Backroom Deal

In the early morning, Albert opened his eyes and suddenly sat up from the bed.

He had a very strange dream.

It seemed like in the dream... After he married Isobel, Catherine brought a child, saying it was his daughter.

Then, Isobel grabbed his neck and said that he betrayed her?

"These are all messy dreams." Albert reached out to cover his cheeks and murmured.

Could it be that because Catherine was so beautiful, he had some strange thoughts, so he had this strange dream? Albert thinks this is quite ridiculous.

He suppressed a yawn, raised his head and glanced at the unfamiliar room, his eyes falling on the clothes neatly arranged on the table.

After putting on clothes, getting up and washing up, Albert went directly to the living room.

The two old men were already here, talking about something unknown. They both smiled and greeted him when they saw him.

"Good morning, Mr. Anderson, did you sleep well last night?"

"It's not good." Albert moved his neck a little, "Maybe it's because I came to a strange place and I'm not used to sleeping!"

Nicholas smiled and handed New York Ghost Newspaper to Albert.

"The reporters from New York Ghost Newspaper know you are at United States, and they are looking for you everywhere." Nicholas reminded, "They obviously want to interview you, the youngest International Wizard's Chess Champion in history."

There is also an interview above. The wizard named Carter said a lot of bad things about Albert.

"No matter where the newspaper is, it is bound to attract people's attention." After Albert read his part of the report, he casually put New York Ghost Newspaper on the table.

"It's normal, unless you open your own newspaper." Nicholas said with a smile.

Soon, House-elf served a sumptuous breakfast, including milk, croissants, fried sausages, fried potatoes, fried eggs, fried mushrooms, tomatoes, and a large spoonful of stewed peanuts.

It's similar to Britain's breakfast.

In other words, in order to take care of the diet of the two of them, this kind of breakfast was prepared.

"Miss Catherine hasn't gotten up yet?"

Albert was a little surprised when he didn't see Catherine while dining, so he asked casually.

"She had something to do and left early this morning." Nicholas said with a smile, "However, Catherine is very happy to meet you, but I was a little bit shocked by you."

"Were you hit by me?"

"Yes, Catherine's talent was discovered by me when she was very young. Later, when I went to Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, she immediately showed her amazing talent and became a famous genius in the school." Nicholas took a sip of milk and recalled, "It's just that because of her childhood, she has always been relatively withdrawn and has few friends."

For some reason, Albert smelled something unusual, did not answer the call, and continued to eat.

In fact, Isobel should be quite suitable to be Catherine's friend. Both parties are geniuses, and there will probably be many topics to talk about. But the dream in the morning made Albert completely give up the idea of introducing Isobel to the other party.

After breakfast, the two went to Nicholas's workshop, which was in a utility room outside the villa. Undetectable Extension Charm was applied inside. There were a large number of alchemy equipment neatly placed in the room, which was even more exaggerated than Nicholas's home.

"Is this Darkness Powder?"

Sera saw the magic items placed randomly on the table, and was slightly surprised to see this thing here.

"Following your suggestion, I made it into the invisible Smoke bombs." Nicholas pointed at the invisible Smoke bombs and introduced them, "Of course, your set of lifting technology has been improved several times. Now Peru can stably and continuously produce Darkness Powder. Many wizards in the black market like this thing very much, and it is very suitable for escape."

"I didn't propose that," Sera pointed at Albert and said, "You don't mind letting me see your new technology, right?"

"Don't mind."

Nicholas demonstrated to them the manufacturing process of Darkness Powder. He was not worried that the other party would use this to make money, because Peru was already monopolized by him and his friends.

Watching Nicholas skillfully mix and heat some ground ore powder with concentrated plant fruit powder, and after some processing, finally extract Darkness Powder, which makes Albert feel like this is real alchemy.

Nicholas also asked Albert if he wanted to try it.

Albert followed the method of Nicholas and successfully made Darkness Powder after two attempts, and mastered this skill by the way.

The latter is not too surprising. After all, he is a genius. It is normal to be able to achieve this level. The manufacturing process of Darkness Powder is not difficult.

"This is the extract of Soporific Bean."

Nicholas pointed to a bottle of silver thick juice and introduced to them, "Taking it directly can remove people's memories. Dilute it with Fwooper's venom in a certain proportion to create a powerful amnesia agent."

"American Magical Congress purchases a certain amount of Soporific Bean extraction liquid from me every year." Nicholas continued, "Last time Newt helped them solve American magical world The problem exposed by, Ministry of Magic also wants to learn the mass memory erasure technique. Unfortunately, they can't find a wizard to tame Thunderbird, so they can only let the wizard ride a broom..."

Having said this, Nicholas showed a malicious smile.

"Of course, United States's Magical Injury and Injury Hospital needs to be used more. As long as the dosage is appropriate, it can eliminate some bad memories. It is more effective than Memory Charm."

"Of course, this thing is expensive because it requires a large amount of Soporific Bean to extract such a test tube of silver extract. This is also the source of Dragot on my face."

"What is that?" Albert noticed that there was a sealed test tube in a cold glass box.

"That's Potential Potion." Nicholas said softly.

"Potential Potion in Zygmunt Bacchi's "The Book of Potions"?"

"Yes." Nicholas took out the test tube from the glass box, handed it to Albert and said, "United States's Potions teacher's situation is not much better than that of the alchemist. However, we can always find a way to survive."

"Not all descendants of wizards can possess powerful magic. Many famous and wealthy wizard families are keen to give their children this potion to stimulate their magical potential and make them ahead of other wizards in certain aspects." Nicholas continued, "After they graduate from school, they can enter American Magical Congress and become an outstanding Auror, or get other more promising careers."

"United States wizard has mastered how to plant Murtlap?" Albert asked with raised eyebrows.

"I have tried it, but the effect is very poor. Most of the cultured Murtlap is half dead, and it is not as high quality as Murtlap from Magical Garden. Before it can be made into Potential Potion, it usually needs to be purified, and the extract can be used directly to make Potential Potion."

"They were all forced out by money!" Albert said softly.

"After all, they don't have a lot of Dragot to squander like me." Nicholas is well aware of the difficulty of others.

The alchemist of America and the master of Potions are relatively united, forming an intricate network of relationships through interests. This is one of the reasons why Nicholas can obtain a large amount of magic raw materials.

"Didn't they try to study Baruffio's Brain Elixir?"

"Yes, but that thing is a bit dangerous and unstable. It requires a very skilled Potions Master to successfully refine it."

In fact, those Potions engineers also want to make Baruffio's Brain Elixir to make money, but if this thing is not done well, it may make people become fools.

It's better to make money by making Felix Felicis. At least Felix Felicis failed and was poisoned, but it can still be saved.

"I know a Potions Master." Albert thought for a while and then added, "Hertok·Dagworth, I think you may have heard of his name. I once asked him to help me make Baruffio's Brain Elixir, but that thing does have some effect."

"Of course, I can also make Baruffio's Brain Elixir, but Runespoor eggs is difficult to get." Albert suddenly said, "And it requires more practice."

"The raw materials can be obtained from Burkina Faso." Nicholas understood the meaning of Albert and said, "As long as you have a way to provide reliable Baruffio's Brain Elixir."

"Burkina Faso?"

"A small country in Africa. There is a forest there specifically to protect Runespoor, and there are many wizards who specifically raise Runespoor for sale." Nicholas said without thinking, "The Runespoor fangs that Floo Powder needs are also obtained from that country."

Many people directly used the powder made from the fangs of Runespoor instead of Floo Powder, and ended up blowing themselves up, but they didn't know that that thing still needs alchemical processing to be made into Floo Powder.

"Okay, let's talk about this!" Albert shook Potential Potion and asked, "What do you want me to do?"

"I hope you can become Catherine's friend." Nicholas said seriously. "After she becomes my heir, she is destined to have no good friends in the future. As both geniuses, you should have a lot of topics to talk about."

"Are you sure they are just friends?" Albert asked.

"Of course, if you want to chase my granddaughter, I won't..."

"No, I already have a girlfriend." Albert shook his head and said, "However, if it is a friend who communicates in magic alchemy, I would be very happy. You can contact her through Two-Way Mirror."

Albert can see that Nicholas cares about his granddaughter.