Harry Potter: The Path of Destiny

"Crystal medicine bottle, Mandrake leaves, fire dragon blood, and quill pens." Nidia spread out all the items needed and arranged them neatly. "Okay, everything is complete, and the crystal medicine bottle is already there. It’s full of saliva, should I write the runes first or put the leaves in first?”

"Of course, write the runes first! Using a medicine bottle without rune benefits to hold leaves is ineffective." Yi Wan glanced at Nitya with disgust, then reached out and picked up the quill pen and fire dragon blood. "Girl, come here and learn a little bit. You will need it later."

"What's the use?" Draco asked doubtfully.

Yiwan glanced at Draco, and then at Nydia, "Didn't you take the ancient rune class? Understanding some practical applications will be helpful for your homework."

Yiwan dipped her quill in the fire dragon's blood, and then drew a circle of runes around the body of the crystal medicine bottle. When she finished writing the last stroke, the entire circle of runes lit up with a dark red light. light.

"It's done!" Yi Wan handed the crystal bottle to Nidia's hand, "Add the mandrake leaves, seal it, and put it under the window!"

Nidia took the medicine bottle, added the leaves as Yiwan ordered, and placed the medicine bottle upright under the window where the moonlight shined.

"There is another bottle, do you want to try it?" Yiwan asked Nidia.

Nitya thought for a while and said, "Let's forget it! I don't want to mess it up."

"It doesn't matter, the amount of dragon blood is still sufficient, enough for you to make three or four bottles." Yi Wan shook the medicine containing fire dragon blood.

"No, you misunderstood. I'm not worried about the dragon's blood. I don't want to spit out another bottle of saliva!" Nidia felt very thirsty now for that small bottle of saliva.

"Okay! Then I'll do it!" Seeing Nidia's refusal, Yiwan stopped insisting. She picked up another medicine bottle and drew a circle of runes on the bottle as before.

"Is this all right?" Watching Nydia put the second medicine bottle in place, Draco felt that everything seemed very relaxed.

"It depends on your luck! If nothing happens to this medicine bottle in this month, you can start the next step." Yi Wan said, "But if something happens, I'm sorry, you have to It’s the same with all subsequent steps. If you make a mistake, you have to do it again.”

"Okay! I always feel that there is more to luck than skill in this matter." Draco said.

"Boy, that's because I made the technical components for you." Yi Wan said angrily.

"This is the reward you need to pay for eating and drinking for free." Draco replied unceremoniously.

"Okay! Now that the first step has been completed, let's return to school quickly! It will be bad if it's past the lights-out time." Seeing that something was wrong between the two, Nidia quickly interrupted their conversation.

"I'm tired, please take me back!" After saying that, Yiwan turned into the kitten form again.

Nydia was used to Iwan's situation. She picked up Iwan from the ground. After packing her things, Nydia and Draco walked through the passage under the Whomping Willow and headed towards Hogwarts Castle. direction return.

"We can go to Hogsmeade again this weekend. Where should we go?" Nydia asked Draco.

"Um...I have other plans this weekend...with Crabbe and Goyle...so..." Draco looked a little embarrassed.

"Okay! It doesn't matter, I can ask Michelle to go shopping." Nidia said.

"Sorry..." Draco said apologetically.

"There's nothing to be sorry about. I'm not overbearing enough to tie you to me all the time." Nidia didn't care about this. "You should always have some space of your own."

Draco looked at Nydia, said nothing, and forced a smile on his lips.

At the weekend, Harry and Ron were chatting about Hogsmeade in the common room early in the morning. Hermione was very unhappy about this. She thought Harry should stay in school and study his second project. clues.

"I think I've figured out what it means," Harry said to Hermione.

This was the first time Nydia heard Harry talk about his second project. She suppressed her curiosity and did not ask Harry for details, lest she could not help but participate in it again.

"I thought maybe I could meet Hagrid in Hogsmeade, so I could have a chance to persuade him to come back to class." Harry said his purpose of going to Hogsmeade.

Since Rita Skeeter's report was published, Hagrid has not appeared. Harry and Michelle have gone to Hagrid's cabin several times to look for him, but he still can't even open the door. Unwilling to open.

"Maybe we can try to go to the tavern. He might want to go there and have a drink." Nydia was also worried about Hagrid's condition. Since Draco had other arrangements this week, she just wanted to go there and have a drink. You can follow Harry and the others to persuade Hagrid.

"That's right, let's go to the tavern." Harry was filled with joy when he saw that Nydia was going to go with him.

Several people came to the Three Broomsticks Tavern together and found a corner seat to sit down. Unfortunately, they could not see Hagrid in the pub, but Nydia unexpectedly found Crabbe and Goyle sitting there. Not far from her.

Shouldn't they be with Draco? Confused, Nydia looked around again, but didn't see Draco.

"What's wrong?" Michelle noticed Nitya's strangeness and asked.

"Um...it's nothing. I'm going to say hello to Crabbe and Goyle." After saying that, Nydia stood up and walked towards Crabbe and Goyle.

"Hey, have you seen Draco?" Nydia asked Crabbe and Goyle.

Seeing Nydia appear, Crabbe and Goyle looked a little surprised. They looked at each other, and their expressions became a little nervous.

"He...he's with us..." Gower said nervously.

"Together?" Nidia looked at Gao Er suspiciously, "But where is he now? He is not here at all now, is he!"

"Yes...no..." Gower became a little incoherent.

"We were together before...then he had something to do and walked away," Crabbe said. "He said he would come over in a minute."

"Yes, yes, if you need something, go away and come over in a moment." Gore quickly agreed.

"You'll be here soon, right? Okay! Then I'll just wait for him here."

As she spoke, Nydia sat down next to Goyle and Crabbe. Now Goyle and Crabbe looked even more nervous. Seeing the looks of the two of them, Nidia could tell that they were lying without even thinking.

"You're kidding, I have other things to do!" Nidia stood up, "You guys have fun!"

Seeing Nydia getting up to leave, Goyle and Crabbe breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Nitya felt funny in her heart. These two people were really good at lying and acting. All their inner activities were written on their faces. Draco chose these two people to cover himself. It was obvious that he had not spoken casually at the time. A decision to think more about.

"What did you tell them?" Michelle asked Nidia when she returned to her original seat, "You rarely dealt with them before."

"It's nothing, I just said a few words casually." Nydia began to think in her mind about what Draco had gone to do, and why he had to hide it from herself so deliberately. "I think I need to go out."

"Where are you going?" Harry asked in surprise. "Hagrid may come over later, won't you wait any longer?"

"I'll just take a look around and come back later." Nydia was still very concerned about Draco's concealment.

"We probably won't be here long, you'd better hurry up," Hermione said.

"I know, I will do it as soon as possible." After saying that, Nidia got up and walked out of the tavern.

She walked around Hogsmeade aimlessly. She wanted to find Draco. Although she was not sure whether Draco had come to Hogsmeade, she always had to try. Otherwise, just sitting there and thinking will make her even more uneasy.

She almost walked through the entire Hogsmeade village, but still couldn't find Draco. She was about to give up. Maybe Draco had never come to Hogsmeade village at all, and it was a waste of her time to continue searching like this. . At this time, Nydia had already reached the location of the Pig's Head Bar. This bar was located in a relatively remote location, and it was not open to students. It was impossible for Draco to come to this place.

When Nydia was about to turn around and leave, a woman in a bright yellow robe walked out from behind the Hog's Head Bar. It was Rita Skeeter. What is she doing here again? Nydia couldn't help but take another look at Rita Skeeter, and the scene that appeared next made Nydia stunned. It was completely beyond her expectation. The Draco she had been looking for actually followed her. Stepping out behind Rita Skeeter!

Why is he with Rita Skeeter? what are they doing? Why hide it from yourself? A series of questions left Nidia confused.