Hogwarts: The Witch Education Handbook

The next day, when Sean was teaching the first-year Gryffindor class, he found the four little lions listless.

Last night's adventure must have been quite eventful.

Thinking of the three-headed dog behind the secret room on the fourth floor, Sean couldn't help but think of poor Professor Quirrell.

Sean is highly regarded among the first to third-year wizards because of his wizarding skills and engaging teaching style.

There is no harm without comparison.

The older young wizards were eager for the school to replace Professor Quirrell with Professor Sean.

Of course, this is also related to Quirrell's boring teaching style and the fact that he always smelled of garlic.

They repeatedly and indirectly asked Dumbledore if Professor Sean would be given a private lecture next semester, thus giving Professor Quirrell a break.

Whenever Dumbledore heard these kinds of questions, he would just smile and remain silent.

This really put Quirrell in a difficult position. In fact, if it weren't for Voldemort's mission, he wouldn't want to be a professor.

However, by that calculation, he's almost finished with his mission.

He seemed to have figured out some tricks for dealing with Cerberus.

Of course, Sean only knew the general outline of what had happened. He also had his own plans, but his current plan was to watch the three little ones have a falling out.

In the midst of a busy work schedule, we always need something fun to balance things out.

He noticed that since yesterday's incident, Hermione had kept her distance from the other two people, even during meals.

This made him marvel at the twists of fate.

Sean has been obsessed with potion making lately.

He felt that making potions was like cooking...like making soup?

You never know what a meal tastes like until you taste it yourself, and the same goes for potions.

They also have one thing in common.

That is, cooking has recipes; brewing magic potions has potion recipes.

The problem is that the former forgot to add salt, MSG, or other seasonings, or the cooking time was wrong, so the dish just didn't taste good.

The latter, however, could explode at any time, or... cause some adverse reactions to the body.

A similar incident occurred when Sean was still in school.

His roommate accidentally spilled a few extra drops of explosive liquid while brewing a potion...

Then?

Then Sean began to feel fortunate that he was far away from him.

That unfortunate roommate became a negative example in Snape's eyes during that period.

He successfully deducted thirty house points from Hufflepuff that school year, though this didn't seem to have much of an impact on the Hufflepuff badgers.

The Hufflepuff badgers are perfectly content as long as they make it into the top four in the annual House rankings.

Sorry, I've gone a bit off-topic.

In short, there are many similarities between cooking and making potions.

Sean has been brewing a large amount of Hellfire Elixir these past few days. It is made by heating narcissus root powder and mugwort together.

But at the beginning, Sean couldn't find the right balance. Either the ratio of the two ingredients was wrong, or the cooking time was not right.

Things are much better now.

This brings us to the second advantage of Hogwarts.

That is, it has a large collection of books.

The house contains thousands of books, filled with a wealth of knowledge about potions, which delighted Sean.

This means he will avoid many detours.

Sean considered Potions to be the most difficult of the eleven subjects he studied, bar none.

He still remembers what Snape said to them when he was a sophomore and Snape took over as Potions professor.

"Since there are no silly wands being waved here, many of you won't believe this is magic."

"I don't expect you to truly appreciate the beauty of that cauldron simmering slowly over a low flame, its white smoke rising and its fragrant aroma wafting out. You won't truly understand the wondrous magic of the fluid that flows into people's veins, captivating their hearts and minds... I can teach you how to enhance your reputation, cultivate glory, and even prevent death."

This passage greatly benefited Sean.

In the magical world, inventing spells may not be a rare thing, but discovering new potion recipes is definitely difficult.

Let's take the esteemed Professor Snape as another example.

When Snape was in school, he invented the "Hook Upside Down" and its antidote, as well as the "Shadowless Sword" which he invented shortly afterward.

However, he is more talented in potions. Known as the Potions Master, he can usually only improve the preparation methods of potions, rather than creating something from scratch and making a new potion from various combinations.

This has something to do with the nature of spells and potions.

In the magical world, spells have already developed some simple systems, such as incantations, methods of casting spells, and most importantly, the principles of spellcasting.

However, potions lack this foundation.

This is inseparable from its nature; it is so magical that even many wizards find it unbelievable.

For example, only wizards with magical powers can concoct potions, while Muggles who lack magical powers and cannot cast spells cannot concoct even the simplest potion to treat scabies.

This relates to a fundamental principle of the magical world—that only magic can create magic.

But why is that?

Some potions are quite simple; you can make them by simply adding the ingredients step by step.

Another point.

It is the Third Law of Gobaloth in Potions (which is recorded in "Advanced Potions Making" written by Ribasius Pollach).

The antidote for a mixed poison is greater than the sum of the antidotes for each of its individual components.

This looks the same as something like Newton's laws in the Muggle world.

But in reality, such laws are rare in potion-making.

Because each ingredient is different, the medicinal effects are different, and the effects brought about by different heat levels are also different, so sometimes, it all depends on the experience of the potion maker to brew it.

Therefore, these characteristics have led to the slow development of potion science.

But Sean has two ambitious goals.

First, we analyzed the potion recipes that the system rewarded.

Sean wanted to see if he could concoct a similar potion with the same materials in this world.

This goal requires a thorough understanding of potion-making in order to analyze the potion recipes provided by the system.

Second, to automate the production of magic potions.

It's like a factory assembly line.

The reason why he was described as far-reaching is that although his potion-making grades were excellent when he graduated, they were still insignificant compared to a potion master like Snape, who was both theoretically gifted and experienced.

Therefore, he wanted to improve his potion-making skills as much as possible during his years at Hogwarts.

Imagine if he really achieved the automated production of these two potions, not only would Galleons become meaningless to him, but he could even use these potions to build a wizarding army that would be completely loyal to him.

If you're low on health, drink a red potion; if you're low on mana, drink a blue potion; if you're low on other attributes, drink attribute potions. If someone is about to die, use this batch of potions to train another group of people.

At that time, it will be either Voldemort or Dumbledore.

Just like a legendary boss, it will be slowly worn down by the onslaught of tens of thousands of people.

Imagine it.

He led the legion toward Hogwarts, standing prominently in the center of the crowd with his wand, and slammed it hard into the ground.

"I want to be the headmaster of Hogwarts."

"Who agrees? Who disagrees?"

Then Dumbledore, trembling, handed over the authority that belonged to the headmaster of Hogwarts to him.

Imagine that scene: if it were painted as an oil painting, it would definitely replace Jacques-Louis David's "Napoleon Coronating Empress Josephine" in the Louvre.

Sean had already thought of a name for the oil painting.

It's called "Dumbledore Coronates Sean".

...

In Sean's numerous potion experiments, the raw materials he had bought from Borgin's shop were quickly used up.

So one weekend, he left Hogwarts to go to Borgin's Shop to replenish his supplies.

After leaving Knockout Alley, Sean went to Hogsmeade Village.

That was the only village in England where everyone was a wizard.

Founded by Hanges of Woodcroft, this place is open to Hogwarts students on weekends, but only students in their third year or older with permission from their parents or other guardians are allowed to visit.

But when Sean arrived, he didn't expect to encounter a familiar figure there.

Quirinas Quiro.