“…… Eventually, the princess of the water elves sent me back to shore. ”

As the bell rang for the end of class, Lockhart's "Encounter with the Water Fairy Princess in Far Star Lake" finally came to an end.

I have to say that Lockhart does have the potential to be a troubadour, and he told the autobiography of the whole class with emotion, without any pause in between.

It's a pity that, except for those adolescent girls, the vast majority of students are not interested in this kind of non-nutritious class.

After the girls who were pestering for autographs had left, Lockhart finally came over and asked, "Sherlock, how is my class?" “

"It's fun!" Sherlock said with a smile.

The Magic and Nature course is designed to explore the connection between magic and nature.

Lockhart was talking about his autobiography throughout the class, but the knowledge in between them did help them understand magic and nature.

For example, the character and customs of the water fairy clan, the skills and precautions for casting spells in the water, and so on.

"Visionary!" Lockhart seemed very happy about Sherlock's agreement, and took the initiative to say, "Are you free tonight, maybe I can guide you in the use of natural spells?" ”

"I'm sorry, Professor Lockhart, but Professor Snape is going to pass on my experience in alchemy tonight." Sherlock said sadly.

"Severus? He has never been kind to you Gryffindor students, how can he be so kind? ”

"It was my former alchemy teacher Ferenze who recommended me to go over." Sherlock confessed.

"I see, Ferencer is Snape's Potions teacher." Lockhart said, "Then when are you free, you can come to me at any time." ”

"Okay, thank you, Professor!" Sherlock respectfully said, "Professor, there's something I'd like to ask you for help with. ”

"What's the matter?"

"I want to borrow the crown of Ravenclaw wisdom from the college's treasury, but the treasure trove's keeper, Mrs. Lorris, needs me to find three professors as guarantors."

Lockhart understood the cause and effect: "Who else did you find besides me?" “

"You're number one, and I'm going to ask Professors Snape and McGonagall for help."

"Severus is very protective, and since he is willing to teach you Potions alone, he should help you, but Minerva, who is known for her impartiality and strictness, is not so easy to talk to." Lockhart suggested, "I think you can try to get Hagrid to help?" “

"Professor Hagrid?"

"You're a druid, you should be able to talk to Hagrid, and the Hagrid people are very welcoming and happy to help the students of the house." Lockhart said with a smile.

"Okay, I got it." Sherlock nodded, "Thank you, Professor." “

……

Saying goodbye to Lockhart, Sherlock walked into Snape's office again.

Snape was refining the potion, and without looking back, he said, "The sea moth, the spider incense, and the cat's claw are all on the table, if you don't have enough to go to the cupboard and get it yourself, I will take you as an apprentice when I make the potion before class tomorrow morning." ”

"Okay, Professor!" Sherlock didn't say much, just sat down and calculated the material ratio.

A new agent is not something that you can successfully develop if you know the material, but the processing of the material, the proportion of the portion, and the refining sequence need to be tried one by one.

Like the dragon power that Sherlock participated in refining before, Tian Ling'er spent at least half a month on the early research and development to come up with a rough formula, and in the end, it was only after Ferenze improved it that it became feasible to refin.

The potion with the effect of concealing aura that Sherlock needs to refine now is much easier than the power of the dragon, but it is still difficult to develop it in one night.

The first is the processing of materials.

The sea float moth is a moth that floats on the surface of the water and disguises itself as a fallen leaf to feed on insects and flies.

The creature itself has no medicinal properties, but when a parasitic wasp called a mothworm lays its eggs inside them, their scales mutate and possess the magic of making creatures invisible.

So, Sherlock's first step is to brush off the scales on the wings of the sea float moth.

It was a process of great patience and care, and if you accidentally scraped the debris of your wings into it, all the scales would be useless.

The point is, if you don't observe carefully, you don't know if the debris is mixed in it, and you can only find out the problem when you refine the medicine later.

In contrast, spider incense and cat's claw are much easier to deal with.

Spider incense is in the form of sun-dried sheets, which can be softened in warm water to activate its medicinal properties.

Cat's claw is mashed and juiced, and it is no problem to add a few more layers to the purity filter.

After the material is processed, it is time for the material to be proportioned.

There is no way around this, Sherlock can only estimate a rough range based on the magic of the three materials, and the specific ones can only be passed by a little trial and error through experiments.

Again, it's a long and boring process.

Failed again and again, the materials ran out batch after batch, and the time was already in the middle of the night in the blink of an eye.

Sherlock didn't go to dinner, and Snape didn't leave his office, and the two of them buried themselves in their respective test benches studying the potions at hand, without saying a word.

……

4.50 a.m

Sherlock finally found a suitable material ratio, and although it was not the most perfect, it at least refined the finished potion.

Sherlock II - Invisibility Potion (Level 5): Quality 39, sprinkled on the body can enter the invisibility state, lasting 3 minutes.

"The basic skills are quite solid, and the pharmacological theory is also good." Snape didn't know when he had already walked over.

"Then am I qualified to worship you as a teacher?" Sherlock excitedly.

Snape nodded, and handed over a green potion, "Drink it." “

Sensitivity Elixir (Level 7): Quality 85, permanently increases agility by 1-3 (depending on the user's current agility value)

"Teacher, have you been refining this just now?" Sherlock was stunned before he heard a prompt for Agility to gain +2 permanently.

"I don't need an apprentice with such clumsy hands and feet." Snape said with a cold face.

"Thank you, teacher!" Sherlock smiled and replied that he already had a general understanding of his teacher's temperament that was cold on the outside and hot on the inside.

"Come to my office at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays from now on, and don't bother me the rest of the time."

"Okay, teacher." Sherlock nodded, and then moved on to borrowing the crown of wisdom.

"It is extremely stupid to blindly improve the skill level without paying attention to the reserve of one's own knowledge and the training of skills." Snape's eyes were sharp like eagles.

Sherlock knew that he had to explain clearly, so he could only confess: "Teacher, my second-order profession requires three life skills to reach the grandmaster level, but I really don't have that much time and energy. ”

"What profession?" Snape asked sharply.

"I don't know about this, it's the clue given to me by the incarnation of Sandakol."

"Are you a believer in the Wind Rider?"

"Well, it's challenging the voter trial." Sherlock nodded.

Snape pondered for a moment, then finally agreed, "If I find that you can't keep up with my teaching progress, I'll dissolve our mentorship immediately." “

"I'll study hard."

……

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