Chapter 106 Twilight

Looking at the words floating in the air, Fred said: "Twilight House?" The name was a bit implicit, and Fred couldn't figure out the meaning of the name for a while.

Ada first pointed at herself and then at the twins. The letter T composed of magic flew to her hand, and the letter W split into two and flew to Fred and George respectively.

"Whether it's Twilight House or Twilight Hut, it doesn't matter. All I want is the word Twilight." Ada explained to the two brothers, "T stands for Drizzt, and W stands for Wei Sly, we are each other’s light.”

This is Ada's idea, simple and pure. Whenever she feels tired, these twins always bring her happiness and give her the courage to keep going.

Ada has tried to please many people, hoping that these people can help her, but the twins have never been within the scope of pleasing her, but they are Ada's first light in this miserable world.

It's a bit exaggerated, but Fred and George are now the two most important people in her life. One or two close friends are enough to overcome everything in a person's life.

Good dreams are the easiest to wake up from. Even if everything in front of her is a dream of Ada, after waking up, Ada will still remember this light that comes most easily.

It's this light that hasn't been very obedient lately, getting into a temper with Ada and making her hungry.

All three names are quite meaningful, but the one proposed by Ada is more directional and has a better meaning. Fred and George thought for a while and voted for Ada. From now on, the Twilight Shack (Screaming Shack) became the secret base of the three of them.

The twins have been working on small inventions since this semester, but they can only stay in the dormitory and may be reported at any time. Now they can bring their wealth-making scriptures to the Twilight Cabin. No one will disturb them here anymore. The twins just need to be careful not to set the place on fire.

This house is more symbolic to Ada. The things she does cannot be done here. Ada can't fight with the dolls in the twilight cabin. She is not a fool and has no interest in tearing down the house.

However, if Ada wants to do something that violates school rules, such as potions, she can do it here. Of course, the raw materials at this stage can only come from Snape's private storage, and the things that scholars do cannot be called "stealing" .

After the clouds dispersed and the rain stopped, not only was the relationship between the three people not affected, it actually took a further step forward. With Ada's help, Fred and George quickly mastered the method of hitting the Whomping Willow Knob with stones. The two brothers also packed up all their experimental equipment and moved it to the Twilight Cottage.

Ada and the house elf Winnie have re-strengthened the magical protection of Twilight House so that the sounds produced in the house will not be transmitted outside. Otherwise, the occasional noises in the house will definitely scare the villagers of Hogsmeade.

It wouldn't be a big deal if the villagers were frightened, but it would be bad if the rumor spread that the hut was haunted again and attracted some well-fed wizards with nothing to do. If these people come in to explore, the secret of Twilight Cabin will be lost.

At the end of January, Ada had basically completed the tasks previously assigned by Snape, and today was the last day of finishing work. At seven o'clock in the evening, Ada arrived at the hut next to Snape's private storage room on time, ready to finish the work.

There are three crucibles on the table. The middle crucible is purple-red, and its raw materials are mainly poisonous foxglove and a small amount of unicorn blood; the crucible on the left is mainly made of lion fish spine powder, and the crucible on the right is mainly made of lion fish spine powder. It is a pot of poison, and one drop can kill Ada.

Since returning to school, Ada has been busy with these three crucibles. From time to time, she has to make additional finished potions and put them into these three crucibles as raw materials.

Fortunately, the ordeal was over. Ada followed Snape's instructions and put the three potions into three glass bottles of different models. After it was done, he took out another crucible, lit a fire, and added mugwort liquid and bezoar powder to the pot.

When the liquid in the cauldron began to bubble, Snape opened the door and walked in, with just the right timing. He first smelled the smell in the three glass bottles, and then waved away Ada in front of the crucible.

"Watch, remember, and don't ask questions," Snape said. Although he was speaking, without stopping at all, Snape dropped three drops of poison from the smallest glass bottle into the cauldron.

The boiling liquid in the crucible cooled down and became as calm as a puddle of stagnant water. Snape shook the glass bottle in his hand and said, "You know what this is, right?"

"Styx Decoction." Ada replied. She had seen it in "Lethal Potion". "When you drink it, you will feel a strong burning sensation in your stomach and intestines, or you may feel that your body is frozen."

"One drop can kill you and me." Ada added. She didn't know what Snape was doing with this thing. Although it contained bezoar powder, Ada still felt that it was still deadly. Even if the toxicity is partially resolved, those who drink it will still suffer to death.

Snape did not speak, but focused on the cauldron in front of him. This was the first time in more than a year that Ada had seen Snape so serious. Ada had often copied Snape's process of making potions before, but he had never shown such an expression.

Snape turned up the flame under the crucible, and the blazing flame quickly boiled the liquid in the crucible. At this time, Snape poured the potion made from lionfish spine powder into the pot.

The Styx decoction added first was used to kill people, and the lion fish spine powder added later was used to cure diseases and save people. If two potions with different uses were mixed together, it would be unclear what would happen.

As time passed, when the liquid in the crucible turned from light to dark, Snape dropped three more drops of Styx potion into it, and then poured the last purple-red potion from the glass bottle into the crucible.

Snape poured the potion while stirring it clockwise with a glass rod. After all the potion was poured in, he started stirring counterclockwise. The flame that was burning just now was also reduced by him, and it was simmered slowly like making soup, but the taste of this pot of soup should not be much better.

"What do you think the function of this pot of potion is?" Snape's right index finger made a counterclockwise circle above the crucible, and the glass rod stirred counterclockwise in the crucible according to the rhythm of his fingers.

A poison used to kill people, a potion used to treat injuries, and the last potion that can save lives, plus mugwort fluid and bezoar powder, the composition of this synthetic potion is really complicated , even somewhat contradictory.

"For life-saving purposes?" Ada wasn't sure. This was just her personal guess.

"It's not hopelessly stupid," Snape said. "It can save lives, but it can also be used to kill people. This pot is enough to keep you in Azkaban for a lifetime."

The potion in the cauldron gradually became darker and darker, like a pot of ink, and the smell it gave off was very familiar to Ada. Ada had smelled this smell in Snape's place at the beginning of term, and it was also the smell in Grover Cecil's flask when she was at the Black Lake.

Ada didn't think Snape poisoned Cecil for the Defense Against the Dark Arts position. Professor Cecil drank the liquid from the flask himself, and the taste could not be distinguished from one or two drops.

"Is Professor Cecil's health..." Ada did not continue. She was not a hard-hearted person. Anyway, Professor Cecil did treat her very well. Knowing the news that he was not in good health, Ada was still a little worried. Sad.

"When a healthy person drinks this potion, he will die within a few minutes, with his intestines pierced and rotten, and his death will be miserable." Snape extinguished the flame and let the potion cool down on its own, "But when A dying person may continue to live after drinking it.”

"After you take the first sip, you should keep drinking it and survive until the day when your own magic power dissipates."

Snape took out a box from the cabinet. The box was filled with ordinary-sized glass bottles. He put the cooled potion into the glass bottles, closed the lid and handed it to Ada.

"Now that you know that, send this to Cecil," Snape continued.