I swung a sword at Hogwarts

Harry's words startled John, and he leaned over to take a look.

Nothing... No!

John's eyes widened as he looked in the mirror and saw tables of Chinese delicacies next to him.

John rubbed his eyes and looked again, finding himself enjoying the food.

Not only that, John in the mirror was wearing a gorgeous wizard robe, looked to be in his twenties, holding an old wand that symbolized power, and wearing the First Class Medal of the Order of Merlin on his chest.

John recalled the story about the mirror and said to himself, "Mirror of Erised?"

He remembered that this mirror appeared at the end, so why did it appear now?

"John, I feel like they are my family."

Harry saw a gentle and beautiful woman behind himself in the mirror. She was smiling with loving eyes.

Next to the woman was a black-haired man wearing glasses, his hair was as messy as Harry's.

Harry felt that they were his parents, and not just his parents, but also other relatives who had the same green eyes as Harry.

These were what Harry desired most. He stared at the mirror hungrily, not wanting to look away for a moment.

Put both hands on the mirror, as if you can go inside and reunite with your family.

John saw that he was a little crazy and pulled him away from the mirror.

"We should leave. Filch and the others will be back."

Although he felt a little reluctant, Harry still agreed with this statement.

He put on his invisible cloak and invited John to leave with him. John smiled and said mysteriously, "I don't need it."

Taking out his wand and waving it gently, John disappeared in front of Harry.

Harry, in doubt, called out tentatively, "John, are you still there?"

"Of course."

Seeing a response in front of him, Harry reached out and touched John's face.

"Be careful, you almost poked my eye."

Hearing this, Harry withdrew his hand in disappointment.

Before leaving the room, John stopped and looked towards the mirror. A silver-haired old man seemed to appear there, but disappeared after a blink of an eye.

"Dumbledore?"

John didn't think he had seen it wrong, and suddenly realized that this thing was put in by Dumbledore.

If that's the case, then Harry shouldn't be in danger.

After parting ways with Harry at the stairs, John went to the restricted books area and found an ancient alchemy book "The Supreme Alchemy" and took it back to the dormitory.

After just looking at it for a while, he felt a little dizzy.

The content inside is too profound, just like "Fairy Foundry", it requires a lot of basic preparation.

"You can't bite off more than you can chew, so you have to start from the grassroots level step by step."

Putting the book under the pillow, John opened the Marauder's Map and walked out of Hogwarts.

John was a little hesitant, wondering whether he should go and take a look.

But after thinking about it, I gave up the idea.

Not to mention Voldemort, even Professor Quirrell alone was not someone he could deal with.

Unless it's a surprise attack, the magic power gap between the two is still too big.

John didn't have any attacks like the Killing Curse, and if his identity was discovered, he would be in danger of death.

The Christmas holidays are not over yet.

During this period, John went to the library several times and took away a lot of basic alchemy books.

During this period of time, he frantically supplemented his knowledge of alchemy, but this was not enough.

However, records about Nicolas Flamel were found in a book about ancient alchemy.

"Nicolas Flamel, the only known maker of the Philosopher's Stone."

When John saw this book, his thoughts were in turmoil.

He remembered that what Harry Potter guarded in his first year was the Philosopher's Stone.

This thing can save John a lot of time and allow him to directly use the most advanced alchemy.

"The Philosopher's Stone..."

Touching the records about the Philosopher's Stone, the thought of immortality flashed through his mind and then disappeared.

He remembered that immortality had great side effects. Not only did it wear away at one's emotions, but more importantly, it made one's body extremely fragile.

It would be better to kill John than to live forever.

"Maybe you can tell Harry and the others."

Harry and the others were about to give up these days.

Chapter 22 Dumbledore and the Promise

hall.

"You should have woken me up. I wanted to see your mom and dad."

Ron complained angrily, irritated that Harry had found the mirror by himself yesterday without calling him.

Harry said, "You can go tonight. I will go again. I want you to look at the mirror."

The two men were discussing the magic mirror so eagerly that they almost forgot about Nicolas Flamel.

John made a sandwich with the turkey between toasted bread.

Just as he was about to put it in his mouth, Harry said, "John is here too, but I don't see any of his family."

John put down the sandwich and said seriously, "Harry, that mirror is not supposed to be able to see your family, but to reflect what your heart desires. You shouldn't be too obsessed with it."

Ron asked curiously, "John, what did you see?"

"I?"

Recalling what he saw yesterday, John smacked his lips and said, "I saw a table full of food."

"Uh……

Ron and Harry were speechless. They thought John would see something else. Since he loved studying so much, shouldn't he have seen books?

However, Harry didn't take John's words to heart. Instead, he wanted to go even more.

He lacks love so much.

The strongest magic built with maternal love cannot make up for the shortcomings in his heart. Rather than a savior, he wants his parents to be by his side.

John didn't care whether Harry listened or not, he had already given his warning.

With Dumbledore around, even Voldemort can't hurt Harry and the others.

John, who was not worried, finished his meal and remembered Nicolas Flamel. He took out the Chocolate Frog Wizard Card from his pocket and handed it to Harry.

"This is?"

Harry was a little confused by his actions.

John smiled mysteriously, "Maybe all the answers are not as profound as you think. You have to learn to observe the things around you."

The two were confused by the weird words, but Harry accepted the card anyway.

Harry, whose mind was entirely focused on the Mirror of Erised, immediately put the card into his pocket, thinking it would take some time for him to remember.

None of this concerns John, who has already headed to the library.

As Madam Pince watched, he piled up books on alchemy on the table.

His diligence made Professor McGonagall, who passed by, feel gratified. The only drawback was that he was not a Gryffindor student.

With the help of the top student in two hours, John managed to come up with the theory of alchemy.

After the study time passed, he put down the pile of books and rubbed his sore eyes.

"It's still too difficult to rely on these theories."

In front of him were "Ancient Runes: An Easy Introduction" and "Simplified Alchemy".

These are the most basic things, and they can make one's head hurt.

But thanks to this, John can start practicing alchemy.

According to the book "Fairy Foundry", magic running plus alchemy equals fairy forging.

Although the formula is simple, it requires thousands of trials to succeed.

Heading to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor, John went to a different location this time.

"I need a place where I can refine things."

After walking back and forth in front of the huge tapestry three times, a wooden door appeared on the blank wall.

Pushing the door open, there is a place with many crucibles.

There were many empty bottles on the shelves along the wall, some of which contained materials related to magical creatures.

John moved his fingers, it seemed that he needed some more materials.

Just like crafting magic wands, magical creatures are very valuable in the hands of wizards.

John couldn't afford to buy it with his family's financial resources, but he had a big supplier of materials and could borrow some from them.

...

the next day.

"Here you go, John. What do you want to do with a skrewt butt?"

In Hagrid's hut, as a gamekeeper, Hagrid deals with magical creatures every day, and the materials he saves over the years are priceless.

However, Hagrid did not seem to realize this and was sitting on a treasure trove without even realizing it.

John is one of the few students who has a good relationship with Hagrid, and they also have a friendship when they broke into Aragog's lair.

When he heard that John wanted materials, he immediately collected a lot of them.

John almost fell down when he took the materials.

Although Hagrid looked at it with ease, the pile of stuff was actually very heavy.

The blasting-tailed skrewt is a magical creature bred at Hogwarts, possibly a cross between a manticore and a fire crab.

Only Hagrid could take out a basket of butts at one time, which John planned to use as materials for his first alchemy.

"I'm studying alchemy Hagrid, after all who could know this stuff better than you."

Hagrid was very happy to hear this, but John declined his offer to give him a rock cake.

Holding a basket of blast-tailed skrewt butts, John returned to the Room of Requirement with difficulty and started his own refining.

For this reason, he could be said to have neglected sleep and food, and even missed dinner.

When John came out of the Room of Requirement, there was some black ash on his nose.

When he was about to return, he passed the fifth floor.

Stopping, John saw that the door where the mirror was placed was ajar.

He knew it was Harry in there.

"He's still obsessed." Sighing, John changed his mind about going back to the dormitory and walked towards the room on the left.

As he approached the door, John heard voices talking inside.

Could it be Ron? Harry took Ron to look in the mirror yesterday.

Casting an Disillusionment Charm on himself, John seemed to disappear in the darkness.