But when Rita Skeeter came out, she no longer had the arrogant and aggressive attitude she had before. Instead, she was as docile as a dog tamed by its owner.
Both his attitude and tone of speech took a 180-degree turn.
Not only that, she also praised Zuo Si to the best of her ability, and said that she would write a special report after returning to let wizards all over the world know that there is such a genius in Hogwarts who is destined to lead a new era.
Obviously, this sudden change made other colleagues very uncomfortable.
Especially the reporter from "Wizard Weekly", who understood the style and way of doing things of this colleague better than anyone else. They had no idea whether the other party's brain was damaged by the door, or there was some unprovoked force or family behind Zuo Si, which was why he behaved completely differently from usual.
But before the middle-aged man could open his mouth to test the waters, Rita Skeeter said goodbye in a hurry and left Hogwarts as if she was running for her life.
Because every time she saw Zuo Si's black eyes, she would immediately recall the intense pain caused by the Cruciatus Curse on her.
Even though it was just an illusion, it felt incredibly real.
It goes without saying that Rita Skeeter had inevitably developed persistent phantom pain after being tortured by the Cruciatus Curse for half an hour.
I just don’t know whether this is just a temporary stress response or a nightmare that will accompany her for the rest of her life.
However, Zuo Si would have no mercy or compassion for such a troublemaker who spreads rumors, smears, and fabricates fake news to mislead the public all day long.
If it wasn't inconvenient to do it in Hogwarts, he would even use Rita Skeeter to test the three unforgivable curses he had just learned, instead of just the Cruciatus Curse.
In fact, learning the three unforgivable curses and black magic is not as difficult as imagined.
Except for the books on making Horcruxes which were later taken away and hidden by Dumbledore, the rest of the spells and materials can be found in the restricted area of the Hogwarts Library, and even many senior students can master one or two of them.
It's just that most of the time it's not used easily.
"What did you do to Rita Skeeter?" Dumbledore asked meaningfully.
"Nothing, I just gave her a little warning." Zuo Si answered evasively.
Dumbledore obviously did not expect that this "little warning" was actually torturing a person with the Cruciatus Curse for half an hour. He thought it was just a threat or intimidation. He immediately smiled, shook his head and sighed, "You are really young and impetuous. But promise me, don't do this next time. You know, this method may be okay if used once or twice, but there will always be problems if used too much. Once you are labeled a dark wizard, it will be difficult to take it off."
But Zuo Si shrugged his shoulders and said, "It doesn't matter. I don't care. Compared to these trivial matters, when are you going to deal with the possessed Professor Quirrell? You know, the Defense Against the Dark Arts class he is currently teaching is a disaster, which is equivalent to wasting all the students' time."
"Oh? How do you know that Professor Quirrell is possessed?" Dumbledore looked surprised.
He thought this secret was well hidden. At least, except for a few professors, the students should not know about it.
"I can smell the smell of decay, curse, weakness and pain emanating from the soul even from dozens of meters away." Zuo Si gave a straightforward answer.
With the divine power and the energy converted from the divine power, identifying Voldemort's torn soul was as easy as eating and drinking.
Since he tore his own soul apart more than once to create Horcruxes, this guy's soul is even worse than that of a newborn baby or the residual soul torn apart by necromancy.
Perhaps this is why Voldemort desires eternal life no matter what.
Because once he dies, given the state of his soul, he might not even be able to cross the boundary between the world of the living and the world of the dead.
"Have you read the book about the soul?"
Dumbledore seemed to realize something and his expression suddenly became serious.
“That’s right!”
Zuo Si nodded without any concealment.
"In my opinion, there is nothing more foolish than trying to achieve immortality by creating a Horcrux.
For a person, the soul is the most special and important thing, even life cannot compare with it.
But a second-rate wizard tore his soul into pieces for the so-called eternal life, which is completely like throwing away the watermelon to pick up sesame seeds. "
"If it were you, what would you do?" Dumbledore narrowed his eyes and asked tentatively.
“There are many ways.
For example, through magic, one can fundamentally transform oneself into an immortal race; or one can conduct in-depth research on the unique form of ghost, and then abandon the body to achieve eternal life as a pure soul; at worst, one can use alchemical items such as the Philosopher's Stone to forcibly slow down the decay of the body.
In short, there are many ways for people to escape death, but creating Horcruxes is undoubtedly the one with the most serious consequences.
Moreover, each split Horcrux is equivalent to an independent personality. How can we ensure that it will be itself when it wakes up?"
Zuo Si raised a paradox with a contemptuous tone.
As we all know, a person's "personality" is made up of a series of extremely complex things, including countless memories, genes, hormones, etc.
Therefore, if a person "backs up" his current state and then "reads the save" after a sudden death after a period of time, he will inevitably lose the part of his memory that was not "saved".
So when the "backup" is resurrected, is this person still the original person? At least in Zuo Si's opinion, the previous person is dead, and the remaining one is just a clone or replica that has inherited most of the person's memory.
Unless it is possible to create a soulless body like [Static Cloning], and then after the body is destroyed, the soul will be reborn directly in the backup body with all the memories, this can be considered true resurrection and immortality.
"You mean... every time that person dies, there will inevitably be slight changes from their original personality?"
Dumbledore's eyes lit up slightly, and he was obviously amazed by this novel theory.
If this inference is correct, then Tom Riddle's Horcrux is not as terrible as he imagined.
The reason is simple! Because the split soul fragments have never experienced failure personally, they will never learn from their mistakes and will still retain their arrogant character flaws.
Zuo Si shook his head gently: "I don't know. I haven't seen Voldemort himself, and I don't know his current state and thoughts.
But one thing is certain, that is, apart from his attainments in spells and magic, there is nothing else worthy of praise about him.
Both his vision and perspective are terribly narrow, just like a paranoid lunatic holding a dangerous weapon, with no rationality at all in his head. "
According to the classification of the Faerun camp, Voldemort is undoubtedly an out-and-out chaotic evil.
He might be really smart and good at planning and calculating, but his willful character meant that he would never be able to strictly follow the plans he had made.
You never know what trouble will come when he gets angry.
"How do you think I should deal with Professor Quirrell and the residual soul attached to him?" Dumbledore took off his glasses, rubbed his dry eyes and asked.
"Don't you already have a plan? For example, cultivate the wisdom, courage and bravery of the savior and his companions, and set up one adventure game after another for this purpose.
To be honest, before I entered Hogwarts, I had never heard of a school where teachers could be so biased.
Whether it's you or Professor Snape, you have turned the so-called honorable College Cup into a huge joke and black humor."
Zuo Si expressed his views clearly and made no secret of his disdain for such behavior.
邓布利多苦笑着叹了口气，并没有半点想要解释的意思，仅仅是用略带低沉的语气回应道：“我们这样做是有不得已的苦衷。你要明白，哈利肩负着一项无比重要的使命，而且是只有他才能够完成的使命，所以他必须接受比其他学生更多的考验。”
“所以为了更伟大的利益，就去牺牲掉一所魔法学校最重要的公平性？ 如果身为规则制定者和执行者的您都不去遵守。
那么你觉得这些规则还能维持多久？ 亲爱的校长大人，不要以为全世界只有你一个聪明人，也不要觉得学校里的学生都是白痴。
相信我，任何试图玩弄规则的人，最终都必然会被规则反噬。
最后，感谢您向国际巫师联合会与威森加摩的推荐我的笔记。”
说完这句话，左思单手抚胸略微欠了欠身，随后头也不回的转身离开。
等他的身影消失在走廊尽头后，邓布利多这才抬起头问站在一旁半点没说话的尼可·勒梅：“如何，我的老朋友，你觉得他怎么样？”
“作为一名巫师，索斯的表现堪称完美，甚至可以说具有一切成为伟大巫师所必须的品质。
比如说超越常人的智力，迄今为止我见过最强大的魔法天赋，还有那独特的思维方式，以及永远不会附和他人的独立意志。
如果他身上真的流淌着邓布利多家族的血脉，那么未来必然不可限量。”
尼可·勒梅兴奋不已的给出了非常高的评价。
确切地说，他都不记得自己上一次这么兴奋是什么时候，还以为这种波澜不惊的心态会一直持续到生命的尽头。
“那他的性格呢？你难道不觉得很多时候都表现得过于冷漠了吗？甚至没有在学校中交到多少朋友。”邓布利多提示道。
但尼可·勒梅却笑着摇了摇头：“不，我完全不这么觉得。
因为索斯的冷漠是源自于他过人的聪慧跟理智。
毕竟你不能强迫一个拥有跟成年人无异，甚至是超越大部人成年巫师的天才，表现的跟一个普通十一岁孩子没什么区别。
如果真是那样，反倒是要格外小心。”
“我明白你的意思。当年汤姆·里德尔就是通过这样的方式，成功欺骗了学校里大部分的教授。对了，索斯有没有问过你关于魔法石的问题？”邓布利多直截了当的询问道。
“没有，我们只是单纯交流了一些关于炼金术的心得体会。事实上，他已经猜到了我能制造出魔法石的真相，只要愿意的话，多花费几年时间应该就能制造出属于自己的魔法石。”
在说这番话的时候，尼可·勒梅眼睛里闪烁着异样的光彩。
身为一名当代最顶尖的炼金大师，他自然希望制造魔法石的技艺能在自己死后继续流传下去。
但遗憾的是，尼可·勒梅教导过的几个弟子在这方面的天赋都有点不尽人意，根本不足以理解魔法石那复杂精妙的奥秘。
可左思的出现，让他意识到这才是真正能够把魔法石制造技术传承下去的唯一人选。
“你把自己的炼金笔记交给他了？！”邓布利多难以置信的挑起眉毛。
尼可·勒梅十分干脆的回答道：“是的，我把自己的炼金笔记作为礼物送给了索斯。因为我相信他终究一天会超越你我，成为引领下一个时代的天之骄子。”
“难道你就不担心他会成为下一个黑魔王吗？”
“不，不会的。别忘了他在谈论麻瓜世界最近两三百年高速发展时所表现出来的认可态度。我不认为这样的人最终会像汤姆和盖勒特那样对麻瓜世界充满敌意。所以放弃你那不必要的担忧吧。”尼可·勒梅语重心长的劝道。
他太清楚伏地魔的事情给自己这位朋友造成了多大的心理阴影，以至于每当看到聪慧且天赋出众的小巫师，都会不由自主的提高警惕。
“好吧，希望你是对的。”
邓布利多没有在这个话题上做过多的争辩，但同样也不会轻易放弃自己的戒心。
在这位当代最伟大巫师的眼中，左思仍旧是个需要多加注意的“危险人物”。
不过让他感到庆幸的是，左思至少跟赫敏·格兰杰的关系相当亲密，并不像伏地魔那样完全把身边人当成手下和可以利用的工具。
……
两天过后，当最新一期的《预言家日报》和《巫师周刊》通过猫头鹰送到霍格沃茨。
整个学校的学生都在一片震惊与赞叹声中，把目光投向了永远独自一人坐在角落里摆弄着什么的左思。
因为在这两份魔法界颇具影响力的媒体头版头条上，都有一张他的活动照片，以及大量来自权威机构和知名巫师的赞誉。
尤其是丽塔·斯基特的文章，延续了其一贯夸张的风格，几乎把左思吹捧成了魔法界的明日之星，注定要在巫师们的历史上留下浓墨重彩的一笔。
其中一些肉麻的词汇简直让人看了直犯恶心。
当然，对于那些整天想着怎么能在同学中出风头的小巫师们而言，这样的吹捧却恰当好处挑起了他们内心之中的骚动。
如果不是左思平日里总是一副生人勿进的样子，现在估计已经被包围的里三层、外三层了。
“二级梅林勋章！由国际巫师联合会提供的一万金加隆奖金，威森加摩提供的一万金加隆奖金，以及英国魔法部提供的五千金加隆奖金。梅林的胡子！这……这也太夸张了吧。”
罗恩拿着手里的预言家日报用无比羡慕的语气发出了惊呼。
无论是勋章也好，还是总数达到两万五千金加隆的奖金也罢，都是内心之中极度自卑的他渴望得到的东西。
更不用提还有随之而来的名声跟荣誉。
“别忘了还有书籍出版后能够拿到的分成。报纸上说，目前为止，已经有多个国家的魔法部和魔法学校表示，会将索斯发明的卷轴制造技术当成必修课。光是这笔收入就会相当可观。”哈利小声提醒了一句。
“唉，要是我能得到这样一笔钱就好了，不用多，只要几百个金加隆就好。”罗恩小声嘀咕道。
坐在旁边复习功课的赫敏听到后没好气的翻了个白眼：“别白日做梦了。但凡你能把玩闹的时间拿出一点来，都不至于连作业都需要抄别人的。”
“该死！你就不能不打击我对未来美好的期盼吗？”罗恩气急败坏的用拳头敲了下桌子。
“你那不叫对未来的期盼，而是叫不切实际的妄想。因为从始至终，你都没有付出哪怕半点努力，又怎么可能会收获回报？算了，跟你谈这些简直就是在浪费时间。”
说着，赫敏向这个傻小子投去了失望的眼神，然后抱起书和课本朝图书馆走去。
看着她渐渐远去的背影，罗恩只感觉非常的不爽，立马咬牙切齿的抱怨道：“格兰杰真是个讨厌的家伙。我真不明白，索斯怎么受得了她的。要知道她在格兰芬多，甚至连一个像样点的朋友都没有。”
“索斯在斯莱特林也没有什么朋友。我觉得像他们这种聪明人，可能对于朋友的要求比较高吧。”哈利一脸疲惫的摊了摊手。
能看得出，最近这两天晚上的魁地奇训练，着实是把他折腾的不轻。
尤其是飞行训练，对于体力的消耗非常大。
甚至需要临睡前多吃一些零食和点心来填饱自己那总是饥肠辘辘的胃口。
“算了，不说他们。你最近的训练怎么样？”
一谈到魁地奇，罗恩就变得异常兴奋。
毕竟自己最好的朋友能在一年级就破格被提拔为找球手这件事情，给他带来了许多的可以向其学生炫耀的资本。
哈利笑着回答道：“伍德说我很有天赋，今年魁地奇奖杯上将会刻上我们的名字。”
“棒极了！我都迫不及待想要看到格兰芬多学院今年的比赛了。”
“嘿嘿，我其实也很期待能上场那一天的到来。”
“我敢打赌，马尔福一定会为此嫉妒到发疯的。”
“事实上他现在已经快要发疯了。这家伙肯定已经猜到了我上次午夜决斗是怎么赢的。”
“哈哈哈哈！但问题是他没有证据能够证明，不是吗？”
“没错！我就喜欢看到马尔福整天绷着一张臭脸。”
……
就在哈利和罗恩凑在一起窃窃私语的时候，一男一女已经在无数双眼睛的注视下穿过人群径直来到左思的面前。
“你好，我叫佩内洛·克里瓦特，是拉文克劳的级长。”
“我叫珀西，是格兰芬多的级长。”
两人几乎在同一时间做了个简单的自我介绍。
“有什么事吗？”左思面无表情的问道。
"It's like this. We saw the information about your invention of making magic scrolls in the Daily Prophet, so we would like to ask you to take some time out of your spare time to guide some senior students who are interested in this area."
Percy directly stated the idea that he had been thinking about for two days.
In his opinion, the other party would not refuse such an invitation that would help him establish prestige and gain power in the school.
But Zuo Si didn't even blink, and refused directly: "Sorry, my time is precious, and I don't have time to waste it on such meaningless and boring things.
What's more, you want to get knowledge from me without paying any price...
Should I praise you for being too smart or too stupid? Or do you have ulterior motives and are using this as an excuse to get close to me? "
moment!
Percy, who was full of confidence in the last second, turned red-faced in the next second, with anger and annoyance revealed in his eyes.
He never dreamed that Zuo Si would be so disrespectful to him.
Especially those black pupils, as if they could see through me.
Penelope Clearwater had an expression of great confusion and puzzlement on her face.
The Ravenclaw head girl originally thought that Zuo Si, who was isolated and excluded in Slytherin, would be more eager for a small group that could accept him.
"No need, and I'm not interested. Just like those idiots in Slytherin, no matter how much they despise, isolate, exclude, or fear me, it has no effect on me at all. So please put away those little thoughts and stay away, and don't bother me again in the future. Do you understand?"
As he said this, Zuo Si's eyes flashed with a sharp cold light, and his seemingly weak body revealed an oppressive feeling that could not be described in words, which immediately made the self-righteous Penelope Clearwater and Percy flee in panic.
The two teenage boys and girls simply did not understand that from the very beginning he had only considered Hogwarts as a stepping stone to enter the wizarding world, and had no intention of recruiting followers in the school like Voldemort did.
Therefore, this kind of mutual fellowship among students had no appeal to him at all.
"You shouldn't use such insulting words to describe your classmates in your own college."
The Bloody Baron suddenly appeared from under the table, his tone full of strong reproach.
If it were any other student, he would probably be frightened by his face and tone.
But Zuo Si responded with contempt: "Why, has your pitiful self-esteem and sense of belonging to Slytherin House been stimulated again? Even if it is Salazar Slytherin, I will not take back my evaluation.
The era of pure blood is gone, and no one can stop the trend of history.
In other words, the pure-blood theory never became the so-called mainstream in the wizarding world from the beginning.
Because half-blood wizards will always be the largest group.
I can guarantee that all the so-called pure-blood families in the entire European wizarding world can trace their ancestors back to Muggle-borns."
"But you cannot deny the excellence of purebloods. Because a wizard's talent and power are inherited through blood, this is a fact that no one can change." The Bloody Baron argued.
It is not difficult to tell from the tone and attitude of the conversation that this is not the first time the two of them have communicated.
"So you think the power of bloodline cannot be replaced?"
Zuo Si looked at the ghost as if he was looking at a frog in a well.
"Isn't it?" asked the Bloody Baron.
"Of course not. Have you ever heard of genes?
Have you heard of test tube babies in the Muggle world? Have you heard of cloning technology?
In the field of research on life, Muggles have long surpassed the wizarding world.
Without giving up ethics and morals, they can even produce in large quantities children with the potential to become wizards as long as they provide some male or female genetic material.
Even within a few hundred years, we can turn the planet beneath our feet into a world where everyone is a wizard.
So never underestimate the power of technology.
Muggles are no longer able to be controlled by wizards like they were hundreds of years ago. Instead, they are becoming more and more powerful. Sooner or later, they may become aware of the existence of wizards and the magical world.
At that time, it won't be solved by just a Muggle-Repelling Charm."
Zuo Si bluntly stated a cruel fact that was enough to make the magical world feel fear and despair.
Because in the eyes of many wizards, the Statute of Secrecy and the Muggle Protection Statute are limiting the power of wizards, thereby protecting the Muggle world from dark wizards and various magical items.
But what is the reality? In fact, they are protecting themselves! With the major breakthroughs in genetic research in the 1970s and 1980s, various cloned animals have emerged one after another, and the Muggle world has gained an overwhelming advantage in the field of biotechnology.
Once they discover the secrets of the magical world and wizards, they will definitely capture one or two of them and lock them up in a small dark room to study them.
Given the level of madness in the field of scientific research between the two superpowers during the Cold War, let alone the offspring of humans, even the offspring of humans and animals might be arranged for you.
How will the top decision-makers of the two superpowers react when they realize that these wizards have the ability to control and cleanse other people's thoughts and memories, and can easily break into the most heavily guarded areas to steal intelligence, and even assassinate leaders of various countries and trigger a nuclear war that can destroy civilization?
I'm afraid he's scared to death!
Under the control of strong fear, they will inevitably commit many radical behaviors.
For example, through artificial insemination, children with the potential to become wizards are mass-produced, and then these children are centrally managed and brainwashed.
Then, through various means, a group of them were sent to the wizarding world as spies to receive education.
After returning from school, he will teach what he has learned from school to other children who have the talent to become wizards.
When more than a decade has passed and the number of wizards controlled by the two superpowers exceeds that of the entire wizarding world, they will choose to go to war without hesitation and completely eliminate this uncontrollable force.
In Zuo Si's view, the only chance for wizards to control the Muggle world was the revolution started by Gellert Grindelwald during World War I and World War II.
Unfortunately, it was eventually destroyed by Dumbledore.
"What? Muggles have the ability to mass-produce wizards? How is this possible!"
The Bloody Baron suddenly felt that his three views were completely overturned.
“Nothing is impossible.
The world is always moving forward, and it is arrogant to always look at the technology mastered by Muggles today with the eyes of hundreds of years ago.
What's even more sad is that the entire wizarding world is now full of such prejudice.
By the same token, the rules set by the four founders of Hogwarts are no longer suitable today.
Look at the relationship between Gryffindor and Slytherin. It has evolved from simple competition between students in the beginning to a kind of opposition, hostility and hatred, and it has also extended from the school to the social level.
Almost 90% of students graduating from Gryffindor House do not like students graduating from Slytherin House.
Let’s not talk about the conflicts that broke out in the school.
But even after graduation and entering the workplace, they would still trip each other up and cause trouble.
And this kind of grudge will become more and more as time goes by, and will inevitably affect the children in the end.
For example, the Weasley family has always been at odds with the Malfoy family. Even the children, including Ron, thought from the beginning that Slytherin was a bad place that specialized in training dark wizards.
On the other hand, under the influence of his father, Draco believed that the Weasleys were a group of poor people and traitors to the pure-blood family.
Just imagine that a magic school has become a place that breeds hatred and social conflicts. Isn't this enough to illustrate the seriousness of the problem?
It is also incredible that after all these years, no headmaster has ever tried to change this situation, not even our great headmaster Dumbledore."
After saying this, Zuo Si no longer paid attention to the silent Bloody Baron, stood up and walked towards Professor Snape's office.
Not long after he left, another ghost floated down from the ceiling and asked with a slightly curious tone: "What shocking statement did he tell you?"
"This can indeed be called shocking. This is the first time I have seen such a student since I became a ghost. Compared with him, Tom Riddle when he first entered the school is nothing." The Bloody Baron responded in a low voice.
As one of the first students since the establishment of Hogwarts and someone who had seen the Big Four in person, he had witnessed almost the thousand-year history of this magic school and had also seen countless talented young wizards.
But no one has ever been able to break out of the limitations of thinking like Zuo Si and stand at a higher position to look down on everything.
This vision and perspective alone surpassed all wizards.
If he adds that terrifying talent, there's no telling what astonishing achievements Bloody Baron will be able to make in the future.
…
Half an hour later, in Snape's office, Zuo Si was trying to prepare a very difficult truth serum under the guidance of his own dean.
Since this place is very close to the Slytherin common room, footsteps can often be heard coming from the corridor outside.
However, this little disturbance did not affect him in the slightest.
In just a few minutes, green and purple smoke emerged from the pot, emitting a magical power that was invisible to the naked eye.
Seeing this, Snape, who had been stern at first, finally raised his lips and commented, "Well done. Few Hogwarts students can successfully prepare a perfect truth serum on their first try.
I didn't expect that your talent in potions is in no way inferior to that in spells and alchemy.
If you spend a little time and effort on this, you should be able to become a true Potions Master."
"Thank you for the compliment. Aren't you curious about why I made the truth serum?" Zuo Si asked with interest.
"Although it is illegal to use truth serum on someone randomly, it will not cause any substantial harm unless he has done something shameful." Snape responded meaningfully.
"But everyone has some secrets hidden in their hearts. Even if they haven't done anything shameful, once they reveal too many thoughts that originally only existed in their minds, they will probably die on the spot. To some extent, the destructive power of this potion is no less than the three unforgivable curses."
While speaking, Zuo Si poured the boiling hot medicine in the pot into a container to cool it down, and then sprinkled some scented powder from India on it.
Only after the temperature dropped to the critical point did he put the semi-finished potion into the baker for baking.
After about twenty to thirty minutes, when the color of the potion changes from green-purple to white milky substance, the strong truth serum is ready.
While the baking was going on, Zuo Si took out a silver hoop from his pocket and handed it to Snape.
The latter took it in his hand and examined the material briefly, then asked tentatively in an uncertain tone: "What is this?"
“An extended product of magic scroll making technology.
It can store a spell, then be put on a wand and released when needed.
Since it does not require chanting and can be activated with just a thought, it can be released simultaneously with the use of another spell.
In this way, the opponent can be dealt two completely different blows in an instant.
Unfortunately, after testing, I found that a wand can only be equipped with one such magic device at most.
Otherwise, if you have several sets at once, you should be able to gain a significant advantage in the battle.
In addition, this device is not a one-time consumable item like a scroll, but can be used repeatedly."
With a smile on his face, Zuo Si introduced to Snape the new type of magic storage equipment that he had recently developed.
Like the castrated version of the scroll transcription technique, this metal hoop can only work when it is placed on a wand.
But for the wizards of this world, it is an absolutely revolutionary invention.
Just look at that slightly trembling hand and you will know how excited Snape is at this moment.
You have to know that he was once a Death Eater and had experienced many battles.
It is very clear what role such a small thing can play at a critical moment.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the situation of the battle was turned around in an instant.
Snape dared to guarantee that once the Aurors knew that there was such a thing that could enhance their own combat effectiveness, they would definitely ask the Ministry of Magic to equip everyone with one, no matter how expensive it was.
After a full minute, he took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down, then raised his head and asked, "Is this thing difficult to make?"
“Hmm – it should be okay.
If I were to make them, I could probably make several in a day.
But the problem is that considering that the magic levels of each wizard vary, I need to figure out the power of the spells cast by this wizard before production.
For example, a powerful wizard like Headmaster Dumbledore would need some expensive special materials to increase the maximum capacity.
But for Hogwarts students, too much capacity would be a waste.
Simply put, it must be one-to-one customized.”
Zuo Si gave the answer calmly.
As we all know, the magic in this world is not subject to any restrictions, and with the help of auxiliary equipment such as the magic wand, it is very easy and arbitrary to use.
But at the same time, it is precisely because it is too free and too casual that there is no clear standard for magical power.
Take the Avadava Kedavra Curse as an example. When cast by Voldemort, it is invincible and can take a person’s life in an instant with a flash of green light.
But if it were performed by other wizards, at best it would just cause the target to get slightly injured or have a nosebleed.
In addition, there are many variations of various spells.
For example, the Fiendish Fire released by ordinary wizards may simply be difficult to extinguish, but in Voldemort's hands it can be transformed into a huge fire snake.
The power of the same spell in the hands of different wizards can even give people the illusion that they are two different magics.
Therefore, this chaotic situation makes the difficulty of manufacturing magic storage items increase sharply, and only one-to-one customization can be carried out.
fortunately!
Zuo Si had seen Snape cast spells more than once, so he was able to make equipment that matched the other party's magic level.
“Great gift, I love it.
With this skill alone, I think you will soon become one of the most popular people in the entire wizarding world.
Because there is no wizard who would not want to have some additional means to ensure his own safety.
And as long as one person chooses to use it, then other wizards must follow suit.
Otherwise, it would be easy to suffer a great loss in a spell duel."
Snape had little trouble seeing the potential of this small silver ring.
After all, even a means of transportation like a flying broom has gone from being unpopular in the beginning to being popular throughout the entire wizarding world, not to mention things that can directly enhance the wizard's own strength.
Maybe in a few years, this thing will become a necessity for almost everyone, just like a magic wand.
"So how much do you think is a reasonable charge for this kind of customized service?" Zuo Si asked humbly.
Snape answered without hesitation, "After deducting the cost, each one will cost at least two thousand Galleons. If it is a member of a wealthy pure-blood family, you can consider multiplying the price by three or five. Anyway, as long as the corresponding family emblem is engraved on it, they will be very happy to pay a little more."
"I see. Thank you very much for your advice. I think I know what to do now."
Zuo Si's face showed the signature smile that he would have when slaughtering a fat sheep.
Although he didn't like the faces of pure-blood families like the Malfoys, he didn't hate the gold Galleons in their hands.
In addition, successfully establishing a stable shelter in this world requires a huge amount of financial support.
This includes both Muggle currency and gold Galleons minted by goblins.
“Remember not to overdo it, at least make the finished product look worth the money.”
Snape was obviously a little worried about Zuo Si's character, and finally couldn't help but give him a reminder.
Zuo Si nodded meaningfully: "Don't worry, Professor. When dealing with customers who are willing to pay a high price, I will be very happy to provide the best service to ensure that they are willing to take out the last gold galleon in their pocket."
"Your tone and expression now remind me of those mercenary goblins in Gringotts." The corners of Snape's mouth twitched slightly.
Zuo Si responded with a smile: "But you have to admit that those goblins are better at doing business than many wizards, right? Especially the currency exchange and financial services they provide are indispensable to the entire wizarding world.
Otherwise, many young wizards like me who are of Muggle origin would probably not be able to go to Hogwarts to study.
So no matter what kind of conflicts and rebellions there have been between goblins and wizards in the past, they are now an indispensable part of the magical world.
Moreover, money itself has a magic that is enough to make many people lose their minds and go crazy. It also represents the control over resources and can even affect power to some extent.
You may despise those rich people, but you should never underestimate the power of wealth..."
(End of this chapter)