[HP] Astringent

Substituting for Lu Ping is not difficult, because Lu Ping has prepared all the teaching materials in advance, and she only needs to follow the progress planned by him.Although Snape extremely distrusted her abilities, Dumbledore still had more work for him to do, so he had no choice but to give all these redundant tasks to her.

Vanessa was even more attentive than her own class, for fear of causing trouble and causing trouble for Snape.When she walked into the classroom, she received a warm welcome from all the Gryffindors, especially Harry.When she stepped into the classroom, she even thought of the warm applause.

Vanessa smiled and stared at the smiling faces of the survivors after the catastrophe, and cleared her throat: "Hi students, because Professor Lupine is feeling a little unwell, I will teach you this class."

"It's a good thing that Professor Snape is not here to substitute this time." Ron breathed a sigh of relief.

"Because Professor Snape is very busy recently and has no time to substitute for the class."

Ron said, "That's great. But what's wrong with Professor Lupine, he's too weak."

Hermione, who hadn't made up with Harry and Ron yet, sat far away from them, slammed her textbook down on the table, and gave them a haughty look.Ron whispered to Harry inexplicably, "What's wrong with her, it seems like she knows the answer."

Vanessa reminded: "Mr. Weasley, it's class time, please keep quiet."

Ron and Harry fell silent.Satisfied, Vanessa took out a cage covered with red velvet cloth from under the desk, and said, "Today I have prepared a little surprise for you." When she said this, the cage moved in unison, and a voice came from inside. There was a rustling sound.

Ron blurted out: "Merlin, it can't be..."

Gradually, the faces of other children also appeared similar to the reappearance of the nightmare.Vanessa's gaze stayed on Neville, and she asked, "Mr. Longbottom, can you tell me what you think is in the cage?"

Neville pointed at himself in surprise, stood up slowly, and swallowed: "I think it's... the Cornish elf, Professor Weasley."

"The answer is very correct." Vanessa pulled off the covering cloth, and all the elves screamed in protest at them from the cage.She admired the panicked expressions of the children for a while, and continued: "Two points for Gryffindor, please sit down, Mr. Longbottom. Professor Snape told me about your terrible second years, I think it's time to teach How do you deal with these troubles?"

Vanessa pointed at the slide projector with her magic wand, and the information about the elves in Cornwall appeared on the projection cloth. She explained while she was showing, and she would slow down when she talked about the key points, so that students had time to remember notes.

"Who will summarize the three characteristics of Cornish elves? Mr. Finnigan, you can answer."

Seamus stood up and said confidently, "Fast, good eyesight, destructive claws and fangs."

"Very good, two points for Gryffindor."

"Miss Brown, can you tell us their three weaknesses?"

Lavender was apprehensive, and replied: "The wings are fragile, afraid of strong light and..." She was thinking, and Hermione raised her hand anxiously.

"Mr Weasley, can you add?"

"Afraid of water." Ron glanced at Hermione triumphantly, and Hermione put down her hand angrily, but Lavender looked at Ron adoringly.

"Great answers from both of you, one point for Gryffindor each," Vanessa said. "Glad that everyone understands them. Now let's put it into practice."

Everyone looked nervously at the swaying cage. Vanessa cast a spell, and a wooden bird hanging from the ceiling hung down.

"What's this for, Professor Weasley?" Harry asked curiously.

"Let you practice your hands first. I'll teach you the Cage Curse. Who knows the difference between the Cage Curse and the Imprisonment Curse?"

This time only Hermione raised her hand, she raised her chin confidently, and said word by word: "The confinement spell is like a rope binding the target, making it difficult for the target to move, but it requires extremely high aiming. Difficult to deal with small targets; the Cage Spell is like a wall growing from six sides to confine the target in a very small space, but if the target is powerful, it is difficult to restrain it for a long time."

"Very good answer, plus five points. So when dealing with the Cornish elves, we must remember to add a freezing spell or a binding spell after the cage spell. Do you understand?"

"understood."

"Then you practice with this wooden bird first."

After everyone could successfully release the spell, she asked everyone to put the books in the locker with the protection spell, and then released the elf.

"Miss Granger, do you want to be the first to try it?" Vanessa saw that Hermione had a lot of theoretical knowledge, but she always lacked confidence in practice, so she specially gave her a chance to practice.

Hermione scratched her hair uneasily: "Okay, Professor." She took a deep breath and shouted to the elves flying around the room, "The cage is heavy."

Screaming, the elf flew out of the range of the spell, rushed up to Hermione, and grabbed her fluffy, curly hair, and Hermione screamed in pain.

"Go away, little one!" Ron knocked the elf off.

"Ron!" Hermione grabbed Ron's hand excitedly.

Ron blushed, kicked his feet and said, "It's okay, I'm more experienced. You know my family has too many vixens, and they are as difficult to deal with as elves."

Vanessa watched the two of them wobble and exchanged glances with Harry.She reminded at the right time: "Does Miss Granger want to try again?"

"Huh? Oh, oh." Hermione let go of her hand and brushed her hair embarrassingly.She was more serious this time, fixed her eyes on the elf, cast the spell again, and the elf was imprisoned in a transparent cage and could not move.

"Very good, five points from Gryffindor. Who's next?"

Defense Against the Dark Arts class was much more tiring than Muggle studies, and Vanessa had to keep an eye on them all the time, in case they made a mistake and hurt herself.It was finally time for get out of class to end. After finishing her homework, she carried the cage and walked out.Snape was waiting outside the door.

"Severus, why are you here, isn't there a potions class for the seventh grade this afternoon?" Vanessa asked in surprise.

He first glanced into the classroom, then looked at the cage in her hand, and said, "My quill has some problems, I think you can help me fix it."

Vanessa knowingly asked, "Is the effect good?" Snape must have had a very ugly face when he found that the quill would automatically praise the students.

"If Mr. Longbottom hadn't looked at me with the expression of being moved to tears just now."

"Okay, are you really going to leave a [-]-word negative review for every paper?"

Snape nodded: "Unless they voluntarily drop out, let's stop wasting each other's time."

"Stop scaring the kids. I taught pretty well today. If you don't want to see them, please take two days off. I'll help you with the class?"

"Don't bother you to destroy the Potions classroom which has been in disrepair." Snape said indifferently, "Is there anything wrong with your left hand?"

"It's all right." She shook her hand casually, "I haven't used any spells, they've all done well, so I don't need to worry about it at all. Is there any progress on that thing?"

"Not yet." Vanessa noticed that Snape's dark circles were getting heavier, "Albus must break the spell on it without destroying the body. But the best way to deal with it is to destroy the body completely .”

"Yes, I read it in a book. The main body must become a state that cannot be repaired with a spell." Vanessa frowned and pondered, "Tell me, why is the principal so obsessed with not destroying the ring?"

Snape paused: "Don't guess what he's thinking."

"Aren't you curious?" Vanessa knew from his expression that he had noticed it a long time ago, and said, "Don't worry, everything is here with us anyway, let's study it slowly. Don't make it too difficult for yourself."

The two exchanged a veiled look, and Snape nodded slightly.

At the top of the stairs, Vanessa pointed to the cage and said, "Will you accompany me to the Room of Requirement to return these elves?"

"Just doing this one thing, what kind of accident will you encounter?" Snape asked back.

"Then you came to me because you were afraid that I might have an accident in class?" Vanessa teased.

Snape said, "I'm afraid Mr. Longbottom is being hung from the chandelier again by the elf."

Vanessa laughed loudly: "It's okay, even if the whole class is hanged up, I can save them." She winked at Snape, "I thought the headmaster still didn't trust me, and I needed you all the time What about monitoring me? I was afraid that you would be too tired, so I went to your office to report every day, isn't it very considerate?"

She walked to the eighth floor, and Snape followed: "I wish you would stop making trouble." He pursed his lips dissatisfiedly, "I don't have time for such nonsense now. Compared to you, Albus thinks The idea that Lupine is more trustworthy is stupid."

"You underestimate the enemy, Severus, maybe I was cast with the Imperius Curse by the mysterious man two years ago."

Snape gave her a sideways look: "I hope you are more capable than Quirrell." Then he chuckled, showing the sarcasm in his heart to the fullest.

"I'll try." Vanessa bowed exaggeratedly, successfully making Snape's eyes smile, and she continued, "Do you really think it was Black who told you?"

The slight smile disappeared instantly, and Snape's eyes were gloomy and cold, shining with hatred.Vanessa moved closer to him unconsciously.

"Otherwise?" His expression was full of malice.

Noticing two students not far away, Vanessa lowered her voice and said, "I don't quite believe it. I think it might be Pediru, or even Lupine, but it can't be Black. He and Potter are so close." , or Harry's godfather."

"Hmph, do you believe in a Black?" Snape sneered, "Yes, you can only see his appearance, how do you evaluate him? Tall, handsome..." He stopped talking, as if no matter how much It looks like I'm going to spit it out in a while.

"You and I both know that he is arrogant and grandstanding like Potter." Vanessa patted his arm, and he trembled slightly with disgust and hatred, "I'm just discussing the matter, Severus. The holidays have affected your sanity, we have more important missions now."

They and Dumbledore may be the only magicians who know the secret of the Mysterious Man. They must take on the task of defeating him. This is like a boulder falling from the sky, which is heavy on their shoulders.

Snape used Occlumency, and soon there was no expression on his face, his dark eyes seemed to be covered with ice, and there was nothing there.

"Vanessa, I don't want to waste time discussing this meaningless question."

Vanessa sighed lightly: "As you wish."

Response to Requirements The room is very messy, and Vanessa patrolled around, wading through the sundries all over the floor.

Snape stood impatiently at the door and said, "Please explain to me, what are you wasting your time looking for?"

Vanessa looked around and said, "I want to find a place for them to be comfortable."

Snape drew his wand, cast a clearing spell, and a clearing appeared beside Vanessa.Vanessa coughed a few times due to the dust, covered her mouth and nose, and said angrily, "Thank you so much."

The dust cleared, and Vanessa saw a crown in the center of the clearing, sitting there completely unaffected by the Cleansing Charm.The tiara was spotless and beautifully carved. She was fascinated by it, and was about to reach for it when Snape grabbed her hand.Her hand was completely wrapped in another cold hand, and their fingers were stacked together, feeling the temperature of each other's fingertips without reservation.In such a quiet space, Vanessa could clearly hear her heart beating faster, and the warm blood rushing like her ears. She shook her head slightly, letting her hair cover her side face.

Then Snape let go, and with a wave of his wand, cast a series of detection spells on the diadem.There was no response to the spell, and he tried again: "Here comes the crown."

The crown remains in place.

Vanessa stared at his every move, and couldn't help asking: "The spell didn't work on him, it wouldn't be..."

"Not sure yet, but it's certainly not an ordinary magic item." He held out his hand cautiously.

Vanessa stopped him: "Come on, let's not risk losing a hand." She grabbed the crown with her left hand first, and nothing happened.She took it decisively, but her heart was beating drums with nervousness, and now she quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Did you know that it could have spells as dangerous as the ring?" Snape looked at her.

"Didn't I believe in your spell level?" She smiled indifferently.

"Go to the principal's office."

"Okay, I hope the principal can provide us with a dinner by the way."