Since communicating with Dumbledore, Ivan has gained some experience in the use of Taoism. After class, he stayed in the library and dormitory all day, studying with his master how to improve Taoism. He has been following Harry for a long time. This time, I suddenly saw Harry in the corridor. His hair was still messy, but there were thick dark circles behind his eyes.
"Harry, have you been doing handwork at night recently? Your eye circles are so dark." Ivan greeted Harry. Er Gouzi used to say that boys with dark circles under their eyes during the day must be learning handwork with their enlightenment teachers at night.
"Ivan!" Harry said in a low voice after seeing Ivan, "I have something interesting to tell you."
He looked around and confirmed that there was no one around before whispering, "I found a mirror a few days ago. It's very magical. Hermione saw that she got the first place in the grade, Ron saw that he won the Quidditch championship, and I..." His voice paused slightly, and a trace of complex emotions flashed in his eyes, "I saw my parents."
Ivan became interested
"Mirror? What does it look like?"
Harry took a deep breath, with some expectation in his eyes: "It's big, and there are some strange runes engraved on the frame. It looks very old. The scene in the mirror is not like an ordinary reflection, but... the realization of some kind of wish."
Ivan's hand subconsciously touched the ring, and the ring shocked Ivan again.
Ivan scratched his head. This habit is really bad.
"Where is the mirror?" Ivan asked. Harry lowered his voice even lower: "It's in a room on the seventh floor. We can go and see it together tonight. Hermione and Ron don't want to go."
Ivan nodded, with some interest in his eyes: "Okay, see you tonight."
As night fell, the corridor of Hogwarts fell into silence again. Only the moonlight sprinkled on the floor through the window, reflecting a faint silver light. Ivan and Harry met at the agreed place, and the two walked towards the seventh floor quietly.
"It's here." Harry stopped in front of a wooden door. There was no mark on the door. It looked like an ordinary utility room.
Ivan's hand gently pushed open the wooden door. Behind the door was a spacious room. There was only a huge mirror standing in the center of the room. The frame of the mirror was engraved with complex runes, and each rune emitted a faint light.
"This is the mirror." Harry whispered, with some complicated emotions in his eyes.
Ivan's eyes fell on the mirror, and he was a little curious. He slowly walked to the mirror, and the scene gradually emerged in the mirror. At first it was a blurry shadow, then it became clearer and clearer.
He saw that the mirror was filled with gold Galleons, and the glittering Galleons flowed out from the depths of the mirror, as if endless. Ivan's mouth corners slightly raised, with a bit of playfulness in his eyes: "It seems that I have a great desire for wealth."
Harry stood aside, his eyes still on the mirror, and his parents in the mirror smiled kindly, as if waving to him. There was a bit of desire and pain in his eyes, and his fingers unconsciously clenched the wand.
At this moment, there was a slight sound of footsteps in the room. Ivan and Harry turned around at the same time and saw Dumbledore standing at the door, his eyes were gentle and deep, and there was a faint smile at the corners of his mouth.
"Harry, Ivan." Dumbledore's voice was low and gentle, "It seems that you have discovered the secret of this mirror."
Harry's face changed slightly, with a bit of panic in his eyes: "Professor, we just..."
Dumbledore waved his hand and interrupted him: "Don't be nervous, I don't intend to blame you." His eyes fell on the mirror, with a bit of complicated emotions in his eyes, "This is the Mirror of Erised, it can reflect the strongest desires in our hearts."
Ivan frowned slightly, with a bit of inquiry in his eyes: "Why is it here? Professor."
Dumbledore slowly He walked to the mirror and stared at it: "I put it here to remind people that although desire is a human instinct, indulging in desire, especially illusory desire, will only make us lose ourselves."
Harry's eyes flashed with pain, and he murmured in a low voice: "But... I really want to see them again."
Dumbledore turned his eyes to Harry with a bit of kindness in his eyes: "Harry, I know the pain in your heart. But you have to understand that the dead can no longer come back, and the living need to look forward."
Harry's eyes were slightly red, and his fingers tightly grasped the wand, and his knuckles turned white due to the force.
Ivan's eyes swept back and forth between Dumbledore and Harry, and his heart was a little complicated. He walked to Harry and whispered, "Professor Dumbledore is right. Desire can be our motivation, but we can't let it control us."
Dumbledore nodded slightly, his eyes gentle: "Ivan, you understand it very well."
Ivan shrugged, with a smile on his face: "That's right, my childhood friend often told me so."
Dumbledore didn't say anything more, and waved his wand gently, and the mirror gradually disappeared into the air: "I will put the mirror away, I hope you can get some inspiration from it."
After Dumbledore left, Harry still stood there, with a bit of confusion and pain in his eyes. Ivan patted his shoulder and said in a relaxed tone: "Let's go, Harry. There are classes tomorrow, don't be late."
Harry forced a smile at the corner of his mouth and nodded: "Well, let's go."
The two walked out of the room, and the moonlight sprinkled on the corridor, reflecting their long shadows. Harry was silent for a while, and suddenly turned to look at Ivan: "Ivan, what do you see in the mirror?"
Ivan smiled and said in a relaxed tone: "A pile of gold galleons. It seems that I am quite obsessed with wealth."
Harry couldn't help laughing, and the haze in his eyes seemed to dissipate a little: "You are really different."
Ivan shrugged and said in a relaxed tone: "In life, there must be some pursuit."
In fact, it's because he is afraid of being poor!
Harry approached Ivan mysteriously, took out a piece of silver cloth from his pocket, and spread it in front of Ivan like offering a treasure: "Look, this is the invisibility cloak I got before!"
Children always like to show off the good things they get to their good friends, even the savior is no exception.
Ivan's eyes lit up, and he reached out to touch the cloth. A strange touch came from his fingertips, as if he touched the air. "Can this thing really make you invisible?"
"Of course!" Harry shook the invisibility cloak proudly, "We often wear it to walk around, and even Filch can't find us. Especially when we go to Hagrid's place, he always has some strange things there. If it weren't for this invisibility cloak, we would have been caught by him a long time ago."
"Ivan, if you want to try it too, we can do it together." Harry invited enthusiastically.
Ivan shook his head and smiled: "Next time, I have to go back to bed first."