The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 106 Twilight
Looking at the words floating in the air, Fred said, "Twilight House?" The name was a bit subtle, and Fred couldn't figure out the meaning of the name for a moment.

Ada pointed at herself first, then at the twins. The letter T formed by magic flew into her hand, and the letter W split into two and flew to Fred and George respectively.

"It doesn't matter whether it's Twilight House or Twilight Lodge. All I want is the word Twilight." Ida explained to the two brothers, "T stands for Drizzt, and W stands for Weasley. We are each other's light."

This is Ada's idea, simple and pure. Whenever she feels tired, it is always this pair of lively twins who bring her happiness and give her the courage to keep going.

Ada had tried to please many people, hoping that they could help her, but the twins were never within her scope of flattery. However, they were Ada's first light in this miserable world.

It's a bit exaggerated, but Fred and George are now the two most important people in her life. Having one or two close friends in one's life is enough to surpass everything.

Good dreams are the easiest to wake up from. Even if everything in front of Ada is just a dream, after waking up, Ada will still remember this light that comes most easily.

It's this light that has been disobedient recently. It's been angry with Ada and made her hungry.

All three names are quite meaningful, but the one proposed by Ada is more specific and has a better meaning. Fred and George thought for a while and voted for Ada. From this moment on, Twilight Shack (Screaming Shack) is the secret base of the three people.

The twins have been working on their inventions since the beginning of this semester, but they can only stay in the dormitory, where they may be reported at any time. Now they can bring their tips for getting rich to the Twilight Cabin, where no one will bother them. The twins just need to be careful not to set the place on fire.

This house is more of a symbol for Ada, and the things she does cannot be done here. Ada can't fight with the dolls in the Twilight House, she is not a Husky, and she has no interest in destroying the house.

However, if Ada wanted to make something that violated school rules, such as making potions, she could do it here. Of course, the raw materials at this stage could only come from Snape's private storage, and what a scholar did could not be called "stealing."

The clouds dispersed and the rain stopped, and the relationship between the three people was not affected, but even further improved. With the help of Ada, Fred and George quickly mastered the method of hitting people with stones. The two brothers also packed up their experimental equipment and moved to the Twilight Cottage.

Ada and the house-elf Winnie reinforced the magical protection of Twilight Cottage again to prevent the sounds produced inside the house from being transmitted to the outside. Otherwise, the occasional noises in the cottage would definitely scare the villagers of Hogsmeade.

It's no big deal to scare the villagers, but if the rumor that the cottage is haunted again spreads, it will attract some wizards who have nothing to do. If these people come in to explore, the secret of Twilight Cottage will be revealed.

At the end of January, Ada had basically completed the tasks assigned by Snape. Today was the last day of finishing work. At 7 o'clock in the evening, Ada arrived at the hut next to Snape's private storage room on time to finish the work.

There were three crucibles on the table. The one in the middle was purple-red, and the raw materials were mainly poisonous foxglove and a small amount of unicorn blood; the raw materials of the crucible on the left were mainly lionfish spine powder, and the crucible on the right was a pot of poison, one drop of which could kill Ada.

Since returning to school, Ada has been busy with these three crucibles, and from time to time she has to make extra finished potions and put them into these three crucibles as raw materials.

Fortunately, the ordeal was over. Ada followed Snape's instructions and put the three potions into three glass bottles of different sizes. After finishing, she took out another crucible, lit a fire, and added wormwood fluid and bezoar powder into the pot.

When the liquid in the crucible began to bubble, Snape pushed open the door and walked in, timing was just right. He first smelled the smell in the three glass bottles, and then waved away Ada in front of the crucible.

"Watch carefully, remember, and don't ask questions," Snape said. Although he was talking, his hands did not stop at all. Snape dripped three drops of poison from the smallest glass bottle into the crucible. The boiling liquid in the crucible cooled down and became as calm as a pool of dead water. Snape shook the glass bottle in his hand and said, "Do you know what this is?"

"Styx Potion," Ada replied. She had seen it in "Deadly Potion". "When you drink it, you will feel a strong burning sensation in your stomach or feel that your body is frozen."

"One drop can kill you and me." Ada added. She didn't know why Snape made this stuff. Although bezoar powder was added to it, Ada still felt that this thing was still deadly. Even if the toxicity was partially eliminated, the person who drank it would still feel uncomfortable to death.

Snape didn't say anything, but focused on the cauldron in front of him. This was the first time in more than a year that Ada had seen Snape so serious. Before this, Ada had learned a lot from Snape about making potions, but he had never shown such an expression.
Snape turned up the flame under the crucible, and the blazing flame quickly boiled the liquid in the crucible. At this time, Snape poured the potion made from lionfish spine powder into the pot.

The Styx decoction that was added first was used to kill people, and the lionfish spine powder that was added later was used to cure diseases and save lives. Ada had no idea what would happen if the two potions with different uses were mixed together.

Time passed minute by minute, and when the liquid in the crucible turned from light to dark, Snape dropped three more drops of Styx potion into it, and then poured the last purple-red potion in the glass bottle into the crucible.

Snape poured the potion in while stirring it clockwise with a glass rod, and after the potion was poured in, he began to stir it counterclockwise. He also reduced the blazing flame just now, and simmered it over low heat like he was making soup, but the taste of this pot of soup should not be very good.

"What do you think the effect of this pot of potion is?" Snape drew counterclockwise circles above the crucible with his right index finger, and the glass rod stirred counterclockwise in the crucible in rhythm with his fingers.

A poison used to kill people, a potion used to treat injuries, and the last potion that can save lives, plus mugwort fluid and bezoar powder, the composition of this synthetic potion is really complicated and even somewhat contradictory.

"For saving lives?" Ada was not sure. This was just her personal guess.

"Not hopelessly stupid," Snape said. "It can save lives, but it can also kill people. This pot is enough to keep you in Azkaban for life."

The potion in the cauldron gradually became darker and darker, like a pot of ink, and the smell it emitted was very familiar to Ada. Ada had smelled this smell at Snape's place at the beginning of the school year, and it was also the smell in Grover Cecil's flat pot when she was by the Black Lake.

Ada didn't think that Snape poisoned Cecil for the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts. Professor Cecil drank the liquid in the flat flask by himself, and the taste could not be distinguished by just one or two drops.

"Is Professor Cecil's health..." Ada didn't continue. She was not a heartless person. After all, Professor Cecil treated her very well. Ada was still a little sad to hear that he was in poor health.

"When a healthy person drinks this potion, he will die within a few minutes, with his intestines ruptured and his death very miserable." Snape extinguished the flame and let the potion cool on its own. "But when a dying person drinks it, he may continue to live."

"After you take the first sip, you must keep drinking, lingering on until the day your magic power dissipates."

Snape took out a box from the cabinet. The box was filled with glass bottles of normal size. He put the cooled potions into the glass bottles, closed the lids and handed it to Ada.

"Now that you know this, take this to Cecil," Snape continued.

(End of this chapter)