The Extraordinary Apothecary at Hogwarts

Eugenie watched silently as the professor added the alarm spell and the spell to restrict passage outside the confinement room, led her through the blue pool, and then ran back against the dark stone wall, letting the sun shine on her body.

She was quiet all the way, as if she was born unable to speak.

Snape sent her back and settled into the chair.

He just mentioned the conflict between himself and the foursome and it caused a violent reaction.

If she knew the facts as well as she showed, then she should have only known that Sirius' alleged prank nearly killed him, and that the bullying existed in very general terms but not the specific incident.

But the facts are clearly contrary.

Sissi once practiced Occlumency without telling him, just to hide this part of her memory from him.Maybe those magical books will also include his emotional history... Hey, just know it if you know it, and don't worry about her telling it.

But this deliberate concealment almost made him misjudge the degree of negativity that Sissi could be inspired by. The next guidance must be cautious, otherwise Dumbledore's worries are by no means unnecessary.

The scene fell into a dull silence for a while, and no one knew what to say.

In the past, Eugenie would find the topic of conversation in this situation, but she didn't speak or even raise her head.

The elf who came to deliver snacks knew that the atmosphere was not right, so he put down the cup and saucer very gently, and walked away quietly.

What to say now?Snape racked his brains.

He saw that Eugenie finally moved, but she just took out a small, flat iron box from her pocket, which contained the cleaning care paste that Mr. Ollivander had given her when she first bought the wand.

It is difficult to repurchase items from a century-old store. She still lowered her head and looked at the paste that had just broken through the surface after a whole year of use. She wiped it with a small square of silk and silently began to wipe her wand.

what to do?Snape was still thinking, wait until she finished wiping, maybe it would be fine.

After wiping her own, she raised her head briefly, took the professor's too, and continued wiping, following the decorative patterns on the handle bit by bit, as if she could wipe it for another century.

"Your wand," Snape decided to break the silence himself, picking up the one he had just wiped. "It seems to me that your understanding of it may be somewhat biased."

Eugenie raised her head, not knowing what the professor wanted to say, but her attention was finally diverted.

She moved her mouth and pursed it for too long, causing her upper and lower lips to be a little tight and unwilling to separate.

"The material of the wand wood is somewhat special. I think you remember its characteristics, right?" Snape deliberately let her say it herself, asking questions in a way that would make her willing to speak under any circumstances.

Should be able to?

"Laurel wood has a strong temper and discharges electricity. It cannot be used even if others snatch it away. This is very good."

"Well, what else?" Snape continued to ask with no obvious relief.

"Even in the pursuit of glory, which is the common goal of the owner of such a wand," Eugenie paused for a moment, "it cannot do anything dishonorable. It can cast powerful and even deadly magic. Well - it also caused me Some spells cannot be used."

"Some people who don't understand will take it for granted that disgraceful things refer to all black magic, but that is obviously impossible, otherwise you would not be able to pass the ordinary wizard level exam with this wand - because there are always some The spell is difficult to cast.”

Eugenie nodded, "The repelling curse is an evil curse, the whole-body binding curse is a curse, and the boundaries of some black curses are flexible. It varies from person to person, and I can't tell which category it belongs to. I have tried a few simple ones. None of them were successful, but fortunately they were not within the exam regulations.”

She then expressed her concern, "My wand won't affect the learning of curses, right?"

"From my plan, it doesn't matter. In fact, the problem is you, not the wand. It's your unwillingness to use those spells."

"You're saying that I think some spells are dishonorable so..."

"Yeah, the ones you think are dishonorable - the snot charm, the leg tripping charm, the tickling charm, the ear cramping charm, the spells that are embarrassing but don't cause serious damage, how easy it seems to many people to release them Things. However, you are rejecting and resisting in your heart - coupled with a magic wand of the same temper that resists together, success will be whimsical. "

Eugenie thought for a while and asked hesitantly, "But I don't object to the ones you invented."

"Forget it, don't waste your efforts." Snape waved his hand, "You only mistakenly think you like them because I invented them. Let me give you an example that will make you give up - assuming that the mistake was a prank. Spell, I’m sure you can conjure up a newborn earthworm baby for me at most.”

Baby earthworm? Eugenie turned her head and glanced at the huge black snake coiled beside her, and her mood dropped again.

"The fun of teasing people is the beauty of it. If you can't understand the essence at all, then no matter how much magic power you have in your body, you won't be able to use it."

"But Shen Feng Wu Ying can do it, and you agreed." Eugenie finally found hope after the shock of Baby Earthworm's words.

"Of course, it is powerful, even fatal, right? You like this type that consumes a lot of money. Fortunately, the magic power can keep up. Next, I will teach you how to control those malicious intentions and integrate them into your own power. Go, it’s only a matter of time before you can use Shen Feng Wuying skillfully.”

Eugenie almost cheered up, but then she glanced at the clock.

Snape saw it too, and stood up to retrieve the half-polished wand.

"As of today, all exercises related to the curse are only allowed to be carried out when I am present."

"Yes, Professor."

"You can arrange the rest of the time freely, and -" Snape took out many white crystal pieces and bottles of moon dew from the small bag of the same style. The white crystals were all polished into thin flat disks.

"I'll give you a task." He put his hand into his pocket again.

Two pots, four pots, six pots... I haven't finished taking it out yet, what are you doing?

Eugenie finally knew what it was like for the professor to watch her dig out a lot of things from her bag.

A large number of potted mugwort plants are growing very well, and the soil in the pots is covered with a lot of Yue Chi Beast poop as fertilizer.

There is a special method to extract mugwort essential oil that is expensive, time-consuming and labor-intensive. White crystals and moon dew are used. In addition, silver crucibles and silver containers are required.

"Do you want to use this essential oil?"

Mugwort rarely needs such high-standard treatment. For ordinary medicine, it is enough to use wormwood infusion and ordinary essential oils with a simple production process.

"Preparing Ginny Weasley's potion. I don't know if Dumbledore thought I would hand over the task to the newcomers. He arranged some night patrols for me - and this preparation work It has to be at night again.”

Eugenie said dissatisfiedly, "Maybe he thinks you know how to do cloning." Professor Dumbledore is of course a great wizard, but in terms of employment, he is the most popular wizard in the wizarding world.

"Oh, I have a reasonable suspicion that he has even considered you. But I can't let the new teachers take charge this time. Two of them were my students. I know very well whether the things they make will satisfy people. "

Those two people were a bit miserable. They were scolded when they were in school, and they continued to be scolded when they came back to teach after graduation.