Two Worlds: I studied abroad at Hogwarts

Chapter 208 The Deal with Snape

The law Ron was referring to was the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy.

Ever since the last time they discussed the flying magic carpet, this law has been referred to as "that law" by them.

According to Ron's explanation, the [Untraceable Extension Charm] is strictly controlled by the Ministry of Magic.

It cannot be used for personal purposes and can only be used by individual item manufacturers approved by the relevant Ministry of Magic to manufacture related products.

The reason why this spell is easy to violate the confidentiality law is that similar things have happened before.

Some Muggles saw hundreds of wizards crammed into a tiny tent, and curiously walked into the tent to check it out. Later, they spread the news everywhere.

In the end, the Ministry of Magic staff erased the memories of several Muggles to resolve the matter.

Also, if you are not proficient in the spell, the space expansion may fail.

For example, if a package is cast with this spell, when the spell wears off, the items inside are likely to suddenly appear in front of Muggles in large quantities and in a disorderly manner.

All of these are violations of the relevant laws of the Ministry of Magic.

"Well, it seems I'll have to think of another way."

"In fact, we have a tent like this at home. My father bought it by registering with his identity as a Ministry of Magic employee. Now, whenever we go on a long trip, we always bring it with us."

After listening to Ron, Moon knew that it seemed quite difficult for him to obtain the package of [Untraceable Extension Spell].

The manufacturer is designated by the Ministry of Magic, and the buyers must register with their real names, which can easily expose Moon's secrets.

Especially since this type of item is very expensive, even if he could register to buy it, Moon didn't want others to know that he had a large amount of gold galleons on him.

But as long as you think, there is always a way.

After the morning's History of Magic class ended, Moon, who did not see Professor Snape, took the initiative to go to the basement of the castle.

Just as he raised his hand and was about to knock on the door of the Potions Professor's office.

With a creak, the wooden door opened by itself.

"Don't dawdle, come in quickly!"

Snape's cold voice rang out in the room. Moon didn't care about anything else and walked straight into the dim room.

He saw that the potion working table was very clean, all the materials had disappeared, and only the flame under the crucible maintained a stable burning state.

Moon knew that the potion improved by Professor Snape should be about to be successfully refined.

"Let me tell you in advance, I haven't used up all the materials you brought, so I won't exchange with you again."

Snape was standing in front of a bookshelf looking through old potion records.

After noticing Moon coming in, he still didn't turn around, but just left his back to the other party.

"Professor, I think you shouldn't jump to conclusions so quickly. This time I've got a completely new material."

Hearing Moon's words, Snape closed his notes with a snap, turned around, and stared at Moon closely.

“This is a special herb from my hometown.”

Moon had just taken out a small packet of Selma flower powder from his pocket and was about to explain when the packet flew directly towards Snape.

“It’s indeed new material~”

Snape only took a glance and was sure that the materials in the medicine bag had never appeared in the wizarding world.

He took a few deep breaths and tried to suppress his excitement.

"What's it called?"

"Well, people back home call it the Selma flower. It's a flower that can..."

"There's no need to explain the effects. I can analyze them myself."

Hearing that Moon wanted to explain further, Snape directly rejected him.

In his opinion, the judgment of Muggles and young wizards was not worthy of trust.

Even though he already knew that Moon had mastered the basic skills of potion analysis, he only trusted his own magic when it came to this new material.

After knowing the name of the new material, Snape immediately walked to the other side of the potion workbench.

The tools originally used to analyze potions here have not been put away yet, and because of Moon's appearance, Snape has been using this set of tools more and more frequently.

He quickly took out some Selma flower powder and performed magic analysis with skillful movements.

Only half an hour later, Snape closed his eyes in front of the cauldron where he was analyzing the potion. "The herb plant is relatively short, about 10 inches tall, with a slender stem and a light green color."

What Professor Snape was talking about was the appearance of the herbs that were transmitted to his mind by the magic of analysis.

"The leaves are oval and fuzzy, with irregularly serrated edges and fine veins. They contain magical power and emit a faint fluorescence at night."

Listening to Snape's description, Moon knew that the level of their potion analysis skills was very different.

When he analyzed the potion in Night Owl, he only got the vague appearance and color of a flower.

And Snape's description of the Selma flower was as if he had seen it with his own eyes.

If Moon didn't really know that this herb came from another world, he would really think that Snape had planted a Selma flower himself.

"This powder comes from a plant flower. It has 12 lavender petals and golden stamens. Its main function is to prevent blood loss, repair body tissue damaged by magic, and remove disordered magical energy pollution."

When he said this, Snape suddenly opened his eyes.

He first glanced at the Selma flower powder on the operating table, and then looked at the improved potion in the crucible opposite with some regret.

"Why didn't you bring it to me earlier!"

Snape slammed the table in front of him as he spoke, an expression of regret and helplessness on his face.

"Professor, I just thought it was an ordinary hemostatic herb, but I didn't expect it to have such a profound effect."

After hearing Snape's description, Moon knew that the Selma flower might be of great use to his newly improved potion.

"Ordinary hemostatic herbs? How did you learn herbal medicine in class? Can't you see that it's much more effective than white mulberry?"

Moon had no way to refute Snape's accusation.

Although he had long guessed that Selma flower would be better at stopping bleeding than white moss, he did not expect that it could also remove disordered magical energy.

He saw Moon standing there without saying a word, just looking at him with clear eyes.

Snape sighed helplessly.

"Never mind. Even without it this time, the potion effect I want has already been achieved. Tell me! What do you want to change?"

The potion Snape made this time was of very high level, and it took half a month just to make it.

This is because he is very familiar with this potion.

Now the emergence of Selma flower powder has given him another direction for improvement.

This made him feel very comfortable, so when facing Moon, he rarely smiled.

"Professor, if it's okay, I'd like a batch of plant growth potion."

"Growth potion? Did you plant some rare plant again and want to harvest it quickly?"

After hearing Moon's words, Snape put the Selma flower powder away and looked up at the little wizard opposite with curiosity.

He remembered that the last time he made a growth potion was because this little wizard planted three magical plants.

Then Sprout commissioned him to brew half a standard dose of growth potion.

"Yes, Professor, I do have a magical plant that needs this potion."

After hearing Moon's sincere answer, Snape also became suspicious and even gave Moon some pointers.

"I have to remind you that the growth potion can indeed accelerate plant growth, but it can also easily make plants dependent on it. So are you sure you want it?"

"Yes, Professor."

For Moon, the most urgent issue now is to save the spirit tree.

As a magical plant that has lived for 3000 years, large doses of growth potions can only help it disperse the curse energy in its body. As for the so-called drug dependence, there is no possibility of it forming.

"Okay, so how much do you want?"

Seeing Moon's persistence, Snape stopped hesitating.

"One hundred first."

"How much more?"

　Happy New Year to everyone in advance!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)