Hogwarts: Harley from The Witch Way - Chapter 401

c385 “A Chronicle of Potions in the Wizarding World of Great Britain”

Hermione’s preaching has always been terrifying. After all, she is a witch with the nickname “Little Grid”.

As we all know, there are only wrong names, not wrong nicknames. This statement can be called an irrefutable truth.

Even when faced with Hermione’s preaching, Harry could only lower his head and listen obediently, not daring to talk back at all.

This picture inexplicably gives people a very strange feeling – even if you have achieved all the achievements in the world, you are still a child in front of your mother.

Fortunately, it was not too far away from the first History of Magic class at this time, so Hermione’s mental state did not last long, which saved Harry from a lot of “torture”.

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The History of Magic course is still the same as in previous years, and there are no big changes. Of course, the young wizards do not have any expectations for it.

Professor Binns was still floating above the podium, talking about the Giant War in a huffing and drawling voice.

There are almost no students in the class who are listening carefully. Most of them are either drowsy or making small movements.

But when it came to the next Potions class, the students’ mental state was completely different.

Probably because of the good sleep they had earlier, the little wizards in Gryffindor were particularly energetic.

Of course, the more important reason is that the professor of this course has finally been changed.

God knows how much the little lions of Gryffindor want to replace Professor Snape!

As for the new professor… no matter how bad he is, can he still be as bad as Snape’s old bat?

For the little lions who have been targeted for a long time, they are now at the bottom, and no matter how they go, they are always going up.

The little snakes were not particularly disappointed. Anyway, Professor Snape was still in Hogwarts and could continue to favor Slytherin and give Slytherin points.

And I heard that Professor Slughorn was the former head of Slytherin and an old Slytherin.

This makes them have little resistance to the new professor and even have some expectations.

What if, and I mean what if, this new professor is just as protective as Professor Snape? He also doesn’t care about the outside world’s opinions and actively adds points to Slytherin?

Wouldn’t that make a lot of money! Slytherin defeats Gryffindor and regains the House Cup!

When the students filed into the classroom, Professor Slughorn was already standing on the podium with a smile.

Unlike Professor Snape, the Potions classroom at this time was not as cold as the underground classroom, but filled with warmth.

There are crucibles placed against the corner of the classroom. The liquids in the crucibles are filled with steam of various colors and emit different weird smells.

The Gryffindor and Slytherin classmates couldn’t help but murmured quietly, discussing the potions.

“Please be quiet, everyone.”

After the bell rang, Professor Slughorn closed the classroom door and clapped his hands.

Along with the shaking of his body, his fat belly kept shaking, as if it would jump out from under his shirt at any time.

“Albus has already introduced you at the opening dinner, but I still have to introduce myself.”

“My name is Horace Slughorn. I will replace Severus as your Potions Professor from this semester on. I hope you all get along well in the future.”

“Before we officially get into the teaching content, I need to remind everyone that you will take a very important exam next June.”

“At that time you will have to prove how much knowledge you have learned about the preparation and use of potions.”

“Although I don’t know how well you have studied in the past, I know that Severus is a powerful potion master, and his teachings to you should be very good…”

Professor Slughorn spent a full minute of the next twenty minutes bragging about Professor Snape’s potions skills.

Then he changed the subject and spent the remaining nineteen minutes boasting about his reputation as Snape’s Potions professor.

This made the students a little embarrassed and felt that their expectations were wasted. Even the way Harry looked at Professor Slughorn was wrong.

After all, Harley still knew some things from that year, at least she had heard a lot of past events from Sirius.

If she remembered correctly, Professor Slughorn didn’t pay much attention to Snape at first, and most of his attention was on his mother.

At that time, Professor Slughorn said that Lily was “the student he admired most.”

As for Professor Snape…Professor Slughorn will only remember him as “the potions master partner who has a good relationship with Lily (only before fifth grade)”.

Now that Professor Snape has achieved results, he is taking the credit for himself… Okay, okay, Professor Slughorn, why don’t you publish a “Poison Chronicles of Magical Britain”? (It has no special meaning, please don’t make random associations.)

After boasting about himself, Professor Slughorn belatedly began to emphasize the importance of the ordinary wizard level examination and said that he would only accept students with good grades to join the advanced class.

His long speech made many students lie down on the table, fiddling with quills and textbooks in boredom.

Just when the students thought that this was another Lockhart-like professor and were disappointed, Professor Slughorn finally ended the long pre-class topic and entered the main content of the class.

I have to say that veteran professors are veteran professors.

Professor Slughorn easily mastered the rhythm of the class. He quickly aroused the students’ interest in several potions that must be tested in the ordinary wizard level examination, and introduced the main topic accordingly.

And the difference between Professor Slughorn and Professor Snape is that when facing students under sixth grade, he will analyze some of the characteristics of potions in detail, explain the principles and key details of brewing, and finally let them Students get hands-on experience.

In actual operation, he will not be as arrogant as Professor Snape, but will calmly point out the students’ problems and tell them how to remedy them.

After a potion class, most of the students successfully brewed the “mitigator”, a potion that is most commonly used in ordinary wizard level examinations.

You know, even with this simple potion, few people in usual potion classes can succeed.

Even Neville, who has always been a laggard in potions courses, successfully cooked a semi-finished product, which surprised the little fat man and made him look a little more confident.

Unfortunately, Seamus caused the crucible to explode as usual, and the failed potion was scattered everywhere.

The classmates were so accustomed to this that they didn’t even say a few words.

Only Professor Slughorn stood alone in front of the table with his hands behind his back, staring at the crucible fragments and potion residue on the table, frowning and thinking for a long time.

He didn’t understand why the pot of potion exploded until the students handed in their homework.

Even if he randomly placed ingredients with his eyes closed, he wouldn’t let the combination of the stable ingredients in the potion create an explosive effect!

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After class, Gryffindor Dean couldn’t help but sigh: “Sure enough, there is a reason why I did not do well in Potions.”

“Everything belongs to the greasy old bat! If it had been a Potions Professor, I would have been a Potions Genius!”

His words were approved by many young wizards, and even many Slytherin snakes silently nodded in agreement.

Although I’m very sorry for Professor Snape, I have to admit that Professor Slughorn’s teaching is really good!

What Professor Snape? Not familiar, really not familiar!

Only Seamus looked lost, as if he had confirmed certain facts that he had never been willing to admit.

At this point, he had to admit… It seemed that his strange explosive talent was indeed his problem.

“Let me just say, there is definitely something wrong with Professor Snape’s teaching methods.”

During lunch, Hermione also expressed her opinions,

“If Professor Snape insists on teaching, I think his teaching method is more suitable for teaching graduate students… Well, I mean those who want to continue to study magic in depth after graduating from Hogwarts.”

“For these students in Hogwarts who are equivalent to middle school age, Professor Snape’s teaching method… To be honest, I think he is really terrible!”

But what Hermione didn’t notice was that Harry had put down the knife and fork in his hand at some point, conjured a quill and a piece of parchment, and recorded her words completely.

“I will tell Professor Snape your assessment.”

After Hermione had almost finished speaking, Harry said seriously, while waving the parchment in his hand.

Hermione was stunned for a moment, then became angry and rushed towards her with bared teeth and claws:

“No, I won’t allow it! Hand over the evidence to me!”

Harry failed to take precautions and was directly hit by Hermione with the ball, unable to resist at all.

In the end, forced by the dual pressure from the physical and mental levels, Harry could only hand over the parchment obediently and let Hermione end her sinful life.

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The Gryffindor students were excited all afternoon, happy that they no longer had to be invaded by Professor Snape’s strange aura.

It wasn’t until the afternoon class bell rang that everyone suddenly recalled that there was a Defense Against the Dark Arts class today.

What a sin!

When the Gryffindor students reluctantly left the Divination classroom and joined students from other elective courses and walked into the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom, Professor Snape was lazily fiddling with the magic weapon in his hand. magic wand.

This familiar underground classroom changed its shape for the first time, although it was still in the shape of Professor Snape.

The curtains in the classroom were drawn tightly, and no light from the corridor could penetrate. Only the candles gave off a faint light.

The candlelight is lavender, giving people a deep feeling.

A large amount of potion materials once placed in the classroom have disappeared, replaced by many horrific pictures.

The pictures were full of people suffering from pain, hideous wounds, and bizarrely twisted body parts. Harley also discovered an acquaintance from the previous semester.

The old acquaintance’s left arm was completely transformed into a tentacle, and eight fingers grew out of his right hand. His mouth was open on the palm of his hand. His body was covered with granules and extra eyes. His hair and scalp were completely lost, revealing blood-red human tissue. It looked very miserable.

Harley couldn’t help but shook her head.

If she remembered correctly, the poor contestant who had a good life seemed to have stayed in a certain underground room in Hogwarts for a long time, and did not follow the team back until the witchcraft team left.

Tsk tsk tsk, it seems that Professor Snape’s hands are not honest. During that time, he must have quietly studied Tsuchimikado Seimei’s body more than once.

But after all, Harley is a kind witch with a kind heart and cannot bear to see such a miserable scene.

So…she chose to turn away and not look.

“Come in quickly!” Seeing that many students were still moving unhurriedly and unhurriedly, Professor Snape couldn’t help but frowned.

“Before class, I have something to say to you. I hope all of you can pay close attention!”

His dark eyes quickly swept across the young face raised below, and the time they stayed on Harley’s face was particularly brief, as if he was escaping from something.

“So far, you have had many teachers in this course.” Professor Snape paced on the podium, his voice slow, “This makes me feel very embarrassed.”

“After all, I have taught your Potions class, and I know that most of you are not even as intelligent as the gnomes in the garden, and at most only a little better than the trolls in the Forbidden Forest.”

“And these teachers, each of them has their own teaching methods and teaching priorities. Under such chaotic circumstances, I don’t have much hope for your ordinary wizard level examination.”

“But I still hope that you can bring your own brains to every class, listen carefully to my lectures, and successfully pass the O.w.l.s exam.”

“Now let’s get down to business. Black magic is a variety of things with many types…”

Professor Snape talked about dark magic in a loving and admiring tone, and explained actual cases with portraits.

Regardless of personal subjective wishes, Gryffindors have to admit that Professor Snape has a very deep understanding of dark magic.

From a professor’s point of view, he is much more comfortable teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts than Potions.

But just when Professor Snape was beaming and in high spirits, there was a sudden knock on the classroom door.

And before Professor Snape could respond, the door was opened.

A toad face with a pink bow poked in:

“Hello, Professor Snape, I’m here to…”

Before she finished speaking, a spell flew over instantly and hit the pink toad hard on the forehead.

Umbridge screamed and hit the wall across the corridor hard.

In the classroom, the originally listless students suddenly became energetic, and a lot of awe-inspiring eyes were directed at Professor Snape who was still holding a wand on the podium.

Professor Snape, on the other hand, looked indifferent and blew on the tip of his wand, as if he had just done an ordinary thing.

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