From Karma Taj to Hogwarts

"Wait a minute, is there any mention of the devil in "The Tales of Beedle the Bard"?" Sivan couldn't help but be a little dazed after listening to Dumbledore and Flamel's words in unison, and asked quickly.

He still vaguely remembers that Professor Kettleburn gave the little wizard Sivan a copy of "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" at that time, saying that it was to help him understand the story when watching the play "The Fountain of Good Luck" , so as not to be incomprehensible.

Unexpectedly, the ash snake used as a prop was unexpectedly accidentally killed by Riddle, and the auditorium was almost burned down...

For the sake of Professor Kettleburn, Sivan only read the story "The Fountain of Good Luck" at that time.

Because he was not very interested in these fairy tales, myths and legends, he had not read many other stories. Now he could only barely remember that there seemed to be a total of five stories in this story collection, except for "The Fountain of Good Luck" There are four more articles.

"If I guess correctly, it is very likely that one of the stories in the collection tells a story about the devil." Dumbledore nodded to Sivan, then looked at Flamel and asked. "Nico, do you have "The Tales of Beedle the Poet" in your library?"

"Maybe there was a collection a long time ago. I need to look through it." Flamel said as he wanted to call the little alchemy flying carpet he used to travel and send himself to the library.

At this time, Xiwen had already reached out and drew a small golden circle, and took over the "Stories of the Poet Beidou" given by Professor Kettleburn that was casually thrown in the dungeon room.

For the same reason that he is not interested in this kind of story, Xiwen is too lazy to let it occupy the space of his pocket watch. But as a gift from Professor Kettleburn, it couldn't be thrown away, so Sivan casually placed it in the dungeon space.

Unexpectedly, this collection of stories would come in handy.

"Lemay, don't bother me yet." Xiwen handed the story collection with dark blue patterns and light gray cover to Lemay and said. "I have a copy in the room in the dungeon. Xiwen should have put it there. You can borrow it."

Flamel nodded upon seeing this, looked at the story collection curiously, and then turned it to the last story - "The Legend of Three Brothers".

"It must be this story." Dumbledore looked at the content of this story, with a trace of nostalgia and reminiscence in his eyes.

"The Legend of the Three Brothers" revolves around three very powerful wizards: three wizards used magic to build a bridge across a dangerous river and successfully overcame death.

Death was angry about this because he felt he had lost three new sacrifices. But the cunning God of Death did not attack them directly. Instead, he pretended to praise the three brothers for their powerful magical attainments, and asked them to each express a wish as a reward for overcoming death.

The eldest and second among the three brothers are very knowledgeable about this and both hope to obtain useful things. The eldest child made a wish and received the Elder Wand, which would make him stronger, while the second child received the Resurrection Stone, which could bring his deceased lover back to life.

However, neither of them escaped the clutches of death in the end - the eldest died in his sleep, and was taken away by other cruel wizards the powerful Elder Wand; the second was addicted to the pain of not being able to reunite with his lover, and finally Hanged himself on the balcony.

The third among them did not trust Death, so he made a wish for an item that would allow him to move forward without Death being able to follow him. The God of Death reluctantly gave him his invisibility cloak, and no trace of Lao San was ever found again.

It wasn't until his third year that he took off his invisibility cloak and gave it to his son. Then welcome death like an old friend...

"This story tells us that greed will make people lose their lives earlier." Flamel said softly after reading the story. "One cannot escape death, only ultimately accept it."

Hearing Flamel's sigh, Xiven asked curiously: "Having the Philosopher's Stone, don't you think you have escaped death?"

"How can I escape death?" Flamel smiled gently and looked at Xiwen and said. "My body continues to age all the time. I am willing to live until now just because I still have a desire for knowledge in my heart. Speaking of which, this can be regarded as a kind of greed."

"In fact, Perenal and I have already been psychologically prepared to die together." Flamel and Madam Flamel looked at each other tenderly and smiled. “There’s no need to think too scary about death, it’s just another great adventure.”

"As long as we live a fulfilling life and have the meaning of life in our hearts, then anyone can face death calmly like the third brother among the three brothers, instead of being plotted to death like the eldest and second brother."

Dumbledore smiled at Flamel, shook his head, and said, "Nico, it's too early to say this. We still need to rely on your power to fight against that demon!"

"Haha, I said too much." Flamel also said with a smile. "The moral of the story cannot be equated with reality. Regardless of whether the demon Strange saw is the God of Death in the story, if he wants to invade our world, we must make it impossible for him to come back!"

When Flamel said this, he seemed to suddenly become hundreds of years younger, as if he had regained his early enthusiasm. Only then did Xiven discover that besides the image of a kind old man, Lemei also had another side of confidence and passion.

"Albus, do you have any clues?" Flamel asked with a smile.

"It's not like I have any clues, but I do know something about this story." Dumbledore said with some memories. "Speaking of which, when I was young, I and Grindelwald were extremely obsessed with the three gifts of Death mentioned in the story. People usually call them the Deathly Hallows!"

“格林德沃现在所统率的巫粹党标志就是用三样死亡圣器作为信徒的标志——‘?6?9?6?5?6?7’，上面的直线代表老魔杖，圆形代表复活石，而三角形代表隐形衣。”

"According to people who know it, it is widely believed that if someone can combine the three sacred weapons together, he will become the master of the God of Death!" He sighed and sighed softly. "But now that I think about it, how can there be any master of Death? It's probably just people's wishful thinking and greedy pursuit of legends."

"Yes, the idea that possessing three sacred artifacts can give people the power to transcend death is actually contrary to the entire story." Flamel said thoughtfully.

Then he asked: "Albus, you don't look like someone who would chase those illusory Deathly Hallows. Were you tempted by Grindelwald?"

"It was indeed him who mentioned it, but it was me who really wanted to obtain the Deathly Hallows." Dumbledore shook his head and said to Flamel. "I foolishly thought that getting the Deathly Hallows would give me everything!"

"At that time, Ariana was still there, and I had just met Grindelwald. It was when I was most obsessed with the ideas he brought to me. At that time, I ruthlessly fantasized about hiding my sister if I found the Invisibility Cloak. Get up, find the Resurrection Stone, and resurrect my parents to take care of her and Aberforth, without leaving any burden on our career..."

"Later Ariana died in the accident, and Grindelwald also escaped from Godric's Hollow, but I was even more delusional about finding the resurrection stone, thinking that only by resurrecting Ariana could I make up for the debt in my heart... …”

"I guess you didn't find the Resurrection Stone." Flamel frowned and said to Dumbledore.

"Yes, I spent a long time without finding the Resurrection Stone, and then I gradually figured it out." Dumbledore pursed his lips and said gloomily. "No matter what I do, I can't make up for my debt to Ariana, not even if I find the Resurrection Stone."

Seeing the vague desire remaining in Dumbledore's eyes, Sivan slowly frowned.

"Dumbledore, are you still trying to get the Resurrection Stone?" He looked deeply into Dumbledore's light blue eyes and asked word by word.

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