In the following days, Fred and George would still come over from time to time to perfect the first product of their quick-acting skipping candy series - Fat Tongue Toffee.
However, Kyle found the process too boring, so he did not join them, but chose to stay in the room and read.
This behavior left Fred and George speechless because they saw the shadow of Percy in Kyle.
But the two couldn't say anything.
There was no other way, since Kyle was now their landlord and important partner. Only here could they research the products they invented with confidence and boldness.
Of course, they wouldn't really say nothing.
After an invitation was rejected, George said in a long tone: "Fred, I think we should order a batch of Filiba fireworks now to celebrate Kyle becoming a prefect in advance."
"Then we have to celebrate four years." Fred said in the same tone, "After all, you have to be in your fifth year at Hogwarts to become a prefect, and he's only in his second year this year."
"Oh, it could be six years." George raised his eyebrows, "Don't forget the student union president."
"Yeah, that's right... Tsk, tsk, six years of hard work pulling out fireworks, that's a lot of money."
The two of them spoke in unison, and both their tone and expression were exactly the same as that of a certain Potions professor. If you didn't know, you would have thought there were two Snapes standing at the door.
Kyle didn't say anything. He just silently gave them the middle finger and continued to look at his desk.
There lay a pile of parchments covered with writing.
The contents on the parchment were copied from the restricted area.
Kyle remembered that it was a book about alchemy called "Magical Products: Change and Fusion".
Originally, he was not very interested in this book. After copying it, he just left it there and didn't look at it for a long time.
But now it's different.
Helping the Weasley brothers research quick-acting candy to skip classes could only be considered a bit of entertainment after completing his homework. What he wanted to understand most now was the Horcruxes.
Kyle flipped through the parchments one by one, especially the part about integrating magic into ordinary objects, which he read very carefully.
After all, this is the only information he can find that is somewhat related to Horcruxes.
Although this relationship is a bit far-fetched, and Kyle doesn't know whether Horcruxes are related to alchemy, it certainly doesn't hurt to know more.
Anyway, they are all related to fusion, so what if there is some similarity?
Although there is a big difference between soul and magic, it is not impossible.
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I didn't think there was anything special about it before, but when Kyle read it carefully, he found that the content of the book was very obscure.
In order to fully understand these things, Kyle ordered many books on alchemy from Diagon Alley via owl and taught himself from scratch.
Or maybe it's that alchemy is something that burns money. Even the most basic book costs no less than ten Galleons. It's even more expensive than Lockhart. Kyle spent a huge amount of Galleons just on this part.
I watched it like this for nearly a month.
One night a month later, Kyle sat at his desk as usual, but this time, instead of looking at anything, he took out a magic wand and tried to control the toffee in front of him, making it float up slowly.
St. Catchpole is a wizarding village. If magic is used here, the Trace will basically be of no use, and it will be difficult for the Ministry of Magic to track him down.
However, for safety reasons, Kyle would only take out his wand at night, when the Ministry of Magic was off work and there were the most people.
When he picked up the wand, he put it directly into his robe pocket without giving it to Professor McGonagall or anyone from the Ministry of Magic.
Although the strikers also asked him about the wand, it was more like a formality. Kyle just said he didn't see it, and they left.
Perhaps in their opinion, the Forbidden Forest is so big that it is normal to lose a wand or something like that. Maybe it was taken away by some small animal.
In the end, the wand became Kyle's trophy.
It's just not very convenient to use. There's an indescribable awkwardness to it, as if you're eating noodles with a spoon.
But you can't ask for too much from something you picked up for free.
Under Kyle's control, the toffee began to peel off layer by layer. After about five minutes, the whole candy turned into pieces of "candy paper" as thin as a cicada's wing.
The candy wrapper is very thin. If you look closely, you will find that each piece has different patterns.
Kyle pulled out another vial of light blue swelling potion and waved his wand again.
Two drops of potion floated out of the bottle, and began to continuously extend and split in mid-air, turning into countless thin but imperceptible lines that just fit perfectly onto the patterns on the candy wrappers.
Then, the new candy wrapper began to gather towards the middle and turned into a complete toffee again.
This is what Kyle gained this month, changing the form of matter and then merging them together.
It's a bit like the enchantment process in the game.
But unlike traditional alchemy, which directly sets enchanted gems on weapons, Kyle's method is to crush the gems and recast them into weapons.
The complexity increases exponentially, so it is no wonder that it is placed in the banned books area.
Kyle picked up the toffee and held it up to the light to examine it closely...it looked just like any other candy, with no difference.
There was no problem after breaking it open, it seemed like just an ordinary toffee.
“Should we find someone to try out the effect?” Kyle muttered to himself.
This was the first time he had done something like this, so he was a little unsure and didn't know whether it was successful or not. The best way was to find someone to try it out.
Kyle was thinking about who to test the drug on.
Fred and George were the most suitable, and they would probably be happy to try, but Kyle was the first to rule them out.
He didn’t learn this to perfect a product for the twins.
And if they knew that I could perfectly combine toffee and swelling potion, I would never think of doing anything else this summer.
Ron is a very good candidate... obedient, easy to deceive, easy to cajole, and easy to pass the buck to.
The savior Potter who enrolled this year is also good. He has been staying in his comfort zone for many years and has no idea how sinister the hearts of people in the wizarding world are. It is just the right opportunity to teach him a lesson, which can be regarded as Kyle's good intentions.
Both of them are suitable, who should I choose?
Kyle was a little confused.
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(End of this chapter)