Chapter 175 Go to Professor Snape
Professor McGonagall's office is not large.
There were several large bookshelves filled with books against the wall, and there was a large fireplace on the other side with a bright fire burning inside.
Professor McGonagall herself was sitting behind her desk by the window.
To John's surprise, the Harry trio were also in the office.
At this moment, they were talking around Professor McGonagall.
"I've made it very clear, Harry," said Professor McGonagall, "If you don't hand in your form, don't go. That's the rule."
"But Professor...my aunt and uncle...you know."
said Harry.
"I'm sorry, Harry. Of course, there's also Michelle." Professor McGonagall turned to look at Michelle, who had just come in. "If it doesn't work, it won't work. I've told you this again. I hope you Don't make me say it again..."
Professor McGonagall suddenly paused mid-sentence.
Because she finally spotted John standing behind Michelle.
There was a strange look on her face and she said:
"Michelle, please don't tell me that this is the guardian you found?"
"Of course! I can't think of a better candidate besides John!" Michelle nodded desperately, "Professor McGonagall, can I go to Hogsmeade now?"
Professor McGonagall seemed speechless upon hearing this.
And John sighed.
He sort of understood what was going on.
A trip to Hogsmeade is an activity that only begins in the third year.
Young wizards with the consent of their guardians can go to Hogsmeade for shopping and play within the designated time.
This is definitely a very tempting 'exercise' activity for the little wizards who have been locked up in Hogwarts Castle for an entire semester.
But it was clear that Michelle might not be able to go.
Because she and John had no such thing as guardians.
After thinking for a moment, John stepped forward and asked:
"Professor McGonagall, you know our situation. If I sign it, can you allow Michelle to go to Hogsmeade?"
Professor McGonagall looked hesitant.
At this time, Michelle also came up and said pitifully:
"Please, Professor McGonagall, I really want to go to Hogsmeade! They say it's the only place in the country where there are no Muggles. And there's a Honeydukes store there."
At this point, Michelle had a dreamy expression on her face, "There is everything there...the little pepper naughty boy - smoke comes out of your mouth when you eat it - and the oily chocolate balls, which are all... It's strawberry custard and regular custard, huge sorbet balls that float several inches off the ground while you suck on them, and really awesome sugar quills that you suck on in class that look like It seems like you are thinking about what to write next..."
"Miss Shafiq!" Professor McGonagall said with a straight face, "I must remind you that snacks are not allowed in class!"
Michelle finally reacted, took a sip of saliva and explained:
"Of course! I definitely wouldn't eat it in class. I'm just... just stating one of its functions."
Professor McGonagall turned to look at John and said:
"I'm sorry, John, but my answer is no. You are too young to be Michelle's guardian. This is my final decision."
As he spoke, Professor McGonagall showed an expression of concern and pity.
John knew what the expression meant.
Professor McGonagall actually didn't want to stop Michelle from going to Hogsmeade.
But she didn't want Michelle to be in danger just because of her fun.
After all, the previous "Daily Prophet" made it very clear that Sirius Black was approaching Hogwarts.
Of course, that doesn't mean she doesn't care about the safety of other students.
It's just that other students have the consent of their guardians, which is completely in line with the rules, and she can't interfere.
John nodded and said seriously:
"I understand what you're doing, thank you very much, Professor McGonagall."
After saying that, John took Michelle out of the office, and also pulled the Harry trio out to prevent them from further annoying Professor McGonagall.
This made Professor McGonagall look pleased.
As soon as he left the office, Ron was chattering bad things about Professor McGonagall, which made Hermione very angry.
The 'finally settled' look on Hermione's face made Ron even more angry.
As for Harry and Michelle, they were as dejected as eggplants beaten by frost.
Looking at Michelle's expression, John felt a little distressed.
He rubbed Michelle's head and asked:
"Michelle, do you really want to go to Hogsmeade no matter what?"
"Of course, of course I want to go!" Michelle pouted, "But it's useless to say anything now."
"No, I have another way, maybe you can go to Hogsmeade."
As soon as John said this, not only Michelle was stunned for a moment, but even the Harry trio looked over.
"John!"
Harry said in surprise, "I knew you could do it! How can you do it?"
"Sorry, Harry, you may not be able to use this method."
"Why?" Ron frowned.
"Because," John said calmly, "I am going to take Michelle to ask Professor Snape."
"Snape!?"*3
Harry's trio said in unison.
After saying that, Harry and Ron quickly became depressed again.
They knew very well that John was Snape's most promising student, so if John went to ask for help in person, Snape might be able to find a way to help John and Michelle because of Snape's protective nature and his tendency to favoritism.
But Harry really couldn't use this method.
Not to mention that Snape would not agree, even if Snape was willing to help, Harry was not willing to ask Snape.
John didn't care so much.
After saying goodbye to Harry and others, he took Michelle directly to the Potions office.
At this time, Snape was refining the potion at the workbench.
Seeing John come in, he narrowed his eyes, frowned, and said in a voice of great disgust and anger:
"How did you come?"
Although Snape didn't punish John for the last half-blood prince incident, he really took a step back and became more and more angry.
Especially in the dead of night, the words 'Half-Blood Prince' would automatically appear in his mind, along with the memories of his second year in high school.
At that time, he was not as gloomy as he is now.
At least at that time he was still very turbulent inside.
If I had to use one word to describe it, it would be boring.
He was so conceited that he looked down on the classmates around him, and even the professors. He felt that those old bookworms could only chew words and had no pioneering spirit at all.
It was this kind of sullenness that led him to give himself the title of 'Half-Blood Prince'.
This title seemed extremely wonderful to him at the time.
But looking at it now, I feel extremely ashamed.
This made him very crazy, and even [Occlumency] could not suppress his irritable mood.
Since then, he has become more and more displeased with John.
If it weren't for the special situation of John's brain, he would even want to use [Forget All] to erase all John's memories of the 'Half-Blood Prince'!
Of course, John is also aware of this.
So he didn't talk nonsense to Snape, pushed Michelle out with a smile and said:
"That's right, Professor Snape, Michelle wants to go to Hogsmeade. But right now, we still lack a guardian's signature."
Hearing this, Snape seemed to be stunned.
His squinted eyes slowly opened wide, and the tense facial muscles relaxed.
Finally, he opened his mouth slightly and responded in a very erratic tone:
"Oh--"