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Chapter 185 Senior's Old Textbook
After finding the page that recorded the Philosopher's Stone, Kyle put the book on the table and read it carefully.
"The greatest achievement of ancient alchemy, a magical substance with amazing functions, which can turn any metal into pure gold and create an elixir of life, making those who drink it immortal forever.
The Philosopher's Stone has appeared three times in history, and each time it appears, it will trigger an extremely brutal war.
The longest war lasted twenty years, and the country that possessed the Philosopher's Stone was razed to the ground in the tenth year.
Because every time it appears, it is accompanied by countless blood, so the Philosopher's Stone is also called the Bloody Gem.
Of the three Philosopher's Stones, Merlin and King Arthur once teamed up to destroy one, and the other was eventually obtained by Rowena Ravenclaw, who joined forces with her three friends to build the famous Hogwarts at the cost of the complete destruction of the Philosopher's Stone.
The only remaining Philosopher's Stone belongs to the famous alchemist and opera lover Nicolas Flamel."
After this introduction, there is a picture of the Philosopher's Stone.
It was a bright red stone with an irregular shape, a bit like an unpolished ruby.
Kyle stared at it for a long time, examining every angle, and only closed the book when Cedric came to call him to dinner.
On his way to the auditorium, Kyle just managed to return the book before the library closed.
Although Mrs. Pince found it a little strange, she didn't say anything. She just thought that Kyle was looking up information he needed for his homework.
For the next period of time, Kyle no longer cared about the Philosopher's Stone, but focused all his energy on Snape's notes.
Although Snape looked sloppy and hadn't washed his hair, his notes were very detailed.
Moreover, he carefully marked and explained many places, so it is very easy to understand the meaning when reading.
Because of the notes, Kyle suddenly thought of something.
During his night tour that day, he went to the underground classroom on purpose and found the worn-out copy of "Advanced Potion Making" in a closet in the corner.
There was also a line of small words on it: "This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince."
"Tsk tsk, a half-blood prince... I didn't expect Snape could be so childish." Kyle put the book in his arms without hesitation, planning to buy a new one in a few days and put it in.
And just like that, time quickly came to December.
Hogwarts was covered in a thick layer of snow and the lake was covered with hard ice.
As Christmas approaches, the little wizards are much more excited than usual, and the professors have to deduct at least a dozen points from each class to get them to focus a little.
Of course, classes taught by a few professors are exceptions.
For example, Professor Binns will not lose points.
And Professor Snape...not to mention that the holiday is coming soon, even if the holiday was tomorrow, no one would dare to skip his Potions class.
Today was no different. In the underground classroom, everyone was conscientiously studying the process of brewing a new potion. Even when they were communicating occasionally, they would deliberately keep their voices to a minimum.
Snape was standing behind Kyle at this time, looking at him with strange eyes as he used the back of a knife to crush the sleepy beans to extract the juice.
"What the hell is going on? I really am meeting Merlin..." Snape muttered in his heart.
A few days ago, he discovered that Kyle had made rapid progress in potions, far exceeding his previous level.
But the problem is that Kyle is already very good at brewing potions, and it is impossible for him to improve so much in a short period of time.
Snape suspected that Kyle had peeked at the notes he prepared for Connor.
So in this class, he skipped the original hair-standing potion and chose the more difficult Water of Life and Death, which only starts to be learned in sixth grade.
Because the notes he gave Connor only contained content before the fifth grade. If it was a sixth grade course, Kyle would definitely be brought back to his original form.
Snape had already thought it through. No matter whether Kyle could successfully make the water of life and death in the end, he would find various reasons to deduct fifty points from him.
This is not difficult. The Water of Life and Death is a very complicated potion to make. The steps are many and troublesome. If you do it well, it’s no problem to lose 100 points.
He wanted to let Kyle know how serious the consequences were for reading his notes without his permission.
But now... he suddenly found himself a little confused about what was going on.
Kyle's squeezing of the sleepy beans was perfect, and he couldn't have done better.
This little trick was obviously not in the notes. After all, Kanna next to her was still struggling to use a knife to cut those slippery beans.
Snape frowned.
Wasn't that the note Kyle was looking at?
No, no matter how talented a person is, it is impossible for him to make such rapid progress in a short period of time.
Let’s wait and see, maybe he was just lucky and stumbled upon it by accident.
With this thought in mind, Snape didn't go anywhere in this class and stood behind Kyle the whole time.
Even if a little wizard exploded the cauldron, he would just throw the wizard out of the classroom with his wand.
When the get out of class was over, Snape looked at the perfect water of life and death in Kyle's cauldron, opened his mouth, but could not utter any criticism, and could only snort coldly in the end.
"how did you do that!"
"What did you say?" Kyle asked in confusion.
"I mean..." Snape said stiffly with a straight face, "Why is your potion level improving so fast?"
"I don't know either. Maybe it's because of Dean Sassia of St. Mungo's." Kyle said with a smile, "She taught me a lot during the summer vacation and gave me a lot of potions for reference."
"Pegasus Sassia?" Snape narrowed his eyes.
Snape was certainly no stranger to this one of the greatest pharmacists of our time, but he did not think that Kyle's recent progress had anything to do with him.
Maybe... but it's definitely not the main reason, otherwise he would have seen it as early as after school started, so how could it have been delayed until now.
"Tell the truth!" Snape stared into Kyle's eyes and said coldly.
"I don't understand what you mean, Professor." Kyle blinked and said seriously, "This is all true. If you don't believe it, you can ask Dean Sasia in person. She will testify for me.
Oh, by the way, I recently met an enthusiastic senior, and I benefited a lot from his old textbooks. "
Snape's face looked even worse. He looked at Kyle deeply, then turned and left the Potions classroom without looking back.
If he doesn't want to talk about it, then forget it, but why is he bringing up the old textbooks for senior students... Doesn't he know the level of those people?
Not to mention the crooked and mismatched ones nowadays, even if we go back ten years, no one could have brewed such perfect water of life and death in class!
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 186 Holiday Tuition
"It's just incredible."
While eating in the auditorium, Cedric had already learned from Connor what had happened in the Potions class.
He smacked his lips and asked curiously, "I remember that the Water of Life and Death is something that students learn in the sixth grade. How did you do it... Wait, don't tell me you've finished studying all the Potions textbooks!"
Kyle, who was cutting sausages, looked up at him and smiled, "What if that's the case?"
Cedric was slightly stunned, then half-jokingly said, "Then I can only give up Quidditch and make time to study harder... After all, being friends with the future potion master is very stressful."
"It seems that I have saved my life from Harris." Kyle patted his chest and said with some fear: "If you quit the team for this reason, he will definitely kill me!
"Okay, I admit I was just joking."
Under everyone's gaze, Kyle continued, "It was luck. I picked up a book called 'Advanced Magic Potion Making' a few days ago and just flipped through it to kill time. I happened to see the process of making the Water of Life and Death."
It was true that he was lucky. If he had not learned the Occlumency technique during the summer vacation, he would not have dared to jump like that in front of Snape.
Although this behavior is a bit suicidal, it is really cool.
Especially when he saw Snape's expression of wanting to deduct points but unable to, and his face full of doubt about life, Kyle almost couldn't help laughing out loud.
It was a pity that he was not able to take a picture of his appearance at that time, otherwise Kyle would have used the best developing potion to make it into a ghost-like animated picture and posted it in every corner of Hogwarts.
I just don't know if there will be such an opportunity in the future. If there is, maybe he can discuss it with Peeves...
“Even so, it’s amazing.”
At this time, Mikel, who was sitting on the other side of Kyle, sighed and said, "Professor Snape has clearly written down the process, but I just can't learn it."
Mikel was the unlucky guy whose cauldron exploded.
After he finished stirring, the original potion began to evaporate rapidly, and finally the crucible suddenly exploded, bursting out a pool of black gelatinous substance.
To some extent, the effect of that thing in causing people to fall asleep may be better than the normal water of life and death, but no one dares to taste it.
After dinner, they returned to the common room and sat down near the fireplace.
The blazing fire quickly dispelled the cold brought in from outside, and several people leaned back on the sofa, squinting their eyes comfortably.
Because the Christmas holiday is coming soon, the little wizards in the common room are very excited and almost everyone is discussing their holiday plans.
Cedric listened to their conversation and turned to ask, "By the way, Kyle, are you really not going to go home this Christmas?"
"Yeah." Kyle nodded.
Diana hadn't been home lately, and Chris had gone to Albania with Newt, so there was still no one at home this Christmas.
Last week, when Professor Sprout came to register the list of students who would stay on campus for the holidays, Kyle immediately signed his name, as did Connor.
According to Connor, Snape seemed to want to give her extra lessons during the Christmas holidays, so she had to stay in school.
This made Kyle envious. Although he wanted to shamelessly go and sit in, he knew with his own eyes that Snape would definitely not agree.
In addition, Fred and George also planned to stay this year because the Weasleys were going to Romania to visit Charlie and did not plan to take them with them.
"Why do you all have to spend Christmas at school this year..." Cedric scratched his hair helplessly and said, "It would be too boring for me to go back alone."
In fact, he also wanted to stay in school and even wrote a letter home for this purpose, but Mr. Diggory firmly disagreed.
Cedric couldn't go against his wishes, so he had to give up.
Fortunately, Qiu also chose to go home, so he didn't seem too out of place.
Several people sat in front of the fireplace until the afternoon, then reluctantly stood up and left the common room.
Cedric was going to his last Charms class before the holiday.
Kyle and Kanna took the Herbology class.
After the armored pumpkin last Halloween, Professor Sprout brought out another magical plant that fit the occasion in the last class before the Christmas holiday.
Snow covered toadstools.