Chapter 16: The First Lesson

Li Lin, who finally entered Hogwarts, had a not-so-good night in a mixture of stress and excitement, because these emotions made it difficult for him to sleep, and finally fell asleep, and woke up to a knock on the door, but he had to welcome the person who woke him up with a warm face.

The warm-hearted in the dormitory next door, Mr. Roberts, or Mr. Roberts, well, are a little less clear-headed.

Thanks to Robert or Mr. Roberts for his enthusiasm, Li Lin changed his clothes, washed up, and walked out of the dormitory.

Then I saw Hermione, not because of his fluffier hair, which took up more space and attracted more attention, but because of the pile of books next to her, stacked almost half a man high.

Li Lin was stunned when he saw this scene, he forgot to take his textbook, but he still walked to Hermione's side first. Say hello.

"Hermione, good morning, why did you get so many books?"

Hermione's mind was partially immersed in the book, she quickly glanced up at Li Lin, and then continued to look down at the book, talking in her mouth.

"Lin, good morning, it's all related to today's lessons, such as "The Similarity between Charms and Latin", "A Compendium of the History of Magic", "Encyclopedia of Potions", ......"

Li Lin didn't listen to the rest of the book titles very carefully, just looking at the thickness of those books added up made him gasp, and he had no choice but to speak.

"Well, please wait for me a moment, I didn't take my book."

Li Lin quickly ran back to his bedroom and pulled out a spare shrinking box, which was not large in itself and had a limited capacity. It's more like a briefcase than a suitcase, and it doesn't hold much, not enough for three large bookshelves, but it's more than enough for a hundred books.

Li Lin threw the textbook for today's class into this bag. Then it was back to the Ravenclaw break room.

"Listen, Hermione, you're not going to go to breakfast with such a thick book, are you?"

Hermione withdrew her gaze from the book, looked at the book she had taken out, and nodded.

"I'm going to Potions class after breakfast, and as you said, the Potions teacher, Professor Snape, is a very strict man. So the book about the Potions class will have to be reviewed later. ”

"Okay." Hermione attached so much importance to studying, Li Lin couldn't refute it, he just opened it, shrunk the box, and then put Hermione's thick stack of books, as well as the materials for the Potions class, into it.

"Huh? Lin, how? The book in her hand was suddenly taken away, and Hermione was a little dazed, she blinked in confusion and looked at Li Lin.

Looking at Hermione, who was in a natural state, Li Lin shook his head helplessly.

"It's time to eat!"

Then he dragged Hermione to the restaurant with a tough attitude. But soon, it became Hermione with him. Because Li Lin is lost.

There are a total of one hundred and forty-two staircases at Hogwarts. Some of them are wide and large; Some are narrow, small, and wobbly; Some go to different places every Friday; Some go up halfway, and a step will suddenly disappear, and if you don't concentrate, it's easy to trip. In addition, there are many doors here, if not in the right way, such as pressing the right place or using spells. They don't open doors; Other doors weren't real doors at all, just sturdy walls that looked like doors. It's hard to remember what's in what place, because everything seems to be constantly moving.

The reason why Li Lin got lost was pushed to Hogwarts, which is uncertain and in a changing course at any time.

Even if Hermione led the way and easily reached the Great Hall, Li Lin also attributed this to Hermione's talent.

However, Li Lin also made up his mind that he wanted to build a good relationship with the natives of Hogwarts. For example, portraits, the people in the portrait are constantly visiting each other, and it is easy to have a good relationship with them, not only in terms of recognizing the way, but also to listen to the news.

Then there's the ghosts, and the ghosts are elusive.

In related books, the ghost is a transparent, three-dimensional, image of deceased wizards who have always existed in the world of the living. Muggles cannot become ghosts when they die, and all sensible wizards do not choose to do so. Only those who "don't blink" refuse to enter another world, whether out of fear, guilt, or obsession with the material world.

As an illusory image of the present world, the ghosts are limited in what they can experience. Without the pleasures of the flesh, and with knowledge and ideas still stuck in their own time, and the resentment before death often tormented them for hundreds of years, the ghosts are generally a sad group. The ghosts give a disappointing answer to the question that most people talk about: what death really looks like, and they can't describe death exactly because they choose to continue living in tragedy.

Ghosts can pass through objects unscathed, but they can affect water, fire, and air, and the ghosts can get very cold wherever they go, especially when many ghosts gather together, and the surrounding temperature drops drastically, and they can also turn the flames blue. If the ghost passes through some or all of the living creature, the other person will feel a burst of coldness, as if they have sunk into icy water.

Hogwarts is the largest gathering place of ghosts in the whole of Britain. These ghosts, which can ignore physics and move freely, are able to move freely around Hogwarts, except in some enchanted room, hidden, or denied entry.

So, it's only fitting to ask them about such a thing as wayfinding.

And Li Lin was very curious about them, a form that was close to death, but retained his consciousness. He doesn't mind having a good relationship with these ghosts.

Li Lin's mood was slightly higher, overshadowing the tiredness of lack of sleep. However, Hermione was a little strange, in fact, she didn't realize the problem when she was eating, and it wasn't until Li Lin took out Hermione's textbook and materials from her shrinkage box in Potions class that Hermione finally reacted.

The Potions class can be said to be the course that Li Lin is most looking forward to.

The so-called new atmosphere of the new semester, when Li Lin has determined that there is indeed a problem with his talent, he only has illusions left for courses with higher requirements such as the Charms class and the Transfiguration class, and fantasy education can change the talent to a certain extent.

But for potions, it can be said that it is highly respected and full of hope.

Potions class is held in an underground classroom. It's darker than the main castle building above. Glass jars sit along the walls, and the soaking of taxidermy insides makes people shudder.

After Li Lin took out his textbook, Professor Snape was about to arrive. He has a strong oppressive force, a deterrent that can keep the classroom in order without much effort.

As soon as Professor Snape started class, he picked up the roster and named them one by one. I didn't say anything sarcastic about anyone, after all, they were all first-year freshmen, and they were still Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, the notoriously good old good guys.

Snape looked up at the class, his eyes cold, hollow, and emotionless.

Li Lin thought of his love affair and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Harry Potter also deserves to be unlucky, who called him similar in character and appearance to his father. But Harry Potter's eyes were inherited from his mother.

So that's probably why Professor Snape likes to spray Harry Potter with his poisonous tongue, and he likes to look at Harry Potter's teary eyes? With this association, Li Lin suddenly felt a chill.

"You've come here to learn the exact science and rigor of this potion."

Snape spoke, almost a little louder than a whisper, but everyone could hear every word he said.

"Since there is no stupid waving of a wand here, many of you will not believe that it is magic. I don't expect you to really appreciate the beauty of the simmering cauldron of white smoke and wafting with the fragrance wafting out of it, you won't really understand the magic of the liquid that flows into people's veins, the magic of the heart and mind... I can teach you how to increase your prestige, brew glory, and even stop death—but one thing has to be, and that is that you are not the kind of fools and fools I often encounter. ”

After Professor Snape's brief opening remarks, the class fell silent.

Li Lin could notice that Hermione leaned forward, seemingly eager to prove that she was not a fool.

The first lesson of the first year, there was nothing difficult, and Snape proposed some.

"What do I get if I add daffodil root powder to a wormwood infusion?" Such a similar question.

This was no problem for Hermione. Li Lin even suspected that she had memorized the content of "A Thousand Magical Herbs and Mushrooms".

These answers easily earned Ravenclaw ten points. This also satisfied Hermione, and her emotions grew more and more high. I was almost engrossed in my studies.

As the Potions class continued, Snape divided them into pairs and instructed them to mix a simple potion for scabies.

Although the professor's attitude is not harsh. But when he dragged his long black cloak around the classroom, watching them weigh dried nettles and crush snakes' fangs, almost all of the students could not maintain stability in such an atmosphere. So even the operation against the textbook has a problem.

Thankfully, thanks to Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, the Academy's traits, they don't try dangerous maneuvers.

And Li Lin's brewing of the medicine is very smooth. Because after he submitted "Singing and Singing", when he had plenty of money, and he couldn't contact magic without a wand, he practiced potions. I've tried it many times. This kind of introductory potion can be said to be very familiar, and the very difficult compound decoction has not been successful once.

So Li Lin earned Ravenclaw ten points, and Hermione's expression was a matter of course, as if as her friend, she should bring glory to the house.

An hour later, the class ended, and the students climbed the stairs out of the basement classroom, where Li Lin stopped Professor Snape.