Ron jumped up and caught a Lucky Block Kayson had tossed over. Looking at the small golden cube with a question mark in his hand, he instinctively turned to Kayson.
"Smash it!" Kayson shouted.
Ron was an honest sort, so he punched the Lucky Block without hesitation.
Fistfuls of silver Sickles burst out, along with a few scattered gold Galleons.
In an instant, nearly every young wizard in the office erupted with excitement. Some of the quicker ones copied Ron and smashed the Lucky Blocks in their hands, unleashing countless novel and precious little items.
The slightly slower young wizards picked up the blocks from the floor and opened all sorts of good things as well.
Kayson looked at the little vial of Liquid Luck in his hand. It was completely empty.
That was within his expectations. Lucky Blocks were the kind of mod that was half heaven and half hell; he did not dare hand them out to young wizards without screening them first.
Getting good items was fine. Even elite monsters were tolerable, since all the Hogwarts professors were present. Ordinary elite monsters could not cause much trouble.
What he feared was someone opening a cage full of lava. That would turn a happy occasion into a funeral.
So using Liquid Luck to make Lucky Blocks with a one hundred percent positive outcome was perfectly reasonable.
The only ones suffering were the Liquid Luck... and Kayson, who was currently looking at Snape somewhat sheepishly.
"These little yellow cubes require Liquid Luck?" Snape tapped the small cube in his hand lightly with his knuckles, and a potion bottle glowing purple popped out.
He removed the stopper and gave it a gentle sniff.
"This is something alchemy can accomplish?" he said, his expression nearly falling apart.
"Alchemy can do anything,