The Extraordinary Apothecary at Hogwarts

Usually after the Easter holidays it means that the final exams for various subjects are approaching.

After filtering, some of the facts that happened in the secret room seemed to have grown legs and spread themselves around the school.

Professor Dumbledore therefore canceled the final exams in the school. Only Hermione, who had recently recovered, was unwilling to accept such an arrangement.

There are also two grades of students who cannot share the joy of killing the basilisk by exempting themselves from the exam. They still have to take owls or newts, perfectly missing the enjoyable opportunity to be exempted from the exam.

Eugenie had no feeling about it.

Love the exam or not.

In her spare time while testing potion data, she pulled out the remaining teeth of the basilisk, cut off its head, cut the body into small pieces, and transported them back to her home in batches.

An unused hut was chosen as a warehouse. Next to the hut were three old trees that were about hundreds of years old. They were blooming with dreamy sky-blue flowers. The body of the basilisk that was incompatible with the flowers was stored next to the tall flowering tree. inside the house.

Most of those flowers are still hanging brightly on the trees, while a small half have been blown down by the wind. The sloping roofs and the surrounding ground are all paved with the color of the sky. This circle of blue scenery is particularly conspicuous among the white grass. .

Eugenie deliberately used a spell to preserve those flowers. Even in the face of the terrible weather where it would rain twice every now and then, the flowers that fell on the ground would not lose their bright color.

Within these days, Mr. Bellby, who invented the wolfsbane potion, wrote a sincere reply. He was very interested in the improvement and was also happy that the potion he invented could arouse the interest of others and become more refined. He hoped to find time Dive into the details.

Eugenie happily showed the letter to the professor and replied immediately after confirming the time.

Snape completed the career guidance for fifth grade students in three days. He went to the appointment to chat with Mr. Belby and quickly came back to help.

It is less than two months before the end of the semester. In the last moments, whether it is temporarily holding Merlin's feet or letting their seven years of hard work be fully reflected on their transcripts, they must do their best to face the most important test. They His performance and whereabouts are currently unclear.

Previous students responded quickly after receiving the invitation letter. Work handover and resignation procedures took some necessary time, and then they returned to school on the agreed date.

These former students who were recruited from other places have already entered society and gained some experience, and their behavior is much more mature than in school. Some of them even got married early and started families at an age when Eugenie thought they should be busy studying in college. They may have children. Yes.

The reason why they are willing to change careers has also changed from the original idealization to reality. It is just to make more money, and the salary and benefits here are better.

The salary during the induction training period can also be the same as the original official salary, and the training time is also short, as fast as one month, as slow as two months - if it is any slower - Professor Snape will kick him out of the door. , can't be any slower.

This may be the only thing they fear about taking the job.

Compared with the three-year internship period of an Auror, or the two to five years of internship period of a medical warlock, it is too easy to become a regular here.

They braced themselves for Snape's lashing out again.

After being scolded for seven full years, those people are back again.

Nowadays, there are not as many empty classrooms as before, and most of them are used to make up lessons for some students or arrange homework explanations.

Eugenie arrived at the reserved empty classroom 10 minutes early. The recruits had arrived earlier and had already found their seats to sit down.

Four of them she knew - those who had graduated less than a year ago and were in seventh grade last year.

They never thought that they would be in this situation. The school girl who saw her as cute and young and took good care of her when they were in school hired them back.

Eugenie smiled at them friendly and said, "Welcome!" She held a large teapot in her right hand and held the bottom with her left hand, which looked very heavy.

Those who were familiar with her thought for a while and called her by her last name. They briefly chatted about their work content and the newly implemented pharmacy management methods. People in related industries now feel that it is unnecessary, and this new regulation does not deny personal pharmacy. The legality of designer products only requires new strict testing standards.

It is speculated that this regulation was implemented because the news revealed some cases of unscrupulous pharmacists cutting corners and leading to serious consequences.

However, these recruits all know the reason - they are the real beneficiaries. The outside world does not believe that people who do not have the ability to obtain certificates can produce qualified pharmaceuticals in accordance with the new and more stringent standards.

From the perspective of the same interests, they are unwilling to leak the news.

Bobin's chain drugstore has been temporarily closed. Oak signs are hung at the entrance of the main store and all branches in Diagon Alley that the interior decoration is being adjusted.

These pharmacies originally sold raw materials, but now they are all sold to the same place. There is no stock for sale in the store, and all new purchases are ordered directly from the place of origin according to production needs.

Passers-by outside the glass can see that the decoration layout of the store is indeed changing. It is neat and clean. There is no longer the same visual sense as the smell of rotten eggs when entering the store.

After the two-month training period is over, this store will become the new highlight of Diagon Alley.

Eugenie saw that they paid attention to the clock and the classroom door from time to time. The British concept of punctuality differed from person to person. Usually they like to ask others to be punctual without having to abide by it themselves. None of these people were late or even arrived earlier than her, of course. There is a reason.

Mainly due to the fear of being dominated. They achieved excellent results in OLS, but after entering the advanced potions course, they were not top-notch and were already afraid of being scolded.

Eugenie chatted casually with them about school while filling the row of glasses in front of her with water.

This was how she received the initial training in the Freeze Spell, and now it was the turn of others.

There was no trace of heat on the tea cup, and the cup floated steadily to everyone.

They used different habits to reach out and touch the cup. It looked like a cup of normal temperature water. When they touched the cup body, no heat flowed into their hands through the cup wall, so they did not feel hot when they held it.

"Let's take our hands away first, be careful of burning them." Eugenie reminded her. Seeing that they were no longer touching, she raised her wand and said, "The curse will stop immediately."

Hot steam floated out of the cup, and a small number of small bubbles appeared at the bottom, just like the initial boiling state. Some of the water vapor was eager to escape upwards, but could not escape before.

The door opened, Snape walked into the classroom on time, and the last sound in the classroom disappeared.

Eugenie had just used a spell to freeze the water again. The heat that had spread into the cup body made the cup feel hot to the touch, but there seemed to be a layer of something added to the water surface, sealing all the water vapor inside.