HP Demon's Silence

Undoubtedly, as an experienced Mr. Fryer, Neville is the most hated—or most feared—professor at Hogwarts is Severus Snape, and the effect of force is mutual, so In Snape's list of most hated students, Neville was honored to occupy a large place, comparable to Harry's.

However, things have changed recently. In view of the fact that the vampire lady Ovelia has caused a series of messy accidents without stopping after entering Hogwarts, her favorability in Snape's heart has already dropped to a freezing point. The speed of light threw away Harry and Neville, and became Snape's key surveillance object.

Two weeks after entering the school, Ovelia was ordered to observe the first potion class, and then happened to be due to various reasons—such as skipping class for no reason, missing several potion classes, and I have to say Under the surface, Snape was delighted. He wished that some dangerous person would never enter the Potions classroom, so that the possibility of his life being shortened due to overwork would be much smaller.

It's a pity that there is such a motto that cannot be ignored in the philosophy of life: wishes are full, but reality is skinny...

Snape, who has been played by fate for decades, has a deep understanding of this sentence, and has long learned to face reality with a ruthless attitude. No matter how bad things are, they have to develop step by step, right?

Then, in this context, it is not difficult to understand the following scenarios:

In the Potions classroom, in a remote corner seat, Ovelia was sitting upright, looking up at Snape, her clear blue eyes had a psychedelic color under the ray of sunlight coming in from the window. .

Snape lowered his head and stared at Ovelia, his black eyes were dark and dull, and against the background of his hooked nose, they looked extremely gloomy.His lips were pursed habitually, his jaw was tense, and he stood with his arms folded. The sunlight cast from behind him cast a large shadow, enveloping the girl in it, with a strong sense of oppression.Neville Longbottom, who was sitting next to her, was pale and stiff as a piece of wood.

The entire Potions classroom was silent. The Gryffindors secretly looked at this side in fear, while the Slytherins kept their eyes on the ground, with a book spread out in front of them. It's really like a group of good kids who love to learn and have no distractions.

"Professor, what's the matter?" After waiting silently for a while, Snape still didn't say a word, and Ovelia couldn't help asking.She turned her head to look at the sweaty Neville, a little surprised, and when she turned her gaze back to Snape, she was already admiring, thinking, is this the so-called 'aura'?That a human being with weak mental strength can do this out of thin air is really not to be underestimated...

Snape finally spoke slowly: "I have to say, an interesting combination—I don't think this is the first time I've given you a similar evaluation, Lachesis. You and Mr. Longbottom are partners in potions class, Do you think that his skill alone is insufficient, and you want to help him complete the great goal of blowing up the potion classroom?"

"Ah, forgive me for not knowing that he still has such a grand goal. If I had known about this earlier, I would have considered the feasibility of partnering with him more carefully." Ovelia humbly admitted her mistake, secretly thinking that Longbottom looked honest. To be honest, I didn't expect to have such a hard side! "But you misunderstood me. First of all, I didn't intend to partner with Mr. Longbottom. We just happened to not be at the same table; secondly, you can trust that my potion level is enough to reduce the probability of Mr. Longbottom's frying pot..."

Before she could finish speaking, Snape showed a smirk: "On behalf of Hogwarts, I thank you for your kindness, Lachesis, but let the farce stop here! Draco Malfoy!" He shouted in a deep voice .

Ovelia originally wanted to fight for her potion level, but when she heard that name, she decisively shut her mouth.Over there, Draco was admiring Longbottom's cold sweat, when he heard his name suddenly, he was stunned for a moment, stood up and replied: "Yes, Professor..."

Ovelia saw Draco's face turned around, his eyeballs rolled slightly, diverted his gaze, and drifted to another place.Pansy gave her a thumbs up, Blaise was winking, which was clearly reflected in the mirror, and Ovelia pursed her lips into a smile.

Draco's eyes passed her face calmly, and looked at his godfather who was full of fierceness. Snape glanced at him and ordered: "Mr. Malfoy, come here, Longbottom, Go to Miss Zetloff!"

... It is estimated that Princess Zetlov never dreamed that she would be assigned to the same group as Longbottom one day.

"Oh no, Draco..." Alexandra whispered.It's a pity that Draco would not resist his respected godfather for the beauty, and he was actually happy to see it, so he walked straight to the designated seat without looking back.

Neville's legs were a little weak, and he didn't know whether he was frightened by Snape or knocked unconscious by the flying beauty, and he didn't stand up for a long time.

"...Longbottom, do you need me to help you there?" Draco asked with a malicious smile.Neville finally jumped out of his seat and staggered away.

"Very good." Snape said, "I hope this is the only episode of this class." He turned around 'swish', his gaze swept across the classroom like a hurricane, leaving a group of lions in a hurry The retracted grimace stuck awkwardly on his face.Snape sneered: "Gryffindor will deduct [-] points for lack of due respect to the teacher!"

Harry escaped by hiding his face behind the book just in time, and reaching out to tug at his frozen friend, he whispered, "Ron!"

The red-haired boy turned his face away, clenched his fists and said angrily, "Damn it! This big eerie bat...isn't there any other fun in his life besides seizing the opportunity to deduct points for us?"

"..." Harry glanced behind him to show that he didn't hear anything, and quickly buried himself in his book.

Ron was still wondering that his friend didn't even respond formally, when he heard a chilly voice from behind: "You're right, Weasley, Gryffindor deducted another twenty points for insulting the teacher." !"

Ron: "..." He turned into a deflated ball and spread it on the table.

Without even looking at him, Snape strode up to the podium like a gust of wind, "Lessons begin now! What we're going to do today is [Zaleprin Potion], can anyone tell me what it's for? "

Bryce raised his hand lazily: "Zarapulin potion has a very obvious healing effect on the burns caused by magical creatures, such as the flames of dragons and the lightning of fire thunderbirds. But it has no healing effect on damage caused by ordinary flames." Obviously, it may aggravate the injury, so it should be used with caution."

"Five points for Slytherin. Anything else to add about its characteristics?"

Hermione stood up positively, and replied in one breath: "The iron element on an ordinary crucible will react with certain components in the zaleprine potion at high temperature, and a turbid substance visible to the naked eye will appear, which will significantly reduce the efficacy of the potion. Therefore, if conditions permit, try to use a crucible that does not contain iron, such as a crystal crucible..."

……

Here, Draco and Olivia seemed to be listening to the class seriously, and they both felt that something was wrong. After that day, they seldom got along alone. Chatting, but on this occasion, both parties deliberately kept a distance from each other, and the unnatural atmosphere was clearly revealed.This is often the case between the opposite sex. Once the layer of paper is pierced, it is difficult to go back to the past.

Ovelia closed her eyes, as long as his breath was by her side, she felt at ease and warm.Humans' greed is endless, but she learned to be satisfied very early on. She thought she would never have the chance to see him again. Now that her wish has been fulfilled, why bother to possess it?Her mind has been clearly expressed, the matter has come to this, let it take its course.

Draco smiled wryly silently, it turned out that fidgeting was such a feeling, he almost forgot it, because it was really a long time, and he hadn't had a similar experience.

After decades of tempering, he has been able to hide all his true emotions on any occasion, and as needed, he can be calm, talk and laugh, or be sarcastic. However, he now understands that sometimes the problem is not whether he can, but the Willing or not.

"Put on your mask and look into her eyes!" A voice in his heart shouted, "Put on your mask and look into her eyes!"

Draco took a deep breath, forced himself to relax, and turned his head away.The sunlight coming in from the window on the other side of the classroom, after being reflected by the utensils, lightly shines on the face of the black-haired girl. Her profile is beautiful and peaceful.

"Ovelia? Are you asleep?"

Ovelia opened her eyes when she heard the sound, and saw Draco lazily supporting his head, his eyes were relaxed and indifferent, and he tilted his head to look at himself.She blinked her eyes, looked away again, and said with a smile: "No, but it's only a little bit close..."

At this time, Snape's explanation came to an end: "Now go to the last row of cabinets to find materials according to the instructions in the textbook, two groups, each group must hand in a bottle of Zaleprin finished product before class ends. Remember what I told Your approach and precautions! Don't try to blast yourself into the medical wing like Mr Longbottom, trust me, it won't be a pleasant experience."

Slytherin laughed maliciously.

Draco stood up: "I'll get the materials."

After a while, Draco came back and brought a box of things. Ovelia took the so-called crystal cauldron from him, and immediately found that it was the one she and Salazar bought in Hogsmeade that day. One of the vessels that came back.Although it is called a crystal crucible, it is actually a special glass.

Draco: "Do you know what to do with chirping licorice?"

"I know!" Ovelia thought for a while, and said, "Use Mithril material to block the pronunciation part of the licorice, insert the catheter into it, and then squeeze it from the head to get juice with a purity of 80.00%. Put it into a crucible, use the boiling point control method to evaporate the excess water to dryness, by the way, pay special attention to the temperature and time, otherwise the mucus will solidify and cannot be recovered.”

"The perfect answer!" Draco raised his eyebrows in surprise, and then took out a pot of licorice from the box and handed it to her: "Then I'll leave it to you."

"No problem~" Ovelia replied happily.

Draco took out the rest of the dry matter, some of the powder did not need to be processed, and poured it into a flat dish for later use, and the other plant roots only needed to be cut accurately according to the same size, there was basically no difficulty except for the large quantity.

Ovelia finally had a chance to show her skills. Her technique was neat and smooth, and her eyes were focused and clear. While igniting the fire to heat up, she quickly calculated the time in her mind, turned off the fire accurately, and perfectly refined the high-purity slime.While most of the students were still sweating profusely fighting against the uncooperative licorice, she had already filled a small bottle of juice, which was enough for making the zaleprin potion this time.

At the same time, Draco also carefully and efficiently divided up the other materials. When he raised his head, both of them looked at each other with bright eyes and smiled.

Seeing this scene, Snape walked over quickly, picked up the small bottle containing light blue licorice juice, looked at it carefully for a while under the light, opened it again and smelled it, and finally felt a little bit of identification with this vampire lady .Putting down the bottle, he commented with a rare calm attitude: "Pure color, no debris, good fluid texture, slightly bitter taste with a delicate fragrance... Well handled. Slythering is very good!"

Ovelia accepted the praise with a smile, and thought in her heart that she was not humble at all, of course, she is a professional in this respect, and the first teacher was a potion master of Salazar's level, and later became the one of Llanros. The deputy of the experimental madman for so many years, although sometimes he messes around and blows up the laboratory out of curiosity (...), but most of the time it is still very reliable.

When Snape left, Draco asked, "Have you ever made this potion?"

"No, this is the first time!" Ovelia said, blinking, and said expectantly, "Let me do it!"

So under the supervision of Draco, Ovelia began to prepare according to the steps shown in the textbook. Half an hour later, most of the ingredients had been put into the crucible, and only ice flakes were added at the end. Before that, press Just stir the medicine step by step.

So far, it can be said that everything is safe, Draco glanced at the time, picked up the potion book, and said to her: "When I made this potion, I felt that there was a step that could be improved, so as to effectively shorten the time. I want to follow Talk to Professor Snape. I'll leave the rest to you, okay?"

Olivia stared at the cauldron intently, nodded in agreement, and based on her flawless performance before, Draco left with confidence.

The brunette girl rested her chin in one hand and held a magic wand in the other, stirring the pot, muttering:

"Ten circles clockwise, then five counterclockwise, then stop stirring and let it cook for 5 minutes...well, repeat this three times...ready for the next step."

The next step was just about to turn the page. Ovelia glanced at it, but didn't move for a while, stirring patiently.After she finished, she turned to the next page, and saw that it read:

"At this time, the black liquid gradually turns dark purple. The transformation time is affected by the freshness and concentration of the ingredients. There is no fixed range and must be observed with the naked eye. After the transformation is completed, borneol should be put in immediately and the flame turned off to make the liquid condense into a paste. ...[Italics] Attention! Ice flakes must be put in in a timely manner, and if the color remains purple for more than 1 minute without turning off the flame, it may cause an explosion due to excessive temperature.”

Ovelia: "..."

She stared blankly at the black liquid in the cauldron in front of her, what, the black turned into dark purple?But who can tell the two colors are so close together!Well...maybe most people can tell the difference, but her colorblindness is definitely not included.

"Draco!" she bit her lip and looked up.

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