Who let this Dementor into Hogwarts!

Chapter 29 Birth Point Exploration Plan

I hope the Earl can seize the opportunity to survive.

Then Cohen began to look through several books he had borrowed from the library.

First up was alchemy, where Cohen saw a familiar word – “Albus” (albino).

"Albus..." Cohen's mouth twitched.

So Dumbledore’s name is a term from alchemy!!!

The origin of alchemy is in Egypt. A wizard named Hermes condensed alchemy into thirteen sentences and engraved them on an emerald tablet.

Almost all of the wizarding world's alchemical texts are analyses and expansions of the thirteen sentences in the Emerald Record, and the ultimate goal of alchemy—the Philosopher's Stone...

Ha, it’s just waiting in school for people to steal it. It seems there’s no point in learning it now.

"If you really want to study this, why don't you just steal it?"

Cohen sighed.

Alchemy revolves around only one ultimate goal - the philosopher's stone, and those other alchemical items are actually just by-products, just like the Eastern alchemy can produce gunpowder.

Nicolas Flamel was simply the culprit who destroyed ancient alchemy because he created the Philosopher's Stone, which caused almost all alchemists at that time who had the ultimate goal of "refining the Philosopher's Stone" to give up - since someone had already made it, why not just steal it?
This also led to Nicolas Flamel being frequently attacked after he created the Philosopher's Stone in 1383, but the attackers would always appear in a foreign country dazed and find that one of their fingers had turned into gold.

Since no one succeeded, gradually no one tried to steal or rob the Philosopher's Stone from Nicolas Flamel - this also allowed Nicolas Flamel to enjoy a quiet retirement for hundreds of years.

Later, alchemy began to branch out into other branches, some of which were integrated into potions, and some into runes and symbology...

Contemporary alchemy also has more topics to choose from, among which Cohen also saw an alchemical term called "Man in the Bottle" (Homunculus).

"Homonculus...why does it look so familiar?"

Cohen always felt that this word sounded very familiar, as if... he had heard it when he was a child.

Considering that he was the product of a runaway research in a dark magic laboratory, it did seem very much like the creation of the Man in the Bottle. Was it because someone in that dark magic laboratory had muttered this word next to the infant Cohen?

[Homomonculus has possessed a variety of knowledge since its birth. It comes from the materials in the bottle, but also transcends the materials in the bottle. It is the most secretive and complex research direction of contemporary alchemy.

However, the topic of synthetic life is taboo, and this book does not introduce or answer the question.

"Count, do I look like a fool?"

Cohen asked the dozing earl with a stiff expression.

"This is the second time you've asked me this question, so my answer is - why are you asking?"

The Count glanced at Cohen and continued to sleep on his side, which was a bit inelegant for a bird.

"Dumbledore didn't think that if he tore this chapter out of the book and wrote his own ending, I would really believe that this was the original book?"

Cohen angrily said:
"What if he even wrote this paragraph in print?! Try a little harder to fool me! He's the only one in the whole school who writes in this kind of long, thin artistic font!" The brief introduction to the "Man in the Bottle" in the book "Detailed Explanation of Alchemy" was written on an almost completely blank page, and the font above was Dumbledore's unique long, thin artistic font with circles within circles - almost telling Cohen in person, I don't want you to see this thing, go learn something else.

"Perhaps he's worried that you'll go astray—after all, you're a naturally evil little Dementor." The sleepy Earl mumbled, "But I agree with you. He really doesn't need to get involved in this matter... In fact, you've already gone astray."

"I just want to figure out what I am..."

Cohen sank back into his armchair listlessly.

"Just like a child always wants to know who his biological mother is," the Count concluded, "I don't think about this question, because the first thing I saw when I hatched from the bird's egg was a basilisk - everyone knows it is definitely not my mother, and it is even very likely that it ate my mother, but it doesn't matter. You know, the person who raised you is the one you need to care about most -"

"You're lying!" Coin said in Voldemort's voice. "Last time you said John took you into the lighthouse and hatched you in the furnace!"

"Really? Was this the version I mentioned last time?" the Count asked, turning his head.

This was a bird that lied all the time, and Cohen had no intention of trusting it at all - the last time Cohen trusted it and allowed it into his closet, it was filled with vole bones.

Now Cohen no longer has any expectations for the next book. These are all books that Dumbledore had borrowed first, and he will definitely make changes whenever he encounters something that "little Cohen can't read."

Cohen felt that Dumbledore should be the director of the Broadcasting Authority instead of the headmaster of Hogwarts.

Soul in the Urn

The book introduces a theory about the common origin of the soul and magic. Regarding this theory, the book uses a lot of space to explain in detail each experiment on the soul - it is a bit cruel, but because it is a manuscript written by the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic, in order to maintain official justice, the selection of experimental subjects and species are glossed over.

This theory was recognized by the Ministry of Magic, and the researchers were awarded the Order of Merlin, Third Class. So much so that even now, the Department of Mysteries still retains the "brain tank" and "underworld arch" used to study souls.

The soul and magic power have the same origin... It seems that this can indeed explain Cohen's current situation. The strengthening of the soul also symbolizes the strengthening of magic power.

So is Edward the strongest brick in the wizarding community?

If that's the case, how does he normally perform difficult spells like silent spells?
Or is it that the two are only relatively related, for example, an increase in soul strength will lead to an increase in magic power, while a decrease in soul strength will not lead to a decrease in magic power...

This seems to be more reasonable, because even if Voldemort's soul strength is broken into 40 points each, he can still defeat a group of high-level wizarding fighters. If the soul strength and magic level are equal in real time, any professor in Hogwarts should be able to defeat him.

"Wait a minute... You really want to find out your own life experience now, right?"

The Count was unable to sleep because of Cohen, so he got up from his owl bed and asked:
"Why not just go and look in the ruins of that laboratory?"

"Guess why I didn't leave..." Cohen pouted, "I've torn through all the newspapers in the library, and the Ministry of Magic didn't report this at all."

"And Rose and Edward definitely wouldn't tell me about this, let alone the professors at school—"

"I know it," said the Count suddenly.

"?" Cohen stared at the Earl
"I know what you're going to say, 'Why didn't you tell me earlier?'" the Count continued slowly. "Then let me ask you, you didn't actually ask me at all - who would ask an owl's opinion, even if it's an owl old enough to be your fucking ancestor..."

(End of this chapter)