Damian returned to the Slytherin common room, the next day, the whole Hogwarts is abuzz with discussions about what happened. How three Gryffindors and one Slytherin faced against Quirell who turned out to be the thief and also a dark wizard who is drinking Unicorn's blood, some even started saying it's the dark lord who is after a treasure guarded in the third floor corridor that can help him make a comeback, and he possessed Quirell for this purpose. Some argued it's the death eaters who wanted to revive the dark lord that appeared in Hogwarts to snatch that treasure.
No matter the case many Hogwarts students flocked Hermione and Ron, because at this moment, the air around Damian is as cold as ice, no one dared to ask him anything. Not even the Slytherins.
Because just after he returned to take rest, the Slytherins tried interrogating and some even blatantly insulted him being a mudblood and his mother too. Naturally he tied them all up to the ceiling outside the common room and left them all night like that.
Since then no one dared to question him. Well except one girl, she seems to want to ask him something desperate. Evelyn didn't question Damian much except asking," is it really the philosopher's stone that's in third floor corridor? ", Damian nodded and he also told her, it's destroyed.
Evelyn expressed her regret. The girl who wanted to ask him a question appeared after hearing the philosopher's stone mentioned by Evelyn. That is Daphne Greengrass. After hearing the stone is destroyed, she slumped like her hope is crushed but soon she also started looking at Damian with a hesitant look.
As Damian moved away from the crowd, he called out," come out stalker. How long are you going to follow me without stating your purpose? ", it's none other than Daphne herself. She looked at him with some hesitation. This is quite rare because she always maintains a calm facade.
Daphne asked," is the philosopher's stone really destroyed? ", Damian frowned and nodded," yes it turned into powder. Now headmaster had that powder. Why do you ask? ", Daphne looked lifeless before she turned around and going to walk away but Damian frowned. What is up with this girl? What's the meaning of that look?
Then he seemed to thought of something. During the Halloween costume party, Evelyn once asked Daphne Greengrass during their conversation," how is your sister's blood curse? Is it still the same? Can no curse breaker help her? ".
Could it be, she is hoping to get the stone for curing her sister's curse? Damian has no intention to reveal where the stone is gone yet. He fused with the stone, he can also cure the curse of Daphne's sister, but that will expose him, the ritual, and potentially make him a target for his miraculous blood created from the ritual.
It can grant someone extended lifespan. But the question is whether he can risk his biggest secret gets exposed for helping this girl. Damian also fell into hesitation he can save a life risking his own life. The pros and cons are proved quite risky here. Can he do that?
Damian stopped himself for now. He will first observe Daphne and her family, then see if they can be trustworthy and if the odds leave him with minimal risk. He is for now selfish, because of his vengeance, after that, he don't what fate has for him. Damian also has no intention of living for a long time.
Long life of thousands of years is suffering. He don't know if he can really bear, the guilty from his past 11 years life is enough for him. Maybe after taking his revenge he can grant her a normal life by using his blood to dispel the curse and possibly grant her a few more years to live. But not for now.
Putting his thoughts away he didn't stay idle, he threw himself into the Rowena's library in room of requirement. Studying magic, spells, rituals, potions and quickly got himself busy. He has less than 4 days left in Hogwarts before the semester ends. He needs to quickly father as many books as he can from here. He don't know how to say that he removed the side effects of the obscurus to Aberforth and Albus Dumbledore.
After thinking for a while seriously he took out the ritual book and modified the ritual a little to make it look like a purifying ritual to remove the side effects of Obscurus, but he don't know if he can give this to Aberforth. Aurelius Dumbledore, Aberforth's son lost his life because of Obscurus and if Aberforth knew there is a way to remove those side effects, and that way always got hidden right under his nose in this room of requirement, he will probably go hysterical and self blame.
Damian hesitated because of this. He don't know if he can tell this to Aberforth and Albus. After brain storming for a while, he decided to cool his head off for now. He will think about this later. He don't want to see someone like Aberforth whom he feels like his own grandfather, become like that.
As Damian returned to Slytherin common room, he noticed celebrations. Slytherin won the quidditch cup in the match against Ravenclaw as Griffyndor is defeated and they're tied. In this match, Evelyn's group members moved with cunning tactics and defeated Ravenclaw.
Meanwhile in the headmaster's office, Dumbledore is having a serious conversation with his friend Nicholas Flamel. " That powder is fake Dumbledore. It's not from the philosopher's stone at all. But no worries, the stone almost reached the end of it's path anyway ".
Dumbledore asked with concern," but what about you my friend? ", Nicholas Flamel laughed," a man who can make Philosopher's stone can't make another when he foresees a day like this. It seems your age caught with you my friend ".
Dumbledore sighed," indeed, you may have a backup plan. But now the question is, who had that stone? Could it have fallen into Voldemort's hands? ", Nicholas Flamel sad," why would he bother setting up this fake powder then? This must be the work of a third party here. Do you have any guesses? ". Dumbledore put on thoughtful look," I have a guess ", Nicholas Flamel said," hoho, then introduce this person to me. I want to ask what that person did with the stone. If he is someone with good character, I'm also interested in having a conversation with him, the enchantments he put on this one is very good. He has a very good talent for alchemy ".