Lu Mingfei: Hogwarts repeater

Chapter 37 Snape’s sowing discord
  Before going to class, Lu Mingfei needed to return to his bedroom to get his books. Bill was a little worried at first that Lu Mingfei could not find the location of the Potions classroom, so he proposed to accompany Lu Mingfei.

But obviously, this kind of worry was unnecessary. Lu Mingfei could not have taken the wrong path from his bedroom to the Potions classroom with his eyes closed... Of course, he did not refuse Bill's kindness.

"I really didn't expect you to live on the third floor of the castle!" Bill said as Lu Mingfei finished picking up the books and went to the Potions classroom together. He looked a little worried, "This place is not very good, otherwise you would still live there. Come back to Gryffindor's dormitory tower?"

"Is there anything wrong with the third floor of the castle?" Lu Mingfei asked doubtfully, "I see that the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office and the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom are both on the third floor of the castle."

"That's the problem. The third floor of Hogwarts Castle only had the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office and classroom before. The other rooms were not used, and the other floors were basically full. Do you know the reason? "Bill said.

"I don't know... because it involves black magic, will it affect luck?" Lu Mingfei guessed.

"Almost, there is a curse on the Defense Against the Dark Arts course. This curse comes from a mysterious person. It is said that he came to Hogwarts to apply for a job and wanted to get the position of professor of the Defense Against the Dark Arts course, but was rejected, so he held a grudge. A mysterious and powerful curse has been placed on this position.”

Bill said, "I am now in fifth grade. Since the year I entered school, Hogwarts has had four Defense Against the Dark Arts professors in four years."

"What, such a powerful curse, four professors died? Those who can serve as Defense Against the Dark Arts professors should be very strong, right? They don't resist at all. This curse can't even be solved by Principal Dumbledore?"

Lu Mingfei's eyes widened in surprise, and his impression of Voldemort immediately changed a lot. Didn't expect this to be such a capable guy? It's a shame that I didn't take him seriously when I read the information before.

"What? No, no, they are not dead, they are just forced to leave their jobs for various reasons."

Bill was stunned after hearing this and shook his head repeatedly, "This curse generally does not cause death, but every professor basically cannot stay in this position for more than a year, so it seems very evil. As for whether Principal Dumbledore can't solve it... …We don’t know much about that either.”

"Oh..." Lu Mingfei was thoughtful. What he meant was that Dumbledore couldn't solve it, otherwise he wouldn't have allowed the curse to remain.

In this way, Voldemort should still have something, at least his research in some aspects is quite advanced... That's right, otherwise he wouldn't have made the entire wizarding world panic.

But it should also be related to the fact that the curse is not fatal. Otherwise, with Dumbledore's strength and connections, as long as he is willing to work hard, he can always find a solution.

"Professor Snape's Potions class is not easy. It would be nice to have another class. This is your first class at Hogwarts." Bill talked about another topic.

"Actually, I think Professor Snape is okay..." Lu Mingfei scratched his head.

"It's fine when there's no class, but once there's class..." Bill shook his head, looking a little heavy, "You'll know later.

Lu Mingfei became more and more curious. He had never seen Snape in real class... It was better than summoning a mountain of books and letting him chew them all. If there were any mistakes, just use them without repetition. Is the word cynicism terrible?

Having said this, the two of them walked into the Potions classroom and found a seat to sit down.

This class was taken by the fifth-year students of Slytherin and Gryffindor together. The golden-red and silver-green wizard robes were clearly distinguishable. From this, it can be seen that there is considerable disparity between the two houses. deal with.

Probably because it was Snape's Potions class, no one wanted to be late and be sprayed all over their bodies. All the students arrived early, and Lu Mingfei and Bill were even among the later ones.

The students arrived, but quite consciously, they kept silent and waited quietly. Not long after, the door to the Potions classroom opened automatically, and Snape walked in. Behind him was a pile of parchment. His dark eyes swept among the students, and then paused on Lu Mingfei. Click.

"Surprise!" Lu Mingfei mouthed silently and winked. They hadn't seen him for a week, and he even felt a sense of intimacy about seeing Snape.

"Hmph." Snape snorted coldly and ignored it with a straight face.

This sudden cold snort frightened the whole class. They didn't notice Lu Mingfei's behavior, thinking that Snape was simply in a bad mood due to something else.

Then they saw Snape throw the pile of floating parchment onto the desk with a cold face.

"Your stupidity amazes me," Snape said, "It's just a simple, temporary quiz, and some of the knowledge above is even required for freshmen to learn, and yet there are still people who can answer it wrong. "

The whole class was silent. "Aina!" Snape suddenly said, "What is the magical function of Ariot leaves?"

"Professor Snape... The magical effect of Ariot leaves is to induce hysteria and uncontrollable laughter..." A Gryffindor girl answered tremblingly.

"Really, but why did you write...let me see it during the test, which made you cry?"

Snape picked out a piece of parchment from the pile and threw it back in front of Aina, and said coldly, "So, what materials can be used to relieve this symptom?"

"..." Aina hesitated, unable to answer.

"You didn't even memorize all the after-school tutoring. This is the next line in the line you're looking at. You're hopelessly lazy!" Snape said. "One point deducted from Gryffindor."

Next, Lu Mingfei finally understood why even Bill Weasley's character was so heavy during Snape's Potions class.

Snape kept asking questions. Although both Gryffindor and Slytherin asked questions, and the difficulty of the questions was basically the same, the subjects of the questions were very different. When he asked Gryffindor, he picked those with poor grades, but when he asked Slytherin, he picked those with good grades!

It is precisely because of this that Gryffindor keeps losing points, while Slytherin keeps getting points!

House points affect the final winner of the House Cup, which is a great honor for Hogwarts students...

The Slytherin students were triumphant, and the Gryffindor students were all silent. It had been five years since they had attended Snape's Potions class for five years, and they had long been accustomed to this kind of differentiated suppression.

"Is this all you can do?" Lu Mingfei couldn't help but asked Bill in a low voice.

"There is no way. Professor Snape won't click on me, and I won't get extra points for answering. If I rush to answer, I will be deducted for 'acting like a hero'. I've already experienced this kind of thing once..." "

Bill whispered to Lu Mingfei, and then comforted him.

"But it doesn't matter. I will earn it back in other classes. Don't be impulsive. Someone directly accused Professor Snape of this behavior, and then he was deducted a lot of points in the name of 'slandering the professor'." I need to write a review..."

This seems to be the case.

"You are already in fifth grade and are about to take the OWLs exam. Let me make it clear first that those who do not have a score of 'E (good)' or above will never be allowed to take my NEWT advanced course. At present, it seems that many idiots can't even take it. You can't even get an 'A'."

Snape mocked, "In just one summer vacation, you can forget everything you have learned before. I haven't even examined all the knowledge you have learned in the first to fourth years..."

Snape, who was in a taunting state, suddenly saw Lu Mingfei and Bill whispering.

"Lu Mingfei!" Snape suddenly shouted.

Lu Mingfei stood up subconsciously and looked at Snape in confusion.

"Tell me, you're different from those idiots, right?"

Snape asked slowly.

After hearing Snape's question, one word suddenly came to Lu Mingfei's mind -

Sow discord!

PS: Today’s sanity discussion post – Has the relationship between Slytherin and Gryffindor always been so bad? Is there any possibility of improvement?

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