[HP] A Brief History of Time

When she got a good grade in a subject, Virginia would find him lovable, no matter what the rest of the school thought of the teacher in that subject—and that was what Professor Snape was to her.

Virginia was waiting in front of the office with her potions textbook in her arms, and she couldn't help but frown when she saw Draco coming to open the door.

Seeing her smiling face, Draco couldn't bear to make way for her.

"Are you okay?" Virginia asked secretly with her mouth.

"Of course!" Draco answered her equally silently, "What did you do?"

Before Virginia could say anything, Snape's deep voice sounded in the room, "Miss Crackenthorpe, is the door frame of the office too small for you?"

Draco's back muscles shrank, and he quickly took half a step back.

"No such thing, Professor," replied Virginia.Saying that, she stepped into the dark potion office.

Draco closed the door behind her, and when he heard her answer, he couldn't help but grin at the door.

A sarcastic smile twisted from the corner of Snape's mouth, "Do you think I'm joking with you?" He put down the pen in his hand, and slowly looked Virginia up and down, "If the problem didn't happen to me body," he began, "I remember your confinement time is tomorrow night."

Virginia said quite frankly, "I also volunteered to come on Wednesday night..." As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a "hiss" sound.

Draco was already standing in front of the long table, ready to put on his gloves and deal with the matter at hand.Hearing Virginia's bold and fearless answer, his hands trembled, and the pus of Babo tuber stained on the outside of the dragon leather gloves burned a scar on the outside of his thumb, causing him to gasp in pain.

Virginia gave him a curious look, turned her head and continued, "...I can help Malfoy with this too."

Draco coughed slightly.

"It's touching, let me witness this scene in the potions office," Snape said with a mocking smile on his lips, "Ten points from Hufflepuff for a great friendship, Miss Krakenthorpe fooled her teacher."

Virginia wrinkled her face. She had already deducted ten points from the potion that she intentionally made bad in class today.

"So can I start now, Professor?" she asked.

Unexpectedly, Virginia would answer in this way, Snape raised his head from the pile of homework again, "Start? How to start? A first-year student? Do you know what Malfoy is doing?" His eyes fell on Vivian On the textbook in Genia's arms, "With the first grade textbook, you can't find the answer, miss."

"He's collecting the pus from Babo's tuber, Professor." Virginia replied seriously, "It's the main ingredient in the Veritaserum antidote, and it can also treat stubborn acne after dilution."

Snape stared at her for a moment. "Five minutes. There are new gloves in the cupboard."

Virginia blinked, understanding what he meant.

Draco silently took a few steps to the side, making room for her at the table.

Just as she was about to speak, Draco hurriedly stretched out his index finger to touch his lips from a distance, motioning her to keep quiet.

Virginia was not in a hurry either, she took out a box of matches she had just found in a drawer, pulled out one and put it on the table, then slowly pulled out her wand, and cast the Transfiguration spell on it—this was almost the only one she could do. A successful spell.

Looking at her, Draco wanted to laugh for some reason, "The silver knife is in the glass case," he said softly.

This time, it was Virginia who hissed instead.

Snape glanced in this direction, but he didn't bother to move, as if he wanted to see what Virginia was up to.

After a while, both Draco and Snape, who watched her from time to time, noticed that she was moving very fast. Almost at the same time as Draco had collected a Babo tuber, Virginia was already lying in the basket beside her. Three or four collected remnants—the big pustules were undamaged except for being shriveled.She used the thick silver needle she conjured up to grab the Babo tuber and poke it at the center of the bottom, and the pus soon flowed out along the silver needle.

Snape stood behind Virginia for a moment, watching her do this a couple of times before checking the purity of the pus.He snorted shortly, "Two people, three buckets." After speaking, he turned and sat back at the table.

Draco closed his eyes slightly in pain, and after a while, Fang chuckled, "Turn me into a silver needle, Will. I can't be so rude."

Virginia pouted unhappily at this adjective, took off her gloves and warned, "You have to be careful."

So 1 minute later, Draco took her changed silver needle, looked at the needle as thick as his body, and couldn't laugh or cry, "It really scared me to death, so this is retribution."

It took about two hours for them to close their errands after Snape's languid snort, and he added as they both stepped out of the office door, "Miss Crackenthorpe, given your willingness to be different, Don't forget about the voluntary confinement time tomorrow."

Virginia twisted her sore wrist, turned a corner, and muttered in a low voice, "Ah, what a nuisance..."

"Vill, if it wasn't for you, I'd just collect half the barrel," Draco said, his wrists aching even more, and he did most of the work with the blunt silver needle—and then he caught up to Virgil's speed. Nia, "You're increasing my workload. Any sign?"

"Thank you for your reminder!" Virginia said discouragedly, "I hope that the content of my confinement tomorrow will no longer be like this."

Draco couldn't help laughing, he lowered his head and kissed her quickly on the cheek, "Well, thank you for coming to accompany me today. Do I need to deliberately make a wrong potion formula to accompany you tomorrow?"

"Are you serious?" Virginia was taken aback, looking up at him seriously, "Don't do this, otherwise... otherwise I think you are revenge on me. I don't want to increase the workload !"

"Anyway, I was very happy to see you in the potions office today," Draco said as he walked her to the bedroom door.

"Next time I won't do such a stupid thing again!" Virginia looked around, very frustrated, "Hufflepuff's gems are pitifully rare, and I deducted twenty dollars by myself. I don’t know if I can return it.”

"How could it be? You scored more points in herbal medicine class than anyone else," Draco replied confidently, "It will get better and better in the future." After he finished speaking, he saw Virginia Looking at him steadily, his gray eyes were confused, "Vill?" He paused, and said softly, "Don't look at me like that, Will."

He slowly lowered his head and slowly approached...

"My textbook!" Virginia whispered, and she blinked, "My textbook was thrown in the potions office."

Draco froze, "Oh—" He raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows vigorously, sighed, straightened up, and patted Virginia's shoulder lightly, his tone seemed to be coaxing a mischievous , the troublesome child, "Go in first, I'll get it for you and bring it to you tomorrow."

Virginia immediately laughed, "Thank you!" She waved to him and jumped into the doorway happily.

Not even a goodnight kiss.

Draco stared nervously at the mural at the Hufflepuff entrance before turning away.

In the Potions Office, Snape was standing at the table carefully examining the pus-drenched remnants of Babo's tubers—taken from Virginia's basket: the silver needles were poked just the right size, Every pustule on every babo tuber has been poked open from the inside.The size of each Babo tuber is different, and even Snape can't be 100% sure of the accuracy.Snape had long noticed that the Hufflepuff schoolgirl handled the plant parts of potions with exceptional precision - which was why he was more tolerant today.

While he was thinking, the green fire in the fireplace suddenly burst into flames, and a man wearing velvet ties stepped out of it.The man's light blonde shoulder-shoulder hair was combed smoothly, and he was happily holding two tall glasses in one hand, and an unopened bottle of red wine in the other.

It was Lucius Malfoy who came.

"I originally planned to have a drink with Sissy, but since you summoned me from the fireplace, I have to change my drinking partner temporarily!" He said, wrinkled his nose suddenly, and looked around, "What's the smell?" His gaze fell on the three wooden barrels filled with the pus of babo tubers in the corner, and he couldn't help but reproachfully said, "Severus, I didn't expect your taste in life to drop to such an extent, are you Is Nababo tuber used as a perfume?"

"You should be proud of this. More than half of the fruits of your labor came from your son." Snape said coldly.

Lucius understood.He put the cup on the coffee table, and found a silver knife in the glass cabinet as a bottle opener familiarly, "What mistake did he make again?"

"In full view, he used a senior spell," Snape stood up from the ground, wiped his hands casually with a pile of rags on the table, and continued, "The purpose is to save the beauty."

Lucius suddenly became interested, "What is it used for? How is the effect?" He handed over a glass of wine.

"Smashing Curse. The target is small and the distance is far away, but it's a perfect blow." Snape's voice did not fluctuate. "His performance is no different from that of the first graders."

Lucius smiled in satisfaction.

"Why? There should be more than one point in my question that deserves your attention."

After Lucius took a sip of his wine, as if he just heard this question, he replied slowly, "You and I both had youth. This kind of impulse is nothing, as long as you don't do it out of self-control What embarrassing thing happened—the so-called glory of being a hero saving the beauty is also a small thing that Malfoy should show off."

Snape snorted contemptuously.After a while, he looked at the crystal wine glass in his hand, and said slowly, "Lucius, I gave you some advice not long ago, and now is not a good time. For the sake of this glass of wine, let me say one more thing, Reduce your jumping times."

"For the sake of this drink," Lucius repeated, "Severus, eight directors have signed so far, this is a drink of success."

"Dong dong dong" came a rhythmic knock on the door, followed by Draco's voice: "I'm sorry, Professor. You haven't changed the spell to open the door." When he saw the two people in the room, he didn't show a surprised expression, Pointing to a book lying on the corner of the table, he said in a steady voice, "I'm here to get Virginia's potion textbook."

Snape turned his head and gave Lucius a meaningful look.

"Close the door, son," Lucius held up a hand, "let's talk."