Generally speaking, it's not easy to pick up leaks on the black market. Not to mention those shopkeepers who handle all kinds of goods all year round. Just one item of fraud can deceive ordinary guests.
It has to be said that a little girl like pansy, who is not well-informed, wants to pick up some cheap here. It's really crazy.
Unless... Someone secretly wants her to get some "special" benefits.
When pansy came out of the "king of sniff collection store", she had a book with a silver edge on the cover in her hand.
The book is only two palms in size. She found it in the miscellaneous cabinet in the store.
The cabinet was filled with all kinds of things judged to be of low value - such as polished copper nameplates, brand-new glass ornaments, or gold-plated Muggle decorations.
Although the cover of this suspected magic book is shiny, it is actually just a hardcover story book, which is the most typical thing that "sniff likes but can't sell for much".
Therefore, it was also thrown in by the owner of the collection store - at least it seems so on the surface.
However, pansy, who happened to have a lot of time, turned the book back and forth, and happened to find that the words on one of the pages obviously did not belong to the content of the story book.
"It's like... An ancient magic ceremony?"
Suddenly, such a guess flashed through pansy's mind at that time.
Seriously, the contents of the magic ceremony are terrible, and even involve a very cruel death. When pansy read it for the first time in the collection store, he was also frightened into a cold sweat.
However, when she saw the end of the page and said that she could get more powerful magic talent by following the above methods, pansy's heart almost stopped for half a beat.
"Is this true?"
After glancing as quietly as possible at the top of the miscellaneous cabinet, she confirmed the price - just five golden galleons. Although it was at least twice as expensive as the real magic book, it was not an unacceptable price.
Even if their economy is not abundant, it is relative. At least her family's wealth is not as thin as Weasley's.
"Earned!"
Apart from other things, buying this book is definitely profitable... Pansy at that time was very positive about his judgment.
Therefore, pansy played a clever trick. In front of the owner of the collection store, she only said that she liked the exquisite style of the book very much. Then she bought the story book with hidden mystery smoothly.
However, she did not know that she still lost, and the loss was not as superficial as Kim Garon.
……
After buying the book that day, pansy didn't tell his family in detail, but mentioned that it was an old story book bought with a few silver Sikes.
In fact, even she hasn't confirmed her mood. She doesn't know how to deal with the potion formula and magic ceremony written on the page.
A few days later, for the Wizards in the British magic world, the long Christmas holiday finally came to an end. And pansy, accompanied by his mother, got on the Hogwarts Express train and staggered back to school.
In those days, she didn't touch the book again, but left it in the bookcase in her room. And before returning to school, he repeatedly told himself that he should not take it to Hogwarts castle.
The reason is nothing else - most wizards in the pure blood family do not taboo black magic. She just considers that there are many hidden dangers in bringing black magic to school.
What's more, Marca McLean, who is extremely powerful and intelligent, teaches in school! She can't guarantee that she won't be found by the guy who seems to know everything.
But in the end, pansy still failed to suppress the contradiction mixed with desire and fear in her heart, and stuffed it into her suitcase the moment she left the room and was ready to go out.
The night pansy arrived at Hogwarts was undoubtedly uneasy.
In Slytherin's girls' bedroom, she didn't sleep well almost all night. She was always worried about whether the book in the suitcase under the bed would be found by others.
Yes, will there be any very secret traces of black magic on the page with the terrible magic ceremony? Although she can't detect it, maybe Marca McLean can notice it?
Therefore, until the breakfast time when the class officially opened the next day, when Professor McGonagall personally announced the news of McClain's temporary resignation, pansy couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Perhaps the absence of Marca at Hogwarts made pansy's heart relax a lot. At first she was still frightened by the horror of the magic ceremony, but now the feeling was much less, but the feeling of longing occupied her heart again.
After several days of hesitation, I couldn't bear the idea of taking the family burden instead of my brother percess, and gradually suppressed my fear.
A determination came to her mind in the potion class one day.
killing?
No, it's far from the point where she must consider it... The first thing she has to do is to prepare the special magic medicine as a prerequisite according to the formula and steps on the page.
It must be said here that as a female prefect of Slytherin, pansy's academic performance is not poor. She is worse than her brother in magic spells and transfiguration, but her level of magic medicine is not low.
You know, a sixth grader promoted to the n.e.w.ts refresher class, his single subject strength is actually stronger than many people.
However, the magic potion recorded on that page was also very difficult. She tried and failed again and again, and even almost gave up because she thought she couldn't do it.
She had to admit that when she was about to give up, she was secretly relieved.
However, unfortunately, from the moment she tried to make magic medicine, a desire similar to gamblers had already become the devil in her heart.
What is different from the real gambler is that what she wants to gamble is an expectation placed in the future.
If she can't let go, she has to continue - she wants to complete the potion and get a potential that most people can look up to. This will become the capital for her to revive her family as a witch in the future!
"Well, maybe more... For example, a stunning gaze from Draco?"
Pansy was well aware of the turmoil of the Malfoy family. She even learned from her parents that Draco had been resting at home for a period of time.
It is precisely because Draco's father Lucius Malfoy was sentenced to Azkaban that the Malfoy family has lost its prominence in previous years. Even many cooperative forces have made a cold treatment of temporarily terminating contact with him one by one.
If pansy Parkinson, who decided to start refining medicine, might completely put down the boy whose family was declining?
However, with the idea of "being a strong woman", pansy can put his feelings in the first place of marriage.
She wants to liberate her brother's pressure, she also wants to revitalize the Parkinson family, and she wants to win Draco's love! When you think about it, these three not only have no conflict, but complement each other, don't they?
But pansy knew that her desire must be based on real ability.
People often say that once there is a goal, people will have motivation; The more attractive the goal is, the more motivated the person will be. Pansy's heart began to be affected by the desire to pile up constantly, and became persistent and crazy.
After nearly half a month of repeatedly refining magic drugs, the lucky girl seemed to finally stand behind pansy - she succeeded with a trace of luck!
However, pansy, who successfully prepared the magic medicine, was very excited and a little cold at the same time. And she knew that the chill was undoubtedly from the subsequent ritual steps on the page.
"If..."
"If you just kill a Muggle..."
"No, if you kill a Muggle prisoner on death row... It should be no problem?"
The repeated refinement of the standards exposed pansy's struggle.
Yes, she is a typical Slytherin who is arrogant and arrogant. She can feel happy from abusing other "cheap" students. She likes to kick the house elves at will.
Even she knew that she was pansy Parkinson, not a good man and woman.
But in the final analysis, no matter how mean she is, she has not reached the level of being able to kill a living person without hatred.
Not to mention, the way of killing in the ceremony was... So scary.
"Kill, kill?"
For several days, pansy was awakened by a nightmare in the middle of the night - it was clear that she had not really killed anyone.
……
"So, a Muggle Hangman?"
In Snape's office, Maka and pansy sat face to face, while Snape, the owner here, leaned indifferently at his desk not far away.
Faced with Maka's light inquiry, pansy tightly closed her mouth and lips, and her entangled fingers were pale because of too much force.
After a long time, she nodded her head slowly without saying a word.
It took her too much effort to tell the story just now. Now she really doesn't want to say a word.
Seeing this, Maka turned her head and looked at Snape a little - they were both people who had witnessed death and given death themselves. They were very clear about pansy's mood at the moment.
"Well," Maka suddenly turned back and asked coldly, "the man's face when he died... You must remember better than your brother's face?"
"No -"