"Good stuff! All of it!"
Silan's gaze swept rapidly over the cabinets lined with bottles and jars, recording every potion ingredient on the shelves.
"Armadillo bile can be used to make Wit-Sharpening Potion... Good stuff. Write that down."
Following Silan's wishes, the automatic quill dipped into the ink bottle and danced across a large sheet of parchment, making soft scratching sounds.
"Bicorn horn... Once ground into powder, it can be used to make Polyjuice Potion. That's good stuff too."
Silan copied down the potion ingredients one by one, afraid of missing even a single kind.
"Billywig stings, the main ingredient in Awakening Potion. One bottle sells for seven Galleons!"
"One sting makes people dizzy and sends them floating uncontrollably. They'd make decent concealed weapons too. Write that down..."
"And ashwinder eggs. Once frozen, they can be used to make Amortentia and treat malaria. They're also one of the main ingredients in Felix Felicis."
"All good stuff. Write it down, write it down."
The automatic quill repeatedly dipped into the ink, covering the parchment with a dense list of potion ingredients. It only stopped after using up half a bottle.
Once the list was finished, Silan took the parchment and checked every entry against the ingredients in the cabinets.
After confirming that nothing was wrong, Silan wrote the number seven beside each ingredient, meaning he wanted seven bottles of each.
Seven standard-sized bottles of every ingredient was already a considerable quantity, enough to last him a long time.
"That should do it." Silan nodded in satisfaction and left the storeroom with the parchment.
"Finished copying them down?" Snape asked, looking up.
"Yes, Professor." Silan handed over the parchment.
Snape quickly scanned it from top to bottom, his expression gradually darkening. He seemed displeased.
Did I miss something? Silan wondered. *I checked