Hogwarts, Basement 1, Potions classroom.

"Wow, it hurts, Hannah, you're too heavy. ”

Elena whispered pitifully as she ran through her crumpled little hair, and for a moment she felt like her soul was almost being dragged out by Hannah.

"Shhh ”

Hannah raised her index finger and made a silent gesture, tilting her head towards the podium in front of her.

The Potions classroom was much colder than the main castle building above, with some animal and plant specimens soaked in glass jars along the walls, and there was an indifferent professor with a paralyzed face in the classroom at the moment, which made the entire underground classroom exude a low pressure and gloomy aura - even if a hundred ghosts were crammed into this classroom like sardine cans, there might not be enough to create a more suffocating and oppressive atmosphere.

All the young wizards behaved very well-behaved, talking carefully and softly, as if Professor Snape, who was sitting on the edge of the podium, would turn into a giant snake and swallow the loud man in one gulp.

Unfortunately, Snape at the desk didn't know what the little wizards were imagining, and he was quietly looking through the student roster, his eyes passing over the classroom from time to time, his lips moving silently, obviously silently asking for the number of people in the classroom.

...... Forty-nine, fifty, fifty-one, well, it's all there.

Snape tapped his finger on the roster, and a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes—it was still a quarter of an hour before nine o'clock, and all the students in the class had arrived, and it seemed that this year's little devils were at least in a decent manner.

In a sense, it's good news.

"Very well, it looks like everyone is here. ”

Severus Snape stood up with the roster of students, cleared his throat slightly, and was depressed to find that almost all the children in the classroom except for the little silver-haired witch were shaking - was he so terrible?

Perhaps he should have asked Professor Dumbledore to add a clause to the school rules prohibiting any private discrediting or discrediting of the subjects, especially the Potions professor.

Snape's cheeks trembled slightly, suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart, and continued unhurriedly at his own pace.

"Before I begin the roll call, I have a few classroom disciplines that I would like to highlight in particular, gentlemen and ladies and gentlemen, and I will not repeat them a second time. ”

"First of all, I am not allowed to talk to each other in class, and if I want to speak, I need to raise my hand first, and I can only ask questions after I agree. ”

Snape glanced at the group of students sitting in the Potions classroom, and his eyes lingered for a moment on the young first-year wizards of Ravenclaw House - as for Hufflepuffs, these children were generally obedient except for a little less spirituality and a little stuffiness.

"Second, don't try to be lazy with the tricks you've learned in other classes, and don't be foolish enough to try any spells that can help with potions, the only spells you need are cleansing spells and healing spells. ”

Snape said, looking up at Elena, who had a serious expression on her face.

Over the years, young wizards who have shown great talent in magic have not always shown their talent in Potions class - not that they are not talented enough, but because some children will unconsciously use their talents to trick themselves.

"The third and most important point. Potions is one of the most rigorous and dangerous subjects in all of Hogwarts, so please follow the steps I have explained, and don't use your naïve brains to omit, add, or modify my steps."

At this point, Snape's tone was a little darker.

Although he emphasized this issue several times a year, the number of injured people in Potions class remained high, and the damned "genius" imps challenged Snape's imagination of Potions time and time again.

For example, in the process of brewing a tranquilizer, the destructive power of an explosion spell was generated, a simple antipyretic potion was turned into a highly corrosive potion, and when making a hair growth potion, a terrible poisonous mist was developed that almost stunned the entire classroom......

Snape shook his head, suppressed the bad memories that kept churning in his mind, looked around at the young faces in the classroom, paused, and whispered with a cold face:

"In the history of Hogwarts, there have been many cases of injury, disability, and even death due to improper practices, and I hope that by the end of this term, all of you here will not be one of them because of your own stupidity and carelessness. ”

Accompanied by Severus Snape's cold voice, and his black pupils as deep and hollow as two pitch-black tunnels, most of the young wizards couldn't help but shudder again, and their bodies seemed to shrink in a circle, and they nodded their heads with fear on their faces.

"Well, if there are no other problems, we will start roll call and grouping. ”

Snape raised his eyebrows, if he could make these children less stupid and incorrect, not to mention intimidating, even harsher reprimands he felt necessary.

Due to the uneven foundation of the young wizards, the teaching method of Potions classes in the lower grades is generally operated in pairs of two, which can also prevent accidents from happening more effectively - after all, the chance of two people making mistakes at the same time is much smaller than the chance of one person making mistakes. (Note: Click to expand)

At this moment, at the back of the right side of the classroom, a white swaying little arm was raised high, like a seaweed seaweed, seaweed seaweed, fluttering with the waves, seaweed seaweed, dancing in the waves......

Snape's eyes narrowed, his eyes following the dangling arm to the delicate little face, and the blonde Lori next to her, who was trying to pull Elena's hand out of the air.

"Do you have any grievances or doubts about the classroom discipline I just mentioned? ”

"Yes, Professor Snape, I have a little doubt. ”

Elena gave Hannah a "everything under control" look at Hannah next to her, nodded and replied.

"You said before that you can't talk to each other, but if I find a mistake in the operation of a nearby classmate, can I remind him in time to avoid subsequent accidents?"

Hearing Elena's question, Snape raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Of course, if they're so stupid that they can't even copy it, at least guide them to the level of ordinary people, so that it's a safer choice for them and for you. ”

This was the first time in many years that a young wizard had asked him this question at the beginning of the lesson—it was a boring question, but at least it proved that the kid had thought carefully about the lessons he had said, rather than just listening.

The legendary [Potions Class Deduction Dead] - was pried.

Elena's eyes lit up, and the corners of her mouth curled slightly.

For so many years, Professor Snape's demerit criteria have been a terrible deadlock.

This is mainly due to his 360° deduction of points:

Points will be deducted if there is a problem, points will be deducted if there is no problem, points will be deducted if you ask a question, and points will be deducted if you don't ask a question......

- No matter how the young wizards try to defend themselves, they will always find a flaw in the experienced Professor Snape.

However, after gathering the wisdom of many "pseudo-wizards who did not receive a Hogwarts admission letter", people have long summarized and discussed various simple and effective countermeasures.

"Actually, I have one more question, which may be a little offensive to you, the professor. ”

Elena blinked, and whispered cautiously like a timid fawn, "But I think it's very necessary to bring it up before class, Professor Snape, you see......"

"If there's anything you have, just ask, if it's related to the Potions class. ”

Snape frowned, a little impatient.

"By the way, this is the last question. ”

Snape looked down at Elena's clear eyes, thought for a moment, and added that he didn't know why, but there was a vague feeling of unease in his heart, as if something was starting to get out of his grasp.

Elena smiled sweetly, stood up, looked up at Professor Snape innocently, and asked cutely like a curious baby in a kindergarten.

"I've heard from the seniors of the various houses that Professor Snape has a special bias towards Slytherin, so students from other houses are very easy to pick on in your class, and if you are not careful, you will be locked up or deducted points. ”

As Elena's voice fell, the entire classroom was in an uproar.

Almost all the young wizards turned around and looked at the silver-haired little witch who was staring at Professor Snape with the eyes of a martyr and a hero—could it only be said that she had almost broken the head of the eldest sister in Slytherin House?

"Huh?!"

Snape's face finally changed, the green tendons on his forehead fluffed slightly, and he let out a cold snort of displeasure, and squinted his eyes slightly at Elena, with a hint of thoughtful scrutiny in his eyes.

"Elena, are you crazy? What are you doing?"

Hannah, who was sitting next to Elena, was almost scared and cried, pulling Elena's arm with both hands, trying to save her best friend who suddenly seemed to have lost her mind from the brink of death - the feeling of being targeted by a snake was so terrifying that she didn't even dare to move her gaze in the direction of Professor Snape.

"But!"

Facing Professor Snape, whose face was clouded, and the atmosphere of the classroom becoming more and more stagnant, Elena smiled slightly, and continued in a relaxed tone:

"But...... I've always thought that a wizard who can study wonderful potions is not the ruthless person they call it. If so, can you tell us about a demerit in Potions class so that we can better follow the discipline in class. ”

"But...... I've always thought that a wizard who can study wonderful potions is not the ruthless person they call it. If so, can you tell us about a demerit in Potions class so that we can better follow the discipline in class. ”