Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Chapter 129 Experiment failed?

In the afternoon, I had Potions class with Hufflepuff. Wade and Theo were still my partners. They stood in the corner, next to Ryan and a Hufflepuff boy.

Michael and Padma were both in the front.

Wade saw that Padma was unwilling to pay attention to Michael at first, but after he leaned over and said a few words, and secretly stuffed something into Padma's hand, the girl's anger turned into joy.

That's it...

Vader shook his head secretly.

It's not surprising that Michael likes Padma, but he also likes other pretty girls. The two of them reconciled today, but they will quarrel sooner or later.

But as for the relationship, only the person who drinks the water knows whether it is hot or cold. Maybe they are just the kind of bickering lovers?
Without giving it any further thought, Wade went with Theo to the back locker to get the potion ingredients they would need for today's class.

Looking at the dark cabinet, he suddenly remembered something. He reached his hand inside and actually found two tattered copies of "Advanced Potion Making" at the bottom.

"What is this?" Theo asked.

"It looks like a textbook used by previous students."

Wade said as he flipped through the pages casually.

The blank spaces in one of the books were filled with writing in small, ugly fonts, even in the gaps between the texts, making the handwriting difficult to discern.

Wade casually stuffed it into his schoolbag and put another textbook with few notes in it back.

While brewing the potion, Theo seemed to want to say something but stopped himself several times, as if he had some reservations.

"After dinner, let's go to the eighth floor of the castle." Wade whispered.

Theo's eyes lit up immediately.

……

When Theo saw the Room of Requirement, he was surprised even though he came from a wizarding family. Then he was even more stunned when he saw the Vanishing Cabinet.

"Is this the castle's vanishing cabinet?" Theo asked. "I heard it seems to be broken."

"I fixed it." Wade said, "I had an appointment to do an experiment with Remus today... Oh, Remus Lupin, he is my tutor... But now I have to go to Professor Sprout for detention..."

Theo nodded. "Leave the experiment to me... How do I contact Mr. Lupin?"

Wade took out the friend list that was in contact with Remus from the book and gave it to Theo, and also reminded him of some precautions.

Seeing that it was almost nine o'clock, Wade went out immediately. As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the second greenhouse, Professor Sprout arrived.

"Herbalism is the foundation of potions. Transfiguration, divination, and alchemy also often involve the use of herbs."

"But talented wizard apprentices often only focus on the therapeutic or toxic effects of herbs and ignore other effects..."

As he opened the greenhouse, Professor Sprout said:
"But those inconspicuous parts are often the basis of plant life. For example..."

A damp breath hits you in the face, and various green plants are intertwined, forming a vibrant picture.

Professor Sprout smiled and asked him, "Wade, do you know how plants germinate?"

……

The confinement...or rather the tutoring was over, and Vader left the greenhouse with an unspeakable shock.

In his hand, there was a seed given by Professor Sprout.

Just the common dandelion.

Its mother plant was cultivated together with many magical plants, so this seed also carries a faint magical power.

This magic power will not turn it into a real magical plant, nor will it have any special effects. It can only make it stronger than other plants of the same kind during its growth period.

Originally, it was like this. But at this moment, the dandelion seeds sprouted in Wade's palm, grew, and the leaves unfolded one by one.

In the absence of water and soil, a few small yellow flowers bloomed quickly, then withered within seconds, turning into fluffy white balls.

When the wind blew, the dandelion seeds fell with the wind, and the withered stems and leaves seemed to have turned into dust. In the end, only one seed was left, which slowly fell into Wade's palm.

The same process was repeated again, as if a video was fast-forwarded.

【life……】

Wei De muttered this ordinary yet extraordinary word, with some vague understanding in his heart.

Not only herbs, but even Animagus... and biological alchemy... he got some inspiration.

……

There was still some time before curfew, so Vader arrived at the Room of Requirement first.

As expected, Theo hadn't left yet, but he didn't look happy. Instead, he seemed worried.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, he turned around and sighed, "Ved, the experiment was not successful."

"What's going on?" Wade was stunned for a moment and walked over to ask.

He looked carefully and found that the magic pattern circuit on the disappearing cabinet was still the same, without any defects.

"I don't know what's going on. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't."

There was a piece of parchment in front of Theo, which recorded each item transferred and whether the transfer was successful or failed.

"We conducted fifty experiments in total, succeeded thirty-seven times and failed thirteen times. That means we failed one or two times every five times."

Theo's paper recorded it in great detail. Wade saw that the number of failures did not increase with the increase of the magic power of the object, which could be said to be a completely random probability.

"But the good thing is that even if it fails, the teleported objects or creatures will not be damaged. It's just like being locked in a cabinet for a while."

Theo looked at Wade and asked softly, "Is there anything that hasn't been repaired? Maybe we can ask Professor Murray."

Vader shook his head. "I'm sure it's fixed. I also made some improvements based on the method taught by Mr. Scamander... Of course..."

He said with some frustration: "Maybe there is something I haven't discovered, or they are not compatible very well... If I can't find the problem at all, I can only ask the professor for help..."

Perhaps all magic must be restored to its original state?

But Newt's method is definitely better. There is no need to look at the protagonist's halo. Vader can also judge this with his own magical knowledge.

He looked at the Vanishing Cabinet over and over again, but still couldn't figure out what the problem was.

Asking Professor Murray for advice was one solution, but if possible, Wade didn't want to do that.

It’s just like students in ordinary schools wouldn’t go and ask the teacher: “What posture do you think would look cool when I climb over the wall to skip class?”

Theo saw Wade thinking hard, and although he didn't understand what Wade could see from the black cabinet, he stayed with him quietly, thinking about tonight's experiment to see if he could summarize any rules.

Suddenly, he noticed a problem.

"Vader," Theo said, "you said you improved the Vanishing Cabinet..."

"Yeah," Vader sighed.

"Then..." Theo hesitated, not sure if his guess was right: "Has the other cabinet also been improved?"

Wade turned his head sharply to look at him, then smacked himself on the forehead.

"I'm so stupid... Theo, you're a genius!"

He finally knew why he failed!
(End of this chapter)