Hogwarts starts with stealing power

Another Potions class.

This time Snape taught everyone the "Forgetting Potion". As the name suggests, this potion causes people to lose their memory.

The main material of the Forgotten Potion is the water of the "Forgotten River".

Before making the potion, Snape repeatedly emphasized how important and precious the water of the Forgotten River was, and that everyone only had two chances to try and make mistakes.

Once the production is unsuccessful twice, there will be no materials provided to them, and they are destined to fail the Potions class this semester.

This semester's potions class has increased the requirements for the little wizard.

All potions learned in class must be mastered proficiently in order to pass the exam.

If you don't know how to learn potions in class, then even if you are very good at other subjects, you will still fail the potions class.

As soon as Snape said this, the other little wizards became nervous.

After he finished talking about the precautions, for a while, only a few young wizards dared to move. The other wizards looked at each other and did not dare to move.

And among the wizards who dare to take action.

Lin Xia and Neville are a very eye-catching pair.

——The smartest student in the whole grade, and the poor student in the grade who always forgets things, formed a potion partnership!

Lin Xia said methodically: "Neville, drop two drops of water from the River of Forgotten into the crucible."

Neville was a little nervous after hearing what Professor Snape said, but his body was more accustomed to listening to Lin Xia's orders.

As soon as Lin Xia's words came out, his body started to move.

Neville carefully sucked two drops of water from the River of Forgotten with a straw and put them into the crucible.

Lin Xia's next words came: "Turn on low heat and heat for 20 seconds."

Neville opened fire immediately.

Lin Xia added: "Prepare two sprigs of valerian."

Neville immediately dug out this material.

When 20 seconds came, Lin Xia's voice came: "Put two sprigs of valerian into the crucible and stir clockwise three times at the same time."

Neville immediately did so.

He's like a robot following orders.

After Professor Snape's intimidation, everyone in the classroom fell into silence, while the outstanding students silently dealt with the materials.

Only Lin Xia did not hide her voice and spoke to Neville at a normal volume.

In the busy laboratory of the past, this was no problem.

But in a quiet space, Lin Xia's voice became extremely loud, causing many young wizards to pay attention.

Although Neville looked nervous, his hands were very steady, and there was no trembling at all, especially when holding the crucible.

But his expression showed that he was very nervous.

Snape turned his head and glanced at the other young wizards, opened his mouth like a poisonous snake, and roared: "Can you improve your potion skills by looking at others? Go and refine it quickly, I will only give you two lessons. time!"

He changed his words, looked at Harry and Ron, and said calmly: "Harry, your handling of the cauldron is wrong, one point will be deducted from Gryffindor.

Everyone, take a good look at him. The way he handles the crucible will cause the potion to lose at least 10% of its effectiveness. "

…

Time flew by.

Potions class finally came to an end.

The little wizards all rushed out of the potions classroom, as if there was some scourge inside.

Even Harry and Ron left immediately.

Hermione listened to Ron complaining excitedly: "He should tell us the correct way to hold the crucible instead of deducting points whenever we see mistakes!

If he doesn't tell you the correct method, how do we know which one is correct? "

Hermione said calmly: "Ron, if you paid attention to the lecture, Professor Snape already explained to us the correct way to hold the crucible in the last class."

Ron frowned and tried hard to remember, but couldn't think of anything.

"How is it possible? He is not imparting knowledge in class. He is basically deducting points, deducting points, deducting points."

Hermione: "Yeah, so he said the correct way to hold the crucible, and he also said it after deducting points."

Ron: "..."

Harry stopped, turned to look around, and suddenly asked: "Where are Lin Xia and Draco?"

Ron looked around and didn't see these two people.

Hermione: "They are still in the Potions classroom. They have something to communicate with Professor Snape alone. Our next class is out of sync with them. Lin Xia asked me to leave first."

Ron shrugged and said as he walked: "He is indeed an excellent student. He can communicate with Professor Snape without changing his expression. If it were me, I would definitely hide away."

In the Potions classroom.

The atmosphere was far more serious than Hermione had imagined.

Professor Snape frowned and said with a puzzled look on his face: "You said that you may have discovered a suspected passage into the secret room?

Lin Xia, there is a question here. How do you know what happened recently is related to the secret room.

I know that a dirty and insulting word has become popular recently, but that doesn't mean that Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets has really been opened.

Rumors are just rumors, they cannot become true. "

Lin Xia said: "So Professor, this is just a guess of mine. There is no smoke without fire. Maybe Slytherin's secret room has really been discovered?"

And combined with the recent intentions of Hogwarts, maybe Hogwarts is also warning us to be vigilant. "

She paused and said, "I heard that the Slytherin wizard Salazar secretly tamed a basilisk, and that basilisk has been wandering in the secret passages of Hogwarts..."

Before Lin Xia could finish speaking, Snape quickly interrupted her.

"Stop joking, Lin Xia!"

He said unceremoniously: "You are an excellent student, so forget it if you can't tell the difference between rumors and rumors. You can even believe fairy tales.

If I asked you where the passage to the secret room was, you wouldn't say it was in the bathroom that Mrs. Norris always calls to, right? "

Lin Xia couldn't help but be stunned and asked: "Professor, how did you know?"

Snape raised his head slightly and said arrogantly: "Filch asked me to look at it again a few days ago, and he also emphasized the ceiling.

I checked the entire bathroom and found nothing out of the ordinary.

In that bathroom, I also saw the cat you had before. Filch had always trusted Mrs. Norris and valued it more than his own life.

I just didn't expect that even you would be confused by your own pet.

There are many kinds of psychic pets at Hogwarts, not just cats. You should take care of your pets! "

After Snape finished speaking, he left the Potions classroom.

Lin Xia frowned slightly.

She actually wanted to tell the secret of the faucet, but Snape's output gave her no chance to speak.

Draco said: "It seems that Snape's method won't work. We have to seek help from other professors. How about asking the dean?"

Lin Xia shook her head.

"I've already gone to the dean. The dean doesn't think the recent rumors about 'Mudbloods' and 'Slytherin Purge' are true, and he told me to focus on my studies."

Draco: "Then you can only find Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick. These two professors should be easy to talk to and will help you."

Say so.

But Lin Xia always felt that there seemed to be a pushing hand in the dark, making it difficult for her to change her destiny so easily.

…

Halloween is two days away.

Hogwarts is already full of Halloween atmosphere in advance. Jack-o-lanterns begin to float in the Great Hall, and there are more live bats floating around the jack-o'-lanterns.

In addition, there were many giant jack-o-lanterns.

It is said that this is a special feature only this year. Those pumpkin lanterns can hold three or four people.

It is said that...even the professors don't know how this news spread among the young wizards.

It is said that Dumbledore invited a skeleton dance troupe to perform on Halloween.

Also on this afternoon.

Lin Xia led the team and finally developed a new version of the guardian talisman!

The new version of the guardian talisman no longer looks like a yellow talisman, but a small button style.

On the surface of the button, there are complicated magic words engraved, which are the protective magic words.

Draco saw the final product and nodded with great satisfaction: "This new version of the guardian talisman has a noble taste."

Lin Xia tentatively named this item "Guardian Button" to distinguish it from the Guardian Talisman.

Compared with ordinary guardian charms, guardian buttons have more ways to play.

Not only can it provide stronger protective power, but it can also change colors at will.

The little wizard can use the "color-changing spell" to change the color of the buttons.

Of course, Lin Xia will also add a color-changing function to the buttons in the future to achieve basic color-changing in four colors.

——The original yellow, which is also the color that represents Hufflepuff; and the red that symbolizes Gryffindor, the green of Slytherin, and the blue of Ravenclaw.

However, the price of the version with the color changing function is definitely different from the version without it.

Hermione looked at the Guardian Button with excitement.

The small buttons showed a different metallic luster under the light, as if they were glowing.

She asked, "Should we write a paper?"

Draco nodded in agreement: "Although it is a small invention not worth mentioning, the combination of magic text and alchemy is also a very novel point.

The Guardian Button is an alchemical item. Maybe we can publish it in a journal related to alchemy? "

Ron and Harry were also very happy. Although they were not the main researchers, they also took on a lot of work as assistants.

Lin Xia estimated the time and made a decision.

"Papers will be published and journals will be published. This invention may also have a press conference."

Perhaps in her eyes, guard buttons have little technical content.

But maybe in the eyes of others, this alchemy item has other miraculous effects?

Whether or not a press conference can be held depends on whether the people at Hogwarts think the guard button is important anymore.

She continued: "But before publishing, we have to race against time to come up with a more diplomatic measure."

Others couldn't help but look over.

Lin Xia thought for a while and said, "I want to sell the guardian buttons in advance and sell them in Hogwarts to students."

Hermione was the first to raise concerns: "You do not have the right to sell items, and the products have not been tested. If there is any problem found, you may face prosecution from the Ministry of Magic."

Draco knew that Lin Xia had been running around a lot recently about the Hogwarts anomaly, and she also seemed to know the location of the secret room.

As soon as Lin Xia proposed this idea, he knew that she was worried about the wizards at Hogwarts.

If the guardian button works well, if the little wizard gets it early, it will be protected early.

Draco pondered for a while, "It's not impossible to avoid scrutiny in advance and make sales."

Ron asked curiously: "What method?"

Draco smiled: "First of all, we all know that there is nothing wrong with the guard button, it is extremely safe.

Under this premise, we can spread the guardian buttons through private sales. "

"Private sale?" Ron was a little confused.

Harry vaguely understood something, "Just sell it privately. For example, I made a gadget that can ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters. Do you need it?"

Draco nodded: "Yes, this is the inspiration I got from the first vision in Hogwarts.

Even visions can sell invisibility charms to little wizards, so why can't we sell them guardian buttons?

And this kind of private sales, as long as the volume is not large, is difficult to be regulated.

Just like some wizards would come to your door privately and ask a potion master to make banned potions on the market.

The Ministry of Magic only does not allow those potions to be circulated, not even the production. It is entirely possible to allow contraband to continue to circulate through private transactions. "

Lin Xia nodded: "This idea is okay, I want to sell part of the guardian buttons tomorrow.

Let's go have dinner now, and we'll work hard to make a batch tonight. "

Ron and others responded enthusiastically. They thought it was so cool to do this.

If nothing else, it’s so exciting to constantly break the rules and step on the edge!

As Halloween approaches, the decoration of the auditorium becomes more atmospheric.

Even if you go to have a meal, you feel like you are watching a horror movie.

Not long after arriving in the Great Hall, Harry's expression suddenly became extremely painful.

Ron, who had been beside him, saw it and asked quickly: "Harry, what's wrong with you?"

Harry covered his head with his hands, feeling his head hurt again.

A voice that was extremely eerie, extremely cold, and seemed to gather all the evil in the world, echoed in his mind:

"...Tear you apart...Tear you apart...Kill you..."

Harry staggered to a stop, waved his hand casually, grabbed Ron beside him, and said with some pain:

"The voice appeared, the voice heard in Lockhart's office!"

Although his head hurt, he tried to stay focused on where the voice was coming from.

"Harry, you-"

"Don't talk yet, I'm listening, listen!" Harry said hurriedly.

Lin Xia realized something, stopped others who were still talking, and let Harry listen.

There were little wizards around who looked over curiously. After Lin Xia cast a "Do Not Disturb Spell", no one stopped watching.

They didn't seem to see these people.

"...I'm so hungry...I want to eat...it's been a long, long time..."

The voice became weaker and weaker.

Harry looked up, moving up from the wall in front, and then looked at the ceiling.

He was sure it was moving—moving upward.

Harry stared at the dark ceiling, feeling a sudden feeling of excitement and fear in his heart.

Could it be a ghost?

How else could one move up and through a wall made of stone?

"This way!" Harry shouted, breaking into a run.

Although the others didn't know why, they subconsciously followed him.

Harry climbed the stairs, ran into the hall, and sprinted up the marble stairs to the second floor.

Suddenly, he stopped, as if listening to something.

Ron wanted to say something, but Draco stopped him.

Draco shook his head at Ron to silence him.

Harry's stomach twitched violently, "I smell blood... I smell blood... It's going to kill someone!"

While shouting, he started running quickly and climbed up the stairs three times and two times.

Lin Xia saw that Harry was like a fly that had lost its sense of direction, circling the third floor non-stop without any purpose.

Finally, Harry turned a corner and came into an empty corridor.

Everyone couldn't help but gasp when they saw the scene behind the corner.

In front of them, on the wall a foot above the ground between two windows, there were some writings daubed on it.

These words shimmered in the light of the burning torch.

[The secret room has been opened,

Those who are enemies of the heir, beware! 】

"Wait, is there something hanging down there?" Ron said, his voice trembling.

There is no need to move forward at all. Just by relying on the super-sensory spell, you can see the things hanging below.

Draco suddenly turned his head to look at Lin Xia, whose expression was as gloomy as water.

She walked over quickly and saw two cats of different shapes underneath the slogan.

Mrs. Norris's tail was hung on the torch stand, her body was as stiff as a board, her eyes were wide open, and she was waiting.

Next to it, there is also a cat with dark gray hair.

It has its back to Mrs. Norris, a completely different posture from it——

Mrs. Norris seemed to have seen something horrifying, and her hair stood up.

The dark gray cat had already turned around to leave, but for some reason, it was also petrified.

Many thoughts flashed through Lin Xia's mind instantly.

Why didn't Fairy White escape? She had clearly been reminded by him?

Did two basilisks appear and petrify both cats at the same time?

Where did the basilisk come from? Who wrote the slogan on the wall? Are those lines of bloody words written in human blood?

Finally, Lin Xia set her sights on the ground.

——On the large pool of slippery water.

The reflection in the water clearly reflected the petrified appearance of Mrs. Norris and the White Fairy, as well as the appearance of several of them.

Lin Xia suppressed the anger in her heart.

She stared at the puddle of water. Perhaps she had found the answer to why the White Fairy did not escape at the first time!

Everyone else was stunned for several seconds before Ron said, "Let's get out of here quickly!"

"Should we try to rescue him——" Harry said unfluently.

But it was too late.

A loud noise came, and the little wizards who had finished their meal in the Great Hall returned to the common room of the college one after another.

Except for the Hufflepuff common room on the second floor, the common rooms of the other three colleges all had to pass through the third floor, or continue to go up to other floors, or use other shortcuts on the third floor to leave.

When everyone saw the two petrified cats, the noisy atmosphere was swept away and everyone suddenly lost their voices.

Some students came forward and looked at the terrible scene in front of them.

Suddenly, a voice broke the dead silence.

"Those who are enemies of the heir, beware! You are next, Mudblood!"

Gles Tolfor squeezed out of the crowd, staring at the two petrified cats, with a grim smile on his face!

Lin Xia stared at him deeply, and the fist hidden in his sleeves clenched silently.