There were more and more "victims" dragged by Snape into digging out frog brains, making "frog brains" an unavoidable topic of conversation.
When Wizet went to Snape's office for private lessons before the weekend, he saw several buckets of frog brains sitting on the floor.
A magical energy field created by Preservation Charms kept the frog brains in excellent condition. They looked exceptionally fresh, and even the blood clots had been thoroughly removed.
One could only imagine how much effort Harry, Ron, Fred, Michael, and the others had needed to put in to dig out so many buckets of high-quality frog brains under Snape's exacting standards.
Michael shared a dormitory with Wizet, so Wizet knew his situation fairly well.
These days, it was not just words like frogs, brains, green, pink, or frog brains—at the mere sound of someone hiccupping, Michael would shudder violently, his face turning deathly pale in an instant.
Fred, on the other hand, had not shown such an extreme reaction. He was even considering using frog brains as a reference to redesign the appearance of some prank items.
As he put it, "I don't think anyone understands frog brains better than I do. I can definitely make people feel that uniquely smooth, tender frog-brain texture when they eat the gummies."
Besides the frog brains, the office was piled with plenty of potion ingredients: Fwooper feathers, Alihotsy Tree leaves, Rosemary, ambergris, ash leaves, Belladonna, peppermint...
"Alihotsy Tree leaves..." Wizet murmured softly. "Peppermint... Fwooper feathers?"
There was a pearl in Coolik's bottle that gave off white smoke. To make the alchemical powder inside that pearl, Fwooper feathers were required.
Moreover, brewing Memory Potion required all three ingredients at once: Fwooper feathers, peppermint, and Alihotsy Tree leaves.
The Fwooper had earned its name because it was a particularly