(Thanks to Xu Ahu for his reminder, I corrected the content of the puzzle in the previous chapter.)

The scenery behind the door was finally no longer beyond Verne's expectations. I saw a very grand and spectacular mirror standing in front of me, surrounded by gorgeous and elegant golden frames, two claw-shaped frames cast on the bottom, and a text engraved on the top: "Erised-stra-ehru-oyt-ube-cafru-oyt-on-wohsi."

"Is this?" Verne asked in discomfort.

Dumbledore gave a meaningful look and said, "Read it upside down."

"What I show is not your face, but your inner desires. (i-showwww.piaotian.comirror-of-erised)', it can make people see the most urgent and deepest desires in their hearts. Only those who know how to satisfy and cherish blessings in the world can use it as an ordinary mirror." Dumbledore explained in a warm voice.

Verne looked at the mirror curiously, and then showed a few obsessive gazes. Seeing this, Dumbledore said again: "Please look at me, child, this mirror cannot teach us knowledge or tell us the truth. People will only waste their time in front of it, be fascinated by the illusory scenes, or even be forced to go crazy, so please turn your eyes away."

Verne closed his eyes slowly, acted as he said, turned to look at Dumbledore, and heard the other party ask again: "You should have deeply understood its function now, right? What did you see?"

"I saw me drowned in countless books, which was such a 'unsky' wish." Verne blinked. "Where are you? You should have looked in this mirror, right?"

"I saw a pair of thick wool socks in my hand." Dumbledore said softly.

"Wool socks?" After living in the UK for more than ten years, Verne understood that wool socks also mean family affection. He smiled at Dumbledore, "Then please cherish the 'wool socks' you have now."

"Oh, of course I cherish it, but sometimes I always hope that 'he' can be cleaner, and he smells a little stinky when he is." After that, the two looked at each other and laughed.

After a long time, Verne asked again: "So you hid the Philosopher's Stone in this mirror?"

Dumbledore smiled complacently and said, "You guessed that this may be my most proud trick recently. Only the person who hopes to find the Philosopher's Stone, not to use it, can get it. Otherwise, you can only see from the mirror that you become a billionaire, or immortality or other pictures." After speaking, he looked at Verne with expectant eyes.

"Here's here, the last temptation." After confirming his appointment as a professor of magic literature, Verne would face this test even if he was about to come. After all, at this critical moment, Dumbledore would not allow any mistakes, let alone his close intercourse with Quirinas, how could he have no further defense?

Indeed, Verne had the intention to use the Philosopher's Stone. Although it was not a negative desire, the "Eris Mirror" was just a dead object after all, and it would not recognize the difference at all, so he should not be able to take out the Philosopher's Stone from it. Unfortunately, Dumbledore forgot one point, or he ignored it, that is, Verne was Nico.

Lemay's "agent" is not just a simple title, but also includes the authority to control and use the Philosopher's Stone, ensuring that after all defenses fail, Voldemort still cannot take away this ultimate achievement in the history of alchemy.

Verne waved his hand slowly to the mirror, and saw a scarlet gem suddenly appearing in his palm. Seeing this, Dumbledore showed a sincere smile, happy for Verne's character and for his own eyes, but he did not notice that where he could not see, the bracelet hidden in Verne's sleeve was slightly emitting red light.

Finally, Verne stared at the magic stone that seemed to be rotating in it, and only sighed after a long time. He handed it back to Dumbledore, his face slightly depressed.

Dumbledore reinstalled the Philosopher's Stone into the "Eris Mirror", and then showed a kind expression, and said warmly: "Verner, Nico and I both like a poem. Do you want to be interested in listening?" After that, he did not wait for the other party to answer, and continued to recite: "The dark hut in which the soul lives is dilapidated and decayed, allowing fresh light to penetrate through the cracks caused by time; when the wiser people approach their eternal home, they will become stronger from weakness."*

Seeing Verne chewing on the words in it carefully, Dumbledore smiled freely and said, "We are all on the way back to 'home', Nico may just take a step ahead of us. On the way forward, Nico's steps are very firm, but also light. He enjoys this journey."

"Is this what you think of death?" Verne asked in a low voice.

"Basically," Dumbledore curled his lips, "Where are you? Have you ever thought about how you should view your life?"

"My?" At this time, images flashed through Verne's mind, covering past and present lives...

He hoped to avoid the abuse of the teacher and escape from the dark orphanage, and to drink sewage from the ditch in order to survive.

He was adopted by a drug lord and his wife, using superpowers as a purification tool, and saw countless stupid people who took drugs only for short-term joy and ignored their lives.

He was used as a research goal, struggling wandering and carefully on the line of life and death, trying his best to make himself both useful and useless.

He is a ghost and the real Verne.

Cadmond talked and promised "he" that he would avenge the murder of his relatives, and eventually gained control of his body.

He sat and lie under the beech outside the castle, and under the warm rising sun, he laughed and scolded with his friends, and talked about everything.

Before entering the Ravenclaw room, he crashed into the blocking copper door.

He is in Nico.

The "door" arranged by Lemay went back and forth, and went through one test after another.

He severely injured the Hebrides Black Dragon, and his residual scales and armor flew all over the sky.

He confronted Voldemort's soul film in person. When facing a desperate situation, the giant python and the magic wand suddenly appeared in front of him, resolving the death disaster.

He sat at the long table, listened to Dumbledore's graduation speech, and bid farewell to his friends.

He held Nico.

Lemay was walking in the garden, and the other party expressed for the first time that he wanted to add the ending to the chapter of life.

He made "Pandora's Sigh" in Atlantis, and he was both delighted and frightened.

He was determined to join Hogwarts to teach in order to save the life of his friend Quirinas.

He listened to Dumbledore's last verse: "When the wiser approaches their eternal home, they become stronger from weakness."

Thinking of this, Verne sighed, frowned, looked at the corner of the house in a daze, and said, "I remember when I was in the fourth grade, I told you that I was afraid of death and therefore longed for immortality. But in recent years, I have experienced some deeds that ordinary people cannot understand, which gave me new changes and insights..." He recalled everything he had taken the crown soul film and personally experienced Voldemort's provocation to death. "Dunbledore, maybe because I am still young, I have a comparative idea, um..." He thought for a while before he concluded: "Are you positive?"

"This is my attitude towards life..."

Verne held his head up suddenly, looked at Dumbledore's bright eyes, and said with a strong voice: "I, Verne Eurobaros Cademond, I am the master of my destiny... I am the commander of my soul! (i-am-the-master-of-my-fate.i-am-the-captain-of-my-soul.)"**

*From the seventeenth century poet Valle (edmund-www.piaotian.comest-henley), I won’t post the full text. You can search for it yourself. I always think that this poem has a unique power and can hit the heart.

(What Xiaofan said above may be his pursuit later~hey)

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Chapter completed!