So he did his utmost to keep himself from laughing and said in a suitably calm tone, "Of course I'd be more than willing. Who wouldn't want to become your student? Besides, my ancestor was your student, and I'm very interested in alchemy too. It would be an honor to study under you."
"Then from today onward, you're my student. Apart from this, have you made any other alchemical devices?" Nicolas Flamel asked.
Gerald thought for a moment, then took out the Q&A Notebook as well.
Its dark brown cover had grown frayed from use, and several sticky notes were attached to its corners.
"What's this?"
"Teacher, I call it the Q&A Notebook. It stores over a hundred books on alchemy and charms, and you can quickly get answers by asking questions. Provided your question falls within the knowledge entered into it, it can give an accurate answer within seconds."
Nicolas Flamel's eyes lit up at that.
He took the Q&A Notebook from Gerald, opened the cover, and carefully examined the densely packed rune structures inside.
Even Dumbledore, who was sitting beside them, grew a little restless. After glancing at the notebook a few times, he looked up at Gerald and asked.
"When did you make this too? How did I not know about it?"
"Professor Dumbledore, in my first year, I couldn't afford a backpack with an Undetectable Extension Charm on it yet. I like reading, and carrying a dozen or so books back and forth all the time was too much trouble, so I made this. I entered everything I needed into one notebook so I could look things up whenever I wanted. Besides, its search function is much faster than looking through books by hand. Some questions take hours of leafing through a specialist book hundreds of