Chapter 424 Anonymous Gift
During the Christmas holidays, the Anderson family won another lottery. They used the windfall to enjoy a delicious French meal in a high-end restaurant.
Herb was used to Albert spending British National Lottery pounds on family dinners, which were not frequent anyway, and enjoying good food in high-end restaurants was undoubtedly a pleasant thing.
In order to cover up this matter, Herb and Daisy would spend a small amount of money every month to buy a few National Lottery tickets. Otherwise, they would win every time, which would look suspicious.
The day before school started, Albert went to King's Cross Station to take the Hogwarts Express and return to school with other students.
In the carriage, Lee Jordan couldn't help but complain about Snape's Christmas gift to Albert.
Albert had already read the parchment in the package sent by Snape, and it was indeed a recipe for a potion.
The jar of cockroaches in the package is also real. They are probably farmed and require special treatment before use. Treated cockroaches are sold in pharmacies. There are also other magic potions, none of which can be said to be precious, but they are all based on the magic potion formula. The raw materials used, combined with several common medicinal materials, can be used to create a potion called Nagging Soup. Drinking it will make people talk nonsense uncontrollably.
Merlin's beard!
If anyone knew that these ingredients were used to make nagging soup, no one would dare to touch it.
To be honest, Albert was impressed by Snape's expertise in potions, and he was actually able to find such a potion formula. It makes perfect sense for a Potions Master to give his most beloved pupil a potions-related Christmas gift.
Is Albert Snape's protégé?
To a certain extent, it is.
Furthermore, the recipe for the nagging soup was improved by Snape himself, and it can be considered a relatively precious gift.
However, Albert estimated that Snape probably wanted to give himself a little surprise.
After listening to Albert's analysis, Lee Jordan disagreed with Snape's bad taste, and simply stated that if Albert dared to give him such a disgusting drink one day, the two parties would break off their relationship.
Especially after reading the recipe for the nagging soup on the parchment, Lee Jordan said that his weak heart was severely affected, and he needed Albert's holiday homework to calm down, and he was going to copy it...for reference.
Professors at Hogwarts School always like to give them a lot of homework during the holidays, which is particularly annoying.
Lee Jordan worked hard to do his holiday homework yesterday, but he still couldn't finish all the holiday homework, so he could only find excuses to ask Albert for help.
After consultation, Albert finally agreed to give Lee Jordan the paper on the shrinking potion for reference.
No way, since the snowman incident, life has become increasingly difficult for the three friends around Albert. Snape really can't cause trouble to Albert, but occasionally he can find Fred, George and Lee Jordan. The trouble is still OK. Snape didn't even need to do anything specifically. As long as he paid more attention to the three of them when he had time, it would be enough for them to be unlucky.
Lee Jordan would definitely be in bad luck if he didn't do his homework during the holidays, and Snape was eager for an excuse to cause trouble for them.
"I bet Fred and George haven't finished it either." With Albert's help, Lee Jordan began to make up his own paper on the shrinking potion.
After the two returned to Hogwarts Castle in a night carriage, Fred and George appeared without warning to welcome them, and enthusiastically gave them a few pieces of candy, and by the way, they wanted to admire Albert's Holiday Homework.
“You must have made something weird again!”
Lee Jordan looked at the candies warily and had no intention of touching them. He had not forgotten how he was tricked by these two guys.
“Candies made from the syrup of heartworms make you feel sad when you hold them in your mouth.”
Seeing that neither of them was going to try it, George unwrapped the candy and threw it into his mouth.
The effect of the sad candy was very good. After a while, the smile on George's face disappeared, showing a sentimental expression, and even began to sob quietly, and soon started to cry.
Lee Jordan was stunned by the astonishing changes in George's face. He had never thought that the effect of sad candy would be so good.
“We added a large dose of heartbreak bug syrup to it.” George sadly explained to them that this was a total loss.
“Perhaps, we could produce small amounts of Sad Candies, but never expect to produce them in large quantities, which would drain every Galleone out of our pockets.”
“What a sad thing.” Albert smiled and patted George on the shoulder. The effect of this candy was much stronger than he expected.
“Well, that’s probably what it’s like.”
Fred suppressed his laughter and handed a candy to George. After the latter finished eating, the sadness on his face was immediately replaced by a smile, but that smile looked a bit silly.
“The antidote is almost there, but it cannot completely eliminate the effects of the drug.”
Fred pointed at the silly smile on George's face and explained rather helplessly, "That's the aftereffects caused by Ariot's leaves. Of course, it won't take long, um, about ten seconds, for this weak aftereffects to disappear. Completely disappear.”
"A good start!" Albert comforted the two of them a few words, and then changed the topic of the chat: "Have you opened the package that didn't include the sender?"
Fred and George looked at each other and shook their heads together and said: "We think that this kind of interesting thing should be kept and shared with everyone, so we have temporarily kept the unnamed package until you return to school. Let’s drive together again.”
“Then open it now. I’m also a little curious as to which guy sent me this Christmas gift anonymously.” Albert muttered in a low voice, “I don’t think there’s anything good inside.”
“We tested it with the Honesty Detector, and there was no jinx response, but...” Fred hesitated, then reminded, “I think it’s best to be careful when opening the package.”
There is no way, considering Snape’s case first, who knows what is in the package.
They took the package to the common room. Since no one was willing to open the package, Albert had to use a spell to open the package from a distance.
In full view of everyone, a yellow-green liquid suddenly sprayed out from the package the moment it was opened, like a grenade exploding. The liquid splashed everywhere, and a pungent smell of gasoline instantly filled the entire lounge.
“Fortunately, I was far enough away, and I almost got hit. It’s so insidious!” Fred cursed in a low voice. He was almost splashed by the unknown liquid just now.
(End of this chapter)