Chapter 455 Chaos in the Snow

"Why are you? Professor Moody?"

At the gate, William was surprised to find that the gatekeeper had been changed from Hagrid to Moody.

The Hogwarts campus except for the Forbidden Forest is surrounded by thick iron railings. Over the millennia, generations of inheritors have added heavy protection to the fences, making it impossible for ordinary wizards to cross the railings - even if they have magic power. When a powerful wizard tries to break in, the defense system will sound an alarm, completely ruining the intruder's plan.

Therefore, the only way out of this school so far is through secret passages. I have never heard of any students successfully climbing over the wall - let alone climbing over the wall. Even if someone plans to fly over, the school will still be able to discover it as soon as possible. .

"Hagrid is going to the dance," Moody said, holding the door tightly with no intention of letting the students in. "Albus couldn't bear to let him leave the middle of the dance..."

As Moody spoke, he took out a bottle of potion with the hand not holding the wand. With a wave of the wand, the potion bottle flew directly towards William.

However, before the potion could fly halfway, it fell directly to the ground as if it had been pulled by something. William, who had an iron armor spell on his body, looked at the potion on the ground, and used his wand to pick up some of the floating potion. After observing the uncontaminated potion and smelling it, he placed the potion in his left hand.

"Okay, confirmed."

Moody muttered, with a crippled smile on his face. He opened the door with his wand and began to let the students in.

The other professors looked at each other one by one, and then shook their heads helplessly - although inspection is necessary, is this too cautious?

"Understand," Adams said softly, "Professor Moody will not say it. Poor William, how much he lost because of Rita's incident...The office was almost completely destroyed..."

"Too…"

Everyone sighed at the same time - let alone Umbridge's most hidden Death Eater, her subordinate Rita could destroy an office almost beyond repair. No wonder the professors of self-defense are now So nervous…

But their emotions did not affect the two professors' mutual cross-examination at all.

"Professor Moody, what do you think is the candy I hate most?"

"Ginger candy." Moody looked at William again, "Professor William, who do I think is the most dangerous person in this castle?"

"Karkaroff."

After asking the last question, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time - such protection should be enough where Dumbledore stayed.

"Where's Professor Lupin?"

"Back there." William waved his hands angrily, but he didn't mention Lupin's troubles to Moody - it would be one thing for Moody to find something wrong and track it down on his own, but it would be another thing if he said it. .

'Speaking of which - wasn't he given a love drug? ’

The conversation just now had a great impact on him. He didn't expect this at all, but he quickly shook his head. What kind of person is Lupine? There is someone who can treat him - wait!

William suddenly remembered something very important.

They attended the Ministry of Magic's dance, not the school dance - the biggest difference between the two is that the Ministry of Magic's dance is more direct...

This is straightforward. To put it simply, in order to enhance their charm, some people will use perfume mixed with erotic agents.

Yes, because the smell of the love agent makes many people feel like they smell their favorite scent, some less formal perfumes will add a certain amount of the love agent to adjust the taste, and the sales volume is very high.

To be more precise, William himself also has two magic potion formulas for improving the infatuation, one can make the fragrance last longer, and the other can make the person's smell stronger.

Understand - making magic potions is a money-burning job. When funds are scarce, money-making prescriptions are very effective.

For this reason, William didn't feel out of place when he smelled the smell of love potion after entering the venue. Anyway, it would be fine if the drink he drank didn't contain it - there would be no such scandal at the Ministry of Magic banquet.

‘Professor Lupine used to live in poverty, and it was impossible for him to participate in adult wizards’ dances, and he was not very good at potions... Could it be that the little perfume he put on tonight got him hooked? It’s hard to say, but a werewolf’s sense of smell is indeed more sensitive than that of a normal wizard…’

A love potion with a user will make the victim crazy about the user, but the effect of a love potion without a clear user is... well, it makes people's senses more inclined?

William has never done any research in this area, so he can only refer to the few materials in his mind.

'So...I have wronged Professor Lupine? He just had a good impression, and then—"

‘I’ll make some antidote to the love potion later and drink it for him. ’

William was thinking about it and asked Moody.

"By the way, Professor Moody, I'm going to check again later to see if anyone in the school is involved. Can you help keep an eye on it?"

"Of course it's no problem -" Moody's wooden legs banged on the frozen solid ground, "A semester has passed, and it's time to check on the students and professors again."

"By the way, Professor Moody, if Aurors are trained, they will undergo training in potion inspection, right?"

"Of course, there are solutions to common potions in the world, as well as potions and materials that some dark wizards like to use for poisoning. When we go on missions, we will even carry some bezoars with us to ensure absolute safety."

"What about the love potion?"

William asked smoothly.

"Love potion?"

Moody, who was originally complacent, suddenly froze, and then stared at William with a suspicious look on his face.

"Why would you think of this?"

Moody's eyes became stern as he looked at William, "Aurors are strictly trained, and we value our companions extremely. If anyone has any abnormality or is slandered with something, everyone will work hard to get rid of those. The guy caught it.”

'It's over, it seems there really is no training related to love potions...'

Moody's serious expression said a lot - there is no doubt that potions like love potions, which behave strangely and are easy to detect after being infected, are not within the scope of Auror training.

'That's still an Auror who has just joined the job...'

William sighed in his heart - neither the Aurors nor the professors of this year were good, and they were knocked down by the perfume containing the intoxicant...

Looking at the look on William's face, Moody was unhappy. He found that he had made a mistake that would easily make people look down on Aurors.

"Aurors will not be poisoned with love potions. Our requirements are very strict. In the past few years, students at Hogwarts did not perform well in self-defense. We have tight enrollment quotas! Even the specially recruited Tang Kes is also the best among the students!"

'Wan Duzi... special move...'

Hearing this familiar name again, William understood everything.

"She is a natural Disguisemagus. Don't think that we just recruit her randomly. She is equivalent to always carrying a polyjuice potion that will not be detected!"

Moody was furious to defend the Auror name - he had been an Auror all his life, and one of the things he hated most was when someone questioned the Auror's standards.

Seeing that he was really angry, William had no choice but to comfort Moody with soft words. It took him a long time to make the former Auror understand that he had no prejudice against Aurors and had always believed that Aurors were the British magic. The most elite force in the Department, the nemesis of the Death Eaters and the mainstay against the Dark Lord.

"That's pretty much it. I'm going on a patrol!"

Moody finally left with satisfaction, leaving William who could only complain about his bad mouth.

He quickly returned to the castle, changed his clothes, took out the bag he carried with him, and took out almost all the medicine for testing. After leaving only enough for ten people, he hurried towards Hagrid's hut. ——The dance at Hogwarts is almost over. If we don’t seize the time to make snow inspections, we will only be lonely.

Fortunately, the energy of the students was much stronger than he thought, whether it was the students who came back with him or the students who had just finished the dance.

When he arrived at Hagrid's hut, Adams had already directed the students to move a bundle of herbs to Hagrid's hut, and a huge fire was lit, waiting for William to put the crucible to brew the potion. .

"You guys are really..." William struggled for a moment, "You are full of action."

"So, hurry up. With such a beautiful moon, it would be a pity not to snow!"

Adams was still drunk and in high spirits.

"Okay, I'll be ready soon."

William took out a super giant crucible from his pocket and placed it on the fire - then filled it with water with magic and began to add herbs to it under control.

‘Why does it look like a recipe for a visible potion? ’

All the top students looked very familiar, but no one dared to ask, for fear that it was a special potion with a modified dosage, and they would look stupid if they asked.

It was naturally impossible for William to explain this to them. Watching the potion roll away, he immediately took out the potions he had prepared long ago and began to use them to lead the way and weave light silver clouds in the sky.

A huge amount of silver-white steam shot straight into the sky. It could be seen from a long distance away. The silver-white smoke formed rapidly at the height where broomsticks usually flew.

The students who had just finished the dance immediately noticed something was wrong, and called their friends to come and watch.

"There is silvery white mist in the sky!"

"Is it a special show?"

None of the students who had not had enough fun refused to go back to the lounge - even if this was a natural phenomenon, today it had to be a school viewing event!

——

"Yeah, just right."

William nodded and pointed his wand at the crucible - when the potion he brought was almost used up, the first pot of potion was almost finished.

While he was transferring this pot of potion, he signaled the students to boil the second pot. He stirred the magic wand, and the second pot of potion turned into a silver-white mist column that shot straight into the sky.

"William, when does it start?"

"Right now!"

William responded loudly to Adams, and drew his wand across the sky. The pale silver clouds in the sky immediately began to billow, causing a group of children who were helping to cook the potion to cheer, and the faces of the professors who were watching also showed happy expressions. Come with a smile - this scene is worth the time they have been waiting for.

As the silvery white clouds rolled to the extreme, little white snowflakes began to appear quietly, glowing with a little color under the bright moonlight, which was really beautiful.

The students couldn't hold back their cheers - they were just talking and had no idea that the school actually held a viewing event.

"Nonsense! Who did this?"

Professor Snape, who was using his wand to spread the rose bushes and kill them, raised his head. He didn't even have time to distinguish the houses of the children who were running away.

He caught a snowflake, took a look at it, then brought it close to his nose, his face became even more livid.

"Revealing potion..."

There is no doubt that he hates the people in that office the most - except for them, no one will do these fancy things. It happened again when school started, and now it comes again...

"Ten points from Ravenclaw!"

Observing one from the corner of his eye, Professor Snape quickly identified the other's house, and then another, "Ten points from Gryffindor too!"

——

Harry hid among the rose bushes, the previous atmosphere completely gone.

He felt that Qiu's hands were a little sweaty, so he squeezed them hard and whispered to her not to worry - Snape didn't have the Magic Eye, so it was theoretically impossible to detect him in this situation.

Just before Snape made his killing spree, he had already used the Disillusionment Charm to hide himself and Qiu from being watched.

"Fortunately, the professor said that when there are enough people hiding in a place, they should hide better than others, or simply change places."

Harry even had time to think about it.

He was now extremely looking forward to Snape leaving and not discovering the two pairs of seventh-year students next to him - they were discovered relatively late and hurriedly used the Disillusionment Curse, and now there were many flaws.

"Don't worry, he will be later..."

Harry even wanted to point out the casting errors of those behind him to Qiu, but found that the other party's figure became increasingly clear...

'The spell has failed? If you don’t practice well in seventh grade...it’s not good! ’

He suddenly felt something was wrong, and the effect of his phantom spell seemed to be too - he quickly glanced at Qiu.

It's over...the phantom spell is gradually losing its effectiveness, and it's getting faster and faster!

At this moment, Snape had discovered the first pair of students who had been accidentally exposed.

'It's over...'

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"Hermione, your hair?"

After Hermione finally comforted Ginny who was sad to see Harry and Qiu sneak out again, Ginny said suddenly.

"What - God, didn't they say that the effect is very long-lasting?"

Her hair, which had been made straight by the softener, returned to its previous appearance, and her makeup was quickly washed away - all the effects of magic were like the fairy tale Cinderella she had heard of, at twelve o'clock After the sound, everything returned to normal.

Not just her—so did the rest of them.

The castle instantly became chaotic.

——

"Where's the janitor?"

Thelma was not far from the door, lighting a bonfire out of boredom.

"Where is Hagrid?"

"Where is the professor?"

"Where have the classmates gone?"

Didn't she just eat a few more pastries, and then she learned that the professors had left with their students?

"It's still snowing... I'm having a great time in the castle... I should have known better than to go there..."

"It's so cheerful. Everyone must be happy, right?"

She shook her head, twirled the lucky rabbit, and listened to the shouts and screams in the castle, guessing.