HP Parallel World

"Two organizations with completely different political opinions and positions, and the headquarters of these two organizations are located in Germany and France respectively. Facing the stowaways from these two countries, Violet, do you think they are thousands of miles apart?"

What on earth do you want to do when you come all the way to England?"

After carefully reading the wanted notice on the notice board with the two people around him, he allowed Hetty to use phantom movement to bring all three of them back to the country house. Vincent actually had no idea what they wanted to do in the country.

What Britain is looking for already has a very superficial guess.

"Do you think it could be the Philosopher's Stone?" In the past few days, while looking through the books in Violet's study, I have learned about the French alchemist Nic Flamel from those books with the scent of ink.

Vincent is very clear about the relevant deeds. It is said that the alchemist, who is the only person in human history to successfully create the Philosopher's Stone, is now living in seclusion in England.

"The Philosopher's Stone?" Because the first part of the original novel was completely centered around such a magical object, in fact, she immediately thought of the Philosopher's Stone. However, Violet quickly shook her head.

I think this idea is not correct.

"According to the information we learned from books, the two most prominent functions of the magic stone, a magical substance, are to turn stone into gold and to create the elixir of life. But, do you think that for these two magical substances from France and Germany?

For the wizards of an organization, can the two most outstanding effects of the magic stone really play a huge role in their organization?"

"Why not? That's the Midas touch! As long as you own a magic stone, you have endless money. Do you think such a huge amount of wealth is too valuable for a huge organization that wants to maintain its normal operation?

Say, does it have no effect at all?"

"...The fact that you said something like this is enough to show that you have absolutely no relevant knowledge in economics." As a standard science student, the relevant knowledge in economics that he has learned

, but it was only limited to the content taught in high school politics class, but Violet was still able to use her shallow knowledge to answer Vincent's doubts.

"Material needs and spiritual needs are the two needs that ordinary human beings want to satisfy in their daily lives. Delicious food, decent clothing, fun games, and wonderful movies, all these things are precisely because

It can meet a person's material needs or spiritual needs, so it can become a commodity with a clear price tag for sale."

"All these commodities that can be exchanged are created by human labor, so in other words, the things we spend money to buy in our daily lives are actually the labor of others."

"In primitive societies where there was no such thing as money, the most basic way for people to exchange each other's labor products was to barter. But as long as you use your brain, you will find that this approach is very unfair.

Convenience will bring huge troubles to transactions between people. Therefore, in order to facilitate buyers and sellers, things like currency naturally appeared."

"Fundamentally speaking, gold is not a commodity created by people's own labor. The reason why it can be used by us to purchase various items is all because of gold, a hard currency.

Can be exchanged for coins and banknotes, which can then be used to purchase items."

"Essentially, the currency we use is actually a kind of labor equivalent coupon. It can neither be used to eat nor drink, but it can be exchanged for other people's according to its own denomination.

The output of labor.”

"So, although the magic stone can turn stones into gold, if it produces a large amount of gold and makes the gold no longer precious, but as ordinary as the stones that can be seen everywhere, then this kind of completely incompetent

Naturally, something with expensive characteristics cannot be used as a labor equivalent coupon and then exchanged for other people’s labor output.”

"Inflation and gold depreciation are the future developments that anyone who abuses the magic stone to create so-called huge wealth must face. Therefore, as long as you have some basic economic knowledge,

Then, the holders of the Philosopher's Stone will understand that although turning stone into gold can indeed make them rich within a certain limit, once there is too much gold in circulation, the gold will not be valuable at all."

If you hold a high school politics book that Violet studied in her previous life, you will be able to understand basic economics knowledge about value, price, etc. Vincent is not aware of it at this moment.

Even with such learning materials, I still roughly understood what Violet meant.

"So what you are saying is that if these two organizations from Germany and France respectively, what they want is indeed the power of the magic stone to turn stone into gold, then since the accumulation of wealth within a certain limit does not

It cannot really bring anything to the organization, and gold accumulation exceeding this certain limit will inevitably lead to currency devaluation. Therefore, even if they can successfully obtain the magic stone, they want to use this magical substance to accumulate money for their organization.

It’s simply impossible to have enough working capital and a lot of wealth, isn’t it?”

"Yes." It is precisely because I have learned the nature and function of money in my previous life, so I know that turning a large amount of stone into gold will only depreciate gold and turn it into stone. Violet also does not believe that creating immortality

This function of the elixir can play a huge role in these two foreign organizations.

"According to the books I checked, although the elixir created by the magic stone can indeed guarantee a person's immortality, it also ensures that the person's intelligence will not naturally decline with age.

A magic potion that can successfully maintain a person's physiological functions continues to operate, but it cannot maintain youth forever."

"It will never be possible to have cute baby fat like a baby because of its rich collagen. At the same time, it will also be impossible to retain the strong muscles and strong body like those young adults who take the elixir of life.

As time goes by, the body will weaken."

"Sagging skin, wrinkles, osteoporosis, easy fractures, all of these things that affect a person's quality of life will show up in people who take the elixir. So I think compared to having hundreds of

Years of life, it is more meaningful to use reasonable health care methods as much as possible to maintain the valuable state of being in the prime of life."

When she read the original novel in her previous life, she also watched two spin-off movies of the novel. Violet clearly saw in the movies what kind of physical condition Nico Flamel was in after he had lived for hundreds of years.

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"But just shaking hands with the other party, it is entirely possible to cause one's own fractures in the process. Do you think such a state of survival is a good thing for people who want to overthrow the existing regime and create a new world with their own strength?

A lifestyle they are willing to accept?”

I have never heard of any major villains in the European wizarding world. Like Voldemort in the original novel, because he was backlashed by magic but never died, he wanted to use the magic stone to create a new body for himself. Violet

He insists that the target of these wizards who smuggled into the UK is not the Philosopher's Stone that is currently hidden somewhere.

"Well, no matter what the people from these two organizations are here to find, it's not our turn to worry about these matters at all. After all, there are people from the Ministry of Magic taking the lead to deal with and investigate. So, we will do it now.

Put this topic aside and get ready for dinner!"

Not satisfied with the lunch that the three of them had in Diagon Alley at noon, Hetty had actually already conceived the menu for today's dinner, and only needed to use magic to make it in just half a day.

In a few hours, a table of very sumptuous dishes can be prepared.

However, just when Violet and Vincent had also forgotten about the French and German wizards, they opened the kitchen wall cabinet and looked for a certain item placed inside that was rarely used.

Hetty, who was growing condiments, noticed an unusual situation in the kitchen when she raised her eyes casually.

"Honey?! Why is there no honey in the kitchen?"

Even when making dishes such as sweet and sour pork ribs, the raw material used is white sugar. Hetty knew very well that honey would not be of use in her little master's home for a long time.

She had not purchased a large amount of inventory, but had only stocked up two jars of honey at home. Hetty clearly confirmed this afternoon that the two jars of honey at home were all empty and clean.

Not a single bit was left, even the jars containing honey were as clean as if they had been washed with water.

"You didn't eat the honey, right?" She didn't touch it herself, and based on Hetty's statement, she could confirm that she also hadn't touched the honey at home. Even though Violet didn't think that the disappearance of the honey had anything to do with Vincent, she still didn't.

Still, she asked him for confirmation.

"I haven't touched it at all." While giving this answer, he was thinking about the last time he saw two full jars of honey. Vincent was absolutely sure that the houses and fields were protected by the Loyalty Charm.

After that, yesterday to be exact, the two jars of honey were still fine, just where they were supposed to be.