Horace Slughorn said with a broad smile, "A friend shared this method with me a long time ago, when I went to Africa on a post-graduation trip."
"You know, Africa is a remarkable place. Their magic differs from ours in many ways. I could actually tell..."
"That potion formula contains quite a few applications of bloodline magic. I must say, to be able to incorporate bloodline magic into potions at your age..."
"At least as far as I can recall..." He shook his head gently, looking at Wizet with growing approval. "You seem to be the only one."
"Most people have to wait until after graduation and take a trip, broadening their horizons and absorbing magical knowledge from around the world, before they can manage something like that..."
As Horace Slughorn spoke, Wizet's attention focused mainly on a few words. So this is African magic... African bloodline magic...
Drawing on the information Headmaster Kamba had given him, he tried to work out why Horace Slughorn had modified the potion this way.
Astoria Greengrass's "hereditary family curse" could be regarded as a form of failed bloodline magic, creating an imbalance between her soul, blood, and body that triggered a series of symptoms;
It was by using his "magic eye" to see the "Silencing Charm's" magic circuit that Wizet had deduced that Astoria Greengrass's body contained bloodline magic originating from an Augurey;
That was precisely why he had used the Augurey Tonic as a basis to devise a potion formula that could alleviate Astoria Greengrass's weakness;
His original plan had been to wait until Astoria Greengrass took the potion, then refine and optimize it based on the results;
Before that could happen, however, the Greengrass family had secured Horace Slughorn's help, and he had used his knowledge of potions to complete the