As December approaches, Hogwarts faces a triple test of winds, rain, and snow.

However, the Hufflepuff common room, with its huge fireplace, is still quite warm.

As Jon approached the Durmstrang ship parked on the lake, he couldn't help but feel a moment of silence for the Durmstrang students, as the ship swayed in the wind and its black sails danced in the dark night sky...... However, considering their terrible living environment, I am afraid that they have already adapted to this kind of life.

In addition, in the Magical Beasts Conservation class, Beauxbatons' huge, strong Balomino horses will smell of malt wine wafting from their troughs...... This made many students get drunk. It seems that Hagrid has really put a lot of money into taking care of these pegasies.

Also, Rita Skeeter, the female reporter for the Daily Prophet, also seems to have her eye on Hagrid. She would often come to the Forbidden Forest to sit in on and interview Hagrid in detail. The innocent Hagrid thought that he was about to reach the peak of his life, and every time he visited, he was happy to get rid of everything he knew......

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In the Friday afternoon divination class, Professor Sybil Trelawney began to teach them palmistry.

They yawned as they listened to Trelawney's rambling analysis.

"Your lifeline is the shortest, dear I've ever seen, except perhaps Mr. Potter in the fourth year......" said Professor Trelawney in a serious manner with Colin Creevey of Gryffindor, scaring the timid boy for a moment.

"How do I extend my lifeline, Professor ......," Colin Creevey said with a shudder.

Professor Trelawney rubbed Colin's hand repeatedly, then looked closely...... Even her big black-rimmed glasses were almost glued to Colin's hands.

"You have to ......," Professor Trelawney said mysteriously, "stay away from a man with glasses......"

Colin Creevey opened his mouth, glanced at Trelawney's large, black-rimmed glasses, and fled several steps back in fright.

The sleepy Zacharis-Smith, grabbing Jon's hand, looked lazily.

"Let me see...... Your lifeline...... It's long, it's deep, it's ruddy...... This proves that your life will be more tenacious than a cockroach......"

"That's a good thing!" Jon said with a smile.

"Your emotional line...... Feathery ...... This proves that you will be very popular with the opposite sex......" said as he looked at the book "Cutting the Fog and Looking into the Future".

"I wish your prophecy came true......"

"No, I read the wrong ......" Zacharis shook his head: "The feathered ones are actually marriage threads...... This represents loyalty, but ...... twists and turns."

"And the fate line...... Why do you have two lines of destiny, one big and one small?" Zacharis shouted with some fuss: "The book doesn't write what the two lines of destiny mean......"

"Maybe I'm tough?" Jon guessed casually.

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On Saturday night, Jon showed up at Snape's office.

This time, his task was rather troublesome...... Because his task today is to collect the eggs of the Ash Serpent.

The Grey Serpent is a red-eyed snake with a thin, grayish-white body that emerges from the ashes of an unattended type of demonic fire and swims into the shadows to find shelter for itself, leaving a trail of ash in its wake. They have a lifespan of only one hour, during which time they find a dark, hidden place to lay their eggs, and then their bodies fall apart and turn to dust.

The eggs of the Grey Snake are very sensitive, and within a few minutes of being laid, if not frozen by the Freezing Charm, they will burn violently, and can easily burn down an entire house.

When Armando Duppet was Headmaster, the wizarding fairy tale Fountain of Good Luck was adapted into a pantomime at Hogwarts. In this play, Professor Kettleburn plays the role of a bloated, blind "earthworm" with a fiery snake that has been enchanted with an expansion charm. As a result, it laid a bunch of huge snake eggs under the "foot of the mountain" of the set, which set the floor on fire. The intense fire swept through the stage, threatening to engulf the entire auditorium, and the teachers and students had to evacuate from the auditorium. Since then, Hogwarts has banned pantomime performances.

The eggs of the fire ash snake are very versatile: in addition to being a rather dangerous weapon, they are also the most important ingredient in aphrodisiacs, and when taken directly with licorice, they can also treat diseases such as malaria......

It is also strictly controlled by the Ministry of Magic...... Jon didn't know how Snape got his hands on the Grey Serpents, but it looked like they hadn't been obtained through proper means.

To be honest, dealing with the Grey Serpent was no easy task, and in just an hour and a half, Jon's dragonskin coat had been burned several times, and there were a few more burns on his body...... However, with Snape's help, he was able to freeze all of the Grey Serpent's eggs under a Cryo Charm and put them in jars.

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"Hart!" When Jon was done with this, Snape suddenly spoke, "You don't have to come here from next week!"

"Huh?" Jon was a little surprised, "Why, Professor?"

"The herbs that should have been prepared are almost ready......," Snape said coldly, "at least for a year or two...... There's no need for the rest of ......."

Then, the Potions teacher was stunned for a moment, and said with some difficulty: "Hart...... You come with me!"

Following Snape, Jon followed him to the back of the herb rack.

There is a table with a thick layer of parchment on it.

"I should have told you about the Potions sequence!" Snape said with a serious face.

"Yes, Professor......" Jon nodded, "but I tried it badly, very badly......"

"It's terrible to just touch an elephant by a blind man!" said Snape, raising his head contemptuously, and opened the parchment on the table:

"There are a total of 118 potions found so far...... Of course, it could be 119 or even more......" Snape's face showed a rare serious expression: "For each wizard and each potion, the sequence is different...... But in fact, these potion sequences can be divided into 18 different families and several cycles......"

"Each potion will only correspond to one family, but it will be distributed in different cycles...... So trying the potion sequence is actually easier than you think!"

As he spoke, Snape threw the parchment full of forms in Jon's face, "Take it back and remember it...... Give me back the next Potions lesson!"

"Get out!"

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