"Please be quiet, be quiet!" Slughorn walked up to the podium. "Before we know it, the happy Christmas holiday has passed. I hope you don't overdo it and forget to study, because in the coming semester, we will face a very heavy task. Now, who can tell me about Gobalot's Third Law... Miss Granger, of course! "
Hermione stood up and recited as fast as she could. "Gobalot's Third Law states that the antidote of a mixed poison is greater than the sum of the antidotes of each individual ingredient."
"Absolutely correct!" Slughorn smiled. "Absolutely correct! Ten points for Gryffindor! Now, if we admit that Gobalot's Third Law is true, then... "
"Oh my God, what is he talking about!" Ron muttered in despair.
He did not get a response, because no one in the classroom seemed to understand what Slughorn was saying except for Elwyn and Hermione. Everyone could only pretend to admit that Gobalot's Third Law was true and write down what Slughorn said.
"Of course, this means that if we have correctly analyzed the ingredients of the potion using Scarpin's Reveal Spell, our primary goal is not to simply choose the antidote of each individual ingredient, but to find the additional ingredients, which is a more difficult process," Slughorn said. Slughorn said, "It can transform all kinds of unrelated elements through an alchemical process …"
Alchemy was a new course in the sixth grade, and it had a deep relationship with Advanced Potionology.
Now, Slughorn's classes often included alchemy related knowledge.
Elwyn, Hermione, Harry, and Ron did not take alchemy as an elective. Hermione studied with Elwyn every night and had mastered a lot of basic alchemy knowledge, so she did not have to worry about not being able to keep up with the progress of Potionology class.
Harry and Ron, on the other hand, were completely stunned. They couldn't understand what Slughorn was saying.
Ron's mouth was half open as he stared at the top of the underground classroom. He was absent-mindedly scribbling on his brand-new "Advanced Potion Making" book. Harry's magic potion abilities all came from the notes in Snape's Advanced Magic Potion Making, but Snape certainly would not explain the knowledge of Gobalot's Third Law, Scarpin's Reveal Spell, Decomposition Alchemy, and so on. These were all widely recognized magic potion theories, so he could only stare blankly, thinking about how to get Slughorn to take out his memories later.
Elwyn listened attentively and jotted down notes from time to time.
Most of his knowledge came from self-study, and there were many things that he didn't fully understand. Now that he was listening to Slughorn's detailed explanation, he felt that he understood a lot.
"Alright, now it's time to test the results of your learning." Finally, Slughorn said, "I want each of you to come to my podium and take a bottle. Before class is over, you must concoct the antidote for the contents of the bottle. Good luck, and don't forget to wear protective gloves! "
Hermione immediately left the stool and walked to the podium. She took back the bottles of Elwyn, Harry, and Ron.
"Gobalot's Third Law. This time, even the prince can't help you. Harry, you must understand the principle behind it. There's no way to cheat!" She straightened her back and said happily, "Elwyn and I will form a team. Harry, Ron, you two form another team. Let's see who can concoct the antidote in the end."
Hermione took Elwyn to the table next to them, leaving the annoyed Harry and the silly Ron behind. She had been competing with the "Advanced Magic Potion Making" book, insisting on a clear winner, even though she did not know who the Half-Blood Prince was.
Elwyn poured the bright pink poison into the crucible, lit it, and stirred it carefully with his wand.
From his point of view, this kind of competition was completely meaningless.
The possibility of Harry and Ron concocting the antidote was slim. The antidote for this kind of mixed poison was different from a fixed magic potion formula. One must know the composition of the poison. Snape's annotation was of little help because he could not possibly know what the poison was or question Gobalot's Third Law.
Noticing that Harry and Ron were staring at him, Elwyn felt that he should give them a little help. But before he could start, Hermione approached him and said, "Use the Silence Spell, Elwyn, don't say the spell."
She knew Elwyn, Harry, and Ron too well. She knew what they would do.
Hermione was determined to win against Harry in today's magic potion class. She would not allow them to play tricks under her nose.
"Sorry!" Elwyn said to Harry and lowered his head to start his magic.
He guessed that Slughorn's poison contained fifty to sixty ingredients.
It was very difficult to find all the poisons in such a short period of time. Even he had to take it seriously.
At the table next to him, Harry did not know what to do. He could already imagine what Hermione would say later …
"Is there really no hint from the prince?" asked Ron in a low voice.
"Let me see!" said Harry.
He took out his precious Advanced Magic Potion Making and turned to the chapter on the antidote. It was written with Gobalot's Third Law, word for word, exactly as Hermione had memorized it. But there was no annotation from the prince. Obviously, the prince understood it as easily as Hermione.
"No," he added in frustration.
Both Elwyn and Hermione were casting Silence Spells, especially Hermione. She waved her wand energetically above the crucible.
She was very excited to have a chance to defeat the half-blood prince in a magic potion class.
On the other side, Ernie was chanting to his crucible. "True form! True form! "
It sounded like it. Harry and Ron quickly followed suit.
No, after only five minutes, Harry realized that his reputation as the top potion potion maker in the class was going to be ruined.
During his first inspection, Slughorn looked into his crucible expectantly and was about to cheer excitedly as usual. But he immediately retracted his head and coughed at the smell of rotten eggs. He hurriedly turned to look at Elwyn and Hermione's crucibles.
Hermione looked extremely proud. She was fed up with being surpassed in every magic potion class.
She was now carefully pouring the mysteriously separated ingredients into ten different little crystal vials.
"You're not allowed to help him, Elwyn. I think we must teach Harry a lesson so that he can no longer rely on that stupid prince." She said to Elwyn as she put the separated ingredients into bottles. "This is good for him, isn't it?"
"Yes!" replied Elwyn. Since his girlfriend had said so, what else could he do?
Of course, he couldn't help. Harry would get a bigger lesson sooner or later. The fact that Snape was a half-blood prince would always be kept a secret.
When that time comes, tsk tsk …
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