#230 - Snape's Complaint
Even though Moon was making a big show of establishing a school, setting up branches, and deciding to recruit young wizards from outside the island, he still didn't have enough students.
There was only one off-island wizard in the school, and that was Chris.
Looking at the sparse twenty-odd students, Moon felt that he should also create a set of magical items similar to the Acceptance Quill and the Book of Admittance.
Of course, besides the problem of student enrollment, Moon had many other problems to worry about.
The design of teaching venues, the construction of potion laboratories, the construction of herb greenhouses, the shortage of books in the library,
The construction of the school infirmary, the formulation of school rules, the serious shortage of professors... ...
These problems all needed to be solved by Moon one by one.
So in the next few days, Moon felt an unprecedented sense of busyness.
Without Moon's control, the two little fellows, Boing Boing and Ai Ai, were completely running wild on the island.
The wizards on Star Island all knew that they were the High Priest's pets, so everyone gave them whatever they wanted.
Seeing that only seven days had passed, both little fellows had gained a circle of weight, and they were in a very good mood. Ai Zhi no longer fussed about finding her parents.
This time, Moon felt relieved to let them stay here, while he prepared to return.
Returning to the Leaky Cauldron, Moon had barely touched the soft bed when a strong wave of sleepiness immediately hit him.
Because of the school construction, Moon had been too tired these past few days.
However, his eyes had just closed for a moment when there was a loud knock on the door.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
"Who is it?"
Moon woke up with a start and grabbed his old willow wand.
Even though he was very sleepy at this moment, when he thought of that black-robed wizard, Moon's sleepiness immediately disappeared.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
There were three more urgent knocks, but the person outside the door still didn't speak.
This time, Moon didn't speak either. He quickly picked up the Invisibility Cloak by the bed, put it on, and hid in a corner.
Bang~ Bang~ Bang! The knocking turned into louder banging.
Then, just as Moon stood still in the corner, he saw the latch hanging on the door being pushed out little by little.
The person outside the door was using magic, and Moon was now somewhat resentful of his own carelessness.
Click, the latch fell.
Creak, the door opened.
A small wand entered the door first, followed by a wizard dressed in black.
"Where is he? Did that little Gryffindor change rooms?"
Hearing such a grumpy and familiar voice, Moon's suspicion lessened a lot.
"You'd better come out quickly? Otherwise, our agreement will be directly voided, and I will deduct Gryffindor's points twice as much in potions class from now on."
Snape reached out and touched the quilt, found that there was still residual warmth inside, and then shouted in the room.
"Professor, is it really necessary to go this far? We've only been apart for less than 10 hours."
Hearing Snape say things that only the two of them knew, Moon quickly pulled off the Invisibility Cloak and put it behind him.
"Not necessary? How could it not be necessary? I knew that the trust of you stupid Gryffindors was never reliable."
Hearing Moon's voice behind him, Snape roared first, and then realized something was wrong, "How did you appear? There was clearly no one in the room just now."
"Don't worry about that, Professor. Tell me, why are you looking for me in the middle of the night again?"
Realizing that Snape was not an imposter, Moon immediately relaxed a lot. He walked to the bed and sat down.
"Snowberries! What's the matter with those snowberries?"
Snape had just finished roaring when a young male wizard walked in from outside the door.
"Can you keep it down in the middle of the night? Are you going to let people sleep... ..."
Before the male wizard could finish speaking, Snape cast a [Throat-Locking Curse].
"Professor, you attacked a wizard."
"Don't worry, that's just a little snake who just graduated from Slytherin House, isn't it? Baling Weathers," Snape said, tilting his head slightly, looking at the young male wizard who was trembling and unable to say a word with a fierce look in his eyes.
Seeing that it was Snape, the male wizard obviously regretted coming out. He bowed to Snape and then quickly ran downstairs.
"Professor, you're so cool."
Moon said, getting up and closing the door.
"Don't change the subject. Tell me quickly, what exactly is going on with the snowberries?"
Snape was already on the verge of exploding, especially since he had drunk a lot of wine tonight.
Seeing that Moon still looked indifferent, he became even more irritable.
"Oh, didn't you introduce me to sell materials at Slug \u0026 Jiggers Apothecary?"
"I introduced you, but how could you take out materials that have already become extinct to exchange!"
In Snape's view, the precious potion ingredients that were extinct should be used for experimentation, not for exchanging money.
"Professor, you didn't say I couldn't, and I have more than one snowberry."
"I didn't say it, but... ·, wait, more than one, what do you mean?"
"Just what it sounds like, because there are quite a few, so I took one out and exchanged it for 3,000 Galleons."
Hearing Moon say that there were quite a few, Snape took a deep breath, trying to control his emotions and calm down.
When he calmed down, he looked around the room, walked towards the sofa, sat down, and then with a wave of his hand, a cup flew into his hand.
A [Water-Making Spell] filled the cup.
Gulp~, gulp, after drinking several mouthfuls of water, Snape finally calmed down completely.
"Mr. Scarlett, can I exchange a snowberry with you?"
"Of course."
Moon sat on the bed in a blue bathrobe, looking like a weak and helpless child.
"That's good, tomorrow you will go to Gringotts Wizarding Bank with me, and I will transfer the Galleons to your account."
Hearing Moon's agreement, Snape rarely showed a smile.
"Wait, Professor, but I don't need money right now."
"Don't need money, then what do you want?"
"Potions, preferably advanced potions."
Not needing money was just Moon's words.
Choosing the right bargaining chip when dealing with different transaction targets was the result Moon wanted.
Hearing Moon's words, Snape gripped the water glass in his hand.
He already owed Moon 100 servings of Plant Growth Potion, which would take him almost half a year.
And now this little wizard actually wanted potions again, and only wanted advanced ones, which made him feel exploited.
After thinking it over and over again, Snape still couldn't resist the temptation of snowberries, and he slowly opened his mouth again.
"Okay, I agree, so have you thought about what potions you want?"
"This will trouble you to think about it for me, Professor, after all, this is your specialty. Anyway, you can arrange it according to the price of 3,000 Galleons."
Moon was very clear that the snowberry sold to Slug \u0026 Jiggers Apothecary was definitely worth more than 3,000 Galleons.
However, he didn't intend to raise the price this time, especially since Professor Snape was his long-term customer, and the discounts that should be given naturally had to be in place.
"Okay, how about Felix Felicis? It can greatly improve the user's abilities in all aspects within 12 hours. The most important thing is that it will make the user's everything go smoothly."
"Isn't that Liquid Luck?"
"You can say that, its refining cost is relatively expensive, each bottle sells for 500 Galleons, I will exchange 6 bottles with you."
"No problem, Professor."
After Moon finished speaking, he immediately took out a wooden box from his suitcase and handed it to Snape.
"This is the snowberry you want. I added some ice cubes inside to make it last longer."
Watching Moon excitedly take out the potion, Snape opened the box and carefully checked it.
After confirming that it was correct, he re-buckled the box.
"By the way, I forgot to tell you that Felix Felicis has some side effects, you need to pay attention to this."
