The Sorcerer's Stone Ritual

"I'm very curious about the person you can't mention."

Dumbledore's gaze lingered between Loren's eyes and the Red Mole between his eyebrows. "But my intuition tells me that some secrets shouldn't be explored too deeply."

Loren grinned. "Perhaps you could try Legilimency; you might be able to see it."

Dumbledore looked away, took a box of biscuits from the drawer, opened the lid and ate one himself. Some tiny crumbs fell into his beard. "No professor at Hogwarts would ever use Legilimency peer into a student's mind."

Loren remained silent, silently criticizing in his mind: Dumbledore might be like that, but Snape might not be.

He took a bite of half a biscuit, and the aroma of butter instantly filled his mouth. He then sipped some tea, and the fragrance of tea and butter lingered in his mouth. The slight bitterness and sweet aftertaste of the tea neutralized the sweetness of the biscuit, making it irresistible.

As he ate, he said, "Speaking of Legilimency, I need to explain something to you. Harry keeps having strange dreams, about his parents' deaths, about wandering in the forest, and before that, about wandering in the Castle."

Harry had been having very frequent dreams after meeting Quirrell in the Forbidden Forest, but he usually only complained to Ron, thinking it was because he wasn't sleeping well. Loren, sitting next to him, had heard this several times.

His dream didn't subside until he had resolved Quirrell's matter.

It's always good for Dumbledore to be prepared in advance about Harry's collusion with Voldemort.

Dumbledore of the cookies. "I dreamt of strange things, um..."

The white-bearded old wizard was lost in thought, the biscuit clutched in his hand, neither eating nor putting it down. Bright sunlight streamed in through the window, illuminating the entire office.

After a long while, he came to his senses and said, "Oh, when you get old, you just don't have enough energy."

"You know what, I think Harry might really enjoy this summer vacation."

"Even a fool would know that his godfather did something." Loren picked up a biscuit and offered it to Nagini.

The little snake hissed and stuck out its tongue, but didn't touch it.

Loren thought he must be seeing things; why could this snake roll its eyes?

Dumbledore chuckled. "I think that during the long summer vacation, Black can spend some time teaching Harry some useful magic."

"Occlumency? Are you sure Sirius Black can do that?" Loren offered his reasonable guess.

In the original storyline, who were the people who Occlumency? Dumbledore, Grindelwald, Snape, Barty Jr. Crouch., Horace Slughorn —all top-tier veterans.

Sirius Black is a complete brute; how can he be compared to him? Absolutely not. He doesn't look like someone who knows this kind of magic at all.

"Compared to this," Dumbledore said, looking somewhat surprised, "I am very curious about what knowledge Nicol is teaching you, since you are so familiar with Legilimency and Occlumency."

He even suspected that Loren might already know the truth about Horcrux, since Horcrux could seemingly be categorized under Alchemy.

Loren didn't want to tell Dumbledore what he knew about the plot. He couldn't explain the source of the information, and bringing up Nicol wouldn't fool him. Telling everything would be too suspicious.

He offered an excuse. "It's reasonable to assume that Harry's dream was too vivid, and he remembered it very clearly after waking up. The content was more like a memory. Since we can put a memory into his head, we can take other things out of his head."

"The techniques of Legilimency and Occlumency are then absolutely necessary."

After stating his conclusion, Loren stuffed a cookie into his mouth. "If I could, I'd like to learn too."

The Legilimency and Memory Charm are rare types of magic that involve memory.

Next school year, he might face off against Lockhart and Tom from the notebook—one a master of the Memory Charm, the other Dark Lord who controls desires and manipulates minds. He must master these spells, the most important of which is Occlumency.

These spells are different from binding and Repelling Charm Binding Charm; they can't be mastered simply by increasing your skill level. You need to practice with someone.

Upon hearing Loren's words, Dumbledore was in a dilemma. "Loren, your situation is somewhat special. You must master these spells yourself."

"Because of the cursed knowledge in that book, if others practice with you and accidentally glimpse its contents..."

Dumbledore didn't finish his sentence, leaving the rest for Loren to ponder.

The title page of the Book of Abraham states that anyone who peeks into its contents will be cursed.

Seeing that Loren seemed to understand, Dumbledore continued, "Although the specifics of the curse are unclear, the fact that Nicol solemnly instructed you means that he hasn't found a way to break it in six hundred years."

Loren thought to himself, "Wow!"

Memories tainted with poison, seeing them will kill you—this isn't knowledge, it's meme contamination.

Once he learns Legilimency and extracts his memories to make a blockbuster movie, wouldn't that be a nuclear bomb in the Wizarding World?

Just thinking about it is horrifying.

"So if you want to learn Legilimency and Occlumency, you have to practice on your own," Dumbledore said.

There was no other way; Loren couldn't spar with anyone, otherwise he would be harming others.

"Sigh!" Loren sighed heavily. "Getting back to the point, how do we turn Nagini back?"

"This brings us to your new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor for next year, Professor Gilderoy Professor Lockhart," Dumbledore, seemingly pleased with himself.

"Professor Lockhart is an adventurer, a bestselling author, he once..."

The rest of the introduction sounded like nonsense to Loren; he didn't believe that Dumbledore, a top-tier wizard, hadn't seen through Lockhart's true nature.

Loren ate his cookies expressionlessly, indicating that he didn't want to listen to his nonsense.

Dumbledore clenched his fist loosely and coughed lightly. "Although some of the sources are hard to verify, we can still glean some insights from them..."

Dumbledore happened to know two wizards whose credit had been stolen by Gilderoy Lockhart. He already knew Lockhart's true colors and was certain that Lockhart only needed to return to an ordinary school environment to expose him as an imposter and a liar.

Students can also learn a lot from this: what kind of things they shouldn't do, and what kind of people they shouldn't become.

In addition, Lockhart had good grades in his student days, Dumbledore believed that he was at least capable of teaching by rote.

If Loren heard Dumbledore's thoughts, he would probably complain that Hogwarts is getting worse with each generation.

An Armenian Old Wizard traveled to Wagga Wagga, Australia, and successfully helped the local residents subdue a terrifying and ferocious Werewolf. During the Werewolf, he used a very complex Human Transformation Spell. However, this story did not become widely known.

Lockhart found the old wizard and listened to his detailed account of the entire incident. After learning how he had defeated the Wagga Wagga Werewolf, Lockhart cast Memory Charm on the old wizard, making him forget that he was the one who truly defeated the Werewolf. Afterward, Lockhart stole the old wizard's credit, claiming the story of defeating the Werewolf as his own, and even included it in his book, * Wandering with Werewolves *.

"... After Lockhart wrote ' Wandering with a Werewolf,' he gave many interviews related to Werewolf. In one issue of the Daily Prophet, he mentioned the ' Human Transformation Spell,' which, when cast perfectly, can permanently turn Werewolf back into a human..." Dumbledore's voice echoed in the bright office.

Most Werewolf researchers consider this a joke, but given that Lockhart's method of weaving lies involves stealing others' work rather than creating something out of nothing, Dumbledore examined the curse closely.

Following the clues, a valuable record was left in an 1980s file by an agent named Cecil Lee from the Ministry of Magic's Werewolf Capture Office, or the Magical Creature Management and Control Department.

Cecil Lee once used Human Transformation Spell on Full Moon night to forcibly turn a Werewolf back into a human.

In his record, Cecil Lee wrote, "[The Human Transformation Spell only forces the Werewolf to temporarily revert to human form, rather than providing a permanent cure. This may be because I was unable to cast the spell perfectly...]"

The relevant records only comprised a small part of this file. Cecil Lee and the Human Transformation Spell were not given much attention, and the file was sealed in a file folder until Dumbledore brought it to light.

Dumbledore went to great lengths to find the spell and, based on his profound Transfiguration, studied its principles in detail.

"There's good news and bad news. The good news is that the Human Transformation Spell isn't limited to Werewolf; it works on any creature transformed from a human. The bad news is that even I can't cast this spell perfectly."

"Why?" Loren asked in surprise.

"Transfiguration is a very rigorous discipline. The caster needs to understand the specific characteristics of the target Transfiguration, rather than a vague idea like 'restore human form.'"

"Clearly, no one can fully understand a person except themselves, and this incompleteness can cause the spell to fail."

"Theoretically, only when the person casts a spell on themselves can a perfect spell be cast. This is impossible."

Flamel also mentioned a similar idea: Transfiguration imposed by outsiders can lead to a mismatch between the body and soul due to deviations, resulting in the breakdown of the physical body. Voldemort and Quirrell are examples of this.

Casting spells on oneself is even more impossible, as wizards lose their magical abilities when they transform into other forms. This is true for conscious Animagus, and even more so for mindless Blood Cursed Beastman and Werewolf.

Dumbledore finished speaking, he looked at Loren and said, "Now, it is up to you to find an answer, a correct path."

"Me?" Loren was a little confused. You can't do it yourself, so you're asking me.

Dumbledore nodded. "From the moment you found Nagini, you were qualified to use the Sorcerer's Stone."

He discussed this issue with Nicol, and the qualification does not refer to the Magic Power of the Sorcerer's Stone.

The Magic Power is there, and anyone can use it through the right means. But Loren is different from others; he can unleash miracles beyond anything possible from the Sorcerer's Stone.

Magic is a wondrous thing; it defies objective laws yet follows certain higher-order laws. And the Sorcerer's Stone possesses the miracle of defying even higher-order laws.

The effects of Sorcerer's Stone are determined by the will of its creator. Nicol's will determined that his Sorcerer's Stone would be able to turn lead into gold and create Elixir of Life.

Once Loren is qualified, he may be able to use Nicol's Sorcerer's Stone for another purpose.

"I don't know, Headmaster." Loren was somewhat confused; he didn't know what to do.

Dumbledore looked thoughtfully at the Red Mole between his eyebrows. "Think carefully, Loren. Perhaps the answer lies within your own heart."

Loren blankly took out the Sorcerer's Stone, held it up next to Nagini, and examined it carefully in thought.

The image of the red, amber-shaped Sorcerer's Stone gradually filled his right eye, while Nagini's figure filled his left. The Red Mole between his eyebrows dissolved like liquid.

Loren watched as the office furnishings flashed before him, their colors shifting between vibrant hues and black, white, and gray. Dumbledore motionless, and time seemed to stand still.

The smooth surface of the metal candlestick, the glass partition in the portrait frame, the windows on the exterior wall, and all the reflective objects in the office faintly revealed Mary's face: pale skin and blood-red lips.

"Hehehe!" The girl's shrill laughter echoed in his ears. "The contract is complete."

A flood of completely unfamiliar knowledge poured into his mind.

"Loren, Loren?" Dumbledore's voice rang out.

A cool sensation flowed into Loren's mind, and all the illusions gradually disappeared.

He opened his eyes to find Dumbledore's wand pressed against his forehead, a constant stream of coolness flowing from the tip of the wand into his brain.

Loren paused, took a deep breath, and said, "Headmaster Dumbledore, I think I've just learned about a ritual."

Dumbledore paid no attention to the ceremony. He put away his wand and said with a serious expression, "Your teaching seems to be quite different from what I expected."

Loren understood that this was out of concern for him, and he shook his head. "It's nothing."

Compared to the previous illusions where he was directly pulled into another world, this time even though the colors in the illusion hadn't completely faded, Dumbledore was still able to pull himself out.

I don't know if it's because the book wasn't with me, or if Dumbledore to influence the mysterious the Book of Abraham.

"Loren, remember, as a student, your own safety is the most important thing," Dumbledore said solemnly.

"Don't worry, I'll contact you immediately if there are any problems." Loren smiled.

As analyzed before, although his interpretation of the Book of Abraham was somewhat unusual, the other party should not have had any malicious intent.

"Let's talk about the ceremony," Loren said. "We'll use the horn of Two-horned Beast as a link..."

This Sorcerer's Stone is, after all, Nicol's Sorcerer's Stone; its miracles are turning lead into gold and creating Elixir of Life. Loren, as the user rather than the creator, cannot perform any new miracles.

Mary's ritual for him was a limited use of the Sorcerer's Stone, using the horn of Two-horned Beast as a link, along with Bifurcated Grass, to connect Dumbledore with another person. This broke the paradox that the Human Transformation Spell could not be perfectly cast, transforming the spell cast by Dumbledore into one cast by another.

After hearing Loren's explanation, Dumbledore looked at the Sorcerer's Stone and exclaimed, "Truly, what an incredible ritual!"

At first glance, it may seem like a simple ritual with a very straightforward purpose. But a magical master like Dumbledore understood that it was another kind of miracle that defied the norms of magic.

Generally speaking, a spell is a combination of a wizard's will and Magic Power, which is unique and irreplaceable.

Spell conversion not only changes the location where the spell is cast, but also changes the initiator of the spell before it is cast, replacing one person's will with that of another.

The information about Cecil Lee comes from "Harry Potter and the Mystery of Hogwarts".

The idea that Dumbledore knew Lockhart's true nature was written by Rowling herself in Pottermore.