Hogwarts: Bloodline Legend-Chapter 574 - 165: Safety Measures! Ian’s Birthday!

For a Dementor, this joy is absolutely precious.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be willing to witness Ian beating up the Black-robed Skeleton every time, even though the Black-robed Skeleton would vent its anger on it afterward.

"You're just cheap!" Ian sometimes vented his frustrations on the Dementor. During the hot summer months, without air conditioning, he would often let the Dementor out to use as an air conditioner.

The effect was far superior to any clamshell air conditioner, and the temperature would drop to a refreshingly cool level in an instant. By stuffing the Dementor into the ventilation ducts, the temperature in the old building would become quite pleasant.

The effect was far superior to Aurora's invention of the Corpse Preservation Spell. Yes, Ian often exchanged ideas with his good friend, and the speed of the Black Phoenix delivering letters was only slightly slower than the internet.

However, Aurora was often busy on her side, and the speed of her replies was always uncertain. Ian guessed that perhaps she was secretly working hard on her practical courses during the summer holidays.

If that weren't the case,

Spells like the Corpse Preservation Spell, One-Second Bone-Stripping Spell, Skull Fountain Spell, and Dung Maggot Bursting Spell, which all seemed quite otherworldly to Ian, would never be shared with him repeatedly by Aurora.

Especially the last one, the Dung Maggot Bursting Spell, was simply extraordinary, capable of instantly transforming all the leftover food residue inside a target's intestinal cavity into dung maggots.

It's really hard to imagine under what mental state Aurora researched these improved spells. Perhaps it's because, in her view, little wizards have always been fond of such evil curses?

"Even a place like the Underworld, to me, finds these spells too outrageous..." Ian did not discourage Aurora's desire to share; he also shared his own research achievements with this German girl.

In terms of magic spells, he didn't have many new breakthroughs to share, but through researching the blood of werewolves, he did successfully discover some key components in the Spirit Awakening Potion.

This led to a breakthrough in his work on improving the Wolf Poison Potion. However, even after several months, the contagion of werewolves continued to be a perplexing issue for him.

This is something the Spirit Awakening Potion also cannot completely cure, a problem not easily solved. With no breakthrough, Ian turned to develop two products.

They are the Werewolf Potion, created based on the infectious nature of werewolf blood, and the Rapid Healing Potion, extracted and manufactured based on the self-healing abilities in werewolf blood.

Firstly, the benefit of the Werewolf Potion is that it does not need to enter the target's body; just sprinkling it on the target can successfully transform them into a werewolf. The downside is clear: this transformation is permanent, making the transformed person indistinguishable from a werewolf born through normal infection.

"It's still because the contagion cannot be controlled."

This flaw is not unsolvable; it's just that Ian currently has no solution. The best he can achieve is the effect of the Rapid Healing Potion.

The user can heal all diseases and injuries within thirty minutes. Because only certain key components related to self-healing were extracted from werewolf blood, its infectivity is very low. As long as you don't drink it continuously for ten days or so, you generally don't have to worry about turning into a werewolf.

Of course,

there is also a downside.

And that is the extremely high cost.

It takes ten kilograms of werewolf blood to extract one bottle of Rapid Healing Potion. While the Wizarding World has similar potions, their effects are not as pronounced, but their costs are much lower.

"At the current stage, these two works can't be called mature products." Ian wasn't discouraged. He knew it was only a matter of time before he solved these problems.

As his mastery of potions increased, he was confident that one day he would perfect these two potions. The confidence from being a master ensured he never felt lost.

"Learning and research always make one feel fulfilled." Ian would sometimes lie in the orphanage's yard when he rested, watching the sunset in the sky dye the sky orange.

As the sun rose and set again, time flowed silently like sand through fingers, with life weaving its unique summer chapter, day after day.

Another morning arrived.

On a day softly embraced by warm sunlight, the orphanage courtyard was filled with laughter and joy; for Ian, this day was special.

July 7th — it was his birthday.

Though simple, the orphanage brimmed with love and hope in every corner. Lady Yelena, the kind woman always with a gentle smile, had long quietly planned a small surprise for Ian. She knew well that for every child, a birthday is more than just growing older; it's proof of being remembered and loved.

That's why almost every orphan would have a birthday celebration organized as best as Lady Yelena could, and most of the orphans' birthdays were the day she found them. No need for paper, no need for records; Lady Yelena never forgot the beginning of the story between her and each child.