days at Hogwarts

Chapter 63

In the woods, on the top of the castle, and in the courtyard, layers of snow were piled up, and the Black Lake was frozen bare.Snowflakes like goose feathers were falling down one after another.

Hermione and Loren were sitting by a window in the lounge, each holding a tome.

Harry and others all walked around them when they saw this scene, the tome was too scary.

Loren was reading the last book in Snape's book list. According to Snape, after reading these books, Loren could barely get started with Potions.

Snape hadn't asked Loren to take snake venom for a long time, and the work has been much easier recently, and Loren guessed that the snakes were hibernating.

There are 25 books in the whole book list. Loren thought he would finish reading them before Christmas, but after getting the fantasy book, Loren can always spare some time to read these books after Flamel's teaching, and the progress has been accelerated. few.

Hermione has found out about Nicole Flamel and the Philosopher's Stone.

She read this passage to Loren:
Ancient alchemy involved the refining of the Philosopher's Stone, a magical substance with amazing properties.The Philosopher's Stone can turn any metal into pure gold, and it can also create an elixir of life, so that people who drink this medicine will never die.

Over the centuries, there have been many reports of the Philosopher's Stone, but the only remaining one belongs to the famous alchemist and opera lover Mr. Nicole Flamel.He celebrated his fifth birthday at 660 last year and is now living in seclusion in Devon with his wife Perenal (650 eight).

Loren learned about Nicole from the book "A General Explanation of Pictographic Symbols", Nicole's autobiography, and never carefully read other people's introduction and evaluation of Nicole Flamel's book.

He was a little tongue-tied when he heard this paragraph, good guy, even the place where people live in seclusion is marked, what kind of seclusion is this.

Hermione put down the book, looked at Loren, hesitated, and asked, "Did you know that Snape wanted to steal the Sorcerer's Stone?"

Being teased by Loren that night, my head was so confused that I didn't ask these things.

Loren continued to read the tome, and made a note in his notebook about the difference between morning dew and midnight dew, "Professor Snape's personality is not very good, but he can be considered a good person."

Hermione looked left and right, "I saw Snape jinx Harry's broom that day with my own eyes."

"Of course people want to believe what they see."

Loren continued to take notes, "But you should look for what you can't see."

Loren didn't intend to tell Hermione what he knew. Without evidence, it was impossible to say that he knew the plot.

After finishing speaking, Loren thought about it for a while, hiss, how does this sentence sound like Dumbledore's style, I am still young, I can't be a riddle so early.

Loren quickly added, "You can pay attention to Professor Quirrell."

"Why?" Hermione asked why.

"Snape is an old professor, and he has been at Hogwarts for many years. Quirrell's time at Hogwarts is much shorter, and Quirrell is sneaky, hiding his head and showing his tail, and he is not a good person at first glance." When Loren talked about his feelings while watching the movie, he could tell at a glance that Quirrell was not a good person.

It turned out that there was no reliable reason, it was all guesswork, Hermione was not convinced, "You just want to believe what you see, and you don't want to believe what you don't see."

Loren closed the book, "It's wrong, I won't help anyone. Let me tell you, Principal Dumbledore is still in the castle. What are you children worried about?"

Loren really thought so, but he also knew that even if he said so, the three little ones would still do what they thought was right.They are Gryffindors, upholding justice and courage.

On the contrary, there is a problem with my mentality that this kind of thing has nothing to do with myself.But he is not the protagonist, so his life must be important.

"You're not a child too."

After that night, Hermione was relieved knowing that Snape hadn't threatened Loren.But Loren was still making excuses for Snape, Hermione thought, Loren and Snape had been together for a long time, and became close.

Hermione planned to dismantle Snape's conspiracy with Harry and Ron, so as not to embarrass Loren.

On the other hand, Harry found that he would run into Snape wherever he went, and Snape's eyes always followed him.

Harry thought that Snape was following him, trying to seize the opportunity to be alone and kill him.

With this discovery, no matter where Harry went, he never walked alone, and always dragged Ron to the bathroom.

Loren found it strange that not only girls went to the bathroom with their girlfriends, but also boys and good brothers.

……

Another week of Friday.

Loren walked through the dark basement, the basement was even colder in winter, the Slytherin dormitory was still under the Black Lake, the Snake Yard really didn't mind the cold.

Walking to the door of Snape's office, the dark door opened by itself.

"Come straight in." Snape's voice came from the further storage room.

"Okay, professor." Loren walked past the office where various specimens were placed, and walked into the storage room.

Snape was sitting next to the operating table, with two stoves in front of him, one was empty, the other was filled with pink viscous liquid, which was bubbling non-stop, without any smell.

"Have you finished reading the books on the book list?"

"It's over, Professor."

Snape took out a blade of green grass and stirred it into the bubbling pot.

A trace of purple streaks gradually appeared in the middle of the pink liquid, and then spread out, dyeing the entire pot of liquid purple. The purple color gradually deepened, and the liquid took on a strange color and smelled like fermented rotten eggs.

"Potion of Wolfsbane!" Loren was very familiar with this.

Loren would come every Friday. Snape would give Loren the Wolfsbane Potion half a month before the full moon. The Wolfsbane Potion had to be drunk a week in advance, and Loren had a week to send the stuff to Grandpa Bates.

The previous ones were all finished products, directly packed in bottles. This was the first time Loren saw the scene where Wolfsbane Potion was made.

Snape put out the fire and closed the lid.

"[Whirlwind Sweep]"

With a wave of Snape's wand, it created a gust of wind that carried the smell out of the room.

"In your opinion, what is a potion?"

Loren was a little confused, "Potion refers to any pharmaceutical product that is manufactured, extracted, or semi-synthesized from magical biological sources."

Loren was a little uncertain. Any introductory potion book would write this in the first sentence, but when Snape asked this question, the answer must not be that simple.

Snape looked at Loren with distaste, "Just like Miss Know-it-all, just a stupid thing who can read dead books."

Loren's eyes widened and he attacked personally.

"Potions are essentially another form of magic..."

In Snape's words, potions, like charms, are expressions of magic.

Spells have specific incantations, spell-casting actions, potions require specific materials, and specific preparation methods.This fixed process is called a ritual, the wizard completes the ritual, and the magic achieves the effect.

In the field of magic spells, skilled wizards can cast spells without a wand and silently.

Potions are different, they are stricter and abide by the rules. No matter how clever the potion master is, he must strictly follow the standard steps and use standard materials to achieve the effect.

"Potions are more rigorous and advanced magic!" Snape said.

Loren thought of Voldemort's process of reshaping his body. The bones of his father, the flesh of his servants and the blood of his enemies sounded like brewing potions.That is also an evil magic, an evil ritual to an evil effect.

"Understanding the essence of potions, you can better grasp its laws."

After speaking, Snape didn't continue to talk about potions. He put the cooled wolfbane potion into a bottle and handed it to Loren, then turned around and took out a pair of small glass buttons from the cabinet, one red and one green.

"This is the looking glass, you find a way to make Harry Potter carry it at all times." Snape handed the red glass button to Loren.

Loren had heard of this thing, it was used as a warning.

He took it, put it in his hand and looked it up curiously, "What's the use of this?"

"It allows me to keep track of your stupid roommate anytime, anywhere," Snape said.

Loren put the button on the table, drew out the spell, and tried to cast a [Thunderbolt Piercing] on the button.

"Woo!!!"

Before the spell could be uttered, the red button on the table and the other blue button in Snape's hand whistled at the same time, the sound was piercing and shrill.

Loren wanted to tease Snape, but his life was the most important thing, so he didn't dare to say it. He just looked at Snape with a look of "you are so arrogant".

"During Quidditch, Quirrell wanted to attack our savior, Mr. Harry Potter, but was stopped by me and the know-it-all lady."

"He will definitely do it again. I followed that stupid thing these days to prevent him from being killed. Stupid Harry Potter actually thought I was going to kill him."

"Insanely stupid, beyond redemption." Snape said more and more angrily, adding an adjective every time Harry was mentioned.

After finishing speaking, Snape calmed down his emotions, and his tone became calm again, "This thing can prevent him from dying in an unclear way."

"Why didn't you tell Dumbledore?" Loren asked as usual.

Snape's calm face became angry again, "Dumbledore old fool, I don't know why he hired Quirrell as the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, and he knows everything he says, and he has his own arrangements!"

"He's getting old and confused!"

It is not suitable to stay here for a long time, Loren slipped away with the potion and buttons.

Go back to the Gryffindor common room.

Loren took a piece of string and threaded it through the hole in the middle of the button, making the looking glass into a pendant.

Loren told Harry that it was from his mother, from Professor McGonagall.

What?evidence?If there is no evidence, just open your mouth and come here, playing the family card.

In Harry's view, Loren had saved his life before, so there was no need to lie to him.If Loren wanted to help Snape harm him, it would be more convenient to find an opportunity to poison him.

Harry wore the pendant around his neck the next day and had a smile on his face all day.

Loren's conscience hurt a little, and he swore secretly that after the matter was over, he would get something from Snape's real Lily's to make up for Harry.

Snape had it there, there was no doubt about that.

(End of this chapter)