NABC Chapter 44: The calm before the storm
Chapter 44: The calm before the storm
Chapter 44: The calm before the storm
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Chapter 44: The calm before the storm
Another month passed and we were getting close to March.
Neville came back to school after two weeks away and Harry could finally find out what happened that day.
After his argument with Ron, he was asked to stay behind by Profeslr Nayar.
According to Neville, the professor claimed to be worried about him and his poor performance in class.
He offered Neville to stay for some extra practice and the boy accepted.
Late that afternoon, Neville left the classroom and was on his way to the Great Hall when he was ambushed by the spiders.
Aurors were called but no arrests were made. It is unclear to Harry if they suspected anyone. That is not information they would share with him, even if he was the son of one of the Head Aurors.
Harry had been a bit worried about Hagrid when the Ministry got involved. But apparently, his connection with the acromantula nest inside the Dark Forest was not something many were aware of.
As for Professor Nayar himself. He has been very careful since the last attempt and has not made any suspicious moves.
Daphne had become increasingly frustrated by his lack of action and he had the feeling that she was close to doing something stupid. Even for an eleven-year-old kid standard.
What she didn't know was that Harry had several trackers on Neville and the Professor.
"Who am I trying to convince?...there is no one else who fits the bill."
He knew the other professors extremely well. Nayar was the only unknown factor, it had to be him.
The head of a training dummy exploded.
"Tsk!. It's always the good defense teachers. It is like the position is cursed or something...wait, it probably is now that I think about it."
Another dummy exploded.
"Uff...I think I have enough for today. Let's go check on that thing."
He still had plenty of time before dinner so Harry made his way to the castle foundation.
He opened the painting, went downstairs, and walked for several minutes at a brisk pace until he reached the furthest corner of the room where he had set up his little workshop.
Even if Dumbledore were to come down here for some cosmic causality, there was little chance of him walking up to this distant corner of there where there is absolutely nothing of interest.
So this was the place where he decided to set up his station.
Everything worked automatically and he only needs to check on it once a week or so.
It was a very simple setup. Just a table with a cauldron and several other small tools.
The cauldron was used to create the metal alloy called 'magicite' . It was a combination of gold, silver, dragon blood, and several other alchemical ingredients.
The mixture had to be melted and combined very slowly to prevent it from being separated.
The cauldron was enchanted for automatic heating and stirring of the ingredients. All that was left was waiting now.
"Its looking good!". This is going faster than I had originally predicted. It should be ready in a bit over a month.
The last time he created this alloy it took him six months. It could be because he is using brand new high-quality tools or maybe the conditions of this chamber made the mixture combine faster.
But no matter the case, it was good news. He may be able to assemble some of his old tools before the end of this year.