Being a bastard at Hogwarts is not safe.

In the room on the second floor of Nicolas' hut, Brian suddenly groaned softly, raised his hand to his forehead, opened his eyes, and sat up slowly, his eyes full of confusion.

"Hmm... I'm so dizzy." He rubbed the space between his brows, picked up the glass of water beside the bed and took a sip.

Even if he has woken up, his body is still weak now, and he doesn't know how long it will take to recover.

Sitting on the bed, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Nicolas May had nothing to do. O-level runes consume a lot of mental energy. It seems that even he himself can't draw them. The big man in the alchemy world, an old man who has lived for hundreds of years, actually tricked him, a third-year Hogwarts student. , Is it something that a human being can do if he spends his mind and energy to help him do a part-time job?

Brian couldn't swallow this breath anyway.

These thoughts quickly flashed through Brian's mind, but he really didn't dare to delay, so he got up quickly and walked out of the room tremblingly.

Because he is hungry.

"woke up?"

A weary voice sounded, and Brian raised his head to look up, and saw Nicolas Mai sitting at the table in the living room with an ugly face, beckoning to him.

"Come and eat something when you wake up."

Looking at Nicole May, Brian showed resentment on his face. In the past three days, in order to complete the old man's task, he was almost exhausted to death.

Nicole May looked at Brian with complicated eyes and shook his head, "Don't worry, Perenelle didn't do it."

He said something a little self-deprecating, with a strong twilight on his body.

The food was very ordinary, just ordinary bread and pumpkin soup, but judging from the degree of warmth, although it was made by a house elf, it could be seen that the old man put a lot of effort into it.

At this moment, only Nicole May and Brian were left.

Nicole May looked at Brian's resentful eyes in a panic, and was about to speak, but heard Brian say leisurely: "Teacher, it's too difficult to be your apprentice, I don't know my brothers and sisters How did you get here?"

Nicholas knew what Brian was talking about, so he sighed slightly: "I'm not an unreasonable person as a teacher, you've done a great job this time, just tell me what you want."

That's right, Brian slapped his thigh, waiting for his words, and said, "I want five E-level rune materials."

Nicolas nodded and said, "Okay."

Brian was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, he regretted it a little. He felt as if he had lost money.

He offered five materials, but Nicolas Flamel agreed without even thinking about it. I knew he would want the Sorcerer's Stone...

He has never seen a stone surface that is too big, and the pattern is a little smaller...

"But you're wrong about one thing."

Nicole May's irrelevant words stopped Brian's messy thoughts, and he raised his head to look at Nicole May, only to see that the other party was looking at him with scorching eyes.

"You think I took advantage of you, but why did you take this test after reading the rune?"

Brian felt helpless in his heart. What kind of thoughts does this old man have? Isn’t it all because you said that he would not pass your test and teach me alchemy? Is it my fault?

Nicolas suddenly laughed.

"Shouldn't ordinary people's first reaction when encountering such a difficult task be to refuse? Why would they try to do something that is almost impossible to accomplish?

It is not a big problem to learn alchemy after a few years of honest practice, but why do you have to complete the test? "

Nicole May continued to ask questions, but Brian was speechless.

"Brian, I don't know whether to say you are too mature or that you have a bad heart."

Nicolas May answered for Brian,

"You are too utilitarian, you really want to learn alchemy with me.

So even if you encounter such a test question that is completely incompatible with your age, you will not hesitate to find a way to solve it.

So when I made a request, you immediately agreed, and agreed without even thinking about it. "

Nicholas raised his chin, looked at the frowning Brian, and continued:

"Your talent is extremely high, and your mind is far beyond ordinary people. I think about your abilities clearly. You must know that ordinary students can't come to me with Dumbledore. I think you must have done it in Hogwarts." It took a lot of things for Dumbledore to go to great lengths to get me to take you as an apprentice."

Brian thought for a moment, then nodded.

"To be honest, Bryan, from the first time I saw you, I felt that you were not simple. As I said just now, it is impossible for a student without ability, talent, and lack of thoughtfulness to follow Dumbledore to my cabin , and the way you respectfully followed Dumbledore at that time was not the attitude of a genius student at this age.

Why do you hide your clumsiness?What are you afraid of? "

Nicole May said a few words in succession, leaving Brian speechless and extremely embarrassed.

"Student... ashamed."

Nicole May shook her head, and said softly: "I don't blame you, Brian, what you did is actually not wrong, the world of wizards has never been a fairy tale, and it has never been as beautiful as people say.

I have lived for more than 600 years. I have seen all the ups and downs and crises during these 600 years. It is never a bad thing to be vigilant, and Tibetans have never done anything wrong.

It's just that, Brian, your current behavior is really full of loopholes in the eyes of real caring people, and you have done bad things instead. "

Bryan had nothing to argue with, and he didn't know how to argue with it.

In fact, he also knew that in addition to completing the tasks assigned by the system, he also had the intention of using Dumbledore to get close to Nicolas, which had already violated his original intention.

But the more I understand the wizarding world, the more I feel that the idea of ​​really wanting to live is so simple. Everyone has desires, and Brian's desire is to make money, and a person like him who has no background and strength wants to rely on It's not easy to learn alchemy by yourself, not to mention that Hogwarts doesn't have this course at all.

How easy is it for a person to be a real dog?For a person with no background like him, there is only one path of wanting nothing, but Brian, who has resurrected his life and tasted the sweetness of magic, is not willing to have such a result.

So after he was discovered by Dumbledore, he gradually changed his thinking, trying to get the greatest value at the smallest cost.Within the controllable exposure range, after obtaining everything he wanted, he was trying to get out of the status quo, and Brian had already considered this retreat, which was to use the resurrection of the Goblet of Fire Voldemort as an opportunity to complete his escape.

While Dumbledore is using Bryan to deal with Voldemort, isn't Brian using Dumbledore's debt to him to get close to Nicolas?