AWB Chapter 924 The Elixir
Chapter 924 The Elixir
After the evening class that day, Headmaster Dumbledore sat at the head, with the three deans on both sides, and teachers from all subjects gathered together.
In just one week, all the teachers came for another expert consultation. The last patient was Pig-headed Malfoy, and this time the patient was the young version of Snape, who was in the expert seat last time and was surrounded in the center this time.
Hagrid was not present for this expert consultation, but no one cared; the gamekeeper, who was not allowed to use magic, was of no help anyway.
"Seeing you become like this, I feel like I've returned to my youth." A teacher who graduated from Hogwarts one year later than Snape joked.
"I thought so too." Even Dumbledore said this while stroking his beard.
Young Snape still had a long, gloomy face.
"Okay Severus, let's get back to the point. Do you mind doing a little experiment to verify your current condition?"
Snape naturally agreed, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, he prepared two doses of aging potion. He drank one himself and forced the teacher who had just joked with him to drink the other.
Soon the teacher had aged more than ten years, with bags under his eyes and crow's feet, and a thick beard like Hagrid's on his chin. Snape, on the other hand, had not changed at all.
Then everyone unscrupulously threw a lot of spells at Snape for experiments, and encouraged him to drink some shrinking potion. The teacher in front, who hadn't even shaved his beard, took the opportunity to throw a prank spell "Dancing" at Snape.
Dumbledore drew several 'age lines' created by the spell he created, and found that Snape's age was still 31 years old. In fact, neither the aging potion nor the shrinking potion could deceive the 'age line'.
But using this method, Dumbledore felt that Martin's "Transfiguration" could be ruled out, because when identifying Pig-headed Malfoy before, everyone concluded that "maybe this is what Malfoy really looks like." Similarly, if it was Martin's prank again, Snape's current state should be "a real 18-year-old boy" rather than "a 18-year-old uncle who looks 30 years old."
"Your real age has not changed, and there is no spell that forcibly fixes your appearance at this moment." Dumbledore looked at Snape, who had grown rabbit teeth, cat whiskers and bear ears due to the messy spells, and shook his wand to remove the various spells on him: "Apart from your appearance age, your body now has only one abnormality... You will not age."
At this point, Dumbledore fell silent, Snape also fell silent, and all the teachers present remained silent, but many people looked at others hesitantly, waiting for someone to speak out their own guesses first.
Elixir of life.
There is indeed a legend of the elixir of life in the world of witchcraft. It belongs to a wizard named Nicolas Flamel, who created the elixir when he was 55 years old. He and his wife have lived to this day, and should be over years old. If you see them today, the Flamel couple still look like they are in their s.
The teachers' eyes finally turned to Dumbledore, not only because of his highest status and broadest knowledge, but also because Dumbledore was Nicolas Flamel's good friend and partner.
"Nico did tell me that he had heard that wizards in the East had deeper research and insights into the Elixir of Life." Dumbledore said carefully, "It seems that the earliest trace of the Elixir of Life can be found in documents from two thousand years ago."
Dumbledore said this cryptically.
The teachers took a deep breath and most of them looked at Snape with envy. That was the elixir of immortality!
A wise wizard like Dumbledore could view death as just another adventure. Even when he helped Nicolas Flamel keep the Philosopher's Stone, he never thought of making himself an elixir of immortality.
But most of the more mediocre wizards longed for a longer life, so they either explicitly or implicitly envied Snape, who had accidentally taken a dose of the elixir of immortality.
This is also why Dumbledore spoke so vaguely and did not make a final statement.
But Snape himself was unhappy - if he had been happy, Martin would not have let him take the potion.
Snape looked at himself in the mirror. He was this age and looked this way when he was young. He experienced the breakup between Lily (Harry's mother and Snape's childhood sweetheart) and then fell into the arms of James, who had bullied him for years. That was the darkest time in his life.
Quack! There's a cow!
Facing the teachers' eager anticipation, Dumbledore added, "Besides, it would be quickest to ask the person himself whether it is the elixir of life or not."
……
So Huibara Ai was called over.
"It's already bedtime and I have to call you here. Thank you for your help." Dumbledore apologized first.
"Nothing." Seeing the handsome young man who was obviously Snape, Haibara Ai naturally guessed what had happened and said while shaking her head.
Just like in the morning, Huibara Ai refused Martin and Ma Wu's company and came by herself.
Dumbledore confirmed with Haibara Ai whether the medicine she gave Snape was the elixir of life.
"There is indeed a suspicion that it can stop human development." Haibara Ai nodded in admission.
From the time she and Conan took APTX to today, not to mention the chaotic period before Martin merged the worlds, it has been more than two months since the fusion of the worlds.
But the strange thing is that her height and Conan's height have not increased by even a millimeter.
Combined with Vermouth's hatred for her family and the fact that she has not aged in more than ten years, Haibara Ai did suspect that APTX had medicinal effects related to immortality.
But immortality... Less than a month after Vermouth was arrested on the dark train, he died of organ failure in the hospital. They suspected that Vermouth had to use some means to maintain his life in the organization in the past.
However, the same is true for the elixir of immortality in the wizarding world. The Flamel couple need to continue to take the elixir regularly. If they lose the Philosopher's Stone used to make the elixir of immortality, they will die after the elixir is used up.
Just as Snape said to Haibara Ai, except for poison, there is no potion with permanent effects.
"But this medicine was accidentally created a year ago." Huiyuan Ai continued to remind everyone: "So as to whether this medicine can help the person who takes it exceed his original lifespan, I can't give an answer or make a promise."
"So you don't know how to change Severus back to his original form, do you?" asked Dumbledore.
"I came to Hogwarts with the purpose of finding a way to resolve this phenomenon." Huiyuan Ai answered honestly: "And I will continue to research. If Professor Snape is still like this on the day I make the antidote, I am willing to give him an antidote."
These words were spoken sincerely, but to Snape, the heir of a potion family, who secretly called himself the Half-Blood Prince, and the youngest dean in the history of Hogwarts, these were simply a mockery.
He immediately stood up and walked away without saying a word. He looked very angry, but in fact he was holding his breath to research the antidote that Haibara Ai mentioned - even though he had no idea and couldn't even understand the ingredients of the medicine that Haibara Ai mentioned.
"I have another question." Dumbledore glanced at the teachers who remained present and asked, "Do you still have this medicine?"
Huihara Ai touched her pocket and confirmed that it was empty. Martin had no intention of causing trouble again, and then shook her head: "No more."
But the action of Huiyuan Ai touching her pocket had another explanation in the eyes of others... The child subconsciously touched the medicine in her pocket, then shook her head and lied. The meeting ended like this, and everyone went home.
……
After Quirrell, the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, returned to his office alone, a sinister and low voice came from under the turban on the back of his head. The voice was a little slow and weak.
"The elixir of life... the elixir of life... she must have the elixir of life! Go and get it! Bring it to me..."
That was Voldemort, who now had no body of his own and was parasitic on the servant's body, existing in the back of Quirrell's head, wrapped in a turban by Quirrell.
"No." Quirrell trembled, "She is just a little girl, how can she have the elixir of immortality!"
"And she is Oriental... this matter will attract a lot of attention."
"The Philosopher's Stone... It's easier to deal with her than to steal the Philosopher's Stone... It's easier to deal with her than to steal the Philosopher's Stone!"
"But she is better than the Philosopher's Stone..."
"I command you to go!" Voldemort ordered Quirrell angrily.
Whether it is to steal the Philosopher's Stone or to obtain the elixir of immortality from Haibara Ai, the timid Quirrell will inevitably have to spend some time preparing.
……
Because Ma Wu's blue bar was cleared while stargazing, his abilities would not be out of control in the next two days or the next two days, and the Gryffindor girls finally slept soundly.
The next day was Saturday, there were no classes, and after running morning exercises everyone was free to do whatever they wanted.
The naughty twins of the Weasley family seemed to come alive only at this time, and then they pulled Martin and Malwu, as well as Martin's new little brother Peeves, together to explore Hogwarts Castle. Especially after Malwu's ability expanded Hogwarts several times, the twins who once knew the castle very well had to start to understand it again.
Haibara Ai didn't know that someone was eyeing her "immortality drug". Her plan for the weekend was to research the shrinking potion and the corresponding antidote, and to supervise Tuji who was sent to the girls' dormitory to study.
She didn't intend to master all the potions and herbs as Snape said. The energy required would be disproportionate to the help that potions could provide in developing antidotes.
But precisely because she stayed in the girls' dormitory, she didn't have to worry about safety issues, as there was an access control system that even Martin couldn't break through.
On Sunday, Martin left Ma Wu to Huiyuan Ai to take care of, and played disappearing games with Tuji.
——Then Martin and Tuji appeared on the streets of London, turned on their mobile phones that had not worked properly for a week, and checked the messages they had received.
Because they left in a hurry, Martin did not personally inform many people before leaving. It was only after they left that they learned about Hogwarts through Akemi Miyano or Conan.
As expected, there were a lot of unread messages in Martin's phone. Sonoko and Sera spent the first two days accusing him of not inviting them when he had something fun to do. Then, when they found that Martin had not replied, Sonoko bombarded him with more messages. Finally, she suddenly changed her tone and shared photos of her and her family vacationing on an island in the south for the winter, as if she wanted to make Martin envious.
Another thing is that "Kaito Kid: The Movie" has finally passed the review of relevant departments and will be released during the winter vacation. Sonoko talked to Martin about the performance of the movie.
As expected, the elements of Kaito Kid and Pokémon alone were enough to attract the curiosity of many viewers. In fact, Cyberpunk became a negative factor in the box office. Although the movie was called a bad movie after watching it, curious viewers still came in an endless stream. Especially when the first group of people who wanted to spoil the plot couldn't put it into clear language, it undoubtedly aroused the curiosity of others.
There was a huge discussion afterwards.
After all, Martin and Queen Mira played the role of league champion and queen in the movie, and there were no intimate scenes between them.
Then the film promotion department of the Suzuki Foundation and the diplomatic department of Vespasian jointly hyped some information.
The queen in the movie is a real queen.
The champions in the movie are real champions.
As for whether the Queen and the Champion are dating is true - you can guess for yourself.
Mira also sent some messages to Martin.
On the first two days, I greeted him in the morning and evening. On the third day, I tentatively asked Martin if he had paid attention to the box office performance of the movie. On the fourth day, I asked Martin what he thought of the widely circulated "rumors".
Then he must have learned from someone else that Martin was missing, and he didn't send any messages for a few days.
Xiaolan talked to him a few times, just to initiate a chat, but because Martin was out of touch, she became a little worried.
Miyano Akemi was also worried, but she was not worried about the missing Martin but the missing Shiho. After discovering that Shiho was missing, Miyano Akemi made a series of life-threatening calls to Martin, of course, including the missing Shiho.
Even Kuroba Kaito got the news and sent a message tentatively to find out who was more powerful, the wizard from Hogwarts or Koizumi Akako.
Because it was night time in Japan on the other side of the world, and he didn't know who was awake or had time, Martin opened WeChat, changed his WeChat name to 'I lost contact in Guangdong', and then sent a period in his small group.
Line? It's something I no longer recognize after the worlds merged.
Soon the phone calls started coming in. While Martin was shopping with Tuji, he answered one overseas call after another and chatted.
At the same time, in the Gryffindor boys' dormitory tower in the school.
Harry and Ron, who were busy completing their homework, kept looking at the ground not far away.
Next to a pink cat bed that looked like a tent, Doraemon sat on the ground with a spider web on his head.
"Well... you don't do anything?" Harry asked.
Doraemon remained motionless, slowly falling to the side, and then fell to the ground. (End of this chapter)