"By the way, who are the two girls over there? They don't look very happy." Because the topic discussed just now was too serious, when he walked to the yard after dinner, Ron pointed at a couple walking over.
The girl tried to change the subject.
"They are the Montgomery sisters. Their brother was bitten by a werewolf. It is said that it was because their mother refused to help the Death Eaters." Harry said with an ugly face. "Although I heard that their brother was saved by a powerful wizard.
But he still turned into a werewolf."
"Oh, I'm sorry. I really don't know anything about them." Ron apologized sincerely. He originally wanted to make a joke to make Harry relax, but he really didn't expect to hear such bad news.
"So Harry, you have to get that memory. This is all to stop the mysterious man, right? All the terrible things happening now are caused by him..." Hermione said sadly.
.
"Don't be so depressed, at least little Andrew is doing well now." Ryan comforted Hermione through the Phoenix mark. "Last weekend when I went to treat werewolves, Professor Lupine told me that the Montgomery family of three are doing well in Norway.
Montgomery found a job that suited them, and little Andrew made new friends."
"I know." Hermione nodded slightly. "But the incident itself is indeed a tragedy. We can't guarantee that everyone is as lucky as him. So I hope Harry can find that memory so that he can recover as soon as possible."
Defeating the mysterious man will prevent such tragedies from happening again."
"I believe things will get better, and I wish you all the best this afternoon." Ryan said. At this time, the bell in the castle rang. Ryan and Hermione hugged her goodbye, and then watched her leave with a group of classmates.
The castle gate prepares to go to Hogsmeade to take the Apparition exam.
There were only four people in the Potions class that afternoon. Apart from Ryan and Harry, the only ones left were Ernie and Draco Malfoy.
"Are you under the age of Apparition?" Slughorn asked kindly. "Not yet seventeen?"
Everyone nodded, and Slughorn suddenly became excited. "It seems that your students are all older. When I was at Hogwarts, I had the first Apparition every year.
For exams, my classes tend to have more people than I do now.”
Ryan can understand what is going on, because Voldemort was completely wiped out the year they were born. In this case, everyone will naturally go out from the home where they have been hiding for a long time and have a good time.
For example, when Voldemort was raging, there wasn't much to do if you were hiding at home. Apart from eating and sleeping, you could only have children. So it's normal for the wizarding world to have a low fertility rate during this period.
"Okay," just as Ryan was thinking about these historical details from more than ten years ago, he heard Slughorn clapped his hands and said happily, "Since there are so few people, let's do something fun. I want you to
Give me something interesting for each person!"
"Sounds great, sir." Ernie rubbed his hands and said flatteringly. Malfoy didn't smile at all. It seemed that his father's imprisonment and the tasks assigned by Voldemort had put too much pressure on him. "What do you mean, 'interesting'"
'Something?' he asked irritably.
"Oh, give me a surprise." Slughorn replied easily. However, this sentence did not excite Malfoy. Ryan saw him open his "Advanced Potion Making" with a sullen face, looking resentful.
It was obvious that he thought this class was a waste of time. Sitting in the basement classroom was undoubtedly a waste of time that could be used to go to the Room of Requirement.
Two days ago, Ryan just went to the Room of Requirement to check on the progress of the disappearing cabinet's repairs. By the way, he used his newly improved understanding of the rules of space to strengthen the traps he had previously placed on the disappearing cabinet, so that the traps' effectiveness and concealment would be improved at the same time.
Before, he was a little worried that Malfoy would discover the tricks he had done in the disappearing cabinet. But after careful inspection, he realized that he had overthought it. Malfoy's level of alchemy was far lower than he thought.
Take the Vanishing Cabinet that Malfoy is currently repairing. His repair progress on this alchemy equipment is very slow. Ryan feels that the results of his repairs in more than half a semester would only take two hours at most if it were done by himself.
Fixed.
In addition to the slow progress, the repair level of the disappearing cabinet is also unsatisfactory. During the inspection, Ryan found that the entire prop only repaired the core space transfer circle, and many of the attached magic runes were still damaged. This is reflected in the actual operation.
Items can already be transferred between disappearing cabinets, but in the absence of the magic runes for positioning and protection, there is a high probability that the items being transferred will be irreversibly damaged during the transfer process.
Of course, it is impossible to teleport under such circumstances. So Malfoy looks much thinner and sluggish now than at the beginning of the semester, and his skin has become paler, even with a dark blue tint. Not at all.
The arrogance on the train that Harry mentioned before. Think about it, after spending a lot of energy only to find that the disappearing cabinet is still unusable and the task is completely impossible to complete, anyone would become like him now.
Ryan is not a saint, so Malfoy's misfortune made Ryan feel good now. In addition, Slughorn did not specify the potion to be brewed this time. So he decided to take this opportunity to fish and make whatever he wanted.
Pass this time.
"Ah, it looks great." An hour and a half later, Slughorn walked up to Harry first and then stared at the sun-like golden liquid in Harry's cauldron and clapped his hands and shouted, "The joy potion, isn't it? Then
What does it taste like? Well... you added a sprig of peppermint, didn't you? Unorthodox, but what a genius idea, Harry. Of course, it counteracts the occasional side effects of singing too much and twisting your nose etc.
Side effects. I really don’t know where you got these fantastic ideas, my child... unless it’s your mother’s genes that are showing up in you!”
"Oh... maybe," Harry said, and then he said in a slightly flattering tone, "Can I come visit you tonight?"
"Of course, kid, of course. The door of my office will always be open to a genius like you." The fat Slughorn looked very happy after hearing Harry's words. His beard was up and down, and he looked like
Like those fat seals at the zoo. "We can have a little party in my office tonight."
Ryan made a perfect pot of mental soothing potion in this class, of course! In the eyes of Slughorn, this is definitely not as good as Harry's creative formula beyond the textbook. But it is better than Ernie
Ernie once hurriedly invented his own potion because he was trying to outdo Harry in class, but it condensed into a purple gnocchi at the bottom of the cauldron. Malfoy, like Ryan, was also caught off guard.
In the whole class, I only made one pot of passable hiccup potion.
"Okay, the first step has been taken." After the bell rang, the four people quickly walked out of the classroom. After seeing Ernie and Malfoy disappear at the intersection in front of them, Harry lowered his voice and said to Ryan, "Go on.
The next step is to go to Professor Slughorn's office and improvise."
"Then I wish you good luck tonight." After Ryan said that, he took out the bottle of Felixir from his arms and handed it to Harry. "This potion will take effect immediately after you drink it, so I suggest you try it before setting off."
Drink it to ensure that the medicine can have the best effect."
"Thank you, I hope everything goes well tonight." Harry took the bottle and showed a slightly nervous smile. "We have been preparing for so long, whether we can succeed or not depends on tonight."