046- Mirror of Erised

Before leaving, Hermione asked Hagrid for the password to the principal's office and Hagrid tried to talk them out of going to Dumbledore and if they go begged them to not mention the Dragon, and Harry agreed.

"Cockroach Clusters..."

In front of the Gargoyle, guarding stone beast, Hermione said the password aloud, and the stairs slowly revealed themselves.

When he came to the headmaster's office again, Ivan didn't panic this time.

He was now somewhat proficient in Occlumency, even if his level was not high, he could barely make do with it. After all, they were three more people with him, and Dumbledore's attention won't be focused on him.

"Professor Dumbledore isn't here?" Harry was disappointed when the four stepped into the headmaster's room, all items were neatly arranged, but there was no one inside.

Ivan was also a little confused. According to his guess, Dumbledore should have just finished listening to Snape's report. Did they go to interrogate Quirrell as soon as they got the news?

After mourning for Quirrell in his heart for a second, Ivan found that there was something different about the headmaster's room than from when he came here last time.

There was a huge mirror that could reach the ceiling. There were gorgeous golden patterns on its frames. A line of characters could be seen on its arch-like frame, and the bottom was supported by two claw-shaped feet. Everything about the mirror seemed eternal.

Placed along a wall, it was obviously hidden and the others have also found it, but Harry stood in front of the mirror staring at it gobsmacked.

"Harry, what are you looking at?" Ron walked over and patted Harry on his shoulder.

"Can't you see? There are two people in the mirror beside me. I think they are my parents." Harry slowly stepped forward. In his eyes, his mother in the mirror extended her arm to him, and Harry did the same, but in the end, all he touched was the smooth and cold surface of the mirror.

"Really? Why can't I see your parents inside?" Ron leaned in curiously. He wanted to see what Harry's parents looked like, but he saw another scene.

"Wow I am the head boy, this is awesome!" Ron described his handsome appearance in the mirror with the prefect badge pinned on his chest, he happily told Harry that maybe this mirror could predict the future, and one in the mirror must be his future self.

Hermione looked at Harry and Ron's fascinated expression and looked at the mirror with anxiety, she cautiously did not look directly at the mirror and warned. "As far as I can tell, you'd better stay away from this mirror. Maybe it is some dangerous black magic item!"

"That shouldn't be? This is in the headmaster's room..." Ron said carelessly, but when he turned his head to see Harry staring at the mirror and couldn't move his eyes away, he felt a maybe something was off. "Mirror of Erised..." Ivan sighed softly while looking at the mirror.

It seemed that his previous guess was not wrong. Dumbledore, the sly-old fox, didn't plan to put the mirror and the Philosopher's Stone where they should be before he was sure that Harry could pass the Mirror of Erised's test.

"The Mirror of Erised? Is that its name? Do you know anything about it?" Harry asked anxiously while cherishing the memory of his parents in the mirror.

"I read about it in a book." Ivan nodded, but didn't tell Harry that the book's name was Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

"What's it used for? Why can I see my parents inside?" Harry asked eagerly.

"Can it predict the future or something? I definitely see my future, right?" Ron also looked at Ivan expectantly.

Harry didn't believe Ron's statement. After all, his parents were dead. If this mirror could predict the future, wouldn't they be resurrected in the future?

"The function of the Mirror of Erised is to show the most sincere desire buried in someone's hearts. In other words, you will see what you want the most." Ivan shook his head and rejected Ron's guess.　　Both Harry and Ron were a little disappointed, which meant that what they saw was fake.

However, the two soon cheered up again, urging Ivan and Hermione to go to the Mirror of Erised to see what their desire was.

Ivan hesitated a bit, but Hermione stepped forward. After understanding the use of the mirror's magic, she also wanted to see what would appear in the mirror.

"Hermione, what did you see?" Ivan asked.

"It seems, this is just an ordinary mirror?" Hermione looked at herself reflected in the mirror bewilderedly. It seemed that there was no difference between them, just like looking in an ordinary mirror.

When Harry and the others were wondering if the mirror's magic broke, they heard Hermione say suddenly.

"No, there is something else."

Ivan looked over curiously, and saw Hermione blushing happily.

"My front teeth are a bit shorter in the mirror...it looks a lot better."

"That is what you most desire?" Harry and Ron were speechless for a while.

Hermione didn't think so. She was very satisfied when she looked at the mirror. Anyway, this is what she wanted, and she won't change it even for the Philosopher's Stone.

"Actually, I think you look pretty right now." Ivan laughed slightly. He didn't expect that what Hermione wanted most would be something minor like teeth reduction.

"Really?" Hermione asked happily, her face that was already flushing red deepened.

Harry and Ron felt a little awkward suddenly and hurriedly urged.

"Ivan, go up and have a look."

"Yeah, we are all curious about what you will see?"

Ivan nodded, he was also a little interested, and walked up to the space that harry vacated, and looked in the mirror.

Ivan thought he would be seeing Dumbledore punching and kicking Voldemort in the future, but unfortunately, none of this scene appeared.

In the mirror was a small living room with an ordinary and ordinary family of three. Standing in the middle is a boy less than twenty, who looks nothing like Ivan now.

The boy's face was ruddy and lively, and he was holding a dazzling college acceptance letter in his hands. The boy's parents were happily gathered around the boy and said something. Ivan could not hear the sound, but he could see that they were all very happy.

This was a scene that Ivan had never seen before. The only memory before he crossed over, was of a white hospital ward, the sadness of his parents, and the unpleasant smell of disinfectant.

"Ivan, what did you see in the mirror?" Harry noticed that Ivan's eye sockets seemed to be moist, and patted him gently.

Only then did Ivan come back to his senses, wiped his eyes, and said briskly to the two of them.

"I just saw that after a long period of hard work, I finally became the Minister of Magic. It was really touching..."