Chapter 39: Mirror of Erised

In the following days, Professor Snape was deeply immersed in the Garden of Eden and couldn't help himself.

Although he knew it was an illusion, the magic was too real, and even a person with a strong will like him was deeply trapped.

However, the source of this matter, our protagonist Arthur, knew nothing about it.

Even though he was on vacation these days, Arthur had a lot of work to do, like studying Professor Snape's notebook, runes, and even alchemy.

But during these days, Arthur couldn't resist the urge to use a gacha and drew a gacha, and he randomly got lucky.

Only one gold card and some purple cards were drawn.

Name: Nicolas Flamel

Potions talent: 5

Transfiguration talent: 5

Spell: N/A

Special Skill: Alchemy

After some hesitation, Arthur decided to choose the knowledge of alchemy from Nicolas Flamel. Although he also needed talent in Transfiguration, the knowledge of alchemy was more valuable.

The amount of knowledge gained by the gold card was the best of other cards. In just a moment, Arthur's novice alchemy skills were raised to a world-class level.

Also, his control over magical patterns and texts was greatly improved, and even other subjects were improved a lot.

Alchemy is not a separate academic subject but a combination of different magical knowledge. They are also knowledge involves other subjects as well.

The harvest this time surprised Arthur absolutely more than choosing the Transfiguration talent.

However, with so much knowledge suddenly appearing in his mind, Arthur needed some time to digest it all. Once he had completely assimilated this memory, he could start his plan.

So during the Christmas holiday, Arthur kept writing and drawing in his notebook, sometimes flipping through the small mountain of reference books.

He even turned down the invitation from the Weasley twins to go to Hogsmeade. And on this day, someone knocked on Arthur's door.

Opening it, there was a Ravenclaw boy outside, saying that Harry was waiting for him outside the common room.

Arthur was curious and walked out of his room.

Harry had never come to the Ravenclaw common room to find him before. This was the first time. Once he stepped out of the common room, Arthur saw Harry walking back and forth.

"Harry!" Arthur called out.

Harry snapped out of his thoughts and saw Arthur excitedly grabbing his hand.

"Come on, Arthur, let's go somewhere."

"???"

Arthur calmly pulled his hand away from Harry's grip and felt a bit uneasy.

'Why was Harry acting so strange today?'

"Where are we going? Why didn't you invite Ron?" Arthur asked.

Harry looked anxious and didn't notice Arthur's reaction.

"Ron went with me yesterday, but he didn't want to come again today. He said I had a problem. I had no choice but to find you," Harry explained.

Arthur became even more nervous when he heard this.

Then Harry continued

"Arthur, I found a mirror..."

After Harry explained everything, Arthur realized that it was the Mirror of Erised. The mirror was capable of showing a person's deepest desires.

Arthur was also curious about what he desired the most deep down, so he agreed to follow Harry.

When they arrived on the fifth floor, Harry led Arthur into an abandoned classroom.

In the middle of the room was a very tall mirror, with its height reaching the ceiling and a beautiful golden frame. The mirror was supported by two claw-shaped feet.

When he came to the room, Harry was completely immersed in the mirror and paid no attention to Arthur. He walked a few steps closer to the mirror and stared at it with addiction.

"Arthur, do you see it? That's my parents," said Harry as he reached out to touch the mirror as if he could touch his parents that way.

Arthur silently watched the scene. Although Harry's behavior was a bit strange, he didn't rush to pull Harry away. Harry had suffered enough and let him enjoy the warmth of family for a while.

After today, Arthur would explain the danger to Harry and tell him not to come here again.

After a long time, Harry slowly came to his senses and looked at Arthur with apologies.

"Do you want to try it?" he asked.

"No need, Harry. I've already seen it. Let's go," Arthur lied. He hadn't had a chance to see the mirror when Harry was all over it.

As they walked out of the classroom, Arthur warned Harry, "Harry, I understand that you desire to see your parents, but I have to say that your current state is not right."

"This mirror reflects your deepest desires, but it's not real. You should come out and return to the real world."

Harry stared at Arthur in a daze. He knew Arthur was right, but he didn't want to believe it. He would rather think that it was a reflection of his parent's left behind.

After a long silence, Harry finally spoke up.

"Thank you, Arthur. You're right. I won't come to see this mirror again."

After saying that, Harry seemed to have let go of something in his heart, and his whole behavior changed.

The two of them went to the Great Hall together for lunch, and then Harry went back to the Gryffindor common room to rest.

Arthur, on the other hand, planned to take a look at the mirror.

He wasn't trying to get lost in it, but he wanted to know what he wanted most.

Having been in this world for so many years and now in the wizarding world, Arthur had always gone with the flow and lived day by day.

With the help of his abilities and his exploration of magic was more to satisfy his curiosity and to fulfill some of his fantasies from his past life.

He couldn't even say what he most desired if someone asked.

Back on the fifth floor, in the same abandoned classroom, Arthur suddenly felt a bit guilty. He had just convinced Harry to leave, but here he was, sneaking back in.

After making sure there was no one around, Arthur walked in and stood in front of the Mirror of Erised.

Suddenly, an unexpected voice came through.

"Mr. Gaunt, I thought you and Harry wouldn't be entering this room again, but I didn't expect you to return so soon."

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