Chapter 191: The Contradictions of Human Nature
Sometimes you have to admit that human nature is complex and contradictory, just like Harry Potter.
He's been a transparent person in Aunt Penny's house for ten years, doesn't he crave attention?
Of course desire.
He's just an ordinary kid, nothing special,
Except for a scar on the head.
Therefore, he longs to care about his family, longs to have classmates who pay attention to him, and longs to have some shining points, which are all what a normal child wants.
It's the same with Harry Potter.
Peel back the savior's coat, he is just an ordinary child.
It's just that when he first arrives in the wizarding world, the title of savior will make him novel, and then the behavior of his classmates like watching rare animals brings him more trouble and boredom.
Even if you want to get attention, it must not be the attention of this kind of strange eyes.
Therefore, after discovering his Quidditch talent, Harry would practice Quidditch desperately, desperately trying to win, which he felt was the only thing he could win on his own.
It is impossible to say that he has no doubts about his title of savior.
At first, he may think it's nothing, so he can calmly pick up his hair to show others the scars on his head, but what about after that?
Never again, he hated people talking about the scars on his head, and even hated the title of savior.
It is a complex and gradual process.
Especially after knowing this scar, the identity of this savior, was the death of his parents, and his mother sacrificed his life in exchange, he didn't want this identity even more.
But this has nothing to do with the fact that he wants to express himself, he wants to be in the limelight, he just doesn't like people to say "savior" or something when they see him, but other than that, he has been trying to show himself as much as possible.
For Harry, what he longs for is not the identity of the savior, but the person of Harry Potter.
Even if he is later forced to embark on the path of "savior", he will try his best to show his true self.
Unlike other children, Harry Potter is unusually precocious and extremely sensitive to the emotions of others.
He disliked Draco when he first met him in the books, believed Hagrid when he met him, and decided to be friends with Ron when he met him,......
There are many similar examples.
This is the ability to judge and make decisions that other children do not have.
These are the shining points of Harry.
Throughout the book, everyone around Harry made mistakes, whether it was Ron, Hermione, or Dumbledore and McGonagall, they all missed.
But what about Harry himself?
No, he never missed or hesitated when it came to judging based on what he knew.
It's still a bit inappropriate to think of such a person as a simple child.
And when did he become like this?
After the Philosopher's Stone, when the Chamber of Secrets.
Therefore, it is almost impossible to say that Harry himself did not have the slightest feeling about Dumbledore's arrangement.
It is also because of this that he can accept and face it calmly in the later stage.
And like now, Severus sees Harry Potter now, he can see stubbornness, pride and a touch of arrogance on this face.
This is the expression that people who have just escaped from their cage and have just entered a new world will have.
But after the Philosopher's Stone, these things were almost gone, and they disappeared so quickly.
In a way, Harry did have the same personality as Lord Voldemort.
It's just that after Voldemort was put on a role by Dumbledore as a child, he no longer trusted others, so he became Voldemort.
And Harry Potter just covered up some flaws and did his best to be himself, and at the same time, he always had people around him who were worthy of his trust.
Therefore, the two were destined to follow different paths.
Their essence is still different.
But it's impossible to imagine Potter as a saint.
Just like now, he is obviously still lacking some of the beatings of society.
As a result, Severus even felt that Professor Snape's targeting of Harry Potter might have been Dumbledore's acquiescence.
"Oh, Harry... Potter," Severus's cold voice echoed throughout the classroom, "You seem to think you can already make potions directly, do you?" ”
Severus didn't care about Ron's tugging on Harry, and neither did Harry.
He continued to stare into Harry's eyes, and so did Harry.
For the first time, Severus felt that these eyes were so blind.
When was the last time you were looked at like this?
It seems to be Severus. Snape said that Lily Evans was a Mudblood.
These eyes looked at him the same way, firm and decisive.
It wasn't Severus who chose to go against Harry Potter, on the contrary, it was Harry Potter who chose to.
He looked at Ron who was trying to pull him around Harry Potter again. Weasley, Severus seemed to understand something.
"In that case, let's ask a few questions," Severus continued, not bothering anything else.
"Potter, what do you get if you add daffodil root powder to the wormwood infusion?"
Harry was dazed.
Of course he didn't know, he had only previewed the first lesson.
Severus shook his head, "Then one more time,"
"Potter, if I asked you to find a piece of dung stone (writing about bezoars always feels a bit weird), where would you find it?"
Harry Potter still didn't know.
At the same time, Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle on the other side were already laughing unconsciously, and some Slytherin students were shaking their shoulders.
Obviously, in the first grade, they didn't know much about Severus's character.
Glancing coldly at Draco, his laughter immediately abruptly stopped.
The rest of the Slytherins kept their mouths shut.
Then, Severus glanced at Hermione Granger again, the "jack-of-all-trades" lady who had raised her hand high.
Harry Potter himself obviously knew that he was being targeted, but he didn't think he was at fault.
"I don't know, Professor." Harry continued to look at Severus with his emerald green eyes.
This made Severus's heart a little more irritable.
"Potter, what is the difference between scapular aconitum and wolf venom aconitum then?"
"I don't know." Harry whispered.
Under Severus's strong momentum, Harry Potter also had to bow his head for it.
"Professor, I know." At this time, Hermione Granger on the side couldn't bear it anymore, she felt that Gryffindor would definitely be deducted points if she continued like this.
"Together, narcissus root powder and wormwood can be formulated into a very potent sleeping pill, which is a serving of life and death water. The bezoar is a stone taken from the stomach of a cow and has a strong detoxifying effect. As for Aconitum scaphoida and Aconitum lupus, they are the same plant, also collectively referred to as Aconitum sinensis. ”
Without Severus' permission, Hermione said quickly.
"Very well," Severus said lightly, "you don't hurry up and write it down!" ”
Then, the whole classroom remembered the sound of quill writing.
"Hermione. Granger answered correctly, and Gryffindor added one point. ”
When Severus's voice rang out, the entire classroom of students who were writing looked up in surprise.
Severus would never give Gryffindor points easily, as they had heard from various seniors and seniors.
"However, due to Mr. Potter and Miss Granger's disregard for classroom discipline, Gryffindor will be deducted two points for this!"
Suddenly, the students who raised their heads had expressions of "sure enough" on their faces.