Daily Life at Hogwarts

Chapter 88 Really shame on alchemy

"Are there no moons around Mars?" Fred was busy with his homework.Not long ago, he was depressed to find that he had missed homework in astronomy class, and now he can only rush to do one.

"Mars has two moons, but the moons are relatively small." Albert, who was sitting across from Fred's desk, was flipping through a book while answering his question: "The closer a planet is to the sun, the less likely it is to form moons. ... Mercury and Venus have no moons."

"Then... Mercury and Venus, which planet is closer to the sun." Fred wrote some words on the parchment, and continued to ask.

"Mercury is closer to the sun."

A few minutes later, Fred got up and stretched, and handed the parchment across the table to Albert across the table, "Finally caught up, help me check for errors there."

The homework of the astronomy class is to draw a constellation map of the solar system. The map needs to draw a few large planets in detail, and also need to mark the names of the planets and the number of satellites.

Albert glanced at the astrological chart on the parchment, saw Fred's mistake at a glance, and reminded, "The positions of Saturn and Jupiter are wrong."

Fred retrieved the parchment and changed the positions of Saturn and Jupiter.

After finishing his homework, Fred picked up a piece of fruit from the table, took a bite, turned his head to look at George next to him and asked, "Are you done?"

George said of course: "It's been done a long time ago."

Fred pretended to be angry and said, "Traitor, you are secretly doing your homework without telling me."

"At that time, I asked you to do it together, but you didn't come by yourself, who can you blame?" George couldn't help rolling his eyes at Fred when he heard the words, "I still remember how you said it back then..."

"When you're done, lend me a copy." Lee Jordan giggled.

"Yes, that's what you said then."

"You didn't borrow me to copy it."

"You didn't say you were going to copy it!"

The twins started their daily bickering again. In fact, the two of them were too busy to do this kind of thing.

"What book are you reading?" Lee Jordan asked curiously. He just finished today's homework and did it with Albert. The advantage is that if you have any questions, you can ask them immediately. Usually, you can get answers. Doing homework alone is much faster.

"Fool's Alchemy." Albert turned the book over and showed Lee Jordan the cover of the book. This book was "Simple Alchemy" introduced by Professor Broad.

"Alchemy doesn't seem to be taught in school." Angelina walked towards this side, holding the monocular that will be used in the astronomy class, and sat down across two Albert chairs, "What are you doing? It's time to go to the Astronomy Tower, and it seems that class time is almost here."

"Wait another 10 minutes, I don't want to stay on the tower to blow the air." Albert took out his pocket watch and put it beside him, continuing to look through the books in his hand.

It's a pity that this book is a little thin, and even if you read it, you can't count the number of readings for the reading madman's quest.

"Simple Alchemy" by Joko Widodo.

That's right, the Joko from the Joko joke shop in Hogsmeade.

To be honest, Albert was a little surprised when he first saw the author of this book.

Of course, it's not hard to guess what the book written by the joke shop owner will be.

This book is telling readers about the relationship between alchemy and magic.

The invisibility cloak that originally sounded tall was turned into a cloak with a blinding spell in the book.

That's right, that thing becomes a so-called invisibility cloak.

The effect of a blindfold is to camouflage an object, making it appear to be an inconspicuous stone on the side of the road, or something else.

However, in the opinion of some wizards, using a blindfold spell on a cloak is undoubtedly superfluous, because they can use it on themselves.

In fact, Albert didn't quite understand why Professor Broad introduced himself to read this book. He flipped through it carefully, and finally made an excuse for himself. "Simple Alchemy" has a method for making amulets.

Yes, the book describes how to make amulets, but instead of using the protector tree to make amulets, you use expelling spells.

The amulet created by the exorcism spell can indeed expel some dark creatures, but at the same time it will also cause trouble for the wearer.

When you carry this amulet with you, it is difficult to receive mail from owls, and the banishment spell on the amulet will also banish the owls.
The wizards who usually use this method to make amulets are usually at a mediocre level of spells and cannot make further use of exorcism spells.

The items made, adhering to the advantages of Joko, are simply for fun.

"Simple Alchemy" also records the manufacturing methods of some prank props. However, these wonderful things are not popular with most alchemists.

After reading the whole book, Albert felt that the name of the book should be changed, and it might be more appropriate to call it The Alchemy of Wonderful Flowers.

Especially at the end of the book, there is a record of an alchemy item that is said to be able to drive away vampires - the garlic cross.

Seeing the name, Albert almost burst out laughing.

The item is almost the same as the name. It is based on the principle that vampires hate garlic, creating a cross that exudes the smell of garlic.

A simple way to make a garlic cross is as follows:
Make a wooden cross, use alcohol to extract garlic, mix the extraction liquid with beeswax or a water bath with essential oils, and finally apply the mixture to the cross, so that the cross is full of garlic flavor...

Carrying a cross that smells of garlic with you is an inexplicable joy.

Well, this book is a real shame on alchemy!

"Is alchemy interesting?" Fred asked casually.

"Interesting? No, alchemy is not interesting, but this book is very interesting." Albert closed the book and handed it to Fred, "After reading this book, my understanding of alchemy has changed a lot. ."

"Let me see..." Fred turned a few pages and said regretfully, "This book is still too advanced for us to understand at all."

"If there is alchemy, it should be a third-year elective, but unfortunately Hogwarts doesn't have it." Albert said regretfully.

"Let me see." George took the book and suddenly shouted loudly, startling everyone around him.

"What are you calling me." Li Jordan glared at George angrily.

"Look, you definitely didn't find out who the author of this book is." George excitedly said
"Who is the author?"

"Zoko." George has been deeply attracted by the method of making joke props above.

"Zoko in the Joko Joke Shop." Several people asked curiously.

"Yes, it's him." Albert ignored George's resentful eyes and stuffed the book into his schoolbag, "Let's go, if you are interested in this book, there will be time for you to read enough."

"By the way, why are you interested in alchemy?" George asked curiously while climbing the spiral staircase.

"When I was talking about Defense Against the Dark Arts with Professor Broad, I happened to talk about amulets. He suggested that I read this book, so I went to the library to borrow it." Albert looked helpless : "It's just that I didn't expect the content of this book to be a bit unexpected."

Do the things in the books really count as alchemy?

Albert reserves his own doubts in this regard.

(End of this chapter)