The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

"He really made it..." Dumbledore shook his head and smiled bitterly. He didn't expect that Tom could actually refine the highest achievement of alchemy, and it only took less than half a year.

What Dumbledore can be sure of is that this was definitely not something Tom realized on his own. It should have been assisted by some external force.

His guess was correct. Without the emerald slate from Menes, Tom would never have been able to successfully refine it. But with the help of the Jade Slate, Tom made the impossible possible.

Tom and Hermione found a secluded corner and prepared to take the Philosopher's Stone there.

Tom took out the mortar from the Potions class, put the magic stone in it, and then pounded it with a stone pestle. The seemingly hard magic stone broke into several pieces.

After Tom beat it several times, the shining blood-colored stone turned into a pile of blood-red powder. Tom had no intention of stopping and pounded the pile of powder repeatedly, trying to make them more fine.

"Have you ever regretted it?" Hermione watched quietly as Tom pounded the Sorcerer's Stone into powder and suddenly asked, "The Sorcerer's Stone can turn stone into gold."

"So?" Tom looked up in confusion.

"You can take a magic stone and conjure a lot of gold, and then you can do many, many things..."

A question mark slowly appeared on Tom's head.

"What's the point?"

"That's gold!" Hermione's eyes seemed to light up when she said this, "Aren't you interested in gold?"

Tom thought about it seriously and then replied: "Interested. The love for gold should have been imprinted in human genes. Anyone who sees a large amount of gold stacked together can't help but get excited."

Before Hermione could say anything, Tom continued: "But if I want to get gold, I don't need to misappropriate your Philosopher's Stone. I can ask Dumbledore for it, I can use my alchemy skills to earn it, and I can even command it." Dementors are going to grab it, but you don’t need to use the magic stone to turn it into gold - in my opinion, selling the magic stone is much more reliable than using it to make alchemy."

Tom was telling the truth. If he gave up his face now, he could acquire an astonishing amount of wealth in a short period of time. Not to mention anything else, just by letting the dementors loot, you can easily get more than ten tons of gold.

"Okay, okay!" Hermione interrupted Tom's chatter as if she heard a satisfactory answer.

She pointed to the powder in the mortar and said, "Is it almost ready? I think you can add water and drink it."

The magic book in the mortar has turned into a fine powder.

Tom carefully poured them into a cup, and then poured some water into it. The powder of the magic stone immediately dissolved in the water, turning the cup of water into the color of blood.

Hermione took the glass of water from Tom and drank the liquid in one gulp.

Tom looked at her with concern. Seeing that she had finished drinking, he couldn't wait to ask: "How are you feeling? Are you feeling better?"

Hermione smacked her lips, indicating that it had no taste at all. This is good news, because the potion prepared by Snape obviously did not consider the taste issue. It tastes terrible, but the Philosopher's Stone Powder is better in taste.

After taking the Philosopher's Stone, Hermione's complexion looked much better, she felt radiant, and the collagen on her face seemed to be more plentiful.

But apart from that, nothing else has changed.

Tom picked up Hermione's face with his index finger, looked at it from side to side for a while, and finally chuckled: "In my eyes, you are more valuable than your weight in gold."

"Really? Then I have to eat fatter." Hermione winked mischievously.

The two hugged each other and said some annoying words. When he was about to leave, Tom found that the mortar and pestle were still stained with some magic stone powder.

Tom:…

"There shouldn't be any problem if you didn't eat the whole magic stone, right?" He was a little unsure, but considering that the magic stone is used to replenish vitality, it shouldn't hurt if there are some leftovers.

"Wait." Hermione suddenly remembered something and took out a box of balm from her pocket.

She waved her wand, and the balm from the box floated out in a ball.

Tom:?

He watched Hermione smear the balm on her mortar and pestle, absorbing the remaining magic stone powder.

The powdered balm was returned to the box intact by Hermione. By this time, the balm and the light yellow balm had turned pink.

"Is this...?" Tom was a little confused.

"It's not a waste. Would you like to apply some?" Hermione picked out a little balm from the box and stretched it out in front of Tom.

"Then this must be the most luxurious cosmetics in the world, right?" Tom couldn't help but want to complain. Ordinary cosmetics are luxurious enough if they add pearl powder, but Hermione, you actually add magic stone chips directly...

There is no one more arrogant than her in the entire magical world!

I don't know if it was a psychological effect or if it really had a miraculous effect, but the ointment mixed with the Philosopher's Stone made Hermione's skin whiter and more tender. But everything comes with a price, and Tom had to pay the price in the Potions class by explaining to Professor Snape why the potion powder he ground had a scent.

As the days passed, the last event of the Triwizard Tournament and the final exam were approaching.

In order to host the third event, Hogwarts made some "minor modifications" to the Quidditch pitch, transforming it into a maze. It is said that the warriors need to go through the maze and get the Triwizard Cup set in the middle of the maze.

The first warrior to get the trophy is the winner of this competition. He will receive the supreme honor and a bonus of eight hundred gold galleons.

Of course, this maze is not a simple maze. At Tom's suggestion, Dumbledore set it up into a three-dimensional maze. The entire maze has 27 sections, arranged like a three-level Rubik's Cube, and will move at regular intervals. Its difficulty is enough to become a nightmare for warriors.

Of course, the warriors don't know these details, they only know that they have to pass through the maze.

On the day of the game, senior officials from the Ministry of Magic, represented by the Minister of Magic Bones, will also come here to visit, along with distinguished guests from the far East - but to ensure the safety of the distinguished guests, Hogwarts Strict security will be in place and their wands will be confiscated.

This was originally Principal Dumbledore's excuse to prevent them from entering Hogwarts, but unexpectedly these Japanese magicians agreed immediately and said that they completely understood the Hogwarts school's approach. Their cooperative attitude really didn't allow Dumbledore to refuse their application to watch the game anymore.

And what kind of trouble can a wizard make without a wand?

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