"Salary?" Harvey asked with some confusion, then showed some hatred and shouted loudly.

"Harvey doesn't need a salary. House elves at Hogwarts never need a salary."

"It is our honor to serve Hogwarts."

As he spoke, he kept banging his head against the ground, making a banging sound, as if he was ashamed that Lockhart mentioned his salary.

"Okay, Harvey, stand up and don't hit yourself in the head."

Lockhart, knowing the characteristics of house-elves, gave a direct order.

"Okay, Professor."

After hearing Lockhart's order, although Harvey's face was full of hatred, he still stood up subconsciously.

Seeing this, Lockhart couldn't help but sigh that the ancient wizards were really cruel.

With a slight sigh, he asked directly: "Harvey, how is your learning ability?"

Then Lockhart added: "If I give you a recipe, how long will it take you to learn it?"

Hearing Lockhart's question, Harvey responded loudly, "Professor, Harvey has a strong learning ability."

"What would the professor like to eat? Give me a recipe and Harvey can make it in a day at most."

"So, the learning ability of house elves is not too bad."

Lockhart thought to himself.

He remembered that goblins and house-elves looked similar, and were distant relatives in terms of bloodline.

According to this reasoning, the nature of their magic shouldn't be too different?

In that case, if I get the method to refine gold galleons later, then...

Lockhart kept thinking in his mind and gave Harvey a smile.

Then.....

Lockhart handed over a thick cookbook of world famous dishes, and said with a smile, "Harvey, from now on, my food will be prepared according to the recipe every day."

"There are some foods I circled on it. Do these first. I'll try them first."

"Okay, professor, I will complete the task according to your instructions." Harvey saw the thick cookbook in front of him and nodded excitedly.

It is an honor for every house-elf to serve the professors of Hogwarts.

The more difficult the task, the happier they are.

Lockhart nodded in satisfaction.

Well, this is to test their learning ability. Only if they have a certain level of learning ability can they participate in the subsequent plans.

It has nothing to do with enjoying good food.

Afterwards, Lockhart chatted briefly and left the kitchen, heading for his office.

Chapter 95 Snape's Regret (First Order 4/20)

Hogwarts, Snape's office.

Snape sat at his desk, looking at the five magical plants in front of him, lost in thought.

The magical plants that Lockhart needed to test have basically been identified.

The result he got also surprised him a little.

He had originally suspected Lockhart of being involved in smuggling, but now that suspicion was completely dispelled.

But he was sure that the other party had a magical relic in his hands.

Either it is the remains of an ancient potion master, or it is the remains of magic plant cultivation.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why Lockhart had so many unknown raw materials in his hands.

In particular, he specifically tried to explore and obtain these materials a few days ago.

Lockhart did not hesitate at all and directly chose to use materials instead of gold galleons.

What does this mean?

This shows that Lockhart has a lot of materials in his hands.

To be honest, Snape now feels a little regretful that he has lost his identity as a dark wizard.

Otherwise, robbing other thieves is also a good option.

Of course, it was just a thought. As far as he knew, Lockhart was an explorer and his fighting ability was probably not weak.

If you want to obtain all the raw materials intact, you can only consider using drugs.

Well, it's not impossible to drug him. Veritaserum and the Oblivion Charm seem to be a good combination.

No, I can’t think about it anymore. The more I think about it, the more I feel the urge to take action.

Snape quickly collected his thoughts. He was now the Potions Professor at Hogwarts and the Head of Slytherin House.

Some things just can't be done, or...it's too obvious that they can't be done.

Just as Snape was thinking.

suddenly.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

"Professor Snape, it's me."

There was a knock on the door and Lockhart's voice rang out in the office.

"Lockhart, please come in, the door is unlocked."

Hearing Snape's voice, Lockhart entered Snape's office.

After taking a look at the magic plant on the table, Lockhart said in a somewhat cheerful voice: "Professor Snape, what are the results of the test?"

"All the tests have been completed." Snape nodded, took out a stack of appraisal reports, handed them to Lockhart, and said, "Here are the results of the appraisals. You can take a look."

"It has my signature on it. If you sell it, you can directly say that it was authenticated by me."

“No one will doubt the effect.”

Hearing this, Lockhart nodded and said, "Thank you, Professor Snape. There may be another batch of materials that need to be identified later. I'll have to trouble you again."

Hearing this, Snape narrowed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

Soon, he controlled his voice and said as gently as possible: "Lockhart, how many kinds of materials are there in the next batch?"

Hearing Snape's gentle tone, Lockhart felt a little uncomfortable, but still replied: "Same as this batch, about seventeen or eighteen kinds."

Hearing this, Snape nodded secretly with a smile on his face.

Lockhart suddenly felt uncomfortable, and inexplicably felt that the other person's smile was something he had seen before.

Well, this guy wouldn't be thinking of robbing me, would he?

It shouldn't be the case. After all, the other party is the Headmaster of Slytherin and a professor at Hogwarts.

Lockhart felt a little amused at the thought that suddenly occurred to him.

Then, before I had time to think about it, I heard Snape ask.

"Lockhart, how many of these five materials on the table do you have?"

“I’m going to order a batch.”

Hearing this, Lockhart nodded in understanding.

It turned out that he was preparing to buy materials. No wonder his tone became much softer. It seems that I was overthinking it.

After thinking for a moment, Lockhart replied directly: "I have some more on hand, about 10 copies of each, how about that?"

Snape nodded after hearing this and said thoughtfully, "Okay, the price will be as recommended in the appraisal book."

"Do you think it's okay?"

Hearing this, Lockhart said generously: "Don't worry, Snape, you and I are your friend."

"If you buy it, you can get a 7% discount."

In response, Snape looked at Lockhart deeply, nodded slightly, and said nothing more.

Although his face was still stern, his eyes softened slightly.

He mentioned five kinds of magic materials earlier, three of which were substitutes for some rare or even extinct potion materials, and the remaining two had very novel effects.

It can be said that the value is not small.

"Okay, Snape."

"Let's put the materials aside for now. Now let's talk about the blood I gave you."

Hearing this, Snape nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "Lockhart, I basically used up half of the blood you gave me."

"If blood is used as the raw material, it is indeed possible to refine some potions that can improve physical fitness."

"However, other materials are not cheap either."

At this point, Snape changed the subject and said in amazement: "Lockhart, I have to say it is a material of extremely high value."

"Before, if you still have this blood, I will buy it all."

Then, Snape explained: "After my test, I found that blood itself has a very strong fusion effect."

"If used in brewing potions, it has an effect similar to an accelerator."

"It can shorten the time it takes to make potions, at least by half."

At this point, Snape's eyes lit up.

The efficiency of brewing potions has doubled, which has unparalleled temptation for everyone who brews potions.

Lockhart was a little surprised when he heard it, but then he suddenly realized.

The fact that Peter was able to successfully fuse the spider's blood and gain its abilities shows that the blood itself is extremely special, otherwise, the grass on his grave would have grown three feet tall.

In response to Snape's request, Lockhart hesitated for a moment and said, "Snape, this is the only blood we have now."

"But I'll see if I can get some more next month."

"We'll tell you when the time comes."

Hearing this, Snape nodded and said nothing. Last time, he heard Lockhart say that he couldn't catch that magical creature similar to the ball-diving bird.

I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to get it in a short time.

Then, Lockhart was heard asking, "By the way, Snape, can this blood enhance intuition?"

In response, Snape shook his head and said, "Not at the moment. No relevant effects have been detected."

"Perhaps intuition has little to do with blood. If the other person's brain is involved, I guess it might produce a corresponding effect."

Then Snape added: "Ball-escaping bird, it seems like that."

Hearing this, Lockhart took a breath of cold air. He was okay with dealing with blood.

But as Spider-Man's brain, he was a little worried about whether he could return to the Harry Potter world smoothly.

He quickly shook his head and replied, "The blood is fine, but let's not talk about the brain marrow for now. We'll talk about it later."

Hearing this, Snape was a little disappointed. The brain of the ball-bird is a good thing, so something similar to it shouldn't be too bad either.

Forget it, we can’t kill all the fish in the pond, as long as there is blood, it will be fine.

Afterwards, Snape explained some matters regarding materials, and then had a cordial conversation with Lockhart about some adventure matters.

Well, I intentionally tried to find out how Lockhart would deal with poisonous magical creatures, as well as some means of avoidance.

Chapter 96: Voldemort's Horcrux Routine (First Order 5/20)

After Lockhart left Snape's office.

Thinking back to the conversation just now, the more I thought about it, the more I felt something was not right.

It would be fine if we just talked about potions, but when it came to his adventure experiences, I could say that I was a little curious about his experiences.

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