Chapter 161 Garlic Cross
Albert picked up the package sent by Hagrid and returned to the common room with his roommates.
As soon as Lee Jordan got through the hole, he reached out to take the package handed over by Albert and asked puzzledly, "What are you going to do with these things?"
“Garlic cross.” Albert was going to go back to the dormitory first.
“Can you make that thing?”
“Idiot, Albert even successfully made a protective bracelet.” Fred looked at the two of them with idiot eyes, “Why do you think he can’t make a garlic cross?”
“Of course I know,” George muttered.
No one wants to admit that they are a fool.
After the four people hurriedly returned to the dormitory, Lee Jordan immediately took down the garlic hanging to dry by the window.
"First of all, you need to peel the garlic, then make it into minced garlic, soak it in alcohol, and let the allicin in the garlic blend into the alcohol." Albert recalled the production method and continued, "In the meantime, by the way, I made the Dharma Protector Tree. The cross is also thrown in, and the process takes about... a day."
“I’ll do whatever you say.” Fred began to help peel the garlic.
George took out the mortar used in Potions class and prepared to use it to crush the peeled garlic.
"No, I have a better way." Albert quickly raised his hand to stop George. Under the gaze of the three people, he used a wand to transform a newspaper into a simple garlic press.
The three of them all came together and looked at the thing that Albert had made using the transformation technique in amazement, and asked in unison: "What is this?"
“Garlic press.” Albert explained casually. He put the peeled garlic in a garlic press, pressed it directly into minced garlic, and then put the minced garlic into a wide-mouth glass bottle.
"Good stuff." George's eyes lit up, and he quickly took the garlic press from Albert, expressing his willingness to help press the garlic.
A few people worked for ten minutes and finally crushed all the garlic into minced garlic.
“What should we do next?” Lee Jordan asked, looking at the minced garlic in the wide-mouth glass bottle.
“Pour alcohol into the garlic paste.” Albert stirred with a glass rod to thoroughly mix the alcohol and garlic paste, and then sealed the wide-mouth glass bottle.
“Is this good?” The three of them all felt a little incredible. It seemed to be simpler than they imagined.
“Well, let’s deal with it tomorrow.” Albert smelled the smell of garlic in the air and frowned slightly, “Next time, remember to remind me not to do these things in the dormitory.”
“I suddenly looked forward to what kind of alchemy props I would create this time.” George was a little excited. This was his first time participating in the creation of alchemy props.
“Alchemy… props?”
In the end, Albert did not tell them that the so-called garlic cross was not an alchemy tool at all.
Sure enough, it’s better not to destroy the children’s innocent dreams.
The next steps are more cumbersome. You need to melt the beeswax with warm water, add the alcohol separated from the garlic into the beaker, add an appropriate amount of olive oil during the process, and throw in the cross that has been soaked in alcohol for a day and cook it together.
Of course, they don’t dare to do these things in their dormitory. If the whole dormitory smells like garlic, how can they sleep in the future?
The next day, Albert and others moved the crucible to the shore of the lake. The strong smell of garlic that overflowed during cooking made several curious students nearby shy away.
"Whoever wears this thing on his body will probably never get a girlfriend in his life." Albert pinched his nose and used a tong to pick out the cross that smelled of garlic from the beaker.
“Would anyone really be willing to wear such a ghost thing?” Li Qiaodan was the first to express doubts about this.
“I’m more curious about whether this thing is really useful?” Fred didn’t want to get too close.
“I guess they use the smell to scare away the enemies.” George also stepped back a little and muttered, “I didn’t expect the smell to be so smelly.”
There was nothing that could be done about it. Albert was asked to do it several times, concentrating all the essence of the garlic they grew and the garlic brought by a few people on it.
"You think, should we give this to Filch?" Fred suggested, he had not forgotten his revenge on Filch.
"Filch will definitely throw it away." Albert directly vetoed Fred's proposal. If this kind of thing was given to Filch, the other party would definitely throw it away. It was a complete waste of everyone's hard work.
"If you want to take revenge on Filch." Albert pointed to another small bottle and whispered, "The remaining beeswax also has a strong smell of garlic. You can smear it on the corner of Filch's office. I I'm sure it will give Filch an unexpected surprise."
"This is a good idea!" The twins' eyes couldn't help but light up, and they quickly picked up the bottle and opened it, but they choked on the smell of beeswax.
“Wait until after the year-end dinner to get it done.” Albert reminded him.
"We know what to do." The twins looked at each other and laughed maliciously.
“Okay, pack your things and let’s go find Hagrid.”
“What are you looking for Hagrid for?” Fred and George asked warily.
"Of course we are going to experiment to see if the amulet we made can effectively repel dark creatures." Albert said matter-of-factly, "Hagrid definitely knows where to find dark creatures that are not very dangerous."
“Oh, that’s right.” All three of them could understand.
After all, after the amulet is completed, it is natural to find a subject to test whether it is effective.
Albert took out a rope braided from a unicorn tail, passed it through the holes reserved on the cross, and made it into a necklace, saying, "Which of you wants to try it on?"
“Do you want to smoke us to death?” Fred couldn’t help but rolled his eyes at Albert.
Lee Jordan simply pretended that he didn't hear it.
Seeing that the three of them shook their heads in rejection, Albert was a little disappointed and stuffed the garlic cross back into the wide-mouth glass bottle, and plugged the mouth of the bottle to block out the strong smell of garlic.
Packed up their crime tools, the four of them walked towards Hagrid’s hut.
“What the **** are you doing?”
Hagrid, who was processing animal skins in front of the hut, smelled the strong smell of garlic from the four people from a distance. He couldn't help but wrinkled his nose and looked at them with disgust.
"Garlic cross." Albert shook the wide-mouthed glass bottle in his hand and asked with a smile: "The amulet we just completed, come to you to see if there are any dark creatures that can let us test the effect of the amulet."
“Garlic cross, what is that?” Hagrid took the wide-mouth glass bottle and opened it. The smell of garlic emanating from it made him sneeze several times.
“A garlic-smelling amulet that protects the user from sneak attacks by dark creatures.”
"I don't know if it can protect the user from sneak attacks by dark creatures, but as long as you bring this thing, I don't think any vampire will be willing to get within ten steps of you." Hagrid couldn't help but complain, he thought of himself The alcohol and beeswax sent to Albert earlier, I probably guessed what happened.
“Vampires really hate the smell of garlic?” Albert asked curiously.
"Yes, garlic is as disgusting to vampires as a cesspit." Hagrid explained dryly, "But I think even if you are not a vampire, you will stay as far away from this thing as you can. It's It tastes really…terrible.”
“What about...the dark creatures?” Fred couldn’t help but ask.
"You don't want to take this thing into the woods, do you?" Hagrid stared at the Weasley brothers warily. It was normal for him to have such an idea. Who let the two guys in front of him sneak in so often? Where's the woods?
"No, we don't want to go into the woods for the time being. It's too dangerous there. What happened last time scared us so much." Fred quickly covered his chest and said. He also secretly kicked George next to him, who immediately understood. , also quickly agreed and promised that he would not enter the forest again.
Hagrid stared at Fred and George suspiciously, obviously not believing their assurances.
“I don’t have any dark creatures here, but I know where there are. Come with me!” As he said that, Hagrid led the four of them along the edge of the forest towards Professor Kettlebo’s hut.
Professor Silvanos Kettlebo, who protects magical creatures, is currently living outside the Forbidden Forest, and his carefully raised babies also live here.
It is said that the school's Care of Magical Creatures class will also be held in an open space near Professor Kettlebo's hut.
When Hagrid brought Albert and others over, Professor Kettlebo was feeding the snake bird with Flobber caterpillars.
“Hagrid, is something wrong?” Professor Kettlebo looked up and asked.
"Oh, that's it. There are a few students. They made an amulet. I hope...I hope I can borrow your Grindylow to test the effect of the amulet." Hagrid glanced at Albert and the others behind him and said. .
“Amulet? Does it mean garlic?”
Professor Kettlebo looked at the freshmen behind Hagrid. He could smell a strong smell of garlic from a distance.
"This is the amulet, Professor Kettlebo." Albert handed the bottle containing the garlic cross to Professor Kettlebo.
I have to admit that this is an exquisite piece of art.
At least, it doesn’t look very ugly.
"Oh, my God!" Professor Kettlebo finally knew what the smell of garlic on these people was. "Don't open it here again. My little baby doesn't like this smell very much."
“Do you think it can protect me from sneak attacks by dark creatures?” Albert asked quickly.
“I’m afraid the effect can only be considered average.” Professor Kettlebo explained, “Some organisms do not like the smell of garlic, and they will instinctively stay away from it, but this is not absolute.”
“Isn’t it also allowed to use the branches of the Dharma Protector tree?”
"Yes, I think this thing may be useful for vampires, but... don't have high expectations for other things." Even though he said this, Professor Kettlebo still lent them a Grindylow. As soon as Bert took the cross out of the bottle, the unlucky Grindylow began to move away from Albert's garlic cross. It seemed that it was choked by smoke.
“Congratulations, this amulet almost made Grindylow faint.” Hagrid pinched his nose and said angrily.
"Thank you, I didn't expect this." Albert couldn't help but sigh. He finally knew what the so-called amulet was.
“What are you going to do with this thing?” Fred couldn’t help but ask.
"I'm going to make a treasure map, put the treasure map in a book in the library, and let the students who find the treasure map dig for the treasure." Albert had already thought about how to deal with this thing.
“Now, this amulet is called ‘Vampire Retreat’.” Albert announced in public, “It is the legendary amulet that can protect oneself from being harmed by vampires.”
When several people heard this, their faces couldn't help but twitch.
Albert could actually say this with shame, even though this kind of amulet can indeed drive away vampires.
"I suddenly looked forward to it. The guy who discovered the treasure map, after deciphering the treasure map and digging up the treasure, discovered that the legendary necklace that can protect oneself from vampires was actually this kind of thing. I didn't know it would be revealed. What expression?" George suddenly felt very interesting.
“I found you to be quite naughty.” Fred muttered, “But I like it, but I don’t know if that guy will be so angry that he passes out after working so hard to find the treasure.”
"I will also help." Lee Jordan said excitedly, "It is a treasure hidden by Hogwarts students of all generations. I think many people will be interested in it."
Hagrid was stunned when he heard this. He never thought that Albert was going to dig a hole for the students in the school and punish them severely.
Think about the day when you were borrowing a book and found a treasure map in the mezzanine. Even if you don’t believe it, you will try to explore whether you can find the treasure.
(End of this chapter)