Chapter 40: Chapter 40

Aglaia's level of potions was unbelievably high. As soon as she pretended to be forceful, Hoffa obtained nearly 90% of the complete formula. Had Slughorn not interrupted, the recipe would have been obtained.

But the matter has come to this point, it is useless to hate Slughorn, and it is serious to quickly solve the shortcomings of his magic power. If there is a steady stream of magic power.

Not only can you not worry about the magic devouring of the strange tattoo on your arm.

You can even use ghost walk non-stop.

The ghost walks forever, and is immune to any damage forever.

It's scary to think about it.

With 90% of the formulas, plus a few old formulas collected in the library, Hoffa felt that he should be able to calculate the synthesis ratio of the magic power recovery potion.

What Hoffa needs to do now is very simple. First, purchase enough potion raw materials. This was not difficult, for he still had 70 of the 100 galleons that Indra had given him. He could have bought it from Diagon Alley by owl mail.

This method is often used by many students.

The second task is a bit nerve-wracking.

He needed a place, an environment for refining medicine that would not be disturbed by others. Although this kind of drug is not considered a forbidden drug, Slughorn also said that he found that the effect is not good, and one thing more is worse than one thing less.

Hoffa originally wanted to use the abandoned bathroom at the entrance of the Chamber of Secrets like Hermione, but then he laughed at himself for being too forgetful.

Now Myrtle is not dead, she is still alive and well in Ravenclaw. That women's toilet is still normal, if I go in, I'm afraid I'll be hung up and beaten as a gentleman.

After much deliberation, Hoffa decided to change to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor to study potions. There is no place safer than there.

However, an incident that happened over the weekend changed Hoffa's thinking.

Hoffa wanted to buy a lot of medicine, but he didn't have an owl. Miranda had an owl, which he could borrow, but he instinctively didn't want to use a classmate's owl, because those owls would send packages at mealtimes.

If an owl sent a large bag of potion ingredients while he was eating, it would definitely attract someone's attention.

He doesn't want to be reported again.

After much deliberation, Hoffa thought of Joey.

He and Joey have worked together for a month, and the relationship is not bad. The old man kept several owls in his house, so it would be no problem to borrow one.

And most importantly, he was not afraid that Joey would report him. Although he was a teacher, that guy did much more crazy things than himself. He directly raised Thunderbirds in the Forbidden Forest.

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In mid-November, the temperature plummeted, and every morning, the surrounding area of ​​the Forbidden Forest was covered with hoarfrost, and winter in Britain was coming.

When Hoffa came to Joey's house on the weekend, his treehouse was in disarray, the fireplace was blazing hot, and the temperature in the room was frighteningly high.

At this moment, Joey was wearing a pair of red mechanical glasses, and was running around the room shirtless, sometimes adding firewood to the fireplace, and sometimes running to the table, busy.

There was a hay nest on the table, and a round bird's egg was placed in the nest.

It was the egg spit out by the Thunderbird Taras.

"What are you doing?" Hoffa asked.

"Take care of Maya."

Joey said without looking back.

"Maya? Is this thunderbird female?" Hoffa asked strangely.

Joey didn't answer, he just watched the thunderbird egg with fascination, and Hoffa suspected that he didn't hear what he was saying at all.

So he went up to Joey and pushed him twice.

"Hello!"

"Hello!"

Finally, as if he had come to his senses, he straightened up and took off his glasses.

"What did you come to see me for?"

"Borrow an owl," Hoffa said. "Can I borrow an owl?"

"Get it yourself." After Joey finished speaking, he lay down on the table and observed the bird eggs.

"Oh," Hoffa said, walking outside.

Walking to the door, Joey suddenly stopped Hoffa again.

"Wait a minute, I remembered. I have to go to Knockturn Alley to buy some medicinal materials. I can't give you the owl for the time being."

"ha?"

Hoffa was shocked, what a coincidence!

"What medicine do you want to buy?"

"Maya is in a hatching state. She is very weak in this state, and the British climate is becoming less and less friendly to her. I need some special drugs to help her survive."

Hoffa froze for a moment.

"Well, actually, I also went to Diagon Alley to buy medicine."

"Um?"

Now it was Joey's turn to be surprised.

"You also buy medicinal materials, isn't there enough for the school?"

"I want to refine a magic recovery potion." Hoffa said.

"Stop bragging," Joey sneered. "St. Mungo's sells it for 20 Galleons a tube. If you can refine it, you'll be a ghost. Besides, you're young, what are you doing with that thing?"

20 Galleons, Hoffa secretly staggered, the cost of raw materials is less than one Galleon, but it costs 20 Galleons to sell.

My own money to buy finished products is not enough to buy 4 tubes. Hospitals are as dark as hell, you know, a wand costs less than 20 Galleons.

This requires me to be able to calculate the ratio of the recovery potion, maybe I can make a fortune with this thing in the future.

"I don't have enough magic power," Hoffa said.

"How old are you, and your magic power will increase in a few years."

Hoffa thought to himself that if he couldn't get the magic potion for a few years, he was afraid that whether he could pass the first grade exam would be a problem. Moreover, Schmidt Lutrov is still wandering outside. Faced with many risks in the future, he will have to solve the problem of magic power sooner or later.

Seeing that Hoffa didn't speak, Joey looked surprised: "Do you really want to practice?"

"Um."

"Ha, what a student of Ravenclaw."

After speaking, he sat down and took out a piece of parchment, and began to write with a brush. Pass it to Hoffa after writing.

"If you want to buy it, buy it. Remember to bring these things with me when you buy them, and share them with two owls."

Undoubtedly, Joey didn't care at all whether Hoffa violated the rules or not. He was so focused on the Thunderbird egg that he didn't care about foreign affairs.

So, after coming out of Joey's side, Hoffa gave up the idea of ​​going to the Room of Response, and he decided to study the magic recovery potion in Joey's tree house.

If you go to the Room of Requirement, you have to go secretly. There are so many people in the school, and people will find out if you don’t keep them together.

But Joey's place is actually a safer place. There is an old bastard covering his head, and a tall one will cover him if something happens.

....

Joey's owl was very efficient, and three days later, the ingredients Hoffa needed were sent from Diagon Alley.

The big and small bags almost exhausted the two owls.

Of course, Joey's potion also arrived. His potion looked black, like pond sludge, and disgusting.

The materials are available, and now Hoffa must spare time every day to go to Joey's tree house.

He doesn't have the operational proficiency of Aglaia, let alone a complete formula. He felt that he might have to go through a lot of experiments before he could mix the magic power recovery potion.

Time passed day by day, and it was another Friday. As soon as Hoffa finished his class this afternoon, he quickly left the classroom and hurried to Joey's tree house.

On weekdays, Joey always takes care of his eggs in the lobby of the tree house.

But on this day, Hoffa saw Joey standing by the stable by the Forbidden Forest, putting a saddle rope on his white horse. The horse still had a scabbard, a bow and crossbow, and Joey was wearing a With a few small glass bottles emitting an inexplicable light, it can be said that he is fully armed.

The way he was dressed reminded Hoffa of Geralt somehow.

"What are you doing?" Hoffa couldn't help asking.

Seeing Hoffa coming, Joey said casually: "Go do it yourself, I'll go to the Forbidden Forest. It seems that something happened to the group of horsemen, by the way, help me take care of Maya, don't let the temperature in the room drop come down."

Something happened to the horse?

Hoffa was a little curious, but he didn't think too much about it. After all, he was a gamekeeper, so it was normal to go to the Forbidden Forest.

"You go, Maya will leave it to me."

Joey turned on his horse and slammed into the forest.

Watching his back, Hoffa suddenly felt someone watching him from behind.

He turned sharply.

Under the dim sunset, the yellow grass in early winter is swaying with the wind, and the water surface of the Black Lake is shimmering.

No one.

Hoffa frowned, which was weird. This feeling is not the first time these days.

He didn't stay long, and quickly climbed up the tree house from the ladder.

In the hall of the tree house, things are in a mess. Herbs and residue were strewn everywhere.

Hoffa glanced at the Thunderbird egg on the table, which was covered in black mud like a big preserved egg.

Hoffa put on Joey's glasses and checked the condition of the eggs. (The glasses have the ability to see through, and you can see the embryo inside the eggshell)

After reading, he added some firewood to the fireplace. Then he sat down in the middle of the room.

There are three crucibles in the middle of the tree house. Inside the crucibles are slightly boiling potions. The ingredients in each pot are different, and the air is filled with a strong atmosphere of magic power.

This is exactly the ingredient for the secondary mana recovery potion, and it is about to be completed.

As long as he can complete the production of the recovery potion, Hoffa dare not say that he can really become a permanent invincible state. But the embarrassment of his own magic power shortage will be greatly alleviated.

He fished the potion out of the cauldron bit by bit, extracted the most critical ingredients inside, and then dropped them into three test tubes respectively.

The test tubes showed red, yellow, green, and three colors, which were truly beautiful.

But it's not done yet,

What needs to be done now is the most critical step that Hoffa is missing.

Matching.

He carefully placed the three potion tubes on the table, then took out the dropper, and carefully dripped the potion from one test tube to the other.

Aglea said that few people in the world know that ratio, but Hoffa has already calculated an approximate interval, as long as he spends more time trying a few

However, at this moment, the hairs on the back of Hoffa's head stood up, and he turned around suddenly.

boom!

The door of the tree house was slammed open!

A silver loli stood at the door, pointing at Hoffa ecstatically.

"I! I! I've got you!"

That expression is the same as that of a woman who is eager to divorce her property and catch her husband cheating on her.

"Ha! Secretly refining potions and learning my formula!"

Aglaia's chest rose and fell violently.

Hoffa's face was pale, and he never thought that this guy would follow me: "You fucking followed me!?"

"So what?" Aglaia laughed.

"You wait, wait until I tell Professor Goshack!"

The situation took a turn for the worse, and suddenly he stepped on the ground and stood on the edge of the cliff.

After a little panic, Hoffa calmed down. There is no point in reasoning with this woman, the immediate priority is to solve the problem.

what to do?

Although the potion for restoring magic power was not a forbidden drug like compound decoction, his dean was the ruthless Goshak.

He saw a few test tubes on the table, which were a few tubes of potions that he had worked so hard to get, and they were the basis of mixing and restoring potions.

But now, they must be destroyed.

Making a decision, Hoffa lunged at the potion on the table with lightning speed.

Aglaia also reacted very quickly, she saw through Hoffa's thoughts at a glance. He wants to destroy the evidence.

"Don't think about it!"

She also threw herself on the potions on the table.

Boom! !

The two fell on the table one after the other, and the table shook violently, and Maya almost fell off the table.

Aglaia reached out and grabbed the medicine tube.

Hoffa snapped her fingers.

"Let me go!"

"Give me!"

"You let go!"

"You fucking let go!"

"Bat-Bogey Hexes!"

boom!

During the fight, Aglaia sneaked up on Hoffa, and she hit Hoffa with a bat spirit spell on his chest. He backed up several steps in a row, and fell headlong into the firewood pile in Joey's room. There are several bats hanging on the chest and face.

"Hahaha!"

Aglaia stuck out her tongue and made a grimace at him, then rushed out the door with a big laugh holding the medicine tube.

"Stand up and stop dead!"

Hoffa turned over and smashed the wood chips and bats, and pointed his wand at Aglea.

Red light flashed.

Aglaia's calves came together suddenly, and she was caught off guard and fell out of the door and fell on the platform. She screamed angrily: "Bach, I'm going to kill you!"

After speaking, she pointed her wand at Hoffa.

A bright and dangerous blue light rushed over.

Hoffa started the ghost walk without saying a word.

With a swish, he dodged directly.

See Hoffa disappear.

Aglaia didn't react for a while, and when she did, Hoffa had already jumped out of the shadows. He sat on Aglaia's waist and snatched her wand away.

"Little witch, are you sick?"

"Who are you calling a witch?"

"you!"

"Are you still human? Why do you have to fight against me!?" Hoffa growled.

"You humiliate me, disrespect me, do you know who I am? Do you know my family, I'm famous"

Hoffa: "I don't care what you are! You are a jealous, crazy, paranoid problem girl!"

"Am I jealous? I have a problem!!!?"

Aglea snarled and grabbed Hoffa's face, driving her fingers up his nostrils.

"I don't know which prescription lied to me in the Potions class. If you don't understand it and ask for advice with an open mind, you will cheat. You have as many eyes as a cow's hair! You are arrogant, sinister and cunning."

"Shut up!"

Hoffa covered her mouth hard, but she bit her.

Hoffa went to grab the potion, but Aglaia reached out of the wooden platform.

Hoffa reached out, and Aglaia rubbed back, talking while rubbing.

"Smelly shameless, you are done! When I go back to school, you will be expelled!"

Hoffa didn't speak, and reached out to grab it on his own.

During the struggle, Aglaia rubbed half of her body to the outside of the platform of the tree house, and the two moved forward further and further.