Harry Potter’s Book of Sin

"This is Veritaserum, colorless, odorless, and tasteless. People who drink it will be able to tell the truth. The main material for preparing this medicine is the rhizome juice of the windshield, which is acidified and treated..."

"Oh, Miss Granger, the recipe and preparation process are the content of the follow-up course." Slughorn quickly stopped Hermione from speaking. "Very well, the answer is correct... Then, the next crucible. ..."

Before he finished speaking, Hermione's arm was raised again.

"Well, please say--"

"This cauldron is a compound decoction," Hermione said immediately. "It's more complicated to make and requires...Oh, sorry, professor! I mean, it allows the drinker to change his appearance, including his appearance. , Body shape, skin characteristics, etc., turn the drinker into another person-the feature of the formula is that a little tissue of the subject needs to be changed, and the entire preparation process often takes a month."

"Well, yes yes, excellent answer!" Slughorn couldn't help applauding, "Miss Granger, I even have reason to believe that you might already be able to prepare it by yourself..."

Of course the old man didn't know. In fact, Hermione had indeed cooked a pot on her own a long time ago, and she was only in the second grade.

"...In that case, Miss Granger." Slughorn shrugged. "Is there still this pot?"

"Uh...um."

When the old man pointed to the third crucible, Hermione hesitated rarely.In that silver crucible was a colorful and looming liquid medicine. At first glance, it seemed to see the calm liquid, but it seemed to be able to directly see the bottom of the crucible.

Of course she didn't know this kind of potion, on the contrary, among the four pots, only the potion in this mouthful was familiar to her.

"...This is the fairy hidden potion, the invisible potion created by Professor McLean, which can make the drinker completely hide himself and make others unable to detect his existence. Its main material is the fairy's wings."

Having said this, Hermione paused for a moment, then continued suspiciously.

"In addition," she said, "this potion was certified by the International Wizarding Federation's Potions Management Office in early 1992, and its name was published in the international academic journal "Practical Potions Master", and obtained the certificate. Annual Silver Award for 2015. But..."

"Aha! Miss Granger, I know you have any questions," Slughorn said with a smile. "Yes, according to the Wizards Federation, the formula of the Immortal Elixir must be made after Professor McLean passed away. Will be announced! But—"

As he was talking, he suddenly raised an index finger and said excitedly: "If it is taught by Professor McLean himself, it is not within its limits. Yes, that is to say, there is only our classroom in the world. Only the people here can learn how to prepare this medicine!"

The self-preservation of the broom may enable you to obtain more and longer-term benefits, but as far as Maca is concerned, it is just that the mere Xianyin Potion is not so precious.In fact, he already had many original or improved potion formulas in his hands. Although those potions had not been sent to the Wizarding Federation for verification, they had long been sold out in the black market.

Snape mentioned in the first potion class that potions can "gather wealth, increase prestige, brew glory, and prevent death."The first step, Maca, can be said to be achieved initially, then, he will naturally proceed to the second and third steps.

And this and his current state just have a complementary effect, so why not he?

Right now Maca is undoubtedly a hot spot in Hogwarts, so when Slughorn said this, the students who heard that he could learn Immortal's Potion all clapped in excitement.Think about it, too. Almost all the students in the potions class are very interested in potions. How lucky is it to learn a potion that no one else knows?

"Okay, okay!" Slughorn waved his hand and motioned everyone to calm down, "Miss Granger, your answer to this immortal potion is equally accurate, this is really great! That...this What about the last one?"

As the old man said, he stretched his hand to the remaining gold crucible.The student who was attracted by the fragrance coming out of the cauldron at Shicai couldn't help but looked at it again, his throat stirred.

"This... well, it's an ecstasy." Hermione couldn't help but swallowed her saliva, her mouth somewhat dry and authentic. "Its liquid medicine has a unique mother-of-pearl color, and the boiling steam rises in a double spiral. ...It can make the drinker have a strong sense of obsession or obsession. Similar to the compound decoction, it also requires human tissue to be effective."

"Correct!" Slughorn nodded, his face showing sincere admiration, "Of course, there is a little...well, Miss Granger, is there anything else you want to add?"

He seemed to be about to say something, but after hesitating for a while, he still asked Hermione first.

"Hmm..." Hermione blinked. "About its smell, everyone smells different, depending on who they like... For example, what I smell is like scrolls and ink. , The rhizome of a certain plant, and..."

After enumerating several smells, she suddenly pursed her mouth and stopped talking.

"Very good, very good—" Slughorn dismissed the subject quite understandingly, "This is also part of the characteristics of ecstasy, but...I want to add one more point! The effect of ecstasy Not only for humans-not only for living things. Note that according to the latest research, even if you lose a thread from a smelly sock in the liquid medicine, it will complete the effective steps and let the user Infatuated with that ridiculous smelly sock!"

"So, how do you say?" The old man shook his head, "As Miss Granger mentioned just now-the effect of ecstasy is obsession or infatuation, not true love! This obsession is It is terrible, it is very dangerous, please don't underestimate it..."

"...Okay, now," Slughorn took away all four cauldrons with a wave of his wand, ". The easiest potion in the course begins-for you, just now Those are still early! Oh, except for Immortal Yin Potion..."

"Why?" a Ravenclaw student asked suddenly.

"Because most of its steps are not complicated," Hermione said casually, "except for the first step of the second stage-which involves a very novel theory, it is Professor McLean and Professor Snape. Perfect together."

...

As Hermione said to Harry at the beginning, the course is indeed much more difficult than the previous content.Not to mention the four potions that Slughorn showed to everyone at the beginning, even the "simplest potion" that the old man said made the students feel great resistance to learning.

So in the potions class the next day, the bald old man figured out another good idea to greatly increase everyone's desire to learn.

"...I believe everyone has seen it," Slughorn pointed to the smallest black cauldron on the table. "Maybe Miss Granger can also explain the name and function of this medicine. Right?"

As he spoke, the liquid medicine in the little cauldron was pulsing lightly, looking like flowing gold.Although the amount of it is really very small, whoever looks at it will feel extremely satisfied.

"That's a blessing potion!" Hermione didn't even look closely. She just stood by the small round table on her side and replied, "Some people call it a'lucky potion'. Good luck all day long!"

"It couldn't be more correct!" Slughorn smiled satisfied, "Yes, to introduce it only needs to say-'good luck for a whole day'! Just take it and you will find that no matter what you do It’s going to go very well—sometimes it’s like a miracle!"

As he said, he paused, but then solemnly warned: "However, its preparation process is quite complicated, and a little mistake can bring terrible consequences. Also, please pay attention-it itself has Certainly toxic, overdose is strictly prohibited; moreover, its good fortune seems to come from'overdraft', when the effect of the medicine passes, bad things will follow..."

"Unlucky thing?"

Harry was obviously interested in this stuff, and when he heard Slughorn mention the side effects, he immediately asked.

"Yes, unfortunate thing!" Slughorn repeated again. "In fact, our potions have not yet come to an accurate conclusion on this issue. It sometimes happens after the effects of the drug have passed. It starts to appear, sometimes after a certain period of time... It may even affect the people around the user, maybe! This side effect is actually raised when you, Professor McLean and I discussed... "

"Then have you taken it?" Harry asked, "I mean, have you experienced the so-called'bad luck'?"

"Oh, yes... I tried it twice," Slughorn said. "Of course, luck is obviously impossible to measure in practice, right? I remember, the second time. It was when I was fifty-seven years old. On the third day after taking the medicine, I fell and broke my head... I don’t know if that counts?"

"All in all," he waved his hand. "The most important thing you need to remember is that'overdose is strictly prohibited'. This is absolutely not wrong! As for occasional moderate use, it will not be a major problem...at least for now So far, I haven’t heard of anyone who has had problems taking Fu Ling Po!"

"So!" Finally, Slughorn touched the little crucible and said with a smile, "A blessing potion will be the first prize for the first person to make a'living hell potion'!"