Chapter 163: Veritaserum

At Hogwarts at the end of January, the previous cold weather gradually eased.
They no longer need to wear several thick padded jackets every day, and step on ice skates to go to class every morning.
Ruber Hagrid returned to the magical animal protection class, although his face still didn't look too good...but he continued Professor Grapland's course on unicorns; perhaps he wanted to prove that Professor Grapland could do it He Hagrid can still do what he arrives!
In the first magical animal protection class when Hagrid returned, he actually brought two unicorn cubs.
"Convincing their parents to let me bring them here is not easy!" Hagrid said with a grin.
Seeing these unicorn cubs, many girls almost went crazy. Jon noticed that Astoria's eyes had not moved away from a unicorn cub.
The cubs of almost all animals can be described by the word "cute", and the cubs of unicorns are undoubtedly the best. Their outer skin presents a comfortable golden look; at the same time, they are thick and thick. The hair is not yet fully grown, and it should be fluffy and comfortable to the touch.
"They will turn silver at about two years old, and they will be cast when they are about four years old. They will not become pure white until they reach adulthood, which is about seven years old!" Hagrid introduced in his loud voice, and at the same time A piece of borneol candy was given to them:
"You can give them sugar, they like it..."
It was a bit similar to Dumbledore, Jon thought to himself while quietly approaching the one that Astoria was holding.
The golden unicorn was licking the candy in Astoria's hand.
Jon wanted to get in touch with him.
As a result, as soon as his hand touched the unicorn, the cub let out an unpleasant scream.
"Don't hurt it!" Astoria glared at him, then quickly turned around and moved the unicorn out of Jon's reach.
...
Hagrid seemed to have escaped the influence of the news, and Rita Skeeter was also barred from entering Hogwarts.
Jon didn't hate this fast-flying western reporter.
Because she almost didn't mention a word about her existence in the news in the Daily Prophet... That is to say, most wizards did not know that Hogwarts in the Triwizard Tournament actually had Jon- Hart is the second player.
However, Jon usually pays attention to it, and often looks around for a beetle...
He didn't want to be heard by Rita Skeeter.
...
As it gets closer and closer to February 24, the students' discussions on the second project have become more and more enthusiastic.
"The content of the first project is the fire dragon, so what should the second project be... against a phoenix?"
"It may also be dealing with a group of eight-eyed giant spiders. I heard that there is a large-scale eight-eyed giant spider breeding base hidden in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts!"
"Why do you always think of magical animals? Why can't the four players find a referee to fight each other... Mr. Crouch is sick, and there are just four referees left!"
Harry Potter was going crazy, especially since he already knew what the second project was.
He played happily for more than a month before Christmas, and after Christmas, he was sad for more than a month because of his "broken relationship", and the incident of Hagrid appeared later... Until a week ago, he did not think of Joan. The message that Eun told him brought the golden egg to the bathroom...
Although it is understood that the content of the second project is to find something at the bottom of Lake Hogsmeade, he, Ron and Hermione have rummaged through the library in the past few days, and have not found one that can help him in the water. The spell of breathing down.
He regrets it now...Why didn't he start digging into the clues provided by the Golden Egg earlier; why did he skip in class, maybe some teacher mentioned how to breathe underwater?
"Maybe you can ask Jon, he may have figured out a way!" Hermione put down a copy of "Forgotten Ancient Magic and Spells" and suggested.
"No!" Ron was the first to speak: "He and Harry are rivals, how could he be kind to help him!"
"Yes, I won't ask him!" Harry also nodded, obviously his pride wouldn't allow himself to do such a thing.
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Jon Hart is in the responsive house at this time.
Like Harry, he has long forgotten about the second project.
Because he wrote to the potions material shop in Diagon Alley at the beginning of last December to buy the saccharum, just in case, he even bought a few more copies. The price is quite expensive, and an ounce of Gill saccharum cost five gallons.
During the recent period, Jon's attention has been all on the potion.
In the crucible in front of him, the purple-green solution was trembling constantly. These were the initial solutions of Veritaserum.
It was also Jon's hard work in the past half month... In the past month and a half, Jon failed twice again.
According to Snape's list, Veritaserum belongs to the 2a group of medicines, but the exact cycle depends on the owner who configures it.
Jon had to choose to try from scratch.
Both the first cycle and the second cycle have failed. With Jon's experience, it is not the reason for the configuration process, but the sequence mismatch.
Today, I’m going to try the third cycle of the 2a family, Sequence 20, titled "Rock."
Jon has already memorized the method content of each sequence by heart.
He carefully took out a tenth of an ounce of Absolute Bird's feathers and carefully added them into the cauldron. This is the theoretical configuration method of Veritaserum.
Bubbles began to emerge in the crucible, and the feathers of the Absolute Bird seemed to be insoluble in the purple-green potion, and began to settle to the bottom of the crucible~EbookFREE.me~ This was Jon’s previous attempts and failed. the reason.
If the potion sequence is selected correctly, the feathers of the Absolute Bird will blend into the solution, making the entire solution transparent; if the selection is wrong, the feathers of the Absolute Bird will completely sink to the bottom, and finally the entire solution will become a black paste.
Jon took out a teaspoon with a little dolomite powder on it.
Very carefully, I poured a little bit of it into the crucible... The feathers of the stunned birds that had settled down seemed to merge with the dolomite powder and disappeared.
But Jon did not relax at all...Because the sequence 20 method requires patience, dolomite powder can only be added when the diabolical bird feathers are deposited at the bottom of the crucible, and the amounts of the two must be strictly matched.
Adding less, as long as a little bit of the bird's feathers are burned into a black paste, then all the potions in the cauldron are used up; adding more, the dolomite powder will prevent the precipitation of the bird's feathers, and the solution will only maintain the status quo. Several solutes failed until ten minutes later.
Jon's breathing gradually became tense--