Chapter 857 Technological Breakthrough (Part 1)
October is here in the Scottish Highlands, and a damp chill fills the grounds and penetrates into the castle.
Perhaps because of the "Hogwarts Happy Farm", a cold suddenly broke out among the staff and students. Madam Pomfrey, the medical director, was a little confused for a while. This was almost an annual ritual at Hogwarts.
Fortunately, the school is exceptionally well-staffed this year.
With the help of three potion masters and two (?) top alchemists, Madam Pomfrey is now worried about how to choose the most suitable potion from the works of the five masters - obviously, medicine The stronger the effect, the better, especially when the potion masters began to secretly compete with each other, the quality of the refreshing potions sent to the school infirmary was surprisingly good.
Needless to say, these pick-me-ups have an immediate effect, and the common cold is cured almost entirely in the blink of an eye.
However, people who drank those potions would have smoke coming out of their ears for several hours.
During this period of time, the players of the Hogwarts freshman team, together with their head coach Hermione Granger, have almost become the most frequent students visiting the school infirmary, and the pick-me-up has almost become their warm-up drink. .
So much so that whenever they returned to the dormitory, steam would appear from under their hair, as if their hair was on fire.
Before the sudden cold snap, not to mention a weak little wizard, even an adult can easily catch a cold if he is not careful or stays up late for several days in a row. For example...
At this moment, there was the other side of Academy City not far from Elena, Flamel and others.
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Hogwarts Academy City Area E, Magic Energy Research Center.
"Ah sneeze——"
Quirinus Quirrell sneezed heavily and looked a little sickly.
Due to the loss of magic protection, his body has become much worse than before. More importantly, as an extremely rare and special case, Professor Quirrell cannot directly drink the refreshing potion provided by the Hogwarts school infirmary.
Of course, this was not because Madam Pomfrey was deliberately making things difficult, but mainly because Mr. Filch also happened to have a cold.
As we all know, clinical controlled experiments are the most important link in medical research.
Squibs are originally a transitional physique between wizards and Muggles, and their most obvious feature is that they can sense the existence of magic, which means that they are the ideal clinical comparison for potions and drugs. Group.
Obviously, as a new member of "SCP", Quirrell was assigned to the "drug treatment" group.
"Come on, Professor Quirrell, take your medicine."
Arkhipovna handed over a cup of steaming potion. While noting the medication status on the record board, she looked at the sick Quirrell curiously, as if she had discovered something new and interesting.
"I didn't expect you wizards to get sick too. I thought you could just wave your wand and recover..."
"Wizards are also human beings. Besides, magic is not just a prayer that makes your wishes come true."
Quirrell frowned, drank the bitter brown liquid in the cup in one gulp, and said helplessly.
"But if it were a refreshing potion, maybe I would have recovered a long time ago. Compared to potions, the potions made by your Muggles are really ineffective - frankly speaking, I really don't know what it is like to suffer this." What’s the point?”
According to the words written on the Muggle instructions, he had to continue taking this potion for two days to completely eradicate the cold.
Before that, as a "control group", Quirrell had to undergo a physical examination every day - if it weren't for the desperate combination of the three demon kings and the hope of restoring his own magic power, he might have exploded long ago. Done.
"Because ninety-nine percent of the people in this world are not wizards, Quirinas—"
Not far away, Gilderoy Lockhart strode towards them, his green wizard robes flowing behind him.
"Whether it is considered from the perspective of preparation process or versatility, today's potions are obviously not that convenient and easy to use in the field of treatment. If you leave Hogwarts, you can get a refreshing potion. It took a lot of effort.”
"Today's work has just begun. You seem to have arrived a little early, right?"
Arkhipovna crossed her arms on her chest and frowned, knowing exactly what this meant.
In Academy City, any accident that occurs during an unplanned period of time will mostly have only one explanation - due to some unspeakable secrets, these wizards have been temporarily transferred to another project.
"This is already the third time this month. Is magic energy research still your core project?!"
A trace of dissatisfaction appeared on the face of this female researcher from the Landau Institute.
"Sorry, sorry, this time is particularly important... This time it is a technological breakthrough from the Alchemy and Mendeleev Institute."
Lockhart explained helplessly, hooking an arm around Quirrell's shoulders and saying excitedly.
"Quirinas, you will definitely like this news. Professor Slughorn has successfully brewed a new potion. He combined it with the knowledge provided by the Mendeleev Institute and used theories from the non-magic world as a basis. The skeleton has optimized a semi-industrial potion formula."
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Gugu~