Chapter 561： new discoveries

 Chapter 561 New Discovery

 The sky in October was gloomy, with faint signs of rain. The bad weather did not affect everyone's good mood, nor did it prevent the students from going to Hogsmeade.

No student would refuse to go back to school for the Halloween feast after a fun day in Hogsmeade.

This wonderful feast just got even better.

On the way to Hogsmeade, Albert and Isobel chatted about the Wolfsbane Potion, but they did not find the road boring.

 Suddenly a group of Ravenclaw girls walked past, it was Katrina and her female companions. The girls giggled in this direction, talking in low voices, seeming to be talking about Albert and Isobel. Some girls even kept looking back at Albert and Isobel.

However, the two of them didn't pay much attention, ignoring the appraising looks of the girls, and continued chatting about the topic until they entered Hogsmeade.

 “Let’s go to Honeydukes Candy Store first!” Albert took Isobel’s hand and turned into the candy store that was filled with the scent of butterscotch. The place was crowded with students.

In the corner of the candy store, Albert saw several people sucking on a kind of ice cream ball, letting their feet float a few inches off the ground.

 “Let’s go over and give it a try.”

When the two of them just went to the corner, they happened to meet Katrina and her female companion again. One of them actually ran over to greet Isobel warmly while he was picking candies.

 “You are really popular.” The girl said softly.

“It’s not good to be too famous.” Albert sighed quietly, walked to a marshmallow machine, and played with marshmallows, “Have you ever eaten this?”

 “What are you doing?” Isobel asked curiously, noticing that Albert was shaping the marshmallow.

 In a moment, a flower made of marshmallows was quickly formed, and Albert gave it to Isobel next to him.

 “Muggle tricks.”

“I’m a little reluctant to eat it.” Isobel said softly, looking at the flower made of marshmallows.

At this moment, several girls came over to chat with Albert, hoping that Albert could help them get the same flower.

 “Sorry, we have something to do and have to leave.”

Albert declined politely and went to the counter to pay the bill with the pile of candies he had just purchased. Then, he left the candy store under the resentful eyes of a group of girls.

"If you are willing to teach this little trick to the candy shop owner, he might be happy to give you a 9.5% discount when you buy candies." Isobel looked at the marshmallow flowers in her hand, feeling very happy .

“Forget it, I’m not Professor Lockhart, and I don’t really like being watched by a group of people.”

The two went to Mrs. Puddifu's Teahouse, where couples always like to go on dates. There they met Percy and his female companion. Miss Penello seemed to be very interested in the marshmallow flowers in Isobel's hand. Xi then took him to Honeydukes Candy Store, seemingly planning to buy one for his girlfriend.

　　"I'm afraid Penello will be disappointed." Isobel put the marshmallows aside, ordered two cups of milk tea, and chatted with Albert about beauty potions.

In fact, there are many similar beauty potions in the magic world. This potion was originally proposed and developed by a witch named Saklisa Tugwood in the last century, but there is no beauty potion that can Keep people young.

Over in the United States, Miss Kathleen has also made little progress. It is by no means an easy task to develop a potion that can help people maintain their appearance.

 The research on potions sometimes requires a little bit of luck.

Albert plans to find inspiration from the raw materials of beauty potions and mandrake root. After all, mandrake root can brew a potion that can delay aging through complex potion technology.

 However, Albert didn’t know whether this thing worked or not, but it did not affect him from revealing some research directions to Isobel.

At this moment, a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, and there was a faint sound of thunder in the distance.

Dense raindrops were falling. Pedestrians on the street were looking for shelter from the rain. Many students took shelter in the teahouse.

I stayed in the shop for an hour and waited until the rain subsided. Then I left the teahouse and planned to buy something at Devis Bans store.

 As soon as he paid and walked out of the teahouse, Albert saw an acquaintance.

"Mr. Huttok Dagworth," Albert took Isobel's hand and walked quickly forward to greet the figure who was about to cross the corner.

"It turns out to be Albert!" Hertok stopped and looked at Albert in surprise. His eyes fell on Isobel next to him and asked with a smile, "Why don't you introduce the young lady next to you? ?"

"This is Isobel, my girlfriend," Albert began to introduce the two parties, "This is Hertok Dagworth, a famous potion master, I have mentioned it to you before. "

"How will you be here."

 “I need bird and snake eggs. I stopped by to see Mr. Kettlebo. I heard he was ill.”

 “You sold that house to Mr. Kettlebo?” Albert had already guessed the reason.

"Yes, I heard him say he was ready to retire, so I gave him the house in Hogsmeade." Huttok said with a smile: "You know, I rarely come here, the house is reserved for It’s also a waste.”

After Albert asked for Isobel's opinion, the two of them followed Hutok and turned into a remote street and came to the last house.

This place has been carefully tended, the weeds in the garden have been turned into flowers, and a shed has been built next to it.

 “I thought Professor Kettlebo would stay in the hospital to recuperate.”

"Mr. Kettlebo was not too sure about his little darlings, so he came back."

The person who opened the door for them was a house elf, probably sent from Hogwarts to take care of Professor Kettlebo's daily life.

Professor Kettlebo was very happy that someone came to visit him, and he casually chatted with them about recent events.

"I saw in the newspaper that Mr. Damocles released the Wolfsbane Potion." Mr. Kettlebo looked at Huttok with puzzlement and confusion. He thought that the Wolfsbane Potion was invented by Huttok.

"It was Damocles who first proposed using the toxin of Wolfsbane Aconitum to make a Wolfsbane potion to restrain werewolves. The potion appeared a long time ago, but there were some problems with the raw materials and configuration." Hutok explained with a smile, "Later , he invited us to help improve this potion, and I remember that Albert was a big help."

Professor Kettlebo looked at Albert in surprise, and the latter shook his head to express that he had made some suggestions at that time.

"However, the price is a bit expensive. I guess a werewolf can't afford that thing." Professor Kettlebo shook his head and said, "By the way, how many bird and snake eggs do you need."

"One...no, two." Hutok thought that he needed to be just in case, so he changed his tune temporarily.

"I asked Clark to bring it to you." Professor Kettlebo did not refuse, but just sighed softly, "There were supposed to be eight bird and snake eggs, but for some reason, when I checked, I found that two were missing. .”

 “Has it been stolen?”

 “I don’t know, I don’t remember it anymore.” Professor Kettlebo said.

Albert's brows raised slightly, which reminded him of Lockhart's scammer. After all, he needed bird and snake eggs to make his bird and snake egg yolk shampoo.

"Perhaps, you gave it to Professor Lockhart? I remember that his bird and snake egg yolk shampoo requires bird and snake eggs." Albert unceremoniously put the pot on Lockhart's head. Who asked Which guy is the most suspicious?

“Bird, Snake and Egg Yolk Shampoo?” Hutok raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Professor Lockhart gave me a bottle last time. I haven't used it yet. It's here." Albert said, taking out the shampoo from the shape-shifting lizard skin bag.

"I've heard of this stuff. It's sold on the black market. It's said to be a little dangerous when used, but the effect is very good." Hetok took the shampoo and looked it up and down before commenting, "However, this stuff is not even half-finished. It doesn’t even count.”

"That's a shameful waste. I really don't know why Dumbledore would agree to him becoming the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor." Kettlebo was very dissatisfied with Lockhart's bird and snake egg yolk shampoo. The main ingredient of this product is bird and snake. The yolk of the egg.

"Okay, don't get excited. You should recover from your illness first." Hutok soothed. After the house elf brought the bird and snake eggs, they didn't disturb Professor Kettlebo anymore, got up and left. .

 “Do you think it’s Professor Lockhart?” Isobel suddenly asked after separation from Huttock.

“Don’t you think the Defense Against the Dark Arts professors every year are suspicious?” Albert changed the subject after finishing speaking, “Is there anywhere you want to go?”

“Go to the Three Broomsticks for a drink, and then go back.” Isobel hesitated, then asked, “Have you ever asked Mr. Huttok about beauty potions?”

"Of course I asked." Albert didn't hide it. "He said that the witch Saclisa Tugwood who once specialized in beauty potions also mentioned similar ideas and even spent a lot of time doing research, but It never worked out.”

 “That’s right, it can’t be so easy to succeed.”

"If you want, I can ask for you." Albert suddenly said, "The descendants of Witch Saklisa Tugwood may still preserve the previous research data."

Albert thought that he could find some inspiration from others, maybe he would succeed?

Although it’s not a good idea to take chances, it’s not a bad idea to give it a try.

“Actually, you want to see it yourself too!”

Isobel looked at Albert quite speechlessly, but nodded anyway, fearing that all the notes and research records at that time would be lost.

Most wizards don’t value knowledge as much as they think, especially things that don’t make money. The beauty potion invented by the witch Saxe Lisa Tugwood is hardly a secret these days.

 (End of this chapter)