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"Potter, for talking back to your teacher, Gryffindor will lose one point."

Harry raised his head angrily, wanting to say something more, but as if he saw through Snape's expectations, he bit his lip angrily and didn't say another word.

Seeing Harry give in, Snape curled his lips and said, "Let me tell you, Potter, narcissus root powder and wormwood together can be made into a very powerful sleeping potion, a dose of life and death water."

"Bezoar is a kind of stone taken from the stomach of a cow. It has a very strong detoxifying effect."

"As for Aconitum napellus and Aconitum davidianum, they are the same plant, also collectively known as Aconitum."

"Get it? Why don't you write all this down?"

The classroom was filled with the noisy sound of flipping pages and the rustling of quills writing, and Snape finally let Harry go and began his lecture.

But the Gryffindor students didn't fare much better afterwards.

Snape divided them into pairs and instructed them to mix a simple potion to treat scabies.

He dragged his long black cloak around the classroom, watching them weigh dry nettles and crush snake fangs. Almost all the students were criticized, only Malfoy was spared.

This shows that Ron's guess was correct, Malfoy and Snape have reconciled.

Snape even used Malfoy as an example, letting everyone watch how he steamed a slug with tentacles.

At this time, the crucible of the blasting genius Seamus Finnigan was suspected to have been blown up by Neville. The potion in the pot spilled onto the stone floor and burned holes in the students' shoes.

Everyone screamed and jumped onto the chairs, but Neville was too slow to react and was soaked in the potion. His body and arms were covered with redness, swelling and scabies, and he screamed in pain.

"Idiot, you probably put the porcupine quills in the pot without taking it off the heat!"

After saying that, he glanced at Neville, whose nose was beginning to break out with scabies, and said sternly to Seamus: "Send him to the school hospital."

Then turning to Harry, he said, "Why didn't you tell him not to add the porcupine quills? You think his mistake makes you any better? Gryffindor lost another point because of you."

Harry was furious and wanted to argue with Snape again, but Ron hugged him.

An hour later, the two of them almost crawled out of the Potions classroom. He didn't know why Snape hated him so much.

Because he had a conflict with Malfoy?

"You guys look really messed up."

Dolly and Hermione came hand in hand, and Harry saw Dolly as if he saw a savior, and said quickly: "Be careful of Snape later, he will take revenge on us."

Ron chimed in, "Yes, Neville has gone to the hospital."

Dolly guessed that the plot was still going to happen. After all, Snape's bullying of Harry would not change, and it might even get worse because of the previous conflict.

So Dolly said, "Cheer up and be careful. You can't fight against a powerful Slytherin headmaster."

If Harry was a genius, Dolly would have had Harry teach himself Potions to slap Snape in the face.

But this was obviously a pipe dream, and it would be meaningless even if Snape's old textbook was found.

Because that book is "Advanced Potion Making", and it does not contain solutions to low-level potions.

And even if Harry was a genius in Potions, wouldn't Snape deduct points from Harry?

He could even deduct points from Harry for entering the Potions classroom with his left foot first.

Harry's face was full of loss. He had to clean up soon and then face Snape's face for the next seven years.

How can he live with this?

"Anyway, sister, you should be careful too."

Dolly nodded and walked into the classroom with Hermione.

Because these were two consecutive classes, Snape did not leave. Instead, he made sure that the materials the students needed for this class were sufficient and in normal condition.

Although Snape was extremely sarcastic about Harry and the entire Gryffindor, at least he did not hide his knowledge in teaching.

Of course, if someone still couldn't learn after he had said everything he needed to say, then they were hopelessly stupid, and Snape didn't have the patience to teach them step by step.

He also knew that his actions would arouse many people's hatred towards him, which would prevent them from learning Potions well, but Snape didn't care about it.

It’s the students’ loss if they can’t learn potions. What does it have to do with Snape?

Snape was just waiting for an opportunity to take revenge on Voldemort, and other than that it was just a facade.

So is Snape a good teacher?

Dolly didn't comment on this, but she knew that if she wanted to do something, only Snape could help her.

So Dolly pulled Hermione, who was looking for a seat in the first row, and the two of them came to Snape, smiled, and said, "Professor, can we help you?"

Snape was in a trance for a moment as he watched Dolly coming over to him.

But Dolly is not a redhead now after all, and Snape will not be easily shaken again.

He snorted coldly and said, "You don't even know the properties of the medicine. If you interfere, your hands will only be covered with ugly scabies. Go sit down and wait for class."

Hermione looked at Dolly and said, "You're asking for trouble." Dolly didn't get angry and pulled Hermione to sit down.

Soon the class bell rang, and Snape, holding the roll call, suddenly said, "Miss Dursley and Miss Granger, please stand up."

Hermione's heart skipped a beat, and she thought Snape was going to take revenge on them.

After he and Dolly stood up tremblingly, Snape's face suddenly turned grim and he said, "I'm not kidding."

"None of you who are still sitting here have even a little respect for the teacher!"

59 Chapter 2 Dolly

"There are more than 20 people from the two colleges, and apart from them, no one greeted me, and no one offered to help me."

"Didn't your parents teach you to respect professors? Don't you think it's your duty to teach you knowledge?"

"Hogwarts doesn't charge tuition, and the professors don't owe you anything."

Hearing this, most of the students lowered their heads in shame.

The students who had just seen Dolly and Hermione trying to help Snape found it a bit hard to understand.

It was you who refused their help!

The most important thing is, who would dare to approach you with that aura that keeps strangers away?

Dolly looked at Snape's performance that suppressed the whole audience, and she had a clue of what was going on.

The reason why he bullied Harry was actually to intimidate everyone so that they would obey his orders.

The same is true now. Snape is also trying to intimidate the students of Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. Hermione and Dolly are just an excuse.

This may be due to Snape's habit, or it may be related to the fact that Potions class is too dangerous.

If you disobey orders and act recklessly, going to the hospital will be commonplace.

Of course, although they were Snape's excuses just like Harry, Hermione and Dolly enjoyed completely different treatment from Harry.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Snape said, "Students from your two houses should discuss and select a candidate. Come to me before class to ask if there is anything special that needs to be prepared."

"Our course is different from any other. Books can't solve any problems. Put them away now. You just need to follow my instructions word for word."

After seeing that everyone did as they were told, Snape turned to look at Dolly and Hermione.

He didn't deduct points from everyone, that would have been excessive.

However, he can give extra points to the two people in front of him in order to show his majesty.

Well, that's true, no selfish motives.

"Miss Granger and Miss Dursley, two points each."

Dolly couldn't help but curl her lips. It was such a big event, why was there only two points per person?

Oh, it's Snape, that's not surprising.

Of course, Dolly was just complaining.

In fact, this extra point is normal. Otherwise, with the speed of adding 20 points in Hermione's class, a person can gain hundreds of points in a school year.

Now it seems that every professor has his or her own way of balancing things, such as increasing the scores of students from different colleges equally, or starting with 1 point and adding fewer points each time.

Of course, this also included madly deducting points from other colleges, but the only one who dared to do this blatantly was Snape.

Snape obviously noticed Dolly's expression. He glared at Dolly and then said, "Miss Dursley, I can give you another chance to get extra points as a reward."

“What will I get if I add narcissus root powder to a mugwort infusion?”

Hearing this familiar question, Dolly almost blurted out: "Water of life and death!"

Although she didn't know the principle, it was relatively easy for Dolly to remember a name.

Snape looked at Dolly in surprise, but then a flash of understanding came into his mind.

Harry and Dolly probably talked about it.

But this did not stop him from asking more questions. Instead, he continued, "If I asked you to find me a piece of bezoar, where would you go?"

"Uh, in the cow's stomach?"

"What's the difference between Aconitum scaphoides and Aconitum wolfsbane?"

“Probably no difference?”

Hermione on the side rolled her eyes almost to the sky. What Dolly said was all right, but the uncertain tone made people feel that she was just guessing.

After all, Hermione knew that Dolly couldn't possibly memorize the textbook.

Dolly just wanted to act low-key. After all, she really didn't memorize the textbook and only knew the answers to these three questions.

It would be bad if Snape thought I was a genius.

"Very good, three more points for Ravenclaw, you can sit down." Snape didn't give Dolly the chance to curl her lips.

"What are the rest of you still doing? Why don't you write all this down?"

After that, Snape did not make use of the topic again, but started teaching the course seriously.

Before coming here, Dolly was actually a little confused. Making potions only requires following the instructions, so why did so many people fail?

It wasn't until she started making it that Dolly understood.

Potions are not so much about brewing potions as they are about a different kind of ancient magic.

Just as wizards rely on wands, gestures, and spells to cast magic, the preparation of potions also requires steps such as brewing, matching raw materials, production techniques and craftsmanship.

Once a wizard loses his wand, it is difficult for him to cast magic, but it is because of the wand that magic can truly become popular.

But there is no shortcut like a wand for the ancient magic of potions. It is equivalent to every wizard trying to cast wandless magic step by step. The difficulty can be imagined.

The simplest thing is that the size, quality, and magical power of various raw materials are different, which leads to some differences in the details of the preparation of these potions.

Just as everyone uses a different wand to cast different spells, making potions is a process of adapting to circumstances.

But that is not something that today's young wizards can master. The reason why such a standardized process emerged is actually because Snape carefully selected a large number of raw materials of the same grade.

So at this stage, if you follow Professor Snape's principles carefully and execute them step by step, there will be no big problem.

It just so happened that Hermione had an amazing memory, but she was a little nervous during the actual operation, especially when it came to cutting and squeezing living bugs.

Now it was Dolly's turn to take action. Although she felt a little nervous, she was a tomboy who climbed trees to catch birds and dived into the water to catch fish when she was a child in her previous life. She could handle such a small scene.

So Dolly and Hermione worked together and finally the first group completed the potion.

Watching the pink smoke rising from the crucible and the potion finally turning into an intoxicating blue, both of them smiled with a sigh of relief.

"Nice potion, five points for Ravenclaw."

At this time, Snape's voice came from behind the two of them, scaring them.

It turned out that Snape had been watching here for a minute.

At this time, Snape's expression seemed to soften a little, as if he was lost in memories again.

But he immediately came to his senses and said, "If anyone still doesn't understand, come and ask them."

"If you don't even have this little courage and humility to explore knowledge, you will never understand the charm of potions."

As soon as Snape finished speaking, two Ravenclaw students came over.

At least when it comes to acquiring knowledge, Ravenclaw students are undoubtedly the best.

The class ended quickly. Thanks to the help of Dolly and Hermione, most of the Ravenclaws finished the potion, but unfortunately no one received any extra points.