#119 - Insomnia Snape
Cedric chose a very simple location for brewing the potion.
Because this abandoned classroom was located in the most remote part of the basement, it was very dark and damp inside.
Even the lighting equipment had to be brought by themselves.
Fortunately, there were no flammable debris here, and moss had grown on the floor due to the humid environment.
In this way, Moon and Cedric didn't have to worry about the risk of fire.
After all, this potion brewing would take a long time, and the safety of the fire source was a situation that had to be considered.
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Unlike students who have to painstakingly find a place to brew potions.
Snape could make potions in his familiar and comfortable office.
Although Snape set up his office in the basement of the castle, although it didn't get sunlight all year round, the environment was very quiet and suitable for him to concentrate on researching potions without worrying about being disturbed.
In this small office, Snape had already prepared a complete set of potion analysis tools.
In addition to ordinary cauldrons, balances, and special alcohol lamps.
Snape also specially prepared potion comparison charts and potion insight glasses.
After carefully checking all the preparations again, Snape took out the unknown potion with peace of mind.
“The color of the potion is close to between black and dark green.”
“The transparency is poor, and fine impurities can be seen with the naked eye.”
“The texture is viscous and the flow rate is slow.”
Snape's operation of potion analysis was much more professional than Moon's.
He prepared a very detailed potion testing form in advance, and then kept filling in the potion characteristics one by one in order.
“The smell is fragrant and pungent, with extremely slight corrosiveness.”
After Snape sucked out a drop of black potion with a magic tube, he placed it on the crucible for odor detection.
After confirming that the unknown potion would not have huge toxicity, he truly began the process of potion analysis.
Unlike Moon who relied on guessing to analyze potions, Snape prepared all three basic separation potions.
Moreover, he was operating all three separation processes at the same time.
“There are metal impurities, no, this should be the mineral component originally present in the potion.”
Snape crossed out the first half of the sentence on the form, and then rewrote a sentence.
“I really don’t know how that little stupid lion dared to analyze the unknown potion with only one separation potion!”
After observing the Sneezewort separation potion, Snape turned his attention to the second Wormwood separation potion.
“The potion is very inert, and the process of Wormwood separation and purification is very slow.”
After writing a note in the potion inertness column, Snape looked at the last separation potion.
“Where did this little stupid lion get such good luck.”
Snape only glanced at the potion separation experiment in the third cauldron and knew that the Daffodil Root separation liquid was indeed the most suitable one.
“I really don’t know which idiot brewed this potion, even the impurities weren’t removed cleanly, no wonder the Daffodil Root can absorb so many small particles of raw materials.”
One of the most significant features of Daffodil Root separation liquid is that it can absorb tiny particles in the potion.
And because the fine operations such as purification and grinding were not perfect in the brewing process of this unknown potion,
Therefore, the Daffodil Root separation liquid obtained a lot of potion raw material residues.
This is also the reason why Moon was able to obtain a potion raw material chart the first time he performed potion analysis.
And after having the discovery that the potion was crudely made, Snape also adjusted the next analysis steps accordingly.
He needed to remove all the impurities in the potion first, to avoid these factors affecting the final analysis results.
After having a basic understanding of the unknown potion, Snape was full of confidence in the next analysis operation.
The purified potion can be separated again, and then the resulting substance can be safely used for analysis magic.
After knowing that the potion was very inert, Snape used magic to strengthen the flame.
However, just as he was testing the seventh analysis spell, the potion on the crucible suddenly burst into flames.
“Hmm! Is this a burst material deliberately added to the potion’s ingredients to confuse?”
“Could this be a poison brewed by some dark wizard?”
Snape only thought for a moment and knew the truth of the burst just now.
“The flame must be turned down for a long period of testing.”
On Friday evening, Snape didn't go to the faculty dining hall for dinner, nor did he let the house elves bring any food.
Because the flame had been burning for a long time, the temperature in the potion professor's office continued to rise.
In this increasingly hot environment, Snape's mood became increasingly worse,
“How could it be! Weren’t these things extinct long ago?”
“What is this? Could it be that some new material has appeared in the magic world?”
“This flower, hiss~, I remember Professor Slughorn collected one, and it has been treasured by him in the depths of Gringotts.”
Snape's potion analysis work continued until late at night.
Finally, he drew nine potion raw materials on a blank piece of parchment.
After removing one that was likely a burst material, Snape only knew the names of three materials inside.
Knock knock knock~
At two o'clock in the morning on Saturday, Snape woke up Madam Pince, the librarian, again.
“I need all the ancient herbal and potion books, including those worthless books piled in the utility room, I want to see them all.”
After Snape finished speaking, he immediately turned and walked towards the herbal book area.
Madam Pince, who was woken up in the middle of the night, could only follow behind and complain crazily.
“Professor, you came at night last time and left a booklet on magic training, and now you’re coming in the middle of the night to find herbal books that are no longer valuable, don’t you know I need to rest too?”
After hearing Madam Pince's loud complaints, Snape's chaotic reason, tormented by the potion, slightly regained a trace of clarity.
“Okay, then please open the utility room, I will go and see for myself.”
Although Snape's tone improved, Madam Pince's anger was not so easily quelled. She directly took out the key and stuffed it to Snape, then turned and returned to her lounge.
Moon was not clear about all the things about Snape's unknown potion experiment.
For him, it was actually a little easier now that he had one less thing to analyze potions.
However, in the process of analyzing potions, Moon still learned a lot.
Especially when trying the [Magic Perception Training], Moon found that the [Levitation Charm] also seemed worth studying in depth.
So after getting up on Saturday morning, in addition to dismantling growth spells, Moon put his energy on the [Levitation Charm].
Since Xilin was no longer in direct danger, the spells Moon had been practicing recently were mainly life-related auxiliary spells.
After completing the morning's spell dismantling according to the original plan, Moon came to Hagrid's hut as agreed.
This gamekeeper had made an appointment with Moon on Tuesday to meet today.
