Chapter 38
Hogwarts’ library until now will recruit the most disciplined, mediocre innate talent wizards to serve as administrators.
Limley. Winnington is such a person, an old man who has done his duty for more than 40 years.
He is over 60 years old this year, and he has an old problem, that is, when his legs come in winter, the joints will not work well, and he always limps when he walks.
One morning in November, he was cleaning the restricted section of the library.
Suddenly, he heard a faint sound of turning pages behind him.
"Who is...who?"
Limley immediately turned to the corner with his legs, but it was empty and no one was found.
Frowning for a while, Limley cursed suddenly.
"Damn...these damn magic books."
The pain in his legs made him feel bad. He scolded and flicked his chicken feathers. Clearing the bookshelf seems to have a deep hatred with these books.
"Cleaning 50,000 books every day, 10 gold Galleons a month, damn Dipet..."
He grumbled about work. I didn't pay attention to a feather that was threw away from my feather duster and suddenly hovered in the corner in midair, motionless.
The voice of complaining about the leader disappeared in the corner.
The feather landed slowly.
Hoffa lifted the stealth, took off the feathers from his head, and sighed.
After the administrator's voice could no longer be heard, he continued to pull out a potion book and read it word by word.
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After entering November, the air in the castle gets colder day by day. And Hoffa began his journey of learning all kinds of "extracurricular" knowledge in school.
Hoffa didn't want to be so risky, and started violating school rules so soon. After all, he managed to keep a low profile and became an unobtrusive student.
But now I can't help him.
On the back of the hand, that pale-gold tattoo everyday all absorbs most of his magic power, every day... and there is no time rule at all.
Sometimes during the day, sometimes at midnight. In short, I have to come every few hours.
Although the efficiency of absorbing magic power later is not as exaggerated as at first, it sucks up again and again.
But this kind of magic power consumption speed is something Hoffa can't afford.
Although his magic power was scarce, he was stretched out for combat, but his life and study is usually enough.
But now he often goes to class halfway through, and the magic power suddenly disappears.
The most embarrassing time was transfiguration. Dumbledore asked Hoffa to take the stage to demonstrate the poisonous snake and rope conversion.
This is not difficult at first.
But when Hoffa came on stage, just halfway through, the magic power was suddenly exhausted by the tattoo.
Dumbledore was also interested in seeing Hoffa's deformation results, but the rope bit his hand, causing his fingers to swell into radishes.
The class burst into laughter, and Hoffa has a big ugly.
He went to look up the information, frantically looked up all the information, trying to figure out what the pattern was.
Can find half a month, he found nothing. Let alone the lines, he didn't even find any records about Helheim and Thunderbird.
Of course, at such a high price, Hoffa also fantasized about whether he had a baby.
For example, this tattoo can swallow your own magic power, but eliminate impurities and spit out more pure magic power.
For example, this tattoo can store magic power, which will be released during battle.
For example, what Thunder Attribute can this tattoo bring to your magic power to make your magic more formidable power.
For example, there may be a Master living in a tattoo. After absorbing his magic power, he will wake up and lead himself to the peak of life.
But...
Nothing.
Nothing!
It is simply devouring magic power.
There is no feedback, no reason, no reason.
No time, no place, no occasion.
That’s it...
It’s like a poor man who is busy with his livelihood. Suddenly there is another child who is waiting to be fed. The embarrassment of life makes him have to Find a way out. Since the tattoo cannot be prevented from absorbing magic power, he can only focus on increasing the amount of his own magic power.
Now, he must find a way to improve magic power, otherwise he will continue to develop like this, let alone fight.
Without magic power, you can't finish your studies, and whether you can graduate in the First Year is a problem.
Under all helplessness, Hoffa had no choice but to take another risk.
The good news is that after a long and tedious search, Hoffa temporarily found three feasible ways to improve magic power.
One is the most common and safest way to improve. That is natural improvement. The magic power level of the wizard will gradually increase over time. This is a natural law. Between the ages of 14 and 17, the magic power of the wizard will take a leap, and it will reach a peak at the age of 30.
But Hoffa can't wait for this method.
second involves soul conversion in dark magic. This method is very dark and very few recorded.
Hoffa feels that if he finds out about this subject, he might spend the rest of his life in Azkaban. Hoffa is not a dark wizard, and never thinks dark wizard is cool, so after a little understanding, he gave up this method.
The last one is very common and very common. It is by taking some magic potion to quickly restore magic power. This kind of potion has a long history of use and is relatively safe.
This is why Hoffa has been staying in the potion area these days looking for formulas.
Many recipes for Hoffa have been found, and there is more than one. He doesn't even use it to find in the Restricted Section. There are records of this formula in the general area. This is not a banned drug like Polyjuice Potion, many wizards have studied it. Moreover, the ingredients in the formula are quite ordinary, and all potion classrooms can find them.
The only problem is that these formulas are very old, not only old, but also incomplete. Most books are vague or general.
As for the reason, Hoffa found it in a book called "Modern Application of Ancient Potion".
(The secondary magic power restores the potion, this potion is the European wizard and Chamber of Commerce patent medicine, Ministry of Magic mark level 2X excited medicine, the use must be registered in St. Mungo's, and will not be recorded for the time being .)
Patents, excitement, regulation...
Hoffa in the library rubbed his chin. He didn't expect such a problem, but he wanted to. normal.
There must be more than one wizard with low magic power. The brilliant wizard is as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.
The demand for this kind of potion market is definitely great. When the market demand is great, people who engage in monopolies will come.
Apparently someone has already kept this potion formula as a trade secret, so my mind is really flexible.
This is the same as when you went to search for Coke online in your previous life. You can find all the knowledge about Coke, but it is difficult to find the real formula for Coke. Even if it is found, it is difficult for you to make Coca-Cola.
There are many similar products in the wizard world, such as floo powder. Its formula is very simple, but since it came out in the 13th century, no one has been able to replicate its formula for more than 600 years.
The science of potion is a precise science, which is far from the point.
I couldn't find it in the library, and Hoffa didn't give up either. He wrote down the few missing old prescriptions he got on parchment, wondering if he should spend more time studying potion.
Although his potion innate talent is not good, it is definitely better to do everything than nothing.
After leaving the Restricted Section, Hoffa was still thinking about breaking his potion shortcomings. He looked down at the parchment that recorded the incomplete potion formula.
Suddenly, at the entrance of the library.
Hoffa caught a glimpse of silver light turning from the side. She lowered her head and walked hurriedly.
It was actually Aglaia.
She didn't call Quiddich today, but she was in the library. She didn't know what she was looking for. There is a thick roll of parchment on hand.
Seeing each other, the two of them jumped a step aside at the same time, as if two overtaking drivers met together, the smooth air suddenly became with swords drawn and bows bent.
A few seconds later...
"What to look at?"
Aglaia gave him a ferocious look, leaving no trace. He put his parchment in his pocket.
Hoffa shrugged and changed directions.
hmph!
Aglaia proudly lifts the head and also changes direction.
It's bad luck, Hoffa thought.
Just two steps, Hoffa suddenly stood still, turned to look at Aglaia's slender back, a plan suddenly and unconsciously popped into Hoffa's mind.
Wait, this guy...
Seems to have some accomplishments in potion.
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Friday, Slughorn's potion class.
After completing the daily compulsory potion course, Slughorn gave the students some time for self-study.
Speaking of self-study, it actually means letting students refine a potion independently as a daily improvement course.
This link was absent during the Snape period, nor was it in the previous Slughorn class.
But since Slughorn has a student of Aglaia, he has unfathomable mystery to get this link out. It is said that it is a stage for students to show themselves, but the original intention is to give Aglaia a chance to pretend.
This Old Guy does everything in order to build a good relationship with this potion genius.
Aglaia didn't let him down. Every potion class, she can free up some new things, let Slughorn praise and brag, and give Ravenclaw extra points.
Of course, when it comes to this kind of link, other students can only watch from below, anyway, no matter what they refine, Slughorn will not care. Just call 666 at the end of the course.
Although the potion teacher doesn't care, others still have to practice.
As competent supporting actors, they work in pairs.
A group of protagonists Aglaia and Tom Riddle.
Hoffa and Miranda are on the same console.
Hoffa is responsible for cutting, and Miranda is responsible for using spell on potion.
Miranda's results are not good, I can only say that they are mediocre, potion and deformation are very common, astronomy and divination are also very common. Herbal medicine and Defense Against the Dark Arts techniques are also common.
After working with her, Hoffa's potion class results never attracted Aglaia's attention.
In class.
While cutting Morat's tentacles, Hoffa is thinking about the magic power potion formula.
There is no doubt that as a Slughorn with a huge network, he must know the magic power potion formula.
Hoffa raised his eyes and glanced at Slughorn.
I saw Slughorn's chubby body standing by Aglaia's side all the time, sending out tsk tsk admiration from time to time, and her eyes were full of admiration and pampering, as if she was fragrant when she fart .
Riddle, who slapped her, also looked attentive. I don't know if it was a pretense.
Hoffa lowered his head again, and the Slughorn road would definitely not work. Since the last potion class, this Old Guy can't even remember his name.
Moreover, the potion class is one of Aglaia's home games.
Although she is very low-key now, she will not taunt herself for the time being, but that does not mean that she does not pay attention to herself.
If you dare to take the initiative to please Slughorn, or reveal an ulterior motive, Aglaia’s character will inevitably rebound and suppress yourself again.
She is like a wolf in a pack of wolves. Any creature in the territory who dares to challenge her leadership will be ruthlessly suppressed until the opponent is softened.
But now...it's not a low-key time. For the sake of his magic power and to graduate safely this semester, Hoffa has to do something a little bit.