Chapter 208 All in One Pot

"What are you two doing sneakily?"

William had just opened a book about basilisks when he saw the twins shopping in the library - not that he was exaggerating, but the two boys didn't look like they were reading, their eyes were like thieves, they were messing around. With the wind.

Considering this was a library, William lowered his voice slightly, but still stopped the two people who were shopping together.

The two looked at each other and walked over in an orderly manner. Their confinement was still held in William's hands. Although they felt guilty, they still had to hold on.

"What kind of prank are you thinking of again?" William raised his eyebrows, "What, the total confinement this semester is not enough, are you planning to continue next semester?"

"Professor, please don't slander us. We have been very well-behaved since the beginning of this semester. It was not entirely our responsibility last time!"

The two of them shouted that they were wronged in unison, but the more this happened, the more William became suspicious - people named Weasley should be focused on guarding in this school. It has been so long since school started, and there is no major incident that does not have anything to do with Weasley!

William looked at them both from head to toe, trying to find something wrong.

"What are you doing standing so far away? Come closer."

The two of them came closer coyly, and as soon as they got closer, a rich aroma of chocolate spread over them.

‘Something’s wrong! ’

William reacted immediately and began to distinguish carefully.

"Come out with me!"

William's face suddenly darkened, and his tone became more severe than ever.

The two quails, who were frightened by William's sudden rebellion, left the library in an orderly manner and came to the empty classroom next to them.

"Huh...huh..." William gasped, and finally lowered his hand that he wanted to raise several times.

"Whose idea was it?" His eyes were as sharp as knives, and he swept across their faces, forcing the two people who were originally so bold to lower their heads.

"Why didn't you say anything?"

William took a step forward, causing the twins to take two steps back to stabilize themselves, "Speak! Who did this?"

The two of them didn't even dare to say wisecracks. They never thought that the professor who could laugh and talk even in solitary confinement could be so cruel.

"ourselves…"

"Snapped!"

Before George even finished half of what he said, he was interrupted by a loud noise, and a table was smashed to pieces under the influence of William's Obstacle Curse. "If you continue to panic, you two can get out of Hogwarts." .”

The cold eyes swept across, and the twins felt their hands and feet were cold.

"Gudu..."

There was a slight swallowing sound, followed by a dry response, "Hermione, it's Hermione..."

After this answer was spoken, George felt the chill in his body slowly dissipate.

"Where is she?"

"The Room of Requirement is where we caught Ginny last time." Fred answered quickly. Although he didn't know what happened, it was the first time he saw such an angry professor.

"You two will settle the matter later," William gave these two bastards a hard look, "Follow me and show the way."

He was really angry that these two guys dared to spray love potion on them!

Don't be too famous in Azkaban for this kind of potion. Prisoners who are exposed to this stuff will not be sentenced to light punishment!

If it hadn't been Hermione who cooked the love potion, he would have been expelled from the students today!

‘Ministry of Magic’s laws are a piece of shit! This dangerous potion was boiled and used by witches without being punished! ’ He walked in front, and even the guys from the Ministry of Magic scolded him, “Let a group of trolls have a clearer mind than they do!”

‘George, why do you think the professor is so angry? ’

Behind William, the twins communicated with their eyes helplessly.

'I was tricked by Hermione! ’ George looked back and said, ‘Obviously, we were tricked by the so-called love perfume. Think about it, the guy who was fired for using love perfume the year before last! ’

‘Perfume is not really a potion! ’ Fred looked helpless.

"Why are you walking so slowly!" William in front stopped and looked at the two people behind him unkindly.

"Yes, Professor!"

‘I’ll be locked up at night, and if I don’t let you realize that it’s illegal to use love potions, I won’t even be able to get out of the paper! ’

William gritted his teeth and thought.

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"Keep it warm and maybe add something to keep the flavor a little more subtle."

In the Room of Requirement, Hermione carefully adjusted the status of the potion, striving to keep it in the best condition - the biggest disadvantage of the privately corrected potion compared to the standard version is that there are not enough cases for it to be stably fixed in one state. .

"Are you back?"

When the door opened, she turned around and asked, "Why, has anything abnormal been detected?"

The person who opened the door was right, but the expression on his face was wrong.

That's definitely not finished——

Before Hermione could turn her head, a spell had already hit her.

"Caught on the spot," William came in with a cold face, looked at Hermione who was fixed by the petrification spell, waved the wand again, and the potion rolling in the crucible immediately flew out and came to him.

"There is no doubt that it is a love potion. Although there are some modifications, there is no doubt that it is it." William waved his wand to stop the fire, sealed the crucible with magic, and controlled the petrified Hermione and the crucible to float in the air.

"You two are coming too."

After picking up the potion den in one fell swoop, William felt better and softened his tone, "Let's go to Professor McGonagall's office - I'll count your report as meritorious and I won't pursue you for trying to use the love potion."

"Yes, Professor!"

The twins responded quickly - Harry and Ron were not here, and the punishments for girls and boys were completely different for love potions. It would be good to save those two people. Hermione, as the initiator, should be mentally prepared for this.

Just like their fight against Filch, they did not rely entirely on themselves. There would always be students from this college or even other colleges secretly passing on some information, but the twins always resisted when they were caught.

Afraid that Hermione would not understand the rules, the two of them tried their best to give a hint to the petrified Hermione with a wink, letting her know that she should take this matter down and not involve the remaining people who were not caught.

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"sky!"

When William brought the three of them to Professor McGonagall's office, the always serious professor exclaimed, completely losing his usual calm demeanor.

"Isn't the basilisk under control?"

Professor McGonagall stood up, "Why are there still students being petrified?"

"It's not black magic," William hurriedly explained. "She cooked the love potion and worked with the Weasley brothers. I didn't know what they wanted to do. I found something wrong in the library. After that, the Weasley brothers were convicted and had the potion brewed by Gran. Miss Jie reported it.”

"Love potion?" Professor McGonagall was stunned, "Granger is only in her second year..."

"The pot is still over there," William shook his head. "To be honest, her potion talent is simply enviable. Many Hogwarts graduates may not be able to master potions of that level."

"Okay, that's a question," Professor McGonagall looked at Hermione floating in the air, "Leave her to me. I will have a good talk with her and give her enough punishment."

"It's you!" Professor McGonagall turned to look at the twins, "You are in fourth grade! You have been in school until now, and you actually dare to buy a love potion!!!"

"Professor!" The twins looked innocent, "We don't know each other, and she just said it was a new perfume!"

Professor McGonagall didn't believe this lie. She looked at the two of them and said, "Perfume?"

"Yes, look at it, even the container is sprayed, and our grades in Potions class are not good. How could we recognize that this is a love potion if it wasn't the professor who said it!"

The two looked innocent, but this time they convinced Professor McGonagall.

Love potions are something that lower-level students are not exposed to, and Professor McGonagall is very clear about the performance of the twins in their own college - the two of them estimate that they will not get eight certificates in the OWLs exam combined.

Even if it is a standard version of the love potion, the two of them may not be able to tell it apart, let alone this variant...

"Forget it, Professor William, you can deal with these two guys," Professor McGonagall pushed the two of them to William - anyway, judging from William's expression, it is probably impossible to deal with the two of them seriously, so just handle them lightly and let them go. He took care of it.

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"Is it safe here?"

"How can a common room be unsafe?"

Fred lowered his voice and spoke to Hermione opposite.

"If you think you're safe and the Potions Master suddenly comes in and gives you a petrification spell, don't think so."

Hermione's tone was full of resentment. She really couldn't accept it. She was just about to implement the plan, but she was arrested by her teammates and others.

"You have no idea how terrifying the professor was back then!" The two of them glared at Hermione, "If we didn't take him to you, that might be the last time we saw him over there!"

"Do you know what the professor asked us to do?" George's eyes were still a little confused. "From the list of expelled students, we screened out the cases who were expelled for using love agents, and then copied them down by hand."

"Everyone, everyone has twenty copies, and they have to write in the most beautiful handwriting!"

"Those things that have been copied will be preserved for future students to read. The professor said he will prepare the best magic materials and preserve them!"

“The professor would smile and remind us that we were just one step away from being expelled!”

George made a gesture with his hand, bringing his thumb and index finger closer and closer, "That's how he gestured to us!"

Harry and Ron on the side couldn't help but feel chills running down their backs - if they were involved, they would probably be punished together.

What the two described was so tragic that Hermione, who had been receiving psychological education from Professor McGonagall for a long time, suddenly lost her temper.

Compared to Professor McGonagall's painstaking teachings, it was hell over there!

"How are you two doing? Did you get anything out of it?"

She gave up settling scores with the twins and asked about Harry and the others.

"There were some doubtful candidates, but when I went back to refill the medicine, I found that there was no one there."

"Then we'll continue tomorrow. We have to continue the investigation." Hermione said seriously, "I still have some medicine, and it's up to you to do the rest. If I'm caught..."

Hermione sighed, "Just say I gave it to you..."

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"Lockhart, be careful!"

In the office, Lockhart persuaded himself.

The current situation is too special, much more difficult than the most difficult situation he has ever encountered, which makes him feel a little excited while walking on thin ice.

‘William is meeting Professor McGonagall again, but this time it doesn’t seem to be for me. ’

‘But are the second grade witches so proactive now? Have you started making a love potion? When I was in school, those witches didn't remember the potion until they were in fourth grade or older. ’

'I have to be careful. If I accidentally get drugged by a student, it will be a small matter to make a fool of myself. If the plan is exposed, it will be really doomed. ’

He picked up the beautiful quill pen he used to sign and started writing quickly on the parchment.

'First of all, you can no longer drink water freely on campus. It would be really bad if other students were reminded. ’

'Secondly, Valentine's Day is coming soon,'

After writing this, Lockhart suddenly understood why - "I said so!"

"It turns out that Valentine's Day is coming soon. No wonder even the second-grade little witch has started researching love potions!"

"No, I actually forgot."

"This is not something I could do in the past!"

"I'm so anxious to perfect my plan. It's like I've changed my mind during this period. People will see that I've changed all of a sudden!"

"Lockhart, don't worry. Just like before, in order to prevent loopholes in the book, even if it only takes a few days to get the story out, you still have to hide overseas!"

"I have to prepare a Valentine's Day surprise for those students, just like I usually do, so that no one will suspect that I have been prepared to be attacked!"

"Coupled with the warmth of Valentine's Day, tsk tsk, it's another big selling point."

"Before he was attacked by students, Professor Lockhart was still arranging Valentine's Day activities. He even left gifts of signed books and sold a lot of old books!"

Lockhart laughed.

Such a plan is slowly taking shape in his hands, which is not very fulfilling. A series of exquisite plans is simply a perfect story.

'It's a pity that you can't see it anymore. ’

He nodded to his desk where the book from Dumbledore lay.

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‘Even the students are struggling to find their memories, William, you may not be able to relax too much. ’

In order to alleviate their own guilt, the twins sold it very happily - it was their group's habit to take the blame for the person who stirred up trouble, not to mention that they would be fired if they took the blame.

'Because the thing about amnesia is forming an alliance, it's really something that Miss Granger can do. ’

'The memory cannot be recovered, but the murderer can. ’ William looked at what the twins had copied and put it aside to make room for himself.

"Master of Memory Magic, interesting idea. If I hadn't gone through Professor Snape's office, I would definitely doubt him..."

'But this is a good breakthrough. Let me think about it, what can be used? I always feel like this is some tip I heard in Azkaban...'

ps: There is still another chapter, but I suggest you don’t wait.