Chapter 109: A Realizable Idea

That afternoon, the news that Link had subdued the poisonous horned beast during class had already spread throughout all of Hogwarts.

At the same time, another piece of news that shocked the entire Hogwarts was that Harry and Ron had driven a flying car to Hogwarts last night and crashed into the Whomping Willow.

Due to Harry Potter's fame, this news became even more popular among the people at Hogwarts than Link subduing the poisonous horned beast.

This caused a lot of dissatisfaction among the Hufflepuffs. Under their influence, many versions of the Link incident began to appear, such as "Link reached out into the void with a grasp, and the poisonous horned beast collapsed with a loud bang." The overall style started to develop in a more fantasy-like direction.

However, Link himself didn't really care much about this.

Since the afternoon was History of Magic class, Link directly slept through the night and only woke up when John dragged him to dinner.

After dinner, as Link and John were walking together toward the Hufflepuff common room, they were suddenly blocked by a familiar pretty figure.

"Emily? Why are you here?" Link asked in a somewhat surprised tone.

That was because this corridor was not a necessary route from the Great Hall to the Slytherin dormitory, which meant that Emily was waiting here for him on purpose.

At this time, John, who was standing next to Link, was already sweating from his forehead.

Although Emily hadn't attacked any Hufflepuff students since the beginning of last year, her fierce reputation was still deeply imprinted in the minds of all Hufflepuffs.

John's expression turned rather unpleasant. He felt that he probably wouldn't be able to escape a beating today.

However, what happened next went far beyond his expectations.

That terrifying Queen Victoria actually smiled and took Link's arm, with an incredibly gentle expression, looking no different from a girl deeply in love.

"Link, Professor Snape asked me to remind you not to forget to go to his place today." Emily said softly.

Upon hearing this, Link suddenly slapped his forehead. He had forgotten about it. Snape still had to teach him advanced potion knowledge.

"Ah! Got it! I'll go right away!"

Link said and immediately turned around to leave. Emily didn't let go of his arm, instead, she followed Link and walked together toward Snape's office.

At this moment, John's expression became very dramatic.

'Could it be that they are in a relationship?' Looking at the silhouettes of Link and Emily leaning close to each other as they walked away, such a thought involuntarily rose in John's mind.

But very quickly, he rejected this guess. After all, that was Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Rather than believe that Link was dating Emily, he'd rather believe that Link had been kidnapped.

Wiping off his sweat, John felt it was necessary to inform the other Hufflepuffs about this matter. That way, they could rescue Link.

But just as John was about to run back to the common room, Emily, who was holding Link's arm, suddenly turned her head, made a "shushing" gesture with a cold face, and then dragged her finger across her neck.

This extremely threatening gesture instantly scared John stiff, his hands and feet turned cold, and he stood frozen on the spot, not daring to move.

At the same time, Link also noticed Emily's actions. He asked her in a puzzled tone, "What are you doing?"

"Nothing~" Emily instantly turned her head back upon hearing this, and the expression on her face changed from the previous cold seriousness back to sunny gentleness.

Her pair of sparkling big eyes made Link's heart beat faster. He quickly turned his head away and continued walking forward while pulling Emily along.

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Twenty minutes later, the two of them finally dawdled their way to Snape's office.

Such a delay had clearly made Snape unhappy. This was obvious from the fact that Snape put on a sour face the moment Link walked in.

Seeing this, Link very sensibly let go of Emily's arm, hurried to the side, and began to deal with the piles of ingredients that had long been stacked on the ground, preparing for the upcoming potion-making.

It was worth mentioning that after delivering Link to his destination, Emily didn't leave.

Instead, she sat down on a chair, resting her face on her hand, watching Link handle the materials with great interest.

Snape saw this but didn't drive her away. He just gave Link a cold snort to express his displeasure.

After finally finishing the troublesome task of dealing with all the materials, Link stood up, rubbed his sore lower back, then took the chameleon lizard, who had been in an invisible state, off his head, and placed it in front of Snape.

"Professor Snape, please take a look at this."

"Hm? What is this thing?" Looking at the chameleon lizard whose outline could only be vaguely seen under the light, Snape asked in confusion.

"Chameleon lizard," Link stroked the little creature, then held up his now semi-transparent hand in front of Snape and waved it, "I discovered that its mucus has the effect of making objects invisible, so I wanted to ask if this effect could be used to create a potion that allows a person to become completely and permanently invisible."

"Invisibility potion, huh?" Snape murmured as he also stroked the chameleon lizard. He silently watched his hand gradually turn transparent, then quickly solidify again.

"It can indeed be done, but it'll be much harder than you think. And it's not really a good idea, there have been many people in the past who tried this project, but they either failed or gave up halfway,"

Snape said as he rubbed the residual mucus on his hand, "After all, the difficulty of developing such a potion is too high. And even if it were successfully developed, not many people would use it. When it comes to invisibility, there are better methods."

Hearing Snape's conclusion, Link felt a little disappointed. But after thinking it over, it made sense, if invisibility potions really had a market, potion masters would've already figured out how to make them.

However, at that moment, Snape suddenly changed his tone and said, "But, that was in the past. Now, Disillusionment Beasts have been hunted to near extinction. Along with the campaigns by magical creature protectors, the price of invisibility cloaks is skyrocketing at a terrifying rate. At the same time, the Disillusionment Charm has been classified as a strictly regulated spell."

"So if you do manage to develop an invisibility potion, your situation will be much better than it was before. At the very least, if you choose to make the formula public, you could receive a Third-Class Order of Merlin."

Snape's sudden shift left Link momentarily stunned.

But Emily, who was beside him, suddenly jumped up and stood on the chair, shouting, "Really!! Professor Snape!"

"Y-Yes… it's true." Snape's tone was a little strange, and the muscles on his face twitched slightly.

The chair Emily was standing on right now was actually his favorite one.

"Yay! I'm so happy!"

Emily cheered and suddenly jumped down from the chair. Link hurried forward to catch her, and the two hugged each other.

This made Snape's expression even uglier. For some reason, perhaps it was just his imagination, Snape felt like the air in his office suddenly had a slightly sour smell.

He unconsciously rubbed his nose, and at the same time made a decision.

He'd have Link peel a hundred black vinegar onions later, to practice his herb-handling techniques.

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