What Wenxiu Lord said about heading back the next day truly came true. By the time he and Seb stepped out the door, streetlights were already glowing along the road, making the low-density twilight look even duskier.
Originally, he had intended to drop off the items and leave right away. He had come here primarily to persuade Nicolas Flamel to agree to study the alchemical item left to him by the System—one capable of defending against the Killing Curse. After all, the old man had been living in seclusion for countless years, and at his advanced age, aside from occasionally crafting some minor conveniences for daily life, he had long since stopped researching alchemical artifacts. According to Dumbledore's explanation, it seemed the old man always lost himself so completely in his research that he forgot to eat and sleep, leaving his wife deeply worried about his health.
Dumbledore was still inside the house, kept by Mrs. Flamel for dinner. She had also invited Wenxiu Lord and Seb, but Wenxiu Lord declined on the grounds that he still had work to attend to.
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