Chapter 2649 Wind and Flowers (Twenty-Eight)

In the understanding of medieval alchemists, the sun and moon, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Saturn are all planets, revolving around the earth. They are made of gold, silver, mercury, copper, tin, iron, and lead respectively.

These seven metals represent, but this is not absolute. It also depends on the alchemist’s encryption language and the context at that time.

Gold is regarded as a perfect metal, and mercury can dissolve it. Generally speaking, mercury represents Hermes, the god of alchemy, which leads to the idea of ​​"Hermetic Alchemy" that dissolves and

Solidification, the two are the two opposites in "Hermetic Alchemy". The Muggle chemistry mentioned by Arif is the "external Virgo". This constellation belongs to the sixth positive position of the zodiac, and the other side is the collective subconscious.

It is the "inner Pisces", which is located in the twelfth positive sign of the zodiac.

Of course, there is not only Hermetic Alchemy in this world, but almost all of the people present at the conference today are "Hermetic Philosophers", except for Pomona, an outlier who is involved in herbal alchemy.

The purpose of the philosopher's stone is not to make gold. It is just a process at best. The true ideal of a Hermetic philosopher should be much higher than the material level. Although for a long time, many alchemists gave up

Instead of studying the inner world, they focus on the discovery of the "external world" and puzzle over combinations and combinations.

Virgo has the characteristic of pursuing perfection, and gold is a perfect metal; Pisces loves to dream, and Pisces will not pay attention to many worldly things.

Of course, some people will say that horoscope divination is a hell of a superstition. As the development of the "outer world" accelerates, the study of the "inner soul" has been suppressed and continues to exist only in the form of "superstition, fantasy and daydreams"

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However, the situation began to change at the beginning of the 20th century. Freud, Jung and others discovered the "subconscious" and analyzed dreams, thereby liberating the "virgin" moral concept and began to pay attention to consciousness and desire.

, it can be understood that Freud "dissolved" the material "solidification" brought to alchemy by scientific ideas produced since the seventeenth century.

A full moon is the best time to pick sapweed, a species of wormwood and a close relative used to treat dysentery.

But just like there are ordinary trees and wand trees, only a few of these weeds have magical powers. Werewolves will transform during the full moon, and the sap grass picked at the full moon can also be used to "dissolve" the "solidified"

The body makes the body changeable and sexual.

Why does it have to be a full moon? In fact, the werewolf transformation does not have to be on a full moon day, and you can also see the full moon and be illuminated by the moonlight.

The moon, like gold, cannot shine by itself, but reflects light, but its properties are different from gold. Unfortunately, Pomona has not done any research on the growth of magical plants and magical properties of the moon phase.

What irritated Severus about Arif was that he kept trying to convince Severus to "accept" that Muggle chemistry was similar to potions.

Although Severus is very creative when he is sarcastic, he is really not an expert in this area. The only thing he can do is refuse to meet Arif. In addition to not going to the cafeteria to eat, he also does not allow Arif to set foot in it again.

His potions classroom.

After the breakfast meeting, Severus completed the steps of preparing the potion that needed to be kept secret. Next came the step of preparing the potion that could be made public. He completed the preparation of the wolf juice under the watch of many people.

Many people have the habit of recognizing their bed. They can't sleep in a strange place. They also feel uncomfortable putting on new clothes and new shoes, which may even affect their performance. Pomona is actually very nervous, even though she knows that he is not the first person to sleep.

I boiled this potion all at once.

The whole process lasted for a whole day. There were more than twenty kinds of medicinal materials placed on the long experimental table, like a small exhibition, and they were finally added to the potion one by one.

During the process of brewing the medicine, Severus did all the work himself, including preparing the medicinal ingredients. Thanks to his many years of teaching career, he had become so skilled that he could complete everything by himself without an assistant.

This has attracted the admiration of some potion masters. They almost always have assistants, just like the chefs in restaurants. They themselves have been apprentices and are responsible for cutting vegetables, cooking soup, garnishing dishes, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., until a certain stage.

Responsible for seasoning, the chef himself did the least work. Snape could only rely on confinement to let the students prepare the potion materials he needed for the next class.

While she found it funny, she also felt proud. Under the "catalytic" effect of love, she developed a feeling called sweetness.

But this feeling did not last long. When Severus announced that the medicine was ready, Remus was brought in. This time, he had chains on his hands and was locked in an iron cage.

Pomona felt that children would not want to see this scene. They would rather remember the shabby-dressed Defense Against the Dark Arts professor who played music and asked them to use "comic antics" to deal with the Boggart in the closet.

Severus put the potion in a goblet and handed it to the Auror. The Auror fed the potion to Remus, but Remus had no reaction after drinking it.

"You can talk to him," Severus said. "He can answer your questions."

"Of course, he is still a human being." A middle-aged man wearing a single-sided glasses said, "How do I know whether he can still communicate after transforming?"

"Can you recite the five principles of Gamp's Transfiguration?" Pomona said immediately.

"What's the use of this?" said the man just now.

"At least we can compare how much sanity the werewolf can maintain while maintaining his wolf form after drinking the potion," Pomona replied.

While others were talking about it, Remus had already begun to recite. He not only recited the principles of Gamp's Transfiguration, but also recited the "Principles of Magic." When the "audience" in the audience asked questions about what he had recited,

Remus not only answered accurately, but also expressed his own opinions.

The clock gradually moved towards 12 midnight. Because it was underground, it looked no different from 12 noon, but some people had already started to yawn.

For the wizards who had just come from abroad and were not yet suffering from jet lag, it was daytime where they lived. They should not have any sleepiness, but when everyone around them was yawning and looking depressed, they

I started to feel sleepy too.

"Are you planning to transform into a werewolf?" Fudge said at this time.

Pomona wanted to tell him at this moment that the werewolf transformation was uncontrollable. Even the third-year students knew this. Remus could change without the Minister of Magic giving an order.

"We have a way to help you transform..." Fudge said.

"No!" Severus interrupted loudly, "That would interfere with the results of the experiment."

"Don't worry, it's just a little charm." Fudge said.

"Even a small curse." Severus interrupted Fudge again, "That's unacceptable."

"Then we just sit here stupidly, waiting for him to transform at some point?" another "audience" shouted.

"If you want to go back to sleep, no one will stop you." Someone in the crowd said, "I want to stay here to see the results."

Some people echoed, and some stood up and left. For those who left, those who stayed behind booed them, and even deliberately stumbled when the other party passed by, acting like a first or second grade student.

The scene was a bit chaotic. Fudge just rushed to the judge's position and planned to hit the wooden hammer to keep everyone quiet. Remus's transformation began.

This scene silenced everyone, and the only sound in the courtroom was Remus's painful screams.

Human legs are different from animals. In other words, humans walk with their whole feet on the ground. Animals have very long feet with their toes and soles touching the ground. Therefore, people often mistakenly think that the heels of animals are calves and call the ankles of animals.

The joint is regarded as a knee.

As his feet grew longer, Remus's shoes no longer fit him, he grew taller, and his spine became deformed.

Anyway, it looked terrible. Even after the transformation was over, no one spoke, and the only sound was Remus's breathing.

"Can you recite Gamp's Law of Transfiguration?" Pomona asked, her voice even echoing.

Remus shook his head, and then pointed at his mouth. It also deformed, and the teeth turned into fangs.

"When we ask you questions, you can shake your head and nod, right?" Pomona asked.

Remus nodded again.

"Are you a werewolf?" Fudge asked.

Remus nodded.

"You volunteered to participate in this experiment?" Fudge asked.

Remus nodded.

"When we remove your handcuffs, can you promise not to attack anyone present?" Severus asked.

Remus nodded, but the people around him started making noises.

"You can't do that!", "It's too risky!", "I've had enough, I want to leave!"

The situation got out of control again, and Fudge banged the hammer.

"Quiet!" Fudge said loudly, and then he looked at the Aurors seriously and "unlock his handcuffs."

The Aurors hesitated for a moment, but they still did as they were told, but Remus was still in the standing cage, holding on to the railing with his clawed hands, and then there was no more aggressive behavior.

Those who had announced they were leaving sat down again, and Fudge started asking questions again.

"Do you know what 1+3 equals?"

Remus nodded four times and then stopped.

"Do you know who he is?" Fudge asked, pointing at Severus.

Remus nodded.

"Did you mean to attack him last month?" Fudge asked.

"What does he mean?" Pomona heard someone in the crowd whisper.

"You shouldn't ask this question at this time, Mr. Secretary!" Pomona stood up.

"Why can't I ask?" Fudge asked.

Pomona was just thinking about how to answer when Fudge asked Remus, "Have you ever hurt anyone?"

Remus shook his head in pain.

"This is a lie. We found a lot of blood at the scene. Who does it belong to?" Fudge asked.

"He can't talk," Pomona said. "Like I just asked him if he could..."

"Does it belong to Sirius Black?" Fudge asked. "The blood belongs to him, and you hurt him?"

Remus howled like a dog.

"He lost so much blood, he must not be able to run far, or did you eat him?" Fudge asked.
To be continued...