Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 516 py transaction

  Early in the morning, Albert opened his eyes and sat up suddenly from the bed.

  He had a very strange dream.

  In the dream, it seemed... After he married Isobel, Catherine brought a child, which she said was his daughter.

   Then, Isobel grabbed his neck, saying that he betrayed her?

   "It's all some kind of messy dream." Albert stretched out his hand to cover his cheek and murmured.

   Could it be that because Catherine was too beautiful, he had some unreasonable thoughts, so he had this strange dream?

   Albert felt that this matter was quite absurd.

  He suppressed a yawn, looked up and glanced at the unfamiliar room, and his eyes fell on the neatly arranged clothes on the table.

   After changing clothes, getting up and washing up, Albert went directly to the living room.

  The two old people are already here, and they don’t know what they are talking about. They both smiled and greeted him when they saw him.

   "Good morning, Mr. Anderson, did you sleep well last night?"

   "Not very good." Albert moved his neck a little, "Maybe it's because I came to a strange place and I'm not used to sleeping!"

   Nicholas smiled and handed the New York Ghost newspaper to Albert.

   "The reporters of the New York Ghost News know that you are in the United States, and they are looking for you everywhere." Nicholas reminded: "They obviously want to interview you, the youngest international wizard chess champion ever."

   There is also an interview above. The wizard named Carter said a lot of bad things about Albert.

   "No matter where the newspaper is, it will inevitably attract people's attention." After reading his part of the report, Albert casually put the New York Ghost on the table.

   "It's normal, unless you start your own newspaper." Nicholas said with a smile.

   Soon, the house elf delivered a rich breakfast, including milk, croissants, fried sausages, fried potatoes, fried eggs, fried mushrooms, tomatoes, and a big spoonful of stewed peanuts.

  It's almost like a British breakfast.

  In other words, in order to take care of the diet of the two, this kind of breakfast is prepared.

   "Is Miss Catherine up yet?"

   Albert was a little surprised not to see Catherine during the meal, so he asked casually.

   "She has something to do, so she left early in the morning." Nicholas said with a smile, "However, Catherine is very happy to meet you, but she was a little bit shocked by you."

   "Shocked by me?"

"Yes, Catherine's talent was discovered by me at a very young age. Later, when she went to Ilvermorny Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry, she immediately showed amazing talent and became a well-known genius in the school." Nicholas shouted She took a sip of milk, and recalled: "It's just that, because of her relationship since she was a child, she has always been withdrawn and has few friends."

  For some reason, Albert smelled something unusual, didn't answer the call, and continued to bury his head in his meal.

  Actually, Isobel should be quite suitable to be Catherine's friend. Both of them are geniuses, so there are probably many topics to talk about, but the dream in the morning made Albert completely give up the idea of ​​introducing Isobel to the other party.

After breakfast, the two went to Nicholas's workshop. It was in a utility room outside the villa, which was cast with a traceless stretching spell. There were a lot of alchemy equipment neatly placed in the room, even more than Nicholas My family is even more exaggerated.

   "Is this dark powder?"

  Selah saw the magic items randomly placed on the table, and was a little surprised to see this thing here.

"According to your suggestion, I made it into a stealth smoke bomb." Nicholas pointed to the stealth smoke bomb and introduced to them: "Of course, your lifting technique has been improved several times. Now Peru has It can produce dark powder steadily and continuously. Many wizards in the black market like this thing very much, and it is very suitable for escape.”

   "That's not what I proposed," Sera pointed to Albert and said, "Do you mind showing me your new technology?"

"do not mind."

  Nicolas showed them the manufacturing process of the dark powder. He was not worried that the other party would use this to make money, because the Peruvian side had already been monopolized by him and his friends.

   Watching Nicholas skillfully mix and heat some ground ore powder and concentrated plant fruit powder, after some processing, he finally extracted the dark powder, which made Albert feel like real alchemy.

   Nicholas also asked Albert if he wanted to give it a try.

  Albert followed Nicholas's method and successfully produced dark powder after two attempts, and mastered this skill by the way.

  The latter is not too surprising. After all, he is a genius. It is normal to be able to achieve this level. The production process of dark powder is not very difficult.

   "This is the extract of Sleepy Bean."

  Nicolas pointed to a bottle of silver juice and introduced to them, "Take it directly, it can remove people's memory, and dilute it with the venom of the Winged Demon to create a powerful amnesiac."

"The Magical Congress of the United States purchases a certain amount of sleepy bean extract from me every year." Nicholas continued, "Last time Newt helped them solve the problems exposed by the American magic community, and the Ministry of Magic also wants to follow the example of the large-scale erasure of memory. Skills. It's a pity that they couldn't find a wizard to tame the Thunderbird, so they had to let the wizard ride a broom..."

   Speaking of which, Nicholas showed a malicious smile.

   "Of course, it is more needed by the magical injury hospitals in the United States. As long as the dosage is appropriate, it can eliminate some bad memories. It is better than the Forgetting Curse."

   "Of course, this thing is expensive, because it takes a lot of sleepy beans to extract such a tube of silver extract from it. This is also the source of my bright pot."

   "What's that?" Albert noticed a sealed test tube in a glass box that was steaming with air.

   "That's a potion of potential." Nicholas said softly.

   "Potential potions in Zygmunt Bach's Potion Book?"

   "Yes." Nicholas took out the test tube from the glass box, handed it to Albert and said, "The situation of potionists in the United States is not much better than that of alchemists. However, we can always find a way to survive."

"Not all descendants of wizards possess powerful magical powers. Many famous and wealthy wizarding families are keen to give their children this potion to stimulate their magical potential and make them ahead of other wizards in certain aspects. Nicholas continued, "After they graduate from school, they will be able to enter the Magical Congress of America, become an excellent Auror, or get other more promising careers."

   "Have American wizards mastered how to grow phantom smelling grass?" Albert asked with raised eyebrows.

"I tried it, but the effect was very poor. Most of the cultivated phantom smelling grass is dead, and it is not as high-quality as the phantom smelling grass in the magic garden. Before it can be made into a potential medicine, it usually needs to be purified. Before using the extract directly to make a potential Potion."

   "It was all forced out by money!" Albert said softly.

   "After all, they don't have a lot of pots to squander like I do." Nicholas is well aware of the difficulty of others.

  The alchemists and potion masters in America are fairly united, forming an intricate network of relationships through interests, which is one of the reasons why Nicholas was able to obtain a large amount of magic raw materials.

   "Didn't they try to study the Buffy Brain Booster?"

   "Yes, but that thing is a bit dangerous and unstable, and requires a very skilled potion master to successfully refine it."

  Actually, those potion masters also want to make Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion to make money, but if this thing is not done well, it may turn people into fools.

   It’s better to make money by making Felicia, at least if the Felicia fails and is poisoned, you can still be saved.

"I know a potion master." Albert thought for a while and said, "Hetok Dagworth, I think you may have heard his name, I once asked him to help me make Buffy potion, but that thing does have some effect."

   "Of course, I will also make Buffy Brain Refreshing Potion, but the rune snake eggs are not easy to get." Albert said suddenly, "And it needs more practice."

   "The raw materials can be obtained from Burkina Faso." Nicholas understood Albert's meaning and said, "As long as you have a way to provide a reliable Buffy brain refresher."

   "Burkina Faso?"

"In a small country in Africa, there is a forest dedicated to protecting rune snakes, and there are many wizards who specialize in raising rune snakes for sale." Nicholas said without hesitation, "the fangs of rune snakes that Floo powder needs are also Got it from that country."

  Many people directly used the powder made from the fangs of the rune snake instead of floo powder, and ended up blowing themselves up, but they didn't know that it still needs to be processed through alchemy to make floo powder.

   "Okay, let's talk about this!" Albert asked, shaking the Potential Potion, "What do you want me to do?"

"I hope you can become Catherine's friend." Nicholas said seriously, "After she becomes my heir, she is destined not to have any good friends in the future. You guys who are both geniuses should have a lot of topics to talk about." .”

   "Are you sure they are just friends?" Albert asked.

   "Of course, if you want to chase my granddaughter, I don't..."

   "No, I already have a girlfriend." Albert shook his head and said, "However, if it is a friend who communicates on magic alchemy, I would be very happy, and I can contact through the two-way mirror at that time."

   Albert could tell that Nicholas cared about his granddaughter.

  (end of this chapter)