บท 55: Bright Future
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Both Edward and Nicolas Flamel did not know how much time that they spent in their Mind Palace exchanging knowledge. All they were focused on were the books that kept flipping through on each of their sides.
These books did not just contain the knowledge that these two Great Alchemists read, but their experiences, experiments, and memories of Alchemy and magic.
So, while ignoring the passage of time, these two men indulged in the process of learning. Unfortunately--at least for Mr. Flamel--his knowledge reserves were soon empty by Edward. So, he had nothing to exchange, so he could not learn anything more.
So, after Mr. Flamel opened his eyes in the Mind Palace, he looked at Edward's side of the room and he sighed. He imagined what kind of secrets were hiding in these books.
Once in a while, he will choose to look at some of Edward's magic research instead of Alchemy, and he was truly shocked. Some of the discoveries there truly marveled him--even the ones regarding the dark arts.
Of course, Edward did not show some of his most powerful knowledge like the Life Code.
After repeatedly sighing to himself, Flamel noticed that Edward had also opened his eyes, so he nodded to him before leaving the Mind Palace; he knew that Edward would not give him access to further knowledge without anything in return.
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Nicolas Flamel opened his eyes in the real world; he wanted to check how much time had passed, but a terrible headache suddenly assaulted him. He screamed in pain as he felt that his mind was suddenly cramped with countless information.
His wife try to rush to his side, but her old age prevented her from moving too fast. She looked at Edward before asking: "What did you do to him?" She was truly horrified. Two hours ago, both her husband and Edward suddenly closed their eyes, and they have not moved much ever since--until now
Meanwhile, Edward only winced for a few seconds before waking up. So, he explained: "This is the repercussion of the magic I just used. Although only two hours passed in real-time, we have spent months inside our minds rapidly exchanging knowledge. However, you do not need to worry; the reason I used such a rude and rough method was that his soul is powerful enough to bear it."
Although Perenelle understood that her husband would be fine, she still had a worried look on her face. Noticing this, Edward took a potion from his bag and handed it to her: "If you can trust me, you can feed him this and he should be fine in a few minutes."
After taking the potion, Perenelle hesitated for a brief moment before feeding it to her husband, Less than five minutes later, Nicolas Flamel stopped wincing in pain and he opened his eyes while massaging his temple.
His head no longer felt painful; on the contrary, he felt calm and his mind very peaceful. All the knowledge he just learned from the Mind Palace was part of him now.
After a few minutes of silence, Nicolas sighed again before saying: "I guess the title of the greatest Alchemist belongs to you now."
Edward just smiled calmly but did not say anything--including rebuking him. Then, the two chatted briefly before Edward left with a smile on his face.
--Scene Break--
Nicolas Flamel sat in front of a mirror while talking to someone else on the other side: it was his old friend, Dumbledore. He explained to him his recent experience or encounter with Edward.
After a brief silence, Dumbledore asked: "So, what exactly did you see inside this so-called Mind Palace?"
"I saw knowledge beyond both of our imaginations. I finally understood why this Edward is such a talented wizard. It is not because of his innate talent, or because of his willingness to study the essence of magic: it is because of his strange ideas.
"Many times we think that our ideas are stupid or have no basis. But he is different. Not only does he have many strange ideas that I have never heard before, but he always has some kind of feasible plan that allows him to turn these crazy ideas into reality."
Dumbledore frowned after hearing this. "Nico, what exactly did you see to make you act in such a strange way?" His old friend was always composed, so he had never seen him like this.
"It was a blueprint," replied Nicolas Flamel. "A blueprint of the greatest Alchemy wonder that I have ever seen in my life. No, I have never imagined it was ever possible."
"Can you be more specific?" asked Dumbledore.
"It was a floating city!"
"A floating city?"
"That's correct," replied Nicolas Flamel with a newfound vigor on his face. "Using a giant Philosopher's Stone as an energy supply, Edward designed a city that could float in the air.
"No, it was more than that. The floating city had a state-of-the-art laboratory for magical research. It was filled with so many enchantments: anti-gravity, shield, Atmospheric Control, and many more.
"The floating city also had a very terrifying weapon system that included things like magic cannons and even Alchemy Golem. According to the blueprints, this city was also designed as a spaceship that can travel throughout the cosmos.
"According to the blueprint, if such Philosopher's Stone could provide a vast amount of magic power, the entire city should be able to Apparate anywhere in the Galaxy, and even beyond it."
Nicolas Flamel stopped talking for a moment, sighed before continuing: "Although this was only a blueprint and Edward's Note indicated that his current abilities were from enough to create such a magical wonder, I truly believe that he will succeed one day. And I would like to see that day arrive."
Both Nicolas Flamel and Dumbledore became quiet for quite some time after this conversation. Both of them were marveling at what it would be like to witness such a sight; how much progress would wizardkind progress as a civilization if they ever managed to create such a magical wonder.
As for Dumbledore, he started to reminisce about the conversation he had with Edward during his Professor interview. He realized that Edward was not just talking nonsense when he said that he had a plan to turn the wizarding civilization into a truly unique and powerful one.
Then, he sighed.
No one--not even himself--knew whether this sigh was because Edward gave up his plans, or because of it.
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First of all, I have changed the title of this chapter, so sorry about what I said previously.
Second, I have also decided to change what I said two chapters ago. The Ava Kedavra Curse does not kill the vitality inside the body, but a very special form of vitality that anchors the soul to the body. The Anti-Curse that Edward invented only protected that "special vitality" or "anchor" inside the body. As for the people who were killed by the curse, Edward could not revive them as he did not yet know how to recreate that anchor or fix a broken one.
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Next Chapter Title: "First Step in Creating A Philosopher's Stone"
บท 56: First Step in Creating A Philosopher's Stone
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After Edward left the Flamels' House, he did not immediately return to his base on the moon but went to visit his aunt Amelia and little Susan. He spent a few days with them, then he talked to his aunt about the Limiter and the possibility of her breaking it herself.
However, Edward was not prepared to use Bloodline Modification but decided to design a potion that allowed wizards to break the Limiter. In a year or two, his aunt should reach the level of magic power needed to break the First Limiter (25 times that of an adult wizard). The potion should be ready by then.
As for little Susan, she was far from that level yet. However, with Edward's careful guidance and many potions, she should reach that Limit by the time she reaches adulthood--which would be even faster than Edward himself.
Hence, she will greatly benefit from having a powerful older cousin as a teacher and predecessor.
After spending time with his family, he visited all his ladies' friends--even Soleil. It was then that he learned that her husband discovered their affair. However, after hearing that it was Edward was involved, he did not dare to do anything. Nevertheless, things have been very strange at home for Soleil.
Edward did not care about that. Although a bit heartless, he had warned Soleil long ago about the fact that there was no future between the two of them. One could argue that in the beginning, they both were using each other.
Soleil wanted someone that could cure her daughter's Blood Curse, and Edward was fascinated by her beauty and let lust take control of him. Now although both of them have developed some level of fondness with one another, it did reach the point of getting together--at least not for Edward.
After his escapade in the realm of lust and pleasure, Edward started sending letters to his pen pals--both in England and Internationally. Conversing with these authorities in different magical subjects always inspires him, not to mention that it is always beneficial to have powerful friends all over the world.
Although his knowledge far surpassed these people combined, he did not underestimate them. After all, he was not omnipotent or omniscient. In certain fields, these people are more capable and even outclass him as he did not focus on them.
Once everything was done, then Edward proceeded to make his first philosopher's stone.
Just like previously stated, after analyzing the stone that Nicolas Flamel made, this stone was condensed magical energy. So the first step in creating one is to find a place with a large quantity of magic power.
One of Edward's experiments was to determine whether magic power existed freely in the environment in the Harry Potter World--just like many other magical worlds he read about in his past life.
Unfortunately, the answer was negative. Edward once speculated that if magic power existed in the environment, wizards in this world would be way more powerful than they are now.
As they have to rely on their magical powers to cast spells, the power of the spells was hence greatly reliant on the wizard itself. But if magic power existed in the environment, wizards would be able to use said magic power in the air to cast truly powerful spells.
Although magic power did not exist in the air, it still existed in certain places with great concentration; to be precise, it existed in leylines nodes that travel underground throughout the entire world.
In the nodes, vast magical powers existed underground. As such, certain magical or historical places are built on ley line nodes: for example the British Ministry of Magic or Hogwarts Castle. The magic power in these ley line nodes powers up the magical constructs in these buildings.
Edward even discovered ley line nodes on the moon and built his laboratory on the most powerful one. This discovery was also one of the reasons that he believed that the Harry Potter World used to be a High Magical Universe.
His current theory is that these nodes are used to produce large amounts of magical powers into the environment. However, for some reason, they are currently sealed or recharging. Unfortunately, Edward did not find any evidence of a seal in these nodes.
The second step in creating the stone was the large number of souls needed to bind the magic power.
--Scene Break--
Edward walked to a special room. Inside the room was full of diamonds the size of marbles or bigger. He walked over to pick one and looked inside. There he saw something lying in the fetus position with its eyes closed: those were souls of muggles.
Edward had long predicted that he would need souls to make a Philosopher's Stone, so he was prepared beforehand. So, he traveled throughout the world and was present during most major wars or conflicts between 1985 to 1991.
Once some muggles die, he would collect their souls and store them for future use. As for the reason he used diamonds, it was because he discovered that they could store souls for a long time after being magically processed. The large quantity of diamond was because he controlled a few mines in different parts of the world--especially Africa.
Edward mostly collected the souls of grown men and women, while leaving children aside. He even buried a few of them that did not have the capability.
Edward knew that his act was hypocritical, however, he still did it like this relieved his guilt.
With a wave of his wand, a 100,000 diamond flew around and followed him to another room.
According to his original estimate, the number of souls needed should have been half or less of that. However, after his exchange with Nicolas Flamel, Edward discovered one downside of the Philosopher's Stone.
Using the Elixir of Immortality with so many souls will have side effects due to the grievances of all these souls. After all, no one would want their afterlife to be disturbed, let alone used as magical material.
This is one of the reasons that Nicolas Flamel's body is so weak and brittle; it's not just because of long-time aging. Additionally, these grievances could even affect a person's soul after long-term exposure, going as far as greatly reducing the magical ability of a wizard.
This is the reason that Nicolas Flamel is not the most powerful wizard that ever lived in this world. With more than 600 years of constant growth, his magical prowess should be far beyond any wizards.
After knowing the problem, Edward quickly came up with a solution, and he was finally about to test out whether it was possible.
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