hogwarts shady

Snape's office was not far from the Potions classroom.

The decoration in the office was even more gloomy than the Potions classroom. It was dark on all sides, except for a lamp hanging from a chain above Snape's desk, illuminating the table filled with books.

There are large and small glass jars on the wooden shelves along the wall, with the corpses and organs of various animals floating in them, many of which are quite rare magical animals.

The fireplace next to the desk was extinguished, and there was no spark in sight, which made Snape's office look particularly cold and damp.

Behind the desk was a door, which was closed, and Ryan guessed that it was Snape's personal vault.

He withdrew his gaze, stopped looking around, and waited for Snape to sit on his office chair.

"You can tell me about your ridiculous question." Snape picked up the pen, picked up a piece of parchment paper, and began to correct it. "If I think your question is worthless and a waste of time, I will ask get out."

Ryan was not in a hurry to ask questions. He took out his notepad and quill from his pocket, and then spoke slowly: "Okay, Professor Snape, then the first question, I saw it said in the book , the blessing elixir can enhance a person's luck..."

Snape immediately showed a disdainful smile. He sneered without saying a word and marked the senior student's homework with a big "D" in his hand.

Ryan suspected that it was the homework of a certain Gryffindor senior. He did not dare to pause and continued: "But I also referred to some other books. There is a view that the Felixir only greatly increases a person's various abilities. Ability, that’s why I feel handy and capable of doing anything.”

Snape gave the second assignment a "P" without any reaction.

Ryan paused and said: "I looked up some people who mentioned in their autobiographies or histories who took the Fuling Elixir, and found that many of them seemed to have indeed obtained 'luck in the dark', and some could not. To explain it in terms of ability improvement, for example, many people are convinced that they will encounter good things at a certain place and at a certain time, but everything turns out to be as they expected without any reason."

Snape's pen tip paused for a moment before he said casually: "Divination ability is also a type of ability. I don't think this question can bring you any improvement in ability. If you just want to know the function of the elixir ,you can go now."

"No, I don't have any thoughts about the Elixir of Fortune." Ryan said, "Of course, the Elixir of Fortune is a potion that every wizard longs for. I just know that I don't have the ability to buy and configure it. Only top potion masters can I am just curious about the principles behind advanced potions. As you know, existing textbooks almost only teach the steps and are mostly vague about the principles."

Snape snorted, but he stopped insisting that Ryan leave his office.

Ryan wrote down what Snape just said on paper, and then said: "The level of Felixir is too high, and it is difficult for me to understand its principle for the time being, and I am just curious about what it says in writing and in its actual effects. Something doesn't make sense. So, I chose a simpler one - Professor, what do you think of Polyjuice Potion?"

Snape raised his head with a mocking smile on his lips: "Do you think your little knowledge is enough to understand the principles of Polyjuice Potion?"

"I dare not say how much I know." Ryan said calmly, "But I want to try the "Pharmacion Theory", "The Fundamental and First Principles of Potions" and "Pure Potions" in the library. I have read all three books, and some time ago, I asked Professor McGonagall for a lot of questions about the principles of transformation. In fact, I hope to get some inspiration about the theory of transformation from Polyjuice Potion - because of the transformation The contradiction in theory, I’m stuck now.”

Snape lowered his head and continued to correct his homework.

Ryan raised the corner of his mouth slightly and continued: "I know that the horn of the bicorn in the potion symbolizes the 'coordination of the two phases', and I also know that the liquid grass gives the 'ability to change', but other medicinal materials I don’t know the function.”

Snape clicked his tongue, typed an "A" on the parchment, and then frowned and asked, "How did you know that potion ingredients have the function of 'symbolizing' and 'giving'?"

"Professor Dumbledore told me." Ryan said without changing his expression.

Snape gave Ryan a cold look.Ryan knew that this excuse did not win Snape's trust. After all, the headmaster was not a potion master.

However, he did not intend to tell Snape about the Room of Requirement and Ravenclaw, not only because he was afraid of trouble, but also to express his attitude: I can't trust you, Professor Snape.

This is the attitude a normal little wizard should have when facing an old bat.

Snape snorted without exposing Ryan. He said slowly: "Mercury is the same as the liquid grass, expressing the ability to deform and flow, but one symbolizes inanimate metal, and the other symbolizes living matter, corresponding to the components that make up the human body." Element."

Snape lowered his head again, and while grading his homework, he spoke: "The skin of the African tree snake symbolizes 'impurity', 'lies' and 'appearance'. Its poison will melt your body."

"That sounds dangerous," Lane said.

"That's because stupid people can never grasp the dosage and timing." Snape sneered. "Ammonium chloride is used to hedge against its toxicity and at the same time give it a 'chemical' meaning."

He dipped his quill in some ink and continued: "Saltpeter, 'violent change'; iron, 'cooling and stabilization'; antimony, 'brittle', lest some fools never come back."

Just as Ryan was about to ask, Snape interrupted him impatiently: "The lacewings and the leech are dedicated to the African tree snake; the two-eared grass is dedicated to the two-horned beast. So, Franklin, do you know these relationships?" Can you be of any help? These symbols are not a random combination at all. The history of potions is full of sacrifices for the arrogant. If you just stop at understanding the fun behind potions, you can leave."

Very poor patience!Ryan complained in his mind, and he said calmly: "Well, please allow me to ask one last question before leaving, Professor, what will be the consequences if I mix multiple people's hair together and add it to Polyjuice Potion? "

Snape's movement of grading homework suddenly stopped. He squinted at Ryan for a while before answering softly: "Good question, I don't know what will happen."

He suddenly stood up and walked to the storage room. After a while, he came out with a bottle of dark potion.

Ryan recognized it at a glance as Polyjuice Potion. He couldn't help but swallowed, and an ominous premonition arose in his heart.

"I must thank you for your advice, Mr. Franklin." Snape showed a cold smile, "For unknown things, experiments must be used to confirm its effects. In this case, why don't we try it ourselves?"

"I think..." Ryan took a step back, "Any experiment must be fully prepared and ethically assessed."

"Ha! Great experiments are often radical and dangerous." Snape sneered and said, "Don't worry, I know Polyjuice Potion better than you."

He took a piece of white hair and put it into the potion. The pitch-black liquid immediately boiled and slowly turned into a ruby-like crystal color.

Snape pulled another hair from his head and threw it into the potion bottle.

Ryan frowned, wanting to point out that Snape's hair oil might contaminate the potion.

Traces of turbid black color soon appeared in the transparent potion. After a while, the entire potion turned into the shape of magma, and bubbles slowly bubbled out.

Snape raised the bottle to Ryan's eyes, the meaning in his eyes was self-explanatory——

Do you drink it yourself, or should I help you drink it yourself?