Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 33 Nicoléme
After experiencing Christmas in the magical world, Mike devoted himself to learning the Disillusionment Charm. The notebook Penelope gave him was really good. Not only was the handwriting neat, but the understanding of the Disillusionment Charm was also very profound.

The original owner of this notebook must have guessed that Penelope wanted to learn the Disillusionment Charm in advance, so he wrote a lot of tutorials for beginners. Judging from the ink, it should have been written not long ago, and all of this is now benefiting Mike.

Thanks to these beginner tutorials, Mike successfully cast the Disillusionment Spell before the end of the holiday, but it was only a half-finished product.

The Disillusionment Charm that Mike cast at first was not very effective. Not only was it cast very slowly, but it would also become ineffective if he moved a little too much. As a result, Mike could only work harder to learn.

In addition, this notebook on the Disillusionment Spell also mentions how to avoid magical restrictions to achieve perfect invisibility. This passage is written in a flourish, and it can be seen that the writer is very proud of it.

There are three methods mentioned in it. One is to use one's own powerful magical ability to break the magic restriction; the second is to use an advanced magic potion called Absolute Magic Powder to isolate one's own magic fluctuations in order to deceive the magic restriction; the third is to use something containing powerful magic power to cover up the restriction's monitoring of oneself.

Mike has ignored the first two items here, and only the third item can be done.

The notes clearly state that most restrictions detect targets through magical perception, and if you carry an item that emits a lot of magic power, the restrictions will ignore you. It's like using a thermal imager to look at a baked sweet potato in the oven, you can't see it clearly at all.

Mike was very happy to know the method to bypass the magical restriction. His plan to invade the restricted area at the end of the semester was more confident.

On the other hand, Harry received the Invisibility Cloak from Dumbledore on Christmas Day, just like in the original book, and also accepted the test of the Mirror of Erised under Dumbledore's intentional guidance. However, unlike Michael, he was completely fascinated by the Mirror of Erised, and Harry stood in front of it almost every night. In the end, Dumbledore had to come out and give Harry some psychological counseling, which made Harry calm down.

Harry, who had calmed down, remembered that he had promised Hermione to look for Nicolas Flamel during the holidays. Nicolas Flamel was the key information to find out what Hagrid had taken from Gringotts that day.

They hadn't been idle for so long since they entered the school. The three of them first discovered the trapdoor guarded by the three-headed dog, and then analyzed from Snape's actions that Snape wanted to get the thing under the trapdoor. Finally, they learned from Hagrid that the thing guarded by the three-headed dog Fluffy was an important item they took out from Gringotts that day. Now all they needed to do was to find out what that thing was.

"I think we can go ask Mike. He's a celebrity now. Maybe he knows?" Ron said to Harry with some envy.

Harry didn't hold out much hope for Ron's proposal. After all, he knew that Mike, like him, grew up in the Muggle world. There was no reason for him to know something that even a wizard like Ron, who came from a pure-blood wizard family, didn't know.

With the mentality of giving it a try, they went to Ravenclaw to look for Mike. After all, they had to do something, otherwise Hermione would definitely be angry.

But when they arrived at the Ravenclaw passage they were dumbfounded.

"In which year did the first goblin rebellion occur?" asked the eagle-headed door knocker.

Harry and Ron looked at each other.

Damn it! Professor Binns' lectures on History of Magic were like a lullaby. They were snoring in almost every class. How bored must one be to listen to that old ghost's lectures seriously?

"Uh, 520 years." Harry had no choice but to make up one.

"mistake!"

"521 years!"

"mistake!"

A Ravenclaw first-year student standing in line behind Harry and Ron, waiting to enter the Ravenclaw Common Room, was impatient. "201 AD," he said lightly.

"Correct!" The eagle-head door knocker opened the door.

The first-year Ravenclaw proudly squeezed past Harry and Ron and entered the Ravenclaw common room. He gave the two of them a look of contempt before leaving.

Harry and Ron blushed with shame, but they followed him into the Ravenclaw common room. If they didn't seize this opportunity, they might never be able to enter the Ravenclaw common room in their lives.

When Harry and Ron found Mike, he was sitting on the sofa in front of the fireplace, reading a book with his legs crossed, and occasionally eating a piece of snack beside him. When he saw Harry and Ron coming, he put down his book and asked them why they came.

By the time Harry and Ron explained the whole story to Mike, Mike had finished the snacks on the side.

"Well, this is what happened. We wanted to ask you if you know who Nicolas Flamel is." Harry was a little embarrassed because he felt that everyone in the Ravenclaw common room looked at him as a fool after what happened with the eagle-head door knocker. This made his face turn red. Fortunately, they were standing next to the stove, so others would only think that his face was burned red.

"I know."

"If you didn't know...what? You actually knew!" Harry couldn't wait to leave here, but Mike gave him an answer that surprised him.

"Yes, if you are careful enough, you will find the introduction of Nicolas Flamel on the magic card that comes with the chocolate frog, on Dumbledore's card." Mike changed his sitting position. "Nicolas Flamel is the only maker of the famous Philosopher's Stone and the only owner of the Philosopher's Stone today."

Harry and Ron looked confused when they heard this. Seeing their confusion, Mike had to continue explaining.

"The Philosopher's Stone has the power to turn stones into gold and can also make people immortal. I heard that Nicolas Flamel and his wife are hundreds of years old now, all thanks to the Philosopher's Stone."

"Then what Hagrid took from Gringotts that day must be the Philosopher's Stone! Snape must want to get the Philosopher's Stone!" Harry said excitedly.

"Yeah! Turning stone into gold! Who wouldn't want that?" Ron said with the light of gold Galleons in his eyes.

"Mike, Ron, we have to go tell Dumbledore now that Snape is trying to steal the Philosopher's Stone."

Looking at the two people in front of him who were so excited that they couldn't control themselves, Mike shook his head calmly, picked up the book again and replied: "I won't go, I still have to read."

"But..." Harry wanted to continue persuading Mike but was pulled away by Ron.

"I think he has become stupid from reading too much. You know, Ravenclaw is full of nerds. If Hermione hadn't been sorted into Gryffindor, she would probably become like this too." Ron said to Harry in a voice that he thought no one could hear.

Mike, who heard everything that just happened clearly, glanced at the two people who were walking away with contempt and crossed his legs again.

He was not going to participate in the puzzle game that Dumbledore had set up specifically for Harry.

(End of this chapter)