Chapter 21: Enchanting Skill!

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Room of Requirements:-

[Increased closeness with Hermione Granger.]

"So, she opened it already? That was faster than I thought."

I had found the book inside the Room of Requirements and immediately knew that it could be used to win me some favor with her.

Dismissing the window, I focused all my attention on my current project, which was stirring the cauldron in front of me.

Toxic green fumes rose into the air as it bubbled. I was wearing gloves, googles and a mask as a safety precaution since even one drop of this mixture was strong enough to melt my skin.

With one final stir I took a ladle provided by the room and scooped up a spoonful of the potion before carefully filling a cylindrical glass vial.

This patch managed to fill exactly 10 vials.

Then I paced a rubber cork on the ends to stop the liquid from spilling out.

Taking out my wand I used a variation of the transfiguration spell that was supposed to turn a matchstick into a needle. The vials elongated with the bottom turning into a pointed tip. After a few more careful alterations I was finally left with the finished product, a glass bolt filled with a potion.

[Acid Bolt-Rank: Magical

Description: A glass bolt filled with a modified potion. Glass is fragile and will break on impact. This particular bolt is filled with highly concentrated acid that can eat away most organic materials.

Effect: Acid damage to all organic matter until it is washed away.

Effect: Extremely combustible.]

Carefully taking the bolt I loaded it into a crossbow I had found among all of the broken equipment. A simple reparo had been enough to fix it.

I took careful aim at the straw dummy at the other end of the room and squeezed the trigger.

The bolt crossed the distance in a fraction of a second before breaking on contact, coating the target's upper body in the potion.

Even from a distance I could see the liquid eating away at the straw at an alarming rate, almost like that one scene from the Wizard of Oz.

But I wasn't done, as I pointed my wand at the dummy and spoke my spell, "Incendio."

Boom!

I smiled at the large explosion, which incinerated the dummy in a flash of green light and smoke. It didn't catch fire so much as just explode, almost as if it was gunpowder. There was nothing left of the dummy except for a scorch mark on the ground.

"Next time I go into the dungeon, I'll be ready," I spoke out loud, thinking about all the possibilities my new weapon could have, "Now if only I had enough ingredients for the Draught of Living Dead or the Shrinking Potion, then I could do some real damage."

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It amazed me just how much a little information went a long way.

It had only been half a week since I had given Daphne that information, but she had basically taken over Slytherin House from Draco, with the help of the older students. Even now I could see some of the older Slytherin flinch when she would pass by.

It proved once more that it was the right decision to sell her the information. She was in a much better position to use it than me. She had the backing of a Pureblood Household while I was only a simple muggle-born orphan, so naturally there weren't that many people that would try to confront her to begin with and with the new dirt she had on everyone, she was practically untouchable.

Well almost, I had already made a file which showed some rather incriminating evidence involving the Greengrass House.

Should she ever choose to betray me or runout of usefulness I would be ready to plunge her family into the pit of misery and despair, by which time everyone that they had previously controlled would be motivated enough to work together and plunge the knife in deeper.

Despite my previous occupation as a musician, both my parents and professors always said I had a head for business.

If she was wiser, she would have seen the trap for what it was, but she was still a child and wanted to prove herself. Both things that were easily exploitable.

Still as I said, there was a chance that this outcome might never happen.

"Here you are Charles," Daphne said as she gestured for two older boys to step forward with a stack of books in their hands.

I took one and opened it randomly.

[You've obtained the skill book 'Enchanting for Beginners'.]

[Would you like to learn the skill?]

I closed the windows without accepting, then looked at Daphne, "It has that new book smell. So how much will it be?"

Daphne produced a receipt for the cost of the books.

Scanning the bottom, it turned out to be a whopping 54 gallons, that was about 1,350 American dollars. This was rather cheap to me considering that the cost for my college textbooks easily dwarfed this by many times.

And considering what I had planned for these skills, 54 Gallons was a small price to pay. Though looking at the faces of the two Slytherin boys they were inclined to disagree.

Not that surprising since the average wage in the magical world amounted to 2-3 Sickles and hour. A good paying job would have you make about 8 Gallons a week.

Still I was unbothered by the amount as I took out a prepared leather pouch from my inventory that contained 60 Gallons. I took out 6 of the Gallons and handed the rest to Daphne.

She opened it and her eyes widened comically when she saw it was filled with gold coins. The two boys also looked stunned at the sudden wealth, glancing at me repeatedly.

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