Hogwarts Card System Chapter 111

Chapter 111: August Knowledge [Manufacturing Specialty Book (Green)]

After dinner, Ted visited the Weasley twins’ secret base.

The two of them planned to make some interesting things, and also planned to visit their relatives’ warehouse to see if there were any unwanted old items they could help dispose of.

They talked about a wealthy relative of the Weasley family, Great Aunt Muriel Prewett, their mother Molly’s aunt.

Because Molly and Arthur eloped, neither of them received assistance from their families.

However, the wealthy Great Aunt Muriel would visit the Weasley family every Christmas (perhaps because there was no one left on her side), and their relationship was quite close.

Great Aunt Muriel inherited the legacy of the pure-blood Sacred Twenty-Eight Prewett family. She was very rich, owning priceless goblin tiaras and a huge house.

Molly came from the Prewett family, and both of her brothers sacrificed their lives, yet she only inherited an old watch.

Great Aunt Muriel had no descendants, so all of her property would eventually go to Molly and her children.

George shrugged, “However, we might have lost our inheritance rights.”

Fred chuckled, “Maybe it’s because we put a Farting Pouch under her cushion back then.”

“Hahahaha~” The two burst into laughter, not feeling discouraged at all.

Great Aunt Muriel didn’t particularly like Mr. Weasley because Arthur and Molly had “eloped.”

Although she eventually had to accept it, the overly boisterous twins still didn’t win her favor, and she often lectured them. There was a reason why this old lady remained single; her words were too sharp, so the twins retaliated against her…

At this time, the twins had already begun researching prank toys, but they only had ideas and lacked the practical knowledge to implement them, still in the exploratory stage.

Ted offered many suggestions, especially regarding prank candies.

After half a vacation of brewing potions, he was already an old expert in Potions!

Ted: I made a decision that goes against my ancestors’ wishes~

“I still recommend that you study hard at school. If you want to realize these ideas, it’s not something that ordinary levels of spells or potions can achieve.”

“Like this candy that makes you nosebleed when you eat it, that might involve bleeding poisons, which are very advanced potions.”

Twins: “Merlin’s beard!”

Ted: Young lads, pranks require brains~

…

In the afternoon, everyone basked in the sun and played games on a nearby hillside.

Ted, inspired by the potato sprites, thought of house-elves and asked everyone for information about them.

They didn’t know much; Ron and the others only knew that house-elves were only found in ancient, long-standing families.

Although their family was also ancient, they didn’t have any~

However, Paige knew a lot more. She was a fifth-year straight-A student and a Prefect.

She smiled, “As far as I know, house-elves are born because of a dwelling or a house. The more luxurious and ancient a house is, the more likely it is to give birth to a house-elf. For example, Hogwarts has over a hundred, almost half the number of students. They handle almost all the behind-thescenes work.”

“Born because of a house?” Hermione’s eyes widened in surprise.

Paige took a pastry and nodded, “Yes, I haven’t heard of house-elves getting married. They are very likely not born naturally but rather due to magic. Those ancient, magical houses… perhaps in a few decades, the Burrow could also give birth to its own house-elf.”

Ted pondered, “So, if they don’t have a house to attach to, their magic and life force will gradually decline.”

Paige hesitated and nodded, “That should be it. From the moment they are born, they are essentially bound by some profound contract with the house’s owner. Only when the owner gives them clothes can this contract be broken.”

These words greatly shook Hermione. With her strong ordinary person’s mindset, she was a bit unsure how to deal with such non-naturally born creatures. And it was even a system of slavery?!

She looked at Ted blankly, hoping he could give her some advice.

Ted looked at her, knowing that her worldview had been impacted.

He said, “Hermione, you don’t actually need to care about their origins. If they are benevolent, we treat them with benevolence. If they are malicious, we show them our magic. So, no matter how they are born, it doesn’t matter, does it? It’s just like pure-blood and Muggle-born, completely insignificant.”

Hermione nodded, barely managing to pull herself out of her blank bewilderment.

As the sun began to set, everyone was about to leave.

Neville and Hally went home directly through the fireplace, while Ted and the other two returned to the Leaky Cauldron.

Jerry, due to his ears, tried to avoid appearing in the Muggle world, so Ted went to see Hermione off.

It wasn’t far, as Mr. Granger’s car was already waiting.

“Hermione, see you at school.” Ted waved his hand.

Hermione also waved her hand, “Tell Ansu to send me letters!”

Ansu: Can’t I just rest for a bit?

Mr. Granger also bid farewell to Ted, “Ted, come visit us next time too!”

“Okay, Mr. Granger, next time for sure~”

…

On the first day of August, Ted opened his eyes to a pleasant surprise~

“Ding~ Talent [Otherworldly Knowledge (Gold)] triggered. Discovered [Manufacturing Specialty Book (Green)].”

[Manufacturing Specialty Book (Green)], records the understanding and insights of a low-level old wizard from Candlekeep regarding the manufacturing specialty. Requires 320 experience to redeem.

“Oh ho~” Ted’s eyes immediately lit up.

“Jerry, I’m going to the basement. You can go straight to Mr. Giggles after breakfast, don’t wait for me.” Ted said, getting dressed and heading downstairs.

Jerry’s round ears, exposed from under the blanket, twitched, indicating he heard but wanted to lie in bed a bit longer.

In the basement, Ted directly redeemed the knowledge.

Ted stood still for several minutes, then slowly sat down, beginning to sort through the acquired knowledge.

Ted looked up with a surprised expression: Don’t tell me, it’s quite useful!

The so-called manufacturing of items includes a wide range, from potions to magical weapons, armor, magical artifacts, staffs, wands, magical rings, and even spell scrolls!

In the D&D world, spellcasters generally can’t do without spell scrolls.

These things are very convenient; you prepare them normally, and you can use them by activating them at critical moments. You can even give them to others!

Moreover, many spellcasters who meet the conditions can learn spells through spell scrolls. So these things are not cheap.

Mages generally make money by copying scrolls and then spend the money they earn on buying high-level scrolls.

Ted had seen too many strange magical items in the past month, many of which involved very advanced magic that he couldn’t understand how they worked at all.

It would be so interesting if he could also manufacture these things.

Speaking of which, these manufacturing techniques could all be included within the scope of alchemy.

He had somehow pushed alchemy to Lv 1 (+ 1) through quests and [Pseudo-Philosopher’s Stone (Red)] without ever formally studying alchemy.

Alchemy was not very popular in Great Britain, but it was quite popular in France, Egypt, and Arab countries.

Ted decided to find a few books to learn first, and then he could claim to be self-taught!

Ted studied the newly acquired knowledge, and the more he researched, the more interesting he found it. It felt a bit like manual arts class in childhood.

However, manufacturing magical items was ultimately “manufacturing,” which cost money, unlike magic, which was about researching to save money.

Fortunately, Xianyu.com could bring in many cheap materials and ingredients, such as ores, gems, crystals, metals, herbs, and all sorts of miscellaneous things.

Wizards always managed to get their hands on some strange things that they didn’t need themselves.

If they threw them away, they were valuable; if they used them themselves, they were useless.

Second-hand shops wouldn’t even accept them, not knowing what they were for.

Or their use was too niche, and the purchase price was extremely low, so it was better to throw them away than to endure the frustration.

Now with Xianyu.com, many wizards treated it as a place to exchange goods and even information.

Ted even had to set up two rows of benches and a few tables outside Mr. Giggles’ apothecary to give those onlookers a place to sit.

He was almost selling tea and melon seeds.

These people in the wizarding world didn’t have many social occasions!

Suddenly, such a place for watching the fun appeared, and they were eager to cheer and applaud to warm up the atmosphere.

Now, many bored wizards brought their own stools or temporarily transfigured them, sitting for an entire morning or afternoon.

Ted even found that some wizards listed items for sale not for money, but just to join the fun or tell stories.

It was like an ancient teahouse.

Ted: Why don’t I just set up a Deyun Club and do stand-up comedy instead! Let Ron do the talking~


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