Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 330 Lupine's Lesson
Snape glanced at Neville's potion and said in a dangerous tone.

"Aha! Looks like we have a nosy little wizard!"

McGuffin didn't respond, but Neville's face turned pale, he was shaking, and he was about to cry.

"Let me see what you have to teach others!"

Snape turned, came up to the MacGuffin, spooned a little out of his cauldron, and poured it into it.

Watch as the glowing, sour green solution slowly flows back into the cauldron.

Snape's face immediately became stiff and cold.

Although it seems that the solution made by McGuffin is successful, but careful observation can tell from the color, especially the sour gas above the potion, that it is not...

Snape Severus knew that this was not his own recipe, he had never taught how to make this shrinking potion...

This is not a formal method in those potion textbooks, but it is a method derived from the dark wizard, which he can detect.

——Looks like you have to talk to Dumbledore!
Snape made up his mind.

Looking at Snape's uncertain expression, McGuffin also felt something was wrong.

He also echoed that he had indeed unconsciously used the black magic memory fragments and experience from Voldemort in the production of potions.

(Among Voldemort's dark witchcraft experience fragments obtained through the series of quests "Dead Enemy"... In addition to black witchcraft casting skills, there are also some methods of making black potions)
——This guy won't notice it!
Just when McGuffin was a little flustered, Snape took a deep breath, snorted coldly, and turned to look at Hermione.

Harry, Ron's eyes were full of disbelief, they didn't expect Snape not to find fault with McGuffin, which is rare!
It was almost time for get out of class to end, and Hermione finally used the tattered potion ingredients to boil a crucible of bright green acidic substance.

Unlike the one brewed by MacGuffin, the shrink potion this time does not emit highly corrosive acidic gas (especially when it is not boiled...).

The potion that Hermione configured seemed to be made exactly according to the method Snape said.

Snape stood beside them and shouted, "You should have already added all the ingredients in the formula. This potion needs to be boiled to remove the poison, especially the potion made by a little wizard..."

After he glanced at the MacGuffin's cauldron, he paused and continued.

"Okay, now pack up your things, pay attention to the flame under the crucible, remember to turn the fire to a small fire... Finally, use magic power to feel the magic power contained in various materials, their properties, and feel the fusion and change..."

"If you can't configure such a simple potion successfully, you might as well leave Hogwarts directly! Learning magic is not suitable for your poor brain!"

He was clearly mocking Neville meanly.

Goyle and Crabbe stared at Neville and sneered, De LS also looked at Hermione who gloated at the final inspection (in terms of color and consistency)...

McGuffin and Ron, Harry avoided Snape and went to the stone sink in the corner of the classroom to clean spoons, scales, knives, weighing pans on the scales and other common tools for making potions.

The fact that Snape wasn't watching them made them feel relieved.

However, they were still very worried that Hermione would try the shrinking potion they prepared later.

"Is Hermione alright!?" Harry asked.

"Even if he was Snape, he wouldn't intentionally murder a student!" McGuffin comforted.

Afterwards, Snape checked all the potions in the little wizard's cauldron one by one, and even Neville's potion was perfected under McGuffin's suggestion, and there were no loopholes, otherwise his toad, Raffle, would have to be replaced with another one.

Finally... he came to the side of Hermione's and McGuffin's group and said, "Let's see... if Miss Know-it-All can win my prize."

Although Snape said that he wanted to use the shrinking potion for Hermione, he obviously couldn't let Hermione drink it directly and turn her into a baby again.

This kind of behavior, once (certainly) someone leaks it to the Daily Prophet, Hogwarts will never have peace, and Snape will also be punished by the Ministry of Magic.

"Granger held out his hand..."

"This is a small spell I created for experimental potions. After all, most potions have to go through human trials before they can be useful..."

Snape said coldly.

"If yours is made into a potion, your hands will become the hands of a baby or a five or six-year-old child. If it is not correct... then I will probably see a leech-like tentacles, or maybe a mouse's claws... There are too many possibilities."

Even Hermione, who was full of confidence, couldn't help but have palpitations on her face when she heard Snape's words.

"Okay, let's all look over here, let's see if the famous lady know-it-all can create miracles for us all in my class!"

DeLS Malfoy hissed with his head down.

The Gryffindors were worried; the witches and witches of Slytherin House, and especially the little group in De LS, squinted and watched it all excitedly.

Snape took out his wand, tapped on the cauldron, and muttered something in Latin.

The green solution in the crucible, which was fed by a small fire and gassed, began to separate as if it had lost gravity, and a large unstable, ever-changing round, translucent green sphere floated out.

With a wave of his wand, the green ball began to spin continuously, separating out strands of threads as thin as spider silk, winding around Hermione's arm little by little.

Slowly, it gradually penetrated into her skin.

After a moment of silence, Hermione began to tremble with her hands, her body swayed a bit, and then made a soft pop, a layer of white mist emerged around her body.

After the white mist dissipated, her original hands turned into soft, white, pink and fleshy children's hands.

The sleeves of the wizard's robe have also become longer and longer, which looks very interesting.

The Gryffindor students applauded, and Harry and Ron applauded loudly regardless of Snape's expression.

Snape had a sour, even livid expression.

Then he said angrily,

"get out of class is over! By the way, Harry, MacGuffin, don't forget your Sunday..."

His words wiped the smile off Harry's face.

After class, when McGuffin and Harry packed their things and left the classroom.

DeLS Malfoy couldn't bear the happy looks of these people, so he came over to provoke them.

However, she couldn't say much about the performance of Hermione's perfect potion, and McGuffin had just taught her a lesson some time ago, and this guy didn't dare to confront him face to face, so he had to point the finger at Harry and Ron.

For the Ron family, they shouted 'poor ghosts' to provoke.

As for Harry, he revealed that he should seek revenge from Sirius...

After packing up the potions class tools, McGuffin, Harry, Hermione, and Ron climbed the stairs to the front hall.

Neville followed all the way, and he was very grateful to McGuffin for his help.

While Harry thought about what Malfoy said just now, Ron was very excited about Snape.

"That guy still didn't give Gryffindor points in the end, and deducted several points after one class, but it's worth seeing Snape's face...Hermione, it's all thanks to you!"

"Hermione?"

Hermione disappeared.

Harry and the others looked back, and Hermione, who had been behind them before, disappeared in an instant.

"what?"

Just when Harry and Ron were hesitating whether to go back to look for her, or wait, they suddenly found Hermione greeting them in front again, with a tired face and a heavy schoolbag on her back.

"how can that be!?"

Harry and Ron were puzzled, but when they saw that Hermione and McGuffin were not surprised by all this, they quickly realized whether they were making too much of a fuss about it.

……

To be honest, McGuffin didn't really expect much from the practical Defense Against the Dark Arts class proposed by Professor Lupine.

First of all, he knew that in the plot, they were going to deal with boggarts (a kind of shapeshifter)... if not, they would only deal with red hats or some other low-threat level dangerous dark magic creatures.

It's impossible to deal with vampires, werewolves and other highly dangerous dark creatures!
Secondly, in fact, according to the level of black magic that McGuffin currently masters, this kind of practical class for children to play house does not arouse his interest at all.

However, when Professor Lupine announced in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom that today was a practical class, it still caused a lot of noise from the little wizards in the third grade.

Especially when they recalled how the last practical class ended—what a tragic end.

It was even more noisy.

The Hogwarts cataclysm that cannot be mentioned is still vivid in the minds of the little wizards until now.

——The lingering stench seems to be making a comeback.

Many little wizards had already started wrinkling their noses, staring straight at the culprit Ron.

Ron raised his head and tried to keep his eyes open, staring at Professor Lupine's tattered clothes and the suitcase, in order to resolve his embarrassing situation.

Confusion, pain, and extremely embarrassing emotions were constantly displayed on the face of the little wizard.

Professor Lupine obviously did not receive the reaction he expected.

In the end, everyone followed him out of the classroom and along the corridor.

The little wizards were still very suspicious.

However, when Professor Lupine taught the mischievous Peeves a little curse, the little wizards began to respect him.

At least everyone began to believe that the somewhat ragged professor in front of them looked completely different from the previous Lockhart.

It doesn't look like this practice session will be a disaster.

After giving Peeves a lesson, they continued down the corridor until they were outside the staff common room.

"Okay, let's go in!"

After Lupine identified himself as a professor, the two blobs jumped aside and got out of the way.

After they were refurbished, they were polished smooth and shiny by goblins, and they didn't look so weird.

Students get into it.

The teachers' lounge has been renovated, and it is not as dilapidated as most young wizards think. The surrounding walls are full of wooden boards, and the corners are full of tattered tables and chairs.

The refurbished staff lounge is exceptionally clean and beautiful.

In particular, the four scrolls of oil paintings hanging on the walls are even more magnificent.

They depict the scenes of Hogwarts in the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

The picture scroll animated by magic is constantly changing from all angles, showing the beauty of the castle that little wizards have never seen.

Spring rain, summer, autumn wind, winter snow, and of course other scenery...

For a while, they actually forgot the purpose of this trip.

However, someone snorted coldly, reminding the little wizards what they came here for.

It was Snape.

His eyes were bright, and with a mocking smile on his lips, he satirized Neville and walked away.

Regarding Snape's ridicule, Professor Lupine's words that he wanted to use Neville as his assistant made the little wizard blush even more.

But McGuffin didn't care about the secret conflict between Snape and Lupine, he suddenly thought of a very serious problem...

Depending on the situation, they should be dealing with Boggarts later, so...

A problem followed.

What is he afraid of in his heart?
—Is it Voldemort?No no... McGuffin has no fear of this terrorist from the bottom of his heart.

—was he, like Harry, terrified of fear itself, a dementor?

But then he remembered about tearing up the dementors.Immediately, the corners of McGuffin's eyes twitched, completely dispelling this ridiculous idea.

——Afraid that his identity as a traverser and system would be exposed...

Well, this was indeed what McGuffin was most afraid of at the beginning...but now...he at least has the ability to protect himself, and there is no way to manifest this fear in specific symbols.

——Or is it the original owner himself... is he afraid of the original owner who was replaced by him?
Would a Boggart behave like this?
This is indeed a problem, but McGuffin thinks carefully, although he doesn't feel very scared, but this kind of illusion is indeed very possible.

However, there is another possibility, and that is the most important thing for McGuffin right now... something about the [Blood Curse] is getting out of control.

——It is very likely that he will fall under this curse just like Nagiya, and become a beast completely.

That kind of situation, McGuffin is indeed very scared, but now he has a plan, as long as he finds Nagia... as long as he finds her, he can break the [Blood Curse].

Will Bogut show up like this later, though?

McGuffin thought carefully about the things he was afraid of, and arranged them one by one, so as not to scare the little wizards, or reveal the secrets deep in his heart.

At this time, Professor Lupine was just beginning to tell what kind of monster the Boggart they were going to deal with would be.

He took Xiao Wu to the end of the faculty lounge, where there stood an old wardrobe that was incompatible with the renovated room.The thing was still shaking wildly from time to time, banging on the ground.

Some of the young wizards were indeed very worried, staring in terror at the wobbling cupboard doorknob.

"Don't worry, it's a Boggart inside!" Lupine reassured.

(End of this chapter)