The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Hermione held her older boy in her arms, feeling the warmth of his body. Tom's silent tears soaked the front of Hermione's robes and broke her heart.

She regretted a little, regretting that she shouldn't have told him the truth.

But if he keeps hiding it, how painful it will be for him when he knows the truth! And judging from his appearance, it was obvious that he already knew some truth.

Who could have leaked the news? While gently comforting Tom, Hermione was also thinking about where he had heard the news. The only people who knew about this matter were Professor Dumbledore, Professor Snape and Madam Pomfrey. Could it be Professor Dumbledore? Or……?

Hermione had no intention of thinking about who told Tom the news. Tom's tears infected her and made the corners of her eyes wet.

Really, why are you crying... In the last days, wouldn't it be nice to be happy together? Hermione tried hard to hold back her tears, only to feel a soreness in her nose.

Tom's tears were almost gone.

When he lifted his head from Hermione's breast, his eyes were swollen from crying.

"Okay, don't feel too bad. You see, we still have several years to live." Hermione raised her hand to help wipe away the tears on Tom's face.

As soon as he heard Hermione say this, Tom had the tendency to burst into tears again.

Hermione stopped thinking and kissed him directly. Her lips were cool and had a salty taste.

For a long time, their lips parted, and the two looked at each other in silence.

"Don't think so much, be good!" Hermione stretched out her index finger and tapped Tom's forehead lightly.

Tom remained silent. He is thinking seriously.

"Is this curse really hopeless?" He suddenly realized something.

If Voldemort's curse caused Hermione to die on the day she came of age, then Tom would be really desperate, because this is a curse that even Dumbledore cannot solve. But if this curse just keeps devouring life force, then Tom can think of another way...

"Of course there is a potion," Hermione laughed, her eyes curled into a pair of crescent moons: "Professor Snape will think of a way to prepare a potion for me to extend my life as long as possible - forever. Maybe it’s possible to go down~”

She exaggerated the efficacy of Snape's potion. In fact, seventeen years old was the limit of Snape's potion.

Hearing what Hermione said, Tom felt happy: It seems to be the latter, in that case...

"It would be great if there was a magic stone." Tom said thoughtfully: "The magic stone can keep people young forever, so it can definitely provide strong vitality."

Hermione sighed: "It's not that simple. Only Nico Flamel in the world can make the Philosopher's Stone, but he is probably no longer alive, and the last Philosopher's Stone he left has been destroyed. Already..."

When Hermione said this, she suddenly stopped because she noticed that Tom's eyes suddenly shone with light.

"I should have thought of it earlier!" He jumped up and ran away quickly.

"I'll be right back!" When he shouted this, Tom was already outside the lounge door.

He ran all the way, running at incredible speed to the Slytherin Headmaster's office in the castle dungeon.

Looking at the wooden door at the end of the cold underground corridor, Tom took a deep breath and knocked hard.

The door suddenly opened, and Snape's gloomy face appeared behind it. After seeing the face of the visitor clearly, he immediately said: "No time!"

Then he tried to close the door, but Tom, with his quick eyes and quick hands, grabbed the edge of the door and stopped Snape's movement.

Snape:…

Although he wanted to close the door forcefully, he also knew that the wooden door and wooden door frame could not break Tom's fingers, so he pushed the door open helplessly and looked at Tom coldly.

"Ten points from Ravenclaw, Yoder. If you can't give a reasonable explanation, I will punish you with solitary confinement." His voice did not contain any warmth.

"Professor, I have the remains of the Philosopher's Stone. I don't know if it will help the potion you are preparing-"

Snape's eyebrows raised. Obviously, Tom's words surprised him, but he knew very well that there was no place for "Philosopher's Stone Remains" in his formula - this thing is not a catalyst and cannot be added indiscriminately. of. Random addition will not only fail to enhance the effect of restoring vitality, but will also most likely greatly reduce the effectiveness of the original potion due to conflicting medicinal properties.

He wanted to refuse, but Tom added.

"This is Dumbledore's mistake. She shouldn't have to go through this! She's only in the fourth year, it's not fair!" Tom's words touched Snape and made him change his mind.

"I don't know where you heard this news, but I am indeed preparing a brand new potion... Also, Miss Granger is not the only one who paid the price because of Dumbledore, come in!" Snape stepped back slightly, making way for Tom to enter his office.

Snape's office was very dark. There were many large glass jars on the shelves along the wall, with all kinds of disgusting things floating in them. The only source of light in the office was the fire burning in the fireplace. It maintains the temperature of the office and allows those inside to barely see.

After entering the office, Tom saw a mountain of books scattered on Snape's desk. Tom glanced at the titles and found that they were all books on potions. Judging from the appearance of the books, Snape flipped through them frequently.

Beside the desk is a blackboard with some scrawled writing on it that looks like ghostly drawings.

"I'm thinking about the recipe and I already have an idea." Snape explained to Tom later.

"Thank you for your hard work." Tom thanked Snape from the bottom of his heart, and then took out a small leather bag.

"This is the remains of the Sorcerer's Stone. Dumbledore gave it to me after defeating Quirrell. I couldn't find the correct way to use it, so I kept it like this until now." Tom sighed. If Dumbledore hadn't destroyed it back then...

Tom stopped at the idea, assuming it didn't mean anything.

Looking at the small leather bag in Tom's hand, Snape also showed a hint of interest in his eyes.

"Let me see." He took the leather bag from Tom and took out some of the crumbs inside.

To Tom's surprise, Snape only took a little bit of the remains and then returned him the small leather bag containing the remains of the Sorcerer's Stone.

"These are enough for me to do research. You can keep the rest. Maybe driven by love, you can restore the formula of the Sorcerer's Stone." Snape's words had an unexplainable irony.

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