Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 573 The Mechanism of Action of the Felix Felicis

“Absolutely right, add another ten points to Gryffindor. It’s an interesting little potion, Felix Feringa Reagent,” Horace Slughorn said. “The craftsmanship is also quite ingenious; if it fails, it will be disastrous. But if made correctly, like this one, you will find that all your efforts will lead to success… at least until the effects wear off.”

"Then why don't people drink it all the time, Professor?" Trillion asked eagerly.

“Because, as Mr. Tyella said, an overdose can lead to carelessness and dangerous overconfidence…” Horace Slughorn said. “Too many good things, you know… taking too much will result in a deadly poison. But taking just a little, very by chance…”

"Have you tried it, Professor?" McCormack asked with great interest.

“Of course, I’ve had it twice in my life,” Horace Slughorn said. “Once when I was twenty-four and once when I was fifty-seven, with two tablespoons of it with breakfast, on those two perfect days.”

He gazed into the distance as if in a dream. Whether he was acting or not, Harry thought, it was working well.

The surroundings were completely silent, and every bubble and droplet in the surrounding potion seemed to be magnified.

“A small vial of Felix Feringe,” Horace Slughorn said, pulling a small glass vial with a cork from his pocket and showing it to them. “That’s enough to keep you lucky for twelve hours. From dawn to dusk, everything you want to do will be blessed with good fortune.”

“Professor Slughorn.” The voice that had startled Horace Slughorn rang out again.

“Ti, Tiera…you, you, what’s wrong with you now?” Horace Slughorn asked, trembling with fear.

“Yes, I have a question,” student Tierra asked. “What is the working principle of the Felix Felicis?”

“W-what?” Horace Slughorn asked, puzzled. “What I mean is, does the Felix Felicis affect the user, or the people or things around the user?”

“Oh…this…this…” Horace Slughorn stammered.

“For example,” Tiera asked, “after drinking the Felix Felicis, you survived an extremely dangerous, even life-or-death, war. This can be said to be the Felix Felicis working on you.”

“But if you drink the Felix Felicis and then go to a casino to bet on odds or evens, and you always hit the numbers you want, or buy lottery tickets, or play Wizarding Cards…” Tierra paused before continuing, “and you get the results you want, then… can we understand that the Felix Felicis works by acting on external factors, or even, to put it more boldly…”

"And what about its effect on the user's entire lifeline?" Tiera asked.

"This...this...this...I, I'm not quite sure..." Horace Slughorn said, wiping the sweat from his brow.

"Okay, I understand." This time it was investigator Tierra who spoke. After speaking, investigator Tierra conjured a notebook in her hand and wrote something in it.

"You, you, you... what are you writing?" Horace Slughorn asked nervously.

“Record the problems.” Investigator Tierra looked up and smiled slightly. “There are too many things we don’t understand about the spells and potions we’ve used in the past. Many times we don’t know the principles behind them and just use them blindly. Moreover, many people haven’t continued to study them in depth. I plan to record these problems, set up projects and research funds, and deepen our understanding and exploration of the path of magic.”

I'm so sorry, it's my supervisor's birthday today, and I was drinking with him. I got quite tipsy, so I only have a little over a thousand words today. I'll definitely find a chance to make up for it later.
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(End of this chapter)