The next day, Hermione walked into Aaron's office.
Aaron was busy working on the 'Golden Apple Potion' at the time. The patent application process was far more complicated than he imagined. He had already sent samples and manuscripts to the authorities, but there were still many essential steps to take.
"...As a strictly controlled magic material, snakeroot is a magic material. How do you know it can be used as an ingredient in potions?"
"...Merlin told me in his dream."
Aaron wanted to reply like this, but this obviously didn't work, so he asked Runas to make up a high-sounding story:
It was simply that he had traveled to an African country in the past, where snakeskin was not controlled.
While traveling, Aaron accidentally discovered certain pharmacological properties of snakeroot, and then with the help of local indigenous wizards, after repeated trials, he finally formulated the appropriate proportion...
In short, the tone of the whole story is similar to 'the apple hit Newton on the head, and the earth had gravity from then on'.
Just then, Hermione knocked on the office door.
Aaron calmly put away the reply and then said:
"Please come in."
Hermione walked into the office and closed the door behind her back.
As the most outstanding student in Potions class, Hermione has always been favored by Aaron.
In normal classes, Aaron would also assign some extremely difficult problems that even exceeded the ability of the little wizards as extra homework.
Generally speaking, this kind of additional question-like assignment is difficult to complete, and it even involves some doubts that Aaron himself encountered when studying the potion formula.
Therefore, Aaron does not expect these little wizards to be able to solve such problems. He assigns these extra homework mainly for two purposes:
First, he hopes that in the process of delving into these difficult problems, the little wizards can get some exercise in their thinking skills.
Secondly, the answers given by the little wizards may sometimes bring him some inspiration... or at least help him eliminate a few wrong answers.
However, he misjudged the difficulty of these problems.
In his class, Hermione was the only young wizard who was willing to delve into these issues.
Therefore, Hermione often went in and out of Aaron's office and asked Aaron various questions. After going back and forth, the two of them became familiar with each other.
"professor……"
Hermione shouted softly.
Aaron stopped what he was doing and looked at Hermione:
"Any problems again today?"
Hermione hesitated for a moment and then said: "Professor, I would like to ask you about Polyjuice Potion..."
"Polyjuice Potion?"
This aroused Aaron's interest. He turned around and asked with interest:
"Why are you asking about this?"
Hermione plucked up the courage and forced herself to say in a calm tone: "One of the extracurricular questions you assigned contains a question about Polyjuice Potion, so I want to know about it..."
"Oh, let's find out. So what do you want to know?" Aaron raised his eyebrows, becoming more interested.
"I want to know its recipe..."
"Recipe?" Aaron smiled: "I remember that the homework I assigned was just for you to understand the uses of the various ingredients of Polyjuice Potion. Why do you want to know how it is configured?"
"I……"
Hermione swallowed, and her whole body became visibly nervous. She gritted her teeth and said, "Because I am very interested in Polyjuice Potion, so I want to know more about it."
"I'm afraid that doesn't serve as a reason, Miss Granger."
Aaron's fingers tapped on the table:
"As far as I know, polyjuice potion is a magic potion that you can't touch until at least you have completed the preliminary study of the NEWT class. It is very difficult to configure. I'm afraid it's too early for you to know its formula now, right?"
"I……"
When Hermione looked up, she found Aaron looking at her with a smile. Aaron's eyes were gentle, but there was also inexplicable pressure in his eyes, which made Hermione even more nervous.
"What do you want this recipe for?"
There was a hint of inexplicable amusement in Aaron's smile.
Hermione was silent for a moment, and then made up her mind. She looked directly at Aaron and said slowly:
"I'd like to join your potions club."
"What?"
Aaron was stunned for a moment, never expecting that Hermione would give such an answer.
Hermione organized her thoughts for a while and said slowly:
"As the professor said during class, the more advanced fields in the potion hall are what I yearn for and are fascinated by. I hope to become as powerful a potion master as you."
"You said in class that a potion club will be opened next year at the latest. I would like to have the opportunity to join this club, but I understand that if I can get your guidance, there will definitely be many competitors for such an opportunity. "
"I'm still a junior, so I can't compare with the senior students. They have knowledge about potions that I don't have, and they also have more practical experience."
"So, I want to try to see if I can gain your favor by configuring some extremely difficult potion on my own."
After saying this call, Hermione herself couldn't help but blush.
Frankly speaking, although these words were just reasons she came up with on the spur of the moment, there was also some sincerity in them.
After seeing the advanced knowledge in the field of potions demonstrated by Aaron in class, Hermione was indeed attracted by the magical and magnificent scenery of this magic.
Hermione, just like Aaron back then, has a strong interest and desire in many aspects of magical knowledge. In many cases, her study is not just for a high score - although this is very easy for her.
Therefore, if Aaron really planned to open such a potions club, Hermione would definitely be the first to sign up.
Of course, it cannot be said that there is no hidden meaning in these words, so Hermione is actually a little uneasy about whether Aaron can trust her.
However, to her surprise, Aaron smiled happily:
"Although what you just said is a bit flattering, I have to say, Miss Granger, you convinced me."
He fetched a piece of paper and wrote a note:
"I, Aaron Custer, hereby grant permission to Miss Hermione Granger to borrow the book "Powerful Potions" from the restricted section of the library for use as material for her extracurricular research."
He held the note between his two fingers and handed it to Hermione who looked incredulous:
"Take it. With this note, you can borrow the book you want."
"Thank you very much, Professor Custer..."
The joy on Hermione's face was almost overflowing, and she quickly stepped forward to take the note.
"but……"
Aaron turned his wrist and avoided Hermione's hand:
"There is something I need to say up front, Miss Granger."
He looked into Hermione's eyes, staring at her with a sense of embarrassment:
"I understand that you are not telling me the truth, and I also know that the formula for Polyjuice Potion you want may have other unknown uses-this is undoubtedly against school rules."
"But I am willing to give you this help because I see your courage to break the rules, which is very much like me back then - maybe you have a reason to have to do this, right?"
Hermione nodded, indicating that she couldn't agree more.
"Well, I'm willing to take this risk for you, but there's only one thing..."
"You have to ensure your own safety, can you do that?"
Hermione raised her head, looked directly at Aaron, and nodded very solemnly:
"I can do that, Professor."
