Chapter 489 Don't Ask

Can a person die without a heart?

The mad wizard gave the answer, no!

Using terrible ritual magic, he replaced his heart with a poisonous snake that inhabited the hole in his chest.

How it works and what it does, all the contents of the book have been smeared out, and at the same time stamped with the seal of the Ministry of Magic—Top Secret.

Anton could even imagine that this part of the content would definitely appear in another magic box.

Without paying too much attention to the content of this part, Anton continued to look at the content that belonged to this poison.

The pollen of the flowers grown by the cursed girl, the affectionate heart, the teardrops of the lover, the grass leaves under the wild trees watered by love, the first ray of sunshine in the morning, plus a little bit of the eyeball of the dead bird (divination bird) Juicing.

Note: In the myths and legends, the death-reporting bird is said to be the pet of the god of death and the messenger used to deliver the death message.

The above is the content of this potion.

This mad wizard must be a top potion master, he successfully restored the girl named 'Diana' to the state she had just been cursed on.

Now, all it takes is a kiss from a loving person to wake her up.

However, the mad wizard encountered a problem. He found that the self who is now between life and death does not seem to constitute the standard of ritual magic of the "person" among the "affectionate people".

The mad wizard didn't give up.

He didn't even consider the possibility of reviving himself as a 'human', all his eyes, all his attention, and everything was focused on Diana.

So, he began to experiment frantically to improve this potion formula.

Specific experimental steps—to confuse those girls who fell in love and let them cast this love curse on themselves to test their lovers.

The mad wizard records this process in the book, and believes that he has not committed suicide. As long as the lovers of girls have deep affection, then they can not only be redeemed, but also have the most perfect love in the world.

As for the girls who were ripened into plants by him, he believes that as long as the potion is successfully developed, while rescuing Diana, he will also make these girls who stand on the border of 'life and death, love and hate' Pull it together from the 'gates of hell'.

Then……

Aurors received a lot of reports.

Then, the potion in the hands of the mad wizard caused a lot of problems for the Aurors - everyone who was harmed by the potion turned into a ghost.

In the last two pages, the mad wizard wrote a lot in the book-hahahahaha...

He said that he finally found out that as long as the potion was brought back to the cellar of the valley hut where Diana was hidden, she could be revived.

The content of this potion has changed again.

A lover's teardrops, the grass leaves under the wild trees watered by love, the first ray of sunshine in the morning, plus a little juice from the eyeballs of a dead bird (duck bird).

The above part has not changed.

The contents of the two parts, the pollen of the flowers grown by the cursed girl and the affectionate heart, have become the formula of as many as 17 potion materials.

There are all kinds of weird things in it.

For example, a group photo of a family with a child.

For example, the ashes in the fireplace on Christmas family holiday night.

For example, the letter paper of the first love lover.

Such as the hair of a pure girl.

...

"This thing..." Anton flipped the pages of the book with his wand in doubt, and finally closed the book with a slight pick of the wand, "It's true that it uses the idea of ​​Potions, but why do I feel that it is actually a ritual magic? ?”

"Ritual magic?"

Anton stroked his chin and walked back and forth in front of the test bench.

He's seen something like this before.

Animagus learning steps.

In fact, he has always wondered about the learning process of Animagus because Mao is like that, a high-end transfiguration technique, but it uses the way of potion.

It even faintly contains traces of some kind of ritual magic.

This kind of thing is very weird when you think about it, Transfiguration? Potion?

The old wizard Fiennes' theory of the integration of potions and spells?

Anton's eyes suddenly brightened. Yes, the underlying logic used by Animagus should be explained by the "Integration Theory of Potion and Spell".

Then, when applied to this so-called "ghost-turning" poison, it seems that it can also be regarded as a potion ritual magic exchange?

"Intercommunication?"

Anton's brain was thinking quickly.

"If this statement is correct, yes, if they are really interoperable, then this potion should be able to disassemble the most primitive ritual magic, and then thoroughly figure out why he uses these potion materials! "

Ritual magic...

This is destined to be another big topic. Anton has the urge to go to the school library to look up information, starting from the most basic ritual magic.

Of course, the most important thing now is to learn this potion. This mad wizard only wrote the potion formula.

There is no potion preparation step!

It's understandable after thinking about it, he wrote this mainly to record his diary of his hard work for 'Diana', the focus is not on experimental records, let alone a professional book used to teach others about this potion.

Anton's own experimental records are the same, he never records the technique.

This thing is mainly used to sort out the experimental information, and he can clearly see what method should be used for anything in it, so there is no need to repeat it in a long way.

So, he took out his wand again and opened another book - "Case No. 666 Magic: Detailed Explanation of Ghost Potion and Poison".

This should be the result of reverse deduction by the potions experts of the Ministry of Magic based on potions and potion formulas.

The book records in detail the processing methods of each potion material. For example, girls' hair is directly added to the crucible. For example, family photos are burned and then brewed with clean water and then filtered. The final liquid is poured into the crucible. .

Anton frowned more and more as he watched.

In this book, a complacent tone and a condescending attitude are used to describe the inferiority of this method, and even complain a few words that the wizard lacks a lot of basic knowledge in preparing potions.

Therefore, the final potion formula was modified by him again.

It is filled with a large number of potion materials that Anton is familiar with "based on the modern potion science" system - the brain flower of the salamander, the low-temperature solution of moonstone powder...

Anton recognized these, and even easily explained the principles of these potions. For example, the above-mentioned ones are the main ingredients of the 'Potion of True Knowledge', which will produce 'Thunder of the Soul'.

He even knew that the potion prepared in this way should have a shelf life of less than one month, and its effect would decrease as the 'Mind Thunder' continued to decay.

"It shouldn't be like this!"

Anton frowned and looked at the pages one by one, and turned to the records at the back. This kind of modification has a great effect. The wizard affected by this poison will maintain the ghost state with a very stable effect.

According to the effect of the potion, such a change is definitely an excellent optimization.

But Anton always felt that this should not be the case.

Yes, it shouldn't be like this!

But this was just an intuition, and Anton flipped through another book again, "Magic in Box No. 666: Detailed Explanation of Phantom Poison and Antidote".

Similar approach!

For a potion that knows the potion formula, potion method, and actual potion effect records that can be analyzed, in the eyes of potion masters, it is like solving a problem, and there is always a way to reverse the antidote.

The experiment records also showed this point - all Aurors were cured by his potion antidote, and in the final follow-up and inspection, no abnormalities were found.

The instructions are perfectly fine.

"This is simply a modified version of the beggar's chicken dish. Instead of soil and lotus leaves, tin foil and food additives are used, and it is convenient and quick to make by stuffing it in the oven."

"It looks better."

"But……"

"It doesn't smell like that!"

Anton chose to trust his intuition, so he flipped through two books on poisons and antidotes, and finally found the name of the master of potions—Aubrey Maou.

Yoho, Anton really knows this name.

Author of the book Fun Potion Variations. This book was a book that Professor Snape asked himself to borrow from the library. It described the subtle relationship between various potions by quoting from many sources, and it was a particularly profound book.

Now that I have read it, a piece of information inevitably jumps into my mind——Aubrey Mao (1898-1986)

In other words, the potions master had been dead for many years.

Anton's expression suddenly became weird. He flipped through the book on poisons with his wand again, looked at the improved potion formula on it, and pondered carefully.

You can't go wrong!

He has this confidence. After all, he has gone very far in potion science. The quality guarantee period of this 'ghost poison' configuration will not exceed one month.

This is the effect of the potion master using many subtle techniques to delay the shelf life.

"Tsk tsk tsk, the difficulty of preparing this potion is probably at the level of a potion master?"

Anton waved his wand, gently pressed it against his head, and ran the goblin's memory retrieval secret method. In an instant, all the books about Potions were screened out. There were many books in it that he didn't have time to read, but at least he wrote down the list.

First, sift out everything that has passed away.

Then, the non-British wizards are screened out, oh, there are some foreign wizards who have settled in the UK to stay.

Then, names like Snape and Fiennes who would not serve the Ministry of Magic were screened out.

Add conditions a little bit.

until……

All lists are gone.

Anton looked at the potion ingredients on the other side of the long table with great interest. Hey, the Ministry of Magic might not be able to make this kind of potion now, right?

Of course, they can find foreign aid, but Anton now more or less knows how the Ministry of Magic works.

For something with a high level of authority such as 'box magic', this kind of thing needs to be produced by foreign aid, and I am afraid that it must be signed and approved by Fudge.

It is equivalent to saying that if something goes wrong, Fudge will take the blame.

But...

The Auror office doesn't need to be so troublesome now, if they want to have this poison, they can ask an intern in their office to prepare it.

An intern at the potions master level.

In the name of learning potions.

It can even be exchanged for the gratitude of the other party, which is great, right?

Anton narrowed his eyes, curled his lips, and glanced at the books on the table. He had memorized all the contents here, so he turned around and walked out.

"Huh?" The fiery dragon on the wall looked at him suspiciously, "Aren't you going to learn this 'box magic'?"

Anton looked at him coldly, "I think if I remember correctly, you just said that you have no authority to react except to protect the contents inside from being taken out?"

The fiery dragon obviously choked, and said in a panic, "Oh, no, no, I'm just asking."

"Hehe~"

Anton turned and left, "Then don't ask."