The Extraordinary Apothecary at Hogwarts

"Sissy! Where did you go today? I haven't been looking for you all day." As soon as he reached the dormitory downstairs, Phillips recognized her from the crowd from a long distance away.

Qianqian was very happy to see him. This child is not mean-spirited and knows how to take care of other people's feelings. It is easy to feel friendly. She waved her hand and said hello, "Long time no see, but didn't you go to class?"

"My, the 7-day class ended last night." Phillips looked around Sissy, "I haven't seen you for a few days, are you stronger?"

Sissy stared back at him with resentment, "What do you say?" Although he still wanted to be angry, but he was right, the arm has indeed changed a bit in the past two days, if you keep making potions at this pace, it will not be easy. In a year, you have to become King Kong Barbie.

Fortunately, potions are not all sticky and difficult to stir, and most soups don't have such troubles.

"By the way, Phillips, I don't know if you are interested—" Sissy approached and asked in a low voice, "Let's make potions together."

"Huh?" He took a step back and said cautiously, "Professor McGonagall doesn't allow it, but to be honest, I really want to try it."

Hey, this kid just doesn't understand Hogwarts' style.

School rules are school rules, the rule is that people are dead but people are alive, otherwise Harry and their three invincible point deduction team can keep deducting points and enjoy it all the time?

That is of course because the headmaster acquiesces in the students' spirit of adventure and challenge. Making potions can be regarded as advanced learning, so it should be encouraged.

Sissy coughed, but decided to take him along, "We can go to Hagrid. People in the castle can't see it. It's interesting to try."

"Well then, I'll pack up my things tonight and take them with me tomorrow morning."

She didn't expect him to agree so simply, Qianqian thought that he looked cute, and it would take a lot of talking to him to violate the rules.

"By the way, are you going to come out with the cauldron on your back in the morning?" Others probably wouldn't be able to do this kind of thing, but this careless person in front of him really had to ask one more question.

Phillips frowned and thought hard, but still couldn't figure out what went wrong, "That's right, there are herbs besides the cauldron, don't worry, I won't forget anything."

Uh, it's a good thing to ask, silly boy.

Sissy had to instill in him some basic consciousness that he should have for doing bad things, "We went secretly, forget about it, how could we go out with such a big cauldron in an open manner, so many people in the morning must have been seen."

Only then did Phillips show his original expression, and there was a long way to go to lead him to do something bad.

"Take this, and just put what you need into the bag. Don't worry, it will definitely hold it." Sissy took out the storage bag for him, and added, "It's a pity that this is for girls. Keep it hidden, others will find it weird when they see it.”

He took the bag and nodded, "My mother also has a similar bag, which is very convenient to take out for camping, and all the tent and kitchen utensils can be put in it."

"Okay, I'll go back to read the book first, you'd better learn the potion book first, there are still a lot of things to memorize."

After the two parted, the smile on Sissy's face gradually disappeared, and she had to continue to study hard after picking up a few pieces of bread in the restaurant.

Originally, she was interested in potions entirely out of love, but now she knows that she is under a curse, and it will be extremely difficult to make progress in the area of ​​magic spells. Therefore, potions may not stay at the level of hobbies, but should become the only means of self-protection. .

That night, she carefully read a thousand kinds of herbs and mushrooms in the book, and she tried her best to observe the subtle characteristics of each herb.

Every time she finished watching one, she would close her eyes and recreate the appearance of the medicinal herb in her mind, including how many calyxes the flowers have, the distribution of veins, the fine hairs on the stalks, and even the roots.

Sissy has only seen a few fresh herbs in the pharmacy, and it would be much easier to remember if she could see them with her own eyes, but now she can only try her best to grasp the details and the overall shape.

If you memorize the description in words, for example: the leaves are light green, hairless, often with wavy notches, usually 2-lobed.This kind of memory is of no practical use. No matter how proficient you memorize it, it is still difficult to recognize this herb in front of you. The real details are difficult to achieve in written descriptions.

Sissy didn't dare to neglect at all, she could remember as much as she had limited time.She may be able to browse through it at will and deceive herself that she has worked hard, but sitting at the desk, only I know how much I have really paid, and the result of fate will never follow you to deceive yourself.

It is a pity that the introduction in the book is still not detailed enough, and the descriptions of many medicinal properties are too similar to be difficult to distinguish, and this book is far from enough to learn more intensively.

That night, Sissy insisted on imprinting thousands of medicinal herbs and mushrooms in her mind with her stubborn temper. Of course, it also benefited from the fact that the night light in the bathroom was not turned off and that the school still does not check the bedtime. In the future, such an opportunity may be difficult.

Sissy, who hadn't slept all night, only felt a little weak in her legs and feet, but her brain was maintaining a highly excited state after intensive knowledge instillation.

After taking a nap, Sissy went to the library early, and Mrs. Pince, who was still making preparations, looked at her in surprise and went straight to the potion book area and couldn't help but sigh, "I never thought there would be such a diligent child now, compared to my own years ago It’s more than that.”

"Mrs. Pince, I want to borrow these two books." Sissy tiptoed and handed over the books she had just selected.

"Huh?" Mrs. Pince glanced at the title of the book, and couldn't help frowning and asked her, "Are you sure?"

"Encyclopedia of Toadstools" and "Identification and Characteristics of Herbs", you can tell from the titles that they are knowledge bombs. They are full of dry goods but the description is extremely boring.

Sissy nodded, she needed something like this right now.

Seeing that she was very sure, Mrs. Pince patted the ashes on the spine of the book and lent it out. Looking at this strange child, she still murmured in her heart. First graders would come and borrow this.

Sissy hopped back with the book in her arms, only to find that Phillips was already waiting downstairs.It's over, she actually forgot that she agreed to go to Hagrid to make potions together yesterday.

"Sorry, have you been waiting for a long time?"

"It's not long, let's go." Phillips still smiled so brightly that he was not angry with her. He saw the book Feifei was holding and took it over curiously, "You borrowed this, it looks very Not friendly, I can't understand some words."

At the beginning, Sissy couldn't recognize all the words describing herbs, but there are only so many technical terms in a category, so you can understand after reading more.

She smiled and took Phillips's hand and said, "Let's go, as compensation for being late - I'll teach you how to make a potion for treating boils."