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"You must all be wondering: since the Philosopher's Stone could brew the Elixir of Life, why did Nicolas Flamel still die?"

Headmaster Dumbledore did not answer the question he had previously posed to Li Wei and Hermione. Instead, he raised another one.

Without waiting for Li Wei and Hermione to offer their guesses, he answered his own question. "Because the Philosopher's Stone was destroyed, of course!"

Li Wei wore a deliberately surprised expression. He had long known the Philosopher's Stone's ultimate fate.

Hermione, on the other hand, was utterly stunned. She had never expected the Philosopher's Stone they had protected so desperately last term to have been destroyed!

Though she had never seen the Stone itself, she knew it was a magnificent creation capable of brewing the Elixir of Life and turning stone into gold!

Who would be willing to destroy such a rare and priceless treasure?!

Faced with Li Wei and Hermione's surprised yet curious gazes, Dumbledore slowly explained:

"Li Wei, Hermione, for wizards, everything in this mortal world is merely one part of life!"

"The world after death may be strange and unknown to wizards, but it is also a great adventure!"

"Nicolas Flamel and his wife Perenelle had actually long grown weary of an immortality worse than death.

"That was why they entrusted me with destroying the Philosopher's Stone, leaving behind only a little of the Elixir of Life to bring their lives to a final close!"

"However, near the end of his life, Nicolas Flamel came across something interesting: the Hero King Game Console you made, Li Wei!"

"He wrote to ask me about you, and I took the opportunity to introduce you to him and ask whether he would be willing to teach you some Alchemy during the last stretch of his life!"

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