When Hermione's potion finally turned pink, Harry's potion was exactly the same as clear water.

"Alright, it's time!" Slughorn exclaimed, "Please stop stirring!"

He walked slowly between the tables, taking turns checking each cauldron.

Probably because the overall situation was not satisfactory to him, Slughorn made no comment.

He only stirred it once in a while, leaned in to smell it, or shook his head in disappointment.

Finally, he walked over to the table where Evan, Harry, Hermione, and Ron were.

He smiled wryly at the tarry pile in Ron's cauldron, then looked at Evan and Hermione's potions in surprise.

Both of their potions are now pink, and Aven's is a lighter color, closer to completion.

But none of them are finished, mainly because there are too many ingredients in the sleepy beans.

In order to speed things up, both Evan and Hermione's potions added a few drops of Sleepy Bean juice to the original sufficient amount of Sleepy Bean slices, which needed to be boiled for a while.

"Yes, really good, you two have found the trick, it's almost finished, the rest is just a matter of time, I think Aven's potion may be closer to completion, so ......" Slughorn said approvingly, his gaze finally falling on Harry's cauldron, and the expression on his face immediately showed a look of incredible joy, "Wait, what did I see, an undisputed winner!"

The class turned their heads and followed Slughorn's gaze to Harry's cauldron.

"Oh my God, Harry! Oh my God, that's great! You obviously inherited your mother's talent, and Lily was so clever in Potions class!" he shouted to the class in the underground classroom, taking out the vial, "Here, take it, I'll do the math, give you a bottle of Elixir, make good use of it!"

Harry stuffed the vial of golden liquid into the pocket of his robe, feeling very complicated.

He felt a little guilty that this was not his true strength to win this potion of blessings, but to be honest, the annoyed expressions on the faces of those Slytherin students simply made his heart flutter......

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"Harry, how did you do that?" Ron asked impatiently as he left the basement classroom.

When Slughorn announced that Harry was the winner, he had been dumbfounded.

Ron knew Harry's potion level, which is why he was so surprised.

If it had been Evan and Hermione, he wouldn't have been so shocked.

"yes, tell me, what's going on with you two?" Hermione asked.

She half-squinted, looking at Evan and Harry with scrutinizing eyes.

After the group dodged the crowd and made sure no one was eavesdropping, Evan and Harry told the whole story.

It was mainly Harry who said it again, and Evan added two words.

He felt that the owner of the book still had the identity of a half-blood prince, and that it was better for Harry to discover it himself.

This matter does not affect the overall situation, it is a personal feud between Harry and Snape, and it is not good for others to get involved.

And to be honest, Evan just took a cursory look at it, and he hasn't found the half-blood prince's signature.

In the hallway leading to the Gryffindor Tower, Hermione's face grew darker as she listened to Harry's narration.

"You probably think I'm cheating, right?" asked Harry, annoyed by the look on her face.

"yes, you didn't do it on your own, did you?" she said stiffly.

"How I didn't do it on my own. Harry asked in annoyance.

He just did it in a different way than in the book, and obviously the notes worked well. Evan said.

As soon as his words fell, Hermione immediately turned to him menacingly.

"The annotation is very useful?!That's a good explanation, I can't believe it, Aven, that you're following Harry on dangerous operations that haven't been proven, instead of stopping him. She said, "You know, these notes seem to you to work well, and they can be dangerous at the same time!"

"I don't see any danger in changing the direction of the wand. Harry interjected, "I just tried a few tips written in the margins of the book, Hermione, and honestly, there's nothing wrong with that." ”

"But......" Hermione was a little discouraged, seemingly unsure of what to refute.

Indeed, what is the danger of simply changing the direction of the wand's agitation?

"Those improvements to how potions are made don't seem to be dangerous at the moment. Evan said, taking Hermione's hand.

He felt that it was right to be vigilant, and if he didn't know why, he would be careful.

And then again, Snape's note on it seems to be more than just an improvement on the potion recipe.

In addition to this, there is some magic that he studied, real black magic.

Those things are very dangerous, and if they are used indiscriminately, it is easy for accidents to occur.

So, Hermione's worries were warranted.

As for why the Dark Arts is recorded in "Advanced Potions Making", it involves another hobby of Snape, or most gifted wizards are like this, especially Slytherin students, who always have a yearning and desire for powerful dark magic, and secretly study it.

In schools like Durmstrang's, this behavior is encouraged, not forbidden.

At Hogwarts, students learn Defence Against the Dark Arts.

From sixth grade onwards, professors also teach some dark arts knowledge in class or ask students to read dark arts books as an after-school extension.

Only if you really know something about the dark arts, you can better defend against them and fight the dark wizards.

If you think about it that way, there's actually nothing wrong with learning about black magic rather than using it for your own selfish desires.

"Seriously, why are we talking about this kind of topic, in my opinion, that book is simply amazing!" Ron sighed, "Slughorn could have handed me that book, but, alas, no one has written in my textbook. Judging from the situation on page 52, it seems that someone has vomited on it, but ......"

"You didn't get to the point at all, Ron. Hermione seemed to think of something suddenly, and suddenly came to her senses, "The key problem now is that Evan and Harry are believing in an unknown magic book and following the instructions above, this behavior is very dangerous, have you forgotten that diary?"

Ron stopped talking, and the incident of Riddle's diary was still fresh in his memory.

He was controlled by Riddle to do that, freeing the basilisk and nearly killing the others.

"It's different!" Harry said immediately.

"I didn't feel any magic on it, it was just an ordinary magic book, it couldn't be a Horcrux or something. Evan lowered his voice and looked around.

Hermione was right to be vigilant, but the only thing bad was being too insistent.

It will not be easy to convince her if you don't show real evidence or make it clear. 10