Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Lin Xia thought for a moment and said, "I can't guarantee that my learning ability will definitely improve."

However, I am certain that if a young wizard uses this potion to study, it will be twice as effective during the potion's duration.

We have already conducted a round of testing on underage users, and the research has shown that outstanding students can use this potion to stimulate their thinking and guide themselves to engage in deeper reflection.

Even mediocre students can use this potion to reach the pinnacle of their abilities, quickly understanding and processing complex knowledge.

She spoke calmly and deliberately, simply stating a fact, neither promoting nor flattering.

[Inspiration and Clever Ideas] Just how powerful are magic potions? Let the facts speak for themselves; data cannot be faked.

Lin Xia said, "I would be happy if the school could reach a long-term cooperation agreement with the laboratory, and I believe George and Fred would be equally happy."

McGonagall said, "Report the final results to me after you've completed all the tests."

Lin Xia nodded gently: "I will urge George and Fred to hurry up."

McGonagall's serious expression softened slightly as she turned her gaze back to the unconscious Lupin.

There were less than two days left until the night of the full moon. If Lupin had not woken up by tomorrow, she would move him to a completely secluded space to ensure the safety of the Hogwarts students.

Although she handled the entire transfer herself without a second wizard involved, Professor McGonagall was still somewhat worried.

She was the school's vice-principal, and Lupin's contract to join Hogwarts was signed in her presence.

So she knew that Lupin had agreed to Dumbledore's offer to become a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor because the school had agreed to one of his conditions.

That means you can't pry into his transformation on the night of the full moon, and you can't ask him where he went that night.

In addition, the school will provide a certain amount of wolfsbane medicine every month to help him control himself and maintain a certain level of sobriety when he transforms.

If Lupin is still unable to regain consciousness in the next couple of days, she will have no choice but to imprison him.

As she was pondering, she heard Lin Xia's surprised voice beside her.

"Professor Lu Ping, you're awake! How are you feeling? Is anything bothering you? Are you feeling dizzy?"

McGonagall looked over and first noticed Lupin's slightly twitching fingers.

Looking up, I saw him open his eyes with a blank expression, his gaze unfocused.

It took him a while to realize where he was.

“The infirmary… how did I end up in the school infirmary?” Lu Ping asked.

Lin Xia replied, "Professor, have you forgotten what you did before?"

Lupin slowly shook his head; his head was still spinning.

Lin Xia said, "You participated in the test of the Inspiration Potion, but you drank 5 bottles of the potion at once, exceeding the maximum dosage. Your body reacted violently to the potion."

In addition, what you did with the potion likely far exceeded its power, to the point that your body couldn't handle it. All these factors combined led to you fainting.

Lupin's pupils contracted slightly, indicating his shock.

"I fainted? No! I didn't! I just drank five bottles of potion and lost consciousness before I could do anything... How could I faint? I didn't do anything!"

Lin Xia guessed, "Perhaps you used it to ponder some problems that have been troubling you for a long time."

Lupin shook his head: "No, I'm pretty sure I didn't have time to do anything before I lost consciousness."

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the [Inspiration] potion, it's just that I felt very unwell after taking it.

Perhaps one shouldn't eat raw meat before taking this potion? Hmm, I ate some raw meat yesterday. Will this potion interact with that raw meat?

"This..." Lin Xia shook her head hesitantly, "It shouldn't have any impact."

Lu Ping said seriously, "I think it has an impact. I think the laboratory can do some conflict tests first to avoid taking incompatible substances, which would cause the drug to lose its efficacy and instead have an impact on the body."

Lin Xia glanced at Lupin, then at Professor McGonagall beside him, pondered for a few seconds, and nodded:
"Your suggestion is correct, Professor. I will go back and conduct the relevant experiments now."
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After Lin Xia left, McGonagall looked at Lupin again and said with certainty, "You're lying."

Lupin shook his head and said, "I don't know what you're talking about."

McGonagall looked at him intently: "Lupin, I don't know what you're trying to hide, but I know it's wrong. What did you do with the [Inspiration] potion?"

Lupin and McGonagall stared at each other for a long while. Finally, he dropped his pretense and said, "You guessed right."

Lu Ping's melancholy eyes seemed about to burst, and he looked somewhat dejected.

“I used this potion to investigate some things, and I discovered the original truth of the matter. This truth overturned my understanding of the past ten years. I couldn’t accept that I had been deceived. My emotions fluctuated too much, which led to my coma.”

“McGirl, I can’t tell you the truth right now. I need to atone for some people and find the source of the evil. I will tell you everything once everything is resolved.”

"Back then, it didn't matter whether you expelled me from Hogwarts or punished me in any other way. But now, please give me some time; I have some things to accomplish."

McGonagall stared at him. "But I can't get involved in this, right?"

Lupin said firmly, "Yes, because this is my war!"

Meanwhile, Lin Xia returned to the laboratory.

Everyone was busy, including the Weasley twins.

During Professor Lupin's coma, Mikel's application was submitted to McGonagall and approved, making him a member of Lin Xia's research lab.

Because he was an outstanding student, according to the agreement he signed with Lin Xia, he automatically received an independent laboratory upon joining the lab.

This independent laboratory is not like the Weasley twins, who were simply given a public laboratory and left untouched.

Instead, they actually built a laboratory according to the standards for outstanding students in research fields.

After Mikel signed the agreement, Lin Xia had people start construction.

Their lab cluster has enough points to build another lab.

If Mikel actually manages to research something with their help, Hogwarts will certainly reward him handsomely, easily granting him a research-based honors status.

At that time, the lab's initial investment in Mikel could have been fully recouped.

However, Lin Xia felt that bringing Mikel into the lab was a good deal, and more importantly, he possessed a certain power that she couldn't understand.

She found this force very interesting.

Currently, Ron, Harry, and Neville are using the common room.

As for Mikel, he moved into his private laboratory as soon as it was built. He told Lin Xia that he had a unique idea that needed to be researched, and that he would tell the laboratory when he had made some progress.

Hermione initially disagreed.

She believed that even though Mikel had his own laboratory, he was still a novice in experimentation and needed to start from the basics like Harry and Ron.

Once we've mastered the basics, we can then see if we have any research talent.

Draco and Lin Xia didn't seem to care, but the twins cheered and supported Mikel from the sidelines.

The twins were also new researchers. When Mikel arrived at the lab, he received better treatment than them, but the twins were not jealous.

Because they knew that to gain a foothold in Lin Xia's laboratory, they had to rely on their abilities.

Before they had any products, Hermione often found fault with them.

But once they had developed a product that looked ready to be launched on the market, Hermione's attitude towards them softened considerably.

So they were very much looking forward to seeing what kind of products Mikel would develop, given that he would be able to get his own laboratory right away.
Seeing that they were about to start arguing, Lin Xia immediately intervened and asked Mick to talk to Hermione privately.

If he can convince Hermione, he can skip the new recruit training and directly take charge of a laboratory.

Mikel and Hermione immediately went outside.

About half an hour later, the two returned. Hermione changed her attitude and agreed that Mikel could have his own laboratory. It's unclear how the two communicated.

Lin Xia wasn't very interested in this.

Upon arriving at the lab, she approached the Weasley twins and shared with them the exciting news that "Professor Lupin has awakened."

George said happily, "The professor hadn't woken up, and I was worried. Now that he's awake, he can clear up the rumors for us!"

Fred thought so too, and made a move to go out: "Let's go to the infirmary to visit the professor now."

Lin Xia stopped them, saying with some regret, "I think you'd better think about what questions you want to ask him before you go over. Because although Professor Lu Ping has woken up, he has amnesia."

The Weasley twins looked shocked.

Amnesia?

"How is that possible! The [Inspiration and Creativity] potion does not have the side effect of causing amnesia. It does not affect the brain nerves at all. Although it seems to be closely related to the brain, we stimulate emotions, not the brain."

George said.

Fred agreed, saying, "If Professor Lupin's words get out, I'm afraid the professors at the university won't dare to do our experiments. We've already made appointments with those professors for tomorrow."

Lin Xia calmly said, "He denied that he used the [Inspiration and Cleverness] potion to do something beyond the potion's power limit, causing him to faint. Instead, he believed that he ate some raw meat after taking the potion, so the potion reacted with the raw meat in his body, causing him to faint and not have time to do anything else."

"He even suggested that I come back and do some experiments to see if the medicine would interact with raw meat, so that others might accidentally ingest it."

George frowned deeply: "Impossible! What does raw meat have to do with medicine? I've never heard of such a drug incompatibility!"

Lin Xia looked at him meaningfully: "Then you should make a report for him to see. He might come up with a new reason to tell you."

George wanted to say something more, but Fred, who seemed to understand Lin Xia's meaning, pulled George back.

Fred said, "Let's go test it now."

After George entered the laboratory, Fred spoke up: "Do you think Lin Xia wouldn't see through such an obvious excuse?"

Don't forget, Professor McGonagall was also there when Lin Xia arrived, and Professor Mack also knew about Professor Lupin's excuse.

But even Professor McGonagall didn't say anything, so we just had to accept it and go ahead with the testing.

George's lips twitched, and he said incredulously, "Fred, the raw meat clearly has nothing to do with taking the [Inspiration] potion."

I have never heard of not letting people eat meat before drinking a potion, and Professor Lupin consumed raw meat last night.

It's been digested for a whole day, so what does it have to do with our potion? How are we going to test it?

George said calmly, "Let's do the tests. We'll list the relevant experiments."

He thought for a moment and said, "Moreover, Lin Xia also told us that after we show the test report to Professor Lu Ping, the professor will probably find a new excuse to fob us off."

George sighed. "We agreed to let Professor Lupin take the potion in secret because we wanted to do him a favor and gain his favor."

But now, it's already a miracle that Professor Lupin isn't turning around and smearing our potion; we made a mistake in this step.”

Fred thought about it carefully for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, George."

Think about it carefully. Professor Lupin must have taken our potion and done something to cause his unconsciousness. Do you think what he did succeeded?

George's eyes narrowed slightly, then suddenly lit up, a hint of excitement flashing in them.

"He must have succeeded; otherwise, he wouldn't have bothered to hide it!"

George smiled knowingly: "So this also means that our [Inspiration] potion has been a great success."

At least in Professor Lu Ping's eyes, it was definitely a success, and it even helped him, but he didn't want to reveal what he had done.

Let's keep this a secret for now and go see Professor Lu Ping after things have calmed down. Perhaps we'll be pleasantly surprised.

Once the twins had sorted out their thoughts, they conducted a test on the conflict reaction between raw meat and the potion.

Since potions and raw meat have nothing to do with each other, this test was completed in less than an hour and quickly placed in front of Lin Xia.

Lin Xia glanced at it casually, then reached out and pressed the report down. "Give this report to Professor Lu Ping again tomorrow."

She glanced at the Weasley twins, and seeing their calm expressions, asked again, "Have you figured it out?"

George and Fred said in unison, "We've thought it through and decided not to pursue Professor Lupin's breach of contract by taking an unauthorized overdose of potions."

Lin Xia smiled faintly, "I like talking to smart people, and you are very smart."

Besides the [Inspiration and Creativity] potion, you also had some ideas for the Ghostly Candy, right? Since the potion trial is progressing rapidly, let's also pay some attention to the candy; don't fall behind on the Ghostly Candy either.

The twins were even more excited after receiving Lin Xia's affirmation.

Unbeknownst to them, their mindset had changed. They were no longer averse to the laboratory; on the contrary, they were eager to join it and become true members.

Having experienced the high-precision facilities and countless rare magical plants in Lin Xia's laboratory, not a single researcher wanted to leave. (End of Chapter)