Magical Studies at Hogwarts

It was rainy and gloomy in England in early July, and the old drainage facilities made the ground in Spider End Lane on the outskirts of Cokeworth full of water, leaving almost no place to step.

There was a fire burning in the fireplace, and Snape was sitting on a sofa nearby, reading a book quietly.

"Bang, bang, bang"

There was a sudden knock on the glass, and Snape waved his wand with a cold face, and an owl that was soaked in rain flew in. There was a letter in its mouth, and a box wrapped in brown paper was clutched at his feet.

Taking the box and letter casually, pushing a box full of nuts towards the owl, Snape opened the letter directly.

The letter was not long, just over a hundred words, and could be read in less than a blink of an eye. But Snape seemed to be greatly stimulated, and his face became increasingly pale.

He threw the letter into the fireplace nearby, opened the box with a wave of his wand, and saw a bright red rose that was as fresh as if it had just been picked.

As if to vent his anger, he crushed the flowers, took a bottle of red wine from the cabinet on the side and poured it into a cup. Then he twisted some of the crushed pieces into the red wine and drank it all in one gulp...

"Lily..."

Snape felt that his soul was being pulled out, and his whole body lost all strength. He let more than half of the glass of red wine fall to the ground, and he collapsed to the ground. Tears welled up in his eyes unknowingly.

"Potter!"

He roared heart-piercingly, and the anger that burst out startled the owl that was happily eating nuts at the side. He ignored the delicious food in front of him and fled out of the window while flapping his wings.

Ike didn't expect that the truth would be as he suspected, and Snape didn't expect that the truth would be so cruel. When he drank the glass of red wine mixed with red roses, the strange taste liberated him from the dust.

memory.

In June 1976, at the dinner after the OLS exam, a glass of pumpkin juice with a strange taste...

He was sure and would always believe that he would never say the word "mudblood" under any circumstances, especially to Lily...

Everything is clear...

Snape lay on his back, staring blankly at the chandelier on the ceiling, like a zombie until the next morning, when Snape came back to his senses.

He struggled to get up from the ground, walked slowly to the kitchen, fried himself a plate of eggs, took it to the dining table, sat down, and ate bit by bit.

More than half an hour later, Snape finally finished breakfast. He pushed the plate to the middle of the dining table, silently went to the basement, took down a bottle from the full potion on the cabinet, and wrote a note and the magic potion.

Put the medicine into a box and call the owl to send it away.

Then he waved his magic wand and the figure disappeared.

Ike recognized the potion as soon as he received it. It was the famous Bafe Brain Refreshing Potion, a potion that can enhance the user's brainpower. Its production difficulty is almost the same as that of the Felicity Potion. It is available on the market.

There are almost no real Baffy brain-rejuvenating drugs on the Internet, and those sold are almost all abridged and castrated versions, which have a short acting time, poor effects, and serious side effects, and may even permanently damage a person's brain.

The product produced by Snape is naturally different from the defective products on the market, and has also undergone certain improvements. It can permanently improve a person's brain power, but the price is only a month of confusion.

Without any hesitation, Ike directly drank the entire bottle of Baffy's Brain Refresher. This kind of thing that can permanently increase attribute points is so rare that it is self-evident.

It has to be said that Ike still underestimated the side effects of Bafei's brain-refreshing agent. Throughout July, Ike was in a state of being in a state of not waking up. His reaction was much slower and he often answered questions incorrectly. This strange behavior naturally caused It caught Julianne's attention, but at that time Ike couldn't explain it clearly immediately.

It took a lot of effort to stabilize Julianne, and Ike simply locked himself in the room. Apart from eating, going to the toilet, and even not getting out of bed every day, this difficult period ended until the owl delivered the book list for the new school year. days.

The effect is extraordinary. Many problems that were previously unsolvable can now be solved with just a little thought. In just one week, the research on alchemy and Ravenclaw manuscripts is equivalent to the results that could only be achieved in a month.

Very significant results, at least Ike is very satisfied.

After staying quietly in the orphanage for another week, Ike said goodbye to Julianne and left for London two weeks in advance.

The result of taking all the elective courses is that Ike's book list is much longer than the others. In addition to the necessary books such as "Standard Spells Level 3" and "Intermediate Transfiguration" and other compulsory course books, the divination course textbooks, The number of extra purchases such as ancient magic text textbooks and magical creature care textbooks is almost equal to the number of must-buy items.

Of course, returning to the wizarding world in advance is not just for these reasons, but more importantly to have a place to make magic potions.

Throughout the summer vacation, I first took Red Rose, then Bafei Awakening Potion, and finally read Alchemy, Runes and Ravenclaw Manuscripts for almost half a month, plus the rule that underage wizards cannot use magic outside of school. Ike didn't have time to finish the things he had planned before the holiday.

There is no way to sit back and live in vain.

Old Tom in the Leaky Cauldron still looks lazy, but as long as the price is right, any request can be met. After paying an extra 10 Sickles, Ike successfully got the right to make potions in the room. Old Tom even provided a gadget that could absorb the unpleasant odor emitted during the potion making process.

After spending half a day buying all the books for the new school year, and another half day buying enough potion materials, Ike once again locked himself in the room, and had three meals a day delivered by Old Tom. Go to the door.

Ike did not intend to make any difficult potions, but only made anti-swelling agent and white essence. The former can be used to eliminate swelling caused by magic, and the latter is the most common healing potion. These two are used in St. Mungo's Magic Wounds Hospitals consume a lot of food every day, so selling to them is a sure-profit business.

Although he won't make a lot of money, stability is better than anything else for Ike.

The raw materials cost Ike 57 Galleons and sold for 112 Galleons. The net profit was 55 Galleons in half a month. This salary is already higher than that of many Ministry of Magic staff.

Of course, there is no comparison with officials, let alone those professors at Hogwarts.

But it was enough, plus Hogwarts' annual fixed scholarship, excluding the money to buy textbooks, and an owl he finally made up his mind to buy, Ike still had a balance of dozens of galleons.

Owls are very common, they are the cheapest ones, they are dull and can stay on the shelf for a whole day if they don't call.

In fact, even Ike the owl didn't want to buy it at first, because the nightingale was really unable to complete the great task of delivering letters and express delivery. The little guy had a very bad temper. He couldn't do it himself and was angry that Ike specially added new members for this purpose.

Yes, Nightingale has been following Ike and was named Ellie by him.

As for the owl, it's called Skye.

A proper naming waste...