Hogwarts: From Squibs to Greatness

Chapter 62 Accidental Injury
John slowly moved the light cluster in his hand towards his left eye.

When the light group touched his left eye, powerful magic power burst out from within it and poured into his left eye.

The light ball seemed to melt and gradually entered John's left eye.

It seemed that the light ball was peeling off his left eye, and the intense pain made John unable to bear the pain on his face.

While the ball of light devoured his left eye, John could gradually feel a sense of relief from the shackles in him. Presumably, this feeling originated from the admission contract of the Magic Academy.

Soon when his left eye was completely swallowed by the ball of light, it turned into a ball of blue water and fell into his palm.

Attached to him, the contract that was initially imposed at the place of enrollment was cut off at the same time.

A simple face appeared on the water polo in John's hand, looking at him with a smug expression at the moment.

"My name is Ha... wait, what are you going to do..."

[Detected that the transaction has been completed, and the regression has started]

The power of the instant system, greater than the gods, gushed out from John's pineal body, and acted on the water polo in John's palm, interrupting the other party's words.

This powerful force, even the great time is fixed by it.

Then, as if time was reversed, the water ball in John's hand returned to his eye socket, his left eye returned to his body, and the heavenly spirit that followed the meteor to the ground turned into a ball of light again, flying backwards towards the sky

Just like the deal with the gods before, a white light flashed, and John's figure disappeared in place.

After John disappeared, the ball of light that flowed back into the air suddenly exploded, turning into scattered magic power, nourishing the world just like his failed companions.

【Returned】

[It takes about 30 natural days to accumulate time and space energy, please pay attention to the owner]

A white light flashed, and John, who returned to the crossing time point under the power of the system again, rubbed his intact left eye. The pain of being stripped from the left eye during the previous transaction seemed to still remain in his body.

Just when John was about to tidy up a little bit and plan to save his mother tonight, he heard a knock on the door.

"Come in"

Hearing John's words, Tom opened the door and said, "Master, Principal Dumbledore has come to visit, and he is waiting for you in the living room on the first floor."

"Did Headmaster Dumbledore say the reason for the visit?"

"No, Master"

John nodded and asked Tom to entertain Dumbledore first, and he changed his clothes before going down.

He probably had some guesses in his mind that Dumbledore probably came here to take him to visit Nick Flamel for the content of the previous transaction.

In the living room, Tom watched Dumbledore put five cubes of sugar into the teacup with some toothache.

I saw this old bee, simply stirred the tea with a spoon to speed up the melting of the cube sugar, took a sip of this cup of tea with excessive sugar content, and showed a satisfied smile.

As if he had noticed something, Dumbledore put down the teacup in his hand, and said directly without turning his head: "It seems that you have improved again, John, maybe it is the same as those naughty little guys said, your talent is indeed more than it used to be. Merlin."

"Thank you for your compliment, Headmaster"

John's voice came from behind Dumbledore.

John walked around the sofa and sat in front of Dumbledore.

Dumbledore looked John up and down. Compared with when he left school, John is now more introverted, and the magic power in his body has become calmer. It is no longer like a burning flame like it was in the school before.

But Dumbledore knew that this kind of calm was like the silence before a volcano erupted, and once it erupted, it would be earth-shattering.

John didn't care about Dumbledore's eyes looking at him. After taking a sip of tea from his teacup, he looked directly at the headmaster's blue eyes.

"I don't think you came here today to praise me, did you? Just tell me what you have."

Seeing John being so straightforward, Dumbledore paused for a moment with the hand holding the teacup, and then took a sip of tea as if he didn't hear it.

"Have you been in touch with your good friend during this time?"

"..." Looking at the rogue old man in front of him, John felt a little helpless.

"I've been busy researching the Philosopher's Stone recently, so I don't have time to contact them."

"Well, for a child of your age, it's better not to stay in the laboratory often, it's better to communicate with friends more. I heard Pomona say that you don't have many friends in Hufflepuff. Well, a friend is a precious treasure, isn't it?"

"...Principal, you are right, now can you tell me what you are doing here?"

"Oh, John, the Philosopher's Stone has been in your hands for a while, have you researched anything? I believe that with your level, you must have gained something."

John naturally saw that Dumbledore seemed to be delaying time deliberately, and he didn't know the reason why the headmaster did so.

But now it's not too good to directly get angry with the principal. Although the old man is not clear-headed, superstitious about fate, and even a little bit crazy, he is still a good person in general.

Sighing in his heart, John pondered for a while, and then slowly said: "The Philosopher's Stone can turn stones into gold by ignoring the rules, and can also summon miracles, granting people immortality. It is an alchemy miracle born beyond the rules of the world. A perfect union with the soul."

When John said that the Sorcerer's Stone is the perfect combination of life, magic, and soul, Dumbledore smiled and couldn't help clapping.

"What an incisive summary, John, it seems that you have spent a lot of hard work on the research of the Philosopher's Stone. I didn't expect you to even touch the essence of the Philosopher's Stone."

"As your principal, I feel very gratified. You must know that I also studied with Nick for a long time before I realized the essence of this."

But John did not show joy because of Dumbledore's praise, and still looked at each other calmly.

Seeing John's reaction, Dumbledore coughed twice.

For a period of time after that, Dumbledore kept asking John questions, but what he asked was either that the professor's club was the best, or what do you think of his clothes today, and other such unnutritious questions.

"Principal Dumbledore!" John finally couldn't help it. "Why didn't I know that you joined "Wizard Weekly?"

"Why do you say that?" Dumbledore said as if he didn't understand.

At this moment, the magic power in John's body gradually began to boil, the dazzling magic red flowed on his hair, and the dark blue dragon pupils also shone slightly.

"Otherwise, why do you keep asking irrelevant questions like Rita Skeeter, I know you are procrastinating, you can actually talk to me directly, instead of wasting your entire three hours like this time!"

Seeing that John seemed really angry, Dumbledore realized that something was wrong with him just now.

In fact, he subconsciously regarded John as a little wizard like Harry and the others who was willing to chat with him.

"Calm down, John, this is my problem and I apologize to you."

Looking at John who had calmed down again, Dumbledore considered his words a little bit, and then said:

"John, actually I procrastinated today because of one thing."

Speaking of which, Dumbledore took out a copy of the "Daily Prophet" from his pocket, and saw the headline written in extremely large fonts on the first page of the newspaper.

'Bloody clashes broke out in the Selwyn family, 3 dead and 14 injured'

A bad thought seemed to arise in John's mind, and when he was about to pick up the newspaper and examine it carefully, Dumbledore held John's hand.

"Promise me, boy, to keep calm."

Hearing Dumbledore's words, John took a deep breath before looking at Dumbledore and nodding.

Dumbledore let go of his hand, and John picked up the newspaper to check it.

"Yesterday at 1:45 in the morning, a fierce battle broke out in the Selwyn family manor. It is reported that the battle destroyed the hidden magic of the manor. Fortunately, there were no Muggles living around, which prevented the pure-blood families in the wizarding world from being exposed to Muggles. In the melon world.

"According to the follow-up Auror investigation, the two sides in the conflict were the remaining Death Eaters and the Knockdown Lane werewolf. This conflict resulted in 3 deaths and 14 injuries. Among them, Miranda Selwyn, the wife of Patriarch Selwyn, was also involved in the conflict last night. Unfortunately, I accidentally injured my arm by a curse..."

When he saw his mother's name, a surge of magic power surged in John's body, and the newspaper in his hand instantly burned.

"Baldwin Selwyn!!!"

John gritted his teeth and let out a low growl. His mother's injury was obviously not an accident.

Not to mention the curse that enveloped the manor, John also gave his mother a specially made talisman. As long as the talisman is with her mother, she cannot be injured.

Originally, John still wanted to maintain the last bit of father-son relationship and give each other a decent solution, but now he doesn't think so, the ultimate thing that should be destroyed is still to be destroyed.

"Calm down, John, I know you're very angry now." Dumbledore walked up to him at some point and pressed John's shoulder. "Now Auror is still investigating this matter. You are now going to the Selwyn family because of anger." You will only hurt yourself."

"Don't worry, Minerva and Severus sent the healing potion right away, and your mother's injuries have been healed," Dumbledore said with a smile, "and Severus knows that your mother How important you are, so he asked me to stop you, lest your impulsiveness lead to a bad ending."

"A bad ending?"

John looked curiously at the old man beside him, and the magic power surging in his body gradually subsided.

"Yes, I already know about your relationship with the Selwyn family, and what happened between you. Although I really want to stop you, I know that blindly stopping will only lead to greater disasters."

While saying this, Dumbledore didn't look into John's eyes, but looked into the unknown void, as if there was someone who made him feel guilty all his life.

Hearing Dumbledore's words, John froze for a moment, and saw the look in Dumbledore's eyes. He knew that the headmaster might have seen the shadow of the past from him. At the beginning, he blindly stopped him like this, which led to that incident. occur.

But soon Dumbledore adjusted his thoughts, and John asked, "How did you know I wanted to do this?"

Dumbledore shook his head slightly and said, "I didn't think of it, Severus told me."

"Professor Snape?" John was really surprised, he didn't expect that Professor Snape knew what he was thinking.

"Yes, let me stop you from being stupid because of anger. He also suggested it. According to him, he liked the Christmas gift you gave him very much. This is a return gift."

John knew it was an excuse as soon as he heard it, and the real reason was definitely not this, and John had a hunch, knowing this reason, he also knew why Professor Snape treated him differently from others.

But right now, we still have to focus on taking my mother away from the Selwyn family. This time it was the so-called "accidental injury", so will it be the so-called "manslaughter" next time?

John lowered his eyes, and after talking to Dumbledore, he entered the laboratory to prepare for tonight's action.

And Dumbledore didn't leave either. He came here not only to stop John from having a bad ending because of his anger, but also to cover this matter when necessary and help John accomplish what he wanted to do.

Then Dumbledore took another sip of tea and waited quietly for the night to fall.

(End of this chapter)