After stabbing my ex-boyfriend, I went traveling

During Christmas, Draco was unable to come to the Selwyn family to visit Yang Mei because his parents took him to France for a trip on a whim.

But he did not forget to give Yang Mei a Christmas present, which was a rare mineral unique to the French magic world. His good friend liked alchemy, so Draco naturally wanted to cater to his taste.

But to be honest, Yang Mei hesitated about giving Draco a Christmas gift.

Draco has two favorite things: Quidditch and dragons.

That’s right, it’s that big, winged, fire-breathing, bad-tempered Western dragon.

As a Chaos Demon God who was fairly familiar with the Ancestral Dragon, Yang Mei felt that the Western Dragon looked like the opposite of Tiangang.

So why did everything Draco liked seem weird to him?

It's definitely not his problem.

But he respects his friends' preferences.

It would be better not to give dragon eggs as Christmas gifts, because he didn't want to be invited by Draco to see his dragon in addition to being invited to ride his broom from time to time.

But if Draco raises a dragon, it would be like having a renewable source of potion ingredients...

Next year, next Christmas he will give Draco a beautiful dragon egg!

Now that we have the Philosopher's Stone this year, we must make the best use of it.

Yang Mei temporarily kept one third of this fist-sized stone, intending to give it to Voldemort later. The reason why she didn't send it to him directly via owl as a Christmas present was because Yang Mei was worried that he would waste it.

He divided the remaining two-thirds into four parts, three of which were made into Christmas gifts for the Selwyn couple and Draco, and the remaining one was kept for his own research.

……

Harry and Ron stayed in Hogwarts during the Christmas holidays and had a pretty happy time.

The former was because he was pleasantly surprised to receive several Christmas presents; the latter was simply because he felt comfortable without the evil Slytherin around.

If there was anyone unhappy at Hogwarts, it was Dumbledore.

Dumbledore looked at the empty room that had become empty due to the disappearance of the Mirror of Erised, and almost turned into a sad frog on the spot.

Apparition is prohibited in Hogwarts, but this rule does not apply to Headmaster Dumbledore.

So he was dumbfounded when he was flashed from the principal's office directly into the final room of a series of levels.

His, what about that huge Mirror of Erised?!

Dumbledore, who had been shrewd all his life, couldn't help but walk around the room a few times in a daze.

Unsuccessful.

He didn't come here for a stroll because he had nothing to do. In fact, he wanted to carry the Mirror of Erised out and put it to some use.

As a result, the mirror disappeared!

...Wait a minute, the point isn't the Mirror of Erised, it's that the Philosopher's Stone hidden in the mirror is also missing!

Dumbledore was in a trance online.

When was it lost?

He had no sense of anyone entering the room, and the portraits in the corridor on the fourth floor of the castle did not inform him that anyone had entered the abandoned classroom of the three-headed dog.

Dumbledore thought about it and walked from the current room to the next level.

It was intact and everything looked the same as before, it didn't look like anyone had ever been there.

So it was the ghost who stole the Mirror of Erised and the Philosopher's Stone? !

Of course Dumbledore knew it couldn't be a ghost, so... could it be Voldemort?

……

Snape, who had also returned to Spinner's End for the Christmas holidays, was looking at the Phoenix Patronus that broke into his house with disgust.

"Severus, you know, if it's not something very important, I don't want to disturb your Christmas vacation. Please be sure to come to my office immediately. By the way, I'm fond of ant-smelling cockroach piles recently." The voice of Dumbledore came out of the Phoenix Patronus.

Snape listened calmly, then suddenly jumped up and tore the phoenix into pieces.

He knew that this would not cause any substantial harm to Dumbledore, but doing so would allow him to vent his anger, and that was enough.

He wanted to see what this old bee was up to!

Also, what are those ant-smelling cockroach piles?! What a lunatic, he was clearly going to go through the fireplace, so he didn't even need the command at the door!

He put on the Christmas gift Yang Mei had given him - an emerald green heavy-work magic robe, which was not only inlaid with many glittering gems, but also had embroidery unique to the great Eastern country!

Although Snape usually wears all black, it doesn't mean he is unwilling to try other styles of wizard robes.

He was just too lazy to go to the store to choose the style, and the pure black magic robe only needed to be mailed to him regularly by the store that knew his size.

……

"Dumbledore, I hope you really have something important to tell me!" Snape said to Dumbledore unhappily as he stepped out of the fireplace.

"Of course, Severus, of course I know that." Dumbledore's tone was full of helpless fatigue.

Snape was somewhat surprised by his behavior.

"So what exactly happened?"

Dumbledore did not keep it a secret: "The Mirror of Erised and the Philosopher's Stone, which were hidden behind many levels, have been lost."

Snape felt nothing in his heart. Whether these two things were lost or not had nothing to do with him.

Dumbledore didn't get any response from Snape, so his eyes behind the lenses took on a scrutinizing tone.

Snape: ...Why are you looking at me?

Dumbledore: That's a little strange. Let's take a closer look.

"I originally planned to let Harry see the Mirror of Erised. I thought he would see his parents in the mirror. This child is so pitiful. He doesn't even have a picture of his parents." Dumbledore sighed.

"Well, so what?" Snape thought Dumbledore should be concerned about who stole the things, but he was only thinking about Harry Potter not being able to see his parents through the mirror?

Dumbledore continued to talk to himself, "Children's wishes must always be fulfilled. Even without the Mirror of Erised, I still thought of a way. I put a pensieve with a trace of my memory in an empty classroom, and then controlled the stairs to bring Harry, who was wandering at night, there.

Little Harry was so happy that he went there for several nights. "

Snape sneered: "Dumbledore, it seems that you have nothing important to do. Then I will leave."

"It's Tom!"

Dumbledore suddenly raised his voice and successfully stopped Snape.

"It was Tom who stole the Mirror of Erised and the Philosopher's Stone." Dumbledore said firmly, "It couldn't have been anyone else.

But I didn't expect that he could do it so secretly. If I hadn't wanted to take the Mirror of Erised, I wouldn't even have noticed that the thing was missing."

"Dumbledore, you are old." Snape said in a calm voice.

"Perhaps." Dumbledore stroked the elder wand in his hand. "So, Severus, is there any movement of the Dark Mark on your arm?"

Snape had just said he was leaving, and he really was leaving, his entire body facing the fireplace.

At this time he turned around again and looked at Dumbledore without any obstruction.

"No." Snape's eyes did not evade or avoid.

Dumbledore saw no trace of guilt on his face.

"Okay, Severus, but we all know that Tom is not really dead, and he will return to the wizarding world sooner or later.

If he hadn't done it this time, I really can't think of anyone else who would do such a thing." He pressed his fist against his forehead with a tired look.

"Since the things are lost, do you still want to continue your savior training plan?" Snape asked with a hint of sarcasm, "Dumbledore, I have to remind you that under your plan, only the first-year child of the Weasley family has become friends with your savior, and the other smart little witch has already thrown herself into the arms of Ravenclaw.

Can they successfully pass those levels with just the two of them? I don’t think it’s possible.”

The corner of Dumbledore's eye twitched: "I know what's going on, Severus. As for Tom, I hope you can go to the Malfoys and Selwyn families to get some information. Harry is still too young, and I don't want him to face Tom so early. Please, Severus, just for Lily."

Snape's eyes slowly turned half a circle, then he sneered, flicked his sleeves and walked into the fireplace.

Dumbledore had no doubt that Snape would do as he was told, as long as he still had Lily in his heart.