Who let this Dementor into Hogwarts!

Chapter 118 Why not ask the magical owl?

Cohen certainly didn't actually study alchemy.

Although he had read a few books and theoretically the "man in the bottle" should be very talented in this area, Cohen preferred to get it for free rather than do it himself.

The old basilisk didn't understand alchemy, and neither did Sissoko.

"You can't expect a snake to handle those bottles and jars..."

It said this as Cohen's eyes fell on Sissoko.

"Because wizards are afraid of death, even if I stay around bottles and jars for a while -"

"I haven't told you anything about working yet." Cohen's expression drooped.

There was one word written all over the snake.

lazy.

Fortunately, Voldemort doesn't command the old basilisk to attack every day, otherwise Sissoko would definitely not even bother to tip off.

"I'm going to take some of your blood. Once I study it, I should be able to figure out what makes you immune to Parseltongue..."

Cohen said to Sissoko - the other party's head, which had been slightly lowered, was raised again.

"Are you so happy to hear you don't have to work?"

Why do I feel like none of my bloodlines are normal?

The alcoholic nightmare unicorn, the lazy basilisk, and the unknown Dementor that made up himself were the most human in comparison...

Cohen no longer dared to imagine what the unknown giant beast he saw in his memory was like.

After the plan was discussed, Sissoko stayed here to keep watch, ready to inform Cohen when Voldemort wanted to order the old basilisk to kill people.

Cohen took some blood from the two basilisks. The basilisks' scales were very hard and tightly attached, so some rough methods had to be used.

"It hurts!" Sissoko twitched and shrank back. A scale on his tail was pried up by Cohen using Mourning Frost.

Although this staff, a system reward, is of little use on a daily basis, it is hard in texture, and its tip can just fit into the gaps between the scales and pry open the basilisk's scales.

And Cohen discovered that it was made up of three detachable parts, which meant that the ice crystal at the top of the staff could be used... as a peculiarly shaped scalpel.

Because of its chilling effect, it can even be used to stop bleeding. Cohen was very satisfied with his genius discovery.

"Bear with it, it might happen again later." Cohen pressed the pried open scales back and cast a healing spell.

The old basilisk didn't react that much. When Cohen took its blood, it didn't make a sound and was as calm as if it were dead.

After completing these tasks, Cohen will take the count and the two tubes of basilisk blood he has collected back to the castle - it is not advisable to stay in the secret room for a long time, especially now that an attack has occurred.

To be on the safe side, Cohen flew out of the pipe only after he became invisible.

Back in the Room of Requirement, Cohen untied the black cloth from the Count's head.

"It's like going through a weird play..."

The Count said in a weak but bitter voice,

"Blindfolded... forced... multiple sex... you guys—"

"Let's cover it." Cohen's face turned grim as he tied the black cloth back on it, but this time he tied the count's mouth. He should have left it in the secret room.

With Sissoko keeping watch, Cohen didn't have to be on guard against Voldemort's tricks - Noseless had no idea that Cohen would convince another basilisk to help keep watch, and he probably didn't even know that there were two basilisks in the school, because before Cohen left, he asked Sissoko, and it said that it had ignored the calls of the heir of Slytherin several times before.

Finally, he didn't have to waste time following Harry and the others - Cohen had his own things to do now.

Cohen placed the two bottles of labeled basilisk blood in the cupboard of the Room of Requirement, and then took out the pile of alchemy books he brought out from Burke Manor.

Previously, Cohen had not read these books much because the professional content here did not help him understand his own ancestry.

Things were different now. Nicolas Flamel was right. Cohen now had to have an "interest" in alchemy - if it hadn't been two years, Cohen would have wanted to use the key to search his inheritance room.

However, analyzing blood and distinguishing them was not so difficult that he had to go to Nicolas Flamel to solve it. While reading these alchemy books, Cohen discovered that he did have a talent for it.

But this kind of talent feels a little different from normal "talent".

Because Cohen felt that he was not learning, but more like "rehabilitation."

Just by seeing the operational process, some relevant knowledge began to emerge in Cohen's mind, without the need for relevant operational experiments - he immediately knew which actions would lead to which results, like an alchemy veteran who was recovering his memory.

Homokurus possessed a wide variety of knowledge since birth.

This statement in "Alchemy Explained" is correct from a certain perspective.

Cohen was rapidly understanding this knowledge through reading. He had already figured out the basic structure and the operation methods of "extraction, repair and integration".

Without waiting or asking for help from others, Cohen can now start analyzing the differences between the two bottles of basilisk blood and find out what the researchers at Bock Manor injected into Sissoko to enable Sissoko to resist the control of Parseltongue.

After asking the Room of Requirement for a set of old alchemical equipment, Cohen started a fire.

The premise of comparison is to have a more intuitive observation angle. The first thing Cohen has to do is to extract the magic from the basilisk's blood - the blood of magical creatures, including wizards, contains magic. They are different, but have similar structural components.

In order to find the differences between two bloods containing magic, one must first remove the common elements between the two - so one must first use the skin of the Lamora fish as a filter to distill out those blood components that are most likely to have the same properties.

The Ramora fish is a magical animal that lives in the Indian Ocean. Its scaled skin is not only stable but also can block magic, and is often used as a filter for alchemical equipment.

The International Confederation of Wizards has enacted anti-poaching laws to protect Lamora fish from being illegally caught by wizards - but fortunately, Cohen doesn't need to go around buying this kind of thing himself. It is included in the normal alchemical equipment components. There is a Lamora fish skin filter that is still intact among the old equipment turned out from the garbage dump by the Room of Requirement.

Pour the basilisk's blood into a flask for distillation. The magic power is blocked in the lower half of the hourglass-shaped flask, while ordinary substances will rise up. This is the first step in extracting the magic power.

This step alone would take several days - because basilisk blood itself is an extremely difficult liquid to distill.

Staring at the flask and waiting for progress is boring and a huge waste of time.

Cohen wanted to do the next analysis in time - but he couldn't stay here every day, so...

Why not ask the magical Mr. Owl?
"Count, how's your love life going? Have you hooked up with a new owl?"

Cohen suddenly asked the Count.

"I don't really want to talk about it," said the Count gloomily. "I don't believe in love, and I don't really need—"

"Great!"

Cohen scratched the Count's head.
"Then you stay here and help me watch the fire. Call me when the flask is half filled with blood mist."

(End of this chapter)