266. Ritual potions, newspaper reading

The next day, Scott's first potion production failed.

He reprocessed one of the materials without changing his face and began the second production.

The fine crushed moonstone powder will continue to cool down when it comes into contact with the cold invisible beast blood, and it will need to be stirred constantly to prevent it from freezing together.

Fire must not be used to heat it during this process, otherwise the blood of the invisible beast will turn black and lose its effectiveness.

This step was successfully completed by Scott.

When the original blue blood is mixed with the powder of white moonstone, the color will change, and the color will become lighter if you succeed and darker if you fail.

Scott held the stirring rod in his right hand and stirred it rapidly, holding his wand left and right and injecting magic into it evenly, until the moonstone powder in the crystal cup gradually dissolved, and the blood turned into moonlight-like water.

He looked at the cauldron on the table.

At this time, the water of the Lethe River was boiling in the crucible, and the crucible was covered with gauze and wrapped in three roses.

Scott put aside the stabilised water-colored blood and began the rest of the production process.

Skote took his nerve and put on a new pair of dragonskin gloves.

He first removed the gauze from the crucible, squeezed the roses in the gauze together with his hands, and finally squeezed out a small vial of reddish liquid.

The scent of roses spreads with a faint power that makes people's heads empty.

Scott took off his gloves and slowly poured the pale red liquid from the vial into the watery blood.

The hot, reddish liquid came into contact with the cold, water-colored blood, making a "snort" sound, creating a violent reaction.

The pale red rolled in the water, and a blister appeared on the surface of the liquid.

Scott picked up the stirrer and wand again, and kept stirring rapidly, continuously inputting steady mana, so that the reaction slowly subsided.

It wasn't until the liquid in the crystal cup became silent again and the color became transparent that Scott put down the stirring stick and wand in his hand and breathed a sigh of relief.

His first attempt was at this point.

As a result of not being able to reconcile the violent reaction between the two materials in time, the result is that they both evaporate under the violent reaction.

And once this step is completed, the next step is not difficult.

Just pour the liquid that has been mixed into the water of the Lethe River in the crucible and boil it for 24 hours, stirring clockwise 7 times every 3 hours in the process, and the potion is finished.

Compared to other precious potions, this ritual potion is not too difficult to make, and the materials are not too precious, but the real difficulty in casting the Loyalty Charm is actually the ritual on the night of the new moon.

Scott felt that the fact that potion materials were not precious was the reason why this ancient ritual magic had survived to this day.

He slowly poured the clear liquid from the crystal cup into the crucible, and completed the first stirring.

After that, he sat down on the floor of the doorway and began to read the Daily Prophet the day before and on this day.

He had gone to London early the morning the day before, and when he returned, he was busy working on potions materials, and he didn't have time to read the newspapers.

But as he expected, the paper's front-page headline read, "Shocked the whole Tumbledown Alley, Bogin? Bock died of bizarre poisoning! 》

[Our correspondent Bashir?] Hollingworth reports.

At around 11:40 a.m. on June 17, Bogin? Bock shop owner Bogin? Mr. Bock was found dead inside the store.

…… According to the Ministry of Magic's Auror investigation, the cause of Mr. Burke's death was poisoning.

"It's a poison that's deadly enough for a wizard in a short period of time!" An investigator from St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries told me.

After examination by the healer, the poison was entered from the mouth of the deceased, Mr. Bock.

After investigation, the Aurors had confirmed that no one else was in front of the store at that time, and there were no traces of fighting inside the store......

…… The Aurors ruled out that they had entered Bojin in the morning? The wizards at the Bock shop, but they were fined for allegedly trading in dark magic items.

A senior Auror of the Ministry of Magic said in an interview, "Although it may seem like Bock himself killed himself by eating poison, it is clear that that cunning old dog would never do such a stupid thing!" ”

The author interviewed many people about their views on this incident.

The most popular conjecture is that someone entered through the store's fireplace, used dark magic such as the Imperius Charm to control Mr. Burke to eat poison, and then left through the fireplace.

However, an official from the Ministry of Magic's Department of Transportation, the Bureau of Flying, denied this claim.

"Of course, we have checked the operation records of Floro! The fireplace in Mr. Bock's shop was not turned on all morning! ”

The clerk said that only a fool would believe that the murderer had killed through a fireplace......

"It must be a curse, a curse that makes people consciously eat poison!" Said a resident from Diagon Alley.

"That old thing from Bock is also today? He must have done too many bad things to suffer retribution! A resident from Tumbledown Alley said.

Next, I will visit more ...... ]

Scott shook his head, flipped through the other pages, and moved the paper.

Although this was strange to him, he couldn't help but want to complain.

Sure enough, it is the virtue of the Daily Prophet.

In the end, the incident report inevitably moved towards entertainment, and there was a sense of serious nonsense.

Daily Prophet, per capita Rita? Skeeter!

Scott picked up the new newspaper of the day.

Rejoice! English wizards! Next year's Quidditch World Cup organizers confirmed! 》

The headline was full of elation.

But it was no surprise to Scott.

He only glanced at it in a hurry, and as he thought, the report was full of praise for the British Ministry of Magic, especially Minister Fudge.

Scott skimmed through the front page headlines and browsed through other pages with no interest.

But the newspaper reported that the 1994 Quidditch World Cup would be reported in England was overwhelming.

The enthusiasm of English wizards for the Quidditch World Cup seems to have been ignited a year earlier.

There are speculations in the newspapers about the Quidditch national team winning the title, there are information about the confirmation of the World Cup venue, and there are more discussions about the strength of the national teams of other countries.

I don't know this posture, I thought the World Cup would be held next week!

Scott pursed his lips and finally threw the newspaper away.

"Scott!"

Rimbaud flew down from the sky, still perched on the windowsill.

"The latest news, someone from the Bock family has appeared." It said to Scott.

"Did it show up?" Scott raised his eyebrows, "This surname is really more than just Bogin?" Bock alone. ”

"But don't worry." Rimbaud said, "The rest of the Burke family with Bogin? Bock himself is not close, and they seem to think that Bogin, who runs a dark magic shop in Tumbledown Alley? Bock was a little embarrassed. ”

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