Chapter 239 Important Prerequisite Skills (Please Ask for Refills)

Snape was in a particularly bad mood right now.

If there were still some doubts about whether the previous office break-in incident was accidental, then combined with the potions cabinet in front of him that had also been looted, Snape was 99% sure that the uninvited guest was clearly coming for him. .

Apart from this reason, Snape really couldn't find a second reason that could explain why someone would steal a bunch of completely worthless raw materials for the [Scabies Treatment Potion].

In fact, to be precise, it was not completely looted.

At least there is a small pile of porcupine quills and snake teeth left in the cabinet, just like the state of the personal collection cabinet in Snape's office. The malicious visitor seemed to want to show his presence and deliberately abandoned some potions. Not taken away.

After all, if you look at the value of the potions alone, some of the remaining potions are obviously more expensive.

In the end - who? !

Looking at the dark potion cabinet, Snape's face began to distort, showing an almost crazy expression - this was the second time in so many years that he was so angry. After Lily left, Potions was all he had.

Accompanied by a slight feeling of dizziness, Snape's eyes gradually became empty, and one face after another, one scene after another, quickly appeared in his mind... Who is it...

Death Eaters?

Or someone who has been hurt by Death Eaters?

Or are they other wizards who sneaked into the school with ulterior motives?

"Professor, Professor Snape..."

Snape felt someone calling him.

The sound seemed to come from a very far away place, with echoes.

Immediately afterwards, Snape felt as if someone stretched out his hand and gently tugged on his wide sleeves. A cold touch came from his forehead, which reduced the depression in Snape's heart a lot. .

"Professor Snape, are you okay?"

Snape suddenly came back to his senses and focused his eyes on the cabinet in the Potions classroom again. Looking around, he saw that the entire class had gathered around, gathering on this side of the classroom with worried faces, talking quietly. With.

And right next to Snape, a silver-haired little witch with an exquisite face was looking at him with concern.

I saw Elena standing on tiptoes slightly, holding his sleeve with one hand, her blue eyes full of worry and anxiety, and her other small hand was already pressing on his forehead - it was cold, A strange feeling of being cared for that I haven't experienced in a long time.

"The first class is over, there will be a fifteen-minute break."

Snape frowned uncomfortably, avoided Elena's palm, glanced at the hourglass at the front of the classroom, stood up and looked around at the little wizards around him, took a deep breath and tried to keep his tone calm.

"As for today's practical course part... I'll figure it out."

After a pause, Snape waved his hand and continued, with a hint of indescribable fatigue and dryness in his voice.

After ten years of teaching at Hogwarts, Severus Snape never thought that one day his fault would affect the normal learning progress of the students, and he was currently the one with the most potential. If possible, Snape would rather have his office blown to pieces than have the cheap potion materials in the underground classroom taken away.

Although he said this, Snape's face became increasingly ugly, and he stopped in front of the potion cabinet for a long time without moving.

A quarter of an hour is really too tight.

Even if Dumbledore is willing to help, Hogwarts is too far from the pharmacy in Diagon Alley, and the temporarily purchased batch of potion materials still need to be pre-processed - such as removing the remaining poison from the snake's teeth. , euthanize the batch of slugs with long tentacles, and remove irrelevant debris from the porcupine quills...

Look at this...can this be the end of today's lesson? Perhaps we can only strengthen the popularization of theoretical knowledge, but in a course like Potions, if there is no real hands-on operation, it is of little significance to just talk about the theory.

well--

Snape sighed, slammed the door of the potion cabinet, and walked heavily to the podium, preparing to take advantage of the break to reorganize the potion knowledge that would be explained later.

"Professor Snape, actually..."

Looking at Professor Snape, who seemed to have aged several years, Hannah Abbott bit her lip and whispered unbearably, twisting her hands together tightly, her fingers turning white from too much exertion.

Although everything happened as Elena expected, there is a high probability that the practical process of the Potions class will no longer be able to continue. But for some reason, Hannah suddenly felt that they had done something very bad and wrong. This feeling even completely diluted the joy of not having to go to class.

Oops, Hanna is planning to surrender? !

It's over, it's over, if you don't do something, you will definitely be hung up by the angry professor, cut into pieces, and put into a pot to cook the potion, right? !

Hearing Hannah's voice behind her, Elena, who was next to Snape, immediately opened her eyes alertly. Without any hesitation, she quickly turned to face Professor Snape, and then spoke loudly after Hannah's words.

"Professor Snape, I actually have an immature idea. I think it should be able to achieve the teaching effect of your original arrangement of brewing the [Scabies Treatment Potion] to a certain extent. I just don't know if you think it's feasible."

"Um?"

Snape looked at the little witch who suddenly appeared in front of him, snorted noncommittally and raised his eyebrows, "Let's talk about it first. As for whether it is feasible, I will naturally judge."

"Hogwarts kitchen, we can take some food with a similar structure from the school kitchen not far away, and simulate the several types of potions involved in this lesson to practice the corresponding operations." Elena said with a look on her face. Said seriously.

"Kitchen? Food?"

Snape raised his eyebrows, and frowned more tightly every time he repeated a word, "I'm sorry, Miss Kaslana. I don't think potion knowledge and cooking have anything to do with each other..."

"But actually they are connected, at least in the basic areas."

Before Snape could finish speaking, Elena interrupted a little hastily. She turned around and picked up a book of "Magic Potions and Potions" from the nearest table next to her, and opened it to the one titled "Potion for Scabies Treatment". The page was held up in front of Snape's eyes.

"Professor, I have read this operating guide several times. The operating behaviors involved are actually nothing more than four points: cutting and weighing dried nettles, grinding and crushing snake teeth, and snot with tentacles The cooking process of insects, as well as the control of heat and the order of adding potions during the cooking process.”

"That's right, continue."

Snape nodded, his expression softening slightly.

Although there are some problems with the details in Elena's description, generally speaking, the summary is pretty good. At least it can be seen that she has thought carefully and is not the kind of nerd who just memorizes textbooks.

Glancing at Professor Snape, who looked a little relaxed, Elena's expression perked up. At this time, she realized the importance of gaining favor before. If it had been replaced by the stupidest trio of saviors, the conversation might have ended by now. .

Elena cleared her throat and silently recalled the script she had memorized before. Her expressions and emotions were in place - Action!

"In my opinion, your purpose should also be to make us familiar with the entire operation process, rather than to make a bunch of semi-finished potions of varying quality. Since it is just for practice, then why don't we start with some cheap ingredients and wait until After you become proficient in the operation, what if you then use expensive and dangerous potions to further brew them?”

"In fact, in my opinion, it is too wasteful to let a beginner who can't even master basic knife skills and fire control handle potion materials. As Professor Dumbledore said, Today, Hogwarts is experiencing an unprecedented financial crisis. I think maybe we can start from this aspect and make some small contributions to the school by replacing some potion materials with similar ingredients - as for the ingredients Regarding the procurement issue, didn’t the generous Mr. Otto Apokalis agree to subsidize it?”

Use regular ingredients instead of potions, and then practice with the ingredients for a while before starting the actual potion preparation?

Snape nodded thoughtfully, and it didn't sound completely unreasonable. Maybe he could try it a little bit according to Elena's suggestion and observe the effect - after all, it seems that there is no other better option at the moment. way.

Severus Snape had indeed had a long time of patience with those little devils who wasted potion ingredients clumsily.

Especially some middle and high school students who are almost hopeless. Due to the curriculum, the teaching of these young wizards usually involves a lot of precious potion materials. However, every time a potion is brewed, the yield is usually less than one-tenth, and the rate of high-quality products is even pitiful. Most of the potion materials are wasted pointlessly.

"Interesting suggestion, yes, you've almost convinced me."

Snape took a deep look at the little girl in front of him, and once again a hint of appreciation flashed deep in his eyes.

This is a real piece of jade. Although she is still a little childish at the moment, in terms of personality and talent, she is undoubtedly warm and likeable. No wonder Dumbledore values ​​this girl so much. Who can refuse? Such an excellent, considerate student who can also help professors solve problems.

Such excellent students will always bring pressure to teachers, because you will always put your dreams on them unconsciously, and you can't wait to see them grow up early and bring you one unexpected surprise after another.

Although he had accepted Elena's proposal, Snape still wanted to see if he could get some more surprising answers from the little witch.

After a pause, Snape bent down slightly, looked at Elena, and asked softly.

"Now, there is one last question..."

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