Harry Potter and the Attack of the Squibs

"What books are you going to borrow?"

Lu Ke looked at Snape's expression and felt a little strange, but he still answered honestly: "A history of Hogwarts, and plant classification."

Snape rolled up his sleeves and said, "Are you going to read these books in my Potions class?"

Lu Ke was speechless.

"Go to the classroom."

Lu Ke turned around and followed Snape into the classroom.

"The last page of the textbook."

Snape stood in front of the desks in the first row and tapped the textbook that Lu Ke took out with his wand.

This is a low-level potion for Years 1 to 5, with the last page being the most complex potion in the entire three-year course.

"Make me a demulcent."

Lu Ke was stunned for a moment.

He had not learned about this potion in advance.

Because by the last tenth of this big book, most of the potions have become so complicated that just reading the preparation flow chart will make people fall asleep.

Now Snape suddenly asked Lu Ke to prepare this potion, which was a bit too difficult.

But Lu Ke didn't mind giving it a try.

This is the advantage of having a teacher by your side. You can use things as you like. If you fail, you will not be hurt if someone helps you. The biggest loss is being scolded by Snape, but Snape has always been like this, and he will not be hurt if he is scolded. piece of meat.

Lu Ke carefully browsed through all the contents of the demulcent drug, skipping only the basic introduction to its efficacy. From the list of raw materials to how to judge whether it was successful, Lu Ke read it all.

Then he picked up the thick book and walked to the cabinet containing materials, took a look at the list of materials in the book, and then picked out a material.

Although Snape was silent, his eyes looking at Lu Ke turned into complete contempt.

In the end, Lu Ke walked back and forth five times before placing all the materials on his desk.

Then he started mixing.

This preparation requires the use of two crucibles at the same time.

The ingredients of the demulcent are very simple, only moonstone powder and hellebore syrup, but it is still listed as the most difficult potion to complete in fifth grade potions, because both materials require special preparation.

There are more than thirty kinds of materials that are used but will eventually be discarded.

But the good news is that the mixing process of this potion requires no magic at all.

Lu Ke began to brew a potion for cleaning moonstone powder in one crucible, and brew syrup in another crucible.

This is basically equivalent to two completely different high-level magic potions, and the completion time must be accurately controlled to achieve absolute consistency.

Snape watched Lu Ke's actions, and the contempt on his face slowly disappeared.

Everything is going smooth.

By the standards of an eleven-year-old wizard, what Lu Ke achieved was no longer perfect, but beyond imagination.

He made no mistakes, not even a small mistake.

Then suddenly, Lu Ke was stunned for a moment.

He missed one thing. During the process of brewing the syrup, there was a magic potion that could only be added after a magic spell was cast.

The opportunity only lasted a moment, and although it hadn't arrived yet, Lu Ke knew that he had completely failed.

But suddenly, Snape held out his wand.

As if he had been waiting for this moment, Snape cast the right spell on the material with astonishing ease.

Lu Ke had no time to be surprised. He continued to make arrangements in order almost instinctively.

When he was almost finished, all the first-year students arrived in the classroom.

They remained silent under Snape's cold gaze, found a seat and sat down, and then looked at Lu Ke curiously.

It was obvious that Lu Ke was mixing a potion, and judging from his movements, it seemed that the potion was very complicated.

When half of the first class was over, Lu Ke finally took out the completed materials from the two crucibles.

Moonstone powder, and hellebore syrup.

The former is a powder that shines with a faint blue light, and the latter is a light brown liquid that smells extremely bitter.

The last step is to completely mix the two.

This is also the most difficult step, as hellebore syrup is very thick.

Lu Ke carefully spread the moonstone evenly in the largest crucible, and then blew out a huge bubble from the hellebore syrup.

Snape looked surprised.

The standard action in the textbook for this step is rapid stirring, there is no other way.

But Lu Ke felt that there could be a better way to do this.

When the bubbles fell into the crucible and hit the moonstone powder, the originally viscous syrup turned into a colorless and clear liquid.

The bubbles deflated immediately, and then the top half melted evenly.

Eventually, there was no powder or syrup left in the crucible, only clear liquid.

Then a burst of bright red gas rushed out and dissipated after hitting the roof.

Snape nodded and started clapping.

A whole classroom of young wizards were at a loss as they watched Snape's performance. They could only watch in despair as the professor stopped applauding with a gloomy look on his face.

"Perfect, Lu Ke, Slytherin plus ten points."

Then Snape waved his wand, the classroom door closed, and he walked to the front of the podium like a bat.

"What you just saw was the moment a palliative was completed."

Snape's expression and tone made all the little wizards begin to wonder if they had done something wrong and would soon cause a violent storm.

"You are here to learn the precise science and art of potion-making, and since there is no foolish waving of wands, many of you will not believe it is magic."

As he spoke, Snape glanced at Lu Ke, who was putting the moderator in the crucible into a transparent glass bottle.

"I don't expect you to truly understand the beauty of the slowly simmering cauldron emitting white smoke and wafting out bursts of fragrance. You won't truly understand the liquid flowing into people's blood vessels, the kind that makes people's hearts wander and their wills blur. Wonderful magic..."

All the little wizards in the classroom were beginning to regret it now. They should have applauded just now.

"I can teach you how to increase your reputation, brew glory, and even prevent death: but there must be one thing, that is, you must not be the stupid fools I often encounter."

After Snape finished speaking, the classroom burst into warm applause.

This made Potions Master Snape's face darken even more.

Lu Ke shook his hand on one side and dropped a drop of demulcent on his hand.

Snape turned around instantly and glared at Lu Ke like a hunting hawk.

Lu Ke lowered his head helplessly, tried hard to hide his smile, resisted the urge to laugh wildly, and poured the last bit of demulcent into the glass bottle.

Then close the bottle with a glass lid.

"Open your textbooks!"

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