not understand well?

Just ask if you happen to meet me?

Hum╭(╯^╰)╮This question is not random.

Whether it's the "testimony" of the drugstore manager in Diagon Alley or the thick and heavy "Elementary Potion Encyclopedia", these are not easily found by just wandering around. At least Elena can be sure that the ones at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore are

There is no such book on the bookshelf.

It seems that this little beaver came prepared.

Elena's eyes collided with Hermione's provocative eyes, and she raised her eyebrows with some understanding.

So that’s it, is Little Beaver planning a holiday counterattack waiting for her here?

Because of her presence in the world, Hermione Granger was not isolated as in the original novel, but she also did not experience the thrilling escape from death after being blocked in the women's bathroom by a troll with a big stick.

.

Perhaps due to some of her influence, Hermione's sharp edge in school today is not so harsh.

But in contrast, the little beaver's stubbornness and unwillingness to admit defeat did not disappear because of this. Instead, it gradually converged and solidified into a bundle. It changed from being aggressive towards everyone to being only targeted towards Irene.

Na’s obsession.

When leaving the Hogwarts Express last semester, Bai Mao Danzi and Little Beaver re-signed the "New One Hundred Times" gambling agreement for the next school year under the witness of Hannah and Luna.

—As long as Hermione can take first place in grade in more than one-third of the courses, this little wing will be considered successful in challenging the white-haired devil.

"Tsk, it's really surprising that you didn't give up on potions?"

A trace of surprise flashed in Elena's eyes. She originally thought that the little beaver would not challenge her in the field of potions.

After all, compared to other subjects, Potions is almost her strongest position. The gap between ordinary students and Potions teaching assistants is really too big. The gap between the two in the bonus points and the final assessment can almost make people despair.

.

Human energy is limited, and even a talented little witch like Hermione cannot "wage war" in all fields.

According to Elena's previous prediction, Hermione's wisest approach would be to avoid her strong subjects and launch an attack on Elena's relatively weaker subjects - to avoid their sharp edges, this would have the highest success rate.

tactical choices.

Therefore, Elena was caught off guard when she encountered a backstab from the little beaver in Potions class.

Obviously, the "one hundred times" punishment game did not allow Elena to conquer the little beaver as she wished, but to some extent inspired Hermione Granger's desire to win-compared to the other two

A girl with a slightly softer personality, the Minister of Magic's unwillingness to admit defeat in the original work has not changed at all due to the butterfly effect.

And the most important thing is——

As the Fairy Queen who has a lot to do every day and makes hundreds of millions every minute, Elena did not invest too much energy in preparing for potions during the summer vacation that just ended. She focused more on "preparing for the future"

"Introduction of Soviet Talents", "SCP Foundation Operation", and "Hogwarts College Urban Construction" are the more important areas.

Compared to the well-read Hermione Calcutta Granger, she is really weak in the specific field of potions.

This time she was careless, Hermione's competitiveness was stronger than she imagined.

only……

Elena shook her head quietly in her heart, it was not the right time to use this little cleverness.

You know, she is not fighting alone now.

If she were in Professor Snape's Potions class, with his cold-faced and arrogant character, he would probably leave her alone and let her feel a little frustration, but Horace Slughorn

En is not that kind of "bad person".

Slughorn would almost never refuse such an opportunity to show off in front of children whenever someone asked.

"Huh? Might fresh nettles be better? I'm not sure about that either."

Glancing at Hermione, Elena turned her head without hesitation and asked for help from the old wizard standing beside the desk.

"Professor Slughorn, this seems to be a knowledge point that is not written in "Magic Potions and Potions"? Is there any wonderful principle of potions in this, or is it a limitation in the actual operation of society?"

Anyway, according to the previous agreement, the two of them were not competing for dominance in the classroom.

Even if Elena is temporarily unable to maintain dominance in a certain class, as long as Hermione fails to succeed in replacing her, then according to the contract that is full of loopholes, the cunning Sandaime Dark Lord can still easily harvest the spoils.

"Here...theoretically, fresh nettle can enhance the effect of the swelling potion a little bit."

Slughorn took the conversation very naturally, raised his finger, shook it, and explained with a smile.

"As Ms. Kaslana introduced before, the presence of stinging hairs on the stems and leaves of nettle will cause irritation to the exposed skin of humans or animals. If you have observed how the swelling agent works, you will find that both

In fact, they have very similar performances - the only difference is that the magic will make the potion take effect the moment it touches the skin."

The old wizard paused for a moment, looked around the classroom for a few seconds, and said meaningfully.

"However, fresh nettle is not suitable for teaching. In addition to safety reasons, the reason behind this is actually more based on the difference between the two qualities of materials in the final presentation and preparation of potions. So, I think

Please take a guess as to why the more expensive dried nettles appear in the classroom instead of the theoretically more responsive fresh nettles.”

Hermione was stunned, lowered her head and flipped through her extracurricular books several times.

She had never thought of this at all. Whether it was from the store manager or the "Elementary Potion Encyclopedia", except for the optimization effect of fresh nettles in the potion reaction, there was no mention of it.

Write other content.

Needless to say, this is another knowledge blind spot that is not recorded in books.

"Oh, don't worry about getting the answer wrong. You can follow the principles of the swelling potion and make a bold guess."

Slughorn said with a grin, looking at the classroom that was temporarily silent with considerable satisfaction.

He had to admit that Elena's narration mode just now provided him with a new idea - anyway, there is still more than half an hour before the second potion reaction time. If he can just kill the time like this, he will naturally do it again.

It couldn't be better.

This kind of trade-off based on in-depth potion principles cannot be answered by just luck or by reading a few more potion-related books.

Even some potion geniuses with keen intuition can only vaguely understand the subtle differences between the potions after many attempts and comparisons.

And this must be based on the fact that all the potions in the previous attempts are perfectly formulated and can accurately lock the changes in the potion's properties caused by a small change in the potion material.

At this moment, Harry suddenly raised his right hand cautiously.

"Because dry nettle will make the potion's response more stable?" he said. "Although fresh nettle will make the potion take effect faster, the improvement it brings is not that much due to the magic power of the potion itself."

obvious?"

As he spoke, Harry Potter glanced at the old "Magic Potions and Potions" in his hand.

The blank space at the edge of the page with the description of the swelling potion is now filled with black notes just like the place where the potion is printed. Many of the places also include comments and revisions to the content of the textbook.

At this time, next to the writing on the page with the nettle pattern, there was also an explanation written:

[The processed dried nettles can improve the stability of the agent, while the reaction efficiency improved by fresh nettles is negligible]

This book is not the Potions textbook for the new semester that Harry Potter bought from Flourish and Blotts.

Yesterday afternoon, when Harry was making up a routine lesson in Snape's office, he accidentally knocked over the potion bottle next to the professor's desk because of a sudden sleepiness, although Professor Snape controlled the flow of the potion in time.

, but most of Harry's new textbooks were damaged under the professor's spell, and it seemed that they could no longer be used.

Harry originally thought that he would be scolded severely, but unexpectedly, Professor Snape seemed to be in a good mood that day.

Apart from a few words of warning to take a good rest, Severus Snape did not criticize him too much. Instead, he ended his make-up classes early for the first time and gave Harry an early break to adjust his mental state.

On the other hand, in order not to affect Harry's subsequent courses.

Before leaving the Potions Professor's office, Snape also found a few old books from the junk pile that students had left in the classroom in previous years, and asked Harry to pick one at random, and temporarily use it for the next Potions class.

Let's deal with it.

However, Harry did not expect that the above notes would actually involve the questions raised by Professor Slughorn.

"Exactly, I can't explain it more accurately myself!"

Slughorn blinked in surprise, looked at Harry quite unexpectedly, and then said.

"Any qualified swelling agent will take effect within one to two seconds when it comes into contact with exposed skin. Fresh nettle will indeed speed up the process, but the practicality of this improvement is not too high - other than that

In addition to being cheap, fresh nettles’ rich juice will make them more active during the potion brewing process.”

"This means," Slughorn said, looking across the young faces in the classroom one by one, "when we use nettles in teaching, the more fresh the nettles, the more obvious the disadvantages will be.

.Mr. Potter, I think you should understand the reason for this disadvantage, right?"

Hermione's eyes suddenly lit up, and she raised her hand again.

With Slughorn's prompts, she finally figured out the key to this.

However, under the current situation, poor Computing Girl has to wait for Harry to be unable to answer Slughorn's questions before she can get a chance to speak, and this is obviously a bit...

difficulty.

"Well - because of stability, being active will shorten our reaction time, which is not conducive to learning. Is that right?"

"That's right."

Slughorn said happily, and Hermione put down her hands, looking a little disappointed.
To be continued...