Chapter 14 Poison by Blood
Listening to Lin Congrong's answer a moment ago, Professor McGonagall couldn't help but repeat the question with a serious and cautious tone: "Young man, have you really thought about it and are you sure you want to do it?" β
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Upon confirmation, Professor McGonagall looked at the fair-skinned, slightly thin teenager in front of her with a mixture of surprise and suspicion. There were several emotions flashing in her dark blue eyes, as if she was thinking about some incomprehensible question.
Because Lin Congrong made an unexpected answer after thinking about it.
"The root of the problem is that Hagrid doesn't know the results of using this herb, so I can offer you a chance that you can extract the venom from the owl's body, and I'm willing to be a test subject, inject the venom into my body, and then let me take a potion made from the rhizomes of solar alfalfa. If the potion can remove the poison from my body, then Hagrid can safely let the owl use the potion. β
"I see, there is still such a way...... Yes, you can! Haha, young man, your idea is good, but I want to make one point in particular, knowing that my body is much stronger than yours, and that Hanklyne's master is also me, not you! So, I'll accept your idea, but I'll take care of the candidates for the poison test, hahahahaha! β
After listening to Lin Congrong's method, Hagrid, a big man with a straightforward personality, immediately laughed out loud, his face swept away the previous haze, and completely ignored the potential danger of this method, it can be seen that he really loves the magical creatures he raises, and does not hesitate to give everything for them.
"No, it's too dangerous, Hagrid, neither you nor he can do that!" At this time, Professor McGonagall saw that Hagrid had identified Lin Congrong's opinion without thinking, and immediately stopped it sternly.
"There's no other way, Professor, let me decide!" Hagrid shook his head, his huge palm slapping against his chest, making a heavy muffled sound, "I will definitely save Hanklein from the hands of death!" β
Seeing that Hagrid was in a state of excitement and couldn't listen to her own words at all, Professor McGonagall suddenly turned her gaze to Lin Congrong, her eyes were wide open, without blinking, her thin lips were tightly pursed, and the muscles on her cheeks, which were slightly loose because of her old age, trembled slightly, and all the signs showed that Professor McGonagall was angry at this moment.
"Young man, I have to say, you have come up with a very bad solution." Professor McGonagall suppressed her emotions and frowned, "This kind of thing is about life, and you don't seem to know enough yet. β
"Yes, I admit that it's a bit bad." Lin Congrong smiled bitterly, but at the same time thought in his heart: "Even if the poison threatens my life, it only means that I failed this copy world, and it can't really let me die, but this kind of thing can't be told to you." If I want to get close to Hagrid and get close to Thestrals, the only thing I can do is that. I hope that I will be stronger in the future, so that when I encounter this kind of problem, it will be easier to solve it. β
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Two hours later, Hogwarts, near Hagrid's hut in the Forbidden Forest.
Professor McGonagall still couldn't stop Hagrid, who was almost fanatical about magical creatures, but Professor McGonagall's last efforts worked, Hagrid agreed to dilute the venom five times before testing the poison, and Lin Congrong, as the proposer of this method, was invited to the scene by Hagrid along with Xue Jiazhu.
Professor McGonagall handed Hagrid, a small purple glass bottle containing a potion made from the rhizome of the sun's alfalfa, to Hagrid, who was lying on a large wicker chair. Hagrid had already injected venom from the owl's body into his veins ten minutes earlier.
After taking the purple glass bottle, Hagrid, who was panting from the poisonous torture, brought the mouth of the bottle to his thick lips, and drank the potion with his head up, Lin Congrong clearly heard the grunt of swallowing in the giant man's throat.
Two minutes passed.
Hagrid's heavy gasps became more and more rapid, Professor McGonagall stared at him, and the expression on his face became more and more serious, Lin Congrong looked at Professor McGonagall in front of him, and actually knew very well in his heart - theoretically speaking, Professor McGonagall has always insisted that it is right, her first concern is the safety of Hogwarts personnel, and Hagrid is obviously stubbornly putting the status of magical creatures in the first place, in Hagrid's heart, the safety of magical creatures is even more important than his own safety.
After another minute, Hagrid's mouth opened wide after a deep, strong breath, and a long, painful sigh came from his thick chest. Professor McGonagall looked flickered, and immediately approached Hagrid, trying to check on the situation. Hagrid suddenly raised his palm, shook it, motioned for Professor McGonagall not to come closer, and then lowered his head and retched loudly.
After spitting out a large black sour liquid, Hagrid looked relieved, but he was able to speak normally.
"Ah...... Survived! Damn, it reminds me of 1989 when I was hit head-on by that twelve-foot troll in the GΓΌnther Mountains in Norway! I thought there wouldn't be a second time like this, but today it seemed like it was happening again. β
"Are you alright?" But Professor McGonagall and Lin Xue next to them asked in unison.
"Haha! Of course it's fine! Yes, this medicine does work! Hurry up and get Hankline to use it, Professor McGonagall! Unconcerned about the weakness of the muscles just caused by the pain, Hagrid stood up in his chair, picked up a towel hanging from the iron frame behind him, and spoke eagerly to Professor McGonagall as he wiped his mouth.
"Great, to be honest, Hagrid, I was really nervous just now, oh, here's the medicine, you go and give Hankline the medicine." Professor McGonagall let go of the heart she had been hanging on, a smile appeared on her lips, and after handing Hagrid another bottle of antidote, she took out her wand and chanted a cleaning spell against the stains on the ground, and the black liquid quickly faded away.
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"Thank you for your great idea, strange friends."
Hagrid gave Hankline a potion, made sure his condition had stabilized, and sent Professor McGonagall away, finally turning his attention to Lin Congrong and Xue Jiazhu.
As soon as Hagrid's words fell, Lin Xue and the others found that the ID card projected a message in front of them: "You have gained the favorability of Hagrid, an important person in the Harry Potter world. β
"Hagrid's opinion of you is +150."
"Current Opinion: 150, Reputation: Normal."
"Higher Reputation: Friendly, requires 150/1000 opinion."
"Reputation can affect the behavior and perception of the characters in the story, and when the reputation reaches a certain level, some characters may give away items, and in addition, some tasks are in progress, which may also be related to the reputation value."
"Hagrid's matter has been settled, then, it's time to mention our mission." Lin Congrong thought so, so he opened his mouth and said to Hagrid: "Don't thank us, in fact, we also have a request, Hogwarts' Thestrals, Hagrid is taking care of you, can you let us collect the dust of the Thestrals?" β
Lin Congrong thought that it was a matter of course, but who expected that when Hagrid listened to his words, his originally smiling face suddenly became serious, only to see Hagrid groan for a while and ask, "You want to collect the dust of Thestrals?" What's the use of this kind of thing? β
Lin Congrong looked at Hagrid's suddenly changed face, although he was puzzled, he couldn't see through Hagrid's thoughts for a while, and it was impossible to say that it was for a mission issued in another time and space, this kind of thing would not be believed by ordinary people, so he had to reply sideways: "This kind of thing is very important to us!" If you can, please! β
Speaking of this, Lin Congrong suddenly thought of a series of events that had happened today, and with a flash of inspiration, he added: "We need the dust of Thestrals to prepare potions." β
As soon as Lin Congrong's words came out, Hagrid suddenly frowned two dark brown thick eyebrows, only to see the giant man shake his head and say, "I'm sorry...... I'm afraid I won't be able to agree to your request, the potion you're talking about, isn't it Hades Water? β
"Hades water?"
"Hehe, in fact, the effect of Thestrals' dust, and the only effect, is to prepare it into Pluto water, which is a dangerous potion, pour a drop of Pluto water into a glass of water, let people drink it, can make people lose the memory of what happened in the last six hours, not only that, if the proportion of Hades water is adjusted to thirty percent, it is enough to kill people!"
"It's not good, it's messed up......" After listening to Hagrid's words, this was what Lin Congrong and Xue Jiazhu thought at this moment, and the two quickly communicated.
"Looks like Hagrid misunderstood."
"yes, I didn't expect Thestrals Dust to be such a tricky thing."
"I was self-defeating, so I'll explain it to Hagrid again."
"Or just say it? Say that our mission requires Thestrals? β
"The result is the same, under the wizarding world system and Hagrid's cognition, Thestrals Dust is a raw material used to prepare Hades Water, and it cannot be easily handed over to others, this is the main premise, even if we say that we are people from another world and need Thestrals Dust to complete the task, he will probably not believe it, and even if he does, he probably won't agree to give us Thestrals Dust."
It took a few more minutes, and after some verbal exchanges, Lin Congrong at this moment fully felt Hagrid's persistence, and couldn't help but sigh that Feng Shui took turns, and it was Professor McGonagall who had a headache before, and it was his turn so soon.
"Hagrid, I've already done you a favor once, can you do me a favor this time?" After many failed negotiations, in desperation, Lin Congrong used the human offensive, and as soon as the words fell, a line of news suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Are you sure you want to spend opinion to get items? Hagrid's current opinion of you: 150. (Yes/No)"
Without thinking about it, Lin Congrong chose "yes", but the next news disappointed his hopes.
"Item: Thestrals, redeeming...... Friendship of 150/2000 is required, and the opinion is insufficient to be exchanged. β
"Because of the failure of the active exchange, 50% of the favorability will be deducted, and Hagrid's current favorability towards you: 75."
Seeing that the favorability was halved in an instant, Lin Congrong didn't have time to be depressed, Hagrid's expression had already begun to show a trace of impatience, and the giant man let out an inexplicable grunt from his throat, shook his head, and raised his hand to make a "please" gesture, obviously wanting to send the two away.