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Chapter 441 Peaceful Study Time

The submission of the crown did not make any splash - at least not on the surface.

Neither Professor Flitwick nor Dumbledore publicized the return of the crown, and Andrew had a rare period of peaceful study time at school.

Yes, peace, precious peace.

There was no news about the escaped Horcrux, no news about Voldemort who was hiding in some unknown corner, and no news even about the crown. The wizarding world outside was arguing over the birth of a new law but it did not disturb the atmosphere inside the school.

Andrew cherished such peaceful time very much - he applied to Professor McGonagall and took the initiative to extend the use of the time converter by one hour every day so that he could concentrate on the analysis of potion materials.

In this time-consuming, laborious and in-kind learning mode, his speed of understanding potion materials finally matched his perception of Transfiguration.

This accumulation finally paid off as Easter approached in April.

In the Potions class, he finally realized for the first time what Professor Snape said - you can tell when to add the potion by looking at the crucible.

The first time he did not replicate what was described in the textbook, he deliberately delayed the addition of the octopus scales by three minutes, and the effect was gratifying.

Although the liquid in the crucible did not turn into a beautiful light purple color as described in the textbook, the blue color seemed more harmonious in his eyes.

"Is that it?"

Andrew stared at his cauldron. It was the first time he received feedback from the potion, but the awkward feeling of communication made him extremely uncomfortable—it was as if he was using a language he had only learned in written form to conduct daily communication.

He looked carefully at his material box and found that the discomfort came from some of the raw materials inside.

"Is it because the herbal ingredients nearby are not sensitive enough?"

It is unknown, but Hal on the side has already reminded quietly, "Andrew, the color of your potion is not right. Professor, please proceed to the next step quickly, or you will lose points again."

"okay."

Andrew responded in a low voice, shifting his gaze from the herbs to the crucible, and a new perception emerged.

"The tentacles should be earlier... earlier than the rhizomes of Arisaema..."

His hunch told him that something was wrong, but he was not so sure - adding the medicinal materials later would only affect the quality of the medicine, but if the steps were wrong, it would really be a disaster!

Although it shouldn't be done, Andrew still wanted to try it, so he chose the safest way.

"Excuse me, Professor Snape, I need some help."

'Who is so desperate?'

Hal didn't even bother to look at his own cauldron, and cast his gaze directly to the place where the sound came from - this was the biggest news.

But the ability to think caught up with the instinctive action.

'That voice, Andrew?'

He intended to suppress this damn thought, but whether it was the overly familiar voice or the straight back, Hal was very sure of a fact.

Yes, he heard it right, it was Andrew who asked Snape for help.

'Is Andrew crazy?'

Such a thought came to his mind, but no matter what the thought was, it could not stop Snape from walking quickly towards this side.

"It's over. My potion is just as good as usual, but Andrew's potion also failed!" He had to look away and focus on his own potion - because of his distraction just now, it didn't look as good as before, but in theory it could still be saved.

But during the chaotic process of remedying the situation, Hal never heard the word "point deduction".

While adding the medicine, he glanced out of the corner of his eye, then glanced again and found that Professor Snape did not move, no points were deducted, and Andrew continued to add the potion over there.

"No points deducted for bringing the Order of Merlin? You must be kidding. Professor Snape will only deduct points from both houses fairly, and then give the points that Slytherin should have deducted to Gryffindor."

But the truth is just so outrageous.

Snape did not start deducting points along the cauldrons as he did in the past. Instead, he looked at Andrew's cauldron without saying anything. Moreover, the color was completely different from the standard color in the textbook.

'It's just that it's really beautiful... No, my potion!'

Hal turned his attention to his potion, not daring to be distracted again. When the potion was finished, he finally fixed some of his mistakes and made the potion look quite decent.

At this time, he finally had time to take a look at Andrew's potion - a gem-like blue potion, as clear as sea water.

But Professor Snape did not make any mocking sound. He even nodded, took the potion and put it away in a special bottle - Hal was very sure of this, because other people's bottles were ordinary glass bottles, while Andrew's bottle not only shone with magical light, but was even sealed with wax by the professor!

This rare scene made Hal not rush to leave when the get out of class was over for the first time - maybe Slytherin would, but students from other colleges always left anxiously after the Potions get out of class.

He was going to see how the potion would be treated - this might be new news.

He would accept it even if he was caught and put in solitary confinement. He must pay attention to this matter!
But what was beyond his expectation was that for the first time he found that Taylor would actually stay after the Potions class!

He's even using a magic wand to cast spells on the homework!

Professor Snape was just watching there without saying a word!

"Merlin's beard, what happened today?"

But something even more surprising happened to him - Snape actually gave the report card to Andrew and asked him to mark on it?
Even using another transcript with his own grades for comparison?
He could tell that this was Andrew's first time doing this, because he paused before giving the score - but why did you start giving the score?
There have been rumors about Andrew giving scores in Transfiguration, but there is no actual evidence. But what about potions? What's going on with potions?

Hal was in a bad state.

Now - no one will believe it if I tell them to others.

He could fully imagine what the people in the college would say after such news was broadcast.

"Hal, are you dazzled?"

"April Fools' Day is over, thank you."

"I would have believed it if you had said Professor McGonagall's office."

...

"Forget it. If it gets out, nothing good will come of it. Let alone the fact that it's not tutoring, even if it is tutoring, I can't cheat my roommate. It would be terrible if I get caught and put in solitary confinement..."

'But there is one thing I can confirm.'

Hal turned away, 'Even if someone told me that Andrew would be appointed as a prefect tomorrow, it's probably not a rumor!'

(End of this chapter)