The Extraordinary Apothecary at Hogwarts

"Take care of the woods?" asked Eugenie.

Fred pinched the approximate body length of a beetle with two fingers and said, "He goes home every summer to help move the lantern beetles."

George added, "Specially lazy beetles - if no one helps them move, they just stay on the same rotten log from birth to death."

"I think most of them starved to death because they were too lazy to leave their birthplace to find new wood."

"Yes," Eugenie said while chewing on the whey egg tart, "Their luminous devices have also grown in vain - they are obviously meant to attract beetles of the opposite sex during the breeding season, but they are too lazy. Even if they see the fluorescence, they will always hope that the other beetles will take the initiative. Come and find it - they always make the same choice, no one comes near the other, it's a miracle this species didn't become extinct before the wizard discovered it."

Bernie said cautiously, "I guess there are occasionally wild sniffers who collect luminous objects, pick them off different tree trunks, and put them into their own caves. Because when I dug the sniffer cave to look for lost objects, The remains of adult beetles and broken egg shells have been found many times, and perhaps the larvae were not that lazy and crawled out.”

Eugenie nodded, "It's a possibility - do you have any extra beetles for sale? Their wings and light emitters are quite useful and can be used to make certain beauty potions."

"A lot of them are worthless. I'll send you as many as you want during the summer vacation."

Eugenie thought about the large amount of unicorn hair collected in the storage room - Hagrid picked it up from the Forbidden Forest. They should also be put to use. "I may want more, can I go to your place during the summer vacation?" ?I guess it must be some forest in the south of England."

There are no such beetles in forests to the north, such as the Forbidden Forest.

"It's in Gloucestershire, not far from London. I'll write you the address in a moment."

"Oh, it seems quite close to me," said Eugenie nonchalantly.

Bernie replied smartly, "That's right. You have been to the Far East. From the map, it seems that the land there is much wider."

"It's much broader." Eugenie took out two lists filled with numbers and densely packed small characters and placed them in front of Fred and George. "This is the main purpose of my appointment today."

"What is it?" Fred almost let a brain-shaped piece of soft soap fall onto the paper when he lowered his head.

Eugenie hurriedly caught the puddle of soft soap that was constantly leaking out the light red liquid, and dipped it into her hands stickyly. "I want to borrow your creativity. There are many categories. You can choose some options that suit your needs - I personally recommend it. Priority will be given to those with an asterisk in the coding for design.”

"Just design?" Fred asked.

"Is there a design fee?"

"We need to make samples that are roughly in line with the original design intention to show feasibility and fun. Some spells are difficult and have poor results. I will find someone to help improve them. You don't need to waste time on this."

Eugenie took out an inconspicuous small kraft paper bag and placed it on the table. When the bottom of the bag came into contact with the table, it made a metal sliding sound that most people would like. "As for the other question, when will I let you do it for nothing?" What about the job? Deposit."

"It's great, Sissy." Fred said as he opened the bag and turned it upside down. The gold coins clinked happily and fell on the table.

George picked up one that rolled under the table, "Mum will definitely think we went to rob Gringotts when she saw it."

"To be honest, the design fee I paid you is only a small part of the sales profit. If Mrs. Weasley cannot understand and support your cause, please tell me in time and let me communicate with your mother. "

"That's great. I think there's enough here." George counted the gold coins on the table, no more than 50 coins.

"You can choose to share, but the sharing plan will be more complicated - well - because I am not the only investor, and I personally want to buy it out in one go for convenience. In terms of price, the adopted design is 30 drafts, and the one with an asterisk is Popular products are doubled, and the validity period is tentatively scheduled to be before the end of the summer vacation. I will decide whether to extend it based on the situation."

"The unit of measurement is galleons?"

"Of course. Take a look at the design requirements. If you have any questions, ask them in person. It's time for me to leave later."

"No problem, you left us a lot of room to play freely."

George asked a little worriedly, "Sissi, are you going to open a comprehensive store of daily necessities that can be used with finished potions? There was a lot of unfavorable news published in the Daily Prophet recently - two people were found to have used love potions because of the The family fought despite the fact that there were Muggles passing by on the street, and one party detained the other and sent him to the hospital."

"Yes, the newspaper also said that a well-known pharmacist wrote a book criticizing the existing system."

"Don't worry, that news," Eugenie smiled lightly, "is not detrimental to me."

"Well, wait for our good news."

"Do you still want to ask about the hat, Bernie?" Fred turned to Bernie and said.

"Hat?" Eugenie took out her pocket watch and looked at the time. "What do you want to ask?"

Bernie took out three strange-looking hats from the cowhide bag and put them in large transparent gift boxes. The boxes were padded with grass branches that emitted different lights according to the styles of the hats. “I made a few hats that I wanted to give away. For my sister, but I'm not sure—"

They are all in the style of dessert food, the yellow ones are decorated with oranges and cute hole-shaped cheese shapes, the pink ones focus on cakes and donuts, and the brown ones are cookies and animal-shaped candies.

"So you want to ask me which one I think looks better?" Eugenie raised her eyebrows in confusion, "Suppose it's me and I want all three. I can't go wrong by giving more gifts."

Why make a choice?

Bernie was stunned for a moment, "Oh, do you think so? Then give them all to her."

"This is my idea. I don't know if your sister will hold the same view. Would you mind telling me how old she is? The styles look pretty cute."

"Almost seven years old." Bernie suddenly became very happy.

"It's the age when you love to eat sweets." Eugenie stared at him and seemed to understand something, so she asked, "Are there any similarities between me and your sister?"

If she looked like her brother, then their looks would have nothing in common.

The age gap is also evident.

So why?

Bernie looked back at her and felt a sense of being seen through his body, "Dimples." He said truthfully due to invisible pressure, "One side is slightly deeper than the other."

"That's it. It's my fault that you misunderstood me at first." Eugenie let go of him. "Now the misunderstanding has been clarified. I hope that when you look at me in the future, you won't think of your sister through my face, otherwise I may think It's offensive. She and I are two completely different people, and I will be bringing her gifts when I visit over the summer."