The cobblestone paths are filled with footsteps.

A young girl with a crisp ponytail walked forward with a light step, and she also wore a sky-blue apron to prevent her robe from staining while working.

At the end of the road, there is a turquoise lake, and a new wooden house has been built on the edge of the lake, surrounded by a large clump of reeds.

Shirley stopped suddenly, and in the middle of the road, a flat tortoise the size of a palm appeared, dragging its family across the path, hearing the footsteps, and crawling back into the lake.

Shirley dug into the pockets of her blue apron and grabbed a handful of food and scattered it on the shore before they crept out of the water.

The girl didn't care, she continued to walk towards the cabin, pushed the door open, and was greeted by a pile of bubbling cauldrons.

On the shelves on the walls on both sides, there are various magical materials and potions that have been bottled.

There were a lot of items in the room, but they were very clean and there was no sense of clutter.

Rove sat by the cauldron, a flame coming out of his palm, roasting a few dragon scale fruits.

On the boy's right-hand side, there was also an old textbook on "Advanced Potions Making", and the blank space was filled with dense notes.

The conventional treatment of dragon scale fruit is to use a knife to break along the back of the fruit's crest, but the fruit shell is hard like dragon scales, which is easy to hurt the hand.

Snape improved his notes by proposing a fire roast method in which the peel could be easily cut through by burning in a flame for thirty seconds and then using a knife.

Rove found the method simply ingenious, and he was a little immersed in it.

After a few moments, he looked up, and then noticed that Shirley had entered the room at some point, sitting on a chair beside him, holding his chin with one hand, and watching him quietly as he handled the dragon scale fruit.

Seeing the young man look up, Shirley spoke, "Off, Fawkes just came." ”

"It's coming again?"

"I also sent a book by the way." The girl pulled out a thick potions book from the wide pocket of her apron.

After taking the book, Rove looked at the apron on Shirley's body, the collar and cuffs embroidered with magical creatures such as sniffers...... Vivid.

There are also more than a dozen small pockets sewn on both sides of the clothes, and in each small pocket, it seems that Shirley has divided different things into categories.

Rove alone has seen: melon seeds, freeze-dried, sniffing sticks, bandages, blood tonics, quills.

Odds and pieces, like a treasure bag, are very interesting.

Rove reached into the girl's pocket, trying to feel for what else was inside.

It's a pity that Shirley slapped away the young man's restless paws, she raised her fair chin and smiled, "What do you want to do?" ”

"Look what's in your pocket." Rov replied honestly.

"Don't show it!"

The ponytail girl rarely refused Rove's request, she tilted her head, blinked her eyes and said:

"Whoever asked you to make potions didn't wear the overalls I sewed for you."

"Pink overalls, embroidered with flowers? Is that the overalls I'm wearing? Rove gave her a blank look.

Shirley's eyes widened, and she pretended to be surprised: "When I sew it for you, you can do whatever you want." ”

"And you're going to sew it into women's clothing?" Rove smiled and said:

"Hermione made you do this, right? Don't deny it...... When you sew clothes, she whispers in your ear!

Hermione is thinking about how to win me now, and you can learn from her, right? ”

"Not really." Shirley looked innocent and said, "Hermione just wanted me to teach her how to knit a scarf." ”

Rove smiled and didn't speak, he still wanted Shirley to wear a maid outfit, but he didn't expect her to make a move first and let him wear a maid's outfit.

Son-in-law...... Ahh

Rove took the book of "Powerful Potions" and flipped through it, which gave many details on how to prepare potions and the materials needed, with gruesome illustrations:

A witch's head protrudes with many pairs of arms; A man's mouth spits out a large amount of black blood; There is also a group of people who become the appearance of other people......

Shirley probed her brain and said, "This book feels dangerous to look at!" ”

"Well, the potions recorded in the book are not in our textbooks." Rove said softly: "This book has been placed in the forbidden area of the library, and students are not allowed to borrow it casually. ”

"How did Fox send you a book like this?" Shirley frowned.

"I wrote to Dumbledore to ask for it." Turning back to the table of contents without haste, Rove explains:

"Last school year, I took you to the library to catch silverfish, and Professor Dumbledore found them.

The principal told me not to go to the forbidden area to pick up books by myself, and that if there was a book I wanted to read, I could write to him and tell him. ”

Row needed the book "Potions" and tried to write a letter to Dumbledore, but he didn't expect him to ask Fawkes to deliver it without asking for a specific purpose.

Of course, since Rove dared to write a letter asking for it, it means that he is above board and frank.

Although this is more troublesome, it can avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble, at least it will not make Dumbledore misunderstand and "interested" in him.

"What potions do you want to brew, you need a book from the forbidden area." Shirley asked curiously.

"I need to make a truth potion!" Rove found the root of the elixir and continued:

"I'd like to catch a house-elf, but it shouldn't answer my question, the elixir is just right, so let's boil it first."

Even if he could catch Dobby, he wouldn't tell Rove who Malfoy put the diary on because of his magical bindings.

At this time, you have to use some "illegal means".

However, Rove had never made a potion of truth, which was a very difficult potion. Fortunately, he has the "Snape's Potions Talent" bonus, so he can try it out for himself.

"Soundbird feathers, Sri Lankan vulture bile, Burok summer grass, half-ear grass sprouts, Icelandic Ulris stalactite blocks, ferret heart tendons, salamander serum, Indian incense powder, ......"

Shirley read the recipe of the truth elixir in a soft voice, and frowned, "There are several materials missing in our medicine storage room. ”

"That's right." Rove nodded.

Among these materials, in fact, the feathers of the stunner bird are the most difficult to buy, but fortunately, there is this bird in the box, which is the easiest.

"I need to make a trip to the Forbidden Forest." Rove looked at the potions book and said, "There are still a lot of materials to be added there." ”

Shirley looked up at Rove, her eyes lit up, and she asked expectantly, "Do you want me to go to the Forbidden Forest with you?" ”

Rove looked the girl up and down, and finally shook his head and said, "You're still too young, wait until you grow up." ”

Shirley stared at the young man's azure eyes, pursed her lips and said, "I'm already a second-year student, it's really not small." ”

Rove suddenly stretched out his finger, lightly touched the ponytail girl's forehead, and said with a smile: "Next time, definitely." ”

"You say that every time!" Shirley rubbed her forehead in dissatisfaction, then bit her lip tightly.

Holding the back of his head with his hands and his body swaying back and forth in the chair, Rove smiled:

"Then you grow up quickly......"

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(Thanks to the "Book Friend 20200804190621236", "Love to Walk in the Water" and "Two or Three Damon" for their tips.) ）