The Extraordinary Apothecary at Hogwarts

That night, the three short figures from the high school sneaked into the bare forest under the cover of the Disillusionment Curse. The cold wind blew their cloaks, and the same thickness of snow covered different parts of their legs.

The dim moonlight barely illuminated the outline of the tree trunks, and a narrow frozen river separated the woods from a few houses with lights on diagonally ahead.

The shortest man held the brim of his hat with both hands and looked around. Obviously not used to this kind of sneaky night walk, he lowered his voice and said, "That's it, the red brick building on the right..." He probably lowered his voice too low. The sound was completely inaudible.

"It's the third building, professor, eh?" Eugenie had seen it in Margulis's memory. She turned around and found that there was no one behind her. "Wait, wait." She whispered towards the front. , then walked back under the moonlight, reached into the snow and pulled out Professor Flitwick who had fallen into the snow pit.

Flitwick pointed unsteadily to the other side of the river, brushing the snow off his beard, "Yes, third, third building."

Eugenie looked in the direction and saw the third house from the right with a red brick wall. It was so dark that she couldn't see clearly. Only one side of the wall was partially illuminated by the light from the next door through the hedge. "Sure enough, there was no light on."

Since she was vigilant, it was very unlikely that she had not moved out of the original location, but she still wanted to come and have a look.

Neither party is fully sure of the other's situation. The other party erased part of Miss Margulies' memory out of caution, but sent her back to school without completely abandoning the original plan.

They came closer, but did not cross the small river that snaked out of the valley.

There are some traces of spells ahead. If you don't want to alert the snake, it's best not to get closer.

She tried to use the magic telescope to zoom in, and stared around the house for a long time. She also observed the surrounding neighbors. There seemed to be nothing unusual. "Can I use the Trace Charm, Professor Flitwick?"

The same model as the Marauder's Map, which is very effective for surveillance.

Flitwick shook his head, "This house cannot be plotted. Let me try to go around this small area and draw the surrounding area, and then add an alarm spell to the name 'Julia Margulies'. As long as she If your name comes into range, I’ll know it right away.”

Flitwick painted as he was told, and even without light he could paint pretty well by relying on his feelings.Eugenie held the plywood and stood against the wind to block a little of the wind. The paper still rattled in the wind.

"Maybe it's a fake name." Snape looked down at the map and poured a spoonful of cold water on it.

"Yeah, please add Osbert and Kornge," Eugenie added, "in case they show up."

A bird shadow flew under the moonlight. It carried an envelope with the Hogwarts crest and hovered over the unlit house for two weeks. It landed next to the chimney, rested for a while, then grabbed the envelope again and took off again.

Eugenie saw the owl flying north, "I think it will be difficult for it to find the recipient."

The other party will definitely use a shielding spell.

"Go back and heal that snowy owl," Snape said.

Eugenie nodded, "Well, then try again, it should know where to send the letter."

The opponent will make a move sooner or later, but it is better to take the initiative than to wait passively. Waiting will often lead to unexpected situations.

Margulis suffered an amnesia spell that damaged his memory. In addition, he was mentally weak and physically unwell after being tortured by Eugenie. Returning to class in this condition could easily arouse suspicion among those around him.

So they simply created some illusions and threw her back into the Forbidden Forest, placing her on Hagrid's path when patrolling, pretending that she was attacked by wild magical creatures when she accidentally entered the Forbidden Forest.

The letter the owl carried was the one informing her mother of this fact.

Now she was lying peacefully on the bed farthest from the door in the school hospital, and Madam Pomfrey was sending away those who wanted to visit her as usual.

There was no obvious trauma, and it didn't look like he was poisoned. Dumbledore said something to Madam Pomfrey, so Madam Pomfrey is currently taking care of her according to the treatment plan for convulsions and fainting, and is treating the mobile patients who usually receive treatment. The number was moved to the outer bed, allowing Margulis to rest alone.

After returning to school, Eugenie put the newly made simple map on the table, moved the candlelight closer, reset and fixed the broken wing of the owl Hortense, and poured several healing potions.

Libo poked his sneaky head out by the door to peek. Whenever Sissy looked back, he raised his head and pretended to have just walked out of the room and was walking back and forth in the room.

Professor Flitwick prepared a second notification letter, explaining that the school owl that delivered the letter for the first time returned in vain, so he tried to use this owl to make contact again, and at the same time exaggerated Miss Margulies's injuries - as long as It's to the extent that any normal parent would rush to school immediately after seeing it.

Snape brought the envelope to Hortense, lowered his head and said a few words to it, and it immediately flapped its wings and flew high into the sky, over the tower and the bustling Quidditch field.

You can confuse people's minds, and controlling an owl is certainly not an issue.

They went out of the school one after another to track the owl. Surprisingly, the owl rested in a familiar place after a long flight - woods, rivers, and a row of disconnected houses.

Eugenie had been suspicious of the neighbors around this house, suspecting that there might be an accomplice living nearby, and she was watching with a magic telescope.

However, her guess failed. The owl landed impartially on the roof of the target house, took a few steps forward, jumped up the chimney, and threw the letter directly into the dusty chimney pipe. The envelope dropped to the desk with some dust. Go up and lie down quietly.

The next second, the letter disappeared into thin air.

Only dust remained on the table, beside the unused striped quill.

Eugenia pulled Snape's sleeve, "Professor, this..."

"Go back." Snape grabbed her arm, and with a pop of air, the figure spun and disappeared in place.

"Hey, you guys?" Flitwick understood what he meant, but he always seemed to be left alone, like a transfer student who failed to quickly integrate into the group.He erased the footprints on the ground, took another look at the direction of the house and immediately followed.

By the time he landed, the picture in his pocket was already buzzing and vibrating.

The doorman put down the Daily Prophet, which contained the news that the Office of Beasts, Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures of the Ministry of Magic, was planning to cancel the werewolf registry.

He looked around, took out the black magic detector and poked everywhere. There were no footprints and no abnormalities were found. So he sat back on the chair, picked up the scissors and carefully cut out a corner of the newspaper, which read the name of the London Gobstone Finals. Schedule.