Chapter 393: The little expert who destroys the atmosphere (Edited)

Seeing that Sirius himself had agreed, Dumbledore kept his mouth shut and gave Snape a warning look not to overdo it.

Snape didn't even bother with Dumbledore's look, he smirked, gave Sirius a sneer and walked over to the cupboard in the corner of the office.

"Last year, when Lockhart took my randomly concocted potion, I was inspired. Since Occlumency requires enough concentration to perform, wouldn't it be... just make the prisoners unable to concentrate on performing Occlumency, and the Veritaserum would work?"

He explained slowly to the others, as he opened the cabinet, he pulled out two thumb-sized glass bottles from inside, the liquid in one bottle was as clear as water, and the other was a disturbingly somber green color.

"So, before you take Veritaserum, you must first swallow this bottle of potion that I have recently developed and has not yet passed clinical trials. I gave it a nice name, called Heartbreaker Potion."

Snape shook the bottle of green potion slightly and with a mischievous grin handed it to Sirius.

Sirius and Snape looked at each other for a moment, then looked hesitantly back at the bottle in his hand, Snape was in no hurry, just holding it with a careless smile on his face.

"Minerva, what is Veritaserum for?"

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As the two faced each other, Fish tugged at Professor McGonagall's robe, curious to know what it was for, as this was the second time he had heard the name of the potion.

"It's a potion that makes people tell the truth," Professor McGonagall replied with a solemn expression, "But it's so unethical that we usually only use it to torture criminals."

"Why nya?" Fish cocked his head to one side, confused, "Obviously, Minerva always asks Fish to tell the truth, isn't it the same with the truth agent?"

"Well, because Veritaserum is forcing others to tell the truth," Professor McGonagall patiently explained to Fish, "Everyone has little secrets that they don't want others to know, and it's very rude to force someone's secrets."

It's fine if Professor McGonagall doesn't explain, but with this explanation, Fish immediately exploded....

"And Minerva always forces Fish to tell the truth! And she won't let Fish keep a secret! You are a very, very bad person, nya!"

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Fish felt very aggrieved, and there was even a bit of crying in his voice: he really liked Minerva, but she was actually treating him like a prisoner.

"Ah..."

Professor McGonagall's head throbbed and she pinched her forehead, but she couldn't be angry with the aggrieved kitten.

"These two situations are not the same...," Professor McGonagall weighed her words, explaining gently as she rubbed Fish's cat head.

"You are still young and cannot make accurate judgments about many things, such as the Scabbers affair. If you keep it a secret, Black is likely to die because of it, so Mum must help you decide if these things should be kept secret..."

Snape and Sirius, still facing each other, watched wordlessly as Professor McGonagall cajoled the boy.

We're being serious here, could they not spoil the mood?

Emotions are running wild ... Huh? Didn't I have a similar experience not too long ago?

Although Snape and Sirius were still facing each other, but their minds were already wandering.

It was Sirius who came to his senses first, gritted his teeth, didn't hesitate anymore and reached out to take the potion.

"No!"

Harry jumped up to stop him. Fish's words had proven Sirius' innocence, so he didn't want to see his godfather poisoned by Snape.

"You'll be poisoned!" yelled Harry fearlessly at Sirius, "Didn't you hear what Snape just said? It's the first time he's ever given it to anyone."

"Don't worry," smiled Snape chagrined, "I can guarantee the safety of the Heartbreaker potion...at least I can guarantee that it won't kill you if you drink it, as for the other after effects, I'll need Black to verify them for me...."

That didn't reassure Harry at all, who clutched at Sirius' arm around the potion, shouting, "I think you're innocent! That's what matters."

However, it wasn't enough for Harry to believe, and Sirius knew that if he didn't get past Snape, he would definitely notify the Ministry of Magic, which would not only involve Lupin, but might put Dumbledore at odds with the Ministry.

So he smiled and pulled Harry aside, gently reassuring him, "Don't worry, I don't like Snape either, but he can be trusted with potions."

"Can you show this bottle to Fish?"

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The kitten, who had been calmed down by Professor McGonagall, reached over and tugged at Sirius' robes, asking.

Sirius hesitated, but handed him the bottle.

This little wizard, Fish, was so amazing that he was curious as to what the cat was doing with the bottle.

However, Fish didn't even pick up the bottle, and hit a [Detect Toxicity] directly on it.

A pale golden glow flashed, and Fish looked at Snape with a bit of surprise.

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"I can't believe it's not poisonous, Fish thought you'd put something in from my birthday present, Severus."

Snape's cheek twitched slightly twice as he said hatefully, "I certainly wouldn't mind doing it if I could, but, unfortunately, the Headmaster won't let me."

Professor McGonagall raised her eyebrows slightly.... When had her cat ever given Snape a present?

But the cat lost his temper at this point because of the confidentiality issue, and how and the matter on Sirius' side is more important, now is obviously not a good time to ask, better to ask later.

Dumbledore, for his part, asked sourly, "Fish, what did you get Severus?"

"Fish thought Severus would like ingredients for potions, so he went to the big spiders in the Forbidden Forest and asked them for poison," Fish replied truthfully, waving his hand, "And gave him such a big vial!"

The corners of Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall's lips twisted....

This child prodigy!

And Sirius's eyelids twitched wildly.

The Acromantula's poison.... Snape was going to let this go, and he would still be alive?

He was speechless for a moment before bowing his head and drinking the green potion in his hand.

Sirius believed Fish when he said it wasn't poisonous, because the cat had shown so much magic, and he had seen the flash of pale gold, that he wasn't surprised to see another ability to detect poisons.

However, as soon as he had the dreadful green potion in his throat, Sirius let out a scream, dropped the empty bottle, fell to the ground with his head in his hands and screamed in pain, roared in rage or trembled in fear, looking as if he had gone mad.

"Fish, didn't you say that bottle wasn't poisoned?!"

Harry grabbed Fish by the shoulders and tried to shake him a couple of times, but couldn't shake the kitten with his strength.

"The Heartbreaker Potion wasn't poisonous."

Since the cat was also confused, Snape took the initiative to explain.

"I invented this potion to destroy the will of the person who takes it, so it does not cause any harm to the body, but is instead a mental torture to make the person lose their mind."

Snape looked at the anxious Harry and the beaten Black with a cruel and amused smile on his face.

"Oh... Fish understands nya!"

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The kitten understood, "It's the same as that magic potion called wine!".

Snape: "..."