Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

The three people who were left didn't want to chat. Even though the spell could make the clothes dry again, they still wanted to warm up and warm themselves.After devouring them, the three of them scattered towards the lounge of their college.

Halfway through the previous meal, the noisy outside of the house has returned to silence, but occasionally there is an exaggerated laughter from a distance. Accompanied by the man’s furious roar, it must be Pepi Ghost who is teasing Filch again. Details that felt meaningless are now much more interesting.

"I thought you were robbed by a mysterious person when you got out of the car. I haven't seen you for a long time." When she got in the doorway, Luna sat on the bed.

"There was a freshman running around, and I went to find her with the other two prefects. By the way, we were waiting at the pig's head bar to pick us up." Zoe lay on the bed and sighed comfortably. I'm going to get moldy."

"Is your mood so bad because of this?" Luna tilted her head to look at her.

"You can tell?" Zoe smiled bitterly. "It's not a big deal, it's just a little tired. I heard some stories from Mr. Aberforth. Maybe I feel sad in my heart."

"Well... Although I don't know what you encountered, I can listen to you." Luna pointed to herself.

"Thank you. Wait for me to sort out my emotions. It's all things from the past." Zoe changed the subject. "Did anything interesting happen at today's party?"

"Nothing special, if you count the injury on Professor Dumbledore's arm, do you know what happened?"

"I don't know," Zoe said gloomily. "He doesn't want to say. I'm going to ask Professor Snape. He must know something, but I can't guarantee an answer."

"Apart from this, the only thing that can be called an interesting thing is that Quidditch narrators are recruited." Luna closed her eyes and recalled, "By the way, there is one more thing, the newcomer looks good. Professor like a walrus--"

"I will be a professor of potions." Zoe answered, "What walrus, it's rude. His name is Horace Slughorn."

"You know?" Luna yawned and got into the quilt. Now that Zoe is back, she doesn't have to hold back her sleepiness and continue to wait. "Does he look alike? He is a fat man with a big beard. No hair."

Zoe shook her head, although she also found Luna's description very interesting (and vivid).Along with the sense of peace of mind, sleepiness also came up, she waved her magic wand, the candle light puffed, and then went out.

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With Zoe's grades, no professor would refuse her entry into her NEWTs improvement class. She gave up the history of magic and astronomy, but still retained the remaining seven courses.Professor Flitwick wanted to persuade her to cross out Muggle studies, because each of the next courses would require a lot of energy, but Zoe refused.

If the ordinary class of ancient magic texts only requires the interpretation of the superficial meaning of the runes and regards it as a pure language, then the improved class has initially tried to get involved and use runes as a tool.

For example, the Gubrai fairy fire. The production of this kind of "eternal and immortal" flame involves the use of runes. The maker usually stitches and inscribes the appropriate runes on the handle to "fix" it. And the concept of "continuous burning" is used for preservation, or adding elements such as "change" and "color" for improvement.Of course, the crafting materials are also carefully selected so that the energy of the rune will not dissipate quickly.

"The rune users in ancient times can exert the power of runes on stones, tree trunks, and animal skins, but we can't do this without the true power of runes. Only a few materials can preserve the effects of runes. The more compatible the material, the longer it will be preserved." Barbara carefully placed a stone basin on the podium, and Zoe recognized that it was Dumbledore's meditation basin.

She asked the students to gather around and explain to them the general meaning of the circle of runes and symbols inscribed around the penis."After putting the memory in, the runes engraved on it will induce induction and guide us back to those memory scenes that have been realized."

"Of the existing magic props that use rune techniques, quite a few are finished products from a long time ago. However, with the interpretation and use of ancient magic texts, although there are still many parts that need to be analyzed, modern wizards can also be proficient. Using part of the power of runes, such as strengthening runes on magic props, can resolve ordinary curses and brainwashing. They are also very popular in the market, but most of them are deceptive tricks."

Someone raised their hands enthusiastically: "Professor, are we going to try homemade magic items this year?"

"If you have a chance in the future, I can give you a chance to try it." The alarm bell rang after class, "but today's homework is still translation and essays, 15 inches, give an example to analyze the effect of runes on props." Barbara As if not hearing the wailing in the classroom, he produced a long list of books, "I will give you a week, and look for all the books on this."

"This is just one class. The professor has assigned a lot of homework." Hermione sighed, looking a little anxious. She and Zoe had just walked out of the ancient magic text classroom. "I have three more classes today. , The professors will definitely not let us go."

"You can get used to it after busying this time, and it will always be like this at the beginning of school." Zoe always felt that Hermione's attitude was a little overdone. "Or do you have something urgent to deal with? I can help."

"Huh? It's nothing." Hermione scratched her hair. "You're right. I'll get used to it. I just need to change my work and rest time a little bit and make more time to spare. It will definitely be busy this year."

The two walked in a hurry, because they had to spend the little time left to rush to the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom. Changing to another teacher might be open to late behavior, but that person could never be Snape. .

There are a lot of people in the classroom, and the environment seems a bit crowded. Although this course is always controversial because of the teachers who change every year, the pass rate is not low, and there are many familiar faces-almost all DA members were there last year.After a while, Snape walked into the classroom with a sullen face, and suddenly there was no sound.

He first explained to them a few common ways of using black magic."A lot of people think that the defense against the dark magic is just to solve the current problem. This is undoubtedly the most advanced and stupid. The dark magic is like a multi-headed beast. You cut off a head, but there are still several waiting for you. Magical defense must take countermeasures according to the situation and know how to adapt to situations. Of course, this is not to make you sloppy. To practice this technique, you need considerable talent and great effort."

Then Snape asked them to practice the silent spell. This method of casting allows you to hide your intentions before launching the spell. The enemy does not know the spell that will be used, so they cannot find a way to crack it immediately. Can take the lead.

After lunch, Zoe went to Muggle research, and there were so few people left, there were only three or four.However, Professor Bubaji’s lecture method is as interesting as ever. Even if she is telling the history of Muggles, it is far more enjoyable than the dry history of magic. Even if she is just listening to the story, she can spend a pleasant hour. .

After that, I returned to the classroom to take the brand new "Advanced Potions Making" textbooks and potions equipment. The long day finally came to an end, leaving only the last two consecutive potions lessons.Of course, I don’t have time to rest after class, and I have to spend the evening to do a lot of homework assigned by the professors of various subjects. I thought that the fifth grade would be enough nightmare, but I didn’t expect that the troubles of the sixth grade would be even worse. Although the time is full enough.

Chapter 35 Busy Course (Part Two)

In the past few years, Gryffindor’s potions classes have almost always been attended with Slytherin students. This time she just walked into the underground classroom and Hermione’s figure appeared in her vision. Zoe was taken aback for a moment. It took a while before he came back to his senses.

The selection direction of the improvement class is based on their own preferences for future occupations plus last year’s OWLs test results, and in order to meet the special requirements of certain occupations (usually NEWTs certificates in related subjects are required), so each person’s choice is different.The potions class has been in charge of the harsh and mean Snape until this semester. He is not a professor who is good at guiding the students' potential. He has eliminated many people invisibly. Compared with the past few years, this year's potions classroom It's unusually empty, there are only a dozen students at a glance, and there may not be more than twenty students who may not have arrived yet.

Of course she saw Draco, but as soon as the boy met her, he quickly moved away, pretending not to see him, and talked to the few Slytherin students around him.Zoe gritted his teeth and didn't bother him.

"Zoe!" Seeing her coming, Hermione immediately made a place for her. She was sitting in the front row alone. The two boys did not go with her. "Come on, I thought I would stay alone. daze."

"It feels so strange to sit in this classroom with you." Zoe put the textbooks, balance and basic equipment on the long table. The classroom was foggy, and a lot of steam came out of the crucibles in front of the desk. Come, just take a gentle sniff, all kinds of mixed strange smells can flow into the nasal cavity.

"It seems that our new professor wants to try some new teaching methods." Zoe stared thoughtfully at the cauldron in the distance. The liquid in it looked like clear water. "You said he would let us Do you boil Veritaserum on the spot?"

"It's not like it, and it's not mentioned in the textbook. I think Professor Slughorn may want us to tell the difference between them, so he brought the compound decoction and the ecstasy too." Hermione came there. For a while, she had been observing several other crucibles before, "After all, to successfully brew these potions, it takes rich experience, complicated steps and many rare medicinal materials."

"Professor Snape asked me to try all these three medicines, except that there was something wrong with the effect of Veritaserum... It should be that I got them damp when I matured them." Zoe found Hermione staring with envy. Holding her.

"If I want to do it myself, I may only be able to make compound decoctions, and the medicinal materials are also a big problem." She broke her fingers and counted the ingredients used in the compound decoction, "not to mention lacewing insects, leeches, and lilies. Liquidweed and two-eared grass-after all, can be obtained in the student's medicinal storage cabinet, and the rest are powdered double-horned beast horns and African tree snake skin. These two materials are very different It's easy."

"Snake skin and animal horn powder can be bought in stores, but the price is a bit expensive." Zoe said, "In many cases, the material is not the biggest difficulty of the medicine. What is lacking is the skill to mix them. Most advanced medicines The steps of boiling are very difficult and require a lot of effort, which is why they are scarce and expensive... Take the wolf poison potion as an example. Although it can effectively suppress the animal nature of werewolves, it is costly, so it cannot be used as a general treatment. Potion."

"I want to try to simplify the brewing steps of the wolf poison potion and make it more'close to the people.' After all, the wolf poison potion is originally a newly invented potion. There is a lot of room for improvement, and its cost theory and cost are reduced. In fact, they are all feasible." Zoe said. Her idea came from the recent more frequent cases of werewolf attacks. Since Voldemort brought Fenrir Greyback and other werewolves under his command, these crazy guys have begun to attack those who are not. The family of obedient wizards bites their children (sometimes they kill them for deterrence). Doris’s letter complained more than once about St. Mungo’s weakness. The healers could heal many things, but they didn’t. Ways to restore these children who had to live with the identity of werewolves on their backs.

"The current idea is to improve the efficiency of the use of aconite — you know, it is the main medicine of the wolf poison potion after all. It strengthens the potency while reducing some tedious steps, or to try the effects of the medicinal materials and use those to deal with it. It’s troublesome to replace with more convenient materials." Zoe frowned, "I need to talk to Professor Snape."

As he was speaking, heavy footsteps sounded from outside the door. Before Slughorn's head was exposed, the students could already see his chubby belly.Hermione regained her consciousness and found that Harry and Ron had actually ran to another table and sat down, talking to Ernie.

Of course she knew why they did it, and she was a little embarrassed.Slughorn stepped onto the podium, with a small cauldron in front of him, and a golden liquid poured in it.He scanned the classroom with a smile, and when his eyes met the few students he had invited to go to the box for lunch, his attitude became more enthusiastic.

"Seeing your eyes full of curiosity, it's like I'm back a long time ago, when I was standing here, and some people were sitting where you are now." Slughorn used He touched his beard, "Then everyone, please take out your "Advanced Potions Making" first..."

"What happened to them?" Zoe saw Harry and Ron raise their hands. Slughorn walked over and said a few words to them, strode to a locked storage cabinet, and took out a lot of things from it. Give it to two boys.

"They didn't buy potions course materials." Hermione knew why they would be like this, "because Professor Snape only accepts students who have achieved'excellent' grades in potions course."

Slughorn returned to the podium to continue his lecture: "Now, I hope you will tell me after careful observation what kind of potions are in these crucibles. Don't worry, this is just a small class test. They are well-known and have obvious characteristics, so they can be easily distinguished. You may learn to make these medicines. After you finish the improvement class and accumulate enough experience, they will not be difficult. But, start first Eye-opening is not a bad thing."

He pointed to the crucible containing Veritaserum, Hermione's hand swish high like an off-string arrow, Zoe thought about it, and raised her hand. She was not as urgent as Hermione. I want to answer questions. When I was younger, I was a little bit eager not to admit defeat. When I was younger, I was less interested in public expression.But now that Hermione raised her hand, she inexplicably rekindled her competitive spirit.

Slughorn smiled at Zoe, but gave Hermione the opportunity first."This is Veritaserum, Professor. It's colorless, tasteless, and easy to hide. It can force people who drink it to tell the truth." Hermione said confidently.

"Very good!" Slughorn nodded happily, and pointed to the crucible that was as thick as mud. This time he chose Zoe.

"This is a compound decoction, with something on the target's body: hair or nails can become the target's appearance, and the effect usually lasts for an hour."

"Yes, this kind of potion was also introduced in the recent pamphlet issued by the Ministry of Magic to reduce the possibility of being a substitute." Slughorn said with satisfaction, but Hermione still held it high for the third time. Starting, he also became interested in her, surprised and curiously spotted her, when Hermione once again perfectly interpreted the characteristics of ecstasy for him, he smiled cordially, "Honey, can you tell me Name?"

"Congratulations, Hermione." When Hermione sat down, Zoe whispered with a smile. "Congratulations on becoming Professor Slughorn's new collection." Hermione looked at her blankly.

"We can find a time to talk in my office, Miss Granger." Slughorn's smile added a lot. "Now, please open the tenth page of Advanced Potions Making, the next one. Within hours, I want you to use it to make a decoction of living hell, even if it is not a finished product, because it is very complicated and you are making it for the first time."

"I will choose a student who has done the best and give that person a small reward." He pointed to the crucible in front of him, with a mysterious smile on his face, "for example, a small bottle of blessing."

Hermione exclaimed, "Lucky Potion!" Slughorn looked more satisfied, and he held up the round belly that almost broke the button of the vest."Yes! As Miss Granger said, Fu Ling will bring good luck to the user. Depending on the dose taken, good luck can stay on you for a longer period of time, but the effect cannot exceed one day. West Miss Geer, please tell me the reason for the dose control."