Harry Potter: The Atypical Alchemist

After picking up a branch, Stone came to the greenhouse.

This was a class on herbal medicine. Before class, he took out the carving knife he carried with him and completed the order for the hardware galleons.

"call--"

While blowing away the wood chips, the greenhouse door opened and Professor Sprout walked in.

"Today we are going to learn about devil's nets. Can anyone tell me about their habits?"

Stone put the wooden sign in his pocket and raised his hand.

"Oh! It's very soon. Let's ask Stone to answer." Sprout pointed to Stone.

Stone stood up:

"The devil's net is a vine that likes dark and humid living environments. A mature devil's net can stretch out snake-like tendrils and wrap around people who are close to it, causing injury or death."

"Is there any way to deal with it?" Sprout asked.

"Yes." Stone said, "Because it likes a moist and dark environment, it is naturally afraid of light and warmth. If you are unfortunately attacked by a devil's net, you can try igniting a fire or using a light spell."

"Very good." Sprout nodded with satisfaction, "Please sit down, two points for Ravenclaw!"

"Thank you." Stone sat down.

Two more points added.

In order to implement Prefect Penello's plan, he has been actively answering questions in recent classes. In other words, all Ravenclaw students, including him, are desperately trying to add points to the academy.

But...it's still too difficult to catch up with Slytherin.

The gap of more than sixty points was not small to begin with. In addition, the Slytherin students were aware of Ravenclaw's intentions and began to work hard.

Coupled with Snape, he is the only professor who likes to find faults and deduct points. Recently, he has always been staring at Ravenclaw to deduct points, further increasing the difficulty of chasing points.

From the beginning to now, they have narrowed the gap from more than 60 points to about 40 points. In the long run, it is indeed possible to close the gap, but this is impossible.

Exam week is approaching and there is not much time left.

Therefore, Stone himself did not have high hopes, but Penelo did not say give up, and he also worked hard together.

The next class is Defense Against the Dark Arts.

During class, Stone added two points to Ravenclaw as usual, and then began to observe Quirrell.

Today Quirrell is a bit normal, very abnormally normal.

Stone found that his stuttering frequency had become less frequent, and his lectures were much smoother. There was worry in his eyes, and a stern look flashed from time to time.

All of this was fine. Stone had known for a long time that he was faking it. It was normal for his plan to go wrong and to have difficulty controlling his expression.

But the strange thing is that according to Harry's description, the hooded man was very close to the place where the baseball exploded last night, but Quirrell did not show any signs of injury.

Could it be that the person last night was not Quirrell?

Who is that? It can't really be Snape, right?

But according to the information Stone learned, although Snape could not be considered a good person, he would not attack Harry. After all, he was the son of the person he liked.

Hatred out of love? Can't?

Anyway, Snape is once again on Stone's list of people he suspects - along with Quirrell. Quirrell is definitely not a good person. If Snape also has problems, then there is a high probability that the two of them are in the same group.

... ...

After class, Anthony patted Stone on the shoulder:

"Go back to the common room later. The prefect has something to say."

"Did you tell me what it was?"

"It might not be a good thing for you."

"Huh?" Stone was confused.

The prefect wants to announce the news, which is not good for him...

'how could it be possible? The prefect is Penello, she will hurt me’

With this thought in mind, Stone had a hasty dinner and returned to the common room with Anthony.

Soon after sitting down, the students came back one after another, and Penello walked in.

"I want to announce something." Penello apologized, "Because of well-known reasons, our journey to catch up with the score is not very smooth. Everyone has worked hard, but we are still 40 points behind Slytherin, and we are still 40 points behind Slytherin. Exam is coming soon......"

Her tone became lower and lower, then she took a deep breath and said:

"So I declare that the plan to win the Academy Cup is over."

"Of course, if there are still students who want to try, please feel free to show it off, but... the exam is more important at the moment."

After announcing the news, she looked at Stone:

"Sorry. I know you get the most points, but we..."

"It's okay~" Stone interrupted her, "I'm just following your instructions. You said the exam is more important, then the exam is the most important."

"It's great that you understand." Penello breathed a sigh of relief.

This period of time was quite torturous for her. She had to prepare for exams and worry about her scores, which consumed too much of her mind.

She came up with the plan, and she can stick to it even if she grits her teeth - if it succeeds. She is not a consequentialist, but if there is no hope of success in something, she really can't find the point in persisting.

She weighed in her mind for a long time whether to stop the plan, because she was not sure about the reactions of her classmates.

Now it seems that although it is still unclear whether anyone understands it, at least there are people who support it, and Stone is the one who scored the most points. This is enough.

"Okay, let's go prepare for the exam." Penello finally managed a smile, "I'm going to prepare for the exam too."

The classmates returned to their dormitories one after another. Penello stopped Stone and rubbed his head:

"Thank you~"

"Should be."

After being polite for a while, Stone slapped Penello's hand away and said:

"You look very tired. Go back and rest early."

"Are you chasing me away?"

"...Why have you become so pretentious?" Stone said helplessly.

"There's no way." Penello slumped down on the sofa, "I'm about to collapse because of the O.W.Ls exam."

"Well -" Stone sat next to him, "I have a trick about the exam, do you want to listen?"

Hearing this, Penello turned over like a salted fish, "You say it."

"Don't review."

"what?"

Seeing Penello's surprised expression, Stone chuckled:

"You heard it right. Reviewing before the exam is a stupid thing. You are not stupid. If you listen to the lectures carefully, you just need to calm down. Reviewing will disturb the train of thought in your mind."

"Really?" Penello looked unbelieving.

"Of course it's true." Stone said seriously: "This is all experience."

"Hey -" Penello turned over, "You haven't taken the exam, how can you get the experience?"

"I'm a Muggle. I've passed many more exams than you."