It wasn't until the sky was almost bright that Link finally walked out of Snape's office. At this moment, he was already somewhat drained.
This entire night, under Snape's coercion, Link had continuously made the hunger-relief nutrient potion ten times in a row. It wasn't until he made the nutrient potion almost identical to the finished product Snape had provided that Snape temporarily let him off.
Note, this was only temporary.
Because Snape subsequently also assigned Link homework to memorize Ingredient Composition Chart, Potion Formula Studies, Basic Refining Science, and so on.
This directly made Link dumbfounded. Of course, the reason Link felt weak wasn't because he stayed up all night and was overly tired, or that he was discouraged by too much homework.
After all, Snape was an old cultivator, he had lots of energy-refreshing potions and stamina-restoring potions. With those available to drink at will, even if Link cultivated for a full week, he wouldn't have much of a problem.
The main reason for Link's current mentally-absent state was still because Snape forced Link to taste the nutrient potion he made himself.
That terrifying taste, Link felt like he would never forget it in his entire life.
But such bitter effort also bore some fruit. At this moment, in front of Link, a message was flashing.
[Hunger-Relief Nutrient Potion LV2 acquired!]
Looking at this line of information slowly fading away, Link sighed again and turned to glance back at the arched stone door behind him.
Although Snape didn't explicitly say it, Link still understood his meaning.
He merely wanted to teach Link the Scarpin's Revelaspell and other high-level knowledge related to potions, in order to let Link independently create or improve some potions, so that Link could earn the Order of Merlin.
There was no doubt, this tsundere old bastard had good intentions.
It's just that Link felt he had turned good intentions into bad outcomes. Because re-learning an entire advanced potion knowledge system in order to create potion formulas was just too much workload.
Link felt that if he went the route of improving or inventing new spells, it would probably be easier and faster.
You have to know, he had already obtained the Body Explosion Spell by improving the Refilling Spell before, so he had some experience in this area.
Even so, he still planned to continue learning advanced potion knowledge from Snape. After all, although the original work didn't describe potions in much detail, strictly speaking, this whole wizarding world was made up of spells and potions.
Here, the status of potions was actually not lower than that of spells. There were many things that potions could do which spells couldn't.
The reason most people now felt that potions were in decline was just because compared to learning spells, deeply studying potion-making required extremely high talent and a huge amount of resources, which many people simply couldn't afford.
Now that Snape was willing to provide all the conditions for free to teach Link, then no matter how hard or tiring it was, Link would naturally seize this opportunity.
So what if the academic workload was a bit tight?
Worst case, he'd just follow Snape's example and become a cultivation expert. Link's goal was to bloom in both spells and potions.
Thinking this way, Link took a deep breath and then stepped into the darkness. Taking advantage of the sky not being fully bright yet, there was still one more important thing Link had to do.
That was to continue inspecting the girls' bathroom on the second floor for any traces of Arkam.
Now, Link had already fully mastered the special Shrinking Spell version Dumbledore gave him. If Link could directly find Arkam and shrink it to carry with him, then even if the inertia of the plot still caused the diary to be sent to Hogwarts, Arkam would not be re-controlled by Voldemort.
But the disappointing thing was, no matter how Link shouted into that opened pipe, Arkam showed no intention of responding at all.
It wasn't until the sky was fully bright that Link temporarily gave up the search. He had no choice but to give up.
Voices of other students chatting could already be faintly heard from the hallway outside. If someone entered the bathroom at this time, Link really wouldn't be able to explain himself.
"Link, you didn't come back at all last night. Where did you even go?"
As soon as Link came out of the bathroom, John's familiar voice rang out.
Seeing the anxious expression on John's face, Link said a bit gloomily, "Don't mention it. I was caught by Snape and made to be a laborer all night."
"That's really unlucky, how about you go eat something first and take a break?" John patted Link's shoulder with some sympathy.
Link getting dragged by Snape every time to either take potions or do manual labor, this was something they had long accepted.
"Forget it. If I sleep now, I'll just feel even more tired when I wake up."
Link shook his head and took out a tube of stimulant potion from his pocket and drank it.
The first class today was Care of Magical Creatures. Professor Kettleburn's teaching level should be much higher than Hagrid's in the original work. Link was very interested, so he didn't want to miss it.
Seeing this, John didn't say anything more. He just accompanied Link as they walked downstairs.
The location for Care of Magical Creatures class was usually on the grasslands near the Forbidden Forest or the Black Lake. When Link and John arrived at the scheduled location, there was still some time before class started, but quite a few people had already gathered here.
It was worth mentioning that the boys here were all running around and horsing about, releasing their endless energy.
As for the girls, they were gathered closer to the side near the Black Lake. There, several holy unicorns bathed in golden light were drinking water. These sacred and beautiful creatures had a strong appeal to the girls.
Link, who hadn't slept all night, didn't join in the boys' play. Instead, he lay down alone on the grass.
The weather today was very nice. The sun had risen early and was hanging high in the sky. Thanks to it, the moisture on the grass had completely evaporated. Lying down felt warm and cozy, just like lying on a blanket.
This made Link unable to resist closing his eyes and squinting a little.
But clearly, the heavens didn't want Link to relax, he had just lain down for a short while when a hoarse and sharp voice rang out from a distance.
"Everyone come over here! Especially you girls! Stop teasing those unicorns! Hurry and come to class!"
Link cursed lightly, but in the end, still got up with difficulty and walked toward the direction of the voice.
Over there, Professor Kettleburn was standing tall in a khaki outfit, watching as the students gathered toward him.
Once all the students had arrived, Professor Kettleburn nodded and raised his broken eyebrow, saying, "I'm Silvanus Kettleburn, your professor for Care of Magical Creatures. You can call me Professor Kettleburn or just Professor! In the following semester, I will lead you to deeply understand the knowledge of magical creatures…" Professor Kettleburn spoke passionately.
Link only now noticed his voice was very rough and hoarse, with a strange tone, it sounded inexplicably comical.
This made a Gryffindor student nearby unable to hold back a laugh.
To be honest, the laughter was actually quite soft, but Professor Kettleburn immediately turned his head and stared at that student with his somewhat cloudy eyes and said viciously, "You think my voice is funny?"
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