Chapter 125: Polyjuice Potion

Early the next morning, Great Hall.

John intended to finish breakfast and then go to the Restricted Section to continue the second day of detention.

He and Hermione had already been to the Restricted Section once yesterday.

It was indeed as they expected, there was nothing that needed organizing.

They spent the whole day reading books inside, except for some books under magical restrictions, they could read anything else.

It made them very happy, so he and Hermione agreed to go earlier today.

"John John, you're in the newspaper!"

At this moment, Titus suddenly popped up with a newspaper.

"Is that so, let me see."

John took the newspaper; the front page prominently featured a photo of the four Triwizard Tournament Warriors, a group photo of him, Harry, Fleur, and Krum.

And then below was the interview content about the four.

【John Merrick, the youngest Warrior, arrogant and conceited, confidently claiming he will face any challenge, just to prove that youth doesn't mean lack of experience, but is suspected of having a nepotistic relationship with Hogwarts Headmaster Dumbledore】

What nepotistic relationship, I already said Dumbledore is my uncle, is this person deaf?

John looked at the words on the newspaper, complaining with some dissatisfaction in his heart, because he was still looking forward to how the Headmaster would clarify after such strange rumors came out.

Besides his, there was Harry's interview, something about a Warrior shrouded in clouds, eyes full of shadows of the past, eager to gain attention through a victory.

Fleur was described as a stunning beauty Warrior, and Krum was described as a silent Quidditch superstar.

"John, do you really have a nepotistic relationship with the Headmaster?"

Titus leaned over, full of curiosity.

John folded the newspaper and smiled, saying.

"Sigh, I originally didn't intend to expose my identity; since it's been discovered, remember to use honorifics when you see me from now on."

"Go to hell!"

Hearing John's tone, Titus naturally scolded him with a smile and pushed John.

That Rita was good at turning black and white, and there was no truth in her writing, so Titus guessed instantly that it was a rumor she fabricated to attract attention.

Just treat it as a joke.

"By the way, John, we plan to go to the secret base today; do you want to go together? After all, we haven't been there for a long time, it must be dusty."

"You guys go yourselves, I still have to go to detention, you guys be careful not to be discovered."

Regarding Titus's invitation, John could only respond helplessly.

Regarding the detention, they naturally knew about it too.

"Alright then."

Titus shrugged, having expected this result long ago.

The two chatted for a while, and then saw Hermione coming.

She was naturally looking for John to go to the library for detention together.

"John, what exactly did you say when you were interviewed yesterday to be slandered like this."

Clearly, Hermione also read today's newspaper, and after seeing John, she complained speechlessly.

"Why do you think it's something I said as soon as you come up, Hermione, shouldn't it be Rita fabricating it?"

Regarding Hermione's questioning, John immediately said with dissatisfaction.

"That's naturally because your nonsense is no worse than Rita's."

"......"

But Hermione immediately punctured his innocent face without mercy, John was speechless.

"Alright, let's go, I found several

Hermione was too lazy to keep bickering with John, so she waved at him and walked straight outside.

John had no choice but to bid Titus farewell and quickly follow her.

Watching their backs as they left side by side, Titus couldn't help but sigh.

John is definitely going to be henpecked in the future...

... Wait? No way!

How did their hands sneakily hook together??

Inside the Restricted Section.

"John, you should be reading books that will help with your upcoming challenges..."

"Instead of reading potion books like 'Powerful Elixirs'."

At this moment, Hermione had just finished a book and stretched.

She turned her head to look at John, discovered he was reading a potion book she had read before, and spoke to him.

"But we don't know what the next challenge is; they only said it would test our courage and adaptability."

"I don't even know what to prepare for, even if I wanted to."

John replied lazily; in truth, he just wanted to look around to see if there were any novel potions.

After all, the potions in the textbooks were mostly basic and quite boring.

And while he had already learned some of the potions in the Restricted Section, they were at least more interesting.

"Hey, Hermione, have you ever learned this Polyjuice Potion mentioned in the book?"

John looked up at Hermione and pointed to a page in the book to ask.

"Yes, not only have I learned it, I even used it in my second year..."

Seeing this potion, Hermione recalled some unpleasant memories and spoke in a slightly speechless tone.

"Really? What did you turn into using this potion?"

Upon hearing this, John immediately asked with curiosity; this wasn't something meant to be learned in the second year, and he had only been required to brew it once during finals last year.

After all, a potion like Polyjuice Potion is used for transformation; as long as you have hair from the target person, you can turn into their appearance.

"I... turned into a cat..."

After a brief hesitation, Hermione told him about the embarrassing incident where she had accidentally used cat hair, causing the transformation to fail.

After all, there was nothing to hide from John, and that incident had happened a long time ago.

"... Huh?"

John was visibly stunned when he heard Hermione's words.

Hermione coughed twice and then continued.

"At the time, because of an accident, I got the hair of the transformation target wrong and mistakenly used the hair of her pet cat..."

After John came back to his senses, he immediately asked with excitement and curiosity; this was a rare situation.

"And what was the result!"

Polyjuice Potion is meant for human-to-human transformation; records of it being used on animals are extremely rare, as even the slightest mistake could lead to unpredictable consequences.

Now that a living case study was right in front of him, John couldn't help but be curious.

".... The result was that I grew cat ears and a tail, and was covered in fur... but I still maintained an upright human form."

"A tender cat-girl?"

Hearing this, John couldn't help but blurt it out, while Hermione wore a face full of question marks: "What cat-girl?"

John immediately realized he had let something slip and hurriedly coughed twice.

"Cough, I mean, that really is an accidental experimental result."

Hermione rolled her eyes at him and didn't press further; she just felt it wasn't a very good word.

Meanwhile, John began to imagine what Hermione would look like as a cat-eared girl.

"Hermione with cat ears..."

It must be very contrasting and cute.

Her serious expression paired with the way her cat ears would twitch, and the way her upright tail would sway slightly.

Thinking this, John suddenly reached out his hand involuntarily and rubbed Hermione's head, as if he could really touch those non-existent cat ears.

Hermione:??? ///O△O///

"You, you, you, what are you doing!!"

Hermione's face immediately turned as red as a tomato, and she shouted at John in a panic.

"Uh... ah, sorry, I was imagining what you would look like with cat ears."

John had only just come back to his senses; the person in front of him was Hermione, not some fantasy character.

He scratched his head in slight embarrassment, but felt no regret at all.

Hermione placed her hand on top of her head, right where John had just rubbed, and looked at John with a blushing, shameful expression.

Ever since yesterday, this guy has become more and more daring!

He dares to hold her hand and touch her head so casually; it's simply lawless.

He doesn't take the dignity of her being his senior at all!

Although, she didn't dislike it...

But Hermione still glared at John, puffed up like a cat with its fur standing on end.

Watching this scene, John couldn't help but swallow...

So cute...