Chapter 9 Trivia in Potions
Maca was the first to wake up the next morning.
He himself couldn't figure out why he woke up so early, since he didn't fall asleep until late last night. He was thinking, this probably has something to do with that little girl Luna! When staying at her house, every morning he would face various ways of waking up, but the little girl with a trance-like face seemed to be enjoying it. Unknowingly, he has developed the bad habit of waking up at the right time.
Starting today, class is about to begin.
Hufflepuff lessons are mostly held with Ravenclaws, and Gryffindor lessons are held with Slytherins accordingly. This has the advantage that Snape would be relatively less cranky in the absence of Harry Potter.
Now roll call...
Snape still had that reckless look, never a smile on his face. With a straight face, he read the names on the roll one by one, without even looking at the students. After he finished the roll call, he scanned the students with his indifferent and empty black eyeballs. In his eyes, Maca saw a kind of wandering life similar to those who lost their lives and lost their dreams on the streets of Torpoint. Han people have similar eyes.
No. Maca secretly denied in his heart, Compared with the tramp, his eyes are more... More thorough, just like the eyes of a dead person, cold, empty, and full of lifelessness.
Living in the dark world of England as a child for so long, what Maca relies on is to disguise herself and to figure out the psychological means of others. But now, Maca found that he couldn't get any information from Snape, which gave him the idea of staying away from this person for the first time.
Getting away from unknown dangers is the most effective way to protect yourself. In the dark world, this wise saying has always been circulated.
Mr. McLean, do you seem to have a different opinion on what I said? Just as Maca stared blankly at Snape's eyes, the other party looked at him as if he had discovered something, and then frowned and said .
Oh, no, I mean, I like the subject of Potions very much, but the theory involved is very complicated. I really hope that Professor Snape, you can help me answer some doubts I encountered during the preview.
In a hurry, Maca was hijacked by his thoughts just now, and rarely confessed. But he does have a lot of questions that he wants to get answers from authorities, so it can't be said that he is talking nonsense.
In the common room of Hufflepuff yesterday, Maca asked senior Darren a lot about the various professors. Speaking of Snape, although few students liked him, his achievements in the two subjects of Potions and Charms were undeniable.
Just looking at his title of Master of Potions recognized by the International Federation of Magicians and awarded by the British Ministry of Magic is enough to give him his own place in the world of magic. In the book Advanced Potion Making, there are many potion preparation methods improved by him, although no one knows this yet.
However, Snape didn't appreciate Maca's words. He smiled coldly—if that was considered a smile, and then said in a contemptuous tone: Oh? Really? Then let's talk about it. , but if it's just some silly questions, I'm afraid Hufflepuff will have to deduct some points. Let me repeat here, in my classroom, students are not welcome to ask questions!
Maca couldn't help swallowing when he heard the words. Fortunately, the other Hufflepuff students didn't seem to care about the deduction of points. Instead, they were looking at him with worried eyes. It seemed that the safety of the students was much more important than the house points.
Maca glanced around, and while he was relieved, he couldn't help but develop a good impression of this academy. Until now, for the first time, he has the feeling that it seems good to be sorted into Hufflepuff.
Cough, he cleared his throat to calm himself down,
Only then did I raise one of the most perplexing questions I encountered when I was reading the book Magic Potions and Potions.
Professor Snape, when I was previewing the part about sleeping pills, I found that a quantitative constant in the ratio formula was not clearly explained in the actual ratio process, which puzzled me. I'm not sure Did I make a mistake somewhere? Maca frowned as he spoke, which was the most obvious sign of his involvement.
When discussing the knowledge he cares about, he usually forgets the environment and the object of the conversation, which is a bad habit of his.
Fortunately, Snape didn't show any impatience. He stared at Maca for a while before speaking.
I'll talk about the sleeping pills later, as long as you listen carefully, you won't ask this kind of question again. Snape said coldly, and he didn't look at Maca anymore, but turned to He tapped the blackboard with his magic wand, and lines of text and formulas were immediately displayed on it.
Sit down, you can sit down now. Ernie, who was sitting next to him, tugged Lamaka's sleeve, and then whispered, I didn't expect that! I heard that Professor Snape is the strictest student at Hogwarts. A professor, the points he said would be deducted, have never been retained!
But Maca didn't feel lucky about it, he really cared about that issue very much!
The two Potions classes were finished coldly in the underground classroom. After Professor Snape said the word end of get out of class, the students couldn't wait to leave here. In this classroom, apart from a large number of animal organ specimens and Snape who always had a cold face, there was no one else, and the whole classroom was full of unpleasant atmosphere.
That quantitative constant is useless, it's a mistake left over from history. When Maca passed the door, he saw Snape was standing outside the door, and left with big strides after leaving these words .
Maca looked at Snape's back, and felt that his big cloak was opening in the wind as he walked, like a big walking bat. The picture made him couldn't help laughing.
It seems that communication is not as difficult as imagined. Maca thought secretly.
Of course, in fact this is not as simple as Maca thought. The reason why Snape waited at the door and left this answer was actually because Maca's question happened to be one of the opportunities that made Snape obsessed with potions. In other words, Snape also had this question when he was a student.
About this coincidence that is not a coincidence, Maca can't think of it now.
Right next to Potions was Defense Against the Dark Arts, taught by Quirrell, who had some fat on the back of his head, but there wasn't much to say about that class. Aside from Professor Quirrell himself, who reeks of garlic and stammers, the content of the lectures is rather sad.
Maca really doesn't understand, how can a person tell the story of solving the reanimated zombie so falteringly and falsely, I heard that Quirrell was an excellent student with good grades when he was a student.
Leaving aside the Potions class and the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, which hardly taught anything useful, Maca was most interested in the Charms class in charge of Professor Flitwick, who had elf blood.
Although this professor is short in stature because of his blood, he is a good professor worthy of everyone's respect.
In his class, there are no strict requirements, and the students can even move freely. Even if the students joke with him, he will not have any dissatisfaction.
However, when Professor Flitwick explained to Maca in detail the maddening problems he encountered in the book Magic Theory, Maca immediately respected the professor.
The duel champion of the year was really not a cover. The application of his insights and skills gave Maca a different understanding of the basic theory of magic in this world. After several explanations, it seemed to open up for Maca Like a new door.
Thank you, respected Professor Flitwick. Maca always respected those whom he imparted his knowledge from the bottom of his heart.
Professor Flitwick patted Maca's arm with a smile—it was obviously not convenient for him to reach other people's shoulders, and he said kindly, Don't be so serious, theory is boring, and only with practical application can you have a deeper understanding. Understood. However, you are still the student who has studied Charms the most deeply among the freshmen, and you are as outstanding as Miss Granger from Gryffindor.
After that, Maca learned some information about Hermione from Professor Flitwick. When he heard about Hermione's study range, he couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly - she read too many books, which was not good for understanding and application.
In Maca's view, only by thoroughly understanding the basics can we lay the most solid foundation for further study and research. Even a genius needs to do it step by step, not to mention that he knows very well that he is not a genius, and Hermione probably won't be either.
As for the remaining courses, what Maca hates the most is not History of Magic, which is extremely annoying to most of the students, but the astronomical observation every Wednesday night - that is the practice of astronomy class. If you ask Maca, except for the knowledge about magic in it, the means of observation, recording and calculation are far inferior to the research of Muggles in this area.
The most important thing is that this class is actually not very useful in today's magic world. This makes the course extremely painful for a pragmatist like Maca.
Hey, I heard you disproved Snape's theory in his class, is that true?
In the herbal medicine class, everyone was fertilizing some harmless and mild healthy plants in the first greenhouse. Suddenly Ron leaned over and asked Maca enthusiastically.
Maca noticed that not far away, Hermione, who was holding a small shovel, seemed to be paying her attention here, and it seemed that she was also very concerned about this issue.
