albert looked at the information on the parchment and frowned slightly. "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.
“Guess, sometimes you don’t need evidence.” Albert sealed the ring and map back into the 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, that 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 would be nice 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!”
The sailing ship, under the control of Albert, sailed away from the waters of France and headed towards England.
(End of this chapter)