Hogwarts: This Wizard Is Not Scientific

A three-good student!

However, this way of learning doesn't work very well in the magical world.

"Okay, good luck to you!" Andy continued eating.

Hermione glanced at Andy, "Aren't you going to prepare for the class?"

"I read the textbook once before going to school."

After swallowing the food, Andy said, "I'm a practical person. Instead of reading textbooks, I might as well try to brew a potion myself."

Hermione immediately asked curiously: "Did you succeed?"

"My father was roasted to death!" Andy said with a matter-of-fact expression.

After finishing breakfast, Andy sat in a chair in a daze.

Although he had been up for a while, Andy was still very sleepy.

It was the same when he was at home before. After about half an hour, Andy would be refreshed.

At 8:40, Andy's three roommates arrived at the auditorium.

Originally, they wanted to come and sit with Andy, but after seeing Andy and Hermione sitting together, the three boys immediately showed a tacit and ambiguous smile on their faces.

Andy waved at them and showed no intention of going over.

How can a brat be as interesting as a little loli, right?

Ten minutes later, Hermione closed her book, stood up and said to Andy, "The class will start in ten minutes, are you still going to sit here and do nothing?"

……

The Potions classroom was in the basement of the castle, which was much colder than the main building of the castle. However, it was September now, and the basement felt much cooler.

Walking into the classroom, Andy looked around.

The walls were dim, and lined with glass jars filled with creepy animal specimens.

On the long wooden table were placed copper scales and some jars of ingredients, and between the wooden tables stood more than twenty crucibles. There was also a stone basin in the corner, probably for washing hands.

Andy and Hermione found a seat and sat down.

At nine o'clock, Snape walked into the classroom wearing a large black cloak. He walked quickly to the podium, squinted his eyes, looked around, picked up the list and began to call the roll.

"You have come here to learn the precise discipline and strict craft of preparing potions."

Snape's voice was barely above a whisper, but everyone heard every word he uttered.

"Since there's no silly waving of wands here, many of you won't believe this is magic."

"I don't expect you to really understand the beauty of the simmering pot with white smoke and bursts of fragrance. You will not really understand the magical power of the liquid flowing into people's veins to make people's hearts and minds excited and confused."

"I can teach you how to increase your reputation, brew honor, and even prevent death - but there must be one thing, that is, you must not be the stupid fools I often encounter."

After Snape finished his opening remarks, the classroom fell silent.

"Collins!" Snape called suddenly.

Andy: "?"

"If I asked you to help me find a bezoar, where would you look?" Snape asked.

You want to get something for free?

"Uh...if you give me a sum of Galleons, I can go to Diagon Alley and buy one for you."

Maybe you can take advantage of the opportunity to make some money.

Andy continued, "If you don't pay me, I can take it out of the goat's stomach. But the prerequisite is that you have to find me a goat."

Snape snorted coldly and said in a sinister tone: "There's no need to waste so much time answering questions."

"What would happen if I put porcupine quills into the potion for scabies without turning off the fire?"

Andy wanted to say something more, but after seeing Snape's cold eyes, he replied honestly: "The juice will dissolve the crucible, emitting thick sour green smoke and a sharp hissing sound. The splashed juice is corrosive, and will cause dense red swelling and boils if it touches the body."

Snape glanced at the others, "Why don't you write this down? This is the easiest mistake you can make when brewing a potion to treat scabies!"

The rustling sound of quills and parchment rubbing against each other could be heard in the classroom.

Snape said, "Today, I will teach you a simple potion to treat scabies."

As Snape spoke, he waved his wand, and the specific steps for making a potion to treat scabies appeared on the blackboard.

Chapter 19 Model Professor Snape

As a professor at Hogwarts, Snape's teaching ethics are not worth discussing for now, but his teaching level is indeed first-class.

Andy has a potion master in his family. Andy occasionally helps out and handles some simple potion materials. He has a good understanding of the subject of potions.

But Helen basically brewed the potion by following the instructions. It could sell for money, but it was not a high-quality product.

But Snape is different. He has fully understood the medicinal properties of every potion ingredient.

Not only that, he also made a lot of changes to the potion brewing steps based on the different medicinal properties of each ingredient.

Some changes will make brewing potions easier, while others will improve the quality of potions.

Although the potion for treating scabies is just a simple potion, Snape explained it in great detail. In Snape's words, anyone who is not a fool can make it successfully.

If there is anything lacking in Snape's class, it may be that his personal image is really terrible.

Andy glanced around and saw that many young wizards were frightened by Snape. They probably didn't understand what Snape was saying at all.

Fortunately, Andy is an adult at heart.

It’s okay for children to be afraid of teachers, but how can adults be afraid of teachers?

Not to mention being afraid of teachers, if there were young and beautiful female teachers in Hogwarts, Andy would dare to send love letters to the teachers.

"That's all I have to say about the scabies treatment solution."

Snape still spoke in that slow and measured tone, "All the steps are written on the blackboard, and the materials are on the lab bench."

"Now you can start working in groups of two."

The young wizards looked at Snape in bewilderment. What knowledge point have you finished? Were you really giving a lecture just now, instead of telling us a horror story?

Oh! The steps are all on the blackboard, so that's fine.

The little wizards may not be good at other things, but they are first-class at copying answers.

You have written the answer on the blackboard, how could we be wrong?

This underestimates us!

Andy glanced at Hermione and signaled with his eyes: Should we form a group of two?

Hermione raised her chin proudly and nodded very reservedly.

Andy lit the cauldron and began to brew the potion according to the instructions on the blackboard.

Hermione is also a top student. Asking her to innovate may be a bit difficult, but asking her to recite from a book - let alone brewing a potion, even if she recites a whole book, she will not make a mistake in reciting a single word.

Brewing potions is actually a bit like cooking.

If two people cook a dish according to a recipe at the same time, the taste of the food they produce may be very different.

The same goes for brewing potions.

Even if everyone follows the steps given by Snape to brew the potion, the final product will be very different - especially for novices.

Ten minutes later, Snape was wandering around the classroom like a ghost, pointing out the mistakes made by every little wizard in his sinister voice.

However, this is of no use.

Because every little wizard whose mistakes are pointed out by Snape will make a bigger mistake like Shi Lezhi.

Then Snape would look at him as if he were an idiot, point out the new mistakes in a mocking tone, and deduct one point from the other person's house.

"Goldstein, I should have asked you to write it down in your notebook that the porcupine quills should not be put into the crucible until the fire is out."

"Ravenclaw will lose one point for this."

Andy's roommate was not immune.

Anthony Goldstein held the porcupine quill in his hand, his eyes fixed on the crucible. Snape had pointed out his mistake, but Anthony was like a mentally retarded person, not knowing what he should do.

Andy took a moment to glance at Anthony, who was trembling and looked like he was about to cry.

Snape seemed to have finally noticed Andy's group. He walked behind Andy and Hermione, staring at their actions over his eyes.

Andy could clearly sense that Hermione was tense.

Fortunately, Hermione is different from other young wizards. She is determined to be a three-good student. The more pressure her teacher brings to her, the more her potential will be stimulated.

Andy kept staring at Hermione, but he never saw Hermione make any mistakes.

Snape looked for a while, and finally walked away silently, as if he had lost some interest. He didn't look at Andy's group again during the whole class.

To be honest, judging from Snape's behavior alone, he is simply a model teacher at Hogwarts.

The knowledge points are explained in great detail, and he also has his own understanding of the theory of potions.

While the little wizards were practicing on their own, Snape did not have a moment to rest. He walked around the entire class and pointed out the little wizards' wrong operations in a timely manner.

He is not afraid of hard work or fatigue, and is full of passion.

But if we take Snape's unique personal temperament into account, the real situation is that the young wizards are like taking classes in an evil laboratory. The whole class is filled with gusts of cold wind and makes people feel creepy.

The professor's advice is like the devil's whisper, as if it wants to drag you into hell.

"Professor Snape, we're ready." After brewing the potion, Hermione immediately raised her hand to signal Snape.

Snape floated over with his black cloak, first glanced at Andy and Hermione, then possessed himself to check the potion.

The color and smell of the potion are perfect. Although it is not a fine product, not many people would bother to study such a simple potion. As long as it meets the standards for use, it is fine.

If a teacher were normal, he would probably like outstanding students like Andy and Hermione very much.

But Snape just hummed lightly, motioned for the two to pack the potion, and left without looking back.

All that was left was "One point for Ravenclaw."

Hermione looked disappointed.

Andy whispered, "Professor Snape is like this. Maybe he is a strict person!"

In order to avoid dampening the little witch's enthusiasm for learning, Andy forced himself to hold back Snape's words.

Andy had gotten some information about Snape from the Weasley twins.

According to the twins, Professor Snape's temperament is as follows: he is three parts sneering, three parts cold, four parts indifferent, and ninety points deducted from Gryffindor.

Although Snape rarely gave extra points to Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, he would not deduct points casually.

But for Gryffindor, Snape would deduct points if he had the opportunity, and would create opportunities to deduct points even if he didn't have any.

"Ok!"

The little witch quickly accepted Andy's words and whispered, "It seems that you didn't lie this time."

"What?" Andy looked puzzled. What kind of image did he have in the little girl's mind?

How did I lie?

"I mean, you said you were a practical man," said Hermione.

Chapter 20 I want to swim in the ocean of knowledge

At exactly twelve o'clock, the two-hour Potions class finally came to an end.

All the little wizards left the Potions classroom as if they were escaping for their lives. Only when they were far away did they breathe a sigh of relief at the same time, breathing in the fresh air outside in big gulps.

"It was so terrifying. I didn't dare to look at Professor Snape. He was standing right next to me. I felt like I almost died." A young wizard from the Badger Courtyard had a look on his face as if he had survived a disaster.

The others also looked on in agreement.

"The good news is that we don't have to have Potions class this week!" said a young wizard from Eagle House happily.

This is really good news.

Especially since they were about to have lunch, after hearing the news, they felt they could eat an extra bowl of food.