Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 92: The whereabouts of the Philosopher’s Stone

"What!" Morgana asked loudly, "Do you know the whereabouts of the Philosopher's Stone?"

Matthew didn't nod, but he didn't deny it either.

Instead, he unhurriedly took out a greased paper bag from his pocket.

Slowly opened the oiled paper on the outside, and then he handed the contents, together with the oiled paper, to the "little boy" in front of him who was half a head shorter than him.

"What is this?" Morgana couldn't help but frowned when she saw what was wrapped in the oiled paper, while pinching her nose with her other hand.

What appeared in front of her was a dirty strip of cloth, and she didn't know how long it had been in it; when it came into contact with the fresh air, it quickly emitted a disgusting stench.

"Ms. Morgana, I suggest you take a closer look." Matthew said calmly, "It's better to smell it again."

Morgana glanced at Matthew with some doubts, and looked at the boy in front of him with an extremely sincere expression on his face... She suppressed the stench, and put her nose close to the dirty cloth strip— —

Almost in an instant, she turned pale with fright.

At a speed that Matthew could barely see with his naked eyes, she appeared in front of Matthew, and shouted hysterically:

"Where did you come from... this thing... where did you come from!"

Because on this dirty cloth strip, apart from the disgusting stench, she also smelled a familiar smell...

The taste that has accompanied her for hundreds of years...

The smell of the Philosopher's Stone!

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"Calm down, Ms. Morgana!" Matthew suddenly felt an extremely strong oppressive force, which made his legs feel a little weak. He quickly said, "Calm down... calm down..."

In fact, the cloth strip wrapped in the oil paper is actually a mop strip!

As early as half a year ago, when he participated in the "after-school practice" for the second time, he was ordered by the castle administrator Pringle to go to the office of the vice-principal, Professor Rozier, to clean up...

At that time, under Professor Rozier's seat, by chance, he saw a drop of bright red blood-like liquid.

At that time, Matthew, without hesitation, mopped it up with a mop.

But after a series of things happened, when he left the vice principal's office and returned the sanitary utensils to Mr. colored strips.

After returning to the Slytherin common room, he wrapped the strip of cloth in oiled paper, carefully preserved it, and sealed it tightly.

At first, Matthew just kept an eye out for it. He actually didn't know what the drop of liquid was.

But as time went by, more and more evidence appeared, and he could basically guess 80% or 90% of it.

As Professor Bathilda Bagshot, the aunt of Principal Grindelwald and the teacher of the history of magic, said: Wizards like Gellert Grindelwald disdain to use the Philosopher’s Stone to make the elixir of life, To renew my life...

As for obtaining a large amount of gold through the Sorcerer's Stone, Matthew does not agree that this would be what Grindelwald did...

As for hiding a precious treasure like a dragon in a fairy tale, not using it, but guarding it like a miser... This kind of behavior is even more important to Grindelwald. It's unbelievable!

So what exactly is the Philosopher's Stone used for? Matthew quickly found the answer——

"Youth forever" is not some powerful magic; in the wizarding world, there are many ways to do it... to make an aging wizard look like he was young.

But that kind of magic, like makeup in the Muggle world, brings nothing but an illusory appearance.

No matter how glamorous the appearance is, when the magic is removed in the middle of the night, when you look in the mirror, the appearance of "forever youthful" will still look old.

However, the "Youth Forever" by Vice President Professor Vita Rozier is different.

Her extremely youthful face and skin are extremely natural, without the slightest trace of disguised magic. It was as if the passage of time had left no trace on her body!

Especially when Matthew left Slughorn's office and returned to the Slytherin lounge, he had a close "contact" with the vice-principal; his feeling at that time was extremely obvious!

At that time, Matthew was almost sure of the whereabouts of the Philosopher's Stone!

You must know that as the most precious, purest, and most miraculous substance, as the highest masterpiece of alchemy, the Sorcerer's Stone has one last use——

That is "youth forever".

Moreover, what the Philosopher's Stone brings is eternal youth in the true sense, allowing the passage of time to completely stop on your body until you leave this world naked...

Although, this is also the most inconspicuous of the three uses of the Philosopher's Stone.

Throwing a unique and extremely precious magic item like the "Sorcerer's Stone" to his most loyal subordinate, let her use it as a "cosmetic"... This behavior may sound a little weird.

However, if the person doing such a thing is Gellert Grindelwald, it seems somewhat reasonable.

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Of course, Matthew will not directly tell the origin of this strip of cloth.

But Morgana was obviously in a hurry. She roared and pulled Matthew's collar without any etiquette at all: "Where did you get this thing... where did you get it? ..."

"Calm down, Ms. Morgana." Matthew said with a smile: "Now, can you believe what I said earlier?"

"Very good!" Morgana seemed a little calmer, and she took a deep breath: "Now I believe ~IndoMTL.com~ you can lead me to find that magic stone..."

"What about the conditions I put forward earlier?" Matthew asked with a smile.

"Yes, I promise you everything." Morgana lowered her head and said in a low voice, "I will not kill Neville Longbottom and Hermione Granger, nor will I take Harry Evans' life..."

She paused, and slowly said: "Of course, I won't kill you... if you can help find the Philosopher's Stone."

"Okay, let's pull the hook!" Matthew suddenly felt childlike, and then stretched out the little finger of his left hand with great interest.

"What do you mean?" Morgana asked a little puzzled.

"This is a kind of promise made by Muggles." Matthew explained: "Two people's little fingers are intertwined together, so they can't go against what they said before, and they can't deceive each other anymore..."

"Muggle's contract method?" Morgana looked a little sniffy.

But she still stretched out Harry Evans' right little finger...