Chapter 378 Scapin’s Revealing Curse

Facts have proved that the old saying from the ancient oriental country that good fortune never comes alone and misfortune never comes alone is true.

Before everyone at Hogwarts could recover from the news of Dumbledore's arrest, they were shocked by another piece of news.

The Prisoners of Azkaban have escaped en masse!

Mike was holding a newspaper with ten black and white magical photos posted on it, nine of which were wizards, and the remaining one was a witch.

Some of them were laughing silently, while others were arrogantly tapping the borders of their photos with their fingers.

Their names and the crimes they committed are written below each photo. Although the words written above are just ordinary words, the meaning revealed reminds Mike again and again that none of them are guilty. Not a villain with blood on his hands!

And they also have a common crime, which is to join Voldemort's Death Eaters and serve the Dark Lord!

And the most eye-catching among them is of course the only woman - Bellatrix Lestrange. Charge: Torture of Frank and Alice Longbottom, causing them to become permanently disabled...

Mike recognized the name almost instantly, Betatrix!

She was really the owner of the vault they robbed in Gringotts before, and she was also Sirius Black's cousin, and the culprit who sent Neville's parents to St. Mungo's.

Mike had seen Bellatrix when she was young. She was an extremely outstanding woman with the same beautiful face as Sirius.

Mike was not surprised by this. It is normal for rich people to become more beautiful from generation to generation, because they can always marry the most beautiful girls. It is not surprising that a pure-blood family like Black, which has been passed down for thousands of years, is full of handsome men and beautiful women. .

What surprised Mike the most was that Bellatrix looked so different now than before!

Judging from the photo, Bellatrix's long black hair looked disheveled. Her thick-lidded eyes stared at Mike, as if she wanted to eat him alive, but there was a trace of trace on her thin lips. In her arrogant and contemptuous smile, Mike could even see some traces of Sirius in her eyebrows, but more of it was endless madness.

This must be the work of the Dementors.

Those disgusting and terrifying species can always make people feel hopeless, and living in such an environment for a long time, human beings will be driven crazy even if they manage to survive.

Shaking his head, Mike continued to flip through the newspaper, and what caught his eye was the Daily Prophet's detailed report on this collective prison break.

"Azkaband Prison Break!" What on earth are Fudge and the Ministry of Magic doing? ! 》

Mike only read the title and closed the newspaper, because there was no need to read the rest of the content.

Just by guessing, Mike could guess that the following words must be an attack on the Ministry of Magic.

I have to say that the behavior of the Daily Prophet is really good.

Today's wizarding world in the country is already panicking due to the news of Voldemort's return. At this time, a group of Death Eaters led by Bella have escaped from prison again. It is really bad news.

It would also be a good idea at this time to let them scold the Ministry officials to relieve some of their anger.

But the biggest question now is, how to resolve the panic among the students in Hogwarts?

Not all students in Hogwarts are idiots, there are even many smart people inside. Although these people don't say it with their mouths, they actually admit in their hearts that Voldemort has returned!

Mike looked up at the other people in the auditorium, and as expected he saw everyone looking terrified.

Especially Harry, who now looked beyond panic, simply lost his mind.

He had just gone to Snape's office for his first Occlumency lesson last night, so he thought his experience last night must not have been a good one.

In addition, the Quidditch match is coming soon, the amount of training has increased significantly, and Umbridge is constantly looking for trouble with him, so his current state must be very bad.

Despite this, Mike had no intention of comforting him. On the contrary, he even immediately pulled Franklin out of the auditorium - it was time to go to class!

Today, Mike's Potions class took up the whole morning, which made many people look unhappy. After all, it was not a pleasant experience to rush to a cold and damp basement as soon as you got up in the middle of winter.

But not everyone looked ugly. When Mike and others entered the Potions classroom, they found that Professor Snape, who usually had a bad face, was standing alone on the podium and snickering.

Although the smile quickly subsided, many people including Mike saw this scene in their eyes.

For a moment, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If Snape was in a good mood, their life would be much easier.

But only Mike secretly thanked Harry.

"Uh-huh! Get back to your seats quickly!"

Snape cleared his throat and said seriously. After hearing this, everyone did not dare to look at him anymore and quickly returned to their seats.

"Franklin! Why is your tie crooked!?" Snape suddenly roared, "I think you are deliberately trying to be special! Five points from Ravenclaw!"

"I……"

Franklin looked confused and murmured as if he wanted to refute, but at the last moment he held back.

Ever since Snape knew that the rumors about him and Umbridge in the school came from Ravenclaw (Ron didn't dare to betray Mike, he only said that it was someone from Ravenclaw) Since then, Snape has been thinking of ways to retaliate.

After being targeted for a long time, everyone in Ravenclaw also understood the truth. Never argue with Snape about the correctness of deducting points, because he will find reasons to deduct more points from you!

Therefore, Franklin fell silent. He stared at the desk with a frustrated expression, anger hidden in his eyes.

Snape on the podium couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he saw Franklin still didn't respond. He frowned and said to the students:

"Today we are going to learn about the Scarpin Appearance Charm. If you have previewed the text as instructed, you should know that this is a spell that can analyze the ingredients of potions. It is an extremely important spell for the entire potion science. , because it can display the composition of the potion in front of you in a clear and magical way, allowing you to analyze it more calmly and add or subtract certain ingredients. It is also because of this that almost any new formula has been born throughout the ages. are closely related to it.

Of course, it also has another function, which is to reverse the magic potion formula! Many people in history have done this. They analyzed those unique recipes and made a lot of money! I don't recommend this unless you want to spend the rest of your life in Azkaban. But I think this is because I am over-worrying. After all, you are all just a bunch of stupid trolls. With your brains, I’m afraid you can’t reverse the magic potion formula! Most of you may not even be able to release this curse, after all, it is too difficult for you. So, now, please open the wooden box in front of you! "

Snape sprayed venom on everyone without any scruples, but everyone had become accustomed to Snape's way of speaking over the years, and simply ignored the unpleasant words inside, and opened the box at his command. There was a small bottle of unidentified liquid inside.

"This is the water of life and death prepared by me! Your task today is to use the xx analysis method to completely analyze the ingredient list of this bottle of water of life and death!" Snape said in a weird tone, "I want to know the formula of the water of life and death. Even if your brain is only as big as an apple, you should remember it clearly. So I added some other things in it. Before get out of class, if anyone can't see what I added in it. So...hehehe~"

Snape's speech ended with a chilling sneer. Although he did not explicitly state what would happen if he failed to complete the task, everyone worked hard to complete the task as quickly as possible. He poured some of the special bottle of life and death water in front of him.

Afterwards, many people began to scratch their heads. Most of these people had not previewed, because anyone who had previewed would have discovered that the detailed steps for casting the Scarpin Appearance Curse were printed in their textbook - " On top of the book "Advanced Potions".

Like them, Mike had not done any pre-practice, but Mike had the help of Benjamin, a potion genius, so Mike had actually mastered the technique of releasing the Scapin Apparition Curse long before this class.

Like others, he poured some water of life and death into a beaker, then took out his wand and waved it lightly towards the beaker.

Immediately afterwards, a magical scene happened.

All the transparent liquid in the beaker disappeared suddenly, and was replaced by a thick mist.

The mist floated in front of Mike for a long time, and at the same time, the configuration of the mist in front of him automatically appeared in Mike's mind:

Narcissus root, mugwort...and last but not least, lavender and icing sugar!

Mike's pupils suddenly dilated a bit. At this moment, he really admired Snape's achievements in potions.

He could actually think of adding lavender and icing sugar to the water of life and death to change the taste and smell of the water of life and death, turning it into a hypnotic drink with the fragrance of lavender and sweetness!

And according to the test results of Scapin's Revealing Spell, the effectiveness of this water of life and death has not been weakened in any way after adding these two materials. On the contrary, its hypnotic effect has become stronger!

This is a bit scary!

You must know that potion science can be said to be a rigorous science. It is extremely difficult to improve those formulas that must be fixed!

But Snape unexpectedly came up with an improved formula, and judging from the situation, it seemed that he invented the formula himself!

"Professor," Mike said, raising his hand, "you added extra lavender and frosting, right?"

Upon hearing this, Snape's expression instantly became extremely ugly. He stared blankly at Mike, and then nodded slowly after a while.

At this time, everyone else in the classroom exploded.

Many of them had tried it just now, but only Mike succeeded!

"Is this a genius? I'm stupid!"

"I was stupid too, but did you see Snape's expression just now? I feel like he is really stupid! But this is too funny. Snape even said that we can't reverse the formula. Backfoot Mike pushed out the formula, hahaha!"

Listening to the whispers coming from around him, Mike's eyebrows knitted together again.

He found that what Snape just said was actually right in a sense.

Some students in this classroom are really troll-headed, and they even think they have invented the formula for the water of life and death.

Such people are really stupid, because they don't even know the function of the Scarpin Appearance Spell and the essence of the potion formula.

You must know that a complete potion recipe is not just a list of ingredients. It must also clearly indicate the process of making the potion and what may happen.

However, the Scarpin Appearance Curse can only parse out the most basic ingredient list, so it is indeed extremely difficult to reverse the magic potion formula.

Snape also heard the whispers of those people, and his face instantly turned darker.

The students who were talking quietly also noticed Snape's expression and immediately shut up.

Unfortunately, it's too late!

"You two will be put in solitary confinement tonight!" Snape yelled, "In addition, Hufflepuff will be deducted 10 points for making a scene in class!"

Those two people were obviously experienced, and they did not continue chatting with Snape, but silently agreed to the punishment.

Franklin on the side also snickered when he saw this, but it was a pity that he was not happy for long before Snape called him out again.

At this point, Snape finally got out of his anger and began to explain the tips about the xx observation method. As for the fact that Mike was the first to successfully analyze it, Snape completely ignored it.

After class, Franklin immediately regained his energy, grabbed his schoolbag and ran out of the basement. Therefore, he was deducted another five points by Snape on the grounds that students were not allowed to run in the corridors.

But Franklin obviously didn't care about this. Mike even suspected that he didn't even hear Snape's voice, because his running speed didn't slow down at all.

Mike also knew the reason why Franklin was so anxious. The first official Quidditch match of the year was about to start at noon today. The two sides were Slytherin House and Gryffindor House, two old enemies.

As an avid Quidditch fan, Franklin naturally couldn't let go of such a game.

Shaking his head, Mike also packed up his things and walked out the door.

Of course, he wasn't going to watch the Quidditch match. He wasn't interested in that kind of sport.

Mike has only one destination, and that is Professor Flitwick's office.