Snape didn't mean to eavesdrop on the little girls' conversations.

Although in fact, he had been standing behind Elena and the others for a while, but frankly, he just wanted to find a gap between the girls' conversations and ask Elena to talk to her alone.

But after waiting for a while, Snape couldn't find a suitable place to interject, and the four girls, who were focused on each other, didn't notice him approaching in the slightest.

In desperation, Snape had to clear his throat vigorously to show his presence.

Otherwise, if you wait like this, you guess the students around you will think he's eavesdropping, right? That would be too bad.

Noticing the Potions professor who suddenly appeared behind him, Elena and the others, who were chatting around and chatting, also stopped talking instantly, turned around one after another, and looked at the wizard who seemed to have something to say very obediently.

After a few days of getting along, Snape still has the same face that has not changed for thousands of years.

Snape still habitually sneered at the students in class when he taught them some cooking basics and knife skills, but the students didn't hate and fear him very much - especially the first-year students, led by Elena.

After all, scolding and scolding, deducting points and deducting points, some of the "simple demonstration dishes" made by Professor Snape himself tasted really good, and they were obviously higher than the streamlined Hogwarts kitchen.

Therefore, in the face of the black-robed wizard who suddenly appeared behind her, Elena, who was the assistant teacher of the Potions class, naturally did not have any fear and restraint, at most she just glanced at Professor Snape a little strangely, and got up politely to say hello.

"Good morning, Professor Snape, is there anything wrong?"

Snape's gaze swept over the faces of the girls in front of him, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, as if he wanted to squeeze out a tiny one, but in the end, it was more like a somewhat indifferent sarcasm.

"Elena?? Kaslana, I'm here to inform you that you're not going to be in use for Potions class this afternoon. ”

The Potions professor spoke quickly, at least twice as fast as he usually lectures, raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced at the few little witches sitting next to Elena, and continued to speak quickly.

"Go to the library and read a book, or go for a walk outside the castle, or fly a few laps around the Quidditch pitch – anyway, don't let me see you in the classroom this afternoon. Also, this one is for you. ”

After a slight pause, Snape pulled a small glass bottle from his black robe and placed it on the edge of Elena's desk.

"Ten drops at a time, you know how to use it. ”

With that, Snape pursed his thin lips again, glanced at the girls gathered together, turned around and walked straight away from the Hufflepuff table without stopping, and walked in the direction of the basement classroom.

"Elena, what is this...... Shrinking Potion (D)?"

Curious, Hannah reached out and picked up the vial that Snape had placed on the table, and read the label on it in confusion.

Blinking inexplicably, Xiao Tieniu turned her head to look at the white-haired balls that were a little shorter than her, and then looked at the bottle in her hand, her face full of puzzlement.

"Shrink ...... Elena, you weren't ...... Well, I mean, if you use it again, it won't ...... It hurts!"

"Huh?!"

Elena's eyes were fierce, and she slashed at Hannah's head with a knife that had no desire to survive, turning her words directly into a pitiful whimper - what she hated most in her life was to raise her head and talk to people!

"What are you thinking, of course not for me. ”

Ignoring the little iron girl holding her head, Elena snatched the bottle of potion from Hannah's hand and said angrily.

As she spoke, Elena glanced thoughtfully at the big bat that was shaking away not far away, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised happily - what a dead tsundere who is not frank, and he will not be eaten if he talks well.

There was no doubt that this bottle of shrinking potion was the one she had asked Professor Snape to help refine after the previous weeks of Potions class, and it was a powerful shrinking potion that could be used on the three-headed dog Louwe.

Apparently, Professor Snape didn't know where to find out, and it happened to be her birthday.

It's just that this steel awkward man really can't express his kindness, even if he wants to give her a vacation to have a good time, he says it as if he is angry and drives people away.

As for this afternoon's itinerary, Elena tossed the small bottle in her hand......

"Or ...... Let's go play next to the Forbidden Forest this afternoon, and I'll introduce you to a cute little one. ”

It's rare to have a birthday, and if it's really just a library reading books, it's too sad.

As the head chef of Hogwarts and a little witch who loves nature, how can I embrace nature, touch nature, and integrate with nature in such a memorable day.

For example, walking the dog, teasing the eagle, by the way, a few skewers, grilling a few big herring fish or something.

......

Soon, breakfast time is over.

The students picked up their textbooks and left the tables in twos and threes, spreading out towards all corners of Hogwarts Castle.

As usual, as the students left, the professors in the faculty seats stopped talking, smiled and nodded to each other, and then left the auditorium through the side door to prepare for the new day's classes.

For Albus?? For Dumbledore, these few days were undoubtedly the most comfortable and peaceful of the semester, and it turned out that Hogwarts was still the ordinary campus he was familiar with - as long as he looked at the source of the trouble, everything would be solved.

Even, in order to make sure that Elena didn't cause any more moths this afternoon, Dumbledore specially invited Grindelwald to join him in preparing a simple birthday party for Elena at the Hogwarts staff garden.

On the one hand, this ensures that there are no accidents when Elena walks the dog and hangs out, and on the other hand, it can be regarded as a way to actively show affection and cultivate affection - for an elderly person with a sweet tooth, it is too difficult these days.

So after breakfast, Dumbledore left Hogwarts Castle with "Mr. Otto", and they were going to go to Diagon Alley and Gringotts together to see if there was anything suitable as a birthday present and not dangerous.

However, what no one notices is.

At the end of the day's breakfast, the Gryffindor, Slytherin, and Ravenclaw prefects, who were supposed to disperse and go to their respective class locations, inadvertently gathered together, their eyes twinkling and whispering something about something.

After a few minutes, the three prefects who had reached a tacit agreement for the last time dispersed satisfied, returned to their respective academies, and began to whisper things to the trusted friends around them.

Silently, an unprecedented dark tide has gradually formed, spreading like a wave to the entire Hogwarts Castle, except for the still heartless Hufflepuff House, the eyes of the young wizards of the other three houses began to flash with eager bright expressions.

And the direction of most of their eyes was the Hogwarts Herbology Class Greenhouse where Elena and the others were going.

More precisely, the beautiful and lush vegetable garden next to the greenhouse.

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Chapter 1, Gollum.

Today is a bit short, and the second chapter may not have ~take a break~

Because the later timeline and story are relatively compact and concentrated, you have to think carefully about how to write this paragraph~

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