Chapter 538: Dumbledore's request
Chapter 538 Dumbledore’s request
Kyle does have a vial of the ashes left after the Phoenix's rebirth, which was given to him by Fox when he was in third grade.
It’s just that the thing is made of the highest-end materials, and he will definitely not use it until he has accumulated enough experience, so the bottle of ashes has always been placed at the bottom of the box.
"Can I ask why?" Kyle was a little curious, and then added: "Of course, if it needs to be kept secret."
“Oh, that’s as it should be, after all, they all belong to you.”
Nico glanced at Dumbledore, and after receiving a positive answer, he continued: "Remember the time turner in the Chamber of Secrets?"
“Of course.” Kyle nodded.
It was because of the time turner that he met the Big Four of Hogwarts, and he would naturally not forget it.
"That's it, I fixed it." Nico looked calm and said words like thunder.
"The time turner, has it been repaired?" Kyle subconsciously looked at Dumbledore.
He had never seen Dumbledore like this before. His usually wise blue eyes were now filled with unconcealed anticipation and fear.
“It wasn’t going to be this fast, but I got some crucial help… and that’s also thanks to you, Kyle.”
Nico blinked and said: "But now we are still missing the last... and most important part, the core that provides the magic power for the time turner.
To go back a hundred years, the amount of magic required is simply immeasurable, and no existing magic glyphs can solve this problem. "
“Isn’t it possible to overlay icons?” Kyle asked subconsciously.
“No.” Nico shook his head, “Superimposing the magic symbols to a certain number can indeed meet the activation requirements, but the subsequent supply of magic power cannot keep up.
"In this case, the time turner is likely to... no, it should definitely be broken again. In this way, the user will be trapped in it forever. It may be the fiftieth year, or it may be the seventy year, unable to Once you reach the scheduled time, you can’t come back.”
Kyle nodded. He knew that the user Nico was talking about was Dumbledore, and the one hundred years of retrospect were also prepared for him.
If he was just trapped in the past, Dumbledore might not care, but he couldn't reach the scheduled time...
etc.
Kyle suddenly thought about what he would do if Dumbledore was thrown sixty years ago... In addition, could Grindelwald recognize him at that time...
Thinking about this, Kyle couldn't help but move the corners of his mouth, but he quickly held it back.
At this time, Nico did not notice Kyle's strangeness, and he continued: "So I thought of another way, the magic stone!
“Only the magic stone can continuously provide huge magic support for the time turner.”
“But hasn’t the Philosopher’s Stone been destroyed?” Kyle asked after he came back to his senses.
“That’s right.” Nico laughed, “But have you ever thought that I was able to refine the magic stone six hundred years ago, why can’t I do it now?
“To be honest, the process of refining the magic stone is not difficult for me, but the required materials are difficult to find, and the ashes left after the Phoenix’s nirvana is the most important part of the magic stone.”
Kyle understood. Simply put, once the ashes are lent out, they can never be returned.
Of course, if he can get back a magic stone in the end, he will definitely not hesitate, but the question is, can he really get the magic stone?
Just look at his previous experience and you will know that when he returned to the correct time in the secret room, the time turner was destroyed and nothing was left, and the only shell was shattered into slag.
Although last time it was a thousand years, this time it is only a hundred years, but what if... After all, no one knows whether this thing is a throwaway product.
Well, not only did the co-author not hold the crown this time, but he also had to put in another good thing?
But there was one thing Kyle couldn't figure out. Nico had lived for more than six hundred years and had collected many good things. Could it be that there were no ashes of Nirvana among them? It shouldn’t be.
Kyle thought so and asked the same question.
"There was one before." Nico sighed, "But at that time I didn't think that I would make a second magic stone, so I used it all for other places... It's the fire dragon statue in front of my house, that's also My most proud work in the past hundred years."
"And the ashes left by the natural nirvana of the Phoenix must be used to make the Philosopher's Stone." Dumbledore added next to him: "What is obtained by trickery will not be of any use."
“Okay.” Kyle nodded.
Co-author Nico and Dumbledore came here today just for the ashes in his hand.
Had I known this to be the case, I should have stayed in Hogsmeade for a while longer, or spent the night there...
Despite thinking this, Kyle opened his box and took out a tightly sealed bottle.
The bottle is only about the size of a thumb, with the mouth plugged with cork and sealed with a layer of wax.
There is half a bottle of gray-black powder inside. When you shake the bottle, you can still see little golden-red lights, just like stars twinkling in the dark night. It is so beautiful that you can't take your eyes away.
“I only have so much, do you want them all?” Kyle asked.
He really wished Ni might have left some for him, even just a handful.
But unfortunately, this is not even enough.
"Although it's a little less, it's still enough." Nico's words completely broke Kyle's last thoughts.
Looking at Kyle's reluctance, Dumbledore said with some embarrassment: "I know this may be a very difficult decision for you.
“Actually, I wanted to find Professor Snape at first, but the share of ashes he took has been used up. Before Fox’s next Nirvana, you are the only one who still has a share of ashes.”
Snape used up the ashes so quickly.
Kyle really didn't expect this.
Under normal circumstances, shouldn’t such a precious thing be carefully collected and kept? Wait a few decades to pass it down to Conner as a family heirloom, and then...
Ahem, in short, Snape’s behavior is simply a waste of natural resources!
“Shameful waste.” Kyle cursed in his heart.
But it’s useless to say this now.
Looking at Dumbledore, who had a hopeful, even pleading look on his face, and looking at the pair of blue and white wool socks he put on the bookshelf in his office, Kyle finally sighed and handed the bottle over.
“Then I’ll leave this to you, Professor.”
Dumbledore quickly stepped forward and took it carefully, as gently as if he were taking a handful of water.
“I discussed it with Nico.”
After carefully putting the bottle away into a cushioned wooden box, he said: "We all agree that if the magic stone is not damaged after use, then it belongs to you.
If it's damaged... I can agree to a condition, any condition, even if I transfer all of Gringotts' private vaults to you. "
Kyle waved his hand, "No need for this, Professor Dumbledore."
He didn't understand what was going on recently. A few days ago, Sirius had promised to give him a shop worth nearly ten thousand galleons, but now Dumbledore was even more ruthless and wanted to give it directly to the treasury.
This is somewhat of an exaggeration.
Of course, if possible, he would still prefer the Philosopher's Stone.
(End of this chapter)