The Wizarding World's Greatest Unsolved Mystery

Salazar Slytherin discovered the Serpent Staff from the books, while Nicolas Flamel discovered the Sorcerer's Stone.

The results alone don't prove anything; they only show that the two people were pursuing different things and ultimately arrived at different answers in the book.

Salazar craved power, so he created a Serpent Staff that seemed to be on par with the Elder Wand.

Nicolas Flamel wanted to further improve his Alchemy. After creating the Sorcerer's Stone, he did not give up his research and eventually invented the Magical Circuit and successfully created the Magical Automaton.

Vincent stared expectantly at the closed the Book of Abramelin the Mage, "Teacher, what do you think I'll discover?"

"You should look to the future. Neither the Serpent Staff nor the Sorcerer's Stone are the end of Alchemy."

This sentence deeply moved him.

The reason why legendary Alchemists legendary is perhaps precisely because of this original intention.

"I understand." Vincent looked away. "The true essence of Alchemy is to pursue what one truly desires in one's heart."

Nicolas Flamel made no attempt to hide the admiration in his eyes, "You have already surpassed most Alchemists, and your future achievements will certainly be greater than theirs."

"Perhaps it will surpass you?"

"It's unlikely." He blinked. "If you want to know in advance, perhaps you can ask a real prophet."

Vincent pouted, "I don't even want to see him. If anyone's going to ask, it'll be why me."

Nicolas Flamel wasn't the only one who knew about things related to Grindelwald.

Newt Scamander and Jacob, Tina and Queenie, all of whom had once opposed him, knew this.

On the top floor of the building, Dumbledore was holding a small meeting.

Even after decades, all four of them were well aware of the power of the first Dark Lord.

Voldemort relied on his overwhelming strength to win over his subordinates, while Grindelwald relied on his personal charisma.

One side falls and becomes scattered, while the other remains active around the world.

"Minister Osmand von Russell just told me some bad news—"

Dumbledore looked at Queenie and said, "He said that Vida Rosier left France two months ago."

Her whereabouts are unknown, and the two from United States seemed to be in a bad mood throughout.

Newt Scamander smirked. "Albus Dumbledore, you think Fudge is just one of the reasons?"

"As far as I know, there are quite a few of our old acquaintances over there."

Queenie suddenly turned to Jacob. "Darling, do you remember what happened two months ago?"

"Viktor D. Brad!"

This familiar name brought back a very long-ago memory for the group.

Grindelwald's army once spanned the globe, and this vampire was in charge of the Americas.

In terms of loyalty, he was no less than Vida, who was in charge of Western Europe.

One has disappeared without a trace, and the other is not exactly well-behaved.

Dumbledore's lips curled slightly as he stared intently at the extremely uneasy Newt Scamander.

"The Wayne family will go on vacation to Hawaii after the award ceremony."

Newt Scamander shook his head vigorously. "They banned me from entering over half a century ago."

"Just don't bring the suitcase—"

"Don't look for me, it's all your fault!"

Dumbledore shut his mouth and instead used his eyes to subtly signal to Tina.

"We had originally planned to take Rolf with us on vacation there."

Jacob and Queenie both nodded.

"Newt Scamander, you could at least pretend to be someone else."

"Yeah, if all else fails, we'll just hide the box."

Three to one, there was no other choice.

But Newt Scamander still wanted to argue, "They wouldn't kidnap a child, would they? The Graves Family has a long-standing feud with them!"

"Don't be afraid, my friend." Jacob opened his coat and pulled out a wand with many bends from the inside pocket. "I will protect you."

"Ah, this is wonderful!" Newt Scamander leaned back on the sofa, staring blankly at the sky above.

It's dark and gloomy, looks like it's going to rain?

Dumbledore used the Elder Wand to turn a small ornament into an umbrella and handed it to him, saying, "I think you should need this."

What appears to be an open-air rooftop is actually just transparent.

Newt Scamander opened the umbrella. "Thank you so much, Albus Dumbledore."

"You're welcome, it's my pleasure."

He glanced at him sideways and said, "You'd better prepare to be my lawyer again. I don't want to be alone."

"I will," Dumbledore said solemnly, "Provided I can find a new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in time."

"Merlin will protect you, Albus Dumbledore."

"You need it more than I do."

"No, no, no, blessing you is blessing me."

"Perhaps he can protect both of us?"

"The effect will be halved, right?"

When Vincent and Nicolas Flamel came up, they had already started talking about where old man Merlin came from.

As we all know, Time-Turner can travel back in time.

If time were a straight line, then Merlin would know he was Merlin and thus travel back in time to become Merlin.

But this would result in two Merlin in history, and would cause a whole host of time paradoxes.

If time has branching paths, no one would know that Merlin traveled from the future to the past.

"Maybe it was just something a Slytherin student boasted about."

Everyone, including Nicolas Flamel, stared at Vincent in horror.

"If, I mean if—" he shrugged indifferently.

"If Merlin really did travel from the future to the past, why would he help Muggle who later persecuted wizards?"

Is the Slytherin student council the Virgin Mary?

Hufflepuff is more like it!

Newt Scamander immediately clarified, "I will not help them until I have figured out a way to completely resolve that period."

Dumbledore, however, had a different view. "Perhaps it was because he used the Time-Turner that the Dark Ages ultimately came about."

Merlin was actually the culprit!

Such treasonous remarks are probably only uttered by him in the entire Wizarding World.

Vincent felt a chill run down his spine and even shivered. "Professor, can't you look at the student roster?"

"I was just kidding." Dumbledore winked mischievously. "Hogwarts does have a student named Merlin, but he is Gryffindor student."

Regardless of whether the Time-Turner is faulty or not, the audacity to travel back at least five centuries is something even Godric Gryffindor would have to admit defeat to.

Vincent seemed much better, chuckled awkwardly, "Is it possible that Merlin's real name isn't Merlin, and that he's actually a Ravenclaw student?"

The ability to travel back to the distant past without violating Novikov's principle of self-consistency would put even Rowena Ravenclaw to shame.

If Merlin were truly a Hogwarts student, he might have been a troublesome student in the sorting process, just like Vincent.

As for where he came from, that will probably remain the greatest unsolved mystery in the Wizarding World forever.