The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 540 Expired Medicine (Please subscribe, please collect, please vote)
The corridors were empty on Saturday morning, and all the students were either eating in the cafeteria or catching up on sleep in the dormitory. So Ryan and Hermione didn't attract anyone's attention when they each carried a guy who had taken aphrodisiac through the corridor.

Hermione walked in front with the frail Harry on her shoulders, while Ryan carried the tall Ron on one shoulder and held the half box of chocolates under his other arm. Before leaving, Ryan and his friends used magic to completely imprison Harry and his friends, even sealing their mouths, to prevent them from making a fool of themselves on the road. Fortunately, Ryan and Hermione had improved their strength many times before, and their physical strength was much better than that of normal peers, so they could walk very fast even with two men on their shoulders.

When you went out, Ryan was going to carry them to Professor Slughorn, but since Harry and the others were tied up and couldn't move, carrying them became dragging them, which was really inconvenient. So Hermione picked up Harry in anger, and Ryan had to carry Ron to catch up with her.

The reason they chose to go to Professor Slughorn was not really to avoid changing the plot, but because he was the only choice for Ryan and the others now.

Because at this time in Hogwarts, the only people who could handle this matter were Ryan himself, Slughorn, Madam Pomfrey and Snape. Snape was the first one to be ruled out. It wasn't like he was going to die, so there was no need to go to Snape to see his ugly face. Ryan himself didn't have the corresponding antidote and materials, so it wasn't worth using alchemy for this. Going to Madam Pomfrey for a checkup was embarrassing, not to mention that the school hospital was full of people coming and going, and it would be bad for Harry and his friends if the news got out. Only Slughorn could guarantee to keep it a secret for Harry and his friends.

Ryan and his companions did not meet anyone else along the way and arrived at the door of Slughorn's office smoothly. After placing Harry and the others against the wall, Ryan went forward and knocked on the door. He was worried that the professor would go downstairs to have breakfast at this time, but the door opened after he knocked once.

Professor Lughorn was wearing a green velvet dressing gown and a nightcap of the same color, and he looked sleepy, and it seemed that he was probably sleeping in. This was in line with his character.

"Ryan, and Hermione." He muttered, "It's too early... I usually get up late on Saturdays. I really don't know why you need to wake me up so early..."

"Professor, I'm really sorry to bother you," Ryan said as softly as possible, "but my friend Ron and Harry accidentally took the love potion. Can you give him some antidote? Hermione and I wanted to take him to see Madam Pomfrey, but you know that love potions should not be in our hands, so, you know... it would be embarrassing to ask..."

"Harry!" Slughorn was immediately excited when he heard Harry's name. He leaned out half of his body to look at the two people who seemed to be standing there leaning against the wall, then waved and said, "Harry, and, um - Ronnie, you two should come in quickly."

"I'm sorry, Professor." Hermione said at this time, "They were fighting because of the love potion just now. In order to prevent them from making a fool of themselves on the road, we can only restrain them with magic and carry them here."

"Oh, then bring them in quickly. To be honest, it's not easy for a girl like you to carry someone up here." Slughorn opened the door and said. Hermione, who was carrying Harry into the office, blushed.

"I thought you had already found the antidote for him, Ryan and Hermione. You are all very good at potions." Slughorn said after watching Ryan and Hermione put Harry and the others on the sofa.

"I want to, but neither of us has enough raw materials. By the time we get the raw materials and make the potion, it will probably have caused something serious - after all, when we saw them, their condition was already very bad." Ryan explained, "If I use alchemy to save people, it's okay for me. But if I use it on people like them whose bodies I'm not familiar with, it will cause too much damage to their bodies. I don't want to send them to the school hospital to lie in bed for a few days."

"Ah, that's how it is!" Slughorn nodded, and then looked at Harry and the others with a look of professional interest: "You know, the longer a love potion is left, the stronger it will be. Do you know where the potion they take comes from?"

"It must have been mixed into the chocolates." Ryan took the half box of chocolates. "Looking at the packaging, it might be one of the Christmas gifts Harry received."

"It's expired." Slughorn picked up a piece of chocolate and sniffed it, then said solemnly. He opened the medicine bag and added a little of this and a little of that to a small crystal bottle. Harry and Ron were half lying on the sofa, struggling with strange silly smiles on their faces. Fortunately, the magic released by Ryan and the others was effective, and Harry and the others were unable to break free.

"Yes, the effect of the potion they drank seems to be an enhanced version. Aphrodisiac is also a rare potion that becomes stronger as it is added." Professor Slughorn, who was preparing the potion, looked at Harry and the others and explained to Ryan and the others. At this time, he was very happy to share his experience in making the potion with his proud students. "So when preparing the potion, you need to add a certain amount of greater sage essential oil to offset the effect of the stronger aphrodisiac-"

"Okay." Three minutes later, Slughorn took out a crystal bottle filled with a transparent liquid, and then poured the liquid in the bottle into two crystal cups. "Now how do I get them to drink this medicine?" Looking at the two people who were bound like cocoons with a full body binding spell on their backs, Slughorn was a little scratching his head: "You can try to remove the spell on them first."

"It's not that troublesome, Professor." Ryan said and waved his wand. Harry and the others opened their mouths on their own initiative. Slughorn walked forward and poured the potion into their mouths.

When they first drank the potion, Harry and Ron still had that confused smile on their faces. Then, their smiles slowly disappeared and turned into extreme fear.

"Back to normal?" Hermione asked angrily after waving her wand to remove the restraints on them. Because of these two guys, she and Ryan didn't even have breakfast. Slughorn stood behind and laughed.

"What happened to us just now?" Harry asked, collapsing on the sofa after being freed from his restraints. "I always feel like something went wrong with my brain just now."

"Love potion." Ryan walked over to Hermione and answered.

"It's still powerful." Professor Slughorn took their cups and added, "Harry, as a celebrity, you should learn to protect yourself."

"It feels terrible." Harry sat there in shock, trying to recall what had happened to him. Ron beside him was also lost in thought.

"Fortunately, no one should have seen your embarrassing scene just now." Ryan comforted, "Hermione and I avoided everyone when we moved you two here."

"No one should have noticed you two in the common room before, otherwise there wouldn't be no one watching when we saw you two." Hermione went on to analyze, and it has to be said that her analysis was correct. Given the personalities of Gryffindor students, how could there be no one watching when they saw Harry and Ron wrestling on the floor?

"Thank you both so much. By the way, thank you too, Professor." Ron said sincerely.

"You're welcome, boy. You're welcome," said Slughorn, as Harry and Ron sat side by side on the sofa, Ron muttering under his breath, "It's a good thing Lavender didn't see you -"

"You need something refreshing now. I have butterbeer, wine, and oak-aged mead here," Slughorn said as he walked to a table full of drinks. "Ha, mead is the best way to fill the void left by the disappearance of this false affection. Let's have a drink to celebrate Mr. Weasley's birthday."

As he spoke, Professor Slughorn took out a bottle of beautifully packaged oak mead from his desk. He looked at the brown-red bottle of wine, raised his head slightly, frowned, and recalled with confusion, but soon his expression relaxed.

"Come on," Slughorn said, pouring mead into a pile of crystal glasses and distributing it to everyone present. "Happy birthday, Ralph -"

(End of this chapter)