Chapter 196: Potions and Transfiguration

That evening, Madame Granger had prepared a sumptuous dinner, and Locke could see that she had put a lot of effort into it.

"I recently adopted two house-elves, and I'm going to start some potions business, I've already applied to the Ministry of Magic, and it will take a while for it to be approved."

Locke casually talks about something about the wizarding world, as he finds the Granger couple interested.

After knowing the money Locke spent for this, he was even more surprised by Locke's financial strength.

"The wizarding world is indeed very magical, I am curious about what house-elves look like, I heard that there are dragons and phoenixes, but we have not had the opportunity to see them, it is a pity." Mr. Granger lamented.

"That's right." Madame Granger lamented that she was curious about the wizarding world, otherwise she would not have been able to accept Hermione to an unfamiliar environment so easily.

The three of them chatted for a while, and Mr. Granger cleared his throat: "Mr. Locke, I just received a letter from Hermione, and I'm glad you value Hermione's talents, and if you can, we'd love to invite you to become Hermione's godfather." ”

"It's my pleasure." Locke smiled and agreed.

He knew what the Granger couple were thinking, and through their communication with Hermione during this time, they also learned some of the cruelty of the wizarding world, and the discrimination of pure-blood families in the wizarding world against Muggle-born wizards.

And the help they can provide is limited, and now that Locke can help, they are naturally willing to pull into the relationship.

After that, the atmosphere of the whole meal was much better, and after becoming Hermione's godfather, Locke taught Hermione the meditation method after signing a secret soul contract with hermione.

"It's amazing, Godfather, you must know that the known methods of enhancing magic power are all constantly practicing spells, passively improving, and there has never been a way to directly enhance magic power."

Hermione, who had tried the meditation method, said excitedly: "With this discovery alone, you can become the greatest wizard of this century, why don't you make it public, Godfather, but keep it a secret." ”

"What benefits can it bring to the public, except for some false names?" Locke shrugged his shoulders:

"If we keep it a secret, that's our advantage over other wizards, and it will bring more substantial benefits, many wizarding families have their own inheritance of spells, and they won't be released to share with everyone.

This is the same as patents, only if you can use them can you bring the most benefits. ”

"Indeed." Hermione nodded, she always had a steady stream of energy when she saw something new, just like now, after trying the meditation method, she said that she still wanted to practice spells and study her homework.

Hermione sensed that Locke had high expectations of herself, that she didn't want to live up to them, and that she actually enjoyed learning and studying magic.

This reminded Locke of Peggy, who had changed his mind since she was kidnapped by Lorraine Broughton last time and began to teach her some magic.

Peggy's talent is also very strong, and her destructive power is even higher, and when she tried magic for the first time, she directly blew up a big hole in the floor, and when Locke taught her to call fire, she almost set her home on fire.

On Hermione's side, Locke would pick out the magic books that were suitable for him to study, and add some extra lessons to her in addition to her daily lessons.

At the same time, Locke also tried to guide her to put more energy into Potions, after all, she showed super talent in this aspect in the plot.

However, it was very difficult to get started at the beginning, especially when there was no one to guide me, and I simply refined potions according to the textbook, and the success rate was outrageously low.

After wasting a lot of materials, Hermione was also a little embarrassed, and planned to ask the Potions professor for advice in the future before trying slowly.

When it comes to potions knowledge, Locke actually knows a little, and some of it is learned from the queen, but it also lacks practice, and it doesn't help Hermione much.

Because in Locke's opinion, these units of measurement on the recipe are just too unfriendly.

What a little, what a little, what a small amount, what a large amount, Locke felt his brain buzz after reading it, what kind of ancient method is this, it is not scientific at all.

Snape, on the other hand, seems to have some prejudice against Hermione, who is often with Harry Potter during class, and is not very enthusiastic about her advice.

With this in mind, Locke hired a wizard who passed the Potions exam through Tom, the owner of the Cauldron Bar, as an intermediary.

The wizard named Kate wanted to make a career in Potions, but couldn't find a suitable job.

The existing potion shops all have regular partners and magic apprentices, and no one will buy potions from him without the guarantee of the potion shop.

Potions are very demanding to make, and the slightest mistake can turn harmless potions into highly poisonous.

Therefore, most wizards would rather spend a little more money and go to a specialized potion shop than buy potions from potions masters who are not very famous.

If Locke hadn't found him through Tom, it would not be long before he would have gone back to inherit the garage in his family and return to the life of an ordinary person.

Although he was only teaching potions knowledge for the time being, Locke also promised that if he really proved his strength, he would be hired to work in the potion shop when Locke's potion shop passed the application, and he would be paid handsomely.

Locke is very busy every day, and now he is mainly studying Transfiguration.

Transfiguration is magic that uses magic to change the structure of an object, thus changing the appearance and form of an object, and it has only seven spells,

Normal Transfiguration, Human Transfiguration, Reverse Transfiguration, Transformation Spell, Cross-Species Transmutation Spell, Vanishing Spell, Summoning Spell.

These mantras are very brief to be recited, but they take a lifetime to study, learn, and refine.

Transfiguration Charms can easily complete the transformation of matter, and the magic that Locke studied before also has this content, but most of it is related to matter.

As long as the composition of the material base is understood, it can be transformed by the Transfiguration Charm, just like in the Magician's Apprentice movie, Balthazar easily turns a classic car into a sports car.

It seems to have the same effect as the Transfiguration Charm, but the principle and process are still different.

In addition to ordinary material transformation, the Transfiguration Charm of the Harry Potter world can also transform living beings, which is even more magical.

Don't look at the magician's apprentices, there are some magicals that can turn sculptures or other things into life, but in reality they are nothing more than activation, using magic to temporarily give these substances some biological properties, rather than permanently changing their properties.

At least Locke hadn't been able to transform into real creatures by using Transfiguration before.

Organisms are much more complex than ordinary matter, and with the original method, Locke at least needed to know everything related to understanding the genes of the corresponding organisms.

This knowledge is still in Locke's blind spot, but in the Harry Potter world, it can achieve the same effect through the corresponding magical words and languages.

Locke guessed that this was the magic words contained in the magic spells, or the effects brought by the magic runes, but Locke's knowledge of the relevant magic words was scattered now.

Part of it is some of the knowledge collected in the fairy tale world, and some of it involves some magic runes, and part of it is the current Harry Potter world, which is not very systematic, and Locke is still just getting started.

(End of chapter)