A sharp Hogwarts

Snape's office and the principal's office are simply two different styles.

Compared to the spacious and bright principal's office, this place is as gloomy as a medieval dungeon.

Of course, that's true - many underground classrooms were originally converted from castle dungeons.

I have to say that brewing magic potion here really feels like a witch brewing potion in a gloomy castle.

The only difference is that...

In fairy tales and country legends, the "witch" is accompanied by a black cat, not a poisonous giant bat.

Snape was a good man, there was no doubt about it.

Whether it's the "curve to save the country" at the beginning of the school year, or the care in the classroom——

Although Snape behaved inhumanely in front of others, it could even be said that he made things difficult for Dahlia and Harry with malice.

On the other hand, he did devote more energy to their studies - in Ron's words, Dahlia and Harry attracted almost all of Snape's firepower.

Compared to Professor Flitwick, Snape, who seemed rigid and indifferent, was the only one who changed the teaching plan because of Dalia's "fantastic ideas". Many techniques and teaching content in Potions class have now been changed. In addition to fine-tuning, Dalia has also received full marks in her potions class scores in the past few months.

However, what Dalia couldn't understand now was why Snape, such an old man, had to express his kindness in an annoying way.

"Carrots... feta cheese... lamb chops... potatoes... kohlrabi... garlic... onions..."

Dalia counted the various ingredients with a sad face.The after-school tutoring that Snape gave her was an inexplicable iron pot stew for 20 people.

Judging from the ingredients and cooking results, it seems that these things are cut into pieces, mashed, and stewed in a thick-sided crucible.

As for the magical effects and mysterious properties - Dalia couldn't see any of these.

In fact, Snape didn't seem to intend to explain these contents to her in advance.

After Daria had chopped the various ingredients into different categories, Snape also set up several cauldrons nearby.

"A little olive oil, lamb chops cut into sections -"

Snape glanced at Dalia and ordered coldly.

He seemed to regard Dalia as a temporary assistant, pointing to the cauldron and motioning for Dalia to pour the ingredients into it.

After Daria handed over the olive oil and the cut lamb steaks, she asked her to get black pepper and cracked salt.

As Snape stir-fried it back and forth, the lamb chops in the cauldron gradually turned brown, and began to emit an alluring aroma of meat fat that made your index fingers spread.

Immediately afterwards, he added onion pieces, ale, a small amount of carrots... and quietly watched the soup boil.

The aroma in the air became stronger and stronger, and Dalia quietly rubbed her belly to prevent it from making embarrassing cooing sounds.

However, in the increasingly quiet and silent waiting, the hunger increased faster and faster.

"Professor Snape, what kind of magic potion are we brewing? This looks a bit like -"

After struggling for a few seconds, Dalia took the initiative to find some topics to talk about.

She glanced at the carrots, potatoes, and kohlrabi cubes in the iron basin, and tried hard to find more appropriate words.

"...Hmm, stew in an iron pot?"

In the end, Dalia chose the most appropriate description.

After all, she didn't know what this thing could be called.

To her surprise, Professor Snape wasn't angry or sarcastic as usual.

He glanced at Dalia with a strange expression and nodded slightly.

"Well, you're right, this is just stew in an iron pot."

"This is a very old magic potion."

"Magic...potion?"

Dalia raised her eyebrows a few times and glanced at the pile of ingredients.

You know, in the past period of time, in order to find her own magic switch, she tried a lot of random things.

If they really had magical effects, she would have tried them out long ago - and Snape had obviously noticed the doubt on her face.

"I remember I said that there is not much difference in essence between magic soup and magic dishes..."

Snape said coldly, but he soon realized that this was not a classroom.

Compared with class time, he doesn't need to educate this girl too rigidly now.

"Potions is a sophisticated, time-honored science—"

"When brewing magic potion, you must have enough magic power, skills, and knowledge."

"If you spend your time reading a book while playing Quidditch, you'll know it's called Liverpool Lob Scouse."

Snape pointed to the tumbling cauldron in front of him, glanced at Dahlia squatting beside it, and said unhurriedly.

"During the sailing era, those Muggle sailors floating on the ocean created the prototype of this magic potion."

"Due to the lack of fresh food options, the ship's cooks cooked up pots of nautical chowder with ingredients such as bread crumbs, fat, rum, bacon bits, potatoes, carrots, kohlrabi, and fresh water to replenish energy and get through the journey. Overcoming the storm, and giving courage and passion to the sailors on the voyage, while also keeping them calm in dangerous moments, these are extremely complex emotions that Muggles can rarely concoct just right, but what happens if there happens to be a wizard on the ship? It’s completely different.”

As he spoke, the ale in the crucible burned to half of its original volume.

Snape casually added the remaining carrots, kohlrabi and half of the potatoes cut into small cubes.

Then, sprinkle the torn bay leaves and thyme into the crucible, pour in the prepared beef and mutton stock, and stir evenly.

"But there's more to this magic potion than just that... You will take over the final work of collecting the juice and cooking it."

Snape glanced at Dalia, who was quietly swallowing her saliva, and spoke in a slow and prolonged tone.

"There's still a quarter of an hour until the next time the soup boils. You can think about the reasons first."

"Of course, after boiling, add the remaining potatoes and simmer for another half an hour—"

"——Carrots and feta cheese add energy, potatoes are rich in starch, ale and garlic sterilize and taste, corresponding to passion and calmness."

Before Snape could finish his words, Dalia quickly replied that she was not sitting idle in the castle these days.

It may be difficult to "decipher" other magical knowledge, but the difficulty of magic decoction is obviously much lower.

“The lamb chops can symbolize migration, as well as meat and salt.”

"Based leaves, thyme, and black pepper are used as seasonings, and after a long period of cooking, they penetrate into the main ingredients of the chowder."

"With the addition of hard bread slices, beetroot, and butter, it can have the effects of repelling cold, stabilizing, and being the core magic decoction at the same time."