Hogwarts wizards who signed in to Middle-earth.

Chapter 28 Making a Potion
After finishing afternoon tea, Dui did not rush to start making potions, but instead summoned a magic book.

The cover of the magic book reads "Beginner's Transfiguration Guide".

When Dui returned to Hobbiton from Buckstown, he did not go directly back along the straight east-west road. Instead, he took a detour from the north and went to Hard Summer Town and Long Bluff Town in the northern part of the Shire to check in.

Signing in at Long Bluff Town will get you a "History of Magic", and signing in at Hard Summer Town will get you a "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration".

"A History of Magic" has basically no use to Dui except to kill time and learn about the history of the magical world.

But the "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration" is different. As a guide to Transfiguration for first and second graders at Hogwarts, the textbook content mainly covers some basic Transfiguration techniques, such as transforming everyday objects.

What made Dui even happier was that in addition to the transformation spell, there were also summoning spells, such as clear spring water, orchid blooming, and disappearance spells, which were useful spells.

Transfiguration is different from Charms, which requires firm belief and magical power to be successfully performed.

However, Transfiguration is a very delicate subject that tests imagination and magical control, so it is more difficult to perform than Charms.

The primary stage is mainly about changing objects, such as changing an inanimate object into another inanimate object, and the second stage is changing a living object into an inanimate object.

At the intermediate stage, it is about transforming animals, such as turning dead things into living things, or turning living things into living things.

As for the advanced stage, it involves human body transformation, including the highest achievement of transfiguration - Animagus transformation.

The "Basic Transfiguration Guide" that Dui has now obtained only contains basic content on transfiguration, but it is a timely rain for him who is thirsty for knowledge.

With the help of the magic wand, it was not difficult for Dui to perform some of the simplest transformations, such as transforming a small match into a needle in one go. However, as the size of the transformed object became larger, the difficulty of the transformation became greater, and more magic power was consumed.

"Fla~Dimension"

Dui cast a spell on the small bed in the guest room, and the small wooden bed quickly expanded and deformed, turning into a large bed more than two meters long. The quilt on the bed also turned into comfortable velvet and silk.

Dui nodded with satisfaction. Now he didn't have to worry about sticking his feet out of the bed when he slept.

Then he turned around and asked Bilbo, who was standing with his mouth wide open, with a smile: "Do you want me to help you change your bed covers?"

"Yes!" Bilbo came back to his senses and nodded quickly with shining eyes. This was more magical than the previous magic.

A few days after returning to Hobbiton.

After mastering the basic Transfiguration technique, Dui began to prepare for the task of making potions.

Potions is different from other subjects, as Professor Snape said:
"You have come here to learn the precise science and rigorous craft of potion-making. Since there is no foolish waving of wands here, many of you do not believe in magic.

I don't expect you to truly appreciate the beauty of a simmering cauldron, emitting white smoke and wafting fragrant aromas. You won't truly understand the magical power of the liquid flowing into people's veins, which can make people's hearts and minds wander and their minds bewildered...

I can teach you how to increase your reputation, brew glory, and even prevent death - but only if you are not the stupid fool I often encounter. "

Dewi didn't know whether he was the kind of fool that Professor Snape mentioned, but he knew that potions were very important. If he could master the subject of potions, he would have more power to protect himself in the world of Middle-earth.

After all, potions have effects that spells cannot achieve, such as healing injuries. Many injuries that would be fatal to ordinary people can be instantly revived just by taking potions.

There are also Polyjuice Potion that can transform someone into another person and is undetectable by spells, Truth Potion that can make someone vomit secrets, Felix Felicis that can grant good fortune, and even the Elixir of Immortality. The only problem is that many of the ingredients for making potions cannot be found in Middle-earth, so to make these magical potions, one would need to find substitute ingredients.

This requires the level of a potion master to achieve.

However, these questions are too early for Dui, who has not even started learning potions.

"Magic Potions and Liquids" only contains basic potion content. The materials required for some of these potions are not special, so they can also be found in Middle-earth.

This was the first time Dui actually made a potion. As a beginner, he chose the simplest scabies potion to practice.

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Duy set up a silver crucible and preheated it with a kerosene lamp.

Then put the prepared 6 portions of snake teeth into a mortar and pestle and grind them into fine powder. After preheating the crucible for 1 minute, pour them into the crucible and stir and simmer.

Waving the magic wand, the kerosene lamp under the crucible turned into a high fire. After heating for 10 seconds, it was changed to medium heat, and then 4 slugs were added to steam.

During this process, Dui followed the instructions in the book step by step.

Only when the liquid in the crucible began to boil and smoke did Dui extinguish the flame and let the crucible sit for a while.

Add two more porcupine quills, and then stir clockwise for five turns with the magic wand. While stirring, the magic power will be evenly and continuously diffused into the liquid in the crucible along the magic wand. The liquid will gradually change color and eventually turn blue, while pink smoke will rise.

At this point, the scabies potion is ready.

The scabies potion is not complicated to make, but Dui is very satisfied that it was successful in one go.

Using Transfiguration, he conjured up a crystal bottle and poured the scabies potion into it.

"Is it ready now?" Bilbo, who had been quiet all the time, finally asked. He had always been curious about how Dui made the potion, so after getting Dui's permission, he watched from the side.

Now, seeing with his own eyes that Dui used snake fangs, slugs, and porcupine quills to make the magical blue potion, he was shocked.

"Of course." Dui nodded with a smile, then handed him the potion bottle. "This is scabies potion. It has a miraculous effect on scabies. You can give it to someone with scabies to try."

The scabies potion is a potion specifically used to treat scabies. It has a single purpose, and Dewy only uses it as a practice to get started with potions, so he gave it to Bilbo without hesitation.

Then he started preparing the potion again, and it was still the scabies potion.

But this time his purpose was different, so he used an iron pot that Bilbo didn't want as a crucible.

He followed the instructions in the potion textbook step by step until the step of adding porcupine quills. Instead of extinguishing the fire, Dui threw the porcupine quills directly into the boiling liquid.

In an instant, thick sour green smoke emerged from the liquid in the pot, and a sharp hissing sound was heard. The green liquid reacted violently, quickly corroding the bottom of the pot and splashing everywhere.

(End of this chapter)