Ivan: This Was Damaged Because of Official Affairs, Do You Have to Repair It?

"Did you encounter something you didn't understand while reading, Harls?" Nick Flamel asked, putting down his work.

"Yes, sir! I've finished this copy of The Modern Alchemical Attachment, but I don't know much about the alchemical theories in it."

Ivan nodded, but did not rush to ask about emotional magic. Instead, he took out his Alchemy notes and handed them to Nick Flamel.

"You finished it already?" Nick Flamel reached for the notes, looking surprised.

It must be noted that he spent a total of seven years compiling this copy of The Modern Record of Alchemy, which was considered a summary of all the existing alchemical theories.

In Nick Flamel's opinion, Ivan would be lucky to finish the book this summer and have a general understanding of the subject.

"I guess so. Have you finished reading it?" Ivan scratched his head and said uncertainly.

Perplexed, Nick Flamel slowly flipped through the Alchemy notes Ivan had handed him.

His research over the past three days had reached a critical point, and he had been neglecting to give Ivan pointers, so his knowledge of Ivan's progress was limited to three days ago, when he was surprised by Ivan's completion of the Modern Alchemical Attachment.

"It's good. It's faster than I thought!" Nick Strangler scanned the notes for a few minutes, then glanced at Ivan in surprise.

Judging from these notes alone, Ivan's learning progress had exceeded his expectations, and it seemed that he had been working hard over the past few days.

Over the centuries, Nick Flamel had taught many apprentices, many of whom were talented wizards, but none of them were as good at learning as the other.

It is no wonder that Ivan was able to achieve so much in so many subjects at such a young age…

Nick Flamel looked at Ivan's young face and was impressed. Other so-called geniuses would be overshadowed by this young wizard.

"It's all thanks to you for answering my questions," Ivan replied humbly, but with some sincerity.

Although he could use the Academic Genius Experience Card to increase the speed of his thoughts and gain extraordinary learning speed, this state was not omnipotent.

Questions raised by a lack of knowledge could not be solved even in experience card mode.

At this time, the ability of a master alchemist to answer questions for him became apparent. A few words from the other party could clear the way for him.

Nick Flamel smiled and shook his head, not taking Ivan's compliment seriously.

In fact, Ivan had been in a semi-study mode ever since he arrived at the Alchemy Hut, and only occasionally did he find the time to give pointers.

Much of the progress was due to Ivan's own hard work.

With this in mind, Nick Flamel felt a little ashamed of himself, so he composed himself and took a few pages to explain to Ivan about alchemy.

Ivan also laid out the problems he encountered in his studies.

After more than an hour of questioning, Ivan suddenly asked.

"Sir, I read in this copy of the Modern Alchemical Attribution that a skilled wizard can channel strong emotions to increase the power of his or her magic, and even infuse them with his or her will to create an extremely powerful alchemical object."

"That's right! But it's not an easy thing to do." Nick Flamel nodded, and then wondered why Yvonne was suddenly asking.

"Do you have any way of repairing such an alchemical device?" Ivan asked quickly.

"Oh? Well, you'll have to show me…" Nick Flamel was intrigued. An alchemical object infused with the will of its maker was quite rare.

Ivan hesitated for a moment, then removed the crescent moon pendant from around his neck and placed it on the table.

"Is this it?" Nick Flamel asked, looking with interest at the silver-white crescent-shaped pendant on the table. He ran his thin, wrinkled index finger across it, murmuring something under his breath, and the surface of the pendant glowed faintly.

"The main material is mithril, which is mixed with dragon scale fragments and black stone powder to reinforce its hardness, and, um… something more special…" murmured Nick Flamel, who could feel the emotions contained within the crescent pendant.

Love…protection…prayers…

Combining this with the estimated time it had been made, from the wear and tear of the material, Nick Flamel soon came to the conclusion how it had been made.

"How clever! To think of using the emotions of that particular period to amplify the effects of the spell… no wonder," Nick Flamel exclaimed.

From what he could see, the owner of the pendant was not very skilled in alchemy, so it was unlikely that they would place their hopes and dreams on the pendant.

However, the other party managed to do so using a cheap trick!

Of course, this trick was not easy at all… and only the other party could do it.

Nick Flamel turned the locket over and saw the name engraved on it, which confirmed his suspicions. He turned to Ivan.

"Hales, did your mother give you this locket?"

"Looks like she saved your life once!" Nick Flamel had seen what the locket could do and understood what the damage meant.

"That's right," Ivan said with a shrug, not bothering to hide the fact that he had been forced to go one-on-one with Voldemort to protect the Philosopher's Stone three years ago.

"During the fight, a lot of black mist came out of Voldemort's body and tried to corrode me. It was the crescent moon pendant that protected me and kept me conscious!"

Ivan's voice trailed off in fear.

At first, he only wanted to use the plot to one-shot Voldemort so that he could complete the mission, but Harry, who was the main force, was so weak that he fainted as soon as the battle started, resulting in him being in grave danger.

If not for the fact that the protection of this crescent pendant had bought him some time and his bloodline magic had suddenly awakened, his corpse would have long since turned cold…

He has done so much for Dumbledore, yet Dumbledore is only willing to give him a few house points as compensation…

Ivan begrudgingly emphasises that this precious crescent moon pendant was damaged during the battle to protect the Philosopher's Stone, presumably due to official duties…

As the owner of the stone, shouldn't you repair it for me?

Yvonne looked eagerly at Nick Flamel. She did not say so, but her meaning was clear.