Chapter 19：

Harry's words stunned John, and he leaned over to take a look.

Nothing... No!

John looked at the mirror in front of him with tables of Chinese delicacies appearing next to him, and his eyes widened.

Rubbing his eyes, John looked again and saw that he was already enjoying the food.

Not only that, John in the mirror was wearing a gorgeous wizard robe. He looked to be in his twenties, holding the Elder Wand symbolizing power in his hand, and wearing the First Class Medal of the Order of Merlin on his chest.

The plot about this mirror reappeared in his memory, and John said to himself: "Mirror of Erised?"

Didn’t he remember that this mirror appeared at the end? Why did it appear now?

"John, I think they are my relatives."

Harry saw a gentle and beautiful woman behind him in the mirror. She was smiling and her eyes were full of kindness.

Beside the woman, there was a man with black hair and glasses, his hair was as messy as Harry's.

Harry felt that they were his parents, not just parents, but also other relatives. They had the same green eyes as Harry.

These were what Harry longed for most. He stared at the mirror hungrily and didn't want to look away for a moment.

Put both hands on the mirror, as if you can go inside and reunite with your loved ones.

John saw that he was a little confused and pulled him away from the mirror.

"We should leave, Filch and the others will come back."

Although he was a little reluctant, Harry still agreed with this sentence.

He put on his invisibility cloak and invited John to leave with him. John smiled slightly and said mysteriously: "I don't need it."

Taking out his wand and waving it gently, John disappeared in front of Harry.

The surprised Harry tentatively called out: "John, are you still there?"

"Of course I am."

A response appeared in front of him, and Harry reached out and touched John's face.

"Be careful, you almost poked me in the eye."

Hearing this, Harry put his hands away angrily.

Before leaving the room, John stopped and looked at the mirror. A silver-haired old man seemed to appear there, but then disappeared after blinking.

"Dumbledore?"

Not thinking that he had seen it wrong, John suddenly realized that Dumbledore had put this thing in.

In this case, Harry should not be in danger.

After parting ways with Harry at the top of the stairs, John went to the restricted book area and found a copy of the ancient alchemy "The Supreme Alchemy" and took it back to the dormitory.

After just watching for a while, he felt a little dizzy.

The content inside is too profound, just like "Fairy Casting Science", it requires a lot of foundation to lay the groundwork.

"If you bite off more than you can chew, you still have to start from the grassroots step by step."

Putting the book under the pillow, John opened the Marauder's Map, and Quirrell walked towards the outside of Hogwarts.

John hesitated a little, whether he should follow or not.

But after thinking about it for a while, I gave up the idea.

Not to mention Voldemort, Professor Quirrell alone is not something he can deal with.

Unless it was a surprise, the magic power gap between the two is still too big.

And John didn't have an attack similar to the Death Curse, so he might have a narrow escape if his identity was discovered.

The Christmas holiday is not over yet.

During this period, John went to the library a few more times and took away a lot of basic alchemy books.

During this period, he frantically supplemented his alchemy knowledge, but this was not enough.

However, I found records about Nico Flamel in a book about ancient alchemy.

"Nicholas Flamel, the only known maker of the Philosopher's Stone."

Seeing this book, John's thoughts surged.

He remembered that what Harry Potter guarded in his first year was the Sorcerer's Stone.

And this thing can save John a lot of time and directly use the most top-notch alchemy.

"The magic stone..."

Touching the record about the magic stone, the thought of immortality flashed through his mind, and then disappeared again.

He remembered that immortality had great side effects. Not only was it emotionally draining, but more importantly, the body became very fragile.

It would be better to kill John than live forever.

"Perhaps you can tell Harry and the others."

These days, Harry and the others are almost giving up.

Chapter 22 Dumbledore and the Promise

Auditorium.

"You should wake me up, I want to see your parents."

Ron complained angrily. He was angry that Harry found the magic mirror alone yesterday and didn't call him.

Harry said: "You can go tonight, but I still want to go. I want you to see that mirror."

The two people were discussing things about the magic mirror eagerly, and they almost forgot about Nico Flamel.

John put turkey on toast and made a sandwich.

Just as he was about to put it in his mouth, Harry said: "John is here too, but I didn't see his family."

John put down the sandwich and said somewhat seriously: "Harry, that mirror should not be able to see your family, but reflect what you desire in your heart. You shouldn't be too obsessed with it."

Ron asked curiously: "John, what did you see?"

"I?"

Recalling the scene he saw yesterday, John smacked his mouth and said, "I saw a table of food."

"Well…

Ron and Harry were a little speechless. They thought John would see other things. He loves learning so much, shouldn't he see books.

However, Harry didn't take John's words to heart, but wanted to go more and more.

He is so in need of love.

The strongest magic built with maternal love cannot make up for the shortcomings in his heart. He wants his parents to be by his side more than a savior.

John didn't care whether Harry heard it or not, he had already warned him anyway.

With Dumbledore here, not even Voldemort can harm Harry and the others.

John, who was not worried, thought of Nico Flamel after finishing his meal, took out the chocolate frog wizard card from his pocket and handed it to Harry.

"This is?"

Harry was a little confused about his actions.

John smiled mysteriously, "All the answers may not be as profound as you think. You have to learn to observe the things around you."

The murmuring words confused the two of them, but Harry still accepted the card.

Harry, who was focused on the Mirror of Erised, changed his hands and stuffed the card into his pocket. It would probably take some time before he remembered it.

None of this has anything to do with John, he has already gone to the library.

Under Ms. Pince's gaze, he piled books on alchemy on the table.

The diligent look pleased Professor McGonagall who was passing by. The only drawback was that this was not a Gryffindor student.

After two hours of study master's blessing, John barely managed to pile up the alchemy theory.

When the academic master's time passed, he put down the pile of books and rubbed his sore eyes.

"It's still too difficult to rely on these theories."

In front of him were "A Simple Introduction to Ancient Runes" and "A Simple Alchemy".

These are the most basic things, and they can make people’s heads spin.

But thanks to this, John can start practicing alchemy.

According to the records in "Fairy Casting Science", magic text plus alchemy equals fairy casting.

Although the formula is simple, it requires thousands of trials to succeed.

Heading to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor, John changed places this time.

"I need a place where I can refine things."

After walking back and forth in front of the huge tapestry three times, a wooden door appeared on the blank wall.

Open the door and go in. Inside is a place with many crucibles.

There are many empty bottles on the shelves on the wall, and some have materials for magical creatures.

John moved his fingers, it seemed that he needed to add some information.

Just like refining a wand, magical creatures are valuable in the hands of wizards.

With John's family's financial resources, he couldn't afford it, but there was a big materials dealer around him who could just borrow it.

…

the next day.

"Here, John, what do you want the **** of a Blast-Ended Skrewt to do?"

In Hagrid's hut, as a gamekeeper, Hagrid dealt with magical creatures every day, and the materials he had saved over the years were priceless.

But Hagrid didn't seem to realize this, sitting on a treasure mountain without realizing it.

John is one of the few students who has a good relationship with Hagrid, and he still has a friendship with him when he broke into Aragog's lair.

After hearing that John wanted materials, he immediately collected a lot of them.

Taking the materials, John almost fell down.

Even though Hagrid could hold it easily, this pile of things was actually very heavy.

The Blast-tailed Skrewt is a magical animal bred at Hogwarts, possibly a cross between a Manticore and a Fire Crab.

In other words, Hagrid could take out a basketful of buttocks at once, and John was going to use them as materials for his first alchemy.

"I'm learning alchemy Hagrid. After all, who can understand these things better than you."

Hagrid was very happy to hear this, and John declined his offer of rock biscuits.

Holding baskets of snail butts, John trudged back to the Room of Requirement to start his own refining.

For this reason, he could be said to have forgotten all sleep and food, and even missed dinner.

After coming out of the Room of Requirement, John had some black ash on his nose.

Just as he was about to return, he passed by the fifth floor.

Stopping, John saw that the door where the mirror was placed was ajar.

He knew it was Harry inside.

"He's still obsessed." With a sigh, John changed his mind about going back to the dormitory and headed towards the room on the left.

As he approached the door, John heard voices talking inside.

Could it be Ron? Yesterday Harry showed Ron a mirror.

Casting a disillusionment spell on himself, John seemed to disappear in the darkness.