Chapter 39 Snape’s sudden concern

Ada did not agree to the twins' plan. This approach was too hateful. She could not care about other people's opinions, but the twins were different. They had parents and brothers and sisters.

The romantic atmosphere of Valentine's Day is still going on, and there is no sign of dissipating on Thursday. However, this romance cannot save the first-year Gryffindors on Friday. In front of Snape, these romantic atmospheres have not wavered at all. stand up.

Ada's performance in this potions class was very good, and she didn't give Snape any reason to deduct points. She now has some experience in dealing with Snape, and the points deducted are getting less and less.

Snape walked around the classroom, picking on the little lions, and even the little snakes did not escape Snape's clutches. The class was an ordeal for everyone, except Ada, who seemed to have escaped.

Ada was in her position, brewing the potion honestly, doing all the steps according to Snape's instructions, although Snape's steps for making the potion would be different from what was written in the book.

At first, Ada followed Snape's method just to avoid giving Snape a chance to find fault. But later Ada discovered that using Snape's method to make potions would gain more proficiency than following the methods in the book. Therefore, Ada changed from not being criticized at first to being willing to do so. It smells so good!

The potion in the crucible gradually took on a silvery luster. It was almost completed. Ada still had one final step to go. She stood patiently in front of the crucible, waiting for the right time to complete the last step.

Snape, who was wandering around the classroom like a wandering spirit, naturally saw Ada's cauldron. He kept finding trouble with the students, but this did not affect Snape's observation of Ada. The reason why Snape was so angry today was not because Ada responded to his difficulties, but for another reason.

Snape discovered that Ada, in addition to lying in bed at night, would also wander around the castle during the day.

Others may not realize what Ada is doing, but how could Snape not? Although Ada disrupted everything and even re-routed the route, Snape could not be deceived by this kind of concealment.

Snape was also paying close attention to Foley's movements, so Snape naturally knew that she was "copying" Foley's actions. Her little tricks were seen through at a glance. In front of Snape, Ada was as innocent as a little white rabbit.

"A smug fool" and "a self-righteous fool" were Snape's comments in front of Dumbledore, and as expected, his workload increased again!

There is no reward, just a private request from an old man.

Snape slowly walked to Ada's cauldron and said, "Miss Drizzt, don't you think your stupid operation will ruin a perfect potion?"

"Professor, this is done exactly according to your method, and it will be finished soon." Ada didn't notice Snape's tone, she was a little swollen today.

"Self-righteousness, is this your Gryffindor tradition?" Snape said with a hint of disgust in his tone.

Ada knew that Snape planned to continue to make trouble, but she had no choice but to endure it, even though she wanted to throw the cauldron at Snape more than once.

Looking at the silent and pitiful Ada, Snape's mood did not change at all. He said: "When will you realize your own shortcomings and the gap between yourself and others?"

"Then what should I do?" Ada could only pretend to be open-minded and listen to Snape's teachings. It's not Ada's boast. When it comes to making potions, no one in this room except Snape can do it!

"Your laziness surprises me, Miss Drizzt," Snape said, taking out his wand. He used his wand to empty Ada's cauldron of all the potions.

Ada was instantly confused by this operation. Isn't it too obvious to you that you don't care about the reputation at all?

"Professor, this..."

"Now you need to re-make it and understand it during the making process." Snape's tone was really annoying, "Finish it before get out of class is over."

"But Professor..." Looking at her empty crucible, Ada felt a little autistic. Although there is still some time before the end of get out of class, Ada is only 10 to 20% sure if she wants to make a new copy and complete it on time.

"Complete it before get out of class ends, put it in a glass bottle and hand it in." Snape looked at Ada and said, "If you fail to complete it, you will be detained, Miss Drizzt."

Ada didn't struggle anymore, because Snape had it written all over his face: If you say another word, points will be deducted, points will be deducted, points will be deducted.

She could only get the materials again and put all her energy into the production, hoping that she would not make any mistakes during the production process, complete all the steps at once, and complete it before get out of class was over, so that she would not have to deal with the annoying Snape. Alone together.

But the old man Merlin didn't side with Ada this time. When the bell rang, Ada was still short of the last step, she didn't finish.

"Bring me some food back to the lounge." Ada whispered to Fred and George.

"Your potion is almost finished, shouldn't it delay dinner?" Fred asked. There was still a long way to go before dinner time at Hogwarts, and he felt that Ada had enough time to eat.

"I have a bad premonition, and this feeling is very strong." Ada said worriedly. It wasn't that she felt there was any danger in being with Snape, she just felt that she might starve.

The students left one after another, leaving Ada and Snape alone in the classroom.

Ada stared at her cauldron without speaking. Snape was very satisfied with Ada's consciousness. He just sat in his seat without moving. After a while, Ada's potion was finally finished. Ada had never found silver to be so beautiful.

She put the finished product into a glass bottle, then walked up to Snape and said, "Professor, I'm done."

Snape took the bottle and said nothing.

"Professor, can I go back?" Ada asked, hoping that Snape would be generous and let her go.

"Who said you can leave after you finish making it?" Snape said slowly. Indeed, he said before that he would be detained until the production was completed, but he did not say when he could leave. There was nothing wrong with it.

Snape walked to the storage cupboard and took out a pile of materials needed to make potions. These materials had not been processed.

"Finish these things." Snape placed the materials on the production table and then gave orders to Ada.

"Professor, can I leave after I have dealt with this?" Ada asked. She wanted to get a definite answer and did not want to continue playing word games with Snape.

Snape glanced at her and said, "It depends on my mood."

I knew it, I knew my hunch was accurate! Ada thought to herself. She walked to the production table, put on her dragonhide gloves and started working on the materials.

Think of it as a way to brush up your proficiency. You can't ask for this kind of opportunity, and you can't afford the ingredients for the potion. Ada comforted herself silently, but the feelings of practicing on her own initiative and being forced to practice by others were completely different and could not be compared at all.

While Ada was working hard, Snape was not idle. He walked to the cauldron that Ada had not put away. He planned to make a potion.

The noise Snape made naturally caught Ada's attention. In exchange for the use of her own cauldron, Ada decided to steal it, even though she didn't even know what Snape was making.

Snape also noticed Ada who was always peeking, but he didn't care at all about Ada's behavior of stealing. He didn't think Ada could succeed in stealing with her "stupid" brain.

If Ada really did it, it's hard to say that he would still look at Ada differently.

Time passed by, and every time Ada finished processing the materials, Snape would give her some more, completely treating it as free labor, and Ada also took Snape's process of making potions attentively. record it.

In the dim underground classroom, Ada didn't know exactly how much material she had processed. She felt that these materials were enough for the first and second grade students. She was very hungry now, and her stomach kept rumbling.

Snape's potion was finished. It was not a complicated potion. Of course, it was just for Snape. He packed up the potion and didn't know what he was going to do.

He walked up to Ada and watched her process the materials. The underground classroom where no one had spoken finally started to hear voices. He said, "Is it because you have too little homework, so you have time to wander around."

The movements in Ada's hands paused for a moment before continuing. She said: "I'm not wandering around, Professor. I like castles very much, so I can't help but want to look around."

She didn't think these words could be hidden from Snape, but she couldn't just say what she was thinking. She believed that Snape would not harm her as a student, but this did not mean that Ada could completely trust Snape. Only speak three words when meeting people.

Stubbornly, Snape added another message to Ada in his mind, "You can leave now. The remaining materials will be left for next time. I will notify you of the time."

Ada, who resisted Snape's brutality, ultimately failed. Ada became a child laborer hired by him. No, Snape didn't pay her, and she wasn't even a child laborer.

The autistic Ada walked back to the common room. It was long past dinner time and she could only hope that the twins had brought her food. In the common room, a tired and half-dead Ada sat on an armchair, eating the food brought by the twins. Ada finally found the meaning of life.

"Ada, something happened at school again!" Fred said.

"What can be more important than eating?" Ada said while eating cake.

"There's a thief in the school!" George said mysteriously.