Chapter 035 Potions Materials

"Oh my God! He agrees that you can ask questions about Potions at any time! After class, Hermione grabbed Catherine's hand and shook it vigorously, "Why didn't I meet such a good thing?" ”

"That's a good thing!" Ron had a look of disgust on his face, "For me, it would take eighteen lifetimes of bad luck to encounter this kind of 'good thing'!" ”

"That's good for you, and for Hermione and Catherine, of course." Harry persuaded half-joyed, "But no one expected Catherine to be favored by Snape. ”

"It seems that Professor Snape really hates you," Catherine said helplessly, "you really need to step up your Potions class, or he'll definitely deduct points for this!" ”

"Don't talk about it!" Harry waved his hand vigorously, as if trying to knock Snape off in his mind, "Hagrid asked me to come to him in the afternoon, Catherine, would you like to come along?" ”

"No," Catherine shook her head, "there are no classes in the afternoon, and I'm going to ask Professor Snape how to learn Potions." ”

"You must sue me after you ask!" Hermione shook Catherine's hand vigorously until she nodded in agreement.

"We don't need to." Ron said palely, pulling Harry and running towards the Gryffindor table.

"These two guys!" Hermione said angrily.

Catherine smiled slightly, did not answer, but showed envious eyes at the backs of the two.

Snape's office was next door to the Potions classroom, both of which were located on the basement level, not far from the Slytherin common room, and both had almost the same style, with stone walls as the doors, except that the first two had serpentine sculptures on the stone doors, while the latter did not.

When Catherine arrived at the door of Snape's office after lunch, she suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to ask him for the password to enter, and for a moment she didn't know if she should go up and knock on the door, but then she heard a hissing sound.

“May－I－help－you,Young－Fairy?”

Catherine followed the prestige and found that it was the serpent at the door who spoke.

She was slightly startled, and hurriedly replied, "I'm here to find Professor Snape." ”

"What's your name?" The serpent asked, spitting out snake letters.

"Catherine."

"Professor Snape told you to let him know as soon as you arrived, but he's on the move." The serpent squirmed and crawled in front of Catherine.

"Then can you open the door for me first, let me in and wait for him?" Catherine felt creepy but didn't back down.

"Of course." With the sound of the serpent's hiss, the stone door slowly opened.

Catherine walked in, and the first thing she noticed was the two stone doors facing the entrance, on which was a sleeping serpent, and then she began to look into the large but somewhat dimly lit room, with a set of desks and chairs at one end, and two windows behind them, both of which were closed with thick curtains, completely devoid of light, and at the other end there were four green sofas and a round table, and on all four walls were shelves, on which were many books and glass jars, and in which various specimens floated, Catherine curiously approached to watch.

"Don't touch anything," the serpent's voice sounded behind Catherine, "or Professor Snape would be very angry." ”

"I'm just looking, I'm not going to touch it." Catherine ignored the serpent guarding the door, and focused entirely on the jars.

Therefore, when Snape walked out of his real room, the first thing he saw was Catherine on the shelf, and then he saw the stone door that was still open, and when he saw this, he immediately turned his head and glared at the platinum head behind him, and Draco who followed him couldn't help but show an innocent look, and when he saw the open stone door along Snape's hand, he couldn't help but let out a slight exclamation.

This exclamation immediately woke Catherine, she jumped backwards, and flung her right hand to the sound without looking, and Snape saw her movements, and without hesitation, pulled Draco to the side, and then heard a "choking", and a specimen jar next to them was broken by a silver light.

"I'm sorry! Professor! I didn't mean to! Catherine saw that she was attacking, hurriedly put down her hand and put away her wand, bowing her head to admit her mistake, "I didn't notice your arrival. ”

"Didn't notice?" Draco asked, puzzled.

Catherine smiled slightly and didn't answer, but she was already quickly investigating the reason in her heart.

"Haven't you been as energetic lately as you have been in the tireless Gryffindors?" Snape took out his wand and restored the broken specimen jar to its original state.

"I haven't used magic at all this week, except yesterday afternoon." Catherine stole the concept in an innocent tone, and of course it was exactly what she said.

The mermaid was persistently harassed during the morning exercises, but was sent away by Snape, who accompanied her; Catherine didn't ask Tracey for help during class, so she didn't use any magic; And the reason why she can't use magic is not because she is not proficient enough, and naturally she doesn't need to practice after class; As for the Slytherin sneak attack, even people were found hiding there, so why bother using magic?

"Still can't make it?" Snape frowned slightly.

"If it hadn't helped." Catherine smiled helplessly.

"It?" Draco asked again, but neither of the other two answered for him.

"Your weakness seems to have been discovered." Yesterday afternoon, the frozen trap had been set up on the way from the Potions classroom to the Slytherin common room, and it was hard for Snape to find out.

"There are gains and losses!" Catherine smiled calmly, "I've found an alternative. ”

"What's the solution?" Draco asked for a third time.

But Catherine was clearly not ready to explain, and Snape, after thinking for a moment, suddenly opened his right hand and asked, "What is in my hand?" ”

Draco could sense that Snape was preparing a spell in his hand, but his eyes couldn't tell what it was.

But Catherine simply reached out and touched Snape's palm with her fingertips, closed her eyes and pondered for a moment, then said, "Levitation Charm." ”

"How do you know?" Draco couldn't help but ask, and this time he finally got an answer.

"When I first came into contact with magical items, I noticed that magic fluctuates, and after a series of experiments, I can roughly identify the frequency of fluctuations in commonly used magic." Catherine raised her hand and rubbed her fingertips lightly, "But the frequency of magic fluctuations in the air is much weaker than in solids and liquids. She reluctantly said that her fingertips were clearly less than an inch from Snape's palm, but she could no longer sense his magic fluctuations.

"You don't mean to say," Draco's face was full of disbelief, "the reason why wizards can sense the existence of magic is because we can sense the fluctuations of magic in the air through our skin. ”

"I can think of it as a talent that can hardly be cultivated with acquired training, until last night when I was preparing for today's potions lesson," Catherine's face suddenly became rosy, and her tone became a little excited, "I suddenly noticed that there were strong magical fluctuations in the steam coming from the potion, and I thought I might be able to find a way to detect the existence of magic through the potion." ”

Finding a way to detect the existence of magic through potions is already a topic involving the origin of magic, and such a question coming out of the mouth of a first-year person feels not incredible, but ridiculous.

"Impossible!" It was Draco's exclamation, and Snape's reaction was much calmer.

"What are you going to do?" He just spoke with some surprise.

"I'd like to learn potions from you—" Catherine looked up at Snape, "real potions!" ”

"Do you really want to learn?" Snape stared into Catherine's eyes.

"Yes." Catherine replied firmly.

"Then I'll memorize this book first." Snape waved his wand, and a large six-inch thick piece suddenly appeared in mid-air and slammed into the small round table next to Catherine.

Looking at the nearly thirteen-inch-sized book of "The Complete Works of Potions Materials" on the table, Catherine twitched the corners of her mouth and asked, "Do you have to memorize it word by word?" ”

"As long as you can distinguish it all, and integrate it."

"That's good." Catherine was visibly relieved.

"How long will it take?"

"Two days."

"Two days!" Draco let out another high-pitched exclamation.

"Have you forgotten that the next two days are weekends? Draco! Catherine looked at the platinum boy in front of her and deliberately asked in a very innocent tone.

"Of course I know!" Draco felt the urge to vomit blood.

"I'll put you to the test in two days at the Potions Classroom." Snape closed the coffin directly, and did not seem to be at all surprised by Catherine's statement.

After dinner that day, Catherine's claim that she could memorize the Complete Potions Materials in two days had spread throughout the school, and those who heard it thought it was impossible, and a few who had been lucky enough to see Snape's Complete Potions Materials decided that it was a fantasy.

Because this Complete Collection of Potions Materials, in addition to the original printed content, had many notes made by Snape himself, and in Draco's words, he could barely finish it if he was given two days, so almost no one in the whole of Hogwarts believed that Catherine could do it.

As the protagonist of the incident, Catherine has been sleeping when she should be sleeping, eating when she should have eaten, and she has not looked nervous at all, and even has time to chat with Hermione and others who came to inquire about the news.

After lunch on Sunday, thanks to the efforts of a few students who had unfortunately been locked up by Snape, the Potions classroom was filled with all kinds of materials, many of which were high-grade materials that Snape had Draco take out of his private storage, and fortunately these high-level materials only needed a few samples, otherwise Draco alone would not have been able to move them, and Snape would never allow anyone else to enter his private storage.

When Catherine followed Snape over, she was quite amazed to see the "spectacular" scene inside, and Draco even gave her a playful expression, which made Catherine a little unhappy in her heart, of course, on the surface, she still had that confident smile, and she didn't even raise her eyebrows, which made Draco a little dissatisfied.