Daily News: The Prophet of Hogwarts

Chapter 301 About Werewolves

As expected of Grindelwald, who once led the saints in the Wizarding Wars, he speaks with such confidence.

Dumbledore wasn't too keen on the suggestion and frowned.

Ryan spoke up: "From my personal perspective, we should strike after the enemy has acted. Because the wizarding world is not yet fully in sync, we must unite the vast majority of wizards on the same front in order to face non-magical forces as a whole, either as wizards or as the Anti-Magic Alliance."

The common saying goes, "To repel external aggression, one must first pacify internal strife."

Fortunately, Principal Lai has not yet taken office, nor does he intend to occupy Taiwan—the island of England.

"Then let's send invitations to the headmasters and professors of all eleven magic schools to gather at Hogwarts and discuss the future of the wizarding world!"

Dumbledore said in a deep voice, and then the envelopes flew out of the quills, which transformed in mid-air and began to write letters, which then traveled through the fireplace to their respective destinations.

"That's it! Now that's more like the best in the world!" Gale clapped his hands and cheered. He always felt it was too awkward for Dumbledore to be so amiable with some amateur wizards. He wasn't so amiable when he fought Dumbledore back then!

He then said to Lane, "You don't need to go from school to school anymore. Slughorn and Severus seem to have something to discuss with you. Leave things here to me and Dumbledore."

"it is good."

A large flock of owls swarmed in from afar.

The fake sign clearly flew towards the principal's office on the eighth floor.

Wizards are very well-informed—before Ryan left, he saw Dumbledore looking weary as he picked up the letter sent by the owl.

It's obvious that these letters are about the Secret Code and inquiries about Dumbledore's battle on the pyramids. At least at this point, no wizard who has received the information dares to question Dumbledore.

However, explaining this matter clearly is extremely difficult because it involves Horcruxes, immortality, and what people crave most.

Just think about it, you can gain immortality simply by killing someone—what an incredibly efficient method! It's practically the only way to achieve eternal life!

Ryan had no doubt that at most 20% of the people who wrote to him could suppress their desire to create Horcruxes.

However, those who can send letters at this time are already big figures in the magical world. If these big figures are tempted by greed, internal strife will break out, and they will have no energy to deal with the ordinary world.

The end result was that local wizards acted independently, denouncing each other and bringing in external forces to achieve their goals.

"For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away."

Ryan had no doubt how despicable and heinous acts those in power could commit when faced with immortality.

In this way, in the face of the possibility of immortality, the solution would be to launch a comprehensive crackdown on wizards from top to bottom.

"Alas. The old man's thinking is too simplistic. It's not enough to simply control violence to eliminate all malice. Sure, we can wage war and engage in slaughter, but such slaughter is meaningless. The most important thing is to instill fear and virtue in more people. The popularization of magical education depends on the Wizard Tower; that's my job. As for healthcare, elderly care, food, clothing, housing, and transportation, that depends on the professors."

He went to see Snape and Slughorn, believing that the two professors could bring "virtue" to the field of medical medicine.

Potions professor's office.

Snape had dark circles under his eyes, and his hair was greasy again.

Clearly, he had been working tirelessly for a long time on the werewolf potion.

Slughorn, who had lived a refined life, was in a similar state. Now, he was unkempt, with oil stains on his shirt cuffs and a faint dark color on his collar, which seemed to be stains left by spilled tomato juice.

Both of them looked visibly tired, but their spirits were high.

"Oh, my dear Ryan, you can't imagine how great a subject Severus and I have conquered!" Slughorn said with unusual excitement as he saw Ryan approaching.

"I believe you, Professor, have overcome an unprecedented challenge, which may allow werewolves to be accepted by magical society from now on. This is truly unprecedented—"

Before Ryan could finish speaking, Slughorn cradled the conical flask on the table in his hands, his voice booming as if he were in a dream: "Look! Look! What magnificent colors! What elegant fragrance! What a perfect potion!"

"Professor, as you know, my potion-making skills are actually quite average, and I can't compare to the two of you. Naturally, I can't glean anything from the appearance of this potion," Ryan said.

"Your potions skills are indeed mediocre, barely passable." Snape personally acknowledged that Ryan's potions skills were not low, a statement that rarely came from Snape's mouth.

Slughorn shook his head even more: "No, no, no, my dear, you are one of the most talented students I have ever met, and you are a polymath! In the field of Potions, very few people can be your professor."

"But aren't there two masters right here? How dare I, with my meager abilities, claim to be capable!"

A round of mutual flattery ensued.

The guests and hosts enjoyed themselves immensely.

Even the usually stern Snape curled his lips slightly, showing his praise for Lane and his satisfaction with his own achievement.

"Werewolves have always been excluded from mainstream wizarding due to their infectiousness and uncontrollable rage. But now we've solved that problem! I know someone who's researching a wolfsbane potion. His ideal potion would force werewolves to transform after a full moon, while still allowing them to remain conscious."

"But the medicine we made is not like that!"

"That's not the case!"

Slughorn beamed: "This potion allows werewolves to freely choose whether or not to become werewolves on the night of a full moon!"

"With long-term use for a maximum of six months, the infectious toxicity of the werewolf can be completely destroyed!"

"Do you know what the most, most, most amazing thing is?!" Before Ryan could even ask a follow-up question, he revealed the answer: "The most amazing thing is that this potion isn't expensive! Even impoverished, starving werewolves can afford it and use it! Because all the ingredients used are the most basic magical herbs!"

Snape lowered his eyes. He had initially thought that the half recipe list Ryan had obtained from the prophecy was the cheaper half.

However, after the finished product was produced, and after he and Slughorn recreated the entire recipe, he was surprised to find that it wasn't just half a recipe that was cheap, but the entire recipe wasn't expensive at all!

He said softly, "Previous potion scholars never discovered this because it involves a large number of medicinal herbs, uses different parts of the body, and has a complicated brewing process. If it weren't for the half-recipe you provided, the professor and I would never have been able to find this path!"

"Yes, yes! My dear Ryan, you've done a great job. The invention of this potion is enough to get all three of us the Order of Merlin, First Class!" Slughorn chuckled.

He seemed to be trying to prove his abilities. He then turned to his understanding of werewolves: "You know, by working backward from this potion, I can be absolutely certain that werewolves are not magical creatures that arose naturally from the beginning! Rather, they are twisted creations resulting from a series of complex magical bloodline conflicts! And the werewolf's toxicity and contagiousness are where its twisted nature lies; because it is unstable, it is dangerous."

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He didn't notice.

Snape slowly raised his head to look at Ryan, his eyes gleaming.

Ryan stared intently at Snape, as if seeking confirmation or asking a question.