Alchemy Black Technology at Hogwarts

Chapter 147 You Can Always Trust Slytherin (Two Chapters in One)

Hogwarts is on holiday.

The students who needed to go home for Christmas left the castle yesterday and took the Hogwarts Express back to London - the situation is a little different for William, who will be spending Christmas at Hogwarts because William, a transfer student There is no other suitable place to go, but then he will spend the whole vacation comfortably in Diagon Alley.

The Hogwarts castle on the day before Christmas changed completely. When William, who was used to getting up early, came to the auditorium, he saw twelve very tall fir trees.

Some of them are hung with shiny six-pointed star-shaped snowflakes and ice crystals, and some have hundreds of candles flickering on them-if Isaac Newton saw this scene, he would probably be revived on the spot, and then He died again from a cerebral hemorrhage.

Those candles will continue to flutter with the wind.

But their wax oil will never drip randomly.

The whole auditorium, or rather the castle, was in the spirit of Christmas.

Ribbons made of mistletoe and holly were hung everywhere, and even the statues began to sing classic Christmas songs like "Joy to the World" out of tune, which was almost as ugly as scratching a blackboard with their fingernails.

"Hey, William!" Percy called to stop him.

"It's my first Christmas at Hogwarts. How does it feel? There will be a very rich dinner in the evening, and the professors will also be present."

"Very novel."

William nodded in reply.

Although he still doesn't understand why wizards celebrate Christmas, which was originally a festival of Celtic culture and later became a festival of Christian culture, but this does not prevent him from participating and enjoying this relaxed festive atmosphere.

"When you pass by those parasites today, you must be careful. I dare say that many girls will stare at you."

Percy patted him on the shoulder and said.

William was stunned for a while before he suddenly realized that Percy was playing a joke on him—the traditional Christmas custom is that when standing under a shrub, a girl cannot refuse a boy's kiss, otherwise she will be kissed by a boy. There will be misfortune in the new year.

"Perhaps you already have a goal of your own?"

He asked Percy back, but saw that the Gryffindor prefect's face turned red all of a sudden, "No, no, how could there be." Percy faltered, but the twinkling eyes revealed his Insincere.

"I just remembered, I was right, I have to go to the prefect meeting, see you later."

Percy ran away in a hurry without waiting for William to respond.

"Looks really messed up, doesn't it? There's a prefect meeting early in the morning on Christmas Eve, and he doesn't even have time to eat."

Fred squeezed over unsteadily.

He and George have been eavesdropping.

"Perhaps the sweet delicacy of love is enough in itself to feed our model gentleman?"

George assumed the pompous tone of a recitative.

"To be honest, I really find it hard to imagine that a serious guy like Percy would find a girlfriend quietly."

William was deeply shocked.

"He wasn't silent, everyone knew about it.

Remember some time ago, when the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets was opened and the entire castle was put under curfew, and no one could go alone? "

Fred rolled his eyes.

The brothers, and William, never followed that rule.

"At that time, Percy got up early every day, groomed himself to look like that, and went to the common room every now and then. He didn't come out of the dormitory until he saw her coming out."

George mercilessly exposed his brother's truth.

"Pissy Williams, Gryffindor, fourth year.

To be honest I always thought that girl should be sorted into Hufflepuff - but that's not what we came to you for. "

Fred said the name of Percy's girlfriend.

William had some impressions of her. She was not very active in class, and she always gave people a timid feeling.

"That's right. After spending a lot of time, we finally found the right enzyme and temperature for the 'Coffee Companion'. Now the whole process only takes two or three days, and one batch can produce as many crucibles as possible."

George brought the topic, which was getting more and more strayed, back to the main topic.

"You probably won't stay in the castle during the Christmas holidays, right? If there is a chance, it's best to find a way to sell it. We have accumulated a lot of inventory and need to clear it."

Fred expressed his concern.

Although the research and development costs at the current stage are borne by William, they watched the inventory on hand increase more and more, but they couldn't turn it into a gold gallon, so they felt a little anxious.

He and George mentioned that they could advertise in the "Daily Prophet", but this method was too inefficient and was later rejected by William.

"Regarding this matter, you can rest assured that I already have an idea."

William patted Fred on the shoulder.

The two of them, and Ron, have no chance to go home this Christmas holiday, because Mr. Weasley and Mrs. Weasley will take their daughter Ginny to Romania to visit Charlie, and William entrusts them with help and care. Longchang discusses the matter of importing materials.

As for the idea mentioned by William, although the conditions are relatively mature, it will take some time to make it a reality.

"During the Christmas break, I can meet Gilderoy Lockhart. When doing promotion, maybe his reputation will play a good role."

William thought to himself as he watched the Weasley brothers, relieved by his assurance, make their way to the Gryffindor table.

Since the opening of "Nymph", Lockhart would come to wander around the store every now and then, and has always expressed a very strong desire to see the owner himself.

The letters that Lockhart had left with Lalo the house-elf, entrusting him to pass on to William, were enough to keep the fireplace in the Ravenclaw common room burning for days.

"It's a little strange that he showed such an overly accommodating attitude."

William has been thinking about this question.

Gilderoy Lockhart is the most prestigious best-selling author in the wizarding world, the darling of various "fashion" magazines, and even has the Medal of the Merlin Knights-although it is only a third-class one.Normally speaking, after William showed an indifferent attitude that he didn't want to see him, he shouldn't have rushed forward so desperately.

Unless Lockhart draws otherwise.

"Or he has no choice."

William corrected his thoughts. He took some cold milk for himself, added oatmeal and two spoonfuls of sugar, and took some leftover Yorkshire pudding from last night. The fluffy bread was drizzled with thick gravy, It is a very satisfying dish.

The entire auditorium was empty.

While he was having breakfast, a brown owl with a very fierce appearance suddenly flew in front of William and brought him an envelope sealed with wax and decorated with a dark green ribbon.

A small note was taped to the outside of the envelope, and William recognized it as Dumbledore's handwriting.

"William, auditorium."

Short words were written on the note.

William took out his wand, opened the seal on the envelope, and two parchments fell out - they were a list written in dark green ink, with the coat of arms of the Malfoy family at the end of the parchment.

The letter didn't contain any superfluous text, and it seemed that the writer had no interest in chatting with Dumbledore.

"The Yaxley family:
No. 17 Diagon Alley, shop.

No. 69 Diagon Alley, shop.

112 Diagon Alley, residence.

65 Knockturn Lane.

"

"The Flint family:

No. 9 Diagon Alley, shop.

No. 12 Diagon Alley, shop.

No. 19 Diagon Alley, shop.

"

The two listings were, of course, the Yaxleys, and the properties owned by the Flints in Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley.

Out of the regretful sense of responsibility that their heirs were bewitched by the "unidentified dark wizard", and the emphasis on the future education of Hogwarts and the wizarding world, both old Yaxley and old Flint readily agreed with Dumbledore. Lido put forward a proposal to donate a house to Hogwarts for free, and very generously allowed Dumbledore to choose at will among the houses they owned.

"None of these two families is reliable. The listed houses are either so biased that you may not be able to find them with a map, or they are in such a bad state that they may collapse at any time, and there are no houses in this world. The local government can check the owner of the shop."

Thinking of the letter he received two days ago, William's teeth were itchy with anger—even though he had cleverly asked Lalo to ask the goblins in Diagon Alley to help identify the pile of rags they gave, he almost fell into their trap.

In a house on the south side of Diagon Alley listed by the Yaxley family, in addition to a harmless Boggart, there were even three murderous spirits who died tragically!
Fortunately, William's mind was quicker, so he entrusted Dumbledore to write a letter to Lucius Malfoy that day, and euphemistically expressed that he could use this opportunity to make trouble for the Flint family. .

The two lists given by the Malfoy family are not only much longer than the list given by the two of them for William to choose from, but Lucius Malfoy has also bolded some properties.

"You can always trust a real Slytherin when it comes to holding grudges and getting revenge."

William had to sigh, and at the same time summoned the house elf Lalo, and asked him to run around the extra properties on this list, and this time he must invite an elf to accompany him.

After breakfast, William quietly came to the small corridor on the east side of the fourth floor. The heavy wooden door in front of the corridor seemed to be firmly locked, but in fact it only needed an "alahoo hole" to open it easily .

Lu Wei was no longer in the room.

After the Gray Matter Center was completed, Hagrid placed it in Area A, where he had a very wide space to move around freely—the appearance of this three-headed dog also aroused Professor Kettleburn's interest, and he wanted to engage in It is clear whether Lu Wei is a natural three-headed dog, or an unnatural product influenced by powerful magic.

"Lu Wei got it from a Greek guy I met in a tavern last year, that unlucky guy, after drinking a few glasses of wine, he began to complain non-stop, saying that Lu Wei almost bit off his finger.

It's a very good little guy, isn't it.It's just a little melancholy, and the three heads often quarrel, and sometimes want to bite each other off. "

When William asked Hagrid, he replied with a smile, as if he was describing a cute golden retriever, not a beast that was as tall as two or three Williams stacked up and could eat a professor Flitwick in one bite.

For the sake of Merlin's tank top, William always had a strange feeling.

——For Hagrid, the tavern is like a card pool. From time to time, he can find some surprises, such as Lu Wei, dragon eggs, or fried-tailed snails.

William opened the trapdoor on the ground and jumped down easily. The moment "Arresto Momentum (deceleration cushioning)" was close to the ground, he shouted a spell and landed on the ground easily.

The devil's net has long been removed by Professor Sprout.

She didn't want to stay with William Hoho anymore.

The rest of the journey is also very easy.

In the room left by Professor Flitwick, there were still many feathered keys flying around, but the silver key used to open the door was lying on the ground, sticking up and down, like a stranded fish.

Professor McGonagall's room was empty, and even the stone powder on the ground had been cleaned up.

Along the road from last time, William easily came to the final corridor, and the dark gate of hell stood in front of him.

William remembered that in the original world, Snape had left a logic problem here—but there was no long table with bottles of potions, and no black flames to block his footsteps.

"From here, I will lead directly to the city of misery.

From me, straight to endless suffering.

From me, it leads directly to the fallen sentient beings. "

As if sensing the presence of William, the characters engraved on the gate of hell lit up with a black and red light, which looked like fire, burning up, and the pain figure trapped on the gate stretched out its hands, grabbing To William who was approaching them.

The gate of hell made a loud "rumbling" sound, and was slowly opening its arms to William.

But in the extreme darkness, there is a ray of light that shines. It seems that as long as William resists the temptation and attack and walks in, it will guide William to the treasure left by Nicole Flamel.This seemed to be the challenge left for him by this room.

"Of course it's a trap."

William raised his wand, pointing at the gates of hell.

Even though there seems to be no logical problem, and the difficulty seems very reasonable, William is convinced that this must not be the way Nicole Flamel wants him to pass the level.

——That proud old thing doesn't even respect Merlin, let alone hell in the eyes of ordinary people.

William and Nicole Flamel really started to get acquainted after William wrote the most famous article "Merlin is Dead". Nicole Flamel used the name "Hermes" to make William All published articles are refuted as worthless.

Nicole Flamel believes that wizards like William at the time were just sensationalizing with some cleverness, and they are not qualified to evaluate the wizarding world at all.

It was also from then on that the stubborn William really began to try to introduce a lot of ordinary people's technology into magic, and to prepare potions by optimizing the process, improving precision, and reducing impurities.

"My respected Mr. Hermes, in the world of ordinary people, the image of God is far taller than that of Merlin, but even he was still killed by people.

The beginning of all this is not the enemy who criticized him and questioned him like me, but the poet Dante Alighieri who expresses his own thoughts in the name of praising God. "

Dante's "Divine Comedy" is the beginning of the Renaissance.

In the reply, William said with a slight sarcasm, "But of course you don't know who Dante is. Maybe your understanding of the world of ordinary people is not even as good as the owl that is delivering the letter for you."

William originally thought that an old and stubborn wizard like "Hermes" would feel uncomfortable after receiving such a letter from him, but after a while, he unexpectedly received another letter from him.

Hermes not only gave detailed answers to the questions he asked William, but also read through the "Divine Comedy", and asked William many questions about the world of ordinary people.

While many of the questions are hilarious, like they don't have owls to deliver letters, does it take ages to get in touch with people who live far away?

"Bombarda Maxima! (Powerful Explosion)"

William swung his wand down.

A bright fire flashed, blasting the gate of Hell and the darkness inside the gate, revealing a passage made of pure light hidden behind it.

(End of this chapter)