Seeing that Malfoy was about to pat Luke to attract his attention, Taylor could only open his mouth slightly again and spit out a syllable while sighing silently.
Malfoy felt as if there were thousands of troops flying past in his ears. Apart from the pain, I was also a little dizzy, so I had to stop there.
Luke naturally observed this with his peripheral vision, but he didn't pay attention. At this time, his attention was on the last few ingredients.
First, pick up the moon flower and put it in when the potion turns light blue.
After the moonflower has melted into the potion, add the opal powder.
The wand was a little above the crucible, and the spinning potion gradually subsided and was just boiling gurglingly.
Luke threw the last dry limbs of the Bowtruckle into the crucible. The potion in the crucible began to rapidly change color, from light blue to bone white, then to bright yellow, and finally to light purple. .
Luke didn't dare to neglect. When it turned purple, he immediately took the wand deep and shook it gently. The potion in the crucible began to rotate counterclockwise. As the potion quickly evaporated and decreased, the light purple gradually faded away, turning into colorless and transparent, as ordinary as clear water, except for a faint fragrance floating from the crucible. come out.
Luke had a look of surprise on his face, but he quickly calmed down. While taking out a potion bottle from the shelf next to him, he shook his wand. The few remaining potions in the crucible flew up from it, like a small water dragon, and plunged into the potion bottle.
Closing the lid, Luke breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his forehead that was not clear from nervousness or heat, and then handed the potion bottle in his hand to Taylor again.
Taylor reached out and took it, opened it and smelled it. After seeing that there was no big problem, he put a drop on his finger. When he saw that there was no abnormality, he put a drop on his finger into his mouth and tasted it.
Then he nodded: "No problem."
Luke felt quite relieved, then turned to Malfoy, who was still a little confused, and asked, "What's the matter? Draco?"
Malfoy shook his head, which was still a little dizzy. The roar had long since calmed down, but the remaining dizziness was difficult to calm down for a while.
But when Luke asked, Malfoy had already come to his senses.
Luke looked at him and asked with concern: "What's wrong? You look uncomfortable."
When Luke asked, Malfoy forced a smile on his face: "Nothing, just a little...tinnitus?"
When Luke heard this answer, he said with a strange expression: "Tinnitus? We shouldn't be at the age of tinnitus now, right?"
Luke said such words, but none of the children understood what they meant. Even Taylor was at a loss to understand the meaning.
But Snape, who had good ears, heard all the words here and even moved his hands. Harry was so frightened that he couldn't help but tremble and almost poured the bottle of opal powder in his hand into the crucible.
Snape first gave Luke a strange look, and then looked at Harry who almost made a mistake. With a sneer on his lips, he began to mock Luke as usual in every class.
Luke lamented in his heart that Snape's attitude towards Harry was only weird and complicated, and said to Malfoy seriously: "You can't stay up late anymore, you have to take care of your health."
Seeing the concern on Luke's face, Malfoy was really touched.
"I will!"
"Okay, by the way, why did you come to see me?"
After saying that, Luke asked Malfoy about the reason for his visit, and then Malfoy remembered the real reason for his visit.
"That's right, Captain Flint asked me to invite you to watch the Quidditch practice in our Snake Yard." Malfoy looked at Luke with a proud face, "He heard that you have never played Quidditch before, just like I’ll let you go and have a look, maybe you can pique your interest. Besides, your flying talent is also good, you might have a chance to join the school team.”
If we say that among the students, those at the top of the chain of contempt, for now, are indeed those on the Quidditch team.
The twins are famous throughout the school, not only because they can make trouble, but also because they are Gryffindor Quidditch players, and they are also very good at playing Quidditch.
Luke believed that if he really had that talent, he would naturally be willing to join the Quidditch team. But unfortunately, although his talent is not bad, it is far from outstanding.
Besides, I really don’t have much interest in it, so this thing is worse than nothing.
The only flaw he showed in front of everyone was that he was not good at brewing potions. Any more would be superfluous.
So after his first flying lesson, he made up his mind not to join the Quidditch team.
But he never expected that Marcus Flint would be so persistent.
It's a little unusual to be persistent.
When Luke thought about this, his eyes changed, and for a moment it was as deep as a breathtaking deep pool, but it was only for a moment. He quickly recovered and said to Malfoy: "Okay, I want to see it too. What time?"
Malfoy was overjoyed when he heard this. In fact, he knew Luke fairly well and knew that Luke actually had no interest in Quidditch. Every time they chatted, although Luke could add a few words and even say some insightful words.
But others couldn't see it. How could someone like Malfoy, who had been socializing with his father since he was a child, not see it.
The way Luke looked when he talked about Quidditch with them was basically the same as when his father talked about something he didn't like with other people.
"My Healing Game"
Smiling slightly, calm and quiet. Never say too much, but if you really ask, you will definitely be able to give a brilliant answer.
To be honest, he knew that the people around him, including Harry, Ron and even the two twins who came to Wes' house, could never see Luke's true intentions.
Because they don’t have many such social events at home.
But unfortunately, such entertainment is not lacking in every standard noble family...
Therefore, it can be regarded as one of the necessary skills for noble children when they become adults.
Therefore, when he came, he really didn't expect Luke to agree so easily.
Luke looked at the change in his face and the surprise, and in a flash of thought, he figured out something, so he smiled and said to Malfoy: "For your sake, you know me after all. "
As soon as these words came out, Malfoy felt proud and happy at the same time.
"Tomorrow afternoon, our right to use the stadium will be mainly for the first-year students to have a simulation match, so that the first-year students can see our majestic appearance."
As he spoke, there was unconcealable pride in his tone.
"It seems you are one of them."
Luke smiled slightly and answered.
Hearing this, Malfoy's face indeed raised a proud smile.
"As a candidate for the first grade, I will conduct confrontation training with several other seniors tomorrow."
Not to mention the pride on his face, the pride in his tone also made others envious.
The commotion here was not big, but Harry and Ron were not far away from them, so they naturally heard everything. I even felt Malfoy's somewhat provocative gaze. But only looking at Ron.
Ron glanced at Malfoy with contempt, disdainful of his pride, then looked at Snape who had walked away, and then said to Harry: "Look at Malfoy's proud look, he is just a Awaiting selection. You are already our Gryffindor Seeker, and you don’t want to show off to others."
Harry blushed a little when he said it. It wasn't that he didn't want to show off, but Wood didn't let him show off. After all, he wanted to use him as a secret weapon. What he said earlier from the dinner table. Everyone heard it too. Although Malfoy heard it too. Naturally, there is no such thing as a secret weapon. But Harry was not stupid. Since Wood didn't say anything else, it was best for him to keep a low profile.
Moreover, those whom he considered worthy of showing off have already finished showing off.
No one else knew that Malfoy was a candidate, and he came here first to show off to Luke, Harry and Ron.
You know, the normal selection of the Quidditch team starts from the second grade, but the candidates for selection are not just the second grade, but from the second grade to the seventh grade.
The only candidate to be selected to participate in the competition is Malfoy, a first-year student.
After Luke happily accepted the invitation, Malfoy quickly returned to his seat and began to brew his share of cold medicine under Snape's cold eyes.
During dinner time, Luke and Taylor sat in a corner. Hermione came over from not far away and sat down calmly.
Gemma saw the three of them from a distance, but did not rush to get together until Luke called out.
Everyone first talked about some interesting things in class. Hermione also admired the senior students who were known as 'very capable'. In her eyes, those who got the first grade in the exam were worthy of respect.
Whether it was Percy Weiss or Gemma Farley in front of me.
It doesn't matter which college you go to. Since she came to school, she has never seen such a fierce competition between colleges.
On the contrary, there is a sense of solidarity and mutual help. In the past few days, she had seen Ravenclaw students helping Gryffindor students with lessons. There were also students from Slytherin who gave Hufflepuff some of their cooking methods.
Regardless of other ages, everyone in the first grade is really harmonious.
After all, the leaders of each grade can sit at the same table and eat.
Hufflepuff's Ernie Macmillan would often come to play with Luke.
While chatting, they talked about the invitation given by Malfoy today.
Luke didn't hide anything, and after swallowing what was in his mouth, he said calmly: "I really didn't expect Marcus to be so persistent. But I thought about it, and there must be something he wants from me. "
So the four inconspicuous people in the corner of the table fell into silence.
Hermione was still a little confused, but Taylor and Gemma had already started thinking. Hermione felt a little strange after seeing Luke's calm expression and the actions of the other two. But after all, he didn't say anything and started thinking silently.
Luke looked at Hermione's performance and was very satisfied.
Of course, he didn't think that Hermione would think of it faster or deeper than the other two.
Both Gemma and Taylor have been through great things. There is a heavy pressure on my heart.
Luke didn't ask, and they didn't mention it.
Compared with them, Hermione's story before entering school must be unremarkable. But extremely happy.
"Perhaps it is to attract your attention and make you become a Quidditch player? Whether you are good or not is secondary. The key is that you have this living sign. When the two colleges confront each other, you can definitely gain the benefits of the other two colleges. Support from neutral classmates?”
Hermione didn't think this was too important a question, so she simply thought about it and came up with a possibility.
Luke nodded, but didn't say what was right or wrong.
After a moment, Taylor said: "It probably doesn't mean anything too deep. Flint has never had any evil intentions. It's probably just an appointment, and he really values you. He really wants your support. And he has a heart." I want to change equipment for the team, but I am really short of money.”
Hermione and Gemma both looked at Taylor, who was talking eloquently, and were puzzled by her determined tone, but when they saw Luke just nodded, they didn't ask any more questions.
"Marcus really doesn't have too many thoughts... Although he is a bit domineering, he usually just fights with people on Quidditch." Gemma spoke first, "Wood from Gryffindor has nothing to do with him. Good, because the way both men play is very tough. And you also know what the atmosphere of Slytherin used to be, so it’s not worth saying more.”
"I think what Hermione and Tyler said is reasonable. Marcus wants to change his equipment, but is short of money. It's not impossible to find you. As long as you like Quidditch , it’s not a big problem to spend some money to change equipment. You don’t care about these small sums.”
Although this statement is just a synthesis of the first two reasons, it is rare to find an internal logical connection between the two reasons. It seems that he really guessed what Marcus was thinking.
Luke nodded again, but this time he was serious because he thought so too.
"But...Luke, I have to tell you something."
Gemma did not continue following Luke's question, but brought up another topic.
Luke saw that there was no joke on her face and said, "You tell me."
"There is not only Marcus in the team, although he is already the captain this year. But there is also someone who is very difficult to deal with."
"Oliver Nott. Seventh grader at Slytherin."
"The key thing is... he is a fervent supporter of the pure-blood theory."
"The speech you gave on the first night of school made him very unhappy. On the surface, he couldn't cause trouble for you, but on the court, it became a legitimate collision."
"I must invite you this time, and it may not be without his encouragement."
"Careful, Luke."
Gemma said seriously: "Things may not be simple."
