The Extraordinary Apothecary at Hogwarts

Each dinner plate is made of washed conch shells or seashells, enlarged with magic.

The forks and knives were products from Muggle shops. When she was very young, she had a set of shell tableware that she particularly liked, and everything on the table was of the same style.

She happily ran over and threw herself into her mother's arms, "Mom!" and reluctantly let go, "Dad - Dad," she finally tried to change the name of her father.

Then according to the "hugging routine" she established, even the professor was not spared.

Her birthday often happened after Easter, and she even forgot it was today.

As soon as she sat down, the house elves hiding behind the decorative murex and large scallops came out wearing doll clothes stuffed with cotton.

Dudu also shyly put on the agouti costume and joined the end of the team with hurried steps.

They dressed up as hermit crabs, bread crabs, small starfish, various shells and sea fish.

The youngest elf is just over a year old, and he actually wears a white ball-shaped dress, babbling and rolling around in the scallop to play the role of a pearl.

The arms of other elves are hidden in crab legs or fish fins, and they run in an S-shape, advancing and retreating, and the tail of the team is always swinging, as if performing the dance of a sea snake.

After a while, their faces were red, they formed a circle end to end, and used the elf's floating spell to move the big cake to the dining table.

An elf quietly gave something to Dudu. When they handed over, they tried their best to block it with their small bodies. Dudu walked next to Eugenie and shyly took out a head made of 7 different kinds of grass branches from behind. The small colored stones they collected themselves were hung on the crown with thin fibers. They put it on and shook their heads like walking wind chimes.

Eugenie loosened the hair rope, and the small stones were more suitable for her chestnut hair.

Snape extinguished the candle above and lit more than a dozen candles at the same time. A string of white smoke in the shape of musical notes floated out of the candles.

Different voices sang the birthday song, and two elves accidentally sang out of tune, and their mouths were covered anxiously by their companions around them.

Eugenie closed her eyes and silently made a wish, then puffed out her cheeks and blew a long breath. The candle flickered a few times and went out.

The bright candlelight returned to the sky again, and the light shone from all directions to cover every corner, and Eugenie's dozens of shadows were too faint to be seen.

Gifts were piled up on the round table by the window, and she planned to open them slowly after dinner.

Under her mother's expectant gaze, Eugenie pinched a white shell on the cake - made of white chocolate, something she had liked to do since she was a child.

Then she took a bite without any preparation. It had a soft filling.

Well, it's panna cotta, juice flavored. The white chocolate paired with panna cotta tastes okay, a little sour.

The appearance design of this cake is very similar to products from the Muggle world. There are no magical animal shapes or additions commonly used in the wizarding world——

Her vision suddenly rose, and she was several feet above the ground.

No, juice-flavored panna cotta? !

"Mom!" She saw her good mother covering her mouth and smiling, "You will also buy these candies! You didn't tell me in advance!"

Honey Earl’s sizzling honey candies!

Guard against the two Weasley brothers, guard against Dumbledore, and even guard against your own mother.

"I've always wanted to give it a try -" The dignified and steady Mrs. Ravenclaw and the elegant Ms. Muller were all gone. This respectable lady who had been a mother for more than ten years seemed to have regained her childishness and pulled curiously. He grabbed Eugenie's ankles and pulled down.

Then let go——

Eugenie floated back to her original height like a hydrogen balloon.

Her mother smiled softly.

Snape turned a blind eye and could not say anything. He avoided the chocolate decorations and cut himself a piece of cake. Before eating, he smelled it with his nose and pointed his wand at it to study it before picking up the shell spoon.

The interesting lady stuffed her husband with a crab-shaped chocolate. Eugenie saw that his father's mouth seemed to have been whipped several times with a lemon-stained whip, and his nose was so sore that it twisted.

Lady Ravenclaw ate one herself, breathing fire from her ears and nose at the same time.

"Mom! Can you take it easy!" Eugenie shouted in mid-air.

"It's rare to have a chance to try it. I've been curious about it for a long time, but I didn't dare to try it."

"It's right not to try it easily. The human body can become allergic to some unknown ingredients. Even wizards occasionally have this happen. It's very dangerous!"

"Let mom try this once - I've been really curious for a long time. I think I won't encounter any problems. Professor Snape is here to make sure nothing goes wrong -"

She was prepared, and it was more reliable than trying it in front of St. Mungo's Hospital. Her curiosity could no longer be suppressed. In the past, it was only because of the curse that she was not interested in other magic items.

It's different now. The heavy pressure on my heart has been lifted, and my horizons have suddenly broadened.

Mrs. Ravenclaw even wanted to encourage the house elf, "Do you want one too?"

Dudu raised his head and looked at Eugenie.

"No! The dosages suitable for elves are different!" Eugenie waved her arms backwards and hit the air as if swimming to make herself float forward. "Please take care of it, Professor, you don't know that my mother wants to do this." You did it but didn’t stop her—ah—it’s hopeless.”

She saw the professor take out several small bottles of medicine from his pocket. She could recognize the amber bottle with the orange smoke under the mouth of the bottle floating in the air. It was a special medicine for treating Billywig stings.

"It's okay, since it's Madam's request." Snape sat very calmly. This was the only time he needed to raise his head to speak to Eugenie.

The custard ball she ate floated so well that it floated for several minutes without landing.

Eugenie gave up her struggle and said, "Pull me down, Professor, I'm hungry."

Mainly because I was speechless and wanted to eat something without saying a word instead of being a balloon in the sky.

She could understand her mother's mood as a Muggle who wanted to try these candies no matter what. When magic became textbooks and daily life, she slowly forgot about this feeling of endless yearning.

Through training, you can increase your magic power, learn more powerful spells, brew more perfect potions, expand your influence, and uncover enemies that have been dormant for decades.

She could no longer be satisfied with simple novelty.

Eugenie tied her body that wanted to float at any moment to the seat with a rope, dug out a piece of cake, propped her head up and watched her mother pick up another chocolate and put it into her mouth.

He also cut a piece of chocolate into four small pieces and distributed them to the elves.

So there were a few more floating objects in the air. Her mother held up a plate and fed cakes to the elves, and curiously touched some heads with billowing white smoke, playing like a child who had just entered the magical world.

Eugenie looked at her mother's smiling face and smiled too.

The person who deserves to be celebrated most on her birthday is not her, but her mother who took great risks to bring her into this world.

This is the anniversary of the death of great mothers. Despite advances in medicine, there are still mothers who will not survive this ordeal.

Her mother took more risks than other mothers.

She sincerely hopes that she is safe and happy.