Chapter 245

A week later.

At noon this day, Murphy was discussing a new potion they invented with Qiu Zhang.

"You mean this Polyjuice Potion cannot turn people into others' appearance, but can change the gender of the user?"

Murphy was stunned, "How was it made?"

"Actually, it was completely an accident……" The little girl Qiu Zhang looked a bit embarrassed, "We previously wanted to do research on animals transforming into animals according to your suggestion; our experimental subjects were fish and mice, because they are easier to get……"

"But during one experiment, we accidentally dropped some fish eggs into the potion, and later we added some mouse hair to the potion and fed it to another mouse; its appearance not only changed, but it even turned from a male mouse into a female mouse, but clearly that mouse that provided the hair was also a male mouse……"

"We were curious about this, so we did many sets of experiments, and only then did we find out it was those fish eggs that caused it."

"The potion with only fish eggs added won't have any reaction when drunk, but adding the tissue of an organism of the same species, regardless of the individual's gender, the user will transform into the other gender…… boys will turn into girls, girls will turn into boys…… just as if it had always been like that……"

"The strange thing is, the tissue of the same species added seems to only be used to activate the potion and won't therefore possess the characteristics of that individual; the mouse after taking it only underwent a gender transformation and will still retain its original characteristics, such as fur color, scars, etc……"

"What kind of fish eggs are those?" Murphy was also very curious.

"It seems to be called rainbow trout?" the girl said.

Many fish have the ability to change gender; for example, male clownfish will transform into females after the only female in the group dies, to continue the population. And rainbow trout eggs will hatch into fish fry of different genders in different environments.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this factor that the Polyjuice Potion turned into a sex-change potion.

"Is this potion permanent?" Murphy asked.

"According to our current observations, the effect will last for a long time, and there is no sign of natural fading yet; it might be permanent."

The effect of Polyjuice Potion generally fades naturally, but if some abnormal situations are encountered, such as the user dying or incorrectly using the main material of a cross-species, it may lead to an inability to recover naturally.

Now it seems that the sex-change potion is also similar to an incorrect way of using it.

"Regardless, this is a very interesting discovery; are you planning to continue researching it?"

Qiu Zhang shook her head, "No, we think this potion is useless and will only bring embarrassment to wizards. And although animal experiments have no problems, we haven't conducted human experiments yet; I don't know if there will be any bad consequences……"

They were talking when Hermione suddenly ran over in a panic, "Qiu, Harry, Harry had an accident. Madam Pomfrey wants to ask you about that bottle of potion……"

"What's going on?" Murphy asked.

"Professor Murphy," Hermione said with an expression that was both panicked and amused, "Harry…… Harry turned into a girl……"

……

Murphy rushed to the infirmary.

Harry was placed in a separate room; when Murphy went in, the patient was covering himself in the quilt.

Tom and Ron were also in the room, but looking at the expressions on their faces, they seemed to think this matter was quite funny.

Madam Pomfrey was also there, pulling Harry's quilt, "Oh, child, I have seen patients with much stranger symptoms than yours; you just turned into a little girl, not into a monster; come, let go, let me see."

"No……" A weak girl's voice came from under the quilt; she sounded like she was about to cry, "Please, Madam Pomfrey, I will get better by myself; let me stay for a while and I will be better."

"Are you, Harry?" Qiu Zhang asked in shock, "How could you……"

She looked at Hermione, "Hermione, the bottle of Polyjuice Potion you borrowed a few days ago, what color was the label?"

"Ah? It seems to be…… orange……" Hermione said, "Katie Bell gave it to me."

Katie Bell is a second-year Gryffindor student, in the same group as Qiu Zhang.

"Oh, my god." Qiu Zhang covered her little mouth, "Careless Katie, she gave you a sex-change potion; she must not have looked at the label carefully……"

In fact, the sex-change potion was almost invented by this girl; it was she who took the water that fish had laid eggs in as clean water and added it to the Polyjuice Potion, which caused the potion to turn into a sex-change potion……

"Harry," Qiu Zhang came to the bedside, "You didn't take ordinary Polyjuice Potion; it's a strange potion we accidentally made; we don't know what kind of effect it will have on people yet; let me see you, okay?"

Harry on the hospital bed was silent for a long time and finally pulled down the quilt that was covering his head.

"Oh." Murphy almost laughed out loud.

"Wow." Qiu Zhang also exclaimed, "You really turned into a girl; so cute."

Harry was still wearing his round glasses, but his little face became more rounded, and his skin became much fairer and smoother; perhaps because of shyness, there was a blush on his face, and his black ear-length short hair was smoothly attached to his cheeks, and the tips of his ears exposed between the hair were red.

"Wow." Ron also exclaimed; he was in such a hurry to send his friend over just now that he only cared about thinking it was funny and didn't really observe carefully; at this moment, it looked like the girl version of Harry was really cute.

Harry looked at everyone weakly, "Don't laugh, okay?"

But Hermione couldn't help it anymore, "Pfft haha, Harry, you are so cute, cuter than when you were a boy; don't change back!"

"Hermione!" Harry was a bit angry, but the angry look was still soft.

"Oh, my god," Madam Pomfrey was also a bit shocked; she held Harry's face and looked back and forth, "It's truly incredible. Except for the hair color being black, your appearance is exactly the same as your mother when she was young."

Harry was surprised; he took a mirror and looked at it, "Is this what my mother looked like when she was young?"

He was a bit moved and felt a bit weird; did his mother have such a young time?

"I have to give you a checkup……" Madam Pomfrey said, glancing at the people in the ward, "Go out, all go out, give the patient some space."

Everyone waited outside for a while, and Madam Pomfrey called Murphy and Qiu Zhang into the ward again.

"His physical condition has no major problems, but he has indeed turned into a girl." Madam Pomfrey looked at Harry, "Although the magic world has countless magical potions, I have to say, this potion is also quite special. After all, why did you take Polyjuice Potion?"

"I…… I……" Harry didn't know how to lie for a moment, but fortunately, Madam Pomfrey didn't seem to care much about this question, "Forget it, occasionally trying out of curiosity is also possible; the important thing is what to do next."

Saying that, she looked at Qiu Zhang, "Did you invent it?"

"I'm sorry, Madam Pomfrey, we didn't know things would turn out like this." Qiu Zhang said very apologetically, and also apologized to Harry, "I'm sorry, Harry."

"How long is its duration?"

"It seems…… maybe…… it's permanent……"

"Oh, no……" Harry wailed in a thin voice.

"If there are no other side effects, I don't know how to treat it instead……" Madam Pomfrey was a bit embarrassed; she looked at Harry, "Child, do you really not want to be a girl?"

"Of course not!" Harry was shocked, "Absolutely not!"

"Alright……" Madam Pomfrey pondered, "Let me think about what to do……"

"Madam Pomfrey," Murphy suddenly said, "This is the effect of a transformation potion; perhaps making some powerful antidotes should be able to improve the symptoms. In this regard, Professor Snape should be able to help you. Why not let him come and see Harry too?"

(End of chapter)