A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 387 Wolfsbane Potion

"William, I heard you got hit by Hermione?"

During the first Potions class, while Snape was preparing potion ingredients with his back turned, Cho tilted her head and asked in a low voice.

Although her voice was soft, the little snakes and eagles around her all perked up their ears, like radar, trying to hear the gossip.

This is a magical passive that automatically stacks up without requiring any training.

"That's not true!" William firmly denied. "Don't believe those stupid rumors; someone is deliberately trying to smear me..."

"But Myrtle is spreading rumors everywhere that Hermione attacked you outside her bathroom and even cursed you," Cho said gleefully.

"Combat training can't be considered an assault... Combat training!... Does what happened between Hermione and me count as an assault?"

Then came a string of incomprehensible terms, such as "time manager" and "time travel laws," which left Qiu feeling bewildered yet impressed.

After a moment of confusion, Qiu excitedly pressed on, "But I also heard Cedric say that this morning in the Great Hall, Hermione questioned you about who 'that girl' was... So, who exactly is that girl?"

"Cedric!" William gritted his teeth.

He promised he saw and heard nothing, but he turned around and told Qiu... This guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, has he betrayed the revolution too?!

William began muttering to himself, "Bad choice of friends."

Qiu continued to chatter on, fully displaying her gossipy nature, with an attitude of not giving up until she got what she wanted.

Soon, their conversation spread throughout every corner of the classroom.

The classroom immediately buzzed with excitement.

"Stark admitted it, he's a jerk."

"...Hasn't this already been a widely accepted fact?"

"No, it was just a rumor before, after all, the French are used to lying, but now it's confirmed..."

William sighed speechlessly, because Hermione's two actions had completely ruined his public image.

Once it was intentional,

It was unintentional, though!

They're professional scammers.

Just then, a pair of large hands suddenly descended, swift and precise, pressing William and Qiu's heads down hard, almost slamming them onto the table.

"Quiet!" Snape said coldly from behind the two of them.

Professor Snape didn't need to quiet everyone at all; he was like an iceberg, simply standing there was enough to automatically silence everyone.

The whole class fell silent, all their small movements stopped, as if they had frozen.

William and Qiu also lowered their heads and remained silent.

"We all know that Mr. Big Shit has a rich romantic history and is popular with both men and women..." Snape began to spray 'venom'.

"This morning I heard an interesting rumor that he was attacked by our 'Paris Savior - Miss Know-It-All'."

Tsk tsk... Look how many people you've hurt without even realizing it!

William: "..."

"If you want to pursue Miss Cho Zhang, I suggest you do it outside of class. Don't let me catch you two whispering and gossiping again!" Snape said coldly.

"Ravenclaw, deduct 10 points!"

William and Cho exchanged a glance, sensing that Snape was acting strangely.

Before summer vacation, William was still negotiating with Professor Snape, and the two sides had an important talk about the division of the eight-eyed giant spider.

You could say they're currently in their honeymoon period.

Why has Professor Snape's temper suddenly become so bad again?

Why is he so angry? Who provoked him?

Could it be because Dumbledore and William talked until late last night, but then Dumbledore kicked him out?

This guy is practically the king of vinegar in England!

William had no time to think. Snape strode to the podium, looked sternly at everyone, and said:

"Put away your textbooks. Today we're going to brew something new—potions that aren't in the textbooks!"

He waved his wand, and a new series of production steps appeared on the blackboard. The steps were so numerous and detailed that they were something an ordinary wizard should never encounter.

William recognized it immediately – the wolfsbane potion!

"This isn't something we can make, is it?" William's roommate, Marcus, questioned in a low voice.

"Even many potions masters couldn't..."

"Mr. Marcus," Snape said, his tone deathly calm.

"This is a potion invented by your uncle. If you had half his talent, you'd know that the brewing process is very simple!"

"But Professor, this isn't in the exam syllabus. We'll be taking the OWLs exam in fifth grade," Judy Crouch said urgently.

"There are still two years, or 730 days and 17520 hours, until OWLs!"

Thanks to my consistently high standards, your foundation is the most solid among all subjects.

Even if I don't study this year, I'm confident I can get a passing grade next year!

"Of course, that is, assuming you are not monstrous idiots like Longbottom, Weasley, and Porter."

Many people in the class burst into laughter. Snape's deadpan joke had everyone in stitches.

"Alright, now, who can tell me the conditions for a wizard to become a werewolf?" Snape asked.

No one answered him.

"No one really knows? No way? No way?" Snape scoffed.

"Unbelievable, you're all fourth graders. I'm so disappointed... If you get bitten by a werewolf one day, you won't even know if you've turned into one."

Of course, it would be best to ask your Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Lupin.

"He's a werewolf expert; nobody knows werewolves better than him," Snape said with a malicious grin.

Everyone could hear the sarcasm in Snape's tone; it seemed he really disliked Lupin.

That's normal. He hated Tywin Lannister the year before last, Quirrell the year before that, Lockhart last year... all the Defense Against the Dark Arts professors are within his scope of dislike.

There's even a school legend that the curse on the Defense Against the Dark Arts position was cast by Snape... just to drive away the wizards who wanted to take his place.

"Come here, Stark, I heard you killed quite a few werewolves with the Aurors in France, tell them!" Snape called out.

All eyes were on William. The news had been reported, but everyone was more focused on Blake and Paris, and the matter was largely ignored.

Now that Snape had suddenly brought it up, everyone's gaze toward William became even more intense.

Suddenly, no one cared about his personal conduct anymore.

"Werewolves are caused by a magical virus called 'mad wolf syndrome'."

It spreads among people through contact with saliva and blood. Therefore, when a werewolf in disguise bites someone, the bitten person will also turn into a werewolf.

If the creature that bites the victim is a werewolf that retains its human form, it will only exhibit some werewolf characteristics, such as a liking for eating bloody flesh.

"Bitings or scratches inflicted by werewolves, regardless of the werewolf's form at the time, will leave permanent scars on the victim," William said.

The young wizards took a deep breath, increasing their fear of the werewolves.

"Very good, very good." Snape was pleased with the students' attitude. He then asked, "How do we heal the wounds from the werewolf bites?"

"Fresh wounds can heal with the help of a mixture of silver powder and dictamnus dasycarpus," William said.

"Why didn't you write these down?" Snape roared. "These could save your lives if you're attacked by werewolves!"

Marcus muttered to himself, "It's like we have werewolves in our school."

No one made a sound in the class after that. Everyone sat and listened to Professor Snape explain the key points of brewing the wolfsbane potion.

William was surprised to find that Snape had improved the wolfsbane potion again... truly a master of improvement.

William quickly copied it down, intending to try it out when he got back.

Others might not recognize its value, but he certainly did, since William had learned most of his brewing techniques from Snape during the Time Loop.

William was also puzzled as to why Professor Snape always wanted to become the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

Why not just be a potions professor? It's a promising career, isn't it?

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