Chapter 55 Wolfsbane Potion

Lunch was followed by a Care of Magical Creatures lesson with Gryffindor.

The magical creatures Hagrid brought out were twelve hippogriffs. Unlike in the original book, Draco became much more serious about his studies this semester. He strictly followed Hagrid's instructions and bowed to a hippogriff. Thus successfully riding it and flying around in the air. But not long after, everyone could see Hagrid hurriedly carrying Blaise Chabini to the campus hospital. Blaise had a deep and long gash on his arm, and blood flowed down his arm to the corridor. superior.

What happened quickly spread among the students. Blaise was attacked by a hippogriff named Buckbeak in Hagrid's class.

If you want to ask, why are hippogriffs in the classroom? This is because it was Hagrid's first Care of Magical Creatures class, and in order to leave a deep impression on everyone, he brought twelve hippogriffs to class. Not surprisingly, the session ended in a complete failure.

Although all the Gryffindor students could prove that Blaise was attacked by Buckbeak entirely because he asked for it, it still cast a bloody shadow on the already heavy atmosphere in the school.

As a member of Slytherin, Sherrin also ran into the school hospital behind them. He saw that Madam Pomfrey had cured Blaise in only one minute, but he was still pale and said that his arm was very weak. It hurt, and he accused Hogwarts of having problems with the teaching methods, disregarding the safety of the students, and shouted that he would report this matter to the Ministry of Magic.

Blaise's mother, Madame Chabini, was a pretty and well-known widow who had secretly intimate relationships with many high-ranking officials in the Ministry of Magic. It was said that even the Minister of Magic, Fudge, wanted to give her some face. Xie Lin sneered secretly, but had no intention of stopping this matter. Draco originally wanted to inform Lucius to participate, but had to give up reluctantly due to Schelling's obstruction.

Sherrin was not on Gryffindor's side, but he knew clearly that in today's wizarding world, it was not wise to go against Dumbledore, at least until he grew up...

It was not until breakfast time on Thursday that Blaise reappeared at the Slytherin table. He walked into the Great Hall to the cheers of the Slytherin students, his right arm wrapped in bandages and suspended from a sling around his neck, like a hero who had survived some terrible battle.

Seeing his appearance, Harry and Ron looked disdainful, but Blaise himself was proud of himself.

Many people in the auditorium were looking down at today's "Daily Prophet." "What are you looking at?" Blaise asked strangely.

"The latest news about Sirius Black!" Pansy whispered, pushing a newspaper to him. Blaise saw it read: Black was seen by a Muggle somewhere not far from Hogwarts. When people from the Ministry of Magic arrived, he had already left and is currently being hunted. Sirius Black is supposedly trying to get into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Most of the little wizards in Slytherin have already received some advice from their parents and know exactly what is going on.

Draco whispered to Blaise: "Black's target should be Potter. I think that guy is about to be unlucky. First he saw something ominous in the divination class, then his dear giant friend may also be expelled, and now Black …”

After saying that, Draco gave a proud smile, stood up and walked towards the Gryffindor table. He stood behind Harry, with a malicious gleam in his eyes. "Well, Potter, do you want to try to catch Black single-handedly?"

"What does this have to do with you?" Harry asked.

"Of course, if I were you..." Draco's thin lips curved into a mean smile, "I would have done something a long time ago. I won't stay in school and be a good boy. , I will definitely go out to find him.”

"What are you talking about, Malfoy?" said Ron angrily.

"Don't you know, Potter?" Draco said in a low voice, his gray eyes narrowing.

"what do you know?"

Draco let out a low scoff. "Maybe you don't want to risk your life," he said. "You just want the dementors to deal with him, right? If it were me, I would definitely want revenge and I would hunt him down myself."

There was an obviously fake coughing sound, and Xie Lin slowly approached a few people.

Harry and Ron immediately looked on guard. They had no choice but to do it. Sherrin's reputation was too great. Harry didn't think that joining forces with Ron would be enough to compete with Sherrin. Instead, Hermione stood up bravely and looked directly at him. Xie Lin looked at her and asked sharply: "Malfoy, this is the Great Hall, what are you going to do in public?"

Xie Lin frowned, and the scene fell into an embarrassing silence.

Xie Lin ignored Hermione's provocation, turned to look at Draco, and said to break the silence: "Brother, have you forgotten your father's instructions?"

Draco had actually finished what he wanted to say, and then he snorted pretending to be dissatisfied and turned around to leave.

Shayling gave Harry an apologetic smile and handed him an invitation. "As you all know, there will be Dementors patrolling outside Hogwarts this year, and the Patronus Charm is the only known spell that can resist Dementors. I plan to organize a spell exchange event in the near future. I will explain my understanding of the Patronus Charm and help students practice and master this spell. No matter which college students are interested in participating, I welcome them. If you are interested, you are welcome to participate." After that, Shayling left the invitation and turned away, leaving Hermione with an embarrassed look.

Hermione saw that she was ignored by Shayling, and she felt like she was punched in the heart, and she felt very uncomfortable. She didn't know why she had just made a head-on confrontation with Shayling. She only remembered that when she saw Shayling, she suddenly felt an unreasonable anger in her heart, which made her unable to control her emotions for a while.

A few days ago, when she saw the intimate behavior of three girls around Sherin on the train, she felt a vague discomfort in her heart. At that time, she thought it was the influence of Dementors and did not think much about it, but today she felt that discomfort again, and this time the anger was so clear and so fierce.

Seeing Hermione's uncertain face, Harry and Ron wisely did not provoke her, but whispered about the so-called "magic exchange" activity.

Sherin walked to Percy who was having a meal and asked Percy to help post the news about the event to the Gryffindor lounge; then asked Penelope to help post the news to the Ravenclaw lounge, and Cedric to help post the news to the Hufflepuff lounge.

Although these three people were not very familiar with themselves, at least they had chatted with each other several times during Merlin's test competition. It was just a small effort to ask them to help post the notice on the bulletin board, and they would not refuse.

Harry seemed surprised by the invitation and was hesitant. Ron pointed out with disdain that this must be a conspiracy of Slytherin, and strongly advised people around him not to go. If they wanted to learn spells, they could just ask the professors directly, and there must be no lack of information in the library. There was no need to participate in Slytherin's activities. Hermione looked at the invitation letter with a thoughtful look on her face, making it impossible to know her true thoughts.

After breakfast, the little wizards of Slytherin and Gryffindor gathered in the underground classroom of the potion class.

"We are going to make a shrinking solution today." Snape strode into the underground classroom like a dark cloud, and his flying black robe bloomed in the air like a flower. He took out his wand and tapped the blackboard, and the production process and precautions of this potion immediately appeared silently on the blackboard.

"The most important ingredients of the shrinking potion include daisy roots, fig peels and wolfsbane." Snape's tone was still so gloomy, but the students could clearly feel the unhappiness hidden in it. "Potter!" he shouted suddenly.

Harry stood up at a loss.

"Tell me, what is the difference between Aconitum naviculatum and Aconitum chamaejasme?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know, Professor." Harry answered very innocently.

"I remember asking you this question in your first potions class in your first year, Potter." Snape's eyes were gloomy and scary, and it was unknown where he got angry. "You obviously haven't made any progress in the past two years. It seems that reputation can really make people lose their self-recognition..."

"Why don't you prepare to write down what I say next!" He turned and shouted to the whole class, and everyone hurriedly found quills and parchment.

"Daisy root is used to concentrate essences and is often used to increase the concentration of potions. Here, it is used to extract the essence of raw materials. The fig peel has a mild medicinal property and can prevent concentrated potions from causing too much harm to the user due to taking effect too quickly. It is widely used in various oral recovery potions. As for wolfsbane, it is mainly used to assist in transformation. Since shrinking potions often involve changes in form, it is also indispensable. This medicinal material is mainly used in polyjuice potions, magical creature transformation potions, wolfsbane potions, etc..."

"Sorry, professor!" Hermione raised her hand.

"Oh, Miss Granger? What do you want?" Snape turned his head, staring at her with his dark eyes, and his tone was indescribably weird. All the students present noticed his abnormality: when would he ask Hermione "What do you want?"

But Hermione seemed to be unaware of it. "Professor, what kind of potion is wolfsbane? I haven't seen its introduction in any potion book."

"Excellent question, Miss Granger." Snape seemed to be determined to carry on the extraordinary, and he did something even more surprising. "The fact that you can ask this question shows that you have been working hard to learn relevant knowledge. Five points for Gryffindor."

The whole class was in uproar.

Everyone opened their mouths wide. This was probably the first time that Hermione and even Gryffindor took the initiative to ask questions in potions class and not only did not lose points, but were given extra points. Ron dug his ears hard; Harry took off his glasses and began to rub his eyes desperately; Neville's hand holding the fig was suspended in the air; Draco's hand that was cutting the daisy root shook and cut directly on his index finger.

Shalling probably guessed Snape's intention, and he groaned softly.

Snape glanced around, and wherever his eyes fell, the students sat up straight. After his eyes stopped on Shalling, he pondered for a moment and said, "Shalling, you answer?"

After thinking about all the information about this potion in his mind, Xie Lin answered loudly: "Wolfsbane potion is a new potion invented last year by Damocles Belby, who was invited to join the Extraordinary Apothecary Association and obtained the qualification of potion master. This potion is specially used to treat werewolves. Although it cannot turn a werewolf back into an ordinary person, it can keep a werewolf sane on the night of the full moon. This potion needs to be taken regularly every day from the week before the full moon to be effective. However, this potion is not without its shortcomings. Its raw materials are very expensive and almost no werewolf can afford it. In addition, due to the severe toxicity of wolfsbane Aconitum, the preparation process of this potion is very difficult. Once any mistake occurs, it will become a deadly poison, so it is extremely difficult to find a potion master who can prepare this medicine."

"Good answer, Slytherin plus 15 points!"

Looking at Xie Lin talking freely, Hermione pursed her lips tightly, turning various thoughts in her mind, among which the idea of ​​not admitting defeat was the most enthusiastic.

Next, Snape quickly made people realize that Snape was still Snape. Neville was still ridiculed, Ron was still blamed, and Harry was still in the spotlight. All these things soon made the students throw away their guess that "Snape took the wrong medicine" to Atlantis.

The preparation of the shrinking potion was still quite difficult for third-year students - Neville almost failed because he added too much leech juice and mouse spleen. Snape even threatened to feed Neville's work to Neville's pet Lefo. Fortunately, with the help of Hermione, the mistake was corrected in the end. When testing the potion, Lefo successfully turned back into a tadpole.

This discovery surprised Schelling very much, because he had always thought that the purpose of the shrinking potion was simply to shrink the user, but he didn't expect that it could actually restore the creature to its juvenile form, which made him very interested in the other hidden uses of this potion.