Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

"I probably know everything you know."

Draco sneered and said:

"Since you know everything, why don't you go and avenge yourself for your confusion... I mean, why don't you go and catch Blake?"

Harry was stunned for a moment. Before, Douglas had only told him that Black was his godfather and Voldemort's lackey, but how did this involve his revenge?

He strode forward and asked:

"What do you mean?"

Draco was so frightened that he quickly hid the gold Galleons in his hand behind his back and said in a timid tone:

"So you didn't know? Haha, then you need to investigate. As long as you investigate clearly, these ten gold coins will be yours..."

Harry stared at Draco with cold eyes after hearing what he said.

Then he looked around, everyone looked at him with concern, and then he turned to look at Ron and Hermione.

Hermione stepped forward, pulled Harry aside and said:

"Harry, you need to calm down. He just wants to provoke you and make you go find Black..."

Harry whispered:

"I wasn't angry at all. I was just acting for him."

Ron stood beside Harry, blocking everyone's view. After hearing Harry's calm voice, which even had a hint of mischief in it, he complained softly:

"I thought you would rush out of Hogwarts and duel Black after hearing what he said."

Harry shook his head slightly and said:

"What's the point of getting angry? Besides, when I first found out that Black was my godfather, my cousin scolded me for not being calm. Although my cousin didn't say it explicitly at the time, I could guess that Black was related to the death of my parents...but..."

Harry's face darkened again as he spoke, looking over Ron's shoulder at Draco.

Ron also turned around to look at the smug Draco and whispered:

"Are you saying that Malfoy seemed to be assigned by Professor Holmes? Indeed, the requirements he put forward are very similar to the tasks assigned to you by the professor..."

Hermione shook her head and said:

"Probably not. The professor asked Harry to investigate the truth himself so that he wouldn't be misled by others.

And Malfoy is trying to persuade Harry to find Black. Don't forget that he has publicly expressed the kindness of the mysterious man more than once..."

At this time, Draco said with a smile:

"Since we are all from the same club, why are you avoiding us when talking to us? It's obvious that you don't trust us."

Hermione stood up and said:

"We're just discussing your bargaining chips. Ten gold Galleons is too little. Even Dobby, the butler of Professor Holmes's house, gets a salary of ten Galleons a week. As the young master of the Malfoy family, your pocket money wouldn't be so little, would it?"

Draco heard Hermione talking about her house-elf again, and then the others also looked at her teasingly.

He gritted his teeth again and took out another ten gold Galleons from his pocket. His mother had given him fifty gold Galleons so that he could go to Hogsmeade this semester. However, before Hogsmeade opened, his funds had shrunk by half, which made him feel a little sad.

Seeing him take out another ten gold Galleons, Ron's eyes suddenly lit up, frightening Draco so much that he quickly withdrew his hand and said:

"I can't give it to you in advance this time. I have to wait until you catch Blake before I can give it to you."

Hermione snorted coldly:

"Why are you raising the stakes again? Didn't you just say we just need to find out the truth? Now you're talking about catching Black. It seems your thinking is the same as what's written on your test. The Ministry of Magic is trash in your eyes. In your heart, is Harry even more powerful than the Ministry of Magic?

Since we've increased the difficulty of the mission, we also need to increase the reward. Twenty gold galleons isn't enough."

Draco immediately retorted:

"You... do you think I'm stupid? That question is very simple. You can take away ten Galleons if you ask the pure-blood traitor. There's also a reward of 10,000 gold Galleons for capturing Black from the Ministry of Magic..."

George and Fred looked at each other, then quickly ran to Draco and said as if he were looking at the God of Wealth:

"Malfoy family, we have accepted your mission."

"We're not greedy, we'll only take the ten Galleon one."

"In order to avoid being beaten now, you need to add five more Galleons."

"Yes, that's right. You just insulted our family."

Draco stepped back in fear and yelled at Harry:

"Didn't you say that we should all get along with each other in a friendly way?"

George and Fred each hugged Malfoy on one side and said with a sneer:

"Am I unkind?"

"Or am I being unkind?"

Malfoy struggled desperately while covering his stomach, fearing that the two men would suddenly punch him.

Harry spread his hands, looking as if he agreed.

Although Hermione really wanted to see Malfoy get beaten, it was their club after all, so they should uphold the club's principles.

"George, Fred, stop scaring him.

Malfoy, we've accepted your mission, but I want to modify some of the content. You'll pay twenty gold Galleons to publish the truth behind Black's arrest and imprisonment. It must be the actual truth, not something you heard from someone else. Since we're a detective agency, we must provide evidence. Do you agree?"

Draco saw this and wondered if he could disagree.

He originally thought that if Harry really went to find Black, he would definitely be killed, and then he wouldn't have to pay.

But it's not bad now. When the other party knows that it was Black who betrayed Harry's parents to that man, he will definitely seek revenge on Black, and the result will be the same.

At the same time, he had a small expectation in his heart that Douglas and Harry would go for revenge together and then fall on Black. If his father knew his plan, he would definitely be happy for him.

Draco took advantage of George and Fred's inattention, broke away from them and said:

"Yes, but I can't give you the gold galleons first..."

Hermione nodded and said:

"Okay, but you have to sign an agreement."

As she spoke, Hermione took out a special piece of parchment from her bag, wrote the content of the task on it, asked Harry to sign it, and then handed it to Draco.

"There's a small curse on this agreement. Once you sign it, if we don't get paid after completing the task, not only will the curse take effect, but we'll also hire Mr. Dobby to come to your house and collect the money personally."

When George and Fred heard the decision, they immediately applauded and praised it as a great idea.

Draco sneered as he took the parchment and quickly signed it.

"It's just a mere twenty Galleons. To the Malfoy family, it's just a hair. Of course, to some pure-blood families, it might be several months' living expenses..."

Chapter 207 Five Flavors of Wolfsbane Potion

Harry sighed. Draco was not a Slytherin at all. He was even more reckless than the Gryffindor students.

At least the Gryffindor students wouldn't be stupid enough to stay alone in the Slytherin lair and keep mocking the Slytherins.

At this time, Hermione said to everyone present:

"Everyone can participate in this mission. In addition to the 20 gold Galleons reward provided by Malfoy, Harry will also apply to Professor Holmes for some magical props, which will be awarded to students who perform well in the mission..."

If it was just Galleons, many people present would not be too tempted, after all, the person being investigated was Black, whom even the Ministry of Magic could not catch.

But Professor Holmes' magic props are very precious. Although not many people know about them, everyone knows about last year's snow monster wooden sign and the amulet that can release the Patronus Charm on the train.

Even Draco was tempted. Some defensive items in the wizarding world were very precious. Even the Malfoy family didn't have many of them, and most of them were dark magic items. His father wouldn't let him touch them at all.

However, he was still a little afraid of Blake, after all, he had a record of blowing up an entire street with a spell.

Forget it, you have to be alive to get good things.

Upstairs in the Defense Against the Dark Arts office.

Sirius, who was reading a magazine and watching the surveillance footage at the same time, turned to look at Douglas.

Douglas, who was writing or drawing, also heard what Hermione said. He noticed Sirius was looking at him and said without looking up:

"Look at what I'm doing. He's your son, not mine. You should study hard and make something good for him."

Sirius said disdainfully:

"The Black family has collected so many things over the years, so just give him some when the time comes.

What I want to ask is, was that kid from the Malfoy family really sent, or was he trying to frame Harry as the little girl said?"

Douglas said lightly:

"Do you think I can arrange for the Malfoys?"

Blake snorted coldly and muttered something else.

Time flies, everything disappears in the passage of time, and in the blink of an eye, only memories and traces of time are left.

On the morning of a week before the full moon, Lupin finally completed the Black Lake obstacle course.

After his morning run, he dragged his tired body to Douglas' office.

He glanced and saw that Sirius was not in the office. He thought that Dobby had not brought Sirius here today and was relieved.

He just smiled and asked:

"Douglas, is the potion ready?"

Douglas took out a set of prepared wolfsbane potions from the cabinet and handed it to him.

After Lupin took the box from Douglas and opened it, he found five potions of different colors neatly arranged inside. He looked at Douglas blankly.

"Why is this different from the wolfsbane potion I drank before?"

He remembered what Snape had said when he came to him yesterday to ask for the detention class during this period:

"It's a good choice to let Douglas finish the wolfsbane potion for you. I hope he can make it taste just right for you."

Lupin guessed from Snape's sarcastic tone that this was definitely not a compliment.

Although he didn't know how to brew wolfsbane potion, he had heard that this potion was very complex and delicate. If it was mixed with any impurities, it would lose its original effect. This was because a werewolf once thought this potion was too bitter and added sugar to it...

He suddenly wanted to talk to Dumbledore again, or let Snape make it for him.

Douglas explained:

“The original wolfsbane potion was too bitter, so I tried to improve its taste.

However, the improved potion is a little weaker than the original one, so I made five flavors directly, namely

Sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty.

These five flavors are the most basic flavors that people come into contact with on a daily basis. They can make you remember what it feels like to be a human being when you drink them. Although, like the original wolfsbane potion, it cannot completely cure wolfsbane, it can shorten the time it takes you to turn into a wolf.

At the same time, these five flavors are not simply to make taking medicine interesting. In the East, there is a concept that sour enters the liver, pungent enters the lungs, bitter enters the heart, salty enters the kidneys, and sweet enters the spleen, and each of the five organs is responsible for its flavor.

I've tailored these different potions to nourish your heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, respectively. This can alleviate some of the burden placed on your body by the transformation. If you drink them over a long period of time, they can enhance your internal organs' resistance and may even clear some of the toxins in your body."

Lupin looked at Douglas, then at the potions. Why didn't he believe what Douglas said?

He wondered if he should notify Dumbledore and then hide in the Shrieking Shack when the moon was full.

Douglas said with some lingering feeling:

"Actually, I have another idea. I want to combine the wolfsbane potion with the seven emotions of life: joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, and shock...

The five flavors regulate the body, the seven emotions heal the mind, allowing humanity to outweigh wolf nature, and perhaps this can completely suppress the werewolf transformation…”

Lupin opened his mouth, and finally asked:

"Douglas, has any other werewolf ever drunk this potion of yours?"

Douglas coughed lightly:

“Not yet, but I’ve tested it using some special methods, and this potion does have the effect I described.

If you are worried, wait for the full moon night and I will come to look after you personally. I am quite good at subduing large magical beasts. I have encountered them in the Romanian dragon farm..."

Lupin smiled bitterly and really wanted to say thank you for comparing himself to the dragon.

This is the only way now. Even if we find Snape now, it may be too late.

Moreover, the other party wished that he would become a real werewolf in Hogwarts, otherwise he would not allow Douglas to brew the potion and even sent him a mocking message.