Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 142 Harry Potter 'Big Crisis'!
"I seem to...have a way to get unicorn blood and horns..."

Snape said as much as he could, suppressing his excitement.

"Professor Snape!"

Professor McGonagall cried out in surprise.

She originally wanted to use the black market channel in Knockturn Alley to see if she could buy some real unicorn blood...

But the unicorn blood purchased at Knockturn Alley may not be guaranteed to be effective.

Although Professor McGonagall has not conducted in-depth research on the subject of potions and herbal medicine, he still knows a little about the well-known and extremely rare potion ingredients like unicorn blood.

Most of the unicorn blood circulating in the global magic market today is just a gimmick. It is not pure unicorn blood at all, but blood that has been diluted many times and then modulated... Or it is the blood of mixed unicorns, such as some blood of Pegasus with unicorn blood... Usually, some potions that can relieve those small curses or healing potions can be used. .

(Modern magic potion companies, they use magic to extract the blood of unicorns and transplant them to other equine animals to specially breed hybrid unicorns, so as to obtain some blood this time and make potions. Most of the unicorn blood on the market is like this.)
But she also knew that there were some pure-blooded unicorns in Hogwarts. After all, the wands that Ollivander made every year and most of the unicorn tail hairs were provided by Hagrid in the Forbidden Forest, and because of this... [Unicorn Horn] It is estimated that Professor Snape will have it in stock.

But blood is different from horns, it is not a voluntary gift from unicorns, it will only become poison and curse...

The unicorn is a kind of magical animal that is cautious, suspicious, intelligent and withdrawn, and keeps its promises very well. Only pure girls who have a close relationship with it or give great favors can get the [gifted blood] from it.

Professor McGonagall searched through the memories in his mind, and found that in the past few years, only a little witch like Hermione seemed to have a connection with the unicorn a few days ago, but she did not take any obvious actions to save the unicorn. I am afraid that these stingy guys who value their blood more than anything else... would not give her blood.

Professor McGonagall didn't know Professor Snape even though he was thinking about it. What method does he have?
"However, I need some female merman tears in Madam Pomfrey's hand... as auxiliary materials for making potions..." Snape continued.

"Professor Snape, you can't do this... The blood obtained by drugging a unicorn will not be effective, but may contain [curse]. This has been the consensus of the wizarding community for many years..." Professor McGonagall said.

"Who said I drugged the unicorn... Don't we have a very suitable person here to make the unicorn willingly donate blood?... It's just that there is a lack of necessary conditions... But according to his relationship with McGuffin Albert... I'm afraid this small sacrifice, I'm afraid he should be happy..."

There was a pleasure in Snape's tone that deeply disturbed Professor McGonagall.

She realized who Snape was talking about about him.

"But... can-ke-but Harry Potter is a boy?! How could a unicorn..." Professor McGonagall was speechless in surprise.

Madam Pomfrey's eyes became sharp all of a sudden, she stared fixedly at Snape, as if thinking of something.

"The crystal pearls made from the tears of female mermans have a conjecture of efficacy that has not yet been verified... This potion material is said to be one of the materials used by the South American vampire population [Wood Enchantment] to reproduce the population and transform Muggles or wizards into their population... Could it be that you...Snape...?"

As soon as Pomfrey's words fell, everyone was shocked.

([Wooden Enchantment] such a distinctive vampire group...is a gossip spread among many wizards, and it is one of the gossip topics that wizards and wizards must talk about in the next three topics...Although it is not very clear, but the characteristics of the 'their' group [transform males into females and make them a member of their own group]... Almost all adult wizards and wizards in the world know more or less)
This 'shocking' inference... made... even Dumbledore took a deep breath, and for the first time, the expression of extreme shock appeared on his old and peaceful face in front of these professors.

Dumbledore's mind kept recalling Snape's constant complaints in front of him: Harry didn't look like his mother Lily except for his eyes,... and his remarks that were always dissatisfied with Harry's appearance exactly like James Potter.

——Severus, when did you start planning?

—Is this your revenge on James? (It's so scary, it's so scary!!)

——Or... have you finally turned the desire in your heart for 11 years into action?
Even Dumbledore, who was used to seeing wind and rain, personally experienced and prevented two global wizarding wars, was stunned by Snape's unheard of and unseen tricks.

"Professor Snape, this is not allowed...it's not allowed..." Professor McGonagall lowered his head and murmured to himself, as if the defensive rationality in his brain had been pierced by this huge shocking event, and his SM value as a wizard was instantly reduced to 0.

"What can't be... Do you have a better way? Or just let MacGuffin Albert live like a snake... Although I can't stand this little wizard, such a miserable situation... is not what a little wizard should bear, let alone he prevented a crisis for Hogwarts not long ago...We can't treat such a meritorious little wizard like this!" Snape spoke righteously, uncharacteristically speaking, looking very righteous.

"And I chose Harry to do this thing... It's also because Harry's mother, Lily, had a very close relationship with the unicorn in the Forbidden Forest... If Harry temporarily contacts Lily as her 'daughter'... Maybe he will be more confident in getting [Unicorn Blood]..."

What Snape said really made it difficult for several people to refute... Even Dumbledore couldn't even come up with a better solution for a while.

The three faced each other, huh, huh, speechless for a long time... It made Snape more confident that he could remove the shadow of James Potter from Harry, even if it was only temporarily removed for a period of time... enough!

The "Master" Snape, who was in a good mood, said to several people with a spring breeze on his face, "Which of you will tell Potter the 'good news'? - We have a way to restore his friend McGuffin to human form... just need him to make a 'little' sacrifice!"

Dumbledore was the first to react. He turned his head and walked straight away. He said loudly to several people as he walked, "I'm going to the Ministry of Magic to deal with Quirrell... and about the report letter... After all, I ran back to Hogwarts before I told Fudge..."

So... Madam Pomfrey and Professor McGonagall looked at each other, and they both shivered... They really knew how to speak to Harry.

When Professor McGonagall was about to speak, Madam Pomfrey said directly to Snape, "Professor Snape... I don't think your potion has been successfully developed yet?"

"Well, the antidote is still prepared, but it can only 'transform' and cannot return to its original state... So I need to simulate, prepare, and modify the potion by simulating the materials in the [Wooden Enchantment] conversion (ethnic group) ceremony (refining crystal pearls with merman tears... But according to the progress, it should be made after about a week..."

Snape said firmly.

"Then...let me help you prepare it!...I still have some understanding of the nature of the magic material called merman's tears..."

After finishing speaking, Pomfrey turned his head and looked at Professor McGonagall, who opened his mouth to say something, and said first, "Professor McGonagall, before I left, I gave Harry the Restorative Water (a powerful sleeping pill) recovery potion...Let him rest well, recover the damaged muscles and nerves, and calm the disordered magic power in his body...If you want to tell him about this...you might as well wait until tomorrow noon, when he wakes up..."

So... soon in the underground level, only the dumbfounded Professor McGonagall stayed alone.

【"This person? ^ Just can't be too kind..." There seems to be a voice-over from who doesn't know where to say leisurely】

……

When the sun woke Harry up the next morning, he found that Madam Pomfrey was moving the glass box in Professor Quirrell's office. She floated it with her magic wand and brought it to her office.

Harry looked around and realized he was in the school hospital.

He was lying on a hospital bed covered with a white linen quilt, and on another bed next to him was a 'McGuffin Snake' sleeping curled up.

"Shrink quickly!"

Madam Pomfrey saw Harry wake up, waving her wand to shrink the glass case so it could fit through the narrow door.

"Good morning, Harry. How are you feeling?" Pomfrey said with a smile all over her face. After she put the box away, she waved her wand and directed the 'Macguffin (snake)' to suddenly float up and quickly flew into the glass box.

After doing all this, she came to Harry and checked his body.

Madam Pomfrey finally handed Harry's wand back to him after the pocket watch had snail's pace around.

"Although the magic disorder in your body has begun to calm down, and the remaining magic power of the remaining magic spell in your body has also been worn out...but in the next week, try not to cast magic spells... so as not to affect your magic talent...

I don't know if it was an illusion, but Harry always felt that Madam Pomfrey was avoiding his gaze a little, and seemed to be in a hurry to leave.

and……

"Ron, Hermione, you two come in quickly, but remember not to talk for too long, let Harry have a good rest..."

After Madam Pomfrey let the two in, she left the infirmary in a hurry.

——It is not at all like Madam Pomfrey who usually manages the school hospital strictly.

This scene made Harry more sure that Madam Pomfrey was really avoiding him.

And before she left, she whispered in Harry's ear, "I'll go to my office to feed the McGuffin...the food in the third drawer under the table..."

——When will the McGuffin be able to return to his original state?Was it Madam Pomfrey who healed him?

But then the arrival of Harry and Ron eased the doubts in Harry's mind.

"Harry!"

Hermione stretched out her arms to hug him, which made Harry grit his teeth and let out a muffled grunt, sucking in air... Now the muscles all over his body are still sore and sore... Especially the nerves in his chest, arms, and thighs seem to want to rupture...

"Are you all right? Harry..."

The two hurriedly looked at Harry, and after seeing that nothing was wrong, they moved down two stools and sat beside him.

"What happened last night? What about the MacGuffin... Did you tell Dumbledore? We still haven't seen him return to the dormitory and how to eat this morning, and Professor Quirrell has disappeared... Snape appeared in good health..."

Ron spit out questions again and again.

Harry had to tell them one by one: Quirrell, magic mirror, Philosopher's Stone, McGuffin, spells...

Ron and Hermione listened very attentively.

When they heard that Quirrell and McGuffin were together at the beginning, the two of them were extremely surprised and couldn't believe it...

When Quirrell took off his scarf and revealed Voldemort's face, Hermione screamed...

Voldemort forced Harry to get the Philosopher's Stone himself, which made the two gasp nervously...

Later, when McGuffin and Harry "three-strike" Quirrell...Hermione couldn't believe it...

"How is this possible...there is no such thing in the book...I don't believe how Quirrell can be knocked down without a wand...Even if Harry and you both don't use magic...Quirrell is also an adult, physically much stronger than you...How can you?"

"Hermione..." Ron and Harry stared at her almost simultaneously.

Harry knew it was the truth because of his personal experience, not to mention that this was almost the most glorious time of his semester...

As for Ron, he is the anger of some kind of people who eat melons... It's like watching a small X-movie when someone comes behind, or writing some novels when the story reaches its climax... This kind of thing is simply dehumanizing and has no bottom line.

Hermione had no choice but to keep quiet under the glaring 'Wang' of the two boys.

Harry stopped when he mentioned that the MacGuffin was about to turn into a snake... because he didn't know if he should tell Ron and Hermione about it.

Fortunately... at this moment, Professor McGuffin broke in.

"I have something... I need to discuss it with Potter... Ron and Hermione, you two go out first..."

Her expression was very serious, but Hermione had never seen Professor McGonagall like this... There was a guilty and hesitant look on her face, and her tone of voice was not as firm and sure as usual.

When Hermione pulled Ron out, she had that sweet smile on her face and asked Professor McGonagall, "Harry was about to tell us what happened last night...Professor, can you tell us how is Professor Quirrell? Philosopher's Stone...and where did McGuffin go? We still haven't seen where he is today...This makes us very worried..."

"How do you know? Uh-oh! Forgot that you were with Harry yesterday... You have to remember that what happened last night is a secret and cannot be revealed to anyone... As for McGuffin... Dumbledore has something to do with him, and you will see him again in about a week..."

Professor McGuffin looked evasively, and after speaking vaguely, he threw the two little wizards out of the ward.

—and now only she and Harry were left here.

After being silent for a long time, Professor McGonagall was finally ready to speak. She didn't talk nonsense, and said directly to Harry, "There is a way to save McGuffin Albert, but it will cost you, Harry..."

"No problem, tell me! Professor McGonagall...McGuffin is my friend, not to mention that he and I faced life and death crises together against Quirrell last night...I will do everything I can to restore him to his original state..."

Harry agreed with absolute certainty.

(End of this chapter)