From Azkaban

Snape lowered his head slightly. His words came from the bottom of his heart. Well, it's the same old saying: there is no harm without comparison.

As a veteran who has served two great bosses, Snape is actually the one who can best appreciate the differences after joining Locke's team.

In Snape's current opinion, neither Voldemort nor Dumbledore is qualified to compare with Locke as a leader.

Putting aside other things, Locke's attitude towards and protection of his subordinates are simply incomparable to those two guys.

Taking the issue of Harry as an example, if Dumbledore were to handle it, Snape believed that the extremely controlling White Lord would never ask for his opinion, but would just carry out his own plan.

In order to kill Voldemort completely, Dumbledore will definitely use Harry as a pawn, and at the same time he will never help Harry solve the problem of Voldemort's remaining soul.

Snape knew Dumbledore too well. The old White Lord had always considered himself a loser, so he didn't want to fail again. For this, he could give up everything, including himself.

But Locke is different. This young demon king is stronger, more outstanding, has greater goals, and treats his subordinates better.

Just as he himself said, he will be the pioneer walking in the front, he will be the first to face all the unknowns and pave the way for those who will follow him.

He viewed those who followed him as fellow travelers and partners, rather than slaves who could be controlled at will or chess pieces that could be discarded at any time.

Thinking of this, Snape's eyes became firm. For Harry, he must do more. It just so happened that Locke had ideas about Hogwarts, and he would have to find time to discuss it with Lucius later. He must be the next headmaster of Hogwarts.

"This is all for Harley's future"

Just as Snape was thinking this, he suddenly noticed from the corner of his eye that the six children who were reading next to him were not reading seriously at the moment, but were winking at each other.

However, Snape simply ignored the Weasley twins and Ginny, and fixed his eyes on Ron and Draco who were flirting with Harry.

In an instant, Snape's eyes began to radiate chill, and his expression was as if frozen in ice for ten thousand years.

"My Lord, I have to excuse myself for a moment."

"Well, don't go too far. Children don't have much to think about. Just give them a lecture."

If Snape could notice it, Locke certainly couldn't be unaware of it. Glancing at Snape's dark face, Locke briefly mentioned it to prevent him from spitting venom at the children.

"I understand, sir."

Although he said he understood, the expression on Snape's face was still as dark. Seeing him like this, Locke shook his head helplessly and said nothing more.

There was no way he could interfere in what was going on. All he could say was that Draco and Ron had no sense at all. They dared to flirt with Harry in front of Snape, and they deserved to be punished by Snape, who was obsessed with his daughter.

Locke stopped paying attention to what was happening around him and turned his head to focus on the crucible in front of him. Seeing this, Snape stood up, flicked his cloak, and walked silently in front of Draco and Ron.

Harry was the first to notice Snape. When she saw her godfather's dark face, she immediately pursed her lips and lowered her head. Ron and Draco hadn't reacted yet and were still wondering what was wrong with Harry.

"You two" VIP a little bit to bully six or seven

A cold voice came from the side, like cold water poured over their heads in the dead of winter, chilling Ron and Draco's hot hearts to the core, and their bodies became stiff.

"Teach...teach...professor"

Ron looked at Snape, who seemed to be about to release the Avada on him, and was so frightened by his aura that he couldn't speak.

"The master is right beside us, and you two are so rude. It seems necessary to let you two learn a lesson. After this is over, you two stay and I will teach you individually."

Snape didn't attack immediately because Locke was still there.

But Ron and Draco's faces turned pale when they heard his words. Looking at Snape's posture, a hundred ways of their own death appeared in their minds, and they were so scared that they couldn't help swallowing.

"Any questions?"

Snape seemed very satisfied with their reactions, so he asked for their opinions again.

Faced with Snape's questions, the two wanted to say that they had questions, but they didn't dare, so they could only nod slowly with stiff necks.

"No.. no problem professor."

After getting a satisfactory answer, Snape shifted his gaze away from the two of them and looked at Harry, who was lowering her head and looking very nervous. The ice and snow on his originally frozen face instantly melted and a smile appeared.

"Harley"

The gentle and trembling voice made the Weasley twins and Ginny beside them shudder. Looking at Snape, who was like a devil a second ago, the Weasley twins looked at each other with a smirk on their faces, and they understood in their hearts why Ron and Draco were in such a bad state.

"godfather"

Harry raised her head and looked at Snape embarrassedly. Seeing her like this, Snape turned his head and glared at Ron and Draco again.

"You seemed a little distracted just now. Didn't you get enough rest last night, Harry? Look, the Godfather has prepared some desserts and tea here. Do you want to take a rest?"

Snape didn't mention what happened just now at all, blatantly showing his double standards. Seeing him like this, Draco and Ron on the side both stuck out their tongues in disgust.

But just as the two of them stuck out their tongues, Snape's cold eyes moved over, scaring them so much that they quickly retracted their tongues, but they bit their tongues out of nervousness.

"Sigh~~"

Ignoring the two brats covering their mouths, Snape once again surrounded Harry and asked about his well-being.

Seeing this, Locke shook his head helplessly, raised his hand, processed the last ingredient of the potion with magic power and threw it into the crucible. Then after stirring it a few times, the potion in the crucible changed rapidly. From Locke's perspective, the collision and surging of magic power in the crucible became more and more intense.

Seeing this, Locke looked serious, and carefully controlled the trajectory and frequency of the stirring, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, accurately reconciling each conflict point to ensure that everything was under control.

Finally, with the last conflict point being reconciled, the magic power in the crucible was successfully balanced, and the originally deep red viscous liquid instantly turned into a gem-like crimson liquid, which no longer looked viscous, but extremely smooth.

"It's done!"

Seeing this scene, Locke's mouth curled up. This was his first self-created potion, the Muggle potion. The effect of this potion was very simple. It allowed the magic power to remain in the Muggle's body for a period of time, during which time the Muggle would become a state similar to a squib.

At present, this potion is naturally useless waste, but many new things are useless at first. Locke developed this thing not for its current state, but for its better future state.

Volume 1: Chapter 88 Effects

In the transparent bottle, the crimson liquid sparkled with tiny glimmers, and looked exceptionally beautiful under the light.

"Sir, do we need to ask Dursley to try the effects of this potion?"

Looking at the potion in Locke's hand, Snape, who had already learned the effect of the potion from Locke, immediately thought of the Dursleys.

Indeed, normally it would have to be them, after all, they were the only three Muggles in the manor.

But that is normal for a dark wizard. Locke has no intention of testing the medicine on his followers.

"No need. Since I brewed this medicine, I have to try it myself. Otherwise, how can I know its effect and find out its problems so as to improve it?"

Locke shook the Muggle potion in the vial, observing whether its balanced magic could remain stable under the shaking.

As he spoke, Locke gradually increased the intensity of the shaking, and even released magic to touch it, but no matter what he did, the magical balance of the Muggle potion was extremely stable.

Seeing this, Locke nodded with satisfaction. Originally, this step required more testing, but that was for mediocre people. In the hands of talented people like Locke and Snape, the stability and safety of the new potion could be tested with simple steps.

"My Lord, this is a new potion after all. Its effects are only predicted. Its true effects are still completely unknown. For the sake of safety, I think it is better to experiment with Muggles. After all, this is a potion you developed specifically for Muggles."

Watching Locke use his own methods to determine the stability of the new potion, Snape was silent for a few seconds and then proposed again.

Testing new potions is a dangerous thing, let alone testing a new potion that has just been created.

Snape was really worried about something unexpected happening. After all, Locke was the only lifeline that could solve Harry's problem.

"Don't bother. I'm sure."

Rejecting Snape's suggestion again, Locke lifted the vial and drank the potion in one gulp.

The potion took effect immediately after being swallowed. Locke focused his attention on his body and began to carefully observe the entire process and various detailed changes of the potion taking effect in his body.

This is where Locke's confidence comes from. Compared to the wizards in this world, he can observe all the changes in his body more clearly, whether it is magic power, soul or mind.

Given Locke's control over his body and the magic power in his body, the magical effect of the Muggle potion could never make a difference.

The world-weary smile is like a big skirt, just like an umbrella and ride on it.

Locke carefully observed the changes caused by the Muggle potion in his body. Snape stood by and watched Locke. He was inevitably nervous and ready to rescue him at any time.

Because they wanted to test the medicine, Locke and Snape went to another room alone, which was not the room where they taught the children before.

"Hmm......"

Inside Locke's body, the effect of the potion that entered his body began to gradually disappear. After about thirty seconds, the magic power brought by the potion completely dissipated and did not merge into the magic power in his body as he had expected.

"It lasts for forty-two seconds. The effect is very poor. The magic power generated by the potion cannot be integrated with the wizard's own magic power. If the magic power generated is guided correctly, it is probably enough to cast four or five normal spells."

This is the general effect of the Muggle potion. Locke has also memorized a lot of more detailed data in preparation for subsequent improvements and iterations.

"As an initial work, the effect of this potion is a little lacking."

From Locke's perspective, and even from the perspective of all normal wizards, this Muggle potion completely deserves the title of waste.

"But there is still potential for improvement. Judging from the data we just collected, there is still a lot of room for improvement for the current Muggle potions. Let's start by exploring its potential, and when it reaches its limit, we can start trying to iterate."

Exiting the internal perspective, Locke cast his gaze towards Snape who was standing beside him. Since it was the development of the potion, the presence of this potion master was indispensable.

"Oh, by the way, I remember there was also a Slughorn who was a potion master and could be absorbed as well."

Just as Locke was thinking about asking Lucius to find time to invite someone over, there was a knock on the door of the room and Sirius' voice sounded outside the door.

"My lord, Lucius has returned and is now waiting in the hall with a group of representatives from pure-blood families."

Speak of the devil, and here he comes. Just then I thought of Lucius, and he came. Putting down the empty medicine bottle in his hand, Locke asked Snape to continue the class, and he took Sirius to the hall.

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Locke did not say as much to the members of the pure-blood families as he did to Snape or the Weasleys.

Just like Lucius before, Locke didn't say anything to him. The reason was simple. Locke believed that Rodolphus had told him everything he needed to say.

Since he chose to come and see me, it meant that he already clearly understood what choice he had made, and the situation of these pure-blood families now was basically the same as that of Lucius at that time.

They all made their choices after knowing everything. Locke, who understood this, naturally wouldn't say any more nonsense.

Just make a brief appearance, let the new members get to know each other, and then arrange some things that had been planned out long ago for them to do, such as interacting with the young Muggle wizards in Hogwarts.

This is all the arrangements Locke is going to make. There is no need for more things at this stage, and there is no space to do them.

In Locke's plan, this stage is a dormant development period and there is no need to do any big moves. He absorbs these pure-blood families not for current use, but for the future.

However, because the situation of this group of people was different from that of the previous members, Locke did not give them rings.

As for joining the meeting held in the consciousness space without a ring, that is not a problem at all.

As members of the British wizarding community, they only need to come to Malfoy Manor during meetings, and then Locke will take action to bring them into the consciousness space.

None of the members of the pure-blood families were surprised that they did not get the ring. After all, they had already learned about this from Lucius during the conversation last night, and they all knew that the number of core seats in the Round Table would no longer increase.

To get a seat in the future, they must either fill an existing seat when it becomes vacant, or Locke will increase it again.

But no matter which of these two things, they need to make sufficient contributions to the parliament before they have the opportunity to obtain it.

Volume 1: Chapter 89: Primitive and Savage Power

It was a new day. When Locke finished his meditation and went to the garden for his daily teaching, another batch of precious books passed through the gate of Malfoy Manor and were delivered to the hall.

These books were sent by pure-blood families. This batch was the third one, and three days had passed since the meeting that day.

A lot happened during these three days. First, the members of the pure-blood families notified their children who were studying at Hogwarts according to Locke's instructions and told them of Locke's requirements, asking them to change their attitude towards the Muggle wizards and find ways to communicate and establish relationships with them.

Because the children are on vacation at this time, the little wizards are basically at home, which saves the parents of pure-blood families a lot of trouble.

Then, some new stores that were renovated and opened at an astonishing speed suddenly appeared in the first and fourth level areas of Knockturn Alley, allowing the two originally blocked areas to be unblocked to a certain extent.

Also, in a new round of meetings yesterday, Lucius integrated the overall situation of the current members of the Round Table Council and gave it to Locke (a summary of power, financial resources and connections), and reported the decisions of Arthur and Snape to Locke.

Hearing that Arthur and Snape wanted to be the Minister of Magic and the next Headmaster of Hogwarts respectively, Locke looked at them with a little surprise.

In the original book, neither of them was an ambitious person. Now that they can take the initiative to propose such conditions, it is obviously most likely because of their child.

Locke naturally had no objection to this. If the two of them could succeed, it would save a lot of trouble.

And Locke was very confident in the two of them, because Lucius and a group of pure-blood family members all spoke out to express their support for them.

Although the pure-blood faction is gradually declining, its influence in the wizarding world is still significant and a force that cannot be underestimated. With their support, even if they do not use the power of the dark side of the parliament, the probability of their success is not small.

Finally, there is Slughorn, whom Locke had mentioned before. This potion master also came to Malfoy Manor to teach.

Compared to Snape, Slughorn, the potion master, is undoubtedly much easier to talk to.

This potion master is a pleasure-seeking and vain person, but he is not a bad person by nature.

Plus the fact that he likes to associate with famous people, successful people, famous and powerful people, all of which essentially indicates that he likes to be a famous and prestigious person.

Therefore, it did not take much effort for Locke to take him down. He only needed to demonstrate the power of the Round Table, explain that Voldemort was not dead, and then state his ideals and goals, so that he would understand how great the fame he would gain after success would be enough to take him down.

The final result proved that Locke's opinion was correct. Faced with the olive branch thrown by Locke, the potion master chose to accept it after hesitating for a while.

Slughorn's successful joining is undoubtedly a good thing for the Round Table. After all, his deep network of contacts even covers neighboring France.

As a former Slytherin head who only sees talent and is willing to cultivate it, his many years of teaching career at Hogwarts are enough for him to accumulate a network of high-quality contacts that is unimaginable for ordinary people.

Of course, even so, he still didn't get the ring.

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