Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 478 Veritaserum

Slughorn's expression was a little weird, just as Mike regarded Slughorn as a tiger deliberately pretending to be a pig, Mike's status in Slughorn's eyes was also very high.

Slughorn admired Mike's talent, strength, wisdom, wealth and personality. He was even convinced that as long as Mike was given a little time, sooner or later he would become the most handsome man in the whole country and even in Europe. Noble and wealthy people.

Slughorn is convinced of this. He believes in his own vision, so he tries to make friends with Mike.

But recent events have shown Slughorn a different side of Mike.

Crazy, violent, vicious, decisive and indifferent to life.

When he posted a reward order, the whole of Hogwarts and even the thousands of outlaws outside all went crazy. All of this made Slughorn fearful, and now he dared not speak in front of Mike. He pretended to be a wall, because he found that the other party could easily pinch him to death as long as he waved his hand.

So when he found out that Mike came to visit him, Slughorn actually refused in his heart. He had a premonition that the other party must have troublesome things to do when he came to visit him at this time, but the other party was surprisingly polite, and, The question that was raised turned out to be only about the side effects of veritaserum.

This made Slughorn a little confused.

Fortunately, Slughorn is also a person who has experienced strong winds and waves. He quickly reacted and said:

"There is no way to remove the side effects of Veritaserum. After all, this formula has been perfected to the extreme, and there is no room for improvement."

"is it?"

Mike sighed lightly, but the expression on his face was not so disappointed.

He was about to leave, since his question had already been answered, there was no need for him to stay here any longer.

But just as he turned to leave, Slughorn said again:
"However, there are potions that have the same effect as Veritaserum but with minimal side effects."

With that, Slughorn waved his wand.

A thick grimoire flew from the bookshelf behind it to Mike's front, and he opened it automatically.

"Look, this is it." Slughorn pointed to a line of words written in ancient runes with the tip of his staff and said to Mike, "The truth potion, its effect is also to make the user only speak the truth, But the effect is much worse than Veritaserum. Well, the duration is about half of the difference, and there is a certain chance that the other party will talk nonsense, making it impossible to ask. But the same as its weak effect, its side effects are also very Small, people who take this drug will only feel a little dazed, and this symptom will be cured as long as you sleep."

Slughorn had obviously entered the teaching mode, and his spittle flew all over the place, and Mike had to step back a little to avoid being sprayed by the droplets.

"Is this...is it really useful?"

Mike asked in disbelief, he never had hope for Slughorn.He's here just for show.

But now it seems that the opponent is obviously more powerful than he expected.

"Of course it works. When I was young, I used to prepare this potion and experimented on a Muggle. This potion is definitely effective!" After speaking, Slughorn's face changed, and he waved his hands in panic. He stared at Mike with those big eyes and said, "Oh! You heard it wrong just now, I said that I did an experiment on a leper dwarf. Yes, a leper dwarf! Experimenting with Muggles or something is I will not do such an inhumane thing if it breaks the law!"

Mike looked at Slughorn coldly, and the words of the other party once again reminded Mike of the status of Muggles in the eyes of wizards.

Just like humans use monkeys and orangutans to conduct experiments, wizards also use Muggles to do magic research. In the eyes of wizards, Muggles are really a suitable experimental material. After all, Muggles' bodies and Wizards are pretty much the same.

Mike recalled that he had learned all kinds of esoteric potions, transfiguration and black magic, and his body couldn't help shivering. Behind this knowledge, it is unknown how many innocent lives were ruthlessly taken away.

Mike himself is also a person with bloody hands, but he still has an instinctive aversion to human experiments. It has nothing to do with the Virgin or not, but the latter is really desperate.

Beads of sweat began to appear on Slughorn's cheeks, and the expression on his face became a little frightened.

All this was because Mike's expression became more and more frightened, that ferocious expression, as if he would take out his wand and cast a death curse on himself at any time.

Slowly backing away, Slughorn reached into his suit liner pocket and grabbed a small glass bottle, which contained Folin, one of his last resorts.

However, what Slughorn was worried about did not happen, and the hideous look on Mike's face quickly disappeared and returned to the previous smiling face.

But as long as you observe carefully, you can find that although Mike's face is full of smiles, it gives people a feeling of not smiling. The original goodwill has completely disappeared, replaced by It's pure cold.

"I have another question, Professor." Mike said, "Since the side effects of this mantra potion are so low and the effect is acceptable, why are everyone using Veritaserum now?"

Slughorn obviously hasn't recovered from the shock just now, his hands are still in the pockets of the suit lining, and he stammered:
"This... This is because of the cost. The cost of configuring the truth potion is very high, almost twice that of Veritaserum. In addition, it is more difficult to make than Veritaserum, so gradually no one makes it It is. In fact, it is almost lost, and now there are basically only a dozen people in Europe who know how to configure it."

"Is that so?" Mike said with a smile, "Then can I ask the professor to help me make some mantra potions? It's embarrassing to say, but I need a lot of potions, probably enough for 100 people. But Don't worry, I will provide all the materials, including you, I will also prepare a generous reward."

"This...of course there is no problem. It is my duty as a professor to help students."

"Then I won't disturb your rest."

With that said, Mike slowly left the office.

As the office door was gently closed, Slughorn finally breathed a sigh of relief. Mike's appearance just now was so scary that he almost thought he was going to die.

Panting heavily, Slughorn instinctively reached for the cigar on the other side to take a puff to calm his shock, but all he touched was a mass of ashes.

When he looked down, he saw that the half-smoked cigar had already been burned out, and the expensive carpet under his feet had also been burned with a big hole by the cigarette butt.

"Merlin's beard..."

Slughorn yelled instinctively, but just as he opened his mouth, the door of the office was opened.

"Oh! By the way, Professor. I forgot to say just now that you don't need to keep the matter I asked you to keep secret. If someone asks about it, you should tell him the truth. Then, this time, I am really leaving. professor."

The door of the office was gently closed again, but the expression on Slughorn's face was very exciting, because he hadn't received any warning when Mike opened the door just now, and he spent a lot of money to decorate the room. The ban on the door seemed to not exist in front of Mike!
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On Monday, Hogwarts finally regained some of its school appearance. The various damages caused by the student riots in the castle were also quickly restored with the efforts of the house elves and the punitive labor of many students who made mistakes.

The subjects of the various professors have basically returned to normal, and even Slughorn, who was cowardly hiding in the office at the beginning of the incident, has returned to the podium.

Have to say it's a good thing, especially for the [-]th and [-]th graders.

Because no matter how severe the external situation is, they have to take the OWL and NEWT exams that can determine their future lives this year. You must know that Hogwarts has no chance to repeat.

Now that classes have resumed, students should go to class.

This is the concept that Dumbledore firmly implements, even students like Mike are no exception.

Ever since, Mike ran to class with his book in his arms.

What they are going to have this morning is Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class. The task assigned by Professor McGonagall is to turn a mouse into a cat. This is a difficult task for the sixth grade students, because it involves biology. As for behavioral habits, if you conjure up a cat that gnaws and bites like a mouse, you are not qualified.

Hermione was the happiest about being able to go back to class, but it wasn't the same for everyone else, especially the students who participated in the riot, most of them still had bruises and scars on their faces, it was outrageous Professor Snape left them.

These people waved their magic wands with sullen faces. Due to their poor mental state, the cats they created also seemed a little sluggish.

Mike didn't sympathize with them at all. What they did before was really bad, so in the rest of the semester, they had to use their spare time to complete the punishments given by the professors while completing a lot of schoolwork, including compulsory Labour, review reports and confinement.

Professor McGonagall on the podium didn't look very good either. Her mouth was tightly pressed together from the beginning to the end of the class. Anyone who knew her well knew that this was a sign of her anger.

And if you want to say who is the most relaxed in the whole class, it must be Mike.

It only took him 5 minutes to turn the sent mouse into a clingy black cat, and then he flipped through a magic book called "The Magic of Language" as if no one else was there, completely ignoring it. Professor McGonagall's murderous eyes.

After a Transfiguration class, the Ravenclaw student sitting next to Mike was frightened into a cold sweat.

He was terribly afraid of Professor McGonagall. Just the little murderous aura that Professor McGonagall exuded scared him so much that he could hardly even hold his wand.

At 11 o'clock, Professor McGonagall announced the end of get out of class on time. This is one of Professor McGonagall's characteristics, and she will never procrastinate.

When Professor McGonagall stepped on his high-heeled shoes and walked away, the whole classroom was considered to be alive. Everyone walked to the restaurant one by one, some of them were physically punished, some were severely punished, and they needed help to walk.

Mike also packed his things and got up and walked to the door alone. Franklin skipped class today to help Mike.

"Mike!"

Hermione's familiar voice came from behind, and Mike looked back, and as expected, Harry's trio was behind him.

"It's a coincidence that you are here, let's go eat together." Mike said with a smile, "Harry, Ron, I can share some of my lunch with you in a while. The house elves in the kitchen don't know what went crazy recently , I was given more and more food, and I was embarrassed to waste food, so I had to bite the bullet and finish it every time, that feeling was too uncomfortable."

Hearing that Harry and Ron nodded quickly, they also felt that the house elves in the kitchen were crazy.It's just that unlike Mike, the house elves always give Gryffindor little food, and they can't eat enough.

Hermione gave the two foodies a blank look, and then looked at Mike worriedly.

"Mike, do you really want to torture every student in the school with that weakened Veritaserum Potion called Truth Potion?"

Mike raised his eyebrows and said:

"Who told you?"

"We listened to Angelina, but it doesn't matter because Angelina also listened to other people."

"That's right. In fact, the fact that you are going to feed all the teachers and students the potion of truth has spread throughout Hogwarts."

"If you ask me, this is really not a good idea. Although Azkaban is gone now, this matter is illegal after all. It is impossible for Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic to turn a blind eye!"

The three of you, Harry and Hermione, talked about the matter one by one, and Mike nodded after listening to them. After they finished speaking, he tried to suppress the corners of his mouth that wanted to rise, and pretended to be firm. like said:

"There is no need to discuss this matter. This is the only way to find the assassin. I will never give up."

Mike's voice was a bit loud, and many students around him after class heard what he said, and after hearing what he said, they all quickened their pace, fearing that Mike would find out.

Hermione and Harry didn't look very good either, they didn't expect Mike to be so stubborn.

But as friends, they cannot sit back and watch their best friends go astray. With this belief, Hermione is going to persuade Mike again.

But before she could speak, Mike waved his hand to signal her to stop talking, pointed in the direction of the auditorium and said:
"Okay, don't talk about this now. Let's go to dinner first."

After speaking, Mike turned and walked towards the auditorium.

And Harry and the others looked at each other, and finally took a step to keep up with Mike.

(End of this chapter)