Hogwarts: Becoming the White Lord from Breathing

Chapter 49 Dumbledore’s temptation

Damon walked onto the stone platform, looked at the Philosopher's Stone embedded in it, and waved his wand.

The stone platform transformed into a propped-up palm, grasping the gorgeous red gem in its hand - no strange phenomenon occurred.

Damon used Transfiguration to create a magical man, who stepped forward and took the gem - but still nothing strange happened.

He felt a little more at ease, kept his armor on, reached out to grab the legendary stone, and held it in his hand.

But as soon as Fang touched it, he realized that the Philosopher's Stone was fake.

The Philosopher's Stone is a legendary stone that can turn everything into gold. Its prototype is the "Philosopher's Stone" in alchemy. It is a legendary treasure that can ignore the principle of "equivalent exchange" and perform miracles.

But the piece in his hand was just a huge source of magic power, containing less than one thousandth of the energy of the Philosopher's Stone at most - although it could be used, it was not very useful. At the very least, it was impossible for Voldemort to use such a small amount of energy to reshape his body.

I'm afraid even these energies are used to deceive and seduce Voldemort.

It seems that Dumbledore is more cautious than he thought. The Philosopher's Stone here is just a bait and has been caught. Maybe he is also among them?

Damon put the fake Philosopher's Stone back on the stone platform, with no interest in using it - with such a small amount of energy, it was not worth the risk - God knows what Dumbledore would think if he knew he had taken the Philosopher's Stone?

After thinking for a while, he waved his wand again:

Ordinatio Magica

After re-decomposing the fake stone into its previous arrangement, Damon left decisively.

And wait until he leaves.

A tall figure slowly walked out from the shadow in the corner.

He had a head full of white hair and his deep blue eyes stared straight in the direction Damon left, his gaze as deep as water.

Damon, why are you here? Is this kid also interested in the Philosopher's Stone? No, it's abnormal not to be interested in the Philosopher's Stone.

Since he was able to trigger the arrangement, at the very least he was just curious about the Philosopher's Stone and had no intention of using it - even for a moment.

But this one moment was enough, and based on this alone Dumbledore could conclude that this child had no connection with the Death Eaters - although it was absurd to link a twelve-year-old child with Death Eaters.

But there was no way, because something even more ridiculous had just happened not long ago - no one could have imagined that the White Transfiguration Laws that were constantly stirring up trouble in the outside world and causing both the Wizengamot and the Ministry of Magic Council to make a big fuss were created by a twelve-year-old child.

By the time the next issue of "Transfiguration Today" is published, I'm afraid that many wizards who have devoted their lives to transfiguration will face the embarrassing situation of reshaping their cognition.

And for this child, he only had one last thing to verify.

Compared to Damon, who had already confirmed the authenticity of the Philosopher's Stone and even played the entire trial, the three little ones were very nervous in the next few weeks.

Every time they passed the corridor room on the fourth floor, they would listen to see if Fluffy was still growling inside. Snape strode about the school all day, as surly as ever, which was a sure sign that the Philosopher's Stone was still safe.

It wasn't until the final exams were approaching that Hermione lost her composure - even though they still had ten weeks left.

She grabbed Ron and Harry and started an intensive review, but Damon remained apart from them.

In Flitwick's office.

"Protego totalum"

Damon waved his wand calmly, and a stream of transparent air expanded across the office like a fluid, coating everything in a thin, transparent film, leaving nothing untouched. "Perfect casting! You've finally solved the problem of not being able to perfectly cover the target."

Professor Flitwick clapped his hands, enthusiastically applauding the most outstanding student he had seen in a century.

Damon smiled and thanked him, not feeling satisfied with his own achievements at all, and continued:
"Professor, may I start learning the next spell with you?"

"Of course, what do you want to learn?"

"Apparate."

"Damon, this might be a little difficult." Professor Flitwick's face showed an embarrassment. "Apparition is only available to wizards and witches over the age of seventeen. You're not old enough."

"Oh—can't there be an exception?"

Professor Flitwick shook his head. "Apparition is forbidden in the castle. Only when the sixth-year students are studying can the protective magic of an area be temporarily lifted and used."

"Even if I teach you, you'll only learn the theory, not the practice—but I assume you've already learned the theory beforehand?"

"Also, even if I teach you secretly, once you learn Apparition, you must go to the Ministry of Magic's testing center to take the exam and get a certificate. This spell is strictly controlled by the Ministry of Magic, and you can't hide it no matter what."

"It seems that I have no chance with this magic for the time being?"

Damon didn't expect that there were so many restrictions in learning Apparition. It seemed that it was not feasible to learn Apparition in school - he had to find another way.

As if fearing that Damon would feel lost, Professor Flitwick immediately opened his arms and said comfortingly:
"How about learning some advanced magic? For example, I can teach you the Patronus Charm. From now on, you can have your own Patronus!"

"Rather than that—Professor," Damon said, looking at Flitwick with a sincere expression, "could you teach me Occlumency?"

"Where did you learn about Occlumency? Ordinary wizards shouldn't be able to access this spell."

Professor Flitwick was genuinely surprised. Then, he thought of Dumbledore's instructions to him, and said with a complicated expression:

"I can teach you, Damon, but do you know anything about Occlumency?"

"Honestly, I don't know much. I only know that after mastering it, I can resist other people's thoughts."

Professor Flitwick nodded, gave him a note, and said:

"This is my approval slip. You can use it to borrow relevant books from the restricted section. I recommend two for you: 'Forgetting and Resistance: A Guide to Memory Magic Defense' and 'The Boundary of Soul, Mind, and Magic'. Once you've read more, you can come back to me."

Damon thanked Professor Flitwick and went straight to the restricted area with the approval slip.

Actually, this was his first time here. Before this, he had been obsessed with laying a solid foundation, thinking that being exposed to advanced spells too early would divert his mind and lead to unrealistic ambitions.

After verification and guidance from the librarian, Madam Pince, Damon went to area B, column X3, and found the two books he needed.

"Clap."

At this moment, a book with brown and black leather cover fell from somewhere and landed at Damon's feet.

Damon leaned over and picked up the book, flipping it over and seeing its cover—elegant, sinister purple lines on either side, highlighting the title in the center:
"The Secret of Cutting-Edge Black Magic"

(End of this chapter)