The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 295 Werewolf and Wolfsbane Potion

When talking about wolfsbane potion, we have to mention the group of people who use this potion - werewolves.

Werewolves are humans who are able to transform into wolf form when the full moon rises, a condition caused by lycanthosis, a disease that they can spread by biting other humans.

During a full moon, a werewolf cannot control himself and will automatically transform, losing his sanity for the duration of the transformation.

After the transformation, they will forget their identities and even kill their closest people. The cruelest thing is that although they have no reason or emotions at the time, when the transformation is over, they can still recall all their experiences during the entire transformation process.

If they hurt their loved ones during their transformation, I am afraid that this guilt will haunt them for the rest of their lives. According to some tragic legends, many werewolf victims would rather die than become the next werewolf.

This is a terrible, tragic magical disease, and werewolves are also patients suffering from this disease. They should be helped and sympathized.

However, lycanthropy cannot be cured, and they cannot remain sober and rational when they transform. There are very few werewolves who can suppress their inner desire for blood, and werewolves who lose their rationality have caused many tragedies.

Werewolves who are out of control and completely dominated by their inner desire for blood are abandoned by normal humans. Wizards are generally full of disgust and fear towards werewolves. They are not accepted and cannot get a job. Prejudice, shame and abuse will accompany them for the rest of their lives from the time they contract this disease.

The Ministry of Magic established the Werewolf Capture Project and the Werewolf Registry in an attempt to control werewolves and reduce their harmfulness. The original intention may have been good, but everything changed when it was implemented.

Under the ulterior motives of some people in the Ministry of Magic, the Ministry even introduced an anti-werewolf bill. The person who handled this bill was Dolores Jane Umbridge, the Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic.

It was under this kind of top-down exclusion and oppression that some werewolves began to hate wizards. Werewolves became more bloodthirsty and brutal, the Ministry of Magic cracked down more and more, and the gap between werewolves and normal society became wider and wider.

It is precisely because of this gap that some werewolves have an opportunity to take advantage of it. They set up their own communities, absorbed more of their kind who were not accepted by normal people, and at the same time worked to infect more people and expand their communities.

And they hope that one day they can defeat wizards with the help of large numbers of werewolves and establish a country full of blood.

The most famous werewolf community in the British wizarding world was founded by Fenrir Greyback. He and his men took pleasure in blood and were cruel and bloodthirsty. Even when they were in human form, they still acted recklessly and committed countless tragedies.

The discrimination of wizards and the recklessness of their own kind plunged those werewolves who still had kindness in their hearts into endless darkness. There was no light in their lives until the appearance of wolfsbane potion.

This potion was invented in recent years. Although the wolfsbane potion cannot cure werewolves, it gives these poor people a glimmer of hope. The wolfsbane potion can help werewolves stay rational and suppress their inner impulses during transformation.

Hope appeared, but the high price of wolfsbane potion discouraged the werewolves. Due to the exclusion of wizards, werewolves could not get jobs, they were hungry and cold, and could not afford the price of the potion.

Most werewolves even sneered at this kind of potion. They were used to killing and blood, and they enjoyed this kind of life. They would not pay even a copper knut for the wolfsbane potion.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that Ada did not understand why Snape asked her to prepare the wolfsbane potion.

All along, the potions that Ada made privately during her confinement were all from market orders received by Snape. On the one hand, it was in line with Ada's current level of potions, and on the other hand, it could also bring her some income.

This was the Potions Master's personal care for Ada, and she always kept it in mind.

However, there are very few werewolves who want to buy the Wolfsbane Potion, and the number of people who can ask Severus Snape is close to zero. The high price of the Wolfsbane Potion is not only because it is the only potion that can help werewolves, but also because of the precious raw materials in its ingredient list. This is the reason why the price of the Wolfsbane Potion is so high. Many potion scholars are committed to improving the potion, but they have never found a way.

Ada was naturally confused about why Snape was suddenly asked to prepare this potion. She didn't know what Snape was up to.

Faced with Ada's doubts, Snape didn't even bother to raise his eyelids. He repeated: "The recipe is on the table, and the ingredients are in the cabinet. This is your task today."

Do you think Snape is willing to prepare the wolfsbane potion? If it weren't for the old man's request, Snape would not be willing to do such a thankless task! What's more, this potion is provided to a person he doesn't like.

Snape is the Potions professor at Hogwarts, not Dumbledore's personal Potions assistant. He first helped take care of the children, then prepared potions for Grover Cecil, and now it's the turn of the annoying Moony Face.

Snape strongly demanded a pay raise, otherwise he wouldn't be able to do this job!
Ada had no idea what the Potions Professor was thinking. If he was willing to tell her, she would definitely be familiar with the name Moon Face. Because Ada and the twins had the Marauder's Map, and Moon Face was one of the four makers of the map.

Moreover, knowing that this wolfsbane potion was for use by people within the school, Ada could easily find the answer to her biggest question of this school year by following the clues.

Unfortunately, Snape, the king of spies, kept his mouth shut and didn't reveal any information.

In fact, Snape had already prepared the wolfsbane potion, but because of the quarrel about yesterday's incident, the sinister Moon Face was not worthy of drinking the potion he made, so Snape asked Ada to prepare a new one.

Revenge, a very childish revenge, but there was no way, Snape still had to consider the overall situation. Letting a werewolf walk in the school under the moonlight was not a good thing.

The dungeon was silent except for the crackling of the flames and the gurgling of the potion in the cauldron.

Ada tied her hair behind her head tightly to prevent it from falling into the crucible. But in this way, her expression was completely seen by Snape, and her slightly raised mouth reminded Snape of the shame brought by the new skin.

After completing today's work, Ada left the dungeon, and with her went the Gryffindor score. Snape once again deducted Ada's points without any bottom line. Why? Who was he looking down on? When did the Potions Professor need a reason to deduct points?

When Ida returned to the common room, the twins were still resting. They were sitting by the fireplace, carefully selecting the thorns of the thorn man. Ida came over and joined in the selection.

She asked: "Do you think there are really werewolves in the forbidden forest of the school?"

There has always been a legend circulating in the school that there are werewolves in the Forbidden Forest. Although no one has ever seen a werewolf, many students are still full of fear of the dark Forbidden Forest.

"Werewolf?" Fred guessed, "Probably not, not sure." Having been in and out of the Forbidden Forest so many times, the twins had never seen a werewolf, but they had seen a few beautiful little wolf cubs.

"What's wrong? Why are you asking this question suddenly?" George asked with concern. Why was Ada suddenly interested in werewolves? Did Snape say something in the evening?

Ada shook her head and didn't tell anyone about the wolfsbane potion. She didn't want to add to everyone's troubles. She said, "Nothing. It just suddenly occurred to me. There have been rumors of werewolves in the Forbidden Forest for so many years, but no one has ever seen one. It's almost the same as the Chamber of Secrets."

"Hey, it's no big deal!" Fred said disapprovingly, "We can just go there some other time!"

(End of this chapter)