"Ah?"
Kaisen left, hiding his Merit and Fame. As for why he only symbolically deducted forty points…
Heh, he was already mentally prepared, so he just deducted a little to show it. It's not like they would change if he deducted more.
Back in his office, he took out the Philosopher's Stone. At this moment, he felt its glow was a little dimmer than when Dumbledore had just given it to him, though the dimming was limited.
"If this keeps up, will this Philosopher's Stone turn to dust in my hands? Will Nicolas Flamel hunt me down?"
Sighing, he put the Philosopher's Stone into his pocket. He then took out a stack of parchment and began to create the questions for this final exam.
Time flew by. As the holidays approached, the entire Hogwarts was filled with conflicting emotions.
The Little Wizards eagerly anticipated the holidays while dreading the final exams.
But as for the final exam, although they said they dreaded it, they weren't really that afraid.
At worst, they would fail and retake it next semester. Although it was said that failing the exam would lead to repeating a year, Hogwarts these days truly didn't have anyone repeat a year. It was just a scary legend that existed among first-year Little Wizards.
However, for the seventh-year Little Wizards, their emotions were filled only with tension.
These Little Wizards, who were about to leave the ivory tower and start working, had no anticipation for the holidays in their hearts. A small number of them even felt a bit of fear.
After all, once this final exam was over, they didn't know when they would return to Hogwarts again.
The carefree Little Wizards in the ivory tower was about to become a boring adult, and the little old man was about to become a cynical old man who wanted to destroy the world.
In the seventh-year Alchemy exam room, Kaisen collected all the test papers, stood on the podium, and tapped the edges and corners of the papers.
"Hmm… How many points do you think I should give you? Speak up, I might consider it."
The Little Wizards below the podium didn't say much. After all the papers were handed in, they didn't seem to intend to leave.
Seeing this, Kaisen placed the test papers on the podium, put his hands on his hips, and sighed: "You can all go. You still need to prepare for the Ultimate Wizard Exam, although I will give you a score you cannot refuse…"
"OK, Professor." Charles Mieg, sitting in the front, walked up to the podium and hugged Kaisen.
"Relax. Perhaps you are very sad now, but the moment you leave this classroom, you will forget this feeling of sadness, because you will realize that I am just a passerby in your life, insignificant, nothing to worry about."
Kaisen shrugged and accepted the farewell hug, comforting these Little Wizards.
"In fact, Professor, I will remember you, remember you very clearly, not just a passerby," Charles Mieg said solemnly as he released Kaisen.
"Relax, there are only a few thousand Wizards in England. Maybe one day you'll see me when you go to Diagon Alley to buy ice cream. But when that day comes, I still want you to call me Professor. I still quite like that title."
"We will, Professor Kaisen." The second was Kasili.
"OK, don't be too much of a crybaby after leaving Hogwarts."
"…And you, never mind. You're returning directly to your family, so there's nothing much for me to say, except to be a good person."
"Lyme, you came from a Muggle Wizard background. Protect yourself after leaving Hogwarts. After all, the so-called discrimination within Hogwarts is just minor skirmishes in the magic world. If you encounter danger, run away. Normally, associate with other Muggle Wizards. Don't try to join pureblood circles. You might be interested in their benefits, but they might be interested in your life… And don't be deceived. Don't disgrace Ravenclaw."
…
After standing on the podium and seeing off one student after another, Kaisen finally had time to stretch his stiff back. He returned to his office and began grading papers.
He graded papers from third to seventh year until evening. After finally verifying the last score, he sealed the test papers and placed them in a corner of his desk. Soon, a House-elf would come to collect them and hand them over to Madam Pince in the Library for archiving.
"Ugh… Grading these papers is truly not a job for ordinary people."
He stood up and moved around in the office, casually picking up a novel and placing it on the table. Then he planned to look for some snacks in the cabinet.
After preparing all the snacks, tea, and the novel, Kaisen comfortably pressed the button on his chair, lay back, and began to read.
Then he suddenly heard a click, a sound coming from the Philosopher's Stone in his pocket.
He quickly took out the Philosopher's Stone. Ever since he truly possessed this gem, it had been transferring its magic into his body at a strange speed and in an unusual way.
This massive amount of magic not only increased Kaisen's magic capacity, but the excess magic also enabled him to unlock MC blocks. Basically, all original blocks were successfully unlocked, except for a few cheat blocks and spawn eggs. Even Potions were unlocked by the Philosopher's Stone.
He just didn't know if they could compare to the Potions Snape brewed.
At this moment, the Philosopher's Stone seemed to have been drained of all its magic. Its original crimson color was gone, replaced by a pale white stone, which eventually disintegrated into tiny particles of powder.
"The mighty Philosopher's Stone just collapsed like that." Kaisen sighed with emotion, and then he noticed that the Philosopher's Stone powder touched the novel he had placed on his desk.
The full novel began to merge with the Philosopher's Stone powder, eventually transforming into a splendid, golden manual.
"What the f—?"
He pulled out his wand and touched the remaining Philosopher's Stone powder with its tip. Instantly, the remaining Philosopher's Stone powder crawled onto his wand, passed through the rose vine shaft, and directly invaded the wand's core.
A pile of Philosopher's Stone powder, half absorbed by the wand, the other half by a book.
And this absorption seemed to be positive. At least, he didn't know why, but he felt something was missing from his wand. Of course, it wasn't that the Philosopher's Stone powder had damaged some of the wand's functions.
It was more like the powder had given the wand some new functions, but without the corresponding equipment, which made it feel like something was missing.
He put his wand away and picked up the book again.
Turning to the first page of the book, it wasn't traditional text, but a scene resembling a starry sky.
"Oh my Merlin… This is… Mystical Era!"
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