The Extraordinary Apothecary at Hogwarts

Eugenie followed behind, neither near nor far, determined not to go ahead.

There weren't many people staying at school this Christmas, and I didn't see a few along the way. However, Fred and George bumped into the gun very actively. Judging from their appearance, they were probably going to the Room of Requirement.

Eugenie saw them from a distance and winked at them, but their eyes seemed to light up when they saw her.

"Longtimenosee!" Fred came running waving his arms.

"Hello, professor!" George added.

Eugenie tried to avoid it, "Oh my god, don't come over here - next time, okay, let's talk another day."

No matter how open-minded you are, you are still afraid of the melons and plum blossoms in the fields.

Fred asked confused, "What's wrong with you?"

"It's okay. I'm just rushing back to add acacia powder to the crucible - ah, the time is almost up. I'll see you in a few days. I will contact you in the communication book."

She made nonsense and ran away in a hurry.

Fred and George looked at each other and shrugged.

"She looks really busy. I originally wanted to ask her if I could use a love potion."

"That is to say, Christmas has passed and Valentine's Day is not far away. Why don't you wait until Bernie comes back and ask him."

Snape had already left, but when he heard these words from a distance, he suddenly turned back, "Mr. Weasley."

"Professor Snape, Merry Christmas." George said with a smile.

My hearing is so good, I can hear it even from such a distance.

However, his smile seemed to be of no use.

Snape pointed at their noses and whispered, "I just thought I heard - love potion, be careful, don't blame me for not warning you, if I find out, your other interesting inventions will also be buried with you. "

His tone was quite polite, but his expression still held a threatening tone of holding his nose and pouring poison into someone.

George nudged Fred with his elbow. The two of them stood up straight with their feet together, just short of a salute. They said in unison, "Yes, Professor."

The two brothers waited until Snape was gone and went into the Room of Requirement before continuing their discussion.

Fred asked unwillingly, "What a great business opportunity. Do we really want to give up? Do you know how many people are willing to buy it from outside at a high price and bring it into the school! It can definitely be sold at a good price."

"But if Professor Snape firmly objects, we'd better not challenge his bottom line. Being targeted will be very troublesome, and Sissi may also be banned from contacting us. And I remember Sissi doesn't seem to be very Support love potion."

Fred said, "Really? It's really strange. People who can't make it can't buy it even if they want to buy gold galleons, and those who can make it refuse to make it. What did she say?"

"Let me think about it. When she evaluated this potion, she said, 'Although the principle is completely different, the effect is comparable to that of the Imperius Curse.' It is a series of potions that must be strictly controlled. She also criticized the Ministry of Magic authorities for not paying attention to this potion at all. question."

"Is it that serious? That's the Unforgivable Curse."

"Maybe that's a bit exaggerated, but we'd better give up anyway."

"Hey, we have spent almost all the money we originally saved on buying a new Defense Against the Dark Arts book before school starts. If the love potion doesn't work, we will have to consider other products."

George patted Fred on the shoulder, "There will always be a way."

"Of course, the two of us have more ideas. Mosquito Candy is very popular, but unfortunately its positioning is not suitable for large-scale promotion. We have to find a way to launch a new invention that can be used by more people, like fireworks. Consumable products.”

"Exactly."

……

The Christmas break is over, everything is back on track, and there is a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Mr. Lupin, who previously helped organize extracurricular activities.

The most unacceptable thing is the entrance examination, and it is also very troublesome to correct the vacation homework.

In the past, one teacher was somewhat unable to manage so many students, but now there are teaching assistants for each main course. The amount of homework and test papers is quietly increasing, but the correction speed is much faster than before.

The students are watched more closely, and the professors have time to do other things, such as talking to key students.

Miss Margulies was interviewed several times by Professor Flitwick because she made some very inappropriate mistakes during the exam, so she was naturally in a bad mood.

There have been no extracurricular activities organized by the lake recently. The most popular activity recently is near the greenhouse. A group of people are silly playing Magic Plant Lianliankan - a method in which the roots, stems and leaves of many kinds of plants are painted on three pictures and mixed together to see who is the winner. A boring game that can combine more complete plants within the specified time.

We also created a grade list, and the top ten in each grade list were given worthless rewards and achievement badges.

It's boring, so she won't go.

The things her mother promised haven't arrived yet, and something went wrong in the exam for no apparent reason. She doesn't want to see those boys who clumsily stick to her just to wink at her. She has long been tired of it and it's boring.So she decided to walk alone by the Black Lake, maybe she could see the tentacles of the giant squid sticking out from the center of the lake.

By the lake, in the Forbidden Forest—anywhere is fine, as long as it's a deserted place.

She gets irritated when she sees anyone, but luckily the footprints on the ground will tell her where there are fewer people. It's nice to step on the smooth snow, which has not been stepped on by anyone else. It's white and clean, just right for her footprints.

She didn't notice that the set of footprints left behind her had been stepped on again, and they followed her to the Forbidden Forest, where there were no other people at all.

Several ropes jumped out from behind her. When she heard the sound and turned her head, she was about to pull out the wand. The ropes had already tied up her arms, legs, and mouth like a python. She quickly lost her balance and fell into the snow. in the ground.

"Hello." Eugenie lifted the disillusionment spell, put a smiling face in front of her and said hello, "Shall we talk?"

Margulies gave her a horrified look, his expression quickly turned to anger, and he twisted in the snow and tried to pull his hand out to get his wand.

Eugenie didn't care what she did, dragged the person into the woods, recited a whispering spell, and loosened the rope around her mouth.

"I have nothing to talk about with you! Let me go!" Her angry shout seemed to be put into a narrow-mouthed bottle.

Eugenie leaned her upper body against a tree and adjusted the binding method of the rope. "Do you really think I am going to invite you to chat calmly? You are willing to come to such a deserted place, which saves me a lot of trouble, but Regardless, the result is the same."

Margulies closed her mouth tightly. She thought of Veritaserum. This person definitely had Veritaserum on him.

Eugenie did not touch her pockets but came over and straightened her head, looked directly into her eyes, smiled and said softly, "Legilimency."