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"Butt button", at 7:00 p.m., Minato knocked on the potions professor's office door on time.The Medusa relief on the door looked up at him, moved lazily, and opened the door.It seemed that Professor Snape had ordered it in advance.

Compared with the dim corridor outside the door, the world beyond the door seems darker.This is a typical room of a pharmacist who loves potions: the light in the whole space is deliberately adjusted to be cold and dark, the flame in the fireplace has not been lit for a long time, and the cold air at the bottom of the lake has accumulated in this basement and cannot be dispelled , can't drive away.This is the best environment for preserving potion raw materials, but it is not suitable for life to live in.

The eyes quickly adapt to the new light, and the skin has already conveyed the received information first.It wasn't the first time Minato visited the dean's office, but it was the first time he looked at it carefully.

Directly opposite the entrance is the desk of the Snake King, and two stacks of parchment are stacked on both sides of the desk.The quill is still inserted in the red ink bottle, waiting for the owner to pick it up again when he returns, and write sharp comments on those parchments.On the opposite side of the table was only a wooden high-backed chair, and the point that was pulled back at this time stopped crookedly, indicating that the owner was walking in a hurry.

The door to the bedroom and the potion making room was connected to the left side of the room. Against the wall stood a bookshelf and a huge cabinet containing finished potions. Neat black books and crystal medicine bottles filled the entire space.The space on the right is much larger and is used by the professor to place some bulky materials.The most conspicuous ones are a few large glass jars, the only place in the dark room that reflects a light halo, and the bodies of those magical creatures in the jars are sinking and floating in the liquid.

I have to say that it has the atmosphere of an evil scientist's laboratory, and it's not surprising that it will scare those little animals that only live in the sun.

Minato walked to a workbench in the corner, where there were two large buckets of toads used as the source of potions. After all, Minato's excuse for coming here was confinement. Even if it was to lie, some medicinal materials had to be disposed of properly.There were no tools on the table, only half a piece of parchment left by Professor Snape, with dark green ink smeared into sharp strokes: Little Mr. Malfoy, your task today is to skin these toads with the Skinning Curse.Remember, I only want whole toad hides.And, after proficiency, you can try to operate without using a wand.

It was late when Severus returned, and he looked over to where his little water gate was supposed to work.There were not many toads waiting to be processed in Minato's hand, and Severus raised his eyebrows seeing that Minato was not holding a wand in his hand.Although he was the one who left a message asking Minato to practice wandless magic, he never thought that he would be asked to do it now.

Severus leaned over to inspect the processed toad skins, and couldn't help but be even more surprised. The toad skins on the shelf were all peeled fairly intact, except for the four or five in the bucket.The first one he found was abysmal, and all Severus could find was a pile of minced meat with no trace of skin in sight.The second one was a little better, but it was nothing more than shredded meat with no distinction between skin and flesh.By the time of the third one, it was obviously getting better. Although it was not a whole piece, the skin of the toad had been peeled off anyway.The fourth one was already a whole piece of skin. Although it was damaged in a few places, it was much better than those small animals that came to confinement.

Severus counted the number again, counting the unprocessed ones, there was actually one missing.Severus didn't believe Minato would do the kind of stealing that Dumbledore's favorite would do, and thought of the only remaining possibility sent a chill down his spine.

The Skinning Curse could have been used as household magic and was not banned, but an accident proved its veritable black magic effect.When the former wizard used this magic to peel potatoes, because he used an unsuitable wand, the magic power was induced to go berserk, and the magic peeled the wizard after peeling the potatoes.His friend collected his fragments, restored the body but found that the index finger of his left hand holding the potato was missing.The final explanation is that the black magic damage caused by a direct hit by the Skinning Curse is irreversible!

Severus nervously watched Minato's hands, which were nimbly catching the toad, directing the magic power to peel off the little thing's skin.Severus was relieved to see that there were no scars on those small hands, and secretly proud at the same time.

After Watergate finished handling the last toad and washed his hands, the two of them sat down on the sofa in front of the fireplace to make this belated opening speech.Minato hadn't yet learned wandless silent magic, which Severus had confirmed from Lucius.Originally, they were all worried that Minato was still too young, and even with another kind of experience, he still had insufficient control over magic power.But today, it seems that there is no need to worry about this issue.

"Minato, Lucius and I originally planned this semester to just conduct combat training on your magic application, and get in touch with rudimentary wandless magic. But now it seems," Severus pointed to the rows in the corner to deal with Toadskin, "We can expect more."

"Yes, Godfather. During the summer vacation, I began to feel that the magic power is easier to control than I imagined." Minato's body has been tempered. Although it is different from the blood awakening in the general sense of the wizarding world, the body is indeed transformed into the most suitable for Minato. It's magic.

"That's good, let's talk about silent and wandless magic today. The role of spells and wands is to guide magic power. Magic power will release different magical effects when it operates in different ways... The wizards of the past did not need it. Wands and even spells, magic is instinctive to our ancestors... modern wizards can still get rid of the restrictions of wands or spells through a lot of practice, but very few can do both at the same time..."

Minato carefully wrote down every point of what Severus said, and to put it bluntly, there was only one word - control, but it was easier said than done.Just like everyone knows the benefits of Muji Ninjutsu and one-handed mudra, but almost all ninjas can only do two-handed mudra obediently.Those invisible energies are even more elusive than water flow, but once they are caught, they will definitely be strong no matter where they are.

"After you go back, try to sense the image of magic power first, and practice magic counterattack with me before you have any results next time!" Severus knew that Minato's previous identity made him very good at dodging, but he had a lot of black magic There is no way to avoid it. If you can't learn to use magic to fight back, Minato's good luck will come to an end sooner or later.

Minato touched his head and gave a dry laugh, he also knew his habits.I am a speed ninja, and my style is to dodge, get close, kill, and retreat.But Kunai couldn't penetrate the wizard's armor curse, and the spiral pills in his moves couldn't keep up with his movement speed, so he could only pull the melee combat to medium and short-range combat.Magic's mid-range attack and defense are very good, he needs to get used to the fighting rhythm here quickly.

"The tracking spell is very concealed. After casting the spell on the target, the caster can know the target's location at any time. Once the spell is cast, unless the spell is lifted, you will be caught no matter how clever you are at hiding." This time Severer Si arranged the magic tracking and anti-tracking class, "To check whether you have been hit by the tracking spell, you need to use the 'Spell Standing Manifestation', and feel the magic power that does not belong to the original. But this is difficult, except when casting the spell, this magic There is almost no magic fluctuation, especially when used on a target with a lot of magic power, it is almost impossible to detect."

"If you want to get rid of the tracking spell, it's useless to use 'Curse Standing'. You need to use a special spell: Eliminate No Trace. This is a spell that removes traces. It can also be used to eliminate footprints, smells, traces, and even residual traces in the air. The magic factor." In the Middle Ages, wizards invented this spell to escape the pursuit of paladins, and it achieved more than its original purpose.

"Tracking spells can be cast on the same target repeatedly, and can even be superimposed. Now, Minato, get rid of my tracking."

"What you have to do today is to use the heart-drawing spell to take the bile of the mouse. After using the spell, control the magic power not to disconnect, directly penetrate into the gallbladder to wrap the bile, and then extract it. Using this spell in this way is different from the normal one-stop operation. It needs to control the magic power Maintaining different shapes at different stages, the control used to practice black magic is very effective,"

"The heart-drawing spell should not leave wounds on the skin. Once the magic power of black magic stays for a long time, it will lose this characteristic, so if you want to succeed, you must move quickly. If you fail to extract bile with this spell, the mouse's liver will be taken out , or did not probe into the gallbladder, and the complete gallbladder was taken out, and it is also possible that the magic power was not dispersed, and the magic power directly shot through the mouse."

"Bile is different from a solid heart. If the magic power used for wrapping is uneven in thickness or not strong enough, it will scatter during the process of taking out the bile, and it will be too late to put it into the container."

"The Dark Arts you learned at Malfoy Manor are enough, and I won't teach you any more. Now, grab your wand and practice!"

Next to Severus' bedroom, there is also a secret room that only the owners of the cellar have known. Only one of it and the door of the cellar bedroom will appear at the same time.For the actual combat training with Minato, Sif arranged for it to be held in this empty and dense practice room-what they were doing could not be discovered by unrelated people.

The water gate dodges well, but the purpose of the practice now is to turn the dodge into a long-range counterattack.The space that can be used to toss and move is very limited. Facing the attacking black magic spells, Minato needs to restrain the bouncing of the body's conditioned reflex, and choose to launch a suitable spell to counterattack to avoid damage.The opponent was a seasoned double agent who was also a master of black magic. In order to achieve the goal of quick success, Severus did not hold back his attack, so Minato's injury was inevitable.

The potions prepared by the Potion Master himself were kept in this practice room, and Severus would personally help Minato with the potions as soon as the practice was over every day.The body that had taken off the shirt and trousers was blue and purple every time, and the black magic rubbed off, causing blood to ooze from the wound that could not heal naturally, staining the mottled white shirt red.Severus wanted to give up this kind of training every time he cleaned the wound of Minato who had run out of mana and couldn't move, but Minato's words stopped him.

He said: "In the past, the injuries in the war were more serious than this. Once, I was almost cut in half by the enemy, and it took me a month to lie in the hospital before recovering. Daimosa (however), the companions on that mission, except me, all sacrificed."

Severus said no more words to stop.Rather than being injured, he hoped that his little Minato survived, at least he could heal him with the potion he was proud of.If you die, you can't do anything.Severus half-embraced Minato's bare/naked body and applied the medicine for him, watching those bruises disappear under his hands little by little, filled with satisfaction in his heart.

Minato lay in Sif's arms and let him apply various potions for himself. His rough but warm hands were particularly flexible because they were good at potions.Dip your fingers in the potion, and rub your palms up and down to spread the ointment. Minato feels the skin that touches the palm, and the whole body is immersed in a warm atmosphere.He never knew that treating trauma can also be a kind of enjoyment. Thinking about the sturdy Tsunade sister and the not gentle medical ninjas, Minato is ashamed.

Unconsciously and comfortably groaned/groaned, the fast asleep Minato who was being served did not see it, and the eyes of the Snake King flashed pleasing to the eye.

Due to the intensity of training, Minato will occasionally stay overnight.On the bed, there is always the scent of green grass mixed with sunlight that is unique to teenagers.Severus had never slept so soundly all year, even with the Dark Lord back.