Chapter 503: Busy
Katie was released from the school hospital the next day, and the news spread throughout the school that she had been attacked on three broomsticks before she was discharged. Sadly, as soon as she recalled, she was controlled by a Imperius curse as soon as she pushed open the bathroom door. The only thing I can remember is that the person controlling her spoke in a voice like a little girl.
"Information with no reference value. This is Ryan's assessment, "A person who can buy a 1500 Galleon curse necklace will definitely be able to buy a compound potion, and it is difficult to arouse the suspicion of others even if she is seen as a little girl." β
Harry nodded his head after hearing this, he still thought that Malfoy was going to do something this year, and Ryan's conjecture about the attack was perfectly in line with his train of thought. "I said Malfoy was a Death Eater now. β
"But seriously, we don't need to know who Malfoy is now, we need to figure out what kind of conspiracy he's going to do when he comes to school this year. With that, Ryan looked at Harry. "So, you were still a little impulsive before. Malfoy is very wary now, and even if we try hard, it's hard to keep track of what he's been up to lately. β
When it was Monday, Headmaster Dumbledore asked Harry to continue his office for lessons. In the next day's herbology class, while everyone was dealing with the knot-covered and beating pimple vines, Harry told Ryan about the memories that Professor Dumbledore had taken him to see.
"Wow, what a horror, the mysterious man of my youth. Ron whispered, "But I still don't understand, why would Dumbledore let you see this? I mean, it's funny, but what's the use?"
"Of course it makes senseβ" Ryan replied, who had just pulled out a grapefruit-sized pod, popping pod from the stump of the pimple vine with Hermione, looking extremely disgusting. But before he could finish answering, a voice came from far and near.
"Well done!" Professor Sprout exclaimed, hurrying over to praise Ryan and Hermione, then looking at Harry and the rest of the group, "You're lagging behind, the rest of the students are doing it, and some of them have already gotten a pod!"
Harry and the others had to deal with the plants in front of them, and as soon as Ron reached out his hand, long thorny vines leaped out of the top and tossed them in the air, even hooking his clothes. Harry had planned to take advantage of this opportunity to reach out and pull out the pod in the tree hole, but as soon as his hand reached in, his elbow was caught in the hole of the tree, and the two of them could only fight the plant as hard as they could, dragging and twisting the vines desperately to reduce the pressure on Harry's hand.
"How did you do that?" shouted Ron to the neatly organized Ryan in the midst of the chaos.
"Reading the book, the book "Carnivorous Tree Encyclopedia" says that emitting a certain special frequency of sound can make these trees quiet for a while. Ryan tapped a tuning fork with his wand as he spoke, and Ron noticed that the tuning fork had several runes engraved on it. "I prepared well in advance when I was preparing. With that, Ryan and Hermione cooperated to remove the sixth pod from the hole in the barely motionless pimple vine tree.
"Alchemists are cheatingβ" Ron frustratedly broke open the hole in the tree, finally getting their first pod. By this time, Ryan and the others had begun to juice the pods, and a slender three-edged dagger appeared in Hermione's hand, and she held the dagger and quickly clicked it, and each blow perfectly pierced the pods, and soon, the bowl was filled with wriggling, small pimples like light green caterpillars.
On his way back to the castle after the lesson, Ron asked Ryan, "Why do you think it makes sense for Harry to read the story of the mysterious man when he was a teenager?" β
As soon as he finished speaking, Ryan noticed that Harry had come over and listened. After glancing at Harry, Ryan said seriously, "The Mystic Man and Harry are lifelong enemies, and if Harry wants to defeat that demon, he must be well prepared. Knowing your opponent thoroughly is an essential part of preparation. β
At this point, Ryan looked at Harry, who was a little disapproving, and asked, "Harry, what do you know about the Mystery, except that he is a powerful dark mage, and you are a lifelong enemy. Did Headmaster Dumbledore know anything else before he taught you anything, such as the hobbies, habits, tone of voice, etc. β
"βI'm sorry, I don't know. After thinking about it for a moment, Harry's face turned serious. Because he found out that he really knew almost nothing about Voldemort as Ryan said, and when he was awakened by Ryan, a sense of shame rushed straight into his mind, causing his whole face to turn red.
"Harry, are you alright?" Ron asked with some concern as he saw Harry's face flushed as if he had a fever.
"It's fine. Harry shook his hand. "I just don't think I've done enough in the places I've done before, and since I'm going to fight Voldemort, it's definitely not okay to know nothing about him like I do now. In the future, I will definitely take Headmaster Dumbledore's class seriously, Voldemort came to kill me directly because he didn't understand the specific situation after listening to half of the prophecy, and he was killed by the reflex of the Death Curse. That's why Voldemort is much more cautious now, and because of this, he had the Death Eaters go to the Ministry of Magic to snatch the Prophecy Orb, which shows that he is trying to understand me thoroughly and then kill me. And if I want to beat him, I have to really know him. No, he knows me thoroughly now, and I don't know anything about him. β
In the days that followed, Harry appeared very busy. Because he needed to integrate himself as a new Gryffindor Quidditch team. Ryan, on the other hand, was trying to make some kind of new magic item, and although the necklace was taken by Professor McGonagall last time, Ryan figured out what the instant curse was with the help of the runes on the box on the way to the school. And now, Ryan is trying to incorporate this magic into some of his offensive alchemy items.
However, the first step is to find some kind of counter-spell, otherwise it will be miserable if you accidentally injure an ally. So while Harry and Ron were working up a sweat on the Quidditch pitch, Ryan and Hermione were busy in the alchemy lab crafting defensive items that could withstand the effects of instant death.
The night before the first game of the semester, Ryan finally crafted a new defensive prop. Of course, this is inseparable from Hermione's help, and after she began to learn the rules of death, their analysis of this kind of thing that contains the power of death has become much easier than before.
"Is this new work of yours any good?" Hermione stood next to the alchemy table and looked at the bracelet in Ryan's hand with a suspicious expression, because in her eyes this bracelet looked no different from the gold defense bracelets that Ryan had made before.
"Of course it works. Ryan replied proudly, "It looks a lot like the old product, but I've added Mithril-encrusted anti-instant magic runes to it, at least for the runes of that level on the necklace that day." As long as you have a bracelet with you, even if you have that necklace around your neck all the time. β
"Sounds good. Ryan Hermione, who looked at him like a proud rooster, teased, "Can you tell me how much this thing costs?"
"Uh- the cost price is at least 850 Galleons, because Mithril is too expensive, but other materials can't achieve such good results" This question embarrassed Ryan, so he quickly changed the subject. "Of course, this is an experiment for our own use in the future. It is natural to choose the best materials. I'll optimize this thing later. β
"That's good. Hermione nodded and said, "By the way, can you give me your pair of deathclaw golems?"
Without saying a word, Ryan opened the space door and took out two palm-sized obsidian statues from the grocery store and handed them to Hermione, and then asked: "I remember I also made you a troll puppet, originally to protect your safety, but I didn't expect us to grow so fast, this thing is of little use to us now, but I still keep them out of remembrance, by the way, what do you want this thing for?"
"I want to try to use the power of death to reinvent these things, maybe reuse them. Hermione said after taking the puppet. "Alright, it's time for us to go have a good dinner. The past two days have been too busy, and I haven't eaten well. β