Study Days at Hogwarts

"Are there no satellites around Mars?" Fred was busy doing homework. Not long ago, he was depressed to find that he had missed his homework for the astronomy class, and now he could only do one in a hurry.

"Mars has two satellites, but the satellites are smaller." Albert, who was sitting across from Fred's desk, was flipping through the book and answering his question: "The closer the planet is to the sun, the harder it is for it to form satellites. . Mercury and Venus have no satellites."

"So... Mercury or Venus, which planet is closer to the sun?" Fred continued to ask after writing some words on the parchment.

"Mercury is closer to the sun."

A few minutes later, Fred stood up, stretched out, and handed the parchment to Albert across the table, "Finally caught up, help me check if there are any errors."

The homework for the astronomy class is to draw a star diagram of the solar system. On the diagram, several major planets need to be drawn in detail, and the names of the planets and the number of satellites need to be marked.

Albert glanced at the star chart on the parchment and saw the mistake in Fred's homework at a glance, and reminded him, "The positions of Saturn and Jupiter are wrong."

Fred took the parchment back and changed the positions of Saturn and Jupiter.

After finishing his homework, Fred picked up a piece of fruit from the table, took a bite, turned to look at George next to him and asked, "Are you done?"

George said matter-of-factly: "It's been done a long time ago."

Fred pretended to be angry and said: "Traitor, you actually did your homework secretly without telling me."

"I asked you to do it together, but you didn't come by yourself. Who can you blame?" George couldn't help but rolled his eyes at Fred, "I still remember what you said..."

"After you finish it, lend it to me to copy." Lee Jordan said with a smile.

"Yes, that's what you said then."

"You actually didn't let me copy it."

"You didn't say you wanted to copy it!"

The twins started their daily quarrel again. In fact, the two of them were too busy to do such things.

"What are you reading?" Lee Jordan asked curiously. He had just finished today's homework and was doing it with Albert. The advantage is that if you have questions, you can ask them immediately and usually get answers. It’s much faster to do homework alone.

"Alchemy for Dummies." Albert turned the book over and showed Li Jordan the cover. This book was "Simple Alchemy" introduced by Professor Broad.

"Alchemy doesn't seem to be taught in school." Angelina walked towards this side, holding a monocular telescope that would be used in astronomy classes, and sat down two chairs away from Albert, "What are you talking about? It’s time to go to the astronomy tower, class time seems to be coming soon.”

"Wait another ten minutes, I don't want to stay on the tower blowing the wind." Albert took out his pocket watch and put it next to him, and continued to read the books in his hand.

Unfortunately, this book is a bit thin, so even if you finish reading it, it won't be able to increase the number of task readings for a reading maniac.

The author of "Simple Alchemy" is Zuko.

Yes, that's the Zuko from Zuko's Joke Shop in Hogsmeade.

To be honest, Albert was a little surprised when he first saw the author of this book.

Of course, it is not difficult to guess what the book written by the joke shop owner will contain.

This book tells readers about the relationship between alchemy and magic.

The invisibility cloak that originally sounded noble turns into a cloak cast with a blinding spell in the book.

That's right, that thing becomes the so-called invisibility cloak.

The effect of the blinding spell is to disguise the object, making it look like an inconspicuous stone on the roadside, or something else.

However, in the eyes of some wizards, using a blinding spell on a cloak is undoubtedly unnecessary, because they can use it on themselves.

In fact, Albert didn't quite understand why Professor Broad introduced him to this book. He flipped through it carefully and finally made an excuse for himself. "Simple Alchemy" contained methods for making amulets.

Yes, the book introduces how to make amulets, but instead of using the Dharma Tree to make the amulets, you use a banishing spell.

The amulet created by the expulsion spell can indeed expel some dark creatures, but it will also cause trouble to the wearer.

When you carry this amulet with you, it will be difficult to receive mail from the owl. The banishing spell on the amulet will also banish the messenger owl.

Wizards who usually use this method to make amulets usually have average spell skills and cannot further use the expulsion spell.

The items created, adhering to Zuko's strengths, are simply meant to be funny.

"Simple Alchemy" also records how to make some prank props. However, these weird gadgets are not welcomed by most alchemists.

After reading the entire book, Albert felt that the name of the book should be changed. It might be more appropriate to call it Weird Alchemy.

Especially at the end of the book, there is a record of an alchemical item that is said to be able to drive away vampires - the garlic cross.

When he saw this name, Albert almost laughed out loud.

The item is pretty much the same as the name. It uses the principle that vampires hate garlic to create a cross that smells like garlic.

Here’s how to make garlic crosses simply:

Make a wooden cross, use alcohol to extract garlic, heat and mix the extraction liquid with beeswax or essential oil in a water bath, and finally smear the mixture fully on the cross to make the cross full of garlic flavor...

Carrying a cross that smells like garlic makes me feel inexplicably happy.

Well, this book really puts alchemy to shame!

"Is alchemy interesting?" Fred asked casually.

"Interesting? No, alchemy can't be said to be interesting, but this book is very interesting." Albert closed the book and handed it to Fred. "After reading this book, my understanding of alchemy has greatly changed." ."

"Let's see..." Fred flipped through a few pages and said regretfully, "This book is still too advanced for us to understand at all."

"If there is alchemy, it should be an elective course in the third grade, but it's a pity that Hogwarts doesn't have it." Albert said regretfully.

"Let me see." George took the book and suddenly shouted, startling several people around him.

"What are you yelling at?" Li Qiaodan glared at George angrily and said.

"Look, you definitely didn't find out who the author of this book is." George said excitedly

"Who is the author?"

"Zoko." George has been deeply attracted by the method of making joke props.

"Zoko from Zuko's Joke Shop." Several people asked curiously.

"Yes, that's him." Albert ignored George's resentful gaze and stuffed the book into his bag. "Let's go. If you are interested in this book, there will be time for you to read enough."

"By the way, why are you interested in alchemy?" George asked curiously while climbing the spiral staircase.

"When I was talking about Defense Against the Dark Arts with Professor Broad, we happened to talk about the amulet. He suggested that I read this book, so I went to the library to borrow it and read it." Albert looked helpless. : "It's just that the content of this book is indeed a bit beyond my expectation."

Are those things in the book really alchemy?

Albert reserved his doubts in this regard.