"Does Mars have no satellites?" Fred was doing his homework. Not long ago, he discovered that he had forgotten his homework for the astronomy class, and now he could only do it on the fly.
"Mars has two satellites, but the satellites are smaller." Albert answered Fred's question while flipping through the book: "The closer to the sun, the harder it is to form satellites. Mercury and Venus do not have satellites."
"So... Mercury and Venus, which one is closer to the sun." Fred continued to ask.
"Mercury is closer to the sun."
"Finally caught up, help me check if there are any errors there." A few minutes later, Fred stretched out and handed the parchment to Albert across the table.
The homework for the astronomy class is to draw a star diagram of the solar system. On the diagram, several major planets need to be drawn in detail, and the names of the planets and the number of satellites need to be marked.
Albert glanced at the star chart on the parchment and saw the problem with Fred's homework, and reminded him, "The positions of Saturn and Jupiter are wrong."
Fred took the parchment and changed the positions of Saturn and Jupiter.
After finishing his homework, Fred stretched, turned to look at George next to him and asked: "Are you done?"
George said matter-of-factly: "It's been done a long time ago."
Fred pretended to be angry and said: "Traitor, you actually did your homework secretly without telling me."
"I asked you to do it together, but you didn't do it yourself. Who can you blame?" George couldn't help but rolled his eyes at Fred, "I still remember what you said..."
"After you finish it, lend it to me to copy." Lee Jordan said with a smile.
"Yes, that's what you said then."
"You actually didn't lend it to me to copy."
"You didn't say you wanted to copy it!"
The twins started bickering every day again. In fact, the two of them were too busy to do such things.
"What are you reading again?" Lee Jordan asked curiously. He was doing today's homework. They were always used to doing homework with Albert. The advantage was that if they had any questions, they could ask them immediately and usually they could get them.
Jie Da is much faster than doing homework alone.
"Alchemy for Dummies." Albert turned the book over and showed the other party the cover. This book was "Simple Alchemy" introduced by Professor Brod.
"There seems to be no alchemy in the school." Angelina walked towards this side, holding a monocular telescope that would be used in astronomy classes, standing behind Albert and asked: "By the way, when are you going?
Astronomy Tower, class time is almost here."
"Wait ten more minutes." Albert took out his pocket watch, "I don't want to stay on the tower blowing the wind."
He put the pocket watch next to him and continued to look through the book in his hand. Unfortunately, this book was a bit thin, so even if he finished reading it, it would not be included in the hundred books.
The author of "Simple Alchemy" is Zuko.
Yes, it's the Zuko from Zuko's Joke Shop in Hogsmeade.
To be honest, Albert was a little surprised when he first saw the name of the author of this book.
Of course, it is not difficult to guess what the book written by the joke shop owner will contain.
This book actually tells everyone about the relationship between magic and alchemy.
The invisibility cloak that originally sounded noble turns into a cloak cast with a blinding spell in this book.
That's right, this thing has become a so-called alchemy tool.
The Blinding Spell can disguise an object, making it look like an inconspicuous stone on the roadside, or something else.
However, in the view of some wizards, using a blinding spell on a cloak is undoubtedly redundant, and they can use it on themselves.
Albert flipped through it and found out how to make the amulet.
However, the introduction in the book does not use the guardian tree to make the amulet, but uses the expulsion spell.
The amulet created by this kind of spell can expel some dark creatures, but it will also cause trouble to the wearer.
When you carry this amulet with you, it will be difficult to receive mail from owls. The banishing spell on the amulet will also banish owls.
Wizards who usually use this method to make amulets usually have very average spell usage skills and cannot further use the banishment spell.
"Simple Alchemy" also records how to make some prank and joke props. However, these weird gadgets are not welcomed by most alchemists.
After reading the entire book, Albert felt only one word: speechless.
The most shameful thing is that at the end of the book, there is a record of an alchemical item that is said to be able to drive away vampires - a garlic cross.
Albert almost burst out laughing when he saw this name.
Just like the name, it uses the principle that vampires hate garlic to create a cross that smells like garlic.
Here’s how to make garlic crosses simply:
Make a wooden cross, use alcohol to extract garlic, mix the extraction liquid with beeswax or essential oil in a water bath, and apply the mixture fully on the cross to make the cross full of garlic flavor...
Carrying a cross that smells like garlic always gives me an inexplicable sense of joy.
Well, this book really puts alchemy to shame!
"Is alchemy interesting?" Fred asked curiously.
"Interesting? No, alchemy can't be said to be interesting, but this book is very interesting." Albert closed the book and handed it to Fred. "After reading this book, my understanding of alchemy has greatly changed."
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"Let me see..." Fred flipped through a few pages and said regretfully, "This book is still too advanced for us to understand at all."
"If there was alchemy, it would be an elective course for third-year students, but it's a pity that Hogwarts doesn't have it." Fred said regretfully.
"Let me take a look." George took the book and suddenly shouted, startling several people next to him.
"What are you yelling at?" Li Qiaodan said angrily at George.
"Look, you definitely didn't find out who the author of this book was."
"author?"
"Zoko." George has been deeply attracted by the method of making joke props.
"Zoko from Zuko's Joke Shop." Several people asked curiously.
"Yes, that's him." Albert ignored George's resentful gaze and stuffed the book into his bag. "Let's go, it's almost time. If you are interested, there is still a long time. Anyway, the book is there."
"By the way, why are you interested in this?" George asked curiously while climbing the spiral staircase.
"I happened to have a conversation with Professor Brod when we were talking about Defense Against the Dark Arts. He suggested that I read this book, so I borrowed it and read it." Albert looked helpless: "It's just that I didn't expect it.
The content of this book was indeed a bit beyond my expectation.”
After reading "Simple Alchemy", Albert's understanding of alchemy went awry. Are the things in the book really considered alchemy?
In this regard, Albert retains his doubts in this regard.