Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 456

Professor Slughorn's nonchalant and indifferent tone made Ron's face a little ugly, but Ron, who was used to being ignored with Harry, didn't say anything, but lowered his head, Silently ran to the locker to get the books and balance.

Mike still admires Ron for this. You must know that Ron’s growing environment can be said to be extremely bad. His entire childhood and even most of his youth were almost neglected by others. It is appropriate to put it in games or novels Sure enough, it's a template for a blackened villain.

But Ron relied on his big heart to bear it all, and not only was he not depressed, but he also lived happily every day.

Mike really didn't know if Ron was in a good mood or out of his mind.

But at this time, Draco on the Slytherin table beside him burst into laughter immediately when he saw this, and deliberately said to the Slytherins beside him with a volume so loud that everyone in the classroom could hear:
"Look, this is the fine tradition of the Weasley family, always only use second-hand or even third-hand goods!"

Hearing that, those Slytherins also laughed, and the whole classroom was soon filled with laughter.

Ron's fists were clenched tightly, and if it wasn't class time, Mike would bet that Ron would go up and fight Draco.

Harry and Hermione in their seats also stared at Draco angrily, and Hermione turned her head from time to time to look at Slughorn's hazy figure on the podium because of the water vapor.

It's a pity that Slughorn obviously didn't mean to offend Draco because of such a trivial matter. You must know that the Malfoy family is almost the Death Eaters on the bright side. Lai went to provoke each other.

But in order to prevent the situation from continuing to develop, Slughorn coughed twice and said loudly:
"Okay, now that everyone is ready, we are about to start class."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at the long Slytherin table deliberately as if warning, and this glance went directly to Draco and their laughter disappeared.

Seeing this, Slughorn nodded in satisfaction, straightened his chest that was already overwhelmed by applause, and said after almost breaking a button:

"I prepared several potions to open your eyes. Of course, this is just out of interest. But after you finish the advanced class, you should be able to make these potions. Now, who can tell What kind of potion am I?"

Speaking of which, Slughorn pointed to the cauldron in front of the Slytherin table. At this moment, there was a pool of liquid as clear as a spring boiling continuously.

In fact, from the placement of these crucibles in the classroom, it can be seen that Slughorn wants to give extra points to each house, so as to achieve the effect that everyone is satisfied with, such as the crucible in front of the Slytherin table. This cauldron is obviously a bonus question reserved for the Slytherins.

It's just that Draco and others obviously failed Slughorn's care. They stared at it for a long time but couldn't figure out what kind of potion it was.

Seeing this, Slughorn could only shake his head helplessly, and turned to look at the pair of small hands that had been raised high above the Gryffindor long table.

He pointed to Hermione who raised her hand, and the latter spoke extremely fast:
"Veritaserum, a colorless and odorless liquid, he can make the drinker tell the truth, usually used in torture!"

"Not bad!" Slughorn pointed to the cauldron in front of Mike again, "So who can tell me what this is, Mike?"

Slughorn looked at Mike expectantly, obviously hoping that Mike would answer the question.

It's just that Mike chuckled, and turned to look at Hermione's hand raised early again on the Gryffindor side.

Seeing this, Slughorn understood, and pointed at Hermione again.

"It's Polyjuice Potion!"

"Oh! Great! Great!" Slughorn pointed to the Gryffindor cauldron again, "Then this..."

"It's a love potion! It's the most powerful love potion in the world! It creates a spiral of steam when boiled, and its smell automatically changes to your favorite smell, just like I just smelled it." There's freshly mowed lawn, brand new parchment and..."

Hermione suddenly stopped talking, her face flushed, she glanced at Mike's direction through the thick mist in the classroom, and then quickly lowered her head.

Professor Slughorn on the side was already dumbfounded at this time.

You must know that there is no such knowledge about love potions in textbooks. If you haven't read the relevant books or prepared and used the love potion yourself, others will never know about these things.

He really didn't expect it.The young girl in front of me has such rich knowledge.

"Honey, what's your name?"

Realizing that the girl in front of him might be a genius, Slughorn instinctively softened his tone.

"Hermione Granger, sir."

"Granger? Are you related to Hector Dagworth Granger, the founder of the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists?"

"Well, I don't think so. I'm Muggle-born, sir."

Hearing that laughter came from the Slytherin table again, but Slughorn ignored them at all. He looked at Hermione tenderly, and said with a smile:

"That's nice, that's nice, you remind me of one of my former students, she was also Muggle-born, but she has amazing talents that make people envious. Well, you know, this is very rare among Muggles. But I I am so lucky to have met two in this life!"

Professor Slughorn's words made Hermione's already red face even redder, while Harry and Ron on the side applauded desperately, and Mike in the distance was also smiling.

"Well, give Miss Granger of Gryffindor a well-deserved 20 points!"

After saying that, Slughorn ignored the Gryffindors who were already laughing, stepped onto the podium again and said to everyone with a serious expression:

"Students, please remember that love potions cannot get you true love! Love cannot be imitated. Love potions can only make people fall into crazy obsession or infatuation. This is wrong and dangerous.

Yes, I said danger.I think the most dangerous potion in this entire classroom right now is the Love Potion..."

Slughorn hadn't finished speaking when another burst of laughter came from the long Slytherin table.

Now Slughorn couldn't take it anymore, and he glared at Slytherin angrily.

"You, that's you, the platinum-haired Malfoy!" he said, pointing at Draco who was looking around. "You just kept giggling. I don't remember Slytherin's quality of snickering when others are talking." One, at least not when I was head of Slytherin house, maybe I should communicate with Severus to rectify the atmosphere of Slytherin!"

Draco's small face turned extremely pale when he heard the words Severus. Seeing this, Slughorn nodded in satisfaction, turned his head and said to everyone with great sincerity:

"Don't doubt it, students. If you are my age, you will know that people who are addicted to love usually do a lot of terrible things. In fact, many tragedies are caused by this dangerous love potion."

"Okay, that's it, I think we should start the class."

Slughorn spread out the textbook in front of him as he spoke, but Hermione in the audience suddenly pointed to the cauldron in front of Hufflepuff's long table and said:

"Professor, you haven't told us what's in this cauldron."

Mike chuckled when he heard the words, Hermione's desire to get extra points was too obvious.

But Slughorn obviously liked Hermione, he feigned surprise 'Yeah! ', and then said:
"It's Felix Felicia, I guess you know what it's for, Miss Granger."

"It can bring luck to people!"

"Exactly! Add ten points to Gryffindor!" Slughorn said loudly, "Felix Elixir is an extremely complicated potion that can indeed bring luck to people. It feels wonderful to take it. How should I describe it...well...you will find that no matter what you do, you will be successful before its medicinal effect disappears!

Of course, you can't take it regularly, preferably with a few months or even years in between, or it will make you arrogant and reckless.

As you know, no matter how good a thing is, if you use too much, it will cause harm.Just like tomatoes and apples, both of them are very nutritious fruits, but in fact, they both contain natural toxins in the body, and if you eat too much, you will be poisoned to death!
oh!You don't have to worry too much, Harry.If tomatoes and apples want to poison people to death, you have to eat at least a few meals in a few hours. If someone did this, then it would probably be exhausted before being poisoned to death!
I gave this example just to let you understand two very important truths in potion science, one is that even the best things will have side effects, and the other is that talking about toxicity regardless of dosage is nonsense! "

Hermione's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and she asked:

"You have taken Felicia!"

"Of course, I've used it twice in my life, once at 26 and once at 57, with two scoops for breakfast. Ah! Those two days were perfect!"

Speaking of which, Slughorn raised his head, with a longing and happy smile on his face.

This made almost everyone present interested in Felix Elixir. Except for Mike, he had already used Felicity Elixir. This thing is actually nothing special but a little expensive. With Mike's current financial resources, he can use it as water. drink.

A few minutes later, Slughorn finally woke up from his fantasy. He looked at the pot of Felicia with a smile, and finally said:
"Next, I will hold a small competition, and this is the prize."

The breathing of everyone in the classroom was stagnant, even Mike was no exception.

You know, that's a big pot full of Felicia!Even Mike was moved by such a huge windfall!

But then Slughorn took out a small teardrop-shaped bottle from his arms.

"A small bottle of Felicity Elixir can provide about 12 hours of luck!"

The smile on Mike's face disappeared instantly, replaced by deep disgust. He really didn't expect that Slughorn would be stingy to such an extent.

But even a bottle of Felix Elixir still excited the students in the classroom, especially Franklin, who was staring at the small bottle, his eyes almost popping out.

Needless to say, he definitely wanted to use this thing for Quidditch matches.

But if he had read the 373-page Prohibition Regulations of the Quidditch match, he should know that Felicia is forbidden to be used in the Quidditch match.

"Next, please turn to the tenth page of "Advanced Potion Making" in your hands." Slughorn said, "We still have more than an hour, please use this time to make a good copy." Potion of Living Hell. I know it's complicated, and I didn't expect you to do it perfectly the first time, but the one who does it best and fastest will get our reward today. Alright, let's start now Bar!"

As soon as Slughorn finished speaking, Franklin took out his crucible and medicine bag, and began to weigh various materials with a balance.

There are still many people in the classroom who react as fast as him. Now everyone's attention is highly concentrated. This is the first time Mike has seen such a scene of making potions with such concentration. It seems that this Slughorn still has a way of teaching students of.

Mike also took out his own materials and tools, and started making the potion.

The Potion of Living Hell, also known as the Water of Life and Death, is a powerful sedative. Just a small glass of wine can make people fall asleep for a week.

Mike has already memorized the preparation method of this potion, and what Mike memorized is the improved version recorded in Snape's textbook, so Mike is not as eager as other students, but still has the mind to look at other people Case.

At this moment, Harry also opened the book Mike gave him, and was frowning to check the method of making the water of life and death.

Seeing this, the corners of Mike's mouth rose.

What he handed to Harry was the famous "Half-Blood Prince's Textbook". The reason why Mike gave Harry the textbook was not only to make the plot line return to the original point as much as possible, but also to see what Snape did. It must be very interesting to know the expression on my face after being in the hands of Mike in the second black history of middle school!
Thinking of this, the smirk on the corner of Mike's mouth became more wanton, but the movements of his hands did not waver at all!

The sleepy beans are squeezed into pieces, the narcissus root is ground into powder, the wormwood is shredded and put into water to make the wormwood infusion...

One batch after another was quickly processed by Mike and thrown into the crucible while cooking while turning it clockwise with a spoon.

Soon, light blue steam rose from the boiled cauldron, and the liquid inside was also slowly changing to light brown. Mike changed the turning counterclockwise when he saw this, which was changed by Snape method, it is said that it can increase the speed of the curing of the liquid medicine.

There is no doubt that Snape's improved formula is effective, which made Mike surpass Hermione and become the fastest progressing person in the classroom even if he lost the opportunity, and it also made Harry, a potion scumbag, able to quickly Efficiently completed the processing of materials and entered the stage of boiling.

But the astonishing speed of Mike and Harry put everyone else in the classroom into a state of anxiety.

(End of this chapter)