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"But..." But Snape quickly retracted his gaze and continued: "I hope you can show matching abilities.
"My requirements will be very strict. I hope you don't make any stupid mistakes in my class, otherwise I will be... very angry."
His eyes glanced around.
After hearing what Snape said, those Slaters immediately straightened their backs and held their heads high, as if they were eager to prove their excellence.
But Snape wasn't looking at them.
"Today, we are going to prepare the simplest potion in "Advanced Potion Making", water of life and death.
"Does anyone know what the water of life and death is?"
Nearly everyone raised their hands.
Not surprisingly, Snape picked Connor.
"The Water of Life and Death is also called Living Hell Decoction. It is a powerful hypnotic potion that can make the user fall into a deep sleep within one minute."
"Half a minute to be precise," Snape said, "But that's a good answer. Five points for Hufflepuff."
Everyone else was not surprised that Snape gave Connor extra points.
"While it's the simplest potion in Advanced Potion-Making, it's more complex than anything you've made before."
Snape tapped the blackboard with his wand, and the materials to be used and the cooking process immediately appeared on it.
Kyle is no stranger to water of life and death. He was able to brew it a few years ago, also in Potions class.
But this time the steps on the blackboard seemed a little different from what Kyle knew.
In Snape's old book, the two ingredients of grass roots and lionfish bone meal were retained, but here they were crossed out and dried belladonna flowers were added instead.
It is undoubtedly simpler to combine two materials into one, and the belladonna flowers are also easier to handle. You just need to grind them slightly and throw them into the crucible. There are no special requirements.
Kyle found the materials and followed the instructions on the blackboard step by step. After half a class, the medicine in the crucible had successfully turned into a standard "mixed brown liquid."
Kangna also completed this step.
Except for the two of them, the color of the other people's potions was either too dark or uneven, and they were not so standard.
“The valerian root cuts are unevenly sized…”
"Who told you to throw the whole belladonna flower in..."
"Stirred half a turn less..."
Snape walked up and down the classroom, unceremoniously pointing out everyone's mistakes.
But he never passed by Kyle once, as if he didn't exist at all.
Snape stopped next to a Gryffindor student again. He looked at the potion in the cauldron and frowned. Just when he was about to say something, the door to the underground classroom was pushed open.
Before Kyle had time to look back and see who it was, a coquettish voice told him the answer.
"Professor Snape, I shouldn't have disturbed you." Umbridge said outside the door.
The corners of Snape's eyes moved. He opened the door and came in while he was in class. Do you need to say if you are disturbing him?
However, after hesitating for a moment, Snape still did not say any harsh words: "Professor Umbridge, why did you come to see me?"
Umbridge glanced at the students in the classroom and said, "How about we come outside and tell you."
Snape nodded and walked out.
When he came back, his face became even uglier, as if he had lost money, and he muttered something like, "Why don't you go to the school hospital...I'm not a therapist."
So in the second half of the class, everyone was careful, for fear of making a mistake and making Snape angry...
Another half hour passed like this.
"The time has come," Snape shouted. "Everyone put down their spells and stop stirring."
He began walking between the tables, inspecting each cauldron.
Kyle glanced around and followed the steps given by Snape on the blackboard. After stirring, everyone's potion turned into a light pink potion.
Although the color is not very uniform and still has dark and light colors, these are minor problems and do not affect the normal use of the medicine.
Snape walked along the way and pointed out everyone's mistakes unceremoniously. He didn't seem to think that being able to successfully brew a complex life and death water in the first lesson was something to be proud of. On the contrary, Take it for granted.
If these people can't succeed according to the steps he gave, then there is no need for him to stay here.
Soon, Snape walked up to Kyle.
Just like last time, Kyle's potion was still perfect.
"Not bad." Snape's voice seemed to be squeezed out of his throat.
"One point for Hufflepuff."
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 618 The professor’s strange behavior
"Connor, listen to me. If you have time, it's best to take Snape to the school hospital and let Madam Pomfrey take a look. I suspect he drank the wrong potion."
In the Hufflepuff common room in the evening, Kyle was persuading Connor to pay more attention to Snape's situation.
But his kindness did not get any response. Kangna just wrote her homework and had no intention of talking to him... Sometimes when she got tired of hearing it, she would even look up and glare at Kyle.
"I'm serious," Kyle said.
He has been at Hogwarts for five years. From the first year to the present, Snape has always only deducted points from him. This is the case in every class, without exception.
To be honest, Kyle was still glad that only one point was deducted this time. It wasn't until he left the classroom and saw the angry eyes of the Slytherins that he realized that Snape was not talking about deducting points, but adding extra points. point……
Snape, who was addicted to deducting points, actually gave him extra points for the first time?
Kyle's first reaction was disbelief. Such an abnormal behavior was not because he drank the wrong potion.
That's why he wanted to persuade Connor to take Snape to the school hospital for a checkup. After all, the other person is Kangna's only family member. Even if she doesn't like the other person, she can't just sit idly by.
But Kangna didn't think so.
"Is there anything wrong with getting extra points for completing the professor's requirements well?" Seeing Kyle still chattering, Connor raised her head helplessly, "Professor Snape is just being strict with his usual requirements. A little, but this is an advanced class, the difficulty has been greatly improved, so it’s normal to give you extra points, right?”
"No, no, no." Kyle shook his head wildly and cursed in his heart:
"This thing can happen to any professor, but Snape is the only one who is weird in everything."
Of course, he didn't dare to say this directly.
And the strange things don't stop there.
The next day, Professor McGonagall also gave him thirty points in the Transfiguration class, which was also a rare thing in normal times.
Although Professor McGonagall is fair, in order to ensure that there is not too big a gap in the scores of various colleges, the maximum number of extra points she can give in class is ten points.
This score will only increase unless you are learning particularly difficult new content, but even so, thirty points is already rare.
Combined with the scores given by Umbridge, less than a month into the school year, Hufflepuff became the number one in the house, more than points ahead of the second-placed Slytherin.
"It's incredible." Cedric looked at the gems in the hourglass in the auditorium and sighed: "I really hope this ranking can continue until the end of the school year. In that case, our Hufflepuffs can break the record set by Slytherin and become Six consecutive championships.”
Cedric had some longing in his eyes. He would graduate next year, so he really wanted to see Hufflepuff filled with honors and do something about it.
For example, leading the team to win this year's Quidditch Cup...
If he could do it, he would not only get a lot of academy points, but also win the honor of five consecutive Quidditch Cups. It would kill two birds with one stone.
"Hurry up, it's time to train." Thinking of this, Cedric suddenly felt his blood boiling, and turned around and shouted loudly: "We only have three hours to use the field, so we all take our brooms and gather on the field."
After that, he rushed out of the auditorium first, completely ignoring the light rain outside.
"Really, I feel that Cedric looks more and more like the original Oliver Wood." Fred came over and patted Kyle on the shoulder, suppressing a smile and said.
"Yeah, there's always a lot of pressure from being the leader." George said, "Wood was much crazier than he was before he graduated. He wanted to let us stay on the court every night, but it's a pity that Professor McGonagall didn't allow it."
"But you still lost." Kyle said with a smile.
Their faces immediately darkened, and they stared at Kyle with gritted teeth.
It had to be said that although Kyle's words sounded harsh, they could not refute them, and it was Hufflepuff who broke their hopes of winning the championship.
"That's enough, you guys can't have such good luck again this year."
"Harry won't be fooled a second time!"
"We'll see."
Although they are very good friends, when it comes to Quidditch, there has always been winning and losing, not friends.
"Will you participate in Quidditch this year?" Kyle asked curiously. "As far as I know, haven't you been busy setting up the Weasley Joke Shop?
"Developing products, stocking goods, choosing store locations... these are all things that require a lot of time and energy."
"Ah, yes, but it's okay. If you only participate in training three times a week, you can handle it." Fred rubbed his head.
It was their dream to open a joke shop, but when they started to realize this dream gradually, they realized that it was so troublesome.
The first is the problem of goods. Although they have made many inventions, if they open a store, the quantity is still a bit too shabby.
So they must rack their brains to research more gadgets. Whether they are popular or not, at least they have to be available.
There are almost more than products in Jokowi's Joke Shop, and they can't be too different.
There is also the location of the store, which is also the most troublesome point.
Originally, Sirius said he could help with the shop, but now he is a little too busy taking care of himself because of the Ministry of Magic, so he can't let this distract him.
So the two wanted to do it themselves.
They settled on Diagon Alley, but the rent there was horribly high.
Although they have money now, even renting two rooms is not a problem, but they are all golden galleons, so they have to save if they can.
They have been discussing this matter recently, trying to find a store with a good location and relatively not that expensive... but the result is not very ideal.
But think about it, if there is such a good place, it has probably been occupied by others, so how can they get it?
So they are going to add a little more start-up capital, so that they will be suitable.
It was a store selling owl nuts, but now most people choose to buy a snack when buying a pet, so their business is not very good and they are already planning to move to another place.
But the location of that place is very good, at 93 Diagon Alley, next to Gringotts.