Chapter 66: Halloween
"Concentrate and pour this drop of dragon blood into it. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Yes, sir!"
Vio was dizzy from the smoke in a pile of steam, but when he heard the professor's urging voice, he still didn't dare to slack off, and agreed again and again. After all, Professor Snape's opportunity to tutor alone was not easy for her.
She coughed a few times, and without stopping to take a breath, she took the crucible off the red-hot iron, cooled it in cold water, and then put the Motra sap in it, stirring it non-stop.
The confinement lasted for three hours, from six to nine, and Vio ran around the small office like a hard-working little mole, fetching potions and materials from the lattice racks, and then adding them to the crucible, taking care not to make too much noise to disturb Professor Snape, who was reading the newspaper.
Even so, whenever the professor smelled something wrong, he couldn't help but scold.
"Put it there and continue tomorrow night. The professor finally said.
Vio was pardoned, she was so tired that she was lying on the ground and didn't want to move.
But the professor told her to stand and had something to ask her.
Vio pricked up his ears and heard him say, "How do you know about things with me?"
It turned out that this vio was a lot like asking to tell him next time, but understood that it was unlikely.
"Professor: Actually, it's not hard to come out. Vio said, a little smug, and now she casually made up the reasons more and more smoothly. "My father, Mr. Santreel, attended Hogwarts at the same time as Mr. Malfoy, and while he always kept a knack for some of the things that Mr. Malfoy was passionate about, he remembered his friends around him, like you. He said that some of the anecdotes from that time were not about you, but about Harry's parents, and the twists and turns of their acquaintance were interesting. My mother loves to hear this. She felt a little romantic."
"That's enough! Professor Snape couldn't hold back, then reminded coldly.
Vio chuckled in his heart, but immediately changed his narrative in a serious way: "Actually, it was your attitude towards Harry that you ostensibly hit everyone in Gryffindor, but it was Harry who was most targeted. It's nothing, but you can't help but pay attention to him, like the troll, you keep looking him in the eye and never look away. I happened to hear my father say that Harry's mother's eyes were green. ”
"Hmph, nosy. Professor Snape put the book back on the table, "If your brain were to use potions, you wouldn't waste your time and my life. Let's go. ”
Vio nodded, then turned to leave.
As she reached the door, the professor's voice came from behind her, "If you dare to mention this in front of anyone, I'll throw you into the pile of runes." ”
When Vio returned to her bedroom, she felt cold, as if there were three snakes waiting for her.
However, she was in a good mood, the anti-snake venom she made tonight could only resist the poison of ordinary poisonous snakes at present, but it was only missing a material blood coagulation, as long as that material was found, the final product could even unravel the basilisk's venom.
The next few days flew by, with Vio attending classes as usual during the day and running to the professor at night to "confine", and her potion making skills improved rapidly under the professor's unremitting provocation and scolding. Although he couldn't stand shoulder to shoulder with Draco, he was able to survive a little Hermione's level once in a while.
When Halloween was a few days away, Hufflepuff's Linnaeus intercepted Vio in the Great Hall, which was seen by Crabbe, Goyle and Xiao Luo, who took advantage of Linnaeus's back to him and made a disdainful gesture to Vio, he thought that Vio couldn't understand Muggles, but in fact, Vio was angry, but she was embarrassed to get angry in front of Linnaeus.
Then Crabbe and Goyle thought it was cool, so they followed Xiao Luo's gesture happily, and even the expressions on their faces were very consistent.
Vio saw the inexplicable joy and laughed in front of Linnaeus, who was very happy and said, "So you agreed, right? So, I'll be waiting for you here at half past six on Halloween night." ”
Vio came back to his senses and said regretfully, "Sorry I was a little distracted, I didn't hear what you just said"
Linnaeus's eyes dimmed for a moment, but he quickly and patiently repeated the invitation just now: "That's right, last year, due to an accident, I thought, I owe you a Kakago banquet, so, this Halloween, in the open space under the West Tower. Would you like to go?"
Vio was silent for a while, weighing it in her mind for a long time, and finally she whispered, "I'm very sorry, Sir Nick Mimsci, who almost lost his head, invited me to his death party a long time ago, and I thought there would be no other activities on Halloween, so I agreed"
Linnaeus was a little surprised and disappointed by this answer, but he suppressed these emotions with enough restraint that nothing leaked in his face or eyes. "It's okay, I just thought, you used to seem curious about Hufflepuff's food banquets. ”
"I'm curious now, too. Vio quickly answered.
Linnaeus sensed her eagerness and felt a little comforted. He said softly, "There will always be a chance." I still owe you a banquet. ”
Vio looked at his back and felt very guilty, although she was completely wrong about this matter, but, compared to the fact that she always caused trouble and vomited bitterness to Linnaeus, Linnaeus never asked her for anything, and it was a pity for Vio to disappoint such a gentle person.
In the blink of an eye, Halloween is here.
The auditorium was already decorated with live bats as usual. The large pumpkin that Hagrid had planted a few days ago that was more than one person tall came in handy at this moment. The smaller of them, plucked before they were ripe, were carved into grimace lanterns. The larger ones were carved into pumpkin wagons, with a bunch of ferrets Hagrid had gotten out of nowhere to act as horses.
Many girls from the Muggle world happily dressed up as princesses sat in it, and the children who grew up in wizarding families didn't understand it very well, but they found it interesting to watch.
Hermione also pulled Vio into one of the carriages, Harry and Ron were reluctant to get up, but after Hermione gave up a threatening look, they gave up completely resisting and resigned themselves to the door with their heads bowed.
The carriage drove slowly around several courtyards of the school, and Hermione told Vio a lot about Grimm's and Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, and they happily poked their heads out of the car window to look at the familiar castle.
Harry and Ron huddled inside, not wanting to be aware that they were in the car.
At seven o'clock, they finally got out of the car. Vio and Hermione watched the wagon go away, still a little unsatisfied, as Harry and Ron had been planning to destroy Hagrid's massive pumpkins before Halloween next year.
They walked straight through the doorway and headed for the basement classroom.
There, a special banquet awaited them. (To be continued.) "Elegy for Glory" only represents the author's point of view, if its content is found to be in violation of national laws and conflicts, please delete it, the position is only committed to providing a healthy and green reading platform.
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