The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 106 Twilight
Looking at the words floating in the air, Fred said, "The Twilight House?" The name was a bit veiled, and Fred didn't think of the meaning of the name for a while.

Ada pointed at herself first, and then at the twins. The letter T made of magic power flew to her hand, and the letter W split into two and flew to Fred and George respectively.

"Whether it's the Twilight House or the Twilight Cabin, it doesn't matter, all I want is the word Twilight." Ada explained to the two brothers, "T stands for Drizzt, and W stands for Wayne." Sly, we are each other's lights."

This is Ada's idea, simple and pure, whenever she feels tired, the twins always bring her happiness and give her the courage to keep going.

Ada has tried to please many people, hoping that these people can become her own help, but the twins have never been within the scope of this pleasing, but they are Ada's first light in this miserable world.

It was an exaggeration, but Fred and George were the two most important people in her life right now.One or two confidantes and friends are enough to overcome everything in a lifetime.

The origin of good dreams is the easiest to wake up. Even if everything in front of me is a dream of Ada, after waking up, Ada will still remember this light that came the easiest.

It's just that Guangming has been disobedient recently. He's having a temper tantrum with Ada, and it's made her hungry.

The three names are quite meaningful, but the one proposed by Ada is more directional and has a better meaning.Fred and George thought for a while, and voted for Ida. From now on, the Twilight Cabin (Screaming Shack) is the secret base of the three.

The twins have been working on gizmos since this semester, but they can only hide in the dormitory, and they may be reported at any time.Now they can come to the Twilight Cabin with their fortune teller, no one will bother them here, the twins just need to pay attention, don't set this place on fire.

This house is more of a symbolic meaning to Ada, and the things she does cannot be done here.Ada can't fight with dolls in the Twilight Cabin, she's not Erha, she's not interested in demolishing the house.

However, if Ada wants to make something that violates the school rules, such as potions, it can be done here. Of course, the raw materials at this stage can only come from Snape's private storage, and the work of scholars cannot be called "stealing" .

The clouds scattered and the rain rested, not only did the relationship between the three people not be affected, but it went a step further.With Ada's help, Fred and George quickly mastered the method of hitting a willow knot with a stone. The two brothers also packed all their experimental equipment and moved to the Twilight Cabin.

Ada and the house elf Winnie re-enforced the magical protection of the Twilight Cabin so that the sound generated inside the house would not be transmitted to the outside, otherwise the occasional noise in the house would definitely frighten the villagers of Hogsmeade.

It wouldn't be a big deal to scare the villagers, but it would be bad if rumors spread that the hut was haunted again and attracted some well-fed wizards with nothing to do.If these people come to explore, the secret of Twilight Cabin will not be kept.

At the end of January, Ada had basically completed the tasks previously assigned by Snape, and today was the last day of finishing work.At seven o'clock in the evening, Ada came to the cabin next to Snape's private storage room on time, ready to finish.

There are three crucibles on the table, the crucible in the middle is purple-red, and its raw materials are mainly poisonous foxglove and a small amount of unicorn blood; the crucible on the left is mainly made of lionfish spine powder, and the crucible on the right But it was a pot of poison, one drop could kill Ada.

Since returning to school, Ada has been busy working on these three crucibles, and from time to time, she has to make additional finished potions and put them into the three crucibles as raw materials.

Fortunately, the ordeal was over, and Ida followed Snape's instructions and put the three kinds of potions into three glass bottles of different models.After it was done, he took out a crucible again, lit a fire, and added wormwood fluid and bezoar powder into the pot.

Just as the liquid in the cauldron began to bubble, Snape pushed open the door and walked in, timing it just right.He first smelled the smell in the three glass bottles, and then waved away Ada in front of the crucible.

"Look, remember, don't ask questions," Snape said.Although he was talking, his hands didn't stop at all. Snape dropped three drops of the poison from the smallest glass bottle into the cauldron.

The boiling medicinal liquid in the crucible cooled down, and it was as calm as a pool of stagnant water.Snape shook the glass bottle in his hand and said, "You know what this is?"

"Styx Decoction." Ada replied, she had seen it in "Deadly Potion", "When you drink it, you will feel a strong burning sensation in your stomach, or you may feel that your body is frozen."

"One drop can kill you and me." Ada added, and she didn't know what Snape was doing with this stuff. Although it had bezoar powder added in it, Ada still felt that this stuff was still deadly. Even if the toxicity is partially resolved, the person who drinks it will suffer and die.

Snape didn't speak, but concentrated on the cauldron in front of him. This was the first time in more than a year that Ada saw Snape so seriously.Ada had often stolen Snape's process of making potions before, but he had never shown such an expression,
The flame under the cauldron was turned up by Snape, and the blazing flame quickly boiled the liquid in the cauldron. At this moment, Snape poured the potion made from lionfish spine powder into the cauldron.

The Styx decoction added first was used to kill people, and the lion fish spine powder added later was used to cure diseases and save lives. It is not clear what Ada will produce when the two potions are mixed together.

Time passed by, and when the liquid in the crucible changed from light to dark, Snape dripped three more drops of Styx Potion into it, and then poured the purple-red potion in the last glass bottle into the crucible.

While pouring the potion, Snape stirred clockwise with a glass rod. After pouring all the potion, he started stirring counterclockwise again.The flame that was burning just now was also reduced by him, and the slow fire was like cooking soup, but the taste of this pot of soup should not be much better.

"What do you think the function of this pot of potion is?" Snape's right index finger circled counterclockwise above the cauldron, and the glass rod stirred counterclockwise in the cauldron following the rhythm of his fingers.

A poison used to kill people, a potion used to treat injuries, and the last potion that can save lives, plus wormwood body fluid and bezoar powder, the composition of this synthetic potion is really complicated , even somewhat contradictory.

"For life-saving?" Ada wasn't very sure, it was just her personal guess.

"It's not too stupid to be cured." Snape said, "It can save lives, but it can also be used to kill people. This pot is enough to make you live in Azkaban for a lifetime."

The potion in the cauldron gradually became darker and darker, like a pot of ink, and the smell was very familiar to Ada.Ada had smelled it at Snape's place early in the term, and it had smelled in Glover Cecil's flask when she was at the Black Lake.

Ada didn't think that Snape had poisoned Cecil for the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts.Professor Cecil drank the liquid from the flask by himself, and the taste could not be distinguished by one or two drops.

"Is Professor Cecil's health..." Ada didn't continue, she was not a hard-hearted person, anyway, Professor Cecil did treat her very well, knowing that he was not in good health, Ada still felt a little bit nervous. sad.

"When a healthy person drinks this potion, he will die within a few minutes, with guts pierced and a terrible appearance." Snape extinguished the flame and let the potion cool by itself, "but when After a dying person drinks it, it is possible to live on."

"After taking the first sip, you have to keep drinking it and live on until the day when your magic power dissipates."

Snape took out a box from the cabinet, which contained glass bottles of normal size. He put all the cooled potions into the glass bottles, put the lid on the box and handed it to Ada.

"Since you already know, send this to Cecil," Snape continued.

(End of this chapter)