Hogwarts: Harry's Path to Witches

Chapter 132 The capable Lucius

"Harry, tonight we will continue to learn about potions that may appear in those games."

Although there was only one month left before the final exam, Professor Snape did not terminate Harry's "confinement", and Harry did not actively apply to stop it.

After all, it's just a final exam. Is it difficult?

During this time, Harley has been intensively studying various potions that are often used as competition topics in the Potions Championship.

As usual in previous years, the potions in the first event of the championship will basically be drawn from the range given by the organizer.

This is because the teaching materials used by each magic school are inconsistent. If the range of competition questions is not given, it may be unfair.

Judging from the teaching level of Hogwarts, the potions given by the organizers are basically difficult potions that only sixth and seventh grade students at Hogwarts can learn, such as potions of joy and potion of living hell. medicine.

Not many people attend the advanced Potions class at Hogwarts every year. After all, not many people can meet Professor Snape's requirements.

As for those who can continue to maintain excellent results after entering the advanced class, there is no one in the past few years.

This shows how difficult it is to brew these potions.

But Harry had no difficulty learning it, and could even be said to be very handy when making potions.

After a busy night, Professor Snape looked at the living hell potion that Harry had brewed, nodded with satisfaction, and commented on every detail:

"...Very good, your knife skills are good, and the slices of sleepy beans are very thin, so that the juice can be released to the maximum extent.

In fact, I would like to suggest that you use the side of a silver knife to squeeze the sleepy beans. This will make it easier to release the juice and is more friendly to novices.

However, this will prevent part of the juice from being fully squeezed out, resulting in waste.

Of course, you fully considered the uneven mixing of the materials, so after stirring counterclockwise for seven times, you chose to stir again clockwise.

This can effectively increase material contact.

Of course, if you control the appropriate force, stirring counterclockwise is the most perfect way..."

Professor Snape's attainments in potions were impeccable and he constantly made improvements to the potions in the textbooks.

Of course, this does not mean that there is something wrong with the methods of the masters who compiled the textbooks, it is just that when the potion masters designed the textbooks, they forgot that students could not reach their level.

What they gave in the book was the optimal method, but they did not take into account that students were unable to do this.

Professor Snape finally finished his review: "With your current progress, you can finish learning these potions in another week at most.

At that time, I will teach you the original potion I have at the bottom of the box to prepare for the second round! "

"Thank you, Professor." Harley responded as she put the potion into a bottle, sealed it, and put it on the shelf in the office.

With Professor Snape's endorsement, these potions can be sold at a good price.

Of course, Harley would not sell it herself, but asked Professor Snape to help her dispose of these potions.

Professor Snape originally wanted to give all the Galleons earned from selling potions to Harry.

However, after Harry refused many times, Professor Snape no longer insisted, but put all the Galleons into the same small bag.

"Professor, I wish you a sweet dream tonight." Harry looked into Professor Snape's eyes and smiled sweetly, saying goodbye softly, and then left the office.

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On the way back to the dormitory, Harley stopped by the Room of Requirement before returning to the dormitory.

Dobby now sends a letter to Harley every week, placing the collected information directly into the room in the Room of Requirement that only Harley can enter.

Fortunately, this room respects the traditions of the wizarding world and recognizes Dobby as Harry's "item", so Dobby can enter without any obstacles.

After Harry lay on the bed in his pajamas, he pulled out a thick stack of letters from the bedside to his small pocket.

This pocket came from a gift from Professor Snape. After the last encounter with Lockhart, who did not carry any ritual materials for the illusion, Harry had always wanted a magic item with a storage function.

Originally, she didn't have high hopes. After all, in the world of sequence pathways, only one or two pathways had this ability, and the corresponding magical items were even more difficult to find.

But when Harry went to see Professor Snape for the first time after killing the basilisk, Professor Snape pointed to the two small bags on the shelf:

"The precious materials that have been processed on the basilisk and need special preservation, such as the basilisk's venom, blood and eyes, are placed in the bag on the left.

The remaining materials are still needed by the Ministry of Magic for evidence collection, so they are temporarily placed in the right bag in the form of the entire basilisk remains. "

Seeing Harry's confused look, Professor Snape added two more words:

"Both bags were cast with traceless expansion spells, and the space inside was expanded many times.

This is why they can hold materials that are grossly inconsistent with their size. "

After learning that there was such a good thing, Professor Harry Snape bought one for herself and forced the gold Galleons into the pocket of the professor's clothes.

Now Harley's pocket is filled with various materials, such as the basilisk's big eyes, part of the basilisk's nerves, and one-fifth of the venom and blood——

These are the essence of the Basilisk, necessary for murder and arson, and also the favorite of the Pain Witch.

Especially the eyes of the basilisk are close to the level of mythical creatures to a certain extent. They are perfect whether used to make sealed objects or as potion materials.

Harry was lying on the bed studying the information Dobby had written to her, which included some of the latest secrets Dobby had seen about the Malfoy family, their assets, and political events in the Ministry of Magic.

"Interesting," Harry suddenly chuckled, "Lucius Malfoy is really capable. He has won even the headwind battles."

The scroll of parchment Harry was reading clearly stated that Lucius lamented to his wife Narcissa over dinner that everything was finally settled.

According to Harry's statistics, Lucius voluntarily gave up his seat as school director of the Malfoy family and compensated the other school directors each with a thousand gold galleons to make up for his own decision to have Dumbledore step down as principal. the losses caused.

In addition, Lucius also provided Fudge with 20,000 gold galleons in political aid and donated large sums of money to many well-known institutions in the wizarding world, including St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries and the Anti-Dark Arts Alliance.

Lucius even had a dinner at his manor with many members of the Wizengamot and the patriarchs of pure-blood families.

After all that was done, the attack on Terrence Higgs didn't matter that much.

It was obviously Draco because Terrence Higgs spread unfavorable remarks about him. The young man became angry and chose to buy black magic items and actively attack Higgs.

But in the end, Lucius said that Lockhart controlled Draco and did all this.

As for Malfoy, he is a good, innocent boy who has done nothing wrong.

As a result, at the end of the matter, not only did the Higgs family not ask for compensation, but they also publicly apologized to the Malfoy family in the pure-blood circle because they had tarnished the reputation of the Malfoy family.

According to Dobby, the patriarch of the Higgs family came directly to his door, only to be humiliated by Lucius.

Anyway, the two families were already at odds over the family honor, so Lucius would naturally not give up the opportunity to beat up the drowned dog.

"This is politics!" Harley sighed in her heart,

"It's a pity that Dobby has another great use for me. Otherwise, if he revealed the incident of Lucius dropping Horcruxes into Hogwarts, Lucius would be dead.

The Higgs family was really unlucky. An Auror died, and the only heir was attacked. As a result, they had to apologize in the end. "

After Harry read the information, he sorted it out and stuffed it back into the bag.

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(Thanks to Jiuwei Yanhu for the tip!)