Obviously a lot happened today, but Sean, who was exhausted physically and mentally, didn't feel too sleepy.
Thinking of the elixir of blessing, he took down a book he had marked from the bookshelf in the Room of Requirement.
"Twelve Tips for Bewitching Witches"
Among the high-end magic theory books that Sean often reads, this book's style is slightly inconsistent.
This is a book about how to date and flirt with girls. The author Zachariah Fleming is not well-known, so the sales of this book are not very impressive.
When Sean saw this book for the first time, Ron was reading it attentively - he could have sworn that Ron had never shown such an expression while reading any magic textbook in the five years he had been at school.
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Then, Ron showed Sean the treasure he got from the Weasley twins.
"This is no ordinary book, it is heavy gold..." Ron Weasley commented.
However, after the evaluation, he still glared at Sean with dissatisfaction: "Man, you don't need this, stay away from me, otherwise when I'm reading, I will think of someone standing next to me who can make countless dates without even reading.
Hot girl’s buddy.”
Sean shrugged and said he was leaving immediately, but a casual glance before leaving made Sean discover some interesting content.
He ordered the book from Diagon Alley and found the passage he wanted.
There are almost no scenes that require the use of a magic wand in this book, "Twelve Tips to Captivate Witches." The author spends more than two hundred pages teaching you how to flatter beautiful witches with various personalities.
Among them, in order to make his teaching more vivid, the author gives many examples of how he attracts witches who seem to be difficult to deal with.
The author cited an example in the book, which was a practical exercise on how he once made a potions master fall in love with him.
Yes, this author calls it a "walkthrough."
In his description, the witch who was very good at potions came from an ancient pure-blood family. However, the ideals of the pure-blood family led to this witch's childhood life being unhappy - especially her mother's mental illness.
there are some problems.
In order to cure her mother, the witch has been devoted to the research of various potions, not only modern potions, but also looking for many classics on ancient potions.
However, before she could find a way to cure her mother, her mother died due to a potion accident - the mentally ill mother wanted to brew a pot of joyful potion for her daughter.
, but an accident resulted in his eventual loss of life.
Generally speaking, this witch is very lonely. The author's original words are: "She has lost the ability to love someone."
"A lonely person will lack a sense of security and self-confidence and may engage in escaping behavior."
"She doesn't accept you, not necessarily because she feels bad or inappropriate for you now, but she pessimistically predicts that your future may be fruitless, so she chooses not to start -"
"In order to win this lady's heart, I tried almost all methods, specifically: don't be stingy with expressions, praise her more (don't be fake but give heartfelt and specific compliments); let her feel that you care about her
Unabashed preference; at the same time, don’t show too much purpose (being good to you means liking you, that’s all, you don’t need to ask for anything from her), so that she can get along with you without any pressure or baggage..."
"I do all this so that my readers can learn how to deal with different ladies, and the potion witch in this case, oh, readers, believe me, is more difficult to deal with than you think.
There’s so much!”
"So, I want to talk about another characteristic of a loner: competitiveness. This witch was not willing to communicate with me at first, but I was keenly aware of one thing - she was indifferent to everything except potions."
"She loves potions but hates potions. She learned potions to save her mother, but her mother died from potions again, which made her not touch the crucible for a long time - when I discovered this
When I was young, I chose to do one thing.”
"I went to make up for most of the potions that I had lost during school. I even spent a lot of money to buy some manuscripts of potions masters. Then, I showed my skills in an accidental scene - and then, I caused a stir.
Her interest."
"Before this, although I was very friendly and gentle, she only thought I was annoying. So, after seeing the pot of good life and death water I brewed, she laughed at me and pointed out many of the things I said about her.
Shortcomings in refining potions."
"Readers, this is the key - she took the initiative to communicate with me."
For more than a dozen pages, the author described the entire process of how he went from an unwelcome stranger to the only trusted close person. However, Sean felt that he was a bit exaggerated and that there should be a lot of creative elements mixed in.
Of course, these are not the key, the key is what happens next.
The author spends some space describing the scene after the two dated many times. At this time, it is no longer teaching, but rather like a biography in which the author brags about his own experiences.
"Friends, you have to know that it is very difficult to pursue a lonely witch. If anyone reading my book is doing this, you must be convinced."
"However, when you succeed, the other person's enthusiasm is unparalleled. In order to give everyone more expectations and confidence during the actual operation, I decided to choose a period when I was dating the other person and talk about it, so that you will find out
, how effective my method is, and how enthusiastic the cold witch is in front of you."
"We made a date in a pub... (followed by a long tutorial on how to choose a date place)"
"When I saw her, I was pleasantly surprised and complimented her on her outfit today, and for the first time, I truly felt how charming the lady in front of me was. Yes, I fell directly into it at that time.
, want to spend the rest of my life with this lady.”
"At the time, I didn't even notice anything was wrong with all this. As a prodigal, I only fell in love with a delicate flower. This was obviously not my character, laugh."
"We talked a lot that night, the lady was charming as hell, we drank a lot, and in the end, naturally, we had a wonderful night - oh, I know what you want to see, if you want Go search for my other book released by Countryside Press, The Wonderful Witch…”
This author seems to have a side job...
"As we lay in bed cuddling each other, the lady confessed to me that she had drunk the legendary good luck potion before meeting me - a small bottle of this magical potion worth many Galleons. The effort Madam made to see me.”
Sean could feel a sense of superiority from the author's choice of words and sentences. Obviously, the other party used the good luck potion, which made the author feel very proud - although Sean didn't know what this guy's brain circuit was like. .
"Readers, please note that she confessed to me, which is enough to prove that I have completely taken root in the deepest part of her heart and she is mine."
"Of course, follow-up response is also important - I gently expressed how happy I was that this happened, and she was so moved that she almost cried."
"In order to make the atmosphere more relaxed and maintain my image as a potion master, I casually asked about good luck potions - of course, I am also very interested in such potions."
"However, the lady told me that the good luck potion was very difficult to brew and it was her last stock."
"I didn't openly express my regrets, but I asked the other person with interest for various details about the good luck potion - which made her happier because I mentioned the areas she was good at, although she didn't get a good response. I regret carrying the potion very much."
"'The medicinal effect of Fuling Ling Potion is more powerful than what people think. I have studied this potion for a long time, and finally found that Fuling Ling Potion is not just about bringing good luck to people.' The lady described it to me in detail Come up, 'People think that frequent or excessive use of Fuling Ling will cause side effects. However, I found that as long as you drink Fuling Ling, even if it is the first time, even if you only drink a little bit, side effects will definitely occur.' "
"I showed great interest in this topic to guide the other person to continue talking - in fact, I have no interest. It is too difficult to brew this kind of potion."
"'The way the Elixir of Fortune exerts its effect is different from what most people imagine. It does bring good luck. However, if you ask me to describe it, the Elixir of Fortune brings good luck to wizards for a period of time. The most pressing and best choice among all the others'"
"'Fu Ling Elixir makes the perfect choice for the user among many possibilities, and this effect comes at a price - I don't know the specific price, but I have reason to believe that this price is A mechanism for repayment.'"
"'This mechanism will happen someday in the future, and if you take it too often, you will definitely feel it more strongly.'"
"She told me many of her research results in detail and proudly. I expressed my appreciation, and then she couldn't leave me!"
Seeing this, Sean closed the book "Twelve Tips for Convincing Witches." The author only mentioned part of the words of the witch, and the rest were his "teaching time" and bragging.
At the end, the author did not tell the witch's full name, but only mentioned that he called her "Mina".
However, by coincidence, Sean happened to know a potions witch named "Mina", which he saw in Snape's manuscript.
Snape's Potion Notes will also record some inspiration and information he received from other Potion Masters. Among them, it is mentioned that a witch named Minavar Uribe once studied the Felixir in depth.
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With Snape's character, he would naturally not come to ask for advice, so he just mentioned it.
Sean went to check the information and finally saw the news in a Daily Prophet from more than ten years ago.
"The famous potion master Delia Doherty recently held a small discussion with potion scholars from various countries. The participants were xxx, xxx...Ms. Minaval Uribe from Colombia..."
Sean followed this news and Lupine helped him find the local magic daily newspaper in Colombia, and the witch was mentioned in one of them.
"Minavar Uribe, a well-known local potion witch, passed away at home recently. This lonely lady was said to have suffered emotional deception, which made her completely lose the confidence to go out of the house. However, God did not
Instead of caring for him, the lady suffered an unfortunate and ridiculous accident while brewing the potion at home."
"According to the investigation by people from the Ministry of Magic who arrived afterwards, Ms. Minerva Uribe seemed to have accidentally touched the crucible while brewing the potion, and the temperature of the crucible made the woman move. Coincidentally, she moved again.
She hit the silver knife that was lying on the edge of the table. The silver knife fell and hit her foot."
"Originally this was just a small accident, but unfortunately, there seemed to be something wrong with the potion brewed by Ms. Minavar Uribe. The crucible exploded and the potion flowed into her wound.
among.”
"This potion is not difficult, but you need to be careful when handling one of the medicinal ingredients, and this requirement will cause a huge amount of blood loss from the wound."
"In this way, poor Ms. Minaval Uribe lost a lot of blood and died at home."
"After investigation, it was indeed just a heartbreaking accident. Although it was a coincidence, it can only be said to be a tragedy, an unexpected tragedy."
At that time, Sean was shocked when he saw all the news.
When a potion master brews such a potion, it stands to reason that no accidents will happen, and even if an accident occurs, it can be solved relatively easily.
Accidentally touching the crucible is usually a low-level mistake that occurs when the brewer is not paying attention. Placing the silver knife on the table is also a low-level mistake. And the explosion of the crucible is even more unreasonable.
Moreover, no matter which one of these three mistakes occurs alone, it will cause at most a small accident, rather than such a fatal result. However, the three accidents happened at the same time.
In the end, Ms. Minaval Uribe died unfortunately.
Originally, no one would think of all this as a magical elixir. After investigation, the suspicion of intentional homicide was also ruled out.
However, Sean discovered something. In that book, the witch once said that she no longer had the elixir in stock.
Generally speaking, wizards who brew the elixir of good fortune will brew a lot at one time, keeping at most one bottle for themselves, and the rest for sale or as gifts to their friends - after all, one pot at a time is not too small.
But this witch is withdrawn...
Sean suspected that the other party might have taken the Fuling Elixir excessively.
This large amount of taking led to bad results, and the way she died was too coincidental.
Sean now seriously doubts whether the side effects of Fuling Elixir are a manifestation of this.