Who let this Dementor into Hogwarts!

Chapter 76: Our meeting was not destined, but was forced by my careful planning and brainstorming

"Cohen?"

Edward suddenly asked the air around him.

"?" Rose looked at Edward with some confusion.

"Have you forgotten what Coin is?" The more Edward thought about it, the more it made sense—"Coin is a Dementor!"

Seeing that Rose hadn't figured it out yet, Edward hurriedly continued to explain.

"You think - Cohen's soul ate the Philosopher's Stone, which means he must still be here - he might still be able to hear what we are saying - wait - I'll let him try to absorb my happiness -"

Edward looked quite excited.

"Cohen, I know this may be difficult for you to accept - but I really need to explain it to you..." Edward said next to Cohen's body, "What Professor Dumbledore said just now is right - you are indeed a... uh, a hybrid of many kinds of creatures - but don't worry, Mom and Dad will always love you, no matter what you become."

He chose his words with extreme caution, fearing to upset Cohen.

"It just so happens that one of your 'half-bloods' is a creature called a Dementor - you should be able to see the 'happiness' in us, right? Can you try to absorb some? Let Mom and Dad know you're still alive?"

Edward also didn't know what "people" looked like from the Dementors' perspective.

But the good news is that Cohen is extremely skilled in sucking souls and happiness, and Edward's extremely substandard teaching quality does not have much impact.

"..."

Edward waited nervously for something to appear - or for him to feel the chill on his soul that came from the Dementors.

Rose also gained new hope because of Edward's guess.

One second, two seconds...

No movement.

The hope on their faces gradually faded.

"Hiss—" Edward suddenly shuddered all over—his shoulder felt like being touched by a cold hand.

Rose was next, and she also felt the chill on her shoulders.

Cohen had no intention of draining his adoptive parents' happiness or souls; he just wanted to prove that he was still alive. There was no need to actually cause any harm.

This action undoubtedly made Edward and Rose's originally sad mood become more excited again - what good news could be better than "Cohen is still alive"?

[Ding! Goodwill value +10]

[Note: Bushgomen, do you really have a conscience?]
Even in the afternoon, when Nicolas Flamel, who looked as dry as a ghost, came to the ward accompanied by Dumbledore, Edward and Rose's high spirits had not subsided.

"Professor Dumbledore, Coin is still alive!"

As soon as Dumbledore walked in, Edward immediately spoke to Dumbledore excitedly, his voice uncontrollably rising several degrees.

“Ouch—”

Nicolas Flamel rubbed his ears in pain; the sound hurt his fragile eardrums.

"Ah - sorry - you are... Mr. Flamel?" Edward apologized quickly in a low voice.

This white-haired, withered old man seemed to be only "old" and "fragile". It was impossible to connect him with the great alchemist who lived for more than 600 years - because he looked like he could die at any time.

"Ah, it's okay, it's okay... I'm Nicolas Flamel." Nico quickly recovered from the tinnitus. "I should wear hearing aids - but I think it's better not to come to Albus's school fully armed... It would be offensive."

"Actually, I don't feel offended, Nico." Dumbledore entertained his old friend and introduced the couple to him: "These are Cohen's parents, Edward and Rose." "Hello, hello." Nico extended his hand to them - but this habitual etiquette always caused him to break some bones.

Edward was horrified to discover that he had used too much strength - or rather, it was difficult to control the amount of strength when shaking hands with Nicolas Flamel, his hands were like wet paper that had been dried in the wind.

"Hiss—it's okay—it's usually like this..."

It only took a second for the magic power of the Philosopher's Stone remaining in Nico to repair his bones.

"Let us move beyond the pleasantries." Dumbledore knew that both sides were anxious. "Cohen's situation is more urgent."

[Soul Strength: 99]

If it were a 600-year-old alchemist, this number would seem reasonable...

Cohen suspected that the soul strength was marked at 99 not because Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel's souls were only that strong, but because the system could only mark it up to that level.

"Indeed, that child is there—oh, here…"

Nico found Cohen in the ward - what he was looking for was not Cohen's body, but Cohen's soul.

"Can you see me?!"

Cohen, who was sitting on the other bed, asked Nicolas Flamel.

He originally thought that this alchemist master would at least need to use some items to see the soul -

But Nico did not answer Cohen.

It seemed that he could not hear the voice of the soul. Perhaps it was the traces of the Philosopher's Stone in Cohen's body that allowed him to find the location - after all, Nicolas Flamel was the creator of the Philosopher's Stone, so there must be some way to find this stone.

So it seems that Cohen hasn't completely absorbed the stone yet?
"Ah, he is still here." Nico ran to Cohen's soul with great effort, in a posture that looked like jogging but was actually pacing.

"Is Cohen there?" Rose and Edward couldn't see Cohen's soul, they could only see Nico looking into the air.

"You just said... Cohen is still alive, why is that?" Dumbledore asked Edward.

"We asked Coin to try to interact with us—" Edward explained in a low voice, so as not to hurt Nicolas Flamel's eardrums again. "He touched Rose and me on the shoulders—they felt cold, so it must be Coin."

"Oh..." Dumbledore's eyes also lit up, "It seems very hopeful - as long as we can find a way to get Cohen back into his body properly..."

Nico waved to Cohen's soul, as if wanting Cohen to try to float back into his body.

Cohen floated back—but only overlapped with his body, without actually returning to it.

It can't be resurrected so easily - it would seem that Nicolas Flamel did nothing.

Cohen racked his brains to come up with the right method for resurrection.

At least he should use some method. Whether it works or not is another matter, as long as there is a reason.

"It's a perfect creation... These conflicting biological elements are cleverly integrated together... but there is no rejection..." Nico looked at Cohen, the "little man in the bottle", as if he was appreciating a work of art.

"Albus, you should have told me this news sooner - I haven't heard anything about it."

"We all want to give this child a normal childhood. Furthermore, the Ministry of Magic strictly controls the child's identity and does not allow any information about him to be released to the outside world," Dumbledore explained. "Most people believe that he is an accidental creation—the Burke family's experiment was simply the highest roll of the dice."

"Chances and miracles always appear together." The more Nico looked at Cohen, the happier he became. "He's so perfect—it must be fate that I met him before I left."

Whatever choice of fate, it was all planned and forced by me with all my careful planning and brains!
Seeing Nico's expression as if he wanted to live for a few more decades to study Cohen, Cohen knew that his plan was successful.

(End of this chapter)