Chapter 202: Neville makes frequent mistakes and is restless. The venue rental is in progress!

Neville felt very guilty for causing Hufflepuff and Gryffindor to lose points because of his mistake.

He is a young wizard who is very emotionally affected.

Once he starts to blame himself, he will be distracted and think about other things, and he will also be distracted when doing experiments, leading to more and more mistakes.

Even with Lin Xia at his side to remind him, Neville would still make mistakes.

Even Lin Xia couldn't save him from such frequent mistakes.

How to save this?

It was clearly stated that only 3 grams of standard ingredients were needed, but he was able to put in 6 grams.

Before putting it down, it could be remedied, but Neville put it down very quickly. As soon as Lin Xia's words came to her mouth, Neville put the wrong material in.

Lin Xia:......

A little tired.

The potion experiment is a very rigorous magic experiment.

As long as there is any mistake in any step in the process, the configured potion will not be the original potion, but will only be a failed and unknown potion.

Even if it succeeds by luck, the effect of the potion will be very weak, or it may be completely ineffective.

Every time they fail, they have to get the materials again.

After three failures, Snape kept a close eye on them and sometimes stood behind them.

Lin Xia believed that the reason why Snape did not go crazy was because they made no mistakes when grinding the most important and precious bezoars.

Before they needed to add bezoar, they had already made a mistake with the standard ingredients and stopped the loss in time.

The standard ingredients are very cheap, less than a silver siko per serving, so it hasn’t reached the limit of the professor’s tolerance.

Lin Xia reminded Neville of the steps again.

But Neville still made a mistake.

At this time, Snape's arrogant voice sounded: "Mr. Neville Longbottom, I think you know that Hogwarts is not a place for you to come and play house.

If you still can't put away your messy thoughts, and your companion has clearly told you what to do, but you still do the wrong step, I think you can get out of the potions classroom. "

There was silence in the classroom.

The other little wizards couldn't help but look over.

One thing is that they were often scolded by Professor Snape before because of their operational mistakes, and these mistakes were avoidable.

Snape had scolded them for being stupid like pigs, wasting their lives, and bringing disgrace to his college... but he had never said such harsh words as "get out of the potions classroom."

Neville must have made many fatal mistakes to make Professor Snape intolerable.

Neville stopped and looked at Professor Snape and Lin Xia. He suddenly hiccupped nervously.

"Hiccup, burp, burp..."

Professor Snape frowned, looked at him coldly and said, "It seems that there is something wrong with Mr. Longbottom's health. Your group should not make potions today."

After saying this, he turned and left.

Neville's hiccups became quieter.

Lin Xia looked at Neville and continued to repeat the unfinished topic: "You don't have to be so nervous. I didn't say you can't be with Mikel. Are you worried that I know about this?"

Neville trembled slightly, looked around, and whispered: "No, no, traveling at night is wrong. I don't want others to know."

Lin Xia: "Since you know this is wrong, why do you go on a night trip with Mikel again?"

Even with Neville's courage, he probably wouldn't be able to do a night trip.

It was a bit strange that Mikel could encourage Neville to go out together.

Neville frowned and hesitated to speak.

Seeing this, Lin Xia slowly said: "If you don't want to say it, you don't have to say it. Neville, I don't have to ask you to give me an answer."

She paused: "The reason why I asked about this is because night swimming is very dangerous, and the professor has been very strict recently.

Once caught, not only will he be imprisoned, but a lot of college points will also be deducted. In addition, some secret creatures have quietly come out recently.

Haven't you noticed that the professor has been patrolling Hogwarts more often? The professor is also very worried that you may encounter danger. "

Neville said solemnly: "I won't go on a night out next time!"

Lin Xia raised her eyebrows.

Neville was persuaded.

But whether this memory will be forgotten depends on luck.

Neville carries the Memory Ball with him at all times, fearing that he will forget things. However, it turns out that even if the Forgetting Ball is there, things will still be forgotten, including even forgetting where the Forgetting Ball itself is.

Neville didn't know what he thought of, and asked hesitantly: "Lin Xia, do you hope that Mikel and I will become good friends?"

Lin Xia thought for a while and said: "Neville, this matter depends on you, not me. Do you want to become good friends with Mikel?"

Neville's eyes flashed with confusion, and he said honestly: "I don't know."

"I think he wants to be a good friend with me, but I also feel that he hides a lot of things from me and is not sincere enough."

Lin Xia: "So this is a contradiction, Neville, you have to think clearly, are you going to follow your own heart, or do you want to see what others do.

If you must ask me to give advice, what I would say is that it is important to follow your inner thoughts, but you should not ignore the actual actions of others.

If you plan to become friends with Mikel, I'm actually quite happy, but I'm not happy that you have a friend, but I'm happy that you can make a friend like Mikel. "

She paused and said meaningfully: "Neville, you can carefully observe this friend of yours. If you can learn a little bit about him from him, this friendship will not be in vain."

Neville said doubtfully: "Learned a little bit?"

"Well, if you observe Mikel's behavior more, you can learn a lot from it. As long as you can learn even half of it, it will be helpful to you."

After Lin Xia said this, the melodious bell rang.

She smiled at Neville and left the potions room.

"Neville!"

Mikel came over to Neville and asked curiously: "What are you and Lin Xia talking about? I see you two have been chatting?"

Neville came to his senses and shook his head: "She was encouraging me to be more serious about the experiment next time. This time it was because I didn't pay enough attention that I made frequent mistakes."

Mikel disagreed and said: "Then you should swap roles."

Neville: "Role reversal?"

Mikel: "Yes, I think Lin Xia is reading out the steps for the potion and instructing you to make it. If you read out the steps and she makes it, she will definitely be able to read it out for you very accurately." The steps are given.

In this way, you don't have to worry about errors in the experiment, and you won't be criticized by Professor Snape. "

Neville hesitated and said: "But one thing you didn't expect, Mikel, what if the steps I read out are also wrong?"

Mikel: "...Read it carefully, you can't pronounce it wrong, right?"

He knew Neville was stupid, but he didn't expect Neville to be so stupid now.

How could he look like the heir to the Sword of Gryffindor in the future?

On the other side, Lin Xia went to the laboratory.

She only had one Potions class in the morning, and with some time left, she returned to the laboratory.

Draco walked with her and also asked about what happened in Potions class today.

Lin Xia simply said: "It's not a big deal, don't worry about it."

Draco had already mentioned whether to change his partner in Potions class. If the two of them were partners, it would save a lot of trouble.

But Lin Xia quickly rejected the proposal because she felt it was unnecessary.

Besides, it's also good to help other little wizards in making potions.

After a while, Hermione also arrived.

She held a pile of books in her hands. Lin Xia took a look at them. Most of them were Professor Lockhart's books.

Lin Xia suddenly remembered the homework given by Lockhart last time and asked: "Hermione, are you preparing to write your review?"

Hermione nodded and said, "Yes, I went to the library to borrow several books written by Lockhart. I wanted to borrow the whole set, but I got there late and couldn't borrow other books.

I plan to read all these books and then start writing a thesis, but it is a pity that I have not borrowed one of the latest editions, otherwise I can analyze the correlation between Professor Lockhart's exploration locations. "

She finished speaking in one breath and asked, "What about you, how are you going to write your thesis?"

Draco looked at Lin Xia.

Lin Xia said calmly: "I don't plan to write a thesis, nor do I plan to read his books. Now that I have this time, I would rather read books that teach magic spells.

The content of his book is very exciting, with a lot of adventure plots, but he doesn't mention any of the key magic spells.

Reading his books makes me feel that I just read them but learned nothing, so I want to free up this part of my time. "

Hermione frowned. She didn't agree with this approach, but what Lin Xia said made sense.

"What about your paper?"

Lin Xia smiled: "In some wizarding radio stations, listeners often expressed their admiration for Professor Lockhart on the radio. I just need to process what the fans said."

Draco's eyes lit up: "What a great idea!"

He decided that he would follow Lin Xia's lead!

Hermione's face was a little tangled, and she didn't know what to say. Her reason told her that she couldn't do this, but Lockhart had written too many books.

And she also has very important things to do this week, so she can't concentrate on reading.

More importantly, Lin Xia used all the time she spent reading to study.

This is what Hermione, the king of rolls, doesn't want to see.

She doesn't want others to be more curled up than her. If someone is really curled up like this, she also wants to curl up on others in turn!

Before Hermione could figure out the reason, Lin Xia and Draco had already collected the information.

They prepared the information and were going to Professor McGonagall to apply for renting a venue for the Natural Magic Wand conference.

The most ideal place would definitely be the school auditorium.

They have already used the auditorium for two paper conferences. This is the third time they have rented it, so there should be no problems.

Not to mention that this paper is far more powerful than the previous two.

Hermione saw them leaving and quickly followed them.

She seemed a little nervous, this was her first time applying for a venue, and kept asking Draco questions.

"Will Professor McGonagall draw questions to answer?"

"We won't apply for a venue, but after the venue application is approved, we will be given a rehearsal for the defense, and we will be asked frequent questions at that time."

"Will Professor McGonagall be stuck in the venue?"

"Won't."

"As an assistant, is it appropriate for me to go along with you?"

Draco: "No, it's just the right time for you to go. You are more familiar with the information. If the professor has any questions, you can answer them."

He used to do this part.

He was also very nervous at the time. He memorized information every day for fear that he would not be able to pass the random inspection by the professor. Only later did he realize that he was too nervous.

No need to carry it at all!

When the professor asks where to go, just find the relevant information and hand it to the professor.

Lin Xia's voice came: "Okay, we are here, keep quiet."

She knocked on the office door.

After a while, a serious female voice came, "Come in."

Lin Xia and the other two walked in.

Professor McGonagall was wearing glasses and was correcting homework. When she lowered her head, her glasses were hanging on the edge of her nose, as if they would fall off her nose at any time.

She looked up and found that it was Lin Xia and others. She was a little surprised, "Why did you come to see me?"

Lin Xia: "Professor, I want to apply to you for a venue for the paper conference. I wonder if I can use the auditorium on the weekend?"

Professor McGonagall put down her quill, and a smile appeared on her serious face. "Of course, no problem, let's use the auditorium."

"I have heard some rumors about your paper, but I want to hear from you in person. Have you really invented your 'natural magic wand'?"

Lin Xia said: "Tomorrow, "Magic Invention and Research" will publish our paper. You can go and see it then. We have indeed invented the natural magic wand."

Professor McGonagall was delighted: "This is an extremely honorable thing. If we can hold a paper conference in Hogwarts, it will be the honor of Hogwarts."

Lin Xia said modestly: "It is also thanks to Hogwarts's unremitting efforts to cultivate us that we can make this wand."

Professor McGonagall thought about it and revealed the bottom line in advance: "Although the paper has not been published yet, I have heard about the relevant information of the natural wand from many places. With the influence of the natural wand, your laboratory should be able to get subsidies again."

She paused and said cryptically: "Think about it first, what do you lack?"

Lin Xia, Draco and Hermione looked at each other, and saw a hint of excitement in each other's eyes.

Is it possible to make up for what is lacking?

Draco and Hermione walked out of the office first.

Hermione said excitedly: "I want to apply to the professor to borrow banned books to increase my magical knowledge!"

Draco: "No, no, no, when you get an excellent student, you have a quota for borrowing banned books, and you don't need to borrow them specifically. I'm not in a position to disclose it, but maybe you can change the conditions."

Hermione asked back: "What about you, what do you want to borrow?"

Draco thought: "Hogwarts has a vast forbidden forest, where many rare magical creatures live. In addition, the school has collected many precious materials. If I can really make conditions, I should mention materials that are difficult to get at ordinary times."

Hermione nodded repeatedly: "Your approach is very smart, but will the school really meet our requirements?

Including this time, I always feel that it is too smooth. This is the first time I have seen Professor McGonagall so kind to students."

Draco recalled the past.

"It's okay. I often see Professor McGonagall's smile. You can see it often if you get in touch with her more. But those professors like Lin Xia more, so you'll get used to it."

On the other side.

In Professor McGonagall's office.

Lin Xia stayed behind intentionally because she wanted to ask her some questions about transfiguration.