Chapter 471: Veritaserum

Slughorn's expression was a bit weird, just as Mike saw Slughorn as a tiger deliberately disguised as a pig, Mike had a very high status in Slughorn's eyes.
Mike’s talent, strength, wisdom, wealth, and personality appeal all impressed Slughorn. He even dared to be sure that as long as Mike was given a little time, he could become the best in the whole country and even Europe. Noble and wealthy people.
Slughorn was convinced of this. He believed in his own vision, so he tried to make friends with Mike.
But these recent events let Slughorn see another side of Mike.
Crazy, violent, vicious, decisive, and indifferent to life.
He posted a reward order, and the entire Hogwarts and even the thousands of desperadoes outside went crazy. All of this made Slughorn fearful, and he didn't dare to be in front of Mike now. Putting on a wall, because he found that the opponent could easily pinch himself to death by waving his hand.
So when he found out that Mike came to visit him, Slughorn actually refused in his heart. He had a hunch that the other party would have to do something very troublesome to visit him at this time, but the other party was surprisingly polite, and, The question raised turned out to be only about the side effects of Veritaserum.
This made Slughorn a little bewildered.
Fortunately, Slughorn was also a person who experienced strong winds and waves. He quickly reacted and said:
"The side effects of Veritaserum can not be eliminated. After all, this formula has been perfected to the extreme and there is no room for improvement."
"is it?"
Mike sighed lightly, but the expression on his face was not disappointed.
He was about to leave. Now that his question has been answered, there is no need for him to stay here.
Just when he turned around to leave, Slughorn said again:
"But there are still potions that are similar to Veritaserum but have minimal side effects."
After all, Slughorn waved his magic wand.
A thick magic book flew from the bookshelf behind it to Mike's face and opened automatically.
"Look, that's it." Slughorn pointed to a line of characters written in ancient runes and said to Mike with the tip of his stick. "Mantra Potion, its effect is also to make the user only tell the truth. But the effect is much worse than that of Veritaserum. Well, the duration is about half the difference, and there is a certain chance that the other party will talk nonsense and cannot ask questions. But the same as its weak effect is that its side effects are also very serious. Young, people who take this medicine will only feel a little trance, and this symptom just needs to sleep."
Slughorn had obviously entered the teaching state, and the saliva he said was flying, and Mike had to step back a bit to avoid being sprayed by the droplets.
"Is this... really useful?"
Mike asked incredulously, he had never hoped for Slughorn. He came here just to behave.
But now it seems that the opponent is obviously more powerful than he expected.
"Of course it's useful. I used to prepare this medicine when I was young and did an experiment on a Muggle. This medicine is absolutely effective!" Slughorn's face changed, and he waved his hands in panic. Staring at Mike with the big eyes, he said, "Oh! You got it wrong. I said I did an experiment on a leper dwarf. Yes, a leper dwarf! What is the experiment with Muggles? I'm breaking the law, I won't do such inhumane things!"
Mike looked at Slughorn coldly, and the other party's words once again reminded Mike Muggle's position in the wizard's eyes.
Just as humans use monkeys and orangutans for experiments, wizards will also use Muggles for magical research. In the eyes of wizards, Muggles are really suitable materials for experiments. After all, Muggles’ bodies and The wizard is almost the same.
Mike recalled that he had learned all kinds of esoteric potions, transformation arts, and black magic, and his body couldn't help but shudder. Behind this knowledge, I don't know how many innocent lives were ruthlessly taken away.
Mike himself is also a man with hands, but he still has an instinctive aversion to human experimentation. It has nothing to do with the Virgin or not, but the latter is really desperate.
Slughorn's cheeks began to see fine beads of sweat, and the expression on his face became a little frightened.
All this is because Mike's expression began to become more and more fearful, that hideous expression, as if he would take out a magic wand to cast himself a spell at any time.
Slughorn stepped back slowly, and at the same time stretched his hand into the lining pocket of his suit and grabbed a small glass bottle, which was filled with forint, which was one of his last means of saving his life.
But what Slughorn was worried about did not happen, and the hideous color on Mike's face quickly disappeared and returned to the previous smiling face.
But as long as you observe carefully, you can find that although Mike’s face is full of smiles, it gives people a sense of smiling and not smiling. The original full of goodwill has completely disappeared, and replaced by It's pure coldness.
"I have another question, Professor." Mike said, "Since the side effects of this mantra medicine are so low and the effect is acceptable, why is everyone using Veritaserum now?"
Slughorn obviously hadn't recovered from the shock just now, his hand was still in the pocket of the suit lining, and he stammered:
"This...this is because of the cost. The cost of configuring Mantra Potion is very high, almost twice that of Veritaserum, and it is also more difficult to make than Veritaserum, so gradually no one will make it. It is. In fact, it is about to be lost, and now only a dozen people in Europe know how to configure it."
"Is that so?" Mike said with a smile, "Then can I ask the professor to help me make some mantra potions? It's a shame to say that I need more potions, probably enough for 100 people. But. You can rest assured that I will provide all the materials, including you and I will prepare a generous reward."
"This... of course there is no problem. It is my duty as a professor to help students."
"Then, I won't bother you to rest."
With that said, Mike slowly withdrew from the office.
As the office door was gently closed, Slughorn finally breathed a sigh of relief. Mike was so scary just now that he almost thought he was going to die.
Panting heavily, Slughorn instinctively reached out to the cigar over there to take a sigh of shock, but all he felt was a cloud of ashes.
He looked down and saw that the half-smoked cigar had long been burnt, and the expensive carpet under his feet had also been burned with a big hole by cigarette butts.
"Merlin's beard..."
Slughorn yelled instinctively, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the office door was opened here.
"Oh! By the way, Professor. I forgot to say that you don’t have to keep it secret about my request to you. If someone asks about it, just tell him the truth. Then, this time I really said goodbye. professor."
The door of the office was closed gently again, but the expression on Slughorn’s face was wonderful, because he didn’t receive any warning when Mike opened the door just now. The prohibition on the door seemed to be completely non-existent in front of Mike!
...
On Monday, Hogwarts finally restored the appearance of some schools. The various damages in the castle caused by the student riots were also quickly restored with the efforts of domestic elves and the punitive labor of many erring students.
The subjects of the professors have basically returned to normal, and even Slughorn, who had been hiding in the office from the beginning, has returned to the podium.
I have to say that this is a good thing, especially for fifth and seventh grade students.
Because no matter how severe the external situation is, they will take the OWL and exams that can determine their future lives this year. You must know that Hogwarts has no chance to repeat.
Now that classes are resumed, the students should go to class.
This is a philosophy that Dumbledore firmly implements, and even students like Mike are no exception.
Ever since, Mike ran to class with his book.
What they are going to take this morning is Professor McGonagall’s Transfiguration class. The task assigned by Professor McGonagall is to turn mice into cats. This is a relatively difficult task for sixth grade students, because it involves biology. With regard to behavioral habits, it would be unqualified if you conjure a cat that gnaws and bites like a mouse.
Hermione is the happiest being able to return to class, but other people are different, especially those students who participated in the riots. Most of them still have bruises and scars on their faces. This is angry. Professor Snape left them.
These people wielded their magic wands with a sad face, and the cats they turned out looked a little sluggish because of their poor mental state.
Mike didn't sympathize with them at all. What they did before was really bad, so in the next days of this semester they have to complete a lot of schoolwork while using their spare time to complete the punishment given by the professors, including obligations. Labor, review report and confinement.
Professor McGonagall's expression on the podium was also not very good. Her mouth was pressed tightly from beginning to end of this class. Anyone who knew her knew that this was a sign of her anger.
And to say who is the most relaxed in the whole class, it must be Mike's right.
It only took him five minutes to turn the mouse that was sent down into a clingy black cat, and then he flipped through a magic book called "The Magic of Language", completely ignoring it. Professor McGonagall's murderous look.
After a transfiguration class, the Ravenclaw student sitting next to Mike was scared into a cold sweat.
He was afraid that Professor McGonagall was terribly scared, and the slight murderousness that Professor McGonagall shed had scared him so much that he could barely hold his wand.
At 11 o'clock, Professor McGonagall announced the end of get out of class on time. This is one of the characteristics of Professor McGonagall. She will never delay the class.
When Professor McGonagall walked away ticking away on high heels, the entire classroom was considered alive. Everyone walked to the restaurant with a word and a word. Some were physically punished and some severely needed help to walk.
Mike also packed up and got up and walked to the door alone. Franklin skipped class today to help Mike.
"Mike!"
Hermione's familiar voice came from behind, and Mike looked back and saw that Harry's trio was behind him.
"It's a coincidence that you are here, let's go eat together." Mike said with a smile, "Harry, Ron, I can share some of my lunch with you in a while. The house elves in the kitchen don't know what went crazy recently. , I have more and more food, and I am embarrassed to waste food. I can only bite the bullet and finish it every time. It feels too uncomfortable."
Hearing that Harry and Ron both nodded quickly, they also felt that the house elves in the kitchen were crazy. The only difference from Mike is that the house elves give them Gryffins with too little food, and they don't have enough food at all.
Hermione gave the two foodies a white look, and then looked at Mike worriedly.
"Mike, do you really want to use the weakened Veritaserum drug called Mantra Potion to torture every student in the school?"
Mike raised his eyebrows and said:
"Who told you?"
"We listened to Angelina ~EbookFREE.me~ but this is not important, because Angelina also listened to others."
"Yes, the fact that you want to feed all the teachers and students drink the mantra potion has spread throughout Hogwarts."
"Let me say that this is really not a good idea. Although Azkaban is no longer there, it is illegal after all. It is impossible for Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic to ignore it!"
Harry and Hermione talked about the matter in one word and one word. Mike nodded when they heard it. After they had finished speaking, he tried to suppress the corners of his mouth and pretended to be firm. Says:
"There is no discussion about this matter. There is only one way to find the assassin. I will never give up."
Mike's voice was a bit loud, and many of the classmates around him heard what he said. After hearing the words, they all speeded up their pace, fearing that Mike would find out.
Hermione and Harry's expressions were also not so good, they didn't expect Mike to be so stubborn.
But as friends, they couldn't sit back and watch their best friend go astray. With this belief, Hermione was ready to persuade Mike again.
But before she could speak, Mike waved her hand to signal her to stop talking, and pointed in the direction of the auditorium and said:
"Okay, don't talk about this now. Let's go eat first."
While speaking, Mike turned and walked towards the auditorium.
Harry and the others looked at each other and finally followed Mike.