Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

"Elias."

Snape's long-lost, drawn-out voice came.

Ryan turned his head and saw Snape's cold black eyes looking at him.

"Come to my office."

Chapter 77: Goliath Potion, Snape's Surprise! (Available on 6/10, please pre-order!)

The Potions office hadn't changed much since Ryan's last visit.

The only difference was that Snape seemed to have less need for armadillo bile lately - which made the office relatively brighter.

Ryan noticed that the armchair that was in the office last time was also missing.

Snape walked silently before him, his black robes like the wingspan of a bat.

He walked over to the potions storage cupboard at the end of the office and flicked his wand, opening it.

Then, a small box floated out from it and slowly landed in front of Ryan.

"?"

Ryan recognized it as a potion box.

Then, he realized almost instantly what was in the box.

And the next moment, the box opened.

As expected, Ryan saw the bottle of potion placed in the middle of the box.

It was a colorless potion with tiny sparkles of light in the transparent liquid.

That is the luster of magic.

"Goliath Potion... the potion you requested."

Snape's cold voice reached Ryan's ears.

"Elias - if your brain hasn't been infected by Mr. Potter and his friends, then you should know how dangerous it is!"

"Need I remind you of the end of Goliath?"

His usual venomous mouth actually made Ryan feel quite friendly.

"Of course, Professor."

He smiled and nodded.

Yes - the Goliath Potion, this was the potion he had hoped to get from Snape.

The effect of this potion is quite simple and dangerous, which is to greatly increase magic power in a short period of time.

But few wizards would choose to take this potion.

Because for normal wizards, their own magic power is the limit of the magic power they can call upon.

Amplifying magic sounds powerful.

But in reality, overly powerful magic will only lead to loss of control - just like a child playing with a huge sharp blade, the first person to be hurt is likely to be himself.

The source of this potion is a powerful wizard from BC named Goliath, a half-giant who was proficient in potions.

Relying on the powerful physique of the half-giant, he was able to develop this potion and withstand the powerful magic in the potion that far exceeded his own body.

This made him nearly invincible in his time, and legend has it that he once took on the army of an entire nation single-handedly.

But at the same time, his death was also caused by this potion.

It is said that while attacking a city, he overdosed on a very high dose of Goliath Potion and was shot in the head with a slingshot by a Muggle named 'David'.

For a half-giant, this shouldn't have caused any harm.

But the truth is, this slingshot destroyed the balance between the powerful magic in his body and his body, causing the huge amount of magic in his body to get out of control and eventually kill himself.

"Thanks, Professor—very nice aliquots."

Ryan even found several exquisite potion bottles in the potion box - obviously, these were also prepared by Snape for him.

"Don't thank me, someone requested it – he obviously appreciated your gesture, as did Potter... and maybe Granger and Weasley."

Snape sneered. "Exploring the Forbidden Forest? Fighting the Acromantula? He calls it courage, but I call it... idiocy!"

He rarely spoke so bluntly: "The parasites in the troll's body are far smarter than you - they just sucked the troll's blood, while you are more like eating its brain!"

After hearing this, combined with the news Hermione had brought him earlier, Ryan of course understood.

The someone Snape was referring to was undoubtedly Dumbledore—he was the one who told Snape about the Forbidden Forest.

This is enough to show that he is indeed one of Dumbledore's most trusted people.

And obviously.

It was after Snape learned about the Acromantula that he brewed this potion and gave it to him.

so...

"Thank you for the compliment, Professor."

Ryan turned a deaf ear to Snape's harsh words and just thanked him sincerely.

After hearing Ryan's sincere gratitude, Snape's eyes widened.

He seemed to be about to speak again, uttering even more vicious taunts.

But in the end his lips just moved.

Ryan didn't say anything else at this time, but just asked: "By the way, Professor - perhaps you know that Professor Quirinus Quirrell is very good at 'Legitimate Minds'?"

He said this, and then he saw Snape's eyes widened uncontrollably again.

"you..."

Snape looked at Ryan and of course understood what Ryan meant - he had already suspected Quirrell!

This made Snape almost suspect that the little wizard in front of him was someone who had drunk Polyjuice Potion in disguise. How could an 11-year-old child be so perceptive?

But after a moment, he recalled what he heard in the principal's office a week ago.

At that time, he was very angry after learning that Harry was attacked by the Acromantula.

"You promised me to protect him, Dumbledore!"

At that time, he questioned the old wizard across the desk.

"It's not what you think, Severus."

But he heard Dumbledore's answer, which was filled with anger in his calmness.

"His target is not Harry, at least not this time."

"Who could that be? The man on Quirrell's body... who else could be his enemy?"

Snape still remembers Dumbledore's eyes at that time.

Those old, wise eyes sparkled with understanding and a certain certainty.

"It was just a guess, Severus... an incredible guess."

"But now, I think that guess might be correct."

He looked at Snape. "You can brew the Goliath potion, right, Severus?"

"Leave it to Ryan."

His words made Snape unbelievable at that time.

"Elias? Dumbledore, you know the Goliath Potion... He's just a little wizard, he'll probably die if he takes it!"

"No, he probably won't."

But Dumbledore just smiled and looked at Snape.

"Remember what I told you? Severus... trust in the wisdom of those who came before you."

"Now I think I should add one more sentence - trust the choices of the great ones."

Snape was sure of it.

Dumbledore seemed very happy at that time.

"professor?"

The next moment, Ryan's puzzled shout brought Snape back to his senses.

"..."

He looked into Ryan's puzzled eyes and chose not to answer Ryan's previous words.

"Go away, Elias."

He simply waved his black robe and let Ryan go, just like last time.

"Ok."

And Ryan readily accepted the advice.

From Snape's reaction just now, he already knew the answer to the question.

"I'll have the elf deliver the potion materials I promised you to your office tomorrow morning. You don't have classes tomorrow morning, right?"

"...Um."

After hearing Snape's answer, Ryan chuckled.

"Professor, what I said before still stands - if you need anything, I can help you research that special soul potion... You know, I have quite a few ancient magic books in my vault that might be of help to you."

After saying this, he did not wait for Snape's answer.

He simply turned around, took the potions box and left the cold and damp Potions Office.

Chapter 78 Hermione's Intelligence, Quidditch! (Available 7/10, please pre-order!)

Ron was indeed seriously injured.