The Extraordinary Apothecary at Hogwarts

When Eugenie was thinking, she forgot to move her feet. In the blink of an eye, she was pulled away. She hurried to catch up, causing the small puddles on the stone floor to splash high and high.

"Professor, can you tell me more about how to remove my curse?"

On rare weekends, she had to ask questions as soon as possible. On weekdays, professors were busy in both directions, leaving her with a full schedule of study plans.

Almost everyone in the school believed that after the increase in the number of teachers, (except for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class) the other teachers received two assistants, and he had four, Snape should be the most relaxed main teacher.

They don't know that there is a little troublemaker who has been labeled as a troublemaker from the beginning. Once he gets involved, he can't get rid of him.

Snape slowed down and waited for her to catch up, and then said, "You should know that there is no chance of breaking this kind of evil curse that can be passed down from ancestors. The extreme cunning and viciousness, coupled with the difficulty of tracing the origin, make it impossible for people to start."

"Yeah, I understand that curses are ever-changing. Even a spell caster who clearly knows all the principles of this curse may not be able to succeed in eradicating the effects of the curse."

"So the measures that can be taken, such as what Dumbledore did to you, are to reduce the damage through roundabout ways."

The two of them continued to walk in the rain. The stone road branched off into a path, only half as wide as the main road, winding along a gentle slope leading to the back door of the annex.

"The reason why I say there is a solution is, first of all, because Mr. Nico Flamel's selfless help made it possible to solve the problem. Without the Philosopher's Stone, I'm afraid everything would not have started."

"Mr. Nico Flamel is a saint who has truly understood the deepest mysteries. The power of the fifth element can repel curses." She spread her right hand, and the small stone had been dutifully fighting against the curse wrapped around her skin. It was framed in the palm of her hand. Create a small safe zone through which she can release her magic.

"Yes, but it is a small piece after all. It has limited power and cannot directly reduce the curse." Snape stood at the door and patted the water droplets on her shoulders. "Then, I found out in the book hidden in Gringotts I found some ancient potions that might be useful. After preliminary simulation tests, there was one potion that aroused my interest."

Eugenie pulled the corner of the robe and shook it out into waves, removing the small mud spots on the edge that refused to fall down. "Oh, I didn't understand runes at the time and didn't even know what you were looking at. What kind of potion was it? ,professor?"

"The imitation of human organs has a variety of uses." Snape held the wing-shaped copper handle and opened the back door. "If it is used on you, I think the organ needed is skin."

"Then let the power of the Philosopher's Stone drive the curse away from the fake skin." Eugenie answered briskly, "We tricked it into thinking it was me too."

"It's an overly simple summary, and there are many problems in actual operation. The most important thing is how to let it leave your body without causing a riot."

"Well, I shouldn't have used the word 'driving' then."

"Of course, it cannot be driven away, it must be guided. Any spell will leave its own signs and patterns. Learn to interpret the traces left by the curse - this is what I ask you to do now. I can help from the perspective of standing on the sidelines, but so Seeing is not as clear and sharp as your personal experience. After you learn it, we will use a ready-made case to practice, try to use the power of the magic stone to block the unfavorable direction, and then use the original characteristics to push and guide them according to your ideas Take action and avoid any conflict between you."

Eugenie immediately understood who the ready-made case mentioned in the words was, "Remove the curse on Lockhart."

"Yes, maybe this is the first useful thing he does after taking office?"

Eugenie imagined Lockhart's so-called charming smile with shining teeth in front of her eyes, "He couldn't really teach you how to make potions, could he?"

"Why not?" Snape said with resentment, shaking his head and repeating those words in Lockhart's tone, "'I happened to have seen several rare formulas during my travels. Of course, I don't want you to think that I I am better at this than him. I just demonstrated a little. Your smart Potions teacher immediately understood the key point of what I said. I am very happy that this small and insignificant help solved his long-standing problem. problem'."

"What else would he do besides forgetting everything? Add bird and snake egg yolks to the shower gel?" Eugenie breathed faster with anger, "No, no, no, I should admit that Lockhart is not useless except for the forgetting spell - he also He has a mysterious self-confidence that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve, and a unique talent that offends everyone. When I remove the curse of Defense Against the Dark Arts, I will give him a few more kicks in the butt."

"Two more kicks?" Snape seemed to smile, "Look, I said you will not be corrupted by evil thoughts."

"It's true that I don't have evil thoughts, but when I think about him coming from the same college as me..." She walked around the desk twice to stop herself from thinking about that incompetent guy, then raised her head and asked, "Professor, make those imitation human organs." Is there anything I can help with about the potion?"

"No, it's all ready. It's just a matter of time. The oozing grass needs to be harvested under the full moon of twelve different months. In the early attempts, I used medicinal materials that did not meet the conditions, and the resulting organ looked a little sloppy. "

"So it's set in four months, after Christmas. Oh my gosh, Professor, you started preparing a year ago, I don't know anything."

"I believe that your time should be spent on training magic and acquiring knowledge, and improving your level as quickly and comprehensively as possible, instead of wondering how to collect herbs at every full moon? I cannot agree that it is necessary to tell you this matter. .”

"No, Professor," Eugenie scratched the back of her head in annoyance because she had chosen the wrong wording. "I'm not talking about why you refused to tell me. I just - I didn't expect that you have been silently preparing for a long time. I am very touched - Well - grateful, both, I don’t know how to describe my current mood.”

"By the way! I have something to give to you in advance!" Eugenie quickly walked to the wooden shelf near the window, squatted down and opened the bottom drawer, and picked up two stacked brass square boxes. The cover is engraved with curly grass patterns.

Snape opened the lid and saw a pair of gold-rimmed glasses in each of the two boxes.

"You want me to wear this?" He pinched the temples of his glasses and raised them to his eyes for a closer look.

"Yes, please don't refuse. Halloween is coming soon, and I think Professor Dumbledore will choose this time to attack the basilisk. These are protective glasses used in alchemy. I'm not sure whether they can completely block the sight of the basilisk, but I’m sure it’s much better at isolating magic than ordinary glass.”

The basilisk's gaze can burn a camera and destroy its lenses.