Hogwarts: I'm Harry's older cousin

Chapter 58. Dudley's Two Small Goals (Seeking Votes)

Dudley spent the weekend with Snape, studying potions for more than eight hours each day, from afternoon until night. During this time, Dudley experienced one "Venom" baptism after another. If Snape were to use sarcastic and innuendo-filled language, it could really drive a man crazy.

Since it was Dudley's first time making an unfamiliar potion, it was inevitable that he would make some mistakes in the details of the process.

Boiling, steeping, soaking, ointment, poultice, tincture, and wash—potions are not just about cooking things in a cauldron; that's just one of the seven methods of making potions.

During Snape's demonstration, he used six different methods to create the invigorating potion, which greatly impressed Dudley.

These are things that were never imagined before.

After all, the first-grade textbook only teaches the method of frying and boiling.

Snape's expectations of Dudley were incredibly high.

They were more than ten times stricter than others.

It's absolutely outrageous, like an outrageous door opening for the outrageous. It's outrageous to the extreme.

Snape demonstrated it only once, and then assigned Dudley the task of making an Energizing Potion using at least three of the methods described above.

Then he simply let Dudley start making it himself according to the method he taught him.

When Dudley presented Snape with the ordinary-grade Invigorating Potion that he had made using three different methods, Snape dismissed it as worthless.

"Is your head filled with dancing trolls?"

"Maybe the troll isn't dancing in your head, you are the troll yourself."

"What's going on in your head? A monstrous snot?"

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Snape seems to associate Dudley with trolls, bringing them up every time he unleashes his troll attacks.

Dudley always felt that this guy was subtly referring to his physique.

"If it were me, if it were Lily, I could definitely make a much better potion."

Once Snape was in teaching mode, he had only one thought in his mind.

They completely disregarded the fact that they were about to graduate, while Dudley was only a first-year wizard.

It's understandable, really. Who would subconsciously treat a 180cm tall, muscular man as an eleven-year-old wizard?

However, these extremely high standards and strict requirements also aroused Dali's competitive spirit.

It completely clashed with the invigorating potion.

Taking advantage of the Data Eye, he started frantically grinding his skill level in Invigorating Potions, since there weren't many other things in the Potions Classroom except for materials.

How could we waste such a good opportunity?

Thus, Dali fully entered the pharmaceutical manufacturing stage.

By Sunday evening, the table was filled with the finished products of the invigorating potions.

From initially using three methods to produce a standard grade, to now being able to produce a perfect grade using five methods, only Dali knows how much he has gone through in just two days.

With just this perfect-level invigorating potion, Dudley could probably get a job at St. Mungo's Hospital right now if he graduated from Hogwarts.

However, this only barely satisfied Snape.

"It took you two whole days to barely pass. I really suspect a troll sneaked into your brain at night. Your talent is a disgrace to your aunt's reputation. Don't ever mention to anyone that I taught you."

Snape stared into Dudley's eyes, expressionless as he carefully put away the perfect-grade Invigorating Potion on the table.

"If it were your Aunt Lily, she could make it in seven different ways in just one day."

After Dudley repeatedly called Lily "Auntie" in front of Snape, Snape gradually accepted the name and started using it, and it became more and more natural for him to say it.

Dudley, however, was unaware of just how talented his aunt was in potions, but based on Petunia and Snape's descriptions and praise, she was undoubtedly a top-tier potions master.

In the realm of potions, it seems there is no potion she cannot make, and no potion she cannot master.

This sparked in Dali's mind the idea of ​​competing with her.

Although Snape claimed he could make the Energizing Potion in seven different ways in just one day, it's possible he was exaggerating.

But who is Dudley? He's Dudley, the challenger who loves to say 'NO' to arrogant people and never admits defeat!

The higher the goal is set, the more valuable it is to achieve.

Dudley has already found two small targets at Hogwarts.

Physical fitness is based on Hagrid's, while potion-making ability is based on Professor Snape's perception of Aunt Lily.

"Next weekend we'll be learning about shrinking potions and vitality supplements. I hope you can use these next few days to preview them and not act as ignorant as you did today."

Dudley didn't respond, and didn't even bother to acknowledge him. After two days of getting to know him, he had come to understand that the angrier you were, the more excited Snape became.

Shrinking potions are a subject studied in the third year of Hogwarts. They are magical potions that can shrink creatures or revert them to their juvenile state; they can even fit a group of pigs into a wizard's pocket. In terms of difficulty of preparation, shrinking potions are less complex than invigorating potions, but since this one was made by Snape, it's certainly not as simple as an ordinary shrinking potion.

As for the Vitality Tonic, that's from the fifth-year Potions course. It can replenish the user's vitality. The potion Dudley gave Malfoy was a simplified version of the Vitality Tonic, a stamina supplement.

"Dexter, why aren't you leaving? Do you want me to invite you to stay for dinner?"

Seeing that Dudley had lingered in the potions room and hadn't left, Snape said impatiently, "Then I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I don't have any food here that can satisfy a troll like you."

"Professor Snape."

Dudley maintained a respectful attitude. Snape, though sharp-tongued, was earnestly teaching him. Although Dudley considered himself a common and uncouth man, he knew the importance of respecting his teachers.

He slowly pulled a book out from behind him and placed it in front of Snape.

This is an old-fashioned potion textbook that looks quite old, and it's for older students, as you can tell from the title "Advanced Potion Making".

On the corner of the yellowed pages, the words "Mixed-Race Prince" were signed in small print.

"May I take this book back with me? The annotations in it are very helpful."

Dali gently wiped the dust off the textbook as if it were his first love.

Perhaps it was because Dudley valued the Potions textbook, or perhaps it was because Dudley never engaged in conversation and always maintained a respectful attitude towards him, that Snape's tone gradually softened, and he unusually refrained from criticizing him.

Where did you find it?

Dudley pointed to a bookshelf with a pile of old books in the corner of the potions room: "There, Professor."

"This book is too early for you," Snape began, then paused, as if remembering that he was now teaching upperclassmen. He then flicked his sleeve. "You can take it back and look at it if you want."

(End of this chapter)