"Really? Do you need me to use truth serum?"
Dudley grinned. In the eyes of the five people, the giant dragon opened its bloody mouth and would swallow them at any time.
"I just happened to cook up a batch recently."
Dudley took out a bottle of transparent liquid from the small bag on his waist and placed it on the table.
Veritaserum (Perfect)
It was just a casual glance at first. After all, he was only a first-year wizard. No matter how talented he was, it was already difficult to cook it. But the moment he saw the potion clearly, not only Professor McGonagall, but also Even Dumbledore was shocked.
As well-known wizards in the wizarding world, even though the two of them are not as good as Snape in potions, they still recognize the good and bad of potions, and they are knowledgeable people.
Dudley took out this bottle of potion, which was undoubtedly the best of the best.
"Did you do this?"
"Yes."
Dudley nodded.
As a spell caster, it is necessary to properly demonstrate your abilities and gain more attention and voice.
Gently picking up the Veritaserum on the table and looking at the light for a while, Dumbledore sighed from the bottom of his heart: "Amazing."
He had seen too many powerful wizards and too many genius wizards in his life, and there was only one other than Dudley who could praise him so highly.
A potion of this level, let alone a first grader, a sixth grader or even most adult wizards cannot make it. Even if they can, the success rate is frighteningly low. Dudley has already made a potion of this level. You can be called a master. If you know enough potions and can even independently develop new potions, you can be called a potion master.
It is simply unbelievable that a first grader could make such a level of truth serum.
It can no longer be described with just one sentence of genius.
If Dudley hadn't said it, Dumbledore might have thought it was Snape.
"Professor Snape teaches better."
Dudley said rather modestly.
His own super talent for potions, coupled with his hard-working and dedicated character, and his data magic eye.
In the eyes of others, potion production is extremely cumbersome, complicated in process, and has a very low success rate.
For Dudley - wouldn't it be enough to have hands?
"It looks like you've finished your homework for this week ahead of schedule."
The corners of Snape's mouth raised slightly, outlining an imperceptible arc.
I'm worthy of inheriting Lily's talent.
"Yes, Professor Snape."
"What do you think about switching to other potions for the weekend, such as thunder brew potion and Edrus potion?"
Thunder Brew Potion, a defensive potion, can create a storm around itself, stunning and damaging nearby enemies.
Edrus potion is also a defensive potion. After taking it, the skin will be covered with a protective film similar to rock, which is very strong, thereby increasing one's own defense ability. The effect is similar to the iron armor curse in the magic spell.
No matter which one of the above two magic potions is difficult, it is not inferior to Veritaserum.
Show off, show off by eating fruit.
"Okay, Professor."
For Dudley, the difficulty of any potion is about the same. As long as you are willing to teach him, he can easily master it.
What even Snape didn't know was that Dudley had already started trying to improve and develop new potions.
The conversation between the two made Professor McGonagall very envious. She also wanted a student who could inherit her legacy.
It's a pity that Dudley's grades in the Transfiguration class were average, and he could only make objects look similar without changing their essence.
Of course, if you want Dudley to turn an apple into a wrench like a wizard, unless he learns to exchange of equal value.
"Back to business."
While several people were still sighing at Dudley's talent for potions, Dudley had already taken out the second bottle of potions.
He never forgot his purpose.
He pulled out the bottle cap, pinched it and flicked it lightly, hitting the palm of the little wizard just now, causing the other person to cry out in pain. Then he put a drop of potion on his fingertips, flicked his finger again, and a drop of veritaserum potion fell into the opponent's mouth with incomparable precision.
Professor McGonagall found that when she tried to stop him again, the other person had already swallowed it reflexively.
Then ask and answer questions.
Five minutes later, the atmosphere in the principal's office dropped.
In fact, the bullies were definitely not the only ones bullying Hermione, and they were far from being limited to first-year students. It was just that they could treat her much more unscrupulously because she had a Slytherin friend.
Justified.
"Minerva, please take them to Filch first and ask him to keep an eye on these students."
Dumbledore rubbed his temples that started to bulge again: "Tomorrow I will invite their family members over and treat them as if they are expelled from school."
It’s not like there haven’t been little wizards who dropped out of school in the history of Hogwarts, there are quite a few.
In five minutes, they heard about very bad things that had happened and were about to happen.
"Also, a full 200 points will be deducted from Gryffindor for this."
This time, as the Head of Gryffindor, Professor McGonagall stopped talking and led several young wizards towards Filch's location with a livid face.
You can imagine how bad it is to just put him in confinement without putting him back into the rest room.
Human beings are often the most ruthless in bullying their companions.
"Albus, it seems that Gryffindor also has a lot of talents. They don't know dark magic, but they may not be much better than dark wizards. In some aspects, they are even better."
Shortly after Professor McGonagall left, Snape sneered mercilessly.
Unlike Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall, he had seen the evil side of Gryffindor when he was young.
Evil for no reason, taking advantage of the large number of people to bully the small ones, using all possible means to bully, extremely bad-mouthed and extremely humiliating, telling jokes, joking, just a joke, but it almost killed him.
Of course, he also resisted, but in the end it was difficult for him to fight with two fists.
Dumbledore emphasized: "Severus, this is just an exception, an exception."
"Exceptions? Five exceptions? That's what the Patchy's Crucible promotion is all about."
The mocking smile on Snape's face grew stronger: "A large number of individual cases?"
Campus bullying is certainly not led by a few first-year wizards, but is instigated by senior students, and of course it is not just Gryffindor. I'm afraid the remaining houses are not much better.
Is the problem serious enough?
Dumbledore ignored Snape's words and took out a jar of candy from somewhere. There was a constant buzzing sound in the candy jar. There was no doubt that it was sizzling honey candy.
He likes sweets very much, and eating sweets can help relieve his inner depression.
After eating a few candies, Dumbledore's mood improved significantly. This time he no longer asked Snape, but went directly to the real owner Dudley.
"Mr. Dursley, are you satisfied with the result?"
Dudley's answer was very straightforward: "Of course not satisfied."
As soon as he said this, Dumbledore added a few more candies, which was really depressing.
"They have been fired"
"Just about to."
Dudley curled his lips. To be honest, dismissal was too lenient.
"Even if they are expelled from Hogwarts, they can still go to other magic schools. There are three schools in Europe alone."
"But Professor Dumbledore, have you ever thought about it? Those who are victims of school violence may have this shadow that will linger throughout their lives and need to be healed throughout their lives."
Dudley took a deep breath and said in an extremely serious and firm tone: "I think we should solve it from the source."
"I think"
"Hogwarts shouldn't have four houses."
(End of chapter)
