#87 - Strange Quirrell

Professional matters should always be left to professionals.

This was the life truth that Moon came to after a day.

Although Moon had prepared thoroughly, he didn't expect that various accidents would inevitably occur when the little wizards carried the [Incendio] jars.

During Transfiguration class, Ron forgot to record the time the flame went out because of Professor McGonagall's question.

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When Seamus was learning a new spell in Charms class, the [Incendio] in the jar somehow rioted, and he was sent to the school infirmary.

After Herbology class, Neville lost both jars, and Bouncer finally found them in the corner of the greenhouse.

Harry, on the other hand, left the jar in the locker room while training for Quidditch and completely forgot about it.

......

Only Moon and Hermione's records exceeded one day, and the first version of [Incendio] went out three times during this period.

However, Moon also forgot once.

This happened during Wednesday morning's Defense Against the Dark Arts class, when Professor Quirrell rarely kept Moon after class.

It was also during this time that Moon felt the jar slowly cooling down.

"Mr. Scarlett, I heard you subdued the troll?"

After all the students in the classroom had left, Quirrell walked in front of Moon.

"Professor, is your speech getting better?"

Moon, who was originally curious as to why he was being kept behind, was instantly surprised to find that Quirrell was no longer stuttering.

"No...no, how...how could it be."

Watching Quirrell's speech return to its original state, Moon sighed helplessly.

After more than two months at Hogwarts, Moon had already given up any hope for Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

The professor only read from the book during class, which Moon could originally accept.

But having a stuttering professor read from the book made it very uncomfortable.

Sometimes Moon even wished he could go on stage and read himself, after all, it wasn't that difficult.

"Well, I only tripped that troll, and Headmaster Dumbledore and Professor Flitwick later subdued it."

After dealing with the troll, Moon specifically looked up this creature.

Trolls have very thick skin and a certain degree of magic resistance. Logically speaking, small jinxes cannot penetrate their skin at all.

However, Moon's nine consecutive spells all hit the troll's thigh, causing it to accidentally fall unconscious from the stairs.

"I see!"

Quirrell said, unconsciously squeezing the textbook in his hand even harder.

"I wonder if Mr...Mr. Scarlett, would you...you like to study Defense Against the Dark Arts? If...if you're willing, you can come to my of...office."

Before Quirrell could finish speaking, Moon shook his head directly.

Although he loved learning magic very much, his time was already fully scheduled, and he had no intention of doing any other research.

Most importantly, Moon really couldn't stand being surrounded by the smell of garlic for a long time.

"Professor, I don't have any plans for the time being."

"Oh, that's...that's a pity. I hope we can have the opportunity to discuss it together."

......

After coming out of Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Moon took several breaths in the hallway to calm down.

Just now, in order not to be choked, Moon had to hold his breath for a long time every time he spoke.

Looking at the classroom behind him, which seemed to be emitting a green garlic aura, Moon quickly left and ran towards the Great Hall.

It was also this time that Moon forgot to record when the [Incendio] went out, and Hermione completely stopped trusting any boys.

With a wave of her hand, she put all six of the finally selected jars into her pocket.

"You guys are really unreliable!"

Looking at Hermione's domineering actions, Moon did not refuse, and his roommates were even happier.

So Hermione took over the experimental data recording of the [Incendio] experiment alone.

Moon also freed up time to go to the library and read the [Elementary · Potion Analysis Technique] mentioned by Sprout.

This is a Potions class content that only fifth-year Hogwarts students can access.

However, the class only slightly mentions the theoretical content, and the actual hands-on operation will have to wait until the seventh year.

As for intermediate or even advanced Potion Analysis Techniques, only wizards who are determined to achieve success in the potion industry will delve into it.

The author of [Elementary · Potion Analysis Technique] is Zygmunt Budge.

Moon had seen this character on Ron's Chocolate Frog card, but the introduction on it was not detailed, only saying that he was the author of [The Book of Potions].

On the title page of [Elementary · Potion Analysis Technique], this eccentric wizard introduced his life.

Zygmunt was also a Hogwarts student and was very talented in potion making.

At the age of fourteen, he was able to correct the mistakes of the Potions professor at the time.

When the magic school's Potions Championship started, he went to sign up, but because he was not old enough, he did not get the consent of the then Headmaster of Hogwarts.

It was also because of this that Zygmunt chose to leave the school and began to study potions on his own.

After reading the author's introduction on the title page, Moon found that these talented students didn't seem to be very obedient.

"Hermione and Percy seem to be very obedient, but the twins, could it be that their future achievements will be even greater?"

Moon briefly imagined it, then shook his head and extinguished this absurd idea.

The main function of Elementary Potion Analysis Technique is to explore the basic components of potions.

Different potion analysis spells need to be cast for potions of different properties.

This magic is a composite magic that combines potion making, herbal knowledge, spell knowledge, and transfiguration.

As long as it can be cast successfully, the raw material images of the potion will be displayed in the caster's mind.

This is only the extent that Elementary Potion Analysis Technique can achieve.

As for intermediate or advanced, the book only mentions that you can know the potion ratio and even the composition of various magical energies.

However, this has already deviated from the scope that Moon can learn now.

After reading the basic overview of [Elementary · Potion Analysis Technique], Moon found that this composite magic is really difficult to cast.

The prerequisite for casting [Potion Analysis Technique] is to master a large amount of herbal and animal magical knowledge.

This is also the reason why this course is only mentioned in small amounts in the fifth grade.

Because at that time, students have accumulated most of the raw material knowledge after five years of Herbology and Potions classes.

And Moon has only memorized the first-year curriculum reading [One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi].

This is far from enough for wanting to practice [Potion Analysis Technique].

In addition to supplementing the basic knowledge, [Potion Analysis Technique] also requires professional potion tools and a lot of experiments.

This condition is only available in the Potions classroom, but Moon cannot freely enter that place now.

So what he can do now is to supplement the basics first.

......

After borrowing this book from the library, Moon planned to go to the Great Hall for dinner first, and then return to the lounge to study it slowly.

On the way to the Great Hall, Moon heard the surrounding students discussing a rumor about Professor Snape.

"I heard that Snape's biggest fear is the [Locomotor Mortis]."

"That's right, and it is said that he will cry after being hit by the spell."