"It seems that Scabbers is quite a mouse," Hermione said, breaking away from her surprise. After thinking about it carefully, she found that there seemed to be nothing special - Scabbers was an adult male mouse who went out to seduce several female mice.
, is it weird? It is weird that it has not been in heat after spending so many years in the Weasley family!
"Uh, so your wife is pregnant?" Unlike Hermione, Tom knew that Scabbers was Peter Pettigrew, so he was more concerned about another issue: if a wizard in the Animagus state mates with an animal, what will happen to him?
How should the things that come down be counted?
Man, beast, or orc?
Hearing Tom ask this question, the mouse named Winter Solstice rolled around and howled as if it had been stabbed by someone.
"No! No! You don't want that kind of thing! Let's talk about my wife finding other rats after I die - at least one year!" Dongzhi let out a desperate roar, and then was slapped down by Tom.
"Keep your voice down!" He glared at the mouse angrily. He didn't know what to do with the mouse. Maybe throwing it away was the best choice. But suddenly an idea came to Tom and he had a very bold idea.
Menis's emerald slate requires his blood to use, but the bottle of blood only has four or five drops, and it will be exhausted after a few uses. After using it, ask Menis for it? Yes, that's fine, but Tom is a little embarrassed:
Menes was very kind to him, but he had to know his limits. The pharaoh had lived to this day, and he was no different from a god. He had to be cautious in making demands and not be too greedy.
All in all, one drop less of the blood of Menes is used.
Tom must find a way to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. There is no way to reduce expenditure for the time being. Blood must be consumed every time. That is the rule of the Jade Slate, but there is a possibility of increasing revenue, and that is to use the activity of blood.
Tom and Hermione brought Winter Solstice to the Room of Requirement.
"I need a clean alchemy cabin." Tom said silently three times and then opened the door that appeared on the wall, revealing a neat cabin inside: a workbench, shelves and various tools and utensils.
"What do you want to do?" Dongzhi struggled in Tom's hands, but then a petrification spell completely ended its resistance. It could only watch as it was placed on the alchemy table and fixed by Tom with a rope.
hands and feet.
It watched Tom take out a small bottle from his arms, which was filled with bright red liquid. Just looking at this bottle of blood, it felt a little dizzy, as if it had seen something very scary.
.
"Wait!" At the critical moment, his little mind suddenly had an idea and came up with a brilliant idea.
"Are you looking for a mouse to inject blood?" it asked nervously, squeaking, "maybe one of mine is not enough? I can call a few more for you."
"Okay." To Dongzhi's surprise, Tom actually agreed after thinking for a while.
Winter Solstice's little calculation is very loud: I will comfort Tom first, and when I am released into the Forbidden Forest, wouldn't it mean that the sea is wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky is high enough for birds to fly?
Unfortunately, Tom saw through its wishful thinking immediately. He fiddled with it twice on the workbench, and then inserted a small metal block into Dongzhi's lower back.
Dong Zhi only felt a chill in his lower back, as if a foreign object had been stuffed in, followed by a stinging pain. Tom whispered in its ear: "Before the sun sets, take your friends back to the castle.
, I will unplug this for you, otherwise, when the time comes, it will explode and blow you into two pieces." Tom gestured, making Dongzhi tremble in fear.
Tom put Winter Solstice down from the alchemy table, lifted the petrification spell on it, and watched it quickly disappear at the end of the corridor.
"So that little copper block will really explode at sunset?" Hermione was a little curious, and at the same time she couldn't help but feel a sense of pity in her heart - it was just that she couldn't understand the words of mice before, but now she can understand mice
What are you saying, but you are a little reluctant to do anything to them.
"It won't explode," Tom denied his statement, "it will only stretch out and break its spine when the time is up."
Hermione:......
"I always feel..."
"That's just because you can understand what it says. In fact, what is the difference between this and using mice in Muggle laboratories to conduct experiments?" Tom interrupted Hermione, "And I'm sure that this mouse will become addicted in the future.
Being involved in this kind of trade - even if there are no restrictions, it will continue to bring rats here."
After hearing what Tom said, Hermione stopped talking.
Soon, Dongzhi returned to the castle gate with two mice, but was bumped into by Tom. He easily caught the two mice, placed them on the alchemy table, and easily removed the timing device for Dongzhi.
Tom threw the small copper block on the table. Not long after, two wing-like blades suddenly popped out from both ends of the metal block, making Dongzhi tremble in fright.
"If you don't come back, this blade will naturally pop out and teach you a lesson." Tom glanced at the frail Dongzhi, but the movements of his hands did not stop. He tied up the mouse skillfully, and then removed it from the bottle.
A little Menis blood was selected and injected into a mouse.
The effect was immediate. As soon as the blood entered the body, the mouse began to tremble violently. The drop of blood seemed to come alive, swimming around in its body, and finally stopped at its chest and stopped moving, making the mouse's chest bulge.
A small bump appeared, like a tumor.
However, the tumor was growing with every heart beat of the mouse, and the mouse's fur was visibly dimming. Within a minute, a young and strong mouse became old. The originally chubby mouse
He turned into skin and bones, and his shiny fur became dry and forked.
Later, its heart stopped beating, leaving only the "tumor" that had grown several times. Tom took out a silver needle, punctured the bulge, and watched as the blood beads, which were slightly larger than before the injection, rolled out.
on the desktop.
winter solstice:!
Fortunately, I am smart, otherwise this mummy would be me!
Next, Tom ignored the second mouse's squeaking and poured blood into it.
Looking at the blood beads that were almost twice as big as before, Tom breathed a sigh of relief: It would be great if it could continue to develop. Now blood has changed from a non-renewable resource to a renewable resource.
He glanced at Dongzhi, which made it feel frightened, but before it could say anything, Tom stuffed a piece of dried meat into its paw.
"Thank you for your hard work. We can continue to cooperate in the future." Tom gently placed Winter Solstice on the ground and sent it out of the Room of Requirement.
Seeing Tom walking away and smelling the aroma of dried meat in his hands, Dongzhi suddenly felt that this deal seemed not bad?
Tom didn't care what Winter Solstice thought. What he cared about was the quality of the blood in his hands. He urgently needed to give it a try.