The Ancient Wizards of Hogwarts

"You want to make your own potion?"

Hearing Ash's request, Snape couldn't help but laugh. This smile was somewhat mocking and disdainful.

Because he didn't think Ash would understand what Potions was.

Two months ago, Snape's knowledge of 'Hero Black' was only recorded in "Hogwarts: A School History". And when he realized that Ash was still alive, he had been looking up information related to 'Hero Black'.

He eventually concluded that although Ash had magic powerful enough to rival powerful wizards, he was useless beyond that.

Yes, good for nothing, that's what Snape said.

This is not because Snape has any prejudice against Ash, but a very objective evaluation.

And he was not the only one who thought so, Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore also thought so. Of course, their conclusion will not be as ruthless as Snape's, but will give an evaluation of "Ash has a lot of room for improvement."

And the reason why they came to such a unified conclusion is also very simple - because Ash is a transfer student.

Although he has the blood of the Black family, he grew up in a Muggle family. In addition, his mother died unexpectedly when he was young, so he had almost no contact with magic in his childhood. This resulted in him not being able to receive a good education from his family, nor was he able to enter Hogwarts at the most suitable age. Instead, he accidentally became a fifth-year transfer student at Hogwarts until he was sixteen years old.

And from the time he entered school to the time he died protecting Hogwarts, it was no more than a year!

But the problem is that any student who wants to graduate from Hogwarts must study for at least seven years. Ash only studied for one year from beginning to end. Even if he was really talented, he would have to start from scratch, starting from the first-grade courses. But in this way, how much can he learn in one year?

According to Snape's judgment, Ash's theoretical knowledge was only at the second grade level at best. And this was the second grade a hundred years ago, and now it is only at the first grade level.

What's more, the reason why Ash is called a 'hero' is not because he defeated powerful dark wizards like Grindelwald and Voldemort, but just because he defeated a goblin! No, it can’t even be considered a defeat, but a common death!

That's just a goblin! No matter how strong it is, how strong can it be? In Snape's eyes, any professor at Hogwarts can easily defeat the goblin named Ranlock. It poses no threat to Hogwarts at all, and Ash will die together if he deals with such a goblin. , how weak does this strength have to be?

It is precisely because of this understanding that Snape is disdainful in his heart.

Snape always felt that there were two main reasons why Hogwarts a hundred years ago regarded Ash as a 'hero':

First, after all, Ash sacrificed his life to protect the school, and the title of 'Hero' is used to reward his extraordinary courage and extraordinary courage.

Second, the headmaster at the time was Phineas Black, and Ash's mother was his sister. His nephew died in an unexplained way to protect Hogwarts. Of course, he had to find a way to win some praiseworthy honors for his nephew, so that he could have an excuse to write Ash into the Black family's genealogy.

In addition, Snape also found the evaluations of Ash by professors more than a hundred years ago. These evaluations were surprisingly consistent: gentle and humble, with outstanding talents.

Snape translated these comments:

Being gentle and humble means that Ash has insufficient abilities, while being talented means that Ash has potential but is weak.

So to sum it up:

Ash's 'hero' is completely unworthy of his name, and was simply made up by Phineas Black, who directed and acted in it!

That's why Dumbledore let Ash re-enroll, because his theoretical knowledge was weak and he was only worthy of re-enrollment.

That's why McGonagall wanted to teach Ash Transfiguration, because Professor Weasley thought he was extremely talented!

To put it more bluntly, these are actually compensations given by Hogwarts to Ash for the sacrifices he has made for the school.

Of course, despite Snape's assessment, he still had some questions deep in his heart: such as the crystal enveloping Ash and why Ash was rejuvenated. These are indeed beyond Snape's knowledge, but Snape also had a reasonable explanation for this - it was the Black family.

As one of the pure-blood families, the Black family must have many sacred objects passed down from ancient times. Most of these holy objects have powerful abilities, and some of them can even travel through time and space, or make people immortal!

Although Ash is not recognized by the family, who makes his uncle Phineas Black?

In order to prevent his nephew from having an accident, Phineas Black privately gave Ash a powerful life-saving artifact. It was this artifact that saved Ash's life and allowed him to survive a hundred years of sleep. Live till now.

As for how Snape knew?

This is also very simple. He found the diary left by Phineas Black, which recorded these things in detail - whether it was giving Ash the holy weapon, or making Ash a 'hero' out of selfish motives, all of these things were Phineas Black recorded in his diary.

Perhaps out of guilt or shame, Phineas wrote all the truth in his diary.

It was through reading this diary that Snape learned the truth about the incident a hundred years ago.

That's why Snape disdained the title of 'hero'.

Of course, he still has no prejudice against Ash himself, but he is a little unhappy. The reason is probably - why do you want to be so close to Harley? You don't look like a good person to me!

Under the premise of knowing all the 'truths', Snape couldn't help but laugh when he heard Ash talking about mixing a potion.

Snape asked half sarcastically and half mockingly:

"What kind of magic potion do you want to prepare? Elixir of Fortune?"

He didn't think Ash could achieve much in the field of potions, and he certainly didn't believe he could prepare a blessing elixir, but that didn't stop him from making some mocking remarks.

Faced with Snape's ridicule, Ash just smiled and said:

"Invigorating potion, and thunder brew, Professor Sharp taught me."

He didn't know where Snape's dissatisfaction came from. It was obviously not like this more than a month ago.

But Ash didn't care, Snape's hostility was completely ineffective against Ash——

Although your taunting ability is maxed out, Gwen is not affected.

"Thunder Niang?"

Snape frowned. He had never heard of such a strange potion name.

And Professor Sharp doesn't seem to have passed down this potion. Why?

Or was this just something Ash made up casually to fool him?

Snape undoubtedly chose to believe the latter, so his eyes gradually turned cold and he said coldly:

"What materials do you need?"

"White fresh leaves, horklap juice, leech juice, shriveled fig fruit... Oh, by the way, there's also corpse stink."

Snape's brows furrowed even more when he heard these bizarre materials.

White fresh leaves and Hokrapu juice are the keys to preparing an uplifting potion, but what can be combined with the latter three potions? The thunder brew from Ash's mouth?

After a while, he said coldly:

"I can provide you with the materials you want, but there is a condition."

"If you can successfully prepare the potion, I will pay for all the materials. But if the potion fails, you will bear all the expenses incurred during the process."

Ash asked:

"No matter how many times I mix it?"

"No matter how many times," Snape said nonchalantly.

All he cared about was whether the materials would be wasted, and it was none of his business if Ash failed a few times.

"Can."

The corner of Ash's mouth raised slightly, Snape took the initiative to bring this to his door, so don't blame him for picking up a handful of wool.

There was no way he could fail when it came to mixing potions!

No one knows potions better than him, no one!

You have to ask why, because——

Ash walked to a cauldron and said silently:

"System, start!"