All four of them were silent. They actually knew that what Potions Master Dagworth said was just to scare them. Maybe there were real cases like this, but they were definitely rare.
Albert, who personally prepared the raw materials for the Bafe Brain Refresher, certainly knew how many Galleons it would cost to gather those raw materials. It took at least 15 Galleons to prepare a Bafe Brain Refresher potion. The expensive raw materials were suffocating. Failure once was enough to make people heartbroken, not to mention the difficulty of brewing this kind of potion. A little flaw would make the potion unusable.
Even the top potion masters would not drink the potion directly after brewing it successfully.
"The French wizard Bafe drank the potion he brewed, and some problems occurred in his brain." Dagworth raised his hand and pointed at his head. "Later, when he was chanting a spell, he said 's' instead of 'f', and found himself lying on the floor with a bison standing on his chest."
"I know. Professor Flitwick mentioned that."
"The wizard that Professor Flitwick mentioned is called Baruffio. I think there is probably a translation problem with this name," Albert explained.
The letters of these two names are actually similar, so it is not surprising that there are problems in translation, especially for those who are not very fluent in French.
"In fact, at first, that guy just put some raw materials that can stimulate the brain together, hoping to create a potion that can make people smarter. Of course, after a long period of improvement, the Bafe Brain Awakening Potion was completed, but the probability of failure in the preparation is still very high, and it is easy to make the user too excited, which directly leads to brain damage. That's why this potion was banned by the Ministry of Magic to prevent inferior products from being leaked out and poisoning people." Dagworth continued to tell the history of this potion.
"So, it really can make people smarter?" The three of them were a little excited.
"Yes, the real Bafe Brain Stimulant can indeed make people smarter." Dagworth poured cold water on them, "But it requires taking great risks, and the degree of improvement is limited."
"Later, there was a potion master named Astor Belkant. Because his son Albert failed the exams in Charms, Transfiguration and Herbology, he tried to make his son smarter by brewing this potion."
"They succeeded?"
"It succeeded, but it also failed." Dagworth said meaningfully, "At that time, he was accompanied by a potion master named Bilius Finbock who did brew a low-quality Buffer Brain-Stimulating Potion."
"His son turned into a fool?" Everyone seemed to have guessed the fate of the unlucky guy.
"No." Dagworth shook his head. "They diluted the potion and gave it to Albert to drink. As you can imagine, Albert failed all the tests."
"This is a huge business opportunity, so they started selling the Buffy Brain Awakening Potion on the black market." The potion master continued, "Later, one time, the unlucky Bilius Finbock was bitten by a rune snake while harvesting rune snake eggs, and the rune snake finally ran away."
"The Ministry of Magic rescued Bilius Finbock and went to great lengths to find the snake, but they also prosecuted the two unlucky men for illegally keeping runespoof snakes, and the Buffy Brain Stimulant was taken away by the Ministry of Magic, which is how the incident came to light.
After that incident, all the Bafei brain-stimulating agents on the black market are diluted. This can greatly reduce the damage of the potion to the human brain and use it as a short-term stimulant to enhance brain memory.
Of course, drinking too much low-quality Bafe brain stimulant is still harmful to the human brain, especially the ones made by some idiots, the effect is more obvious.
It really is Dagworth. What was revealed is really shocking. I didn’t expect that there is such a secret in it.
"Now, do you know why I want to take back the gold card?" Dagworth glanced at Albert and said lightly.
Without that gold card, Dagworth's use of some precious materials to brew potions in the future might be considered illegal by the Ministry of Magic, or at least the way to obtain the raw materials would be illegal.
Albert nodded and said nothing more. He knew what Dagworth meant.
"I will explain it to you later while I'm brewing the Bafey Brain Stimulant, but you must not speak or ask questions. If you can't do that, it's best to leave now and go to the Three Broomsticks to drink some butterbeer, or go to Honeydukes to buy some candy." Dagworth looked at Fred and the other two and said, "I suggest you choose the former."
The three of them could tell that Dagworth wanted to get rid of them, so they just said goodbye and left.
"It's a bit rude of you to do this." Albert frowned slightly as he looked at the backs of Fred and the others as they left.
"I don't think they can hold out until then. Rather than staying and suffering, they might as well go out and play." Dagworth explained calmly, "Besides, their potion skills are not good enough. If they stay, it will probably be a waste of effort and will hinder us."
"You make a point. Maybe you can remind me of that in your heart." Albert didn't mean to blame Dagworth because what he said made sense.
"I'll explain while I'm brewing the Bafey brain-stimulating potion. You can ask me later. Just remember not to disturb me." Dagworth said as he took out the necessary herbs from a medicine box and quickly started brewing the potion.
Albert also quickly got himself into the state.
As Dagworth said, Bafe's brain stimulant is actually a mixture of many ingredients that can stimulate the brain and improve memory.
"And the jumping mushrooms themselves are poisonous. When making the Bafe brain-stimulating agent, they must be processed using alchemical methods before they can be used." Dagworth explained while processing the red-headed jumping mushrooms with white spots. This thing itself is soaked in some oil-like liquid, and oil soaking is the best way to store jumping mushrooms.
In fact, Albert stored the jumping mushrooms in the same way, wasting a lot of olive oil.
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The frog's brain must be freshly prepared, but the problem is that the frog must be dissected quickly, and usually an assistant is needed.
However, Dagworth did not need an assistant. It only took him a minute to dissect three frogs and take out their brains and throw them into the dry pot.
During the process of brewing the potion, Dagworth would only explain at important points, and sometimes it was more like talking to himself than explaining, such as the time to add dragon claw powder, how to add runespoof eggs in time, and how to judge whether the potion is formed.
The whole process lasted only an hour. The final prepared Bafe Brain Refresher was a green concentrated liquid. Dagworth held the test tube horizontally in front of him and said after confident observation: "It's done. However, for safety reasons, it still needs to be simply diluted. The ratio is five to one!"
He put some Bafe's brain-stimulating agent into some test tubes, diluted it with a large amount of water, and the color inside immediately became darker. "
Dagworth took a sip, as if trying to savor its quality. After a moment, he nodded and said, "That's it. However, I still don't recommend that you use undiluted Bafe Brain Awakener."