Hermione got Powerful Medicine the next morning, and Ivan mailed out the list of materials he needed at noon.

That evening, they gathered in the girls' bathroom on the third floor. No crying Peach Golden Girl quietly in the bathroom, Ivan looked around and saw a little snake facing the side of a copper faucet in the compartment.

“That faucet is broken and never comes out. ”

Hermione turns the thick PowerPotion onto the compound page and checks the ingredients you just got against the formula.

“It's the most complex drug I've ever seen.” She muttered, pointing a finger bar at the ingredients list, "grasshoppers, ants, rheumatoid and biceps, as well as the horns of the bicorns that developed the powder and a snakeskin fragment of an African tree snake. ”

“Oh, my God, Evan, how much did you pay to get these things? These materials are not cheap! ”

“Three hundred golden gallons, that's all the money the papers have made recently.” Ivan shrugged, "I was going to use this money to buy a Christmas present for every staff member in the newspaper, and I thought about everything, and now I'm replacing it all with these medicines. ”

“You say these things are worth 300 gold gallons?!” Ron swallowed saliva.

“Exactly.” Ivan's a little upset, too.

“Well, we already have all the ingredients necessary to make the compound. Besides that, there's a little something on the person who wants to change. ”

“I'm sorry.” Ron said sharply, "What do you mean, a little something on the person we want to be? I would never drink a clab's toenails if they were in there! ”

Hermione didn't seem to hear what he said and continued, “We don't have to worry about that right now. That little thing just ended up in there. ”

Ron turned to Harry silently, and Harry looked just as badly.

“The question now is, how long does it take to make these medicines?” Ivan asked.

“Well, it takes as soon as twenty days, and this is the shortest time a strawberry takes to build. ”

Twenty days?! ”Ron said," It was Christmas, and I bet Malfoy would hurry up and knock half the Muggles out of the school. ”

“So what's your good idea?” Hermione closed the book with her eyes closed and looked at Ron.

“I think the elf who's been looking for Harry's trouble has a good idea, looking for a chance to get Malfoy to go straight home and lie down until the end of the semester.” As Hermione looked at herself angrily, Ron's voice became smaller and smaller.

“This is not possible. We cannot be sure that Malfoy did it.” Ivan shook his head, "Besides, the material has been bought back and we have no way back now. ”

“You're right, Evan! ”

Seeing Hermione get angry, Ron hastily agrees, "Wasting Golden Gallon is shameful, but don't use your toenails, okay? ”

Several people revisited the discussion and, once it had been determined that there had been no omissions, they split the material preparation according to the formula.

Time is running out and the atmosphere in the school is still heavy.

Ivan was retained by Lockhart after a Dark Demon defense lesson.

He had just been asked by Rojat to play a snowman from Mount Himalaya with a nasal wind, a new teaching activity recently undertaken by Rojat, in which students were asked to accompany him in performing some dramatic pieces of his book.

“Evan, you did a great job, and that's how the Himalayas snowman was scared away by me, and I saved a whole village. ”

“Glad to help you, Professor. ”

Ivan asked uncertainly, "What else can I do for you? I'd better not be late for Professor McGonagall's deformation lesson next. ”

“That's right.” Lockhart reveals his iconic smile, "I hope to open a duel club in view of the current tensions in the school. ”

“Duel Club?! ”

“Yes, you know I have more experience in dealing with evil than any other professor in school.” I'm not bragging, "Rohit said," but I don't mind sharing these experiences with you to help you improve your combat skills. ”

“Very good idea. What do you need me to do? ”

“I'll put this on the bulletin board, you just need to help me advertise it in the paper, it's that simple. ”

Lockhart wanted the news on the front page, but did not publish his name, which he said was to keep a sense of mystery and surprise everyone. Evan laughed so hard, it was amazing.

What can Lockhart teach you to turn bones into nothing?!

However, after thinking that there had not been anything worth publicizing recently, he was pleased to agree to the other party's request. Perhaps this is an opportunity to capitalize on the duel club's influence to recover the newspaper's ever-lower sales.

Not surprisingly, the news that the school will host duel clubs has attracted the interest of the little wizards.

In the latest issue of the newspaper, Evan placed a big question mark, listing each potential Duel Club teacher, their strength ratings, and past performance. After extensive prior publicity, Hogwarts Magic returned to its peak level prior to the second attack.

Under Ivan's deliberate guidance, most believe that the Duel Club teacher will be Professor Dumbledore.

This is shocking, you know, Professor Dumbledore hasn't used magic in public in years since Voldemort went down.

Needless to say, excited little wizards, adult wizards who have ordered Hogwarts Magic, as well as parents of their students, want to be able to come to the school and learn half a trick from the greatest white wizards of our time, which is exciting enough to think about.

Upon learning of the news, the editor-in-chief of The Prophet's Daily Newspaper, Freshman Ancient Festival, also wrote to me expressing his willingness to send someone to interview the Duel Club for the opening.

Rejected by the school side, however, added to the curiosity of all students, most of whom believed that Professor Dumbledore was likely to make a move.

As a result of Ivan's propaganda, the Duel Club, which was intended to operate on a small scale in the basement classroom, had to be located in the lobby because of the large number of registrants.

At 8 p.m. on Wednesday evening, the students returned to the public lounge after a brief break and hurried back to the auditorium. The long dining table disappeared and a gold-plated stage appeared along a wall, lit by hundreds of candles floating over it.

Once again, the ceiling turned black like velvet, and the whole school came.

Ivan, who is familiar with the truth, was dragged from the library by Colin and Ginny, who, in their words, wanted Ivan to guide them on defensive spells, and all freshmen in first grade knew that Ivan's spell level was the best of his peers.

Everyone is crowded and excited with their wands.

“When will the headmaster come and tell us what he will teach us? ”

“Don't be silly, Ron! ”

Hermione had to raise the volume loudly because the crowd around him was chattering, "It can't be Professor Dumbledore, he hasn't made a move in years. Besides, if it was him, there was no need to be so mysterious, he was the biggest stunt himself. ”

“Not Dumbledore, who would that be? ”

“I was told that Flivey was a duel champion when he was young, maybe he was the one who taught us.” Hermione said uncertainly.

“Evan must know that he wrote that article? ”

Harry and Ron hurriedly turned their heads to Ivan, and nearby Colin, Ginny and Neville looked forward to him.

“Don't look at me like that. I thought when you saw this propaganda, you'd understand! ”

“Wait, is that what you're saying...”

Harry's words were not finished, and he turned to a groan, only to see Gidlow Hart go onstage, wearing a purple-red robe and glowing.

“That's right, that's him!” Ivan is powerless to cover his forehead, "and Professor Lockhart seems to have brought a special guest tonight. ”

The lively atmosphere in the auditorium stagnated and the chirping noise disappeared altogether, and you saw that it was not someone else who appeared next to Lohart.

It was Snape with a gloomy face, wearing his usual black clothes.