[HP] Sickness and Medicine

She was stunned for a long time, so that she didn't understand the question the first time, and was mercilessly sprayed with venom by the "Snake King".

"...If Miss Murray is talented enough and has mastered all the knowledge, she can naturally wander around in my class and turn a deaf ear to your potions teacher's questions. But I think this should be understood as dullness, so that I need to repeat it for you to understand..."

In fact, his words and sentences are not too much. As a professor, he can't insult a student—unless the other party makes a stupid mistake, which allows him to lose control of his emotions for a short time—but his tone has the magic power to make people lose face.Dolores' face was a little hot, but it wasn't just because of being named and criticized, but also because he had already lingered to her side, leaned forward with his support on the table and finished speaking.Maybe it's because men's breathing has always been heavy, maybe it's because her 11-year-old skin is extraordinarily delicate and sensitive, she felt that she could clearly feel the hot breath rushing towards her side face.

In the eerie silence, Dolores finally raised her head, looked into those deep black eyes, and said slowly and briefly, "Professor, please excuse me!"

"What?" Severus didn't seem to recover from his relative silence just now.

"Your question." Dolores replied, tightly clenching her hands behind her back to relieve her tension. This was a little habit she learned secretly from the person in front of her.

"Oh...Miss Murray is willing to listen to it again, I hope you can hear clearly this time." Severus stood up straight with a blank face, dragging his peculiar ending voice, Deliberately slowing down the speed of speech, he asked, "Beast horns—what kind of treatment do you usually have to go through—before they can be used in potions?"

The question is not difficult, it only involves basic operation techniques, and Dolorie answered without hesitation: "Grind it into fine powder, the finer the better."

"Miss Murray, your first sentence is the standard answer, but unfortunately the second sentence is very redundant. Even if it is ground into powder, the degree of fineness is different. It is true that when making basic potions, the finer the animal horns are, the finer the finished medicine will be. The color is better, but for some potions that take too long, if the particles are relatively larger, it will be more conducive to the slow diffusion and integration of the drug effect, which is consistent with the principle of using animal fangs as a whole." Sif Les stared at Dolores almost instantly and made an evaluation.

Dolores was stunned after hearing this, and nodded sincerely after thinking for a few seconds: "Thank you for your correction and guidance, professor!" Then she lowered her head and added this sentence in her notebook.

She had to admit that she was really not clear enough about this.She has worked in St. Mungo's almost all her life as a beginner-to-intermediate pharmacy. She has rich practical experience, but the theoretical research is not deep enough, and some details are even more difficult to demand.Therefore, she can only be regarded as St. Mungo's potions technician, and she has never been certified as a potions master until her death.The only recognition given to her by the Potions Association was the Medal of Honor awarded to her representing a lifetime contribution award when she retired at the age of two hundred.

"Then..." Severus turned to the podium: "Why—why didn't you record these things like Miss Murray?"

As soon as this remark came out, all the students obediently bowed their heads and wrote vigorously.Dolores finished one step ahead of them, just in time to see a vague look of satisfaction on Severus' face.She couldn't help but understand that as a professor, he likes students who are self-conscious; if they are not self-conscious, they should be obedient.

After officially starting to learn the first potion, which is the cure for boils, Severus first demonstrated the operation again, and tapped the blackboard a few times with his wand to reveal the handwriting: "Now, follow the specific steps in the book for two Working in groups, be sure to focus on these points listed on the blackboard..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the groups that had already agreed to be partners began to start. In the whole classroom, except for some whispers and discussions, there was only the sound of his footsteps walking back and forth holding his long black cloak.

"Da da da."

"Boom, boom, boom."

Dolores patted secretly.This is the rhythm of his steps, and it is also the frequency of her heartbeat, so every step of his is like stepping on the softest part of her heart, making her suddenly feel a slight pain in her chest, and also burst into uncontrollable joy.

Boil treatment agent ([-])

Dolores' partner is one of her roommates, Kara Lake.She took on the herb handling job because she had whispered to Dolores that she had done all the salad making in the family since she was eight.

Dolores looked at her handling methods and felt that the skills were acceptable, but she was not careful enough, so she also whispered to her that they did not seek speed but quality in their production.Anyway, "Magic Prescriptions and Potions" only provide simplified prescriptions suitable for beginners, no matter how much they procrastinate, they can hand in the finished products before get out of class ends.

When Kara was carefully pounding the Snakefang (Snakefang), she took the beaker and test tube to measure, added the required water to the cauldron, and heated it slowly over low heat.The snake tooth powder must be poured within 1 minute after the water boils, and she turned the heat to a low level, so that Kara would have enough time to grind it carefully.After adding snake tooth powder, Dolores is in charge of temperature control, timing and stirring. Her movements are not large, and she uses restraint to conceal her proficiency, but her precision is habitually maintained at a high level.

The wait for the cooking was long and boring, and Dolores was not short of patience; Kara started steaming four horned slugs (Hornedslug).Girls naturally dislike or fear molluscs. Kara still couldn't do it, so she picked up slugs with a magic wand. She tried many times but failed to put them in the steamer.Seeing this, Dolores hesitated whether to distract her and help her, but the slug that fell again suddenly flew into the cage.She turned her head in surprise, just in time to see the hornbeam wand retracted into Severus' sleeve.

"Miss Murray, continue to pay attention to the work at hand. Potion making is a rigorous and precise science, and you should not lose sight of one because of friendship." Severus glanced lightly at the little hand holding the wand, and pointed the finger Aiming at Kara who shivered aside: "Then, Miss Lake, what are you afraid of with a few slugs that are not as long as your fingers? Horned slugs are not carnivorous animals, let alone cannibals. Your life is not in danger. ...and now that the slugs are waiting for you in the pot, what are you doing? Why don't you put the lid on the pot and start the fire right away?"

Carla, who was overly frightened, subconsciously threw away her wand, and snapped the lid of the steamer on with a "snap".Severus snorted softly and walked to the next console.After striking the match and lighting the magic stove, Kara patted her chest with lingering fear, and whispered to Dolores with emotion: "Professor Snape is really scary, my heart almost jumped out just now!"

Dolores didn't answer, but cast a sympathetic and comforting look very righteously.

The result of deliberate slowing down was that their group did not turn off the stove until the hourglass on the podium ran out, and added an accurate dose of porcupine quill.Dolores chanted a spell and waved her wand, stirring the liquid in the pot clockwise five times, completing the last step calmly.The other students left one after another before their potions were officially bottled.

"It's always good to be cautious, isn't it, Miss Murray? And—Miss Lake." Severus took the medicine bottle, and discerned the color of the medicine against the illuminated candle: "It's not clear enough, and There is room for improvement. However, I have to admit that although you turned it in at the end, the result is the best group in this class. This potion can get an 'E', and Hufflepuff will get two points. "

After leaving the classroom, Carla shook Dolores' arm excitedly: "Look, Dolly, we gave the house extra points! It's still from Professor Snape! I can't believe it!"

"Si...Professor Snape is fairly fair to Ravenclaw and us Hufflepuffs. As long as we are more careful in the future, his Potions class is relatively safe." Dolores replied as objectively as possible.Of course, this is also true, the only thing that Severus can treat emotionally is for the Slytherin he loves and the Gryffindor he hates.

"That's true, but..." As if recalling some terrible memory, Kara couldn't help shivering: "Materials like slugs are too disgusting. We won't always deal with such things in the future, right?"

Will do.Dolores said the answer in her heart.Slugs are only unsightly in appearance, and they are not aggressive in themselves, so they are very suitable for beginners to use for young wizards; as the learning progresses, animals and plants that can be used as medicine are not only ugly but also very dangerous.This is from experience, but she didn't intend to tell Kara, but she just advised tactfully: "Didn't we learn the Levitation Charm from Professor Flitwick yesterday? That's what Professor Snape used to help you put the slug in it." In the steamer."

"Really? But I didn't hear him chanting the curse?" Kara was dubious.

"It should be a silent spell. With Professor Snape's level of magic, this kind of basic spell can be cast without saying aloud." Dolores patted her and held her hand: "This kind of spell, although It’s simple, but it’s very practical, isn’t it? You will practice more in the future, and when you encounter something that you dare not touch, you can use magic to do it for you.”

Carla suddenly realized, clapped her hands and shouted: "You are so right! I must master the floating spell!"

"Shouldn't your Potions teacher replace your Charms teacher to give Miss Murray some cleverness?" A deep voice suddenly sounded from behind the two of them.

"Sh, Professor Snape!" Kara turned her head back in horror, her tongue almost tied.

Dolores was also troubled by this unexpected movement.