Harry Potter: Transmigrated Detective Link

Black vinegar onion is a special plant that was artificially cultivated only in the past few decades. This kind of special plant has a very strong smell, and is often used in certain dishes and special potions.

But it is also because of their special smell, that made the process of Link peeling them become extremely intense.

It can be said that it made Link fully experience what is called "the sour and smelly taste of love."

Fortunately, Snape still had some conscience, and did not make things too difficult for Link. This so-called "herb-handling practice" was only halfway through before Snape let Link off.

"Huff! Huff!"

Taking off the dragon-hide gloves, Link was constantly rinsing his eyes with clean water. At this moment, they had already turned completely red from the irritation.

And Snape, who was beside him, saw this and also smiled ever so slightly, then sat down in his favorite chair and said, "Regarding the development of that invisibility potion, do you have a direction now?"

Link's actions paused slightly, knowing that the key part had arrived.

"I plan to use concentrated spider egg sac extract to enhance the effect of the mimic lizard mucus. If the proportions are blended well, it should be able to strengthen the mimic lizard mucus to a usable level."

"Concentrated spider egg sac extract, huh?" Upon hearing this, the smile on Snape's face deepened, "As a supplementary ingredient that can enhance the effects of other potions, its effect is indeed very strong. But its effect is unstable. If you forcefully use it, the potion's success rate will become terribly low. So… you still need something else to act as a stabilizer, to neutralize the two."

Link nodded thoughtfully. After studying potions for more than a year, and having a basic foundation in potion knowledge, Link naturally knew Snape wasn't lying.

His original plan did indeed have shortcomings. It's just… if he needs a stabilizer, what kind of substance should he use?

Countless herb names instantly flashed through Link's mind, but he still couldn't confirm which was the most suitable choice.

After hesitating for a while, Link finally looked at Snape. He planned to test and probe Snape, to see if he could get a hint.

"Professor Snape, if it were you, what would you choose to use as a stabilizer?"

Link's tone was extremely sincere, with a faint hint of respect, which made Snape feel very comfortable to hear, and the smile on his face even showed signs of widening.

But he didn't want to let Link succeed. He only shook his head with a smile and said, "That's something you'll have to test yourself. If I told you everything, could this still count as your developed potion?"

Hearing this, the respectful expression that Link had put on his face instantly disappeared.

He rolled his eyes at Snape, then turned and walked into Snape's materials storeroom, beginning to pick out materials and attempt to formulate a stabilizer.

Link knew very well that with Snape's personality, once he said to let him test it himself, then he definitely wouldn't give any more hints.

So instead of continuing to pester him here, he might as well start experimenting early. Judging from Snape's attitude, the stabilizer material probably wasn't something so rare that it couldn't be obtained.

Link felt that as long as he kept experimenting in Snape's material storeroom, he would eventually find that substance.

Of course, at the same time, Link also planned to waste more of Snape's materials, best case, he could empty out Snape's entire storeroom. To take revenge for Snape's pettiness.

At this time, Snape was obviously still unaware of Link's plan. Seeing this, he very rarely let out a "heh" and then, in a good mood, returned to the cauldron to continue brewing his potion from earlier.

However, he had just sat down when he saw Emily's face full of resentment.

That made the smile on his face instantly disappear. As someone who had personally experienced the Victoria Manor summer evening banquet, he naturally knew why Emily was angry.

"Uh… Emily…" Snape stammered, but still couldn't say anything comforting.

He, Snape, from birth to now, had never been the kind of person good at coaxing girls. This made him look rather at a loss.

Fortunately, Emily obviously didn't expect to hear anything nice from Snape either. She just coldly snorted at Snape, then followed Link into the storeroom.

And looking at the two figures in the storeroom leaning close together again, Snape's gaze involuntarily landed on the black vinegar onions that Link had just finished peeling in the corner.

He thought that Link probably hadn't peeled the onions clean enough. Otherwise, why would the room still have such a sour, stinky smell?

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One week later, Link was finally freed from the massive round of material experiments.

However, this wasn't because he had finally found a material that could act as a stabilizer, but because Snape forcibly gave him a vacation.

This was very reasonable. Because during the past week, Link had put almost all his rest time into the storeroom.

When hungry, he drank nutrient potions; when tired, he drank energizing potions, experimenting day and night without pause.

Such high-intensity work made Link's face pale like a vampire, and his whole spirit became extremely sluggish.

This kind of seriousness even made Snape somewhat moved.

However, Snape just grabbed Link by the collar and forced a bottle of Drowsy Water down his throat, and after letting Link sleep for a full ten hours, threw him out of the office.

"Tch!" Looking at the arched stone door that had just closed, Link clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction.

After this past week, he had already experimented with almost all the materials in Snape's storeroom. He had a premonition that he was just about to succeed.

Yet at the crucial moment, he was thrown out.

This made Link suspect that maybe Snape was distressed because he used too many materials. After all, the material reserves in Snape's storeroom had already been reduced by more than half thanks to Link.

And just thinking about that, the displeasure on Link's face immediately turned into joy, and at the same time, his hand reached to the Untraceable Extension Charm pouch on his waist.

What Snape didn't know was that nearly half of the potion materials in his storeroom had actually ended up in Link's own pocket.

Link had completely hit the jackpot. Rubbing his pouch and feeling the bulging fullness inside, Link sped off in the direction of the Great Hall.

As for the production of the invisibility potion, Link wasn't in a hurry anymore.

Anyway, Snape had given him twelve hours off. He could just come back later.

And just as Link arrived at the Great Hall, he ran into John who was just about to come out from inside.

Although it was early morning, John was wearing a full set of Quidditch gear, and his face was drenched with sweat.

That wasn't even the strange part.

What truly made Link feel odd was that John's mood at this moment was extremely low, as if he had just suffered some huge misfortune.

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