At the end of the second week of November Jonathan sent me a owl with the first order of Dans, of course he also sent the necessary ingredients.
My initial surprise was whoever made the request, Lucius Malfoy.
I would love to send him defective products, but in the end receiving his money was more advantageous.
I took advantage of this moment to teach Bridget how to make Dans.
As I lived alone in the room I ended up deciding to set up my potions laboratory here. The smell wouldn't be the most pleasant, but with my study of runes I was able to contain the effects to a single corner of the room, saving the rest of the atmosphere.
"Wiggenweld Potion is something you already know, what I will introduce to you now are the concepts of concentration, division and formation of Dans." – I started explaining to her.
Bridget was paying attention, she had wanted to learn how to do Dans for a while, but I didn't have any money left to teach her.
"We start making the potion as usual, we are not yet able to liquefy their magical properties, so we need to start with the traditional potion way. The moment the potion finishes mixing you need to concentrate your magical power inside the cauldron to start evaporating the liquids without the potion losing its properties, this process drains magical power, but if done well it will be essential for the next step." – I continued explaining.
We started processing the ingredients at this point and side by side we started making the potion.
When the potion was mixed correctly and only needed to boil for just a few more minutes. At that point I demonstrated to her how to saturate the cauldron with magical power through a few wand movements and then we began to evaporate the liquids.
"Now we put the lid on and based on the concentrated content inside the cauldron we will identify with our magical power the concentration necessary to have the same effect that the potion would have, this process is kind of unconscious, you need to know what a perfect potion should be like and then we ordered the autonomous division of the portions and reached the last stage, formation of the Dans." – I explained to her while the cauldrons finished evaporating.
Bridget closed the cauldron and her eyes trying to order the command I had explained.
"After the division, you need to compress the masses of magical properties that were divided as much as possible using all the magical power inside the cauldron. This process is initially easier to do by adding rotation to the masses so that they become spherical." – I continued explaining.
Bridget was clearly having a hard time, but she was trying.
When the whole process was finished and she opened the cauldron, it was possible to see two poorly formed balls, one bigger than the other and both unappetizing. She needed to improve the process of concentration, division and formation, but it was a great result for the first attempt.
When I opened my cauldron she saw three perfectly round Dans.
I had managed to achieve my initial goal now that my soul was close to the next rank.
"It's unfair to anyone who wants to compare themselves to you. You've basically tripled the value of a single set of ingredients, making your profit skyrocket." – Bridget said visibly tired.
I smiled at her.
"I quadrupled the amount, Lucius is paying a third more than the potions." – I explained.
Bridget gave up and went to lie down on my bed. Doing a single set of Dans was enough for her for a day.
Jonathan knew I could make two Dans per serving so he had sent fifteen sets. So Bridget had four more sets to practice while I would use the other nine to complete the order.
I wasn't sure if I could make three Dans put a cauldron, but I had some confidence in the possibility, so I took a chance on a set with Bridget.
As I didn't have much more magical power than her, I also called it a day and focused on my personal project, I was progressing in a good way to reformulate Body Refining Dan so that women could use it. The gain in muscle mass needed to be removed or even minimally reduced.
As the days went by Bridget began to communicate with Luna and Ginny.
Luna could see the girl's emotions and did what she thought was necessary to make her comfortable, she also noticed my clear interest in her, but as I already had Bridget as a girlfriend the girl left that fact aside and focused on our friendship.
Things with Ginny seemed to be more advanced, they both had clear ideas of who I was and started to interact frequently in the free period after potions and on other occasions.
Gryffindor still hadn't given me a clear answer about how I should act towards her, but the fact that she started interacting with Bridget gave me the idea that she wasn't completely against it.
This all culminated in a moment when Bridget needed to go to the bathroom, leaving us alone in the inner courtyard of the castle we used to frequent.
I approached Weasley sitting on the stone bench, wrapping my right arm around her waist and pulling her towards me.
Her surprise was clear, but there was also desire in her eyes.
I guided her face with my left hand until our lips touched.
The simple innocent kiss deepened until my tongue invaded her mouth.
We stood there lost in each other until we heard laughter.
"He finally attacked you?" – Bridget said with an inquisitive look.
Ginny blushed completely.
"There's no need to be ashamed, I know what he's like. I'm glad our conversation had some effect on him. If it depended on how he wanted to act, you two would probably never end up together." – she said with a smile.
Bridget then took a bold step and sat on the other side of me, pulled my face in and kissed me.
Ginny was a little uncomfortable, but the feeling that overcame her was shame.
"It was difficult to see you waiting for the other to take action." – she said when our lips separated.
I still had Ginny wrapped around my arm preventing her from running away.
"You two are crazy." – Ginny protested.
"We're both crazy for accepting him." – Bridget corrected.
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