Chapter 176 Wolf Poison Potion
"So, you mean, you want me to be Michelle's guardian?"
Snape said with a complicated expression as if he couldn't believe it.
John didn't reply.
He was trying not to laugh.
Snape's behavior right now is really funny.
Before today, John had never imagined that Snape would have such complicated emotions on his face.
And John's appearance also clearly fell into Snape's eyes.
He raised his brows and was about to get angry.
But at this moment, I heard Michelle say weakly:
"Professor Snape, can you help me? I really want to go to Hogsmeade."
"Oh! Michelle!"
Snape's face changed instantly, and he turned to Michelle and said, "I can't be your guardian and give you an autograph."
"Well, that's too bad..."
Michelle looked lost.
"But you can still go to Hogsmeade," Snape continued. "It's easy. I just need to write an approval note."
Snape moved quickly, picked up the quill and finished writing, then handed the parchment to Michelle.
"Although you are not a student of Slytherin, I think I should still have this power." Snape said, "If anyone thinks that these regulations are unreasonable and you are not allowed to go, then you let him Come to me and I will talk to him personally.”
"That's great, Professor Snape!" Michelle held the approval note as if it were some treasure. "Please write another one, John needs it too."
"No no no."
Snape shook his head and said, "Michelle, only smart and well-behaved children can get this kind of reward. Although John is a little smart, he doesn't use his smartness for serious matters. Moreover, he is not well-behaved at all! What a coincidence! "
Listening to Snape's emphasis on the word 'well-behaved', John felt helpless.
I thought to myself, if I hadn't been nice, I would have spread your name as the 'Half-Blood Prince'.
Michelle frowned when she heard this and said:
"That won't work. If John doesn't have it, I won't want it either."
After saying that, Michelle directly put the batch note back on the workbench.
Snape didn't stop him and just looked at John.
The two stared at each other for a long time, until the atmosphere in the office became a little depressed, and Snape wrote another approval note in silence.
Michelle instantly smiled again.
She picked up the batch of batches on the workbench and said:
"Thank you! Professor Snape!"
"Yes, Professor Snape." John said with a smile, "You are so generous."
"go out!"
Snape said, holding back his anger.
John winked and let Michelle leave the office first.
He himself walked around to Snape's side and looked at the bubbling liquid in the cauldron.
"Why don't you get out?"
Snape sat back in front of the cauldron, stirring and speaking coldly.
John seemed not to have heard anything and said slowly:
"What kind of potion are you making?"
Snape was silent for a while, as if thinking about something.
After a long time, the corner of his mouth raised a subtle smile and said:
"Wolfsbane Potion. This is a very complex and very expensive potion. If werewolves can drink it one week before the full moon, they can continue to remain sane even after turning into wolves. John, what do you think? Why should I refine it?”
"With your wealth, you obviously don't need to make money from such a troublesome potion as Wolfsbane potion. What's more, most werewolves are poor and it's almost impossible to afford such a potion."
Meeting Snape's gaze, a smile appeared on John's face, "So it's obvious that you are planning to give it to a certain werewolf to drink after you finish practicing."
"Look - as I just said, you do have some cleverness." Snapra said in a long tone, "Then you think that the other end is so poor that he can't even afford a good robe, so he needs to wear it. Who could be the patched werewolf?”
John shrugged his shoulders and said:
"I don't know. But I dare say that if you put so much effort into refining the medicine for him, that werewolf must be a brother to you!"
The smile on Snape's face disappeared instantly.
He put on a dangerous expression and said:
"It seems that I have to take back the words I praised you for being smart. Because you are so stupid that you are not even as good as a giant monster!"
"Well, my dear Professor," John said with a laugh, "It's Remus Lupin, isn't it?"
"How did you know?"
"Because you're making it too obvious, Lupin is the only person in the entire Hogwarts who needs to have his robes patched."
"I guess it's not my fault. As you said before, most werewolves are poor. They basically can only wear patched robes. This characteristic is not unique to Lupine."
Snape said, "So you can guess that Lupine is a werewolf because you have some cleverness, not because I deliberately hinted you."
"Yes! That's right!" John said firmly.
Hearing this, Snape nodded with satisfaction and said:
"I assume you won't spread the word that Lupine is a werewolf, will you?"
"Of course! You know, I never like to spread any gossip." John nodded seriously, "I can swear that I will keep this matter secret and will not tell anyone! If I violate it, I will be banned from Hogwart Fired!"
Listening to John's swearing, Snape's expression that had just softened suddenly became tense again.
He snorted coldly, turned around and started mixing the potion carefully.
The smile on John's face became even brighter.
He actually did not resist being used by Snape to spread the news that Lupine was a werewolf.
But the problem was that Snape wasn't going to give him a dime.
That won't work.
He doesn't do business that is losing money.
"Professor Snape, if you want to teach Lupine a lesson, there is a better way."
John patted his chest and said, "For example, add something to the Wolfsbane potion to make it taste very bad. You just need to give me a little reward..."
"Shut up, John!" Snape interrupted, "I don't need your help at all!"
John was stunned for a moment, then carefully observed the pot of liquid medicine, and suddenly realized:
"Oh! You've already done that? Right? Adjust the proportions of ingredients to make the potion very bitter! Are you also going to tell Lupine that sugar can't be added to the Wolfsbane potion, as it will lose its effectiveness once sugar is added?"
Snape said coldly:
"Sugar will make Wolfsbane potion ineffective. This is a fact recognized by the magical community."
"In this matter, we can't ignore the dosage and only talk about the effect," John said. "I guess, if you want to rely on sugar to make the Wolfsbane potion ineffective, the added sugar should be so huge that it can directly stretch a person to death, right?"
Snape said calmly:
"Who knows?"
"Clap clap-"
John clapped vigorously, "What a genius idea! I would like to call you the greatest potion master of this century!"
Amidst John's compliments, the corners of Snape's mouth finally curved a little.
"But..." John suddenly said again, "I think the simple bitter taste is not enough. Think about it, although the strong bitter taste will make him suffer when he drinks the medicine, the pain will not last long. Just rinse your mouth after drinking the medicine.
My suggestion, add some spice to it!super!The super spicy kind!There are also highly irritating substances, such as mustard flavor!
This can give him more lasting pain!And there is no very effective way to alleviate it! "
Snape looked a little strange.
He seemed shocked that John was even more vicious than he was.
"I am an absolute expert in changing the taste of potions! You should know that I even received the Order of Merlin, Level [-] for this! So please leave this job to me!"
John continued, "Of course, considering the complexity of Wolfsbane Potion, I need the Wolfsbane Potion formula and a large amount of magic materials for experimentation!"
There was hardly any hesitation.
Snape immediately stood up and took a box of traceless stretching spells from the material storage room and handed it to John:
"There are twenty pots of ingredients here! I want to see the finished product as soon as possible!"
"Don't worry! I won't let you down!"
John said swornly, with a smile on his face.
Each pot of Wolfsbane potion is worth more than 200 Galleons, and twenty pots are nearly 4000 Galleons!
As long as his magic potion refining efficiency is higher, then this wave of profits will be huge!
"Then hurry up and leave!" Snape said, stuffing another approval slip into John's arms and saying, "Take your approval slip and go together!"
John smiled and took the batch note.
But he had no plans to go to Hogsmeade.
He has more important things to do.