Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 234 Potion mixed with water

  The four Alberts were all silent. They knew very well that what Dagworth, the master of potions, was actually trying to scare them. There may have been such cases, but they were definitely in the minority.

  Albert, who had personally prepared the raw materials for the Buffy Brain Refreshing Tonic, certainly knew how much galleons it would cost to gather those raw materials. Thinking about brewing a Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion, at least 15 Galleons are needed, and the price of expensive raw materials is simply suffocating.

   Failure once is enough to make people feel heartbroken, not to mention the difficulty of brewing this potion, a little flaw will make Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion unusable.

  Even the top potion masters would not drink it directly after brewing the Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion.

"The wizard Buffy in France who first invented the potion drank the potion he brewed, which caused some problems in his brain." Dagworth raised his finger and pointed to his head, "Later, he also made a potion. A very famous oolong, when he said the 'f' instead of 's' while chanting a spell, he found himself lying on the floor with a bison standing on his chest."

   "I know, Professor Flitwick once mentioned it." Lee Jordan never thought that the matter Professor Flitwick mentioned came from here.

   "The wizard that Professor Flitwick mentioned is called Baruffeo. I think the name is probably due to a problem with the translation." Albert recalled, shaking his head and said, "The translator is probably a second-rate guy."

  The letters of the two names are actually similar. It is not surprising that there are problems in translation, especially those who are not proficient in French.

"In the beginning, Wizard Buffy put together some ingredients that could stimulate the brain, and wanted to create a potion that could make people smarter. Of course, after a long period of improvement, Buffy's Brain Refreshing Potion was truly completed, but due to the preparation The probability of failure is still very high, and inferior products can easily make users overexcited and directly cause brain damage, so this potion was soon banned by the Ministry of Magic, lest the inferior products flow out and poison others." Dagwall Si told the four people about the origin and history of Buffy's mind-boosting agent.

   "So, it can really make people smarter?" The three of them were a little excited, who would be smarter if they didn't want to.

"Yes, the real Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion can indeed make people smarter." Dagworth poured cold water on them coldly, "But users need to bear a lot of risks, and the potion improves to a limited extent.”

   These words made Fred and the others calm down a lot.

"Later, there was a potion master named Astor Belcanter, because his son Albert failed the exams in Charms, Transfiguration and Herbalism, he tried to brew this potion to make his son become smarter." The Potions Master went on to tell the history of Buffy's Brain Tonic.

"He succeeded?"

"Successful, but also failed." Dagworth said meaningfully, "At that time, there was a potionist named Bilius Fenbork with him, and they did make a bad bacon. Fee sober."

   "His son has become an idiot?" Everyone seems to have guessed the fate of that hapless boy.

"No." Dagworth shook his head and said, "They tried to dilute this potion and gave it to Albert to drink. As you can imagine, Albert passed all the tests. This is undoubtedly a huge business opportunity. They So I started selling Buffy brain refresher on the black market."

The master of potions continued, "Later, when Bilius Fenbok was harvesting rune snake eggs, he was bitten by a rune snake, and finally the rune snake ran away. .”

"People from the Ministry of Magic rushed to rescue Bilius Fenbork and found the snake with great difficulty, but also because of this incident, the Ministry of Magic accused them of illegally keeping rune snakes in captivity, and sent two The unlucky guy filed a lawsuit and confiscated Baffy's brain-boosting potion, and this matter was exposed, and Bafei's brain-boosting potion was officially blacklisted for the exam."

  "Since that incident, the Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion on the black market has been diluted, which can greatly reduce the damage of the potion to the human brain. People use it as a short-term brain-enhancing drug.

   "Of course, drinking too much inferior Buffy brain refresher is still harmful to the human brain, especially the potion made by some idiots is particularly effective."

   As expected of Dagworth, the potion master, the revealed inside story really shocked everyone. They didn't expect there to be such a secret in it.

   "Now, do you know why I must get that gold card back?" Dagworth glanced at Albert and said lightly.

   Without that gold card, Dagworth's use of some precious materials to brew potions may be considered illegal by the Ministry of Magic in the future, at least the way to obtain the raw materials is illegal.

   Albert nodded and didn't say anything else, he knew what Dagworth meant.

"I'll explain it to you when I make Buffy's brain-boosting potion later, but don't talk or ask questions. If you can't, it's best to leave now and go to the Three Broomsticks for some butter beer , or go to Honeydukes to buy some candies." Dagworth looked at Fred and said to the three of them, "I suggest you choose the former."

  The three of them could hear Dagworth's intention to drive people away, so they simply said goodbye and left.

   "It's a little rude of you to do this." Albert frowned slightly as he watched Fred and the others leave.

"I don't think they can persist until that time. Instead of staying and suffering, it's better to go out and play." Dagworth explained lightly: "Besides, their potion level is not enough, so staying is mostly a waste of effort, and it will hinder them. us."

   "What you said makes sense, maybe you can remind me of this in your letter." Albert didn't mean to blame Dagworth, because what the other party said made sense.

"When I make Buffy's Brain Refreshing Potion later, I'll talk about it while I'm doing it. You can ask later, and don't disturb me." Dagworth said, taking out the required medicinal materials from a box, and quickly Enter the state of brewing potion.

   Albert also let himself quickly enter the state.

  As Dagworth said, Buffy Brain Refreshing Tonic is actually a kind of raw material that can excite the brain and improve memory.

   "Moreover, the jumping toadstool itself is poisonous. When making Buffy's mind-boosting potion, it must be processed by alchemy before it can be used." Dagworth explained while dealing with the red-headed jumping toadstool with white spots. The thing itself is soaked in some oil-like liquid, which is the best way to store jumping toadstools.

  In fact, the jumping toadstools obtained by Albert were also stored in this way, and a lot of olive oil was wasted because of this.

  …

  The frog's brain must be freshly baked, but there is a problem that the speed of dissecting the frog must be fast enough, and an assistant is usually needed to help.

   However, Dagworth didn't need an assistant. It only took him a minute to dissect three frogs, take out their brains and throw them into a heated cauldron.

In the process of brewing the potion, Dagworth would only explain in important places, and sometimes it would be better to talk to himself than to explain, such as the time to add dragon claw powder, the method of stirring, How to add rune snake eggs in time, and how to judge whether the potion is formed or not.

The whole process lasted for nearly an hour, and the finally prepared Buffy Brain Refreshing Tonic showed a green thick liquid. Dagworth held the test tube flat in front of his face, and after careful observation, he said to Albert: "It has been completed. However, in order to To be safe, it still needs to be diluted briefly, the ratio is ten to one!"

  He put some Buffy brain refresher into a test tube, diluted it with water, and the color of the liquid immediately became lighter. "

Dagworth raised the test tube and took a sip, as if he was tasting the effect of the medicine. After a while, he nodded and said: "That's it. However, for safety, I still don't recommend you to use the undiluted Buffy directly. Brain refresher."

  (end of this chapter)