Chapter 53: If you don't try

Chapter 53: If you don't try

"After noticing your problem, some other things that you did in the past became clear."

Jon's eyes never left Slughorn's eyes, but out of the corner of his eyes, he kept his attention on the rain outside the window.

"Before the second attack happened, I guessed from the information in the newspaper that the man hiding in the wagon is trying to get the Philosopher's stone. Nicolas Flamel and Dumbledore's relationship has always been very good, Hogwarts does not have any source of income but never suffered a bit of financial distress until now, there is a high probability of acquiring Nicolas Flamel's gift, the Philosopher's stone can not only make Elixir of Life, it can also turn stone into gold. The second attack later also confirmed my suspicions, both before and after attack against this wagon was in fact just a cover for the man on the wagon, the Ministry of Magic knows very well that with Dumbledore in the picture, no one can destroy this Hogwarts unless the Dark Lord himself comes. They are only providing you with the convenience to succeed in finding what they want you to find."

"What else could there be in this school besides Dumbledore that would be worthy of the attention of that man who has gained great influence over the entire wizarding world? It can only be that one and only philosopher's stone in the world!"

"But the first two times when the entire wagon was completely unguarded in every room except the great hall, that man still didn't find what he wanted. Then you started to approach that Hagrid's pet Niffler, teacher."

"After realizing that you couldn't find the philosopher's stone by yourself, you wanted Niffler's help. I also caught him a few times in front of the door of the storage room, and from that time I roughly deduced that Beech had probably found the location of the philosopher's stone, which might be inside one of the storage rooms."

"Clap ..."

Slughorn put the philosopher's stone into his pocket and gave Jon a loud applause with an expression full of praise.

"Brilliant to the core, Jon. I never thought that a freshman who is only 11 years old and has just been exposed to magic for less than a year has already learned so much. The philosopher stone, the uses of Boomslang snake skin, the effect of polyjuice potion, even if you find an adult wizard, he/she may not be able to fully understand all these things."

"I already regarded you high enough, but I didn't expect to actually underestimate you, to have a student like you is indeed a dream come true for countless teachers."

Jon looked at him with a complicated gaze.

"In that case, teacher, why are you still doing this? Isn't it good to stay at Hogwarts? You said to me when you first taught me the occlumency magic, you think staying here as a professor is actually not bad."

Slughorn still had that good old smile as he gently twirled the wand in his hand.

"When I said that, I wasn't lying to you. The time I was first tricked into boarding on this wagon by Dumbledore, I did think it would be okay to just stay here and teach, but it is impossible for people to remain the same." Follow current novels at novelhall.com)

His kind voice turned cold, and the smile on his face gradually tightened.

"Do you think this Hogwarts really has a future?"

After all, one is a nearly a hundred years old friendship, while another one just admitted as a student at Hogwarts for less than a year, so Jon believed that in Dumbledore's heart his weight is certainly not as much as Slughorn's.

After seeing the letter, it is likely that he will pay close attention to Slughorn.

This is why Jon now dared to stop the fat walrus here alone, originally he chose the safest option, to wait in the great hall, without taking a risk to make this trip.

But in the end, he could not hold back, to see whether the traitor is exactly who he suspected, the teacher who has been pouring his time and effort into him.

But even at this point, when the rainstorm outside the wagon has begun to subside, and there are signs that it is going to stop, Jon didn't see any trace of backup preparations made by Dumbledore here.

He was not sure what Dumbledore has in mind.

Perhaps he has absolute trust in Slughorn, even after seeing the letter, he did not have a hint of doubt about this old friend; perhaps he felt that the place where he kept the philosopher's stone would be foolproof and no one could find it: or perhaps there was something in the middle that he did not know about, such as the Headmaster of Hogwarts did not see the letter that he left.

But at this point, it had become clear that Jon could not count on the biggest pillar on the wagon.

If he simply did nothing to stop Slughorn's departure now, Jon believed that this teacher of his would not hurt him one bit.

But he has already come here, and in the end, if really just does nothing, how can he be reconciled?

Jon took a deep breath, his expression was firm and grave as he gripped the chestnut wand in his hand and held it up in front of his body!

"How can we know the result if we don't give it a try? Slughorn teacher."

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