Two Worlds: I studied abroad at Hogwarts

Chapter 119: Insomniac Snape
The place Cedric had chosen for making the potion was quite humble.

Because this abandoned classroom is located in the corner of the basement, it is very dark and damp.

Even the lighting equipment had to be brought by them.

Fortunately, there is no flammable debris here, but due to the humid environment, moss has grown on the floor.

This way, Moon and Cedric wouldn't have to worry about the risk of fire.

After all, the time it takes to refine this potion will be very long, and the safety of the fire source must also be considered.

Unlike students who have to go to great lengths to find a place to make potions.

Snape wanted to make potions, and he could do it in his familiar and comfortable office.

Although Snape set up his office in the basement of the castle, there is no sunlight here all year round.

However, the environment is very quiet and peaceful, which is very suitable for him to concentrate on studying potions without worrying about being disturbed.

In this small office, Snape had already prepared a complete set of potion analysis tools.

In addition to ordinary crucibles, balances, and special alcohol lamps.

Snape also specially prepared a potion comparison chart and potion insight glasses.

After carefully checking all the preparations again, Snape took out the unknown potion with confidence.

"The potion's color is somewhere between black and dark green."

"The transparency is poor, and tiny impurities can be seen with the naked eye."

“It has a thick texture and flows slowly.”

Snape's operation in analyzing potions is far more professional than Moon's.

He prepared a very detailed potion testing form in advance, and then kept filling in the potion characteristics one by one in order.

"The smell is refreshing and pungent, with an extremely slight corrosive taste."

Snape sucked out a drop of black potion with a magic tube and placed it on the crucible for smell testing.

Only after confirming that the unknown potion would not be extremely toxic did he actually begin the process of potion analysis.

Unlike Moon, who relied on guesswork to analyze potions, Snape prepared all three basic separation potions.

And he is operating three separation processes at the same time.

"There are metallic impurities. No, this should be the mineral component that is already present in the potion."

Snape crossed out the first half of the sentence on the form and then wrote a new one.

"I really don't know how that stupid little lion dared to analyze an unknown potion using only a separation potion!"

After observing the hellebore separating potion, Snape turned his attention to the second mugwort separating potion.

"The potion is very inert, and the process of separating and purifying the wormwood is very slow."

After writing a note in the Potions Inertness column, Snape looked at the last separating potion.

"How could this stupid little lion have such good luck?"

Snape only took a glance at the potion separation experiment in the third crucible and knew that the narcissus root extract was indeed the most suitable one.

"I really don't know which idiot made this potion. He didn't even remove all the impurities. No wonder the narcissus root absorbed so many small particles of the raw materials."

The most notable feature of narcissus root extract is its ability to absorb tiny particles in the potion.

However, because the purification and grinding operations of this unknown potion were not perfect during the refining process, the narcissus root extract contained a lot of residual potion raw materials.

This is also the reason why Moon was able to obtain a map of the raw materials of a potion when he performed potion analysis for the first time.

After discovering that the potion was crudely made, Snape also adjusted the next analysis steps in a timely manner.

He needed to first remove all the impurities in the potion to prevent them from affecting the final analysis results. After gaining a basic understanding of the unknown potion, Snape was full of confidence in the subsequent analysis operation.

The purified potion is separated again, and the resulting substance can then be safely analyzed using magic.

Knowing that the potion was very inert, Snape used magic to strengthen the flames.

However, just when he was testing the seventh analysis spell, the potion in the crucible suddenly exploded.

"Hmm! Did they deliberately add explosive substances to the potion to confuse the audience?"

"Is this some poison made by a dark wizard?"

Snape only needed to think about it for a moment before he knew the truth that had just been revealed.

"We have to lower the flame and conduct a long test."

On Friday evening, Snape did not go to the staff canteen for dinner, nor did he ask the house-elves to bring him any food.

Because the fire had been burning for a long time, the temperature in the Potions Professor's office continued to rise.

In this increasingly hot environment, Snape's mood became worse and worse.

"How could it be! Didn't this kind of thing become extinct long ago?"

"What is this? Is there some new material appearing in the wizarding world?"

"This kind of flower, hiss~, I remember Professor Slughorn once collected one, and he kept it deep in the basement of Gringotts."

Snape's potion analysis continued until late at night.

Finally, he drew the nine potion ingredients on a blank piece of parchment.

After eliminating the one that was most likely an explosive material, Snape only knew the names of three of the materials.

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At two o'clock on Saturday morning, Snape woke up the librarian, Madam Pince, again.

"I need all the ancient herbal and potion books, including those worthless books piled up in the utility room. I want to read them all."

Snape immediately turned and walked towards the herbal book area after he finished speaking.

Madam Pince, who was woken up in the middle of the night, could only follow behind and complain wildly.

"Professor, you came at night last time and left a book on magic training. Now you're here late at night looking for a herbal book that's long since lost its value. Don't you know I need to rest too?"

After hearing Madam Pince's loud complaints, Snape's mind, which had been confused by the torture of the potion, regained a little clarity.

"Okay, then please open the utility room and I'll go and see for myself."

Although Snape's tone had improved, Madam Pince's anger was not so easily subsided.

She took out the key and handed it to Snape, then turned and returned to her lounge.

Moon was now unaware of all that Snape had done with his experiments with unknown potions.

For him, now that he has one less thing to do to analyze potions, things are actually easier.

However, Moon still learned a lot in the process of analyzing the potion.

Especially when trying the [Magic Perception Training], Moon found that the [Floating Spell] seemed to be worthy of further study.

So after getting up on Saturday morning, in addition to dismantling the growth spells, Moon focused his energy on the [Floating Spell].

After Xilin was no longer in direct danger, the spells Moon had been practicing recently were mainly auxiliary spells for daily life.

After completing the morning's spell dismantling as planned, Moon came to Hagrid's hut as agreed.

The Forbidden Forest Guard made an appointment with Moon to meet today on Tuesday.

(End of this chapter)