My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 313, Section 310: Legitimacy

"A soul that is not yet dead? What do you mean by that?"

Nicholas Lemaître frowned and asked.

Dumbledore had no intention of hiding anything from him and spoke directly.

"Voldemort—the soul of Tom Riddle."

The atmosphere in the living room immediately fell silent.

Nick Flamel looked intently at Dumbledore.

Are you sure you're not making a wrong decision?

"I hope it's not a wrong decision."

Nicholas Lemaître waved his hand: "Then do as you want. As long as your decision is correct, things generally won't get too bad. This box of Philosopher's Stone fragments is yours to keep. I originally wanted to keep it as a memento, but I can't let it go to the grave with me."

Dumbledore didn't stand on ceremony with him, took the box of fragments and put it in his pocket.

"There's something else I'd like you to see; I think you'll be interested in it."

Dumbledore looked at Lynn, and Nicholas Lemma followed his gaze to the boy.

Lynn extended his left arm in front of them, and a black diamond-shaped mark was clearly visible on his wrist. The mark spread towards Lynn's palm right before their eyes, and finally emerged from his skin and into his hand in some unknown way.

It was a pitch-black metal rod.

Nicholas Lemaître stared wide-eyed at the scene, making his already protruding eyes seem to bulge out.

His hands trembled slightly as he reached out towards the scepter in Lynn's hand. Lynn did not stop him and let him take the scepter.

"This is...this is..."

Dumbledore picked up where he left off.

"This is the treasure of Hogwarts, a perfect alchemical creation embodying the wisdom of the four wizards: the Scepter."

"Yes, this is indeed a treasure!"

Nicholas Lemaître gently stroked the surface of the scepter, its cold, smooth texture seemingly fascinating him.

"Before the Philosopher's Stone was forged, I had heard of such a thing. Gryffindor invited the Hufflepuff, the best goblin craftsmen in all of Europe at the time, to find the most precious materials in the world, and Ravenclaw inscribed them with runes representing wisdom. Ah! It seems to have completed the final process, bathed in the blood of Slytherin's glory! What a brilliant idea!"

Just from this, you can tell that old man Nicholas Lemay is indeed quite something. At least Lynn doesn't know where he got the idea that the stick was stained with the blood of the basilisk.

He looked at the scepter with excitement, his eyes filled with admiration but not greed. After all, he had lived for so long and could face death without flinching, so how could he have such feelings about something belonging to a junior?

Nick Lemay returned the scepter to Lynn.

"You want to know about the purpose of this [scepter]?"

Lynn nodded.

After killing the basilisk and fully activating the scepter, he only used it to transform into a short sword to cut through the basilisk's armor.

It seemed to be able to transform into all sorts of cold weapons at will, but Lynn always felt that its uses were far more than that, so he went to consult Dumbledore. Unexpectedly, Dumbledore took the opportunity to bring him to Nicholas Flamel.

"Yes, once activated, it can be used as a wand, and it can also transform into all sorts of weapons according to my will."

Nicholas Lemaître shook his head.

"It's nice to have the properties of a wand, but that's just an added bonus. As for being able to transform it into various weapons, you're oversimplifying it."

He suddenly asked Lynn a question.

"How did you do in your transformation class?"

Lynn honestly replied, "It's not my strong point, but it's not my weakness either. I'm probably at the level of an adult wizard who has just graduated from Hogwarts."

"It's amazing that you've reached this level at your age," Nicholas Lemai sincerely praised Lynn, then added, "You could try turning this scepter into something other than a weapon, or even an animal."

Lynn's eyes lit up immediately.

Yes, isn't the greatest wonder of Transfiguration the ability to turn inanimate objects into living ones?

He had never tried this before, his thinking was limited to the idea that the scepter was a weapon and could only be a weapon.

Lynn held the scepter in his palm, manipulating it to transform in his mind.

The black metal rod quickly turned into a pool of black liquid, then deformed and reshaped in Lynn's palm, transforming into a completely black raven in just three seconds.

The raven hopped in Lynn's palm as if it were a real creature, then spread its wings, flew around the Flamel family's living room, and finally landed back on Lynn's shoulder.

Not only that, Lynn was also surprised to find that he could share his senses with the raven that the [Scepter] had become, and could see what it saw and hear what it heard.

"This [scepter] contains powerful transmutation runes, and the material is extremely malleable. There is nothing it cannot transform into, as long as you can imagine it. Most importantly, it does not require the user to be highly skilled in transmutation, nor does it require you to chant spells or wave the wand. As long as you think of it, it will change according to your will."

Moreover, you can still use magic through it even when it's transformed, since its essence hasn't changed.

The raven perched on Lynn's shoulder turned back into black liquid, flowing into his palm and finally transforming into a jet-black short sword.

Following Nicholas Lemaire's instructions, he aimed his short sword at the half-empty cup of black tea on the coffee table, gently tapping the rim of the cup with the tip of the sword, casting a refill spell.

The spell worked flawlessly, and the half-finished cup of black tea was immediately filled to a full cup, confirming Nicholas Lemay's statement that even during the transformation, the [scepter] still retained its ability to cast spells.

Lynn astutely recognized the importance of this feature.

Now that it's the Nicholas Lemay family, he can't go all out and try it. If he had just swung his sword not with the Full Renewal Spell, but with a Divine Sharpness Without Shadow, wouldn't that be equivalent to releasing sword energy in disguise?

"Of course, these functions are all secondary. The Four Wizards created this thing primarily to give it a name: the 'Scepter.' The person who possesses it is the Lord of Hogwarts, who is orthodoxly recognized by the Four Wizards."

Nick Lemay looked at Dumbledore and Lynn and chuckled.

"With this, your position at Hogwarts should be far more legitimate than Albus'."

(End of this chapter)