Hogwarts: From Squibs to Greatness

Chapter 91 The Funeral and the Coming of October

On September 1992, 9, it was a rare sunny day, and the sun, which had not been seen for a long time, poured on the earth.

No one would have imagined that on this day more than 600 years ago, a certain baby among all living beings in the world would shock the wizarding world in the future and bring about changes in alchemy.

What is even more unexpected is that this day is still 600 years later. This great wizard, who has witnessed 600 years of ups and downs in magic and created countless achievements, chose to stop this journey of longevity and formally welcome the arrival of death.

Dressed in solemn black, John took the best Sorcerer's Stone he made, and used the Portkey Dumbledore gave him before to attend the teacher's funeral.

Accompanied by the transmission of the door key, John soon appeared in a garden full of rustic flavor, and in the center of the garden was a small villa full of rustic flavor.

At this moment, many people have come to the garden, most of them are gray-haired old people like Principal Dumbledore, and the rest are also middle-aged people in suits who are obviously in high positions all the year round.

So when a young boy like John appeared at the funeral, everyone's eyes fell on John, including Principal Dumbledore.

"John!" Headmaster Dumbledore walked slowly and patted him on the shoulder. "Come with me, I want to give you some things from Flamel."

John nodded, and followed Dumbledore towards the small villa.

Entering it, at first sight John saw a neatly dressed teacher with a well-groomed face.

He was lying quietly in the pure white coffin, as if he had stopped the red medicine to maintain his vitality, the teacher looked a little skinny and dark at the moment, his skin was tightly attached to his bones, looking like a mummy.

This may be the price to be borne by using the red medicinal liquid for longevity. When the teacher finally leaves, the pain caused by the premature decay of the body must be very difficult.

But John could still see a faint smile on the teacher's face. Perhaps different from what he thought, the teacher was happy and satisfied when he finally left.

John stood quietly by the coffin and looked at the teacher.

"He walked peacefully, John," said Dumbledore. "Death is like a gust of wind, and it took him away."

"The living are the continuation of the dead. John, don't be immersed in sorrow, but look forward. LeMay mentioned you when he left at the end. He is very satisfied to accept you as an apprentice at the last moment of his life."

"You have inherited his knowledge, even better than him, and you have filled LeMay's last regret."

John looked at Dumbledore, but finally said nothing.

"Come on, John." Dumbledore motioned for John to follow.

John took one last look at the teacher, followed Dumbledore and accompanied him up the second floor.

Soon they came to a very cozy room, and it could be seen that the room was well cleaned every day.

A portrait of a kind and beautiful woman is hung on the wall of the room, and next to the portrait of the beautiful woman is a portrait of the gray-haired Nick Flamel.

But these two portraits are not magical portraits. Neither of the two people in the paintings seems to have chosen to inject their thoughts and memories into the portraits, so the portraits will not move.

Dumbledore walked directly to the desk in the room, opened the large middle drawer, and picked up a gorgeous scarab badge from it.

Dumbledore came to John with the scarab badge in his hand, and slowly handed it out. Seeing this, John raised his hands and took the scarab badge from Principal Dumbledore.

Suddenly, a sharp spike popped out from the tail of the scarab badge. The spike seemed to be enchanted, and it easily pierced John's palm, taking away a trace of blood.

"!"

The sudden attack made John almost melt the scarab badge with a mouthful of dragon flame.

But in the next second, John looked at the scarab badge in his hand in shock, and saw that the scarab badge opened its elytra and flapped its inner wings as if it were alive, and a bright red line gathered along its abdomen upwards to the "sun" above its head among.

At this time, the magic inside the scarab badge was activated, and with the help of blood connection with him, a lot of information was stuffed into John's brain.

The extra information in his mind made John's eyes widen.

According to the information, this is a key to open the entrance of a pyramid hidden underground by magic more than 4000 years ago, and it is also the carrier of the teacher's property contract.

When he took away John's blood, it meant that John not only inherited the hidden magic pyramid, but at the same time the owner of all the property contracts of the teacher before his death was officially changed to John.

John was shocked not because of the amazing wealth accumulated by the teacher for more than 600 years, but because of the pyramid.

You must know that one of the origins of alchemy recognized by the wizarding world is Egypt, and as a miracle in Egypt, each pyramid contains a large number of organs and alchemy items left by alchemists in ancient times.

Therefore, the Ministry of Magic and Gringotts of various countries have sent a large number of elite personnel to study it. For example, Bill Weasley, the eldest son of the Weasley family, is a curse-breaker hired by Gringotts with a lot of money, specializing in cracking and researching The magic that exists in the pyramids.

This also means that those pyramids are basically divided up by the Ministry of Magic and Gringotts of various countries.

If before today, someone said that a certain pyramid was privately owned, John would think that person was joking.

But now as the protagonist in this joke, John didn't know what to say for a while

And John couldn't help but smile wryly, the teacher really left him a big problem.

Naturally, John would not reject a pyramid built by integrating the most cutting-edge magic and alchemy technology in ancient Egypt. All that remained inside were precious knowledge that had been lost.

It's just that once he removes the camouflage magic with the help of the scarab badge, then the pyramid will rise from the ground to the ground again, and it can no longer be hidden.

At that time, the Ministry of Magic and Gringotts of various countries will flock to this new pyramid like sharks smelling blood.

John doesn't think that he can single out the world's magical forces, so before he has absolute strength, John thinks it's better to keep this pyramid hidden underground.

This is indeed a legendary alchemist who has lived for 600 years.

John carefully put the scarab emblem, which had reunited the elytra and quieted it, into the ring.

"It seems that Flamel left you a big gift," Dumbledore said with a smile.

John nodded: "Yeah, what a 'gift'."

Walking down from the second floor and coming back to the living room where the teacher's coffin was placed, John noticed through the window that there were more people outside.

Among them, John also saw the principal of Beauxbaton School of Magic, Mrs. Maxim.

She was dressed in black satin and gorgeous opal. Although she was huge, she had an elegant manner, and she looked like a well-educated lady.

She was directing the other wizards to decorate the garden and cottage.

The black curtains were hung under the effect of magic, and all the blooming flowers in the garden turned white under the effect of magic. Most of the garden was full of tulips, because this was the teacher's wife's favorite flower.

After finishing all the decorations, Madam Maxim noticed John and Dumbledore standing beside the coffin.

With decent steps, Madame Maxime walked into the house slowly, and she looked at the front of Nick Flamel's coffin for a long time.

Finally, he walked up to him and the principal.

"Long time no see, Principal Dumbledore," Madam Maxim said in a respectful tone.

"Long time no see, Maxim," Dumbledore replied.

Madam Maxim turned her gaze to John, stretched out her hand and said to him with a smile, "Hi, Mr. John Williams, nice to meet you." John stretched out his hand to hold Madam Maxim's hand , said: "It's an honor to meet you too, Principal Maxim"

Mrs. Maxime was not surprised that John knew about her, just like she knew John's name.

When LeMay told her that he was taking on apprentices, she was still surprised. Later, LeMay told him how outstanding his disciples were, and that his mantle would be inherited.

Mrs. Maxim began to take care of John, and after investigating some information about John, she realized that John was excellent.

Perhaps in the future, a great master alchemist surpassing Nick Flamel will be born.

If it weren't for the fact that it's not suitable to talk too much now, Madam Maxim really wanted to take this opportunity to build a good relationship with John.

After a quick chat to leave an impression, Mrs. Maxim left here.

As time passed, more and more people came here, and soon when the set time arrived, Dumbledore stood at the forefront and began to preside over the funeral.

Principal Dumbledore recited the eulogy in his hand in a solemn and solemn tone.

John stood quietly at the front, among the white hair. Everyone knew in their hearts that this young man was the heir chosen by Nick Flamel.

At the end of the funeral, everyone raised their wands and lit up the lights, as if to light the way for Nicole Flamel to leave.

Finally, according to Nicole Flamel's instructions, he was buried next to his wife on an unnamed hillside. This is the place where Flamel's wife enjoyed the sunset in front of him.

After the funeral, John left the garden with Principal Dumbledore.

However, the two did not choose to disapparate and leave, but chose to take the Thestral carriage.

Sitting in the Thestral carriage, Dumbledore took out a box of lemon sherbet out of nowhere and ate it, while John looked out the window, silently sorting out the inheritance left to him by his teacher in his mind.

Only then did John know that the most famous chocolate frog character card in the wizarding world is actually the property of the teacher, so just like the speculation on the train back then, Dumbledore wanted to use his own character card to achieve the purpose of surveillance. Simple.

There are also some other wealth such as real estate and Galleons. The teacher entrusts a special person to take care of these. John actually doesn't need to take care of them. He just needs to lie down and spend money to collect money.

But John would not do this. Since he inherited all the knowledge left by the teacher, he would naturally have to make a career.

October came, and a damp chill permeated the grounds and seeped into the castle.A sudden flu epidemic among the staff and students set the school doctor, Madam Pomfrey, in a hurry.

Her pick-me-up has an immediate effect, but those who drink it leave smoke in their ears for hours on end.

Ginny Weasley had been sick lately, and Percy had forced him to drink some pick-me-up.

As a result, puffs of steam rose from under her bright red hair, and her whole head seemed to be on fire.

Raindrops the size of bullets crackled against the windows of the castle and did not stop for days.

The water in the lake was rising, and there was a mudslide in the flower beds, and Hagrid's pumpkins swelled to the size of the flower sheds.

After John came back from the funeral, the original routine of life was still the same. The only difference is that John now uses more abundant materials for experiments.

(End of this chapter)