The celebratory feast began, and Scott ate half full before telling the others about the second race.

"High-altitude races?"

"Race with a Pegasus?"

"Cool!"

Everyone was surprised by the format of the competition.

Fred, in particular, his eyes widened and his envy overflowing.

"Oh, it was definitely a good game." He said, "Why didn't I think there was this kind of play? ”

Roger's attention was on another matter, "but they banned Scott's Animagus, which wasn't fair." ”

Scott shrugged his shoulders, "They banned broomsticks too. ”

"Beauxbatons are scared, they are afraid that you and Krum will easily defeat Fleur with your strengths!" Angelina said loudly.

Caccini also said, "It's their ruse!" After all, Fleur's points are already behind! ”

Their statement was echoed by everyone, and everyone was not very happy about it.

Ethan said calmly, "But Dumbledore has agreed to these conditions, and we can't change them. ”

Cedric reminded everyone, "All we have to do now is help Scott in the matter of winemaking." ”

"Pure malt whisky." Fred looked at everyone, "Has anyone ever drunk that wine?" Do you know how to brew? ”

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.

"I've only ever drunk Butterbeer."

"Me too."

"Pure malt whisky, my dad used to drink it, but I didn't know much about it."

"I never wanted to try winemaking."

Obviously, everyone present was very unfamiliar with the matter of winemaking.

Angelina said with some anxiety: "What to do, everyone doesn't seem to be able to help with this matter." ”

"In that case, you can only resort to asking for help."

Fred pulls out the [Magic Mirror] and attempts to connect to George's [Magic Phone] with telecommunications.

When George's face appeared in the mirror, Fred was quick to explain what was going on.

"Oh, leave this to me." George immediately took over the task, "We're going to get the best recipe for wine." ”

"I'll leave it to you, George." Scott leaned over and said.

"Don't worry."

George made an "OK" gesture.

"By the way, Scott, you had a great day. This morning, Professor McGonagall allowed us not to go to class, and everyone watched your game......"

"Is it Scott?"

As he spoke, a bunch of heads came to the camera.

"Scott, you're awesome!"

"Your game ......"

Everyone was talking to Scott with big smiles.

Scott had a few words with everyone.

Finally, George grinned and said, "Oh Scott, you can start designing your own signature style, now that you're the most popular person at Hogwarts, the girls are obsessed with you." ”

Scott decisively hung up the comms.

"Oh, are you shy, Scott."

Roger, who was sitting next to him, patted him on the shoulder and teased.

"You're about to turn 17 and you're about to become an adult, and a sweet love is exactly what you need most right now."

"That's not something you should care about." Scott said angrily, "Take care of yourself." ”

Roger cheekily said, "Oh, of course I can take care of myself, and the pretty girls of Beauxbatons talk to me very happily." ”

Caccini glanced at Roger with disgust and said to Scott, "Oh Scott, before you know it, this guy has already had two French girlfriends and broken up again, and is now looking for a third." ”

Scott looked at Roger with some surprise.

"If I'm not mistaken, we've only been in Beauxbatons for more than twenty days."

"No way, the girls can't resist my charm."

Roger spread his hands, a smile on his face that he thought was charming.

Several of the girls present showed vomiting expressions.

Caccini turned to Angelina and said, "Look, that's my ex-boyfriend, I suspect I was blind before." ”

Angelina laughed, "Maybe you've been hit by an aphrodisiac, Caccini." ”

Caccini said helplessly: "That must be an extraordinarily powerful aphrodisiac that will make me dizzy." ”

Everyone couldn't help but laugh.

Scott couldn't help but lament that Caccini had changed a lot.

She has changed her image and is much more free and easy than before, and she can even laugh at her and Roger's previous relationship without any scruples.

Roger couldn't help but say, "Oh, Caccini, I have to say, you are much more attractive now than before." ”

"Thank you." Caccini rolled his eyes, "But you don't have a chance. ”

Roger winked at her, "Who knows, of course, you'd better keep your hair long first, otherwise whoever is with you will look like gay ......"

"Leave it alone! Get lost! ”

Caccini picked up a long baguette and smashed it at Roger.

Roger quickly turned and ran, and Caccini chased after him with his baguette raised.

"Oh......" Angelina watched the two play meaningfully, "......"

"Rejuvenation?" The other girl continued.

"Or ...... Don't ......"

Angelina's expression was like eating a boogier-flavored Bibi bean.

"Oh leave them alone, Angelina." Fred walked up to her and bent down and stretched out his hand, "Christmas is coming, maybe, we can practice dancing in advance." ”

Angelina looked up at him, "You ......"

She smiled and put her hand on Fred's hand.

"Okay, good idea."

The two of them held hands and left the table.

"How did they go upstairs and where did they go to dance?"

Someone asked stunned.

Roger, who was dodging Caccini's pursuit, took the time to reply, "I think they just need an unnoticed corner to complete their dance practice." ”

Everyone suddenly showed tacit expressions and burst out laughing.

In a burst of laughter, the celebration party is over.

Early the next morning, Scott received another "paper" from George.

It's the method of making pure malt whisky that they collect.

After the "paper" came, George sent another communication.

"That's all we collected." "The rest is up to you," he said. ”

Scott said, "Thank you guys, this should be enough." ”

He doesn't have much confidence in winemaking, but he does have confidence in the competition.

Even if his partner doesn't work well, he feels like he can win the fight.

George on the other end had already started to give him a ghost idea, "Maybe you can trick or treat the other two warriors and make their drinks worse than yours." ”

Scott said amusedly, "Great idea, unfortunately it can't be done." ”

The wooden hut where the sake brewing was self-contained, and only he could enter it, even if he wanted to be trick-or-treating.

After wrapping up the newsletter, Scott looked through George's collection of single malt whisky making guides.

Making pure malt whisky requires four steps: malting, saccharification, fermentation, and distillation, each of which is tedious.

"First of all, malt."

Fred and Roger also leaned over to take a look, chattering at the same time.

"This step is divided into five processes, selection, soaking, germination, drying, and root removal."

"The wheat is selected, impurities removed, and then soaked in hot water to allow them to sprout, a process that takes one to two weeks."

"The wheat is sprouted and then dried, or smoked with peat."

"After they have cooled down, they will be stored and expanded for another month, and the budding process will be completed."

"The last thing is to remove the roots."

Scott nodded, "Let's get this done first, but it's a bit time-consuming." ”

"Think about it." Roger said, "What spells do you need to accomplish these processes?" ”

Fred thought for a moment, "Hmm...... Hurricane Spell, Water Spell, Fire Spell, Drying Spell, Cutting Spell? ”

"I think it's going to take some hands-on trial to find out," Scott said. ”

"But the amount of wheat you have is fixed." Roger cautioned, "If you waste too much, you won't be able to brew enough finished product." ”

"That's a tough one, too." Scott said.

But either way, give it a try first.

"Let's go, I'll try."

Unable to bring anything else into the woods, Scott had to memorize the steps, then put his shapeshifting lizard skin bag in his bedroom and went out with only his wand.

After leaving the tower, Fred and Roger accompanied him to the woods.

"Then I'll go in first."

Scott waved his hand and walked towards the woods.

"I'll try."

Fred followed him.

Then, Scott watched as he spun around like a headless fly and walked out of the woods.

"I'm out?"

Back outside the woods, Fred looked at where he was in amazement.

"Scott!" He bent down to pick up a twig, "You come and pull me!" ”

Scott shook his head, "Forget it, according to Mr. Joly, the magic they set up will record our foul behavior. ”

"They're boring."

Fred threw away the branch in his hand with a look of regret.

Scott waved his hand again, turned and walked deeper into the woods.

When he arrives at the cabin, he finds that the other two warriors, Fleur and Krum, are already here.

Both of them were doing the same thing in front of the hut at the moment - trying to transfigurate the trees they had cut down and make tools for making wine.

"Good morning." Scott said hello, "Have you all learned how to brew?" ”

Fleur swings her wand, turning a piece of wood into a large barrel.

"I don't know who came up with the brewing. God knows how picky those horses are about the taste of pure malt whisky! ”

She grumbled discontentedly.

"I have a hunch that what we can get is not three tacit match partners at all, but three troublemakers!"

"You're not good at making wine either?" "It seems like the game is set up really fairly," Scott said. ”

"I've said it a long time ago!" Fleur glared at him unhappily.

Scott smiled and turned to look at Krum.

The world-class Quidditch Nova is cutting a plank with a cutting charm.

"What about you, Victor."

Krum turned his head to look at him and shook his head, "I'm not sure. ”

"I thought you'd do some research on whiskey." Scott joked, "After all, Durmstrang is said to be located in cold northern Europe, and people who live in cold regions like to drink whiskey." ”

Krum said seriously: "I don't drink, alcohol can affect my Quidditch career. ”

"That's a shame, we're all newbies."

Scott sighed and took action.

He took a few steps away, drew his wand, and slashed a large tree with a cutting charm, then removed the branches and leaves from the tree.

Subsequently, with a wave of his wand, the entire trunk of the tree was transformed into a giant barrel.

"I'll go in first."

Letting the barrel float behind him, Scott pushed open the door to the cabin.

"Your barrel is too big to get in." Fleur commented behind him, "Besides, the wheat can't be taken out of the house." ”

"Shrink quickly."

Scott waved his wand.

"Casting a spell on an object conjured up by Transfiguration?" Fleur added, "It's going to explode......"

As she watched, the barrel shrank smoothly and was ushered in by Scott.

"Thanks for the reminder."

Scott smiled kindly and stepped inside.

The door to the wooden house closed automatically.

Immediately after, Scott heard Fleur snorting coldly.

Scott didn't care, restoring the size of the barrel and turning to look at the pile of wheat on the floor.

"The first selection, that is, the removal of impurities......"

He muttered.

After thinking about it, he pushed open the window at the back of the cabin.

"Try this first." He waved his wand at the pile of wheat and cast a hurricane spell.

A small whirlwind appears at the tip of the wand.

Scott controlled his magic, and little by little, the whirlwind amplified and moved, rolling up some of the wheat grains.

"Next ......"

He controlled the whirlwind to whirl and flung the lighter impurities of the wheat out the window.

After a while, seeing that no more impurities were flying out, he controlled the whirlwind to roll the rest of the wheat into the large wooden barrel.

"Hmmm......"

Stopping the spell, Scott walked over to the large wooden barrel, bent down and grabbed a handful of wheat and looked at it in his hand.

It's fairly clean, but it's not completely clean.

There are still some grains in the wheat that don't look good.

In order to make a whisky that is delicious enough, it is necessary to carefully select the most full-grained wheat.

That's the first step.

Scott spilled the wheat into the barrel and continued to use the Hurricane Charm to deimpurize the remaining wheat.

But the item is not easy, and requires very delicate manipulation of the magic power, which is quite mentally draining.

Halfway through the removal process, Scott came up with another solution.

He walked to another corner of the hut and waved his wand again.

"Armor protection."

He first set up a magical barrier in front of him.

And then......

"The wheat is flying!"

After the Flying Spell was successfully cast, all the wheat, including the one in the barrel, flew towards him.

The wheat slammed into the transparent magical barrier and then fell onto the wooden floor.

Scott removed the magic barrier in front of him and looked left and right.

Sure enough, the debris had already flown out.

He nodded in satisfaction, and used the hurricane spell to roll up the pile of impurities that had been left in place and fly out the window.

The next step is the real selection – the selection of the plump grains.

Scott thought and thought, but couldn't think of any way to be lazy with the spell.

You can only use the twist method.

In this case, a sieve is a useful tool.

He carefully checked the size of the plump grains of wheat, then pushed the door open and walked out of the house.

By this time, Fleur and Krum had already entered the house, and Scott couldn't find out how their work was doing.

The cabin was clearly magically set up, and even with the windows open, there was no way to see the inside from the outside.

Scott walked into the woods, conjured a sieve from a large branch, and then a chair, and re-entered the house with the sieve and chair.

What follows is the boring mechanical labor.

Scott sat in his chair and used his wand to direct the wheat to fly into the sieve, using it to make it sway automatically.

"Ha ......"

When the wheat had been sifted twice, Scott yawned and got up to examine the finished product.

"Almost."

He grabbed a few handfuls with his hands to confirm that the selection was done.

The next step is soaking.

But first you have to wash the wheat.

Scott rolled up the sleeves of his robe and began to wave his wand to create a stream of water.

……

At noon, Scott leaned out of the window to look at the sun in the sky to determine the time, looked at the wheat soaked in the barrel, closed the lid and walked out of the cabin.

Stretching, he looked at the other two rooms, where Fleur and Krum still hadn't come out.

Scott yawned again and left the woods.

"How?"

Back in the tower, Scott gets all the concerned inquiries.

"How far have you got?" Fred held the [Magic Mirror] and asked him, "Did you follow the steps above?" ”

He handed [the magic mirror] to Scott.

"Let's see, if you're not mistaken."

Scott took the [magic mirror] and glanced at it, then nodded.

"That's right, it's already soaked, just waiting for them to sprout."

"What about them? How are Fleur and Krum doing? ”

"Has Fleur practiced in advance?"

Others asked about the other two warriors.

"They...... I do not know. "According to them, they don't know how to make wine at all." ”

He sighed, even though the winemaking had just begun, he was tired of it.

Fortunately, he didn't have to do anything for the next week or two, he just had to check the germination of the wheat after class.

Others still cared more than he did, and every day they inquired about the growth of the malt.

Fred even reported daily to George, who remained at Hogwarts.

Ten days later, Scott judged that the malt was growing well and began drying.

He had wanted to use the Drying Charm to complete this step, but the monotonous repetition of the Drying Charm made him feel as if he were a merciless hair dryer.

After thinking about it, he finally decided to use Transfiguration to create a few fire ravens to complete the job in his place.

It should be feasible as long as you pay attention to the distance and do not let the flame burn directly to the malt...... bar.

Although he was not 100% sure, Scott still decisively chose this way to be lazy.

In short, after creating a few glowing fire ravens, Scott managed to liberate himself.

As for the final result......

"It's not bad." Scott reported to his companions, "At least they weren't roasted. ”

"Oh, I want to warn you, Scott." Cedric, who has memorized the brewing process, said, "Drying is not completely drying, but the moisture content of the malt is reduced from about 42% to 4~5%. ”

"I guess there's nothing wrong with that."

Scott thought for a moment, then nodded decisively.

"No problem, don't worry!"

Actually, how does he know what is 42% and what is 5%.

And there was no instrument for him to measure.

It's just a matter of keeping others from being anxious.

The others didn't actually understand, but when they heard him say this, they were temporarily relieved.

The next month, when it was time for the placement step, Scott completely left the winemaking behind and began to follow the alchemy lesson in the Duran Alchemy Classroom wholeheartedly.

Unlike Ravenclaw instructors, who talk about alchemy from a high-level perspective, Professor Duran is clearly better at teaching the basics and teaching new students.

After some systematic study, Scott, Fred and Cedric have gained a lot.

"I can't wait to try something new."

Fred excitedly said that he had discovered many mistakes he had made in the process of inventing and creating.

"George was very envious that I could take this class, and I have to say that I had opened up a gap with him."

He always triumphantly bragged to George through [Magic Mirror], declaring that he was the "true master inventor" of the Weasley twins from now on.

Cedric also became interested in alchemy.

He always regretted and said, "It's a pity that Hogwarts doesn't have this course, and although we can learn the basics at Beauxbatons, we can't go deeper." ”

Scott advised, "If you want to delve deeper, you can study on your own or ask Dumbledore for advice." ”

"Oh, don't bother Professor Dumbledore, he's busy enough, after all." Cedric said.

He is telling the truth.

Although only one of the students remained in Beauxbatons, it was clear that Dumbledore was not.

He is always elusive and irregular in front of them.

As for the rest of the time, no one knows exactly what he's up to.

Of course, the students all guessed that he was busy fighting the Dark Lord.

Because according to reliable sources, Eddie, Dumbledore has appeared in England more than once.

He has been featured in several Death Eater hunts initiated by the Ministry of Magic.

Although he did not show up, some people swore that the reason why the Minister of Magic, Miss Burns, was able to issue a search warrant neatly was because of Dumbledore's backing.

Speaking of the situation in the UK, a lot has also happened during this time.

Under the strong leadership of Ms. Burns, the Ministry of Magic clashed with the Death Eaters several times, and they succeeded in arresting a number of Dark Wizards and causing some sacrifices.

As far as the results are concerned, it can only be said that it is neither good nor bad.

It's just that for some reason, Voldemort, the leader of the Dark Wizards, continued to hide after his public appearance in that World Cup final, and did not appear in any venue.

Even when his Death Eaters clashed with the Ministry of Magic and were arrested, he did not show up.

"I think he must have a bigger conspiracy hatching." Eddie told Scott on the call, "Dumbledore was worried about this and had to go back and forth. ”

Scott felt that there was some truth to his guess.

But since he had left England, he could only judge the situation by the messages passed on by his friends, and there was no way to confirm it further or find out more about the truth.