Chapter 20：

An old but gentle voice came from inside.

"You, like hundreds of others before you, have discovered the joys of the Mirror of Erised."

"I didn't know it was called that, sir."

"But I guess you already know its magic power now, right?"

"It...it made me see my family."

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Harry talked with Dumbledore who appeared here, and Harry learned that this mirror was just like what John said, and could show what he desired.

Dumbledore used this to teach Harry, and at the same time told Harry that the mirror would be moved to another place.

Harry was a little reluctant to give up, but he still obeyed and put on the invisibility cloak and went back to sleep.

"Professor Dumbledore, what did you see when you looked in the mirror?"

Before leaving, Harry was a little curious about what Dumbledore saw in the Mirror of Erised. Dumbledore smiled mysteriously and said playfully: "I saw myself holding a pair of thick woolen socks."

"You can never have enough socks."

Regarding this answer, Harry felt that it was a bit perfunctory but not unreasonable.

After all, John also saw a table of food, and he felt that John might be as wise a person as Dumbledore.

Dumbledore, who watched Harry leave, did not leave the room, but said to the air with a kind smile: "Maybe I should also talk to you face to face, Mr. Wick."

Okay, John knew he was naive in trying to hide this from the greatest wizard of the century.

Walking out of the darkness, he terminated the disillusionment spell.

The figure gradually emerged, and he seemed to appear in the room out of thin air.

"Excellent Disguise Charm, it seems you learned a lot in the restricted area." Dumbledore praised.

John was a little embarrassed. He felt a little guilty after being exposed in person for violating school rules, especially when that person was the principal of Hogwarts.

Dumbledore laughed, "Don't worry, I don't think Professor Quirrell signed the note he gave you."

He blinked, looking naughty and not looking like an old man.

John knew that Dumbledore would not let him come out without any reason. He was about to leave, but Dumbledore stopped him.

As expected, Dumbledore looked at John, his kind eyes flashed with a sense of seeing through people's hearts, and asked: "Mr. Wick, what did you see in the mirror?"

John's body tensed, and he subconsciously activated Occlumency, and answered honestly: "Good food, a lot of good food... and I become stronger."

After hesitating for a while, John still chose not to hide it.

Dumbledore was very satisfied with his answer, clapped his hands and laughed: "Applause for honesty, John, you know, Minerva has been nagging in my ears these days, maybe there is something wrong with the Sorting Hat."

Under the half-moon lenses, Dumbledore's eyes were full of meaning, and his voice was as mellow as magic, "She was wrong. There is nothing wrong with the Sorting Hat. You are indeed the most suitable for Slytherin, there is no doubt about it."

"Promise me, John, not to touch those irreversible magics."

"I promise you professor."

I don’t know why Dumbledore mentioned this matter, maybe because he knew that John had read a lot of dark magic in the restricted area.

John nodded without hesitation. Although he knew that the old man would not kill the students, John was still a little afraid that he would be discovered.

"You have the self-control to defeat your desires. I believe in you, John. As a reward for discovering the answer, you may have the opportunity to come into contact with the real Philosopher's Stone."

After changing his seriousness, Dumbledore blinked, as if to imply something.

John was stunned. The answer?

He thought of the chocolate frog wizard card. The old man seemed to know everything.

Whether it’s the Forbidden Book Zone or the Chocolate Frog Wizard Card.

Chapter 23 New Semester and Teaching

January 1st.

The new semester has arrived.

John felt nothing.

Hermione came to school yesterday and was disappointed that Harry and the others did not find Nico Flamel.

"John, are you reading Alchemy?"

library.

John was holding "Introduction to Alchemy" and watching it. Hermione saw this scene and temporarily gave up looking for Nico Flamel.

She checked John's book list. In addition to alchemy, there was also runes.

Hogwarts has a course on ancient runes, but it is an elective course for the third year.

Hermione, who regarded John as her target, was not to be outdone when she saw it, and took back a bunch of books about runes that day.

But it was a pity that when they met the next day, Hermione had two big dark circles on her face, like a sleepy lion.

The ancient runes were still too difficult for a first-year wizard, something Hermione had to admit.

"I promise I have seen this name, but I can't remember it."

Since being persuaded by Dumbledore not to go back to the Mirror of Erised, Harry has often dreamed that his parents were killed by Voldemort.

This allowed him to regain his focus on Nico Flamel.

Although Harry repeatedly believed that he had seen this name somewhere, Hermione and the others had almost given up on the possibility of finding Nico Flamel in the library.

I will no longer continue to forget about food and sleep as before, and will use the break time to read it.

"I remember seeing it." Harry also began to doubt whether he had seen it.

They gathered together to discuss, and John took out "A Simple Introduction to Ancient Runes" not far away, and read alchemy and runes alternately, which would make him less tired.

"Wick, what do you think of this? Do you want to learn from the wizard of Knockturn Alley and sell props?"

Since Malfoy watched the Quidditch match with John, he no longer has the attitude of ignoring John if he can't beat him.

Seeing that John was interested in alchemy, he subconsciously thought that John wanted to make money by selling props like the Weasley twins.

"Just make something small. Alchemy is a complicated knowledge. Do you know the Sword of Gryffindor?"

Closing the book in his hand, John's eyes became distracted.

Malfoy wondered: "What is that?"

"It is said that Gryffindor asked goblins to forge the silver sword, which can only be found by real Gryffindor, but that is not important. The Sorting Hat is also a product of alchemy."

After John worked hard and even slacked off in training, he finally illuminated Rune's skills.

This also means that he has mastered the basics of runes, and now he only needs to light up alchemy to cast goblins.

But this process was a bit difficult. The **** of the Explosive-tailed Skrewt I got from Hagrid was almost used up, but it still didn't light up.

Malfoy nodded in understanding. As a member of the Malfoy family, Malfoy has no shortage of magic items.

I just feel that John’s Muggle family is really in trouble, and they still need to refine things by themselves.

There is an astronomy class in the evening.

Everyone gathered in the Astronomy Tower, and Professor Aurora Sinister told them about the location of Sagittarius.

After finishing the course for the day, John met Quirrell with an extra note in his hand.

"Defense Against the Dark Arts Classroom."

After opening the note, there is only one location.

John didn't want to go there, but he was afraid that Quirrell would become suspicious, so he had to give up his plan to study alchemy.

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Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

Realizing that this good student had gradually entered darkness, Quirrell began to take off his disguise.

Originally, Quirrell was a wizard with a good level. If it weren't for accepting Voldemort, he wouldn't have to pretend to be a low-level professor.

"Very well John Wick, it seems you have chosen the right path."

Quirrell was very satisfied to see John swimming over at night.

Sure enough, knowledge is the greatest forbidden fruit. After tasting the power brought by black magic, even the good student John Wick fell.

"Professor Quirrell."

After John came to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, he felt like someone was pricking his head with a needle. It was Legilimency, trying to pry into the thoughts of his brain.

He decisively used Occlumency. After the new semester started, John upgraded Occlumency to Level 2, but it was still not enough.

He added any points to Occlumency and upgraded it to level 3.

Level 3 is already a master of Occlumency, and can still deal with a mutilated Voldemort's wandering soul.

With an excited look on his face, John was like a fanboy conquered by knowledge.

Voldemort, who used Legilimency to enter John's brain, was very satisfied. Now John only needed one word from him to become the most loyal Death Eater.

To train an undercover agent to be placed in Hogwarts, Voldemort was generous with his knowledge.

Through Quirrell's narration, he taught John a lot.

He himself is a powerful wizard, and the knowledge he has learned is even more complicated.

Under his teachings, many things that John did not understand suddenly became clear.

In the days that followed, John attended classes during the day and went to the classroom to study at night.

This allowed him to quickly improve his level and successfully control Li Huo.

[Magic: Level 3 (30/1500)]

[Magic spells: Opening of Alajo Cave (Level 3), Floating Curse (Level 4), Transformation Curse (Level 2), Illusion Curse (Level 3), Fluorescent Flash (Level 2), Blazing Flame (Level 3), Shattered to Bones ( Level 3), Fierce Fire (Level 2), Armor Protection (Level 2)...]

[Skills: Short Weapon Mastery (Level 7), Greatsword Mastery (Level 4), Hot Weapon Mastery (Level 1), Rune Mastery (Level 1), Alchemy Mastery (Level 1)]

[Blessings: physical fitness, quick attack, precision, academic master, pilot, long-distance running, sword dance, troll killer, night devil]

The increase in magic power is not much, but the understanding of magic spells has improved a lot.

The biggest good news is that alchemy has also been illuminated.

Although he is still at level 1, John can already successfully refine a simple magic item.

Items with independent will, like the Sorting Hat and the Sword of Gryffindor, probably require reaching level 7 before they can be made.

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Harry was trained by the Devil by Woodla, even on snowy and rainy days.

He only wants to defeat Slytherin and win the Academy Cup Championship, so that their points can catch up with Slytherin.

And Harry had high hopes from him, which doubled Harry's pressure.

Even Hermione and Ron couldn't stand it anymore, and in the common room, they asked Harry not to participate in the game.

Ron suggested that he say he was sick, but Hermione was more reluctant and asked him to say that his leg was broken.

This made Harry uncomfortable.

At this moment, Neville jumped from outside and fell into the common room.

Neville's legs were stuck together tightly, which was because he was under a leg-locking spell.

It didn't take much thinking to know that Malfoy must have done it. Ron was very angry and immediately wanted to settle the score with Malfoy.

But Neville stopped him. He didn't want to cause trouble to Harry and others.

Hermione untied Neville's leg-locking spell. Harry wanted to take out a chocolate frog to comfort Neville, but he touched a wizard card in his pocket.

"What's this?"

Harry handed another box containing chocolate frogs to Neville and was stunned for a moment when he saw the wizard card in his hand.

"This is the one John gave you. What else did John say at that time." Ron remembered the origin of this card.