Plop!
Plop!
Plop!
Along with the dim light flickering in the Pig Head Bar, everyone seemed to hear the sound of their own heart beating violently and that of others around them.
In their eyes, the inconspicuous little black stone placed on the bar seemed to be releasing infinite and terrifying magic power.
At the same time, a voice kept echoing in my mind - "Resurrection from the dead".
After all, in the crazy era when Voldemort and Death Eaters ruled the British wizarding world, who had not had several friends, relatives and lovers killed?
In the past, all they could do was grieve, cry and remember.
But now, a treasure that can make up for the shortcomings in the heart and bring the deceased back is right in front of us. It would be a lie to say that we are not tempted.
Nico Flamel was eager to know the process of making this magic stone and the alchemy used;
Minister of Magic Fudge wants to use this matter to maximize his prestige, and even strive to become the greatest minister in the history of the British wizarding world;
Snape wanted to use the Philosopher's Stone to resurrect his most beloved woman, Harry Potter's mother;
Even Flitwick and Professor McGonagall probably have people who want to be resurrected.
Albus Dumbledore, who has an insight into human nature, can even feel that the dark side of human nature is constantly being magnified. Even his own brother's eyes reveal unparalleled greed and desire.
But only Zuo Si, the creator and owner of the second magic stone, remained indifferent and calm from beginning to end, as if he was not affected by the shocking thing like resurrection from the dead, nor did he care much about it.
Will a magic stone be snatched or stolen?
After a long silence, the old man, known as the greatest wizard of our time, finally took a deep breath and said slowly: "Soth, I need to talk to you, alone."
"Albus! You can't do this! This Philosopher's Stone is too important, and the Ministry of Magic must be involved to ensure that there is no big trouble."
Fudge obviously thought that Dumbledore wanted to exert influence on Zuo Si through his identity as the headmaster of Hogwarts, and then get the second Philosopher's Stone just like he had done with the first one from Nico Flamel.
As a result, not to mention the British wizarding community, maybe the world's wizarding community will fall at its feet.
"No, I have the right to do this because Soth has the blood of the Dumbledore family flowing through him."
At this time, the old man finally revealed his last trump card, which was also the trump card he had been trying to hide and prepared to use at the most critical moment.
"What? Are you kidding?"
Before Fudge could recover from the shock, Professor McGonagall was the first to question.
Maybe others don't know what happened to the Dumbledore family, but she knows it very well.
The two brothers in front of them, elder brother Albus and Grindelwald, are getting together. They are not interested in women at all, so naturally they cannot have any offspring.
Although his younger brother Aberforth once had an offspring, they eventually separated due to various reasons. Over the years, he has no intention of finding another woman and has always lived alone.
Therefore, in theory, as soon as the two brothers die, the branch of the Dumbledore family in the UK will be considered to have cut off its bloodline, and it is impossible to have any descendants.
"You think I would joke about something like this?"
There was no trace of the usual smile on the old man's face. He took out the small bottle originally used to test Zuo Si's blood from his pocket, and then without any hesitation cut his finger open and dripped blood into it.
In the blink of an eye, the bottle began to flash with a dazzling red light.
Immediately afterwards, he made a gesture of invitation to Zuo Si, and the implication was self-evident.
Zuo Si did not refuse and also put a few drops of blood into it. The bottle also shone with red light.
Finally, Albus took some blood from other people and poured it into the bottle, but nothing happened.
At this moment, everyone present realized that this inconspicuous little bottle was the magic prop used by the Dumbledore family to test bloodlines.
Especially the lifelike phoenix carved in the bottle also proves this point from a certain aspect.
You must know that the symbol of the Dumbledore family is the phoenix.
"I think I need an explanation, Albus. Because on the Ministry of Magic's registration list, Soth's parents are both Muggles." Fudge's face became extremely ugly.
Because if Zuo Si is really a bloodline of the Dumbledore family, then Albus Dumbledore can obviously exert more influence by virtue of his status as an elder, and even directly control the second Sorcerer's Stone firmly in his hands.
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"I'm sorry, I can't explain it to you. Because I'm not sure whose descendant he is. I need further confirmation on this matter, but it's definitely no problem that his parents are Muggles."
The old man obviously no longer wanted to continue talking nonsense with this guy who was blinded by power.
Because it is different from the first magic stone created by Nico Flamel that required a lot of alchemical knowledge and potion skills to use.
The magic mercury contained inside the one created by Zuo Si does not even require any knowledge. Even a Muggle can resurrect the dead as long as he obtains two things and mixes them.
This means that once the news spreads, the attention of wizards all over the world will be attracted by it, and then the crazy scene of the first magic stone being created will be re-enacted.
In addition, Voldemort, who has always longed for a complete resurrection, will inevitably focus on the second Sorcerer's Stone.
Even Albus Dumbledore, who is known as the greatest wizard of our time, cannot guarantee that he can handle this kind of battle.
What's more, the change in people's hearts is the most terrifying thing.
Albus dared to swear by his beard that Snape must be thinking about how to obtain the Sorcerer's Stone, or the magical mercury contained in the stone.
For this, he is even willing to pay any price, whether it is his loyalty or his life.
In the same way, my brother Aberforth is probably thinking of resurrecting his dead sister at all costs.
Therefore, this matter must be handled properly as soon as possible, otherwise the longer it takes, the more likely it will be problems.
After all, resurrection from the dead has never happened before.
Thinking of this, the old man subconsciously clenched the Elder Wand in his hand, and began to prepare for the worst case scenario of betrayal and separation.
Seeing that Albus wanted to turn this matter into an internal matter within the Dumbledore family, Snape's eyes suddenly became very scary, as if he was looking at an enemy instead of an ally.
Just when the atmosphere became tense, Aberforth, the owner of the Pig's Head Bar, suddenly stood up and cut his finger, dropped a drop of blood into the bottle, and let it release a dazzling red light. He said without raising his head.
: "Dear brother, I am also a member of the Dumbledore family. I believe I should be qualified to stay, right?"
Instantly!
People present who didn’t know the truth were stunned.
Because Aberforth has remained anonymous all these years, and secretly collected and delivered information for the Order of the Phoenix when he was fighting against Voldemort more than ten years ago, not many people knew that he was Albus's biological brother.
Hearing these words, the principal's face changed slightly, but he finally nodded: "Of course, this is the right given to you by your blood."
From the two brothers' short words, even people who don't know the inside story can feel that their relationship is full of contradictions and indifference.
In this way, in an extremely strange atmosphere, all the people from the Ministry of Magic and the professors at Hogwarts finally stood up and walked outside the bar, leaving only three people with Dumbledore family blood.
When the door was closed with a bang, Aberforth was the first to speak: "First of all, I want to apologize for concealing my identity and approaching you. Because all this is my brother's arrangement, and he hopes that I can guide you at some critical moments.
You won’t go astray.”
"You don't need to apologize, because I don't care about it at all, and I don't think anyone can affect my thinking and consciousness." Zuo Si responded disapprovingly.
"You don't seem very surprised that you have the blood of the Dumbledore family?" Aberforth had a surprised expression on his face.
Because in his opinion, given the other person's age, no matter how precocious his mind is, he should be quite confused at the moment.
Zuo Si smiled and shrugged: "There's nothing surprising. From the moment the principal asked me for blood last semester, I almost guessed some of the truth.
After all, in the magical world, actively asking for blood from a person is very taboo.
Because blood has many uses, it can be used to cast many curses, and it can also conclude powerful magically binding contracts like blood oaths.
What's more, the phoenix carving on the bottle is so obvious, and I'm not blind."
"Then after you created this magic stone, have you thought about resurrecting your parents?" Aberforth continued to test.
Zuo Si shook his head slightly: "Not yet. Because I'm not sure whether this kind of resurrection is the kind of resurrection that I understand that completely restores the soul and body to their original state, or whether it just resurrects the body but cannot resurrect the soul.
There is no way to test the truth just by resurrecting animals such as mice and rabbits.
What's more, resurrecting a dead person in the Muggle world is not just as simple as pulling them up from the coffin.
If we really want to do this, we must at least modify the memories of hundreds or even thousands of people, erase the death records in hospitals and government agencies, and restore their previous jobs and positions.
Finally, there are a series of troubles regarding pensions, pension insurance, medical insurance, etc.
As long as there are any loopholes in these links, it may eventually cause the Muggle world to notice the weird thing like someone resurrecting from the dead.
I will not act rashly until I am sure that I have the ability to handle all of this."
To be continued...