Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Chapter 9 Potions Class

The first-year curriculum at Hogwarts was very relaxed. For example, on Monday, Wade only had two consecutive Potions classes in the morning.

After breakfast, a group of Ravenclaw freshmen walked towards the underground classroom together. As the environment gradually became colder, the students' faces gradually turned pale.

"I heard that Professor Snape, who teaches Potions, is the dean of Slytherin House." Michael, who was walking next to Wade, took the initiative to talk to him in order to ease the tense atmosphere: "Did you notice him during the Sorting last night? He was the teacher with black hair and a hooked nose."

"Of course." Padma said, "I have to say, we'd better not provoke him."

Everyone came to the Potions classroom in silence. In the cabinets against the wall were rows of glass jars with various animal specimens inside. Some timid children looked as if they were about to cry and sat tremblingly in the place farthest from the specimens. Wade directly chose a seat in the corner - he was not afraid of dead specimens, but he was worried that some classmates would make mistakes and implicate him.

Soon, Hufflepuff students also arrived in groups, and their reactions were similar to those of the Ravenclaw freshmen, except that the Ravenclaws who arrived first had already occupied the dominant position, so the Hufflepuff students had to disperse to the edge.

There were two more Hufflepuff students near Vader's originally empty corner.

"Hello, my name is Theo, Theo Mancini. This is Ryan Carlo." The brown-haired Hufflepuff boy was the first to greet Wade: "Excuse me, who are you--?"

"Ved Grey."

"Wade?" Theo Mancini asked curiously, "Do you know the professor of our class--"

The blond boy named Ryan suddenly said, "Theo, stop talking." He said, "The professor is here."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the classroom was pushed open, and a man in a black wizard robe strode in. His face was cold and aggressive, and many students subconsciously shrank their necks, and the classroom suddenly became silent.

Snape glanced at the students in the classroom, took out the roster and began to call the roll. Seeing that no one was late for the first class, his expression finally eased a little.

"Potions is a very sophisticated course -" Snape said in a low voice like a whisper, "It requires strict procedures and precise proportions. If anyone arbitrarily changes the potion formula, or arbitrarily adds or subtracts ingredients, or foolishly waves his wand in an attempt to cover up mistakes -"

His cold eyes swept across the silent freshmen, focusing on the Hufflepuff students wearing yellow and black striped ties.

"I will make him realize the terrible consequences of using the wrong potion."

Theo swallowed nervously, as if Snape's words were speaking to him. Wade suddenly felt something was wrong - he chose a corner position to avoid interference, but there seemed to be a landmine buried next to him.

Snape seemed to have a radar in his head, and immediately caught the anxiety of some young badger. Without even glancing at the list, he said, "Theo Mancini!"

"Yes!" Theo stood up in a hurry and almost knocked over the crucible. "Yes, Professor."

"What do you do with slugs when making a scabies potion?" asked Snape.

Seven or eight arms were raised in the classroom, most of them were Ravenclaw students.

The good news is that Snape did not go out of his way to make things difficult for the students; the questions he asked were exactly what was in the first chapter of the textbook.

Bad news—Theo didn't preview the textbook in advance.

The boy said shakily, "I—I don't know, sir."

"Sit down!" Snape said coldly, "One point deducted from Hufflepuff for not reviewing the text in advance. Weed Grey!" He casually pointed to the Ravenclaw sitting next to him.

Vader stood up immediately: "Cook for five minutes, sir."

"Correct answer." Snape nodded, but did not give Ravenclaw extra points. Instead, he immediately asked another question: "Michael Corner, what is the function of nettles?"

"Yes - it can treat inflammation, hair loss - and it can stop bleeding," Michael stammered.

"Good." Snape nodded and motioned him to sit down, then asked, "Hannah Abbott? When should Porcupine Quills join?"

The blonde girl stood up with tears in her eyes, as if she would burst into tears immediately if Snape said one more word.

Snape looked away and called another person's name: "Lian Carrow?"

When Ryan started asking questions just now, he had already quickly flipped through the book, and this question happened to be specifically emphasized in the book.

"—after the engine is turned off, professor." Ryan said as calmly as possible.

Snape glanced down at the textbook he had opened: "I hope you can memorize the knowledge in advance, instead of just cramming it during class. Pray for Merlin's favor!"

Ryan's mouth was still tense as he sat down, and Theo patted his arm soothingly.

Snape didn't target anyone in this class - he targeted everyone. His stormy questions gave everyone a strong warning, and when the lecture officially started, Hufflepuff was deducted 13 points and Ravenclaw was deducted 5 points.

In silence, Snape began to instruct everyone on how to prepare the scabies potion. He divided everyone into groups of two according to their seats, and then with a wave of his wand, the detailed steps were listed on the blackboard, and everyone hurriedly took up their pens to write them down. Wade found that there were some minor adjustments between the content on the blackboard and the steps in the book. If they followed the content in the book completely, they might not be able to prepare the effect that satisfied the professor.

"Sorry." Theo, who was in the same group as Wade, whispered, "I didn't review the text in advance, but I will try not to hold you back."

His amber eyes were sincere, and Wade's depressed mood due to being grouped with the "bad students" was relieved.

"Nothing." Wade said, "The preparation of scabies potion is very simple. As long as you follow the steps, there shouldn't be any problems."

Theo went to get the herbs from the shelf next to him. Wade weighed them on a scale and pushed the snake's fang to Theo with a knife: "You take care of the ingredients, and I'll be responsible for brewing it."

"it is good."

Theo responded, put on protective dragonhide gloves, and ground the snake's fang into a mortar. Wade picked up four slugs with tweezers and put them into the cauldron to boil, carefully controlling the heat with his wand.

A few minutes later, Wade picked out the discolored slugs and set them aside, changed the water and heated it again, while reviewing the cooking steps again. Theo next to him had already processed the snake tooth powder and was now chopping the dried nettles.

Wade was somewhat surprised to find that although this Hufflepuff student looked a little clumsy, he was very careful, and the powder he processed was fine and uniform, without any rough particles or impurities.

Maybe this partner isn't so bad after all.

Vader thought.

(End of this chapter)