Chapter 62: Vitality and Passion
"Yes, yes, yes... It's true that good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and heaven is a good reincarnation... I should have been prepared since I poisoned Snape last year. Now retribution is coming so soon......" Brandi looked at the bottle on the table, his tone low. "I really didn't expect that I would be reduced to the day when I committed suicide by taking poison."
"Say no more, Brandy...... I'm still young, I don't want to die! β
"Less Ron! You've been jumping up and down for the most fun just now, but you're not as good as Harry at the critical moment - look at the people, they've already started to write on paper, deducing the toxicity of each bottle from the ingredient list. Brandi gave Ron a blank look, his fingers swaying over the top of the row of small crystal bottles. It's hard enough, and if you drink that bottle, you can suffer less...... Parvati! Don't be in a daze, help me pick a bottle, I remember that people are usually lucky when they are stupid! β
"Ah, Brandy? You just called me? Harry looked up from between a dozen pieces of scratch paper with red eyes. I'm busy writing letters to the Dursleys, and I'm going to scold them for whatever I say before I die, or I don't think I'll be able to close my eyes to death. β
So, in the middle of the night in the Gryffindor common room, the three boys sat around the round table, crying and howling - each with a gloomy and resolute expression on his face, and his face was crawling with the heroic momentum of a strong man who would never return. After struggling for a long time, they finally chose a bottle each, and then watched Parvati put away the other potions.
"Hey, I said you three. Anyway, like a man, you can pick a bottle out at random, isn't it just to let you drink a bottle of intestinal cleansing water to clear your stomach and intestines, why do you look like you are going to die one by one. Parvati specially used the Defence Against the Dark Arts to help us come out! β
Hermione and Parvati were sitting on the other side of the common room, and seeing Brandi and them so reluctantly, Parvati had been sullen since the beginning, staring at them aggrievedly with a puffed bun face, and her eyes were watery. In order to appease this silly girl who was disgusted by her proud works, Hermione had to force a smile, with a serious face, and counted the three of them.
"Intestinal cleansing?! We're going to have to be able to use this stuff as a colon cleanser...... I really can't figure it out, it's obviously boiled in the same pot, and Parvati can actually make seven colors of potions! What kind of terrible potions craft is this...... Mixing potions and cocktails should be different! Harry jumped up with a scream, and pointed excitedly to the colorful string of potion bottles in Parvati's arms, "Drinking this stuff really won't pull the intestines out?" β
"Of course not! The Colon Cleansing Potion is one of the simplest potion recipes, and the three herbs in the ingredient list are all mild and non-toxic. Hermione was still trying to exonerate Tipavati, "Even if Parvati would be used to adding something brightly colored, there would be some relatively rare symptoms in the sky...... ......."
Listening to this speech, which was full of uncertainty, the boys took a breath of cold air, and suddenly felt that they were one step closer to death.
"By the way, why did you just sit by and watch, didn't you say that everyone would take turns to go to the hospital......" Brandy said suspiciously, holding a fiery red potion in his hand. I don't think you're kind enough to take what we're left of? β
"Of course not, girls should have privileges no matter what they say." Hermione blinked, pulled out a vial and shook it at them, which reflected a pink light. "So let's pick out the finished Parvati first!"
Brandi and the others were shocked. Isn't pink the color of the finished intestinal cleansing water?
Parvati was able to make a serious potion - it wasn't magic at all!
"Wow, Hermione! Say yes and share weal and woe! Brandi felt his heart break for a moment, and he pointed at her tremblingly, with a look of sadness and despair on his face. You have so ruthlessly abandoned these faithful friends of yours......"
"If you hadn't secretly swapped your potion with Ron's bottle, I'd almost have to believe it." Hermione looked at him expressionlessly, and Ron, who was reminded, quickly lowered his head, and found that his bottle of silver-gray potion had been stolen, and quickly pounced on Brandy's body in a hurry.
"Give me back my life!"
"Less nonsense, how could the heirs of the Barton family be so easily led! I still have to feed my sister! There are so many people in your family, it doesn't matter if you die! β
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After a while, they finally quieted down. Brandi and Ron were sweaty and gasping for air. He hadn't been able to keep the potion he had stolen, and now he could only weep silently as he looked at the bottle and the lava-colored thing.
"So now it......'s time to get down to business," Harry warily grasped the yellow-colored potion bottle in his hand and spoke first. Starting tomorrow, we need to make sure that there is someone in the room watching Neville, while also giving us an excuse to get in and out of the hospital in the open. Of course, we naturally have an obligation to help him with tutoring so that he can catch up with the professors' teaching progress. β
"So, who's going to come first?"
Brandi and the four of them looked at each other.
Brandi: "Since he said that, that's what he decided?" β
Ron: "No problem, Harry. β
Hermione: "Harry, I can help him with tuition." β
Parvati: "Uh-huh, Harry. β
Harry: "............"
For the first time in his life, Harry began to regret meeting these unreliable guys.
At noon the next day, something happened in the Gryffindor common room - the savior of the wizarding world, Harry Potter, who led them all the way to the House Cup last year, rushed into the bathroom screaming for a stomachache, and for some reason collapsed on the floor of the bathroom, and began to spit out earthy yellow bubbles in his mouth.
What is even more disturbing is that even Madam Pomfrey is at a loss for a moment about this strange symptom. So it didn't take long for rumors to blow like the wind through the school, and now everyone thought that the heirs of Slytherin were tired of stone carvings and had fallen in love with blowing bubbles.
"Please think twice about whether he has eaten anything unclean lately." Madam Pomfrey looked solemnly at the two roommates who had sent Harry over. "There were no spells or other magic residues on him, it could only be something he had taken to become what he was now."
"I swear not, Professor." Brandi and Ron shook their heads as fast as if they had rehearsed in advance.
What else could this be, so Madam Pomfrey had no choice but to take Harry into the school hospital with full doubts, and slept in the same room where Hermione had been.
"Parvati, what the hell did you add to the potion......"
In the afternoon Transfiguration class, Brandi asked himself about this beautiful tablemate who killed invisibly.
"Well, I just said there won't be any big problems!" Parvati seemed to have been waiting for this question for a long time, and she couldn't wait to pat her chest that was beginning to take shape, and hummed proudly. "It turned out that the colon cleansing water was so unpleasant, and I thought that adding something delicious might make it taste a little more acceptable - so I added some snacks or something, eh, you ask which ones were added? Not...... I only remember a chocolate frog~"
She smirked and stuck out her tongue cutely.
Brandi was stunned by such a horrible statement.
β¦β¦β¦β¦ To be reasonable, no one has really tried this kind of operation. God tm into the boiling potion to add Bibi multi-flavored beans?
But in this way, it wasn't unacceptable for Harry to spit bubbles outside. Parvati might have thrown a few pieces of bubble gum into it.
Of course, rumors stop at the wise. The monsters in the secret room were theoretically not idle enough for the victims to blow bubbles, and soon, the restlessness on campus subsided...... It's just that no one could have imagined that the person who would finally put the rumors down completely would be Professor Lockhart. One afternoon, as the Gryffindors crowded out of the Transfiguration classroom, they distinctly heard Professor Lockhart talking to Professor McGonagall in a loud voice.
"There will be no more trouble, Minerva." Lockhart pointed to his nose and winked playfully, he said. "Harry's incident was definitely not attacked by some monster in the secret room, I can vouch for my reputation."
"Oh? Lockhart, do you have any clues? β
When Professor McGonagall said this, Brandy keenly saw Hermione's ears poke upβit seemed that even though it had been a long time since she had become a cat, some of her subtle habits had not been completely changed.
"Hermione, you don't still have faith in Professor Lockhart...... he asked, pulling Hermione's sleeve and whispering.
"He may not be that strong in strength, but judging from the biographies he wrote, at least he still has a talent for collecting information, and he is a teacher no matter how people say it......" Hermione shook off Brandy's hand fiercely and looked at him with an unkind face.
"Clues...... Oh yes, I guess that should be a crucial clue. In fact, I don't think the Chamber of Secrets will open again, and those guys have apparently received my warning, and it would be wise to stop before I can start cleaning them up. He deliberately kept his voice loud so that everyone could hear it clearly. The crowd erupted in a slight cheer.
"Right now, you know, there's quite a few people who are still in a state of panic. I think it's time to add some energy and excitement to the castle, and I'd better get ready as soon as possible......" He patted Professor McGonagall on the shoulder and strode away.
"Vitality and passion?" Ron wondered, "What exactly is the word vitality and passion in Lockhart's head?" β
"God knows," Brandi shrugged nonchalantly, gesturing to the hallway on the other side, where two figures had just run past. "You'd better keep an eye on your sister, Ron, though. Ginny, she seems to have sneaked out of the hospital room with Colin to spy on Harry again - maybe that was energy and passion? β
Ron was stunned for a moment, then patted the stone wall next to him in shock.
"My Merlin, is this still my quiet sister! I don't know what's going on with that guy Harry......"
"Speaking of Ginnyβ" Parvati whispered next to them, mysteriously. "I've heard from her roommate that she seems to be part of some mysterious group of photographers now, collecting and exchanging some pictures of Harry every week - I've heard that there are other sleeping photos coming out lately, and I'm curious who took them......
"Gah!?" Ron's mouth grew in surprise...... There was a scream of a male duck who had been choked by the neck.