Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 161 Garlic Cross

   Albert picked up the package sent by Hagrid, and returned to the common room with his roommates.

  As soon as Lee Jordan got through the hole, he reached out to take the package that Albert handed over, and asked puzzledly, "What are you going to do with these things?"

   "Garlic cross." Albert was going to go back to the dormitory first.

   "Can you make that thing?"

   "Stupid, Albert even managed to make a protective bracelet." Fred looked at the two with idiot eyes, "Why do you think he can't make a garlic cross?"

   "Of course I do," George grumbled.

   No one wants to admit that they are stupid.

  After the four hurried back to the dormitory, Lee Jordan immediately took down the garlic hanging by the window to dry.

"First, peel the garlic, then make it into mashed garlic, soak it in alcohol, and let the allicin in the garlic dissolve into the alcohol." Albert recalled the production method, and continued, "In the meantime, by the way, make the guardian tree The cross was also thrown in, and the process took about... a day."

   "Do as you say." Fred began to help peel the garlic.

  George took out the mortar used in the Potions class, and prepared to use it to crush the peeled garlic.

   "No, I have a better way." Albert quickly raised his hand to stop George, and under the gaze of the three, he used his magic wand to transform a newspaper into a simple garlic press.

  The three of them all came together, looking in amazement at what Albert made with the transfiguration technique, and asked in unison: "What is this?"

   "Garlic press." Albert explained casually. He put the peeled garlic in a garlic press, pressed it directly into mashed garlic, and then put the mashed garlic into a wide-mouth glass jar.

   "Good stuff." George's eyes lit up, and he quickly took the garlic press from Albert, expressing his willingness to help press the garlic.

   Several people fiddled with each other for ten minutes, and finally crushed all the garlic into garlic paste.

   "What should I do next?" Lee Jordan asked looking at the mashed garlic in the jar.

   "Inject alcohol into the mashed garlic." Albert stirred with a glass rod to thoroughly mix the alcohol and mashed garlic, and then sealed the jar.

   "Is this all right?" The three of them felt a little unbelievable, and it seemed simpler than imagined.

   "Well, next, I'll deal with it tomorrow." Albert smelled the garlic smell in the air and frowned slightly. "Next time, remember to remind me not to do these things in the dormitory."

   "I'm suddenly looking forward to what kind of alchemy props will be made this time." George was a little excited. This was the first time he participated in the manufacture of alchemy props.

   "Alchemy...props?"

   Albert still didn't tell them in the end that the so-called garlic cross was not an alchemy item at all.

   Sure enough, don't smash the children's innocent dreams.

  The next steps are more cumbersome. You need to use warm water to melt the beeswax, add the alcohol separated from the garlic to the beaker, and add an appropriate amount of olive oil during the process, and throw in the cross that has been soaked in the alcohol for a day and cook together.

  Of course, they dare not do these things in their dormitory. If the whole dormitory smells like garlic, how can they sleep in the future?

  The next day, Albert and the others moved the crucible to the shore of the lake. The strong smell of garlic that overflowed during cooking made several curious students nearby stay away.

   "Whoever wears this thing will probably never get a girlfriend in this life." Albert pinched his nose, and used a clip to grab the garlic-smelling cross from the beaker.

   "Is there really someone willing to wear this kind of ghost thing?" Li Qiaodan was the first to express doubts about this.

   "I'm more curious about whether this thing is really useful?" Fred didn't want to get too close.

   "It's probably using the smell to smother the enemy." George stepped back a little, and muttered, "I didn't expect the smell to be so smoky."

   This is also impossible. Who asked Albert to do it several times, concentrating all the essence of the garlic they planted and the garlic brought by several people on it.

   "Say, should we give this to Filch?" Fred suggested, he still hadn't forgotten to take revenge on Filch.

   "Filch will definitely throw it away." Albert directly vetoed Fred's proposal. If this kind of thing is given to Filch, the other party must throw it away directly. It is a waste of everyone's labor.

"If you want to take revenge on Filch." Albert pointed to another small bottle and said in a low voice, "The residual beeswax also has a strong garlic smell, you can smear it on the corner of Filch's office. I'm sure it will give Filch an unexpected surprise."

   "That's a good idea!" The twins' eyes lit up, and they quickly picked up the bottle and opened it, only to be choked by the smell of beeswax.

   "After the year-end dinner," Albert did not forget to remind.

   "We know what to do." The twins looked at each other and laughed maliciously.

   "Okay, pack up your things, let's go to Hagrid."

   "What do you want Hagrid to do?" Fred and George asked warily.

   "Of course to test whether the amulet we made can effectively expel dark creatures." Albert said naturally, "Hagrid must know where to find less dangerous dark creatures."

   "Oh, that's right." All three could understand.

   After all, after the amulet is completed, it is natural to find a subject to test whether it is effective.

   Albert took out a rope made of unicorn tails, used it to pass through the hole reserved on the cross, and made it into a string of necklaces, "Who do you want to try wearing it?"

   "Forget it!" George shook his head again and again.

   "Do you want to smoke us to death?" Fred couldn't help but rolled his eyes at Albert.

  Lee Jordan simply pretended not to hear.

   Seeing that the three of them shook their heads in unison and refused, Albert was a little disappointed and put the garlic cross back into the wide-mouth glass bottle, and plugged the mouth of the bottle to block the strong garlic smell.

   Packed up the crime tools, the four of them walked towards Hagrid's cabin.

   "What the **** are you doing?"

  Hagrid, who was processing the animal skins in front of the hut, smelled the strong garlic smell from the four of them from a long distance away, wrinkled his nose, and looked at them with disgust.

   "Garlic cross." Albert shook the jar in his hand, and asked with a smile, "The amulet we just finished, come here to see if there are any dark creatures that can let us test the effect of the amulet."

   "Garlic cross, what is that?" Hagrid took the jar and opened it, and was sneezed several times by the smell of garlic escaping from it.

   "A talisman that smells of garlic, which can protect the user from sneak attacks by dark creatures."

"I don't know if it can protect the user from the sneak attacks of dark creatures, but as long as you bring this thing, I don't think any vampire will be willing to come within ten steps of you." Hagrid couldn't help complaining, he thought of himself The alcohol and beeswax sent to Albert earlier, I probably guessed what was going on.

   "Vampires really hate the smell of garlic?" Albert asked curiously.

"Yes, garlic is as disgusting as a cesspit to vampires," Hagrid explained dryly. It tastes... really bad."

   "What about... dark creatures?" Fred couldn't help asking.

"You guys don't want to take this into the woods, do you?" Hagrid stared at the Weasley brothers vigilantly. It's normal for him to have such thoughts. What about Lin Zi?

"No, we don't want to go into the woods for the time being. It's too dangerous there. What happened last time scared us enough." Fred hurriedly said, clutching his chest. He also secretly kicked George next to him, who immediately understood , also quickly agreed to promise that he would not enter the forest again.

  Hagrid stared suspiciously at Fred and George, obviously not quite convinced by their assurances.

   "I don't have any dark creatures here, but I know where there are, come with me!" Saying this, Hagrid led the four of them along the edge of the forest towards Professor Kettleber's hut.

  Professor Silvanos Ketelber, who protects magical creatures, is currently living on the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest, and his carefully raised babies also live here.

   It is said that the protection of magical creatures class in the school will also be held in a clearing near Professor Kettlebo's cottage.

  When Hagrid brought Albert and the others over, Professor Ketelber was feeding the anhinga with Flobber caterpillars.

   "Hagrid, what's the matter?" Professor Kettleber looked up and asked.

"Oh, it's like this. There are a few students who made an amulet. I hope...I hope I can use your Grindylow to test the effect of the amulet." Hagrid glanced at Albert and the others behind him, and said. .

   "Amulet? Does it mean garlic?"

  Professor Ketelber looked at the freshmen behind Hagrid, and he could smell a strong smell of garlic from a long distance away.

   "This is the amulet, Professor Kettlebo." Albert handed the bottle containing the garlic cross to Professor Kettlebo.

   I have to admit that this is a delicate work of art.

   At least, it doesn't look ugly.

   "Oh, my God!" Professor Kettlebo finally knew what was going on with the garlic smell on several people, "Don't open it here again, my little baby doesn't like this smell very much."

   "Do you think it can protect me from sneak attacks by dark creatures?" Albert asked quickly.

   "I'm afraid the effect can only be considered average." Professor Kettlebo explained, "Some organisms really don't like the smell of garlic, and they will instinctively stay away from it, but this is not absolute."

   "Isn't it okay to use the branches of the guardian tree?"

"Yes, I think this thing might work for vampires, but... don't expect too much from the rest." Even so, Professor Kettlebo lent them a Grindylow, and Ai As soon as Burt took the cross out of the bottle, the hapless Grindylow started to move away from Albert's garlic cross, which seemed to be smoky enough.

   "Congratulations, this amulet almost made Grindylow faint." Hagrid pinched his nose and said angrily.

   "Thank you, I didn't expect this to happen." Albert couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Now he finally knows what the so-called amulet is all about.

   "What are you going to do with this thing?" Fred couldn't help asking.

   "I'm going to make a treasure map, put the treasure map in a certain book in the library, and let the students who find the treasure map dig the treasure." Albert has long thought about how to deal with this thing.

   "Now, this amulet is called 'Vampire Retreat'." Albert announced in public, "It is the legendary amulet that can protect oneself from being harmed by vampires."

  When several people heard this, their faces could not help but twitch.

  Albert was able to say such things with a low face, although this kind of amulet can indeed drive away vampires.

"I suddenly looked forward to it. The guy who found the treasure map, after cracking the treasure map and digging the treasure, found that the legendary necklace that can protect himself from vampires would be such a thing. I don't know if it will reveal What expression." George suddenly felt very interesting.

   "I found that you are really wicked." Fred muttered, "However, I like it, but I don't know if that guy will faint in anger after finding the treasure so hard."

   "I will also help." Lee Jordan said excitedly, "It is a treasure hidden by Hogwarts students from generation to generation. I think many people will be interested in it."

  Hagrid was stunned listening to it. He never thought that Albert was going to dig a hole for the students in the school and give them a hard time.

   Think about the day when I was borrowing a book and found a treasure map in the mezzanine, even if I don’t believe it all, I will try to find out if I can find the treasure.

  (end of this chapter)