Chapter 9: Slughorn's Magical Talent

The legendary fountain of good luck suddenly appeared in her hands, and Shirley felt unreal for a while.

Next, an even more unreal scene appeared.

I saw Rove pick up several more bottles and read them separately:

"This is the fountain of youth...... This is the spring of fading away from all diseases...... This is a fountain of bone hyperplasia......"

“……”

Listening to the list of bluffing names, Shirley was silent at first, and then snorted and said:

"Brother, didn't you really buy these things from Diagon Alley?"

There are a few shops in Diagon Alley, where the Philosopher's Stone is sold by the pound, the Gryffindor Sword is twenty in a bundle, and there are Ravenclaw Tiaras, Merlin's Wand, last week's Bronze, and tin-soldered Yin Corpses......

The Fountain of Youth and the Elixir of Immortality are both frequent customers and are peddled on the rise.

When Rove heard this, he couldn't help but laugh. "Looking at these bottles and cans, it does look like a fake in Diagon Alley."

He picked up a bottle casually, Shirley tilted her head slightly, and read:

"Zimu Spring."

"I've heard Hufflepuff say that Ravenclaw conceived Helena as a virgin after ingesting a spring in Avalon." Rove groaned:

And the Virgin Mary, who gave birth to Jesus in the same way...... Probably this is the spring water that I drink. ”

Looking at the Zimu Spring in his hand, Rove's mind suddenly sounded the lingering Henan opera "Jesus Baby" in Henan Villagers.

Sit down, Joseph, and listen to me, for when you are married, a carpenter, you will marry Mary. She got pregnant before she left the door, and she knows that you have concerns in your heart. Who is the child's father, who can't sleep every day and every night......

Shirley shook the bottle in her hand and asked, "With this, Nymeria and Messira will be saved, right?" ”

Rove came back to his senses and said softly:

"If this is really a fountain of good luck, it is, but I'm afraid it's not...... We need to verify this. ”

Shirley snorted and unscrewed the cap, she didn't go directly to the mouth of the bottle, but gently fanned her nose with her hand on the mouth of the bottle, so that a very small amount of drug volatiles floated towards her.

She sniffed, looked at the mouth of the bottle again, and observed, "There is no smell, and the color of the liquid, it is transparent...... It's like water. ”

Rov groaned.

The smell of the elixir was like honey, and the color was golden, and he thought that the Fountain of Good Luck with a similar effect would have similar characteristics...... But looking at it now, it seems that there is no at all.

"Then let's try it with guinea pigs." "Give them a small potion and see how it goes." ”

As in Muggle medicine, wizards use mice to test medicines.

Of course, Snape usually tested drugs with students, such as Harry and Ron.

Shirley waved her wand, and a cage flew out of the black leather case and landed on the table.

She took out four more cups and poured the liquid into each of them.

Rove opens the cage and releases the mice and tells them to take the liquid.

He also made a small opening in the paw of a rat into which he dripped a liquid labeled as healing water.

After a wave of manipulation, the mice did not react, neither died nor healed their wounds.

Rove was also touching the belly of a mouse, and she had taken the spring without any signs of fetal movement.

Rove and Shirley tossed around for a while, and finally decided that the liquid was probably not working.

"Could it be that it was left for too long, so it didn't work?" Shirley guessed, "Or if you leave Avalon, the water will lose its magical effect?" ”

"It's all possible." Rove sighed, and he was overjoyed.

At this moment, Jane's figure appeared on the porch, and she whispered, "Mr. Scamander, Miss Swinton, there is a visit outside the door." ”

"Who is it?" Rove asked.

"An elderly male wizard with thinning hair, and a young female wizard with short straw hair."

Rove and Shirley looked at each other.

"Slughorn and his great-granddaughter?" The ponytail girl frowned and said, "What are they coming for?" ”

"Probably to apologize." Rove leaned back on the couch and said, "By the way, invite us to his slug club." ”

"Slugg...... Club? ”

"Slughorn likes to throw small parties and invite people to them." "We've definitely been his target," Rove explained. ”

"Do you want to see you?"

"Let's meet, this trip is still early, you can't hide, you will meet sooner or later." Rove looked at the bottles and cans on the table and said with a smile:

"By the way, Slughorn is still a Potions Master, so let him help take a look at these things."

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Standing in the long, empty hallway, Nellis Slughorn, looking at the closed door, asked:

"Grandpa, are you sure it's this room?"

"Sure." Slughorn lowered his voice:

"The third mate on the Mayflower is my former student, and I found out from him...... You see, the nameplate on it says Scamander too. ”

"Oh, that's true." Nelishi wondered, "We all have room numbers, why is this the name?" ”

"Captain Carlos has given this room to Scamander in perpetuity." Slughorn is a mysterious mystery.

Nelishi's curiosity suddenly rose, and she said, "Why? ”

"I listened to that student of mine...... Two years ago, the Mayflower was attacked by Cablo on its way to the United States. Slughorn describes it vividly:

"Scamander was on the ship at the time, and he stepped forward, fought off Cabrolon, saved a shipload of passengers, and then Captain Carlos gave him the possession of the room."

"And that kind of thing?" Nellis's eyes rolled, "Then why didn't you see the newspaper report?" ”

"I don't know." Slughorn speculated: "Maybe Scamander is more low-key?" ”

Nellis tugged at the corners of her mouth, for the past two years, as long as she opened the newspaper every day, it was Scamander's news...... Is this low-key?

"Nellis, don't forget to invite Scamander to our room for a party tonight." Slughorn reminded.

"I'm afraid it's a little difficult, grandpa." Nelishi gloated: "You said bad things about people in the morning, and you were heard by others, how will I open my mouth to invite." ”

"So, it's up to you to behave in a moment." Slughorn confessed:

"It's really not good, you just say you can't write your summer homework, and deadlift has to pull him to your bedroom, and you two stay in it until the night."

“……”

Nellis always felt weird, and she was about to speak, when the door creaked open, and a handsome blonde boy walked out.

Rove first glanced at Nellis, who was dressed in a floral dress, then at Slughorn, and asked politely:

"Hello, Mr. Slughorn...... Is there something wrong? ”

"Kid." Slughorn stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "I heard that your room is not far from me, so I made a special trip to visit you with Nelly, don't bother?" ”

"Of course not." Rove shook hands with the old man and smiled:

"It was my deference to visit you, but to let you come to me...... Please come in. ”

As the boy spoke, there was a sudden "ding" in his brain.

[An adult wizard is detected, triggering a side quest]

Help Horace Slughorn cure his diabetes with a reward:

Slughorn's Potions Talent

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(End of chapter)