Reborn at Hogwarts - Chapter 152

c150 The Jade Record’s Connection with the Land of the Dead

After a long silence, Nicole Flamel finally spoke.

“You mean… you once entered the kingdom of the dead, and then left on your own initiative?”

There was nothing unusual in his tone, but Ivan felt a little weirdness in his eyes.

“Yes. It’s been almost two months before school starts this year.”

Ivan recalled the time and said immediately.

Nicole LeMay stared at the boy silently for a while, and after a while, Zoe, who was sitting quietly by the side, suddenly trembled.

Ivan saw her face turn pale all of a sudden.

The old alchemist seemed to be aware of it, and as if he had awakened a bad memory, he glanced at Zoe with a little dissatisfaction, and the latter explained stutteringly, “No, I didn’t mean it… …”

“I know your situation, Albus has already told me.” Nicole Flamel sighed softly, “Are you in a hurry?”

“No, don’t worry.” Zooey waved her hand quickly.

“I’ll help you deal with it later.” Nicole Flamel said, “Wait a minute, child… At present, Mr. Vesemir’s situation may be more urgent…”

Ivan was slightly taken aback when he heard this.

“Did the experience of entering the kingdom of the dead produce any sequelae?” He immediately had a guess in his mind.

Nicole Flamel shook his head, and when Ivan just relaxed, the old man said with pity again: “I’m afraid your problem is not just as simple as ‘sequel’—”

Nima!

Then why are you shaking your head!

Ivan almost got sick from the old man’s behavior of “shaking his head and saying you are hopeless”.

Fortunately, the next moment, Nicole Flamel took out his wand.

The old man raised his wand, pointed at Ivan’s face, and said, “The truth is revealed.”

There seemed to be a gray-black light and shadow flashing in front of Ivan.

Then, he saw that Zooey seemed to have seen something indescribable, her eyes widened, and she covered her mouth to dare not scream.

Dumbledore looked serious.

“Look.” Nicole Flamel sighed, with a rather regretful expression on his face, “Curse——”

what the hell?

Ivan didn’t understand what Nicole Flamel meant when he cast this spell on him.

“Reveal”, which is a spell that can make hidden enchantments appear, is usually used by wizards on certain objects to detect whether they are jinxed.

Am I being cursed?

At this time, Nicole Flamel saw that Ivan was a little puzzled, and reminded him: “Concentrate.”

Although he was still confused, Ivan followed the alchemist’s instructions and gradually focused his divergent attention.

Then, he saw—

In front of him, it seemed like black rain was falling.

Black feathers fell from some illusory place, drifted slowly beside him, and finally fell to the ground.

Then it disappeared without a trace, leaving no trace of its existence.

Ivan was taken aback.

Where did these feathers come from?

There is a feeling of… déjà vu.

The boy raised his hand, palm up, trying to let the feather fall on his palm, but the feather passed through his body lightly and continued to fall as if it had no entity.

Ivan was in a trance for a while.

For such a short moment, he seemed to see a giant eagle standing between the sky and the sea spread its wings.

The next second, Ivan suddenly woke up.

Taking a closer look, the falling black feathers had disappeared.

He looked around blankly, Dumbledore didn’t speak, and Zoe nodded to him with difficulty.

“They’re still…” she whispered, “always with you.”

“This is a curse from the land of the dead, from Herasvarger.” Nicole Flamel’s voice sounded at the right time, with an extremely serious tone, “All the living who have stayed on the bridge of the past will Branded by the “Corpse Eater”, they will unknowingly receive the curse from the dead, and will be swallowed completely in the end. And their souls will also be collected by Herasvarger and become its food. ”

Ivan opened his mouth, intending to refute, but when he thought of the picture that appeared in front of his eyes a moment ago, he immediately fell silent again.

There is no way to refute.

The evidence is in front of you, and it is almost directly shot in your face. In this case, what is there to refute?

“Is there any solution?” Dumbledore asked proactively.

Zooey also looked over quickly.

Facing the doubts of the two, Nicole Flamel shook his head and sighed: “There is no other solution except to fight poison with fire—oh, it’s not rigorous enough, but there are still.”

“What way?” Zooey asked hurriedly.

“Kill that reckless bird.” Nicole Flamel said lightly.

Hearing this, Zooey scratched her head in embarrassment, then retreated to her seat.

“It’s unrealistic,” said Dumbledore.

“Then, we are left with the ‘fighting poison with fire’ just mentioned.” Nicole Flamel said, looking at Ivan, the implication was self-evident: you only have this choice.

“What does ‘fighting poison with poison’ mean?”

Ivan sighed in his heart, then raised his head vigorously and looked at the old alchemist.

“The curse on you comes from the kingdom of the dead, from the ‘Corpse Eater’ Hrasvarger.” Mentioning the “solution”, Nicole Flamel seemed to regain his spirit all of a sudden, and even raised his volume Quite a few, “Remember what you said just now? Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, the two of them unearthed a book in an ancient ruin?”

“You mean “Jade Records”?”

“That’s it!” Nicole Flamel said with a slightly excited expression, “The Alchemy Origin Scroll, the rumored treasure left by Thoth, the god in charge of the underworld – there is no doubt that your curse wants to be solved , you need to rely on it!”

Ivan was a little dazed.

Why is “Jade Record” related to the curse of the kingdom of the dead?

Dumbledore seemed to understand what Nico Flamel meant.

As for Zooey, she looked as confused as Ivan.

“It might not be good for me to say such things…” After a moment of silence, Zoe carefully raised her eyes to the agitated Nicole Flamel, and said after consideration, “…But, “The Jade Record” and the legendary Kingdom of the Dead, is there any connection between the two?”

Good question… I want to know too. thought Ivan.

“First of all, I want to correct a mistake of yours, little girl.” Nicole Flamel spoke quickly, “‘The legendary kingdom of the dead’ is actually not accurate. Perhaps most wizards think that It’s just a legend, just a fairy tale to amuse children like ‘Deathly Hallows’ – but, no, it’s real. The kid next to you is called Ivan, right? Okay, Alright… the kid sitting next to you, Ivan, he even entered the kingdom of the dead himself! So, the term ‘legendary’ is not accurate, kid, I have to correct your statement first mistake.”

She never expected that the statement she chose out of caution would be refuted by Nicole Flamel in a tirade. At this time, Zooey’s face looked like she had choked a durian in her throat. Come up with a word.

Dumbledore winked at her, “Don’t take it to heart, all alchemists are like this, they like to emphasize rigor in all aspects.”

“This is exactly one of the virtues you must possess if you want to learn alchemy well.” Nicole Flamel retorted, “Let me think about it, where did I just say?”

“The kingdom of the dead is real.” Ivan reminded in time.

“Thank you for reminding me, my child… I’m getting old. I’m over 600 years old this year, and my memory is not very good… Then we just said that the kingdom of the dead is real.” Nicole Flamel maintained a very fast The speed of his speech made Ivan have to start worrying about whether he would lose his breath while talking, “Actually, it was Geralt Vesemir who discovered it at the earliest time—yes, kid , is your ancestor.”

“He discovered the kingdom of the dead?” Ivan felt at a loss.

It seems to be another big melon.

“In recent years, many people have said that I was the first to refine the Philosopher’s Stone.” Nicole Flamel said sarcastically, “There are also people who said that it was Hohenheim, or someone else – they are all of the same school. Nonsense. Those who can say such ignorant words are those laymen who have no understanding of alchemy. In our heritage, no matter which school it is, it is considered the first person to refine the Philosopher’s Stone. Lot Vesemir. In other words, he is the true origin of alchemy as we know it.

“Although he disappeared later, I always thought that he must still be alive somewhere in the world.” Nicole Flamel said, “After all, we haven’t found any traces of his Philosopher’s Stone being broken.”

“Nicholas, we are talking about “The Jade Record” and the Kingdom of the Dead.” Seeing that the old alchemist seemed to take the topic in another direction, Dumbledore reminded him.

“Ah, sorry, sorry… But Geralt Vesemir is actually related to the two.” Nicole Flamel looked at Ivan, “To be honest, I was talking about these issues before. I always feel like something is missing in research and research, but luckily you, the information you got from Rowena Ravenclaw’s memory, helped me fill in the last piece of the puzzle.

“Then, let’s talk about the conclusion first: the Kingdom of the Dead officially became associated with the world we live in precisely because of the rediscovery of the ancient scroll “Jade Records.”

Speaking of this, Nicole Flamel paused slightly, and was very satisfied to see Ivan and Zoe’s increasingly bewildered looks.

“If you don’t understand, I can start from the beginning.” Nicole Flamel said relaxedly, “But this is too time-consuming, after all, there are still important things to do, so let’s keep everything simple and compare. good.

“If speaking in chronological order, combined with the key information Ivan obtained from Rowena Ravenclaw’s memory, I think that in the early days of Hogwarts, ‘alchemy’ was just a Concept in the bud.

“Compared with wizards, alchemists at that time were more like the ‘scientists’ in Muggle society today, trying to find out certain laws in the world of wizards and magic to create their own creations.

“Looking at it now, their level may not even be called an apprentice. Based on my feeling, if alchemy wants to reach today’s level, it should take more than twice as long as it does now—then , What accelerated the development of alchemy?

“It’s always been a puzzle for me. But now, the mystery is solved.

“There is no doubt that all changes began with the unearthing of “Jade Records”.

“For some reason, Godric Gryffindor and Helga Hufflepuff, the founders of Hogwarts, dug up a crypt and found an ancient roll.

“The two of them probably just flipped through it casually, and after confirming that it was an ancient book related to alchemy, they gave it to Rowena Ravenclaw’s husband, Geralt Vesemir.

“At that time, Geralt Vesemir, in my guess, should be just an ordinary alchemist, and he may not even be able to reach the level that can be called top-notch in his era. But after getting “Jade After the “Record”, Geralt Vesemir gained rich and dangerous knowledge from it, and finally became the first known alchemist in the world to refine the “Philosopher’s Stone”.

“And during this period, through what Ivan just said, we can know that the ancient book “Jade Record” seems to hide a curse from ancient Egypt, Godric Gryffindor and Helga Hufflepuff Odd was so unfortunate that Gryffindor had to seek Rowena Ravenclaw’s help.”

“But there is a problem, Mr. Flamel.” Ivan interrupted the old man’s enthusiastic narration at this time, “When Gryffindor went to Ravenclaw, the curse should have just broken out, and the “Jade Record” handed over For Geralt… My ancestors only have a few days. Now that they know that the book is cursed, then I think they should get this book back from their ancestors as soon as possible, and either destroy it, Either it should be tightly sealed, there is no reason to let the “Jade Record” stay in his hands until he can refine the Philosopher’s Stone.”

“That’s a good question, kid…” Nicole Flamel glanced at Ivan approvingly, “But books are not the only carriers of knowledge, are they? Geralt Vesemir has many ways to put books on Whether it is using magic to strengthen memory, or copying the content in your own notebook, it is all possible.”

“But what about “Jade Records”?”

“The carrier of the curse often needs to be an entity, that is, an object that actually exists and can be seen and touched.” Nicole Flamel explained, “In other words, the curse of “The Jade Record” is not attached to In terms of text, it exists on the body of the ancient scroll. Even if it is suspected that the curse was caused by it, but considering that there may be a way to lift the curse in the book, I think the founders will not reject Geralt Viser Mir’s request to copy the contents of the book. After all, they only need to keep the ancient scroll itself.

“Knowledge itself is not terrible, what is terrible is its owner.” Nicole Flamel said with a hint.