Chapter 24: Mithril Engraving Knife

Lynn opened the three Christmas gifts in turn.

Professor McGonagall had given him a Transfiguration Journal, which recorded her experiences with Transfiguration when she was young. Lynn was pleasantly surprised to find Professor McGonagall's method on how to apply Transfiguration in actual combat! 

However, it could be seen from the brittle texture of the parchment that this Transfiguration journal had been copied using a Duplicating Charm, but even so, Lynn was very happy.

Professor Flitwick gifted him a wand care kit that could help Lynn maintain his wand.

Professor Snape presented him with a bottle of Felix Felicis, which Lynn thought should be kept for Professor Snape to drink himself.

After opening the gifts from the three professors, Lynn picked up two more gifts, which were from his friends Irving and the Weasley twins.

Erwin's gift was a pocket telescope. Unfortunately, Erwin didn't know that Lynn had already learned how to make one.

The gift from the Weasley twins was a Honeydukes snack set, which Fred and George had spent more than a month making money by improving Dungbombs and using the Galleons they had worked so hard to save.

At this time, Lynn opened the last gift, which came from his teacher, Professor Green.

"This is... the Dampening Stone?!"

Looking at the gift in the package, Lynn couldn't help but be stunned.

During the Halloween crisis, Lynn had activated the Dampening Stone given to him by Professor Green, which also allowed him to save the dying Professor Green from the hands of the dark wizard. However, the activation of the Dampening Stone meant that this one-time alchemy artifact had lost its power.

Unexpectedly, Professor Green had actually refined another Dampening Stone as a Christmas gift for Lynn.

Lynn put away the Dampening Stone and couldn't help but feel a little moved.

After opening the gifts, Lynn left the dormitory and went to the Great Hall on the first floor of the castle.

At the door of the Great Hall, Fred and George approached him.

"Thanks, Lynn, we love your gift!" Fred and George said in unison. 

What Lynn had given to the two of them was a compiled alchemy journal, as well as a list of books that he selected as suitable for self-study by the Weasley twins after cross-referencing with the book list provided to him by Professor Green.

"I also like your gifts very much." Lynn said with a smile. He took out a Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Bean from his pocket, gestured to the two of them and threw it into his mouth, "Ugh! It tastes like socks!"

Lynn's move caused the two of them to laugh.

After a while, after the two of them had recovered, Lynn said: "Okay, I have to go to the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office to find Professor Green. See you later!"

"See you later!" Fred and George waved.

After bidding farewell to the two of them, Lynn went to the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office.

"Professor, I'm here. Thank you for the Dampening Stone!" Lynn bowed slightly to Professor Green and said.

Professor Green just smiled. He called Lynn to an alchemy workstation. This workstation was specially used to inscribe alchemy arrays. It was different from the alchemy arrays that were usually inscribed on desks. This workstation could focus the alchemist's attention, strengthen the ability to condense magic, and improve the success rate.

"Your recent progress in alchemy learning has almost reached the standard for forging a wand. It's time to create a wand of your own. You will operate everything by yourself, and I will supervise you."

Professor Green said so. 

Lynn nodded slightly, prepared for this. He sat down in front of the alchemy workstation, then raised his hand and took out a mithril wand blank from the pile of materials.

At the same time, other materials on the alchemy workstation disappeared, and Professor Green's wand appeared in Lynn's hand.

Lynn skillfully picked up the wand, inscribed a symbol representing the magic core on the handle of the mithril wand blank, and inscribed a rune cluster slightly above it.

Later, Lynn took out a pair of special spectacles from his pocket. These spectacles, inscribed with an Engorgement Charm, could act as a microscope, allowing Lynn to accurately see the position inscribed by each stroke.

As time passed, complete alchemy arrays appeared on the mithril wand blank, and the shining light of the mithril wand blank became more and more dazzling.

Three hours passed. 

Lynn gently inscribed the last stroke on the mithril wand blank, connected the last alchemy array with the rune cluster and magic core, and completely finished forging the mithril wand.

This mithril wand seemed to have been reborn. There was a burst of explosions, and countless excess mithril shavings exploded from its shaft, turning into sparks of light. 

This mithril wand looked extremely powerful, even Professor Green's wand seemed to be slightly inferior in comparison.

Of course, this was indeed the case.

You know, the wand, like the wizard's staff, could accompany a wizard throughout his life.

Although Professor Green was now a famous French alchemist, when he made his wand, he was just an alchemy apprentice like Lynn, and the wand he made at that time was naturally not of a very high quality.

"The perfect wand! Remember, Lynn, this wand will accompany you throughout your life, never abandon it!"

Professor Green said in admiration, the power of this mithril wand really shocked him.

Lynn held the mithril wand in both hands and nodded vigorously.

Professor Green turned around and took out a box from a cabinet not far away. This box was covered with alchemy runes.

Professor Green handed the box to Lynn and said, "This box is used to store wands. The runes on it have the effect of maintaining wands."

Lynn opened the box, and it looked solid inside. But when Lynn tried to place the mithril wand on it, the solid part inside the box began to twist and change, and finally, a secret compartment that could accommodate Lynn's wand appeared.

Lynn carefully put the box away and thanked Professor Green again. 

Professor Green said: "In the next half of the school year, you only need to continue to learn more alchemy runes and enrich your foundation. And in our classes every Saturday, I plan to teach you some practical combat skills, how about it?"

In more than a month, Lynn's skills in alchemy had become as good as those of an ordinary wizard, and deeper knowledge of alchemy would have to wait until Lynn's magic reserves increased, so that Lynn could handle it.

Therefore, Professor Green currently had nothing more to teach Lynn in terms of alchemy theory.

Lynn was immediately overjoyed when he heard Professor Green's words.

He still clearly remembered the powerlessness he felt when facing the dark wizard on Halloween, so the desire to improve his ability to use magic and improve his combat skills had already filled Lynn's heart.

(end of chapter)