Chapter 214: The Autumn of Trouble
"What the hell...... What's going on?"
Snape opened his hazy eyes, awoke from his slumber, looked at the familiar room setup in front of him, and closed his eyes again to recall some fragments of memory.
"It seems like ...... last night Have a nightmare?" Snape covered his eyes with the back of his hand, trying to remember what had happened last night. He remembered faintly hearing a strange cry, and then ...... I can't remember anything.
Those things were not memories at all, and Snape only vaguely remembered crying, and then he lost consciousness, what was going on?
Just as Snape was still pondering why, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the clock in the corner and suddenly bounced out of bed, and he found that he had slept until half past nine in the morning.
This is simply an unforgivable sin for a potions master who is strict with himself.
Snape hurriedly got up and changed into his robes, reached out and patted his twitching cheek, and immediately rushed to the Potions classroom.
There was no doubt that the Potions professor was late.
Snape's release of the student pigeons soon spread throughout Hogwarts Castle.
This is rare big news, it's hard to imagine that someone like Snape would be late for class?
It's a rare novelty in ten years.
It took less than half an hour for the news to spread almost throughout Hogwarts, and it was even more sensational than the morning when the stupid Slytherin students were caught on a night outing.
No way, it's hard for anyone to imagine that something like that could happen.
Of course, no one dared to discuss this matter openly. No one wanted to be caught by Snape and become the chicken who made an example of the monkey, and everyone noticed Snape's gloomy expression as if someone owed him 10,000 Galleons, so he naturally wouldn't die.
"What a lively day!" Albert yawned and ate on a slice of bread, listening to the gossip girls next to him tell interesting things.
Last night's haunting of the castle's underground was rumored to be a strange cry in the bathroom on the second floor, some said it was actually a crying myrtle in the bathroom on the second floor, others said it might be Peeves playing a prank, and of course, there were also people who ...... Anyway, Albert was happy to see it.
As for the Slytherin students who were caught by Filch, everyone was more interested in watching the excitement, anyway, seeing that Slytherin House was deducted points, the students of the other three houses were all in a good mood, as if they had drunk a large amount of butterbeer.
Fred, who knew the truth, couldn't help but laugh, and they all knew that the hapless Slytherin student had undoubtedly become Albert's substitute.
Still, they were happy to see it, and there was nothing more pleasing than seeing the bad luck of a guy they hated.
"When will Snape find out he's lost something, you say?" Fred and the others were sitting in the room to look at the pot of mandrakes Albert had gotten, and George next to him couldn't help but hold his stomach and laugh.
"Not so soon, Snape should be suspicious, unless they find out that there is a pot of mandrake missing from the greenhouse, but I don't think Professor Sprout will find out so quickly, after all, she has so many magical plants to take care of, and she has to teach her students every day, so how can she have time to remember how many pots. Albert explained casually.
"Makes sense. George wiped tears from his eyes and nodded, "If Professor Sprout had only grown those mandrakes, she would have found a problem, but there were so many things she needed to care about that she couldn't remember them all." ”
"Are you going to return this pot of mandrake?" asked Lee Jordan suddenly, with Albert's ability, there was naturally a way to quietly send the mandrake back to the question. As long as the mandrake was returned, the matter was largely flawless, and even if Snape suspected that the cry was from the mandrake, he had no evidence.
"No, I still have this stuff to use. Albert was ready to make it into a dark magic prop, and as for the problem of salt, he was sure he would be able to solve it.
It's not like before, edible salt is not expensive.
"What if Snape guessed?" asked George, believing that Snape was not stupid, as long as he contacted the rumors of the castle and went to Professor Sprout to make sure, he would soon be able to link these things together, maybe not in the first two days, but he would definitely still be discovered.
"What if he finds out, he can't torture all the students, and besides, ordinary students don't have the ability to quietly get a pot of mandrake from a greenhouse and stun Snape, Snape has a spell to protect his office, do you think a second-year student can break through those protective spells and break into his office?
"And it rained yesterday, and there were no footprints left on the ground. Albert winked at the three of them and smiled, "What's more, the fat lady wasn't there last night, and even if Snape suspected that the Gryffindor students did it, he couldn't have known from the fat lady that a Gryffindor student left the dormitory in the middle of the night to go on a night trip." ”
"Unless Snape uses the Truth Potion on every student, the Ministry of Magic restricts the use of Truth Tellers, and the herbs needed for the Truth Tellers are so precious that it would be difficult for him to mix more. ”
"Oh my God, have you taken all of this into account?" Fred couldn't help but scream.
"Of course. Albert continued: "Now, you are the only flaw, and I don't think Snape will be suspicious of you, but you have to pretend that you don't know anything, and don't discuss it. In short, it's important not to draw Snape's attention. ”
"We know what to do. The three looked at each other and grinned.
"If he can't find the murderer, Snape will be mad. The four of them couldn't help but laugh.
"By the way, when are we going to go out and find the Umbrella Mushroom?"
"This week, if it's raining, go out and look for the umbrella fungus. Albert thought for a moment and said, "After the Potions class in the afternoon, I'll go to the library to find information about the Jumping Umbrella Fungus." ”
The book "A Thousand Magical Herbs and Mushrooms" actually has an introduction to the umbrella mushroom, but it is not complete, they need to find a book called "Encyclopedia of Toadstools" in the library, from which to find relatively safe methods of picking and storage.
"Remember, pretend you don't know anything, and don't let Snape notice you. Before leaving the Room of Request, Albert re-admonished.
No way, they're going to have to take a Potions class later.
"We know. The three of them said with serious expressions, and then they all laughed again.
"Alright, alright, I think you'd better laugh here before you go out. Albert covered his face helplessly, and there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.