ALL NOVEL Hogwarts Asylum
122. There once was a boy
In the Potions classroom, Harry had been standing there and did not sit down because several people were called out to answer questions because he had been deducted 5 points for sitting down without permission before.
On the other side, in the back corner of the classroom, Slytherin's Theodore Nott was answering Snape's question. His tone was so cold that Harry once thought that he had no feelings at all, just like he used to hide. Peeking around the corner is the robot on the TV playing Dali.
“…The fang-toothed geranium and the Chinese biting cabbage also have one thing in common, that is, they will not attack the people who keep them…” Theodore expressed his knowledge of the two plants with a deadpan.
For as long as he can remember, Theodore has taken care of his father, who has been confined to bed all his life and unable to take care of himself because of his love for being in the limelight. At that time, every time he rubbed his father's back that was covered with disgusting eczema, Theodore would I have been telling myself not to be too out-of-the-box as a person, otherwise it is easy to get injured for various reasons.
Therefore, Theodore is different from most students. He dislikes being in the limelight very much, especially after the flying lesson incident that he was forced to be involved in, and after his father finally lost his identity as a wizard. Answer questions in class.
Among all Slytherins, Theodore should be the least active one. Unfortunately, Professor Snape didn't seem to want Slytherin to have such an "invisible man", so he called him up to answer questions, which made him I can't help but feel a little depressed.
Theodore also wanted to pretend to be as stupid as the Gryffindors who were still standing, but he also knew that he could not succeed in pretending. After all, Professor Snape must know that there are many crops in Nott Manor. Fanged geranium and Chinese biting kale.
“...Due to this characteristic, some wizards will grow fanged geraniums and Chinese biting cabbage, which results in their prices not being high in potion ingredient stores.
“But the attack patterns of the two plants are very different.
“Fang-tooth geraniums can only twist against the vines, so they are usually planted by wizards in a circle around the house to serve as a wall when encountering enemies.
"The Chinese biting cabbage, which has no vines, can only spin in circles and bite people before being picked. It is usually planted on the inside of the fang geranium wall to act as a trap. And when they are picked, they will transform into ' Hounds move by jumping and quickly attack enemies around them, so many wizards also use them as pets that can fight together.
“So, if you encounter a Chinese biting cabbage that is attacking a living animal in the wild, you need to pay special attention, because there is probably a nasty wizard hiding around.
"That's all I know about the similarities and differences between fang-tooth geranium and Chinese biting cabbage."
After saying that, Theodore took a long breath and sat down directly without waiting for Professor Snape to comment. Anyway, in Potions class, Slytherin students should not do anything too bad or have too much impact. You can do whatever you want, including sleeping.
There was warm applause in the classroom, and the Gryffindors were also applauding. They actually didn't hate Slytherin students very much now. After all, since the end of the second week of school, Slytherin students have rarely looked like before. He is just as arrogant and domineering, with a arrogant look that doesn't take others seriously.
Although Slytherin and Gryffindor students still occasionally clashed, at least they didn't get into fights like before when they met alone in the castle corridors after school.
Of course, Gryffindors would not consider making friends with Slytherins, after all, their head of house is too disgusting.
In the corner of the classroom, Hermione was also applauding because she learned a lot from Nott's answers that were not in the textbooks. The herbology textbook introduced fanged geraniums and Chinese biting cabbage, but they were not used as potion ingredients. other uses.
After Theodore sat down, Uchi Akinpo, who sat next to him with an eyepatch hanging around his neck, applauded enthusiastically and sighed: "It's really you, Theodore, how do you know so much?"
"I planted it." Theodore said with a cold face. He felt that he had said enough words today, so he cherished his words now.
"Very well, Nott, you earned 10 points for Slytherin because your answer was far superior to that of a first year student."
Snape clapped his hands and twitched the corners of his mouth, as if he wanted to smile, but no one dared to think that way, including the Slytherin students.
As soon as these words came out, the applause of the Gryffindors suddenly stopped. They were furious. Although Theodore Nott did answer beautifully, if it were a Gryffindor, he would get 2 points at most!Sometimes I will be criticized for a few words, but then not even a point added!
However, it was useless no matter how angry he was. The Gryffindors knew very well how disgusting Snape was. I heard that the senior students often complained to Professor McGonagall, but the situation did not improve at all. Instead, Snape It was even more rampant when deducting points from Gryffindor.
When the applause in the classroom gradually died down, Snape spoke again: "I hope your brains, which are no better than trolls, have thought of taking notes just now. If not, then you can only pray that by the end of the semester, This content will not be tested during the exam.”
As soon as Snape finished speaking, several Gryffindor students looked panicked. It was obvious that they had not listened to what Theodore said.
While the little wizards were busy sorting out their notes, Snape began to introduce today's content——
"The potion of strength is a potion that allows wizards to temporarily gain extraordinary strength. Although wizards can use magic and basically do not need to use physical strength, this potion is not widely used, but it is still All potions must be learned when getting started, because it is a 'free' potion."
As Snape spoke, he wrote the names of a bunch of materials on the blackboard, and the little wizards looked up and down for fear of missing something.
"In the textbook, there are three main ingredients of the strength potion, namely fanged geranium, non-venomous snake fangs, and arm bones. However, the reason why it is called 'freedom' has nothing to do with these three materials. big.
"'Freedom' is mainly reflected in the fact that when making strength potions, in addition to these three materials, you can also add all known materials, such as the blood taken from the fire dragon's claws, locust juice, valerian, and moon. Stone powder etc...
“Depending on the additional materials, the specific effects of the potion are also different.
“When you add the blood of the fire dragon, you can get a potion that allows the wizard to have explosive power close to that of the fire dragon.
"When you add leech juice, you can get a potion that can make the wizard's body more flexible while increasing his strength.
"But compared to materials that can increase the effect of potions, materials with calming effects like valerian and moonstone are the most useful, because this type of material can prevent you from losing control due to a sudden increase in strength. , turned into a crazy troll."
While the first years were painstakingly recording knowledge related to strength potions, Draco, who had skipped class, was sitting uneasily in the consultation room of the school hospital.
At breakfast, after thinking hard for a long time, Draco still couldn't make a decision, but he came to the school hospital with the idea of taking one step at a time. Unfortunately, today's teacher Ouluo Lin did not open the consultation early. The door of the consulting room may be still closed. After all, the sign hanging at the door of the consulting room says that the business hours are 8:00-12:00 in the morning and 2:00-6:00 in the afternoon.
Of course, it's possible that you've already gotten up but are doing experiments.
But no matter what the situation was, Draco didn't interrupt anyway, so he kept waiting at the door of the consulting room until White got out of the consulting room.
The moment he saw Draco, White ran back to the suitcase excitedly and called out Orolin, who was thinking about what equipment to bring with him when he went to those pure-blood families for a banquet tonight.
Then Draco told him the reason why he came so early. When he finished speaking, he felt a lot more relaxed, but as Teacher Eurolin became silent, Draco became more and more uneasy.
Opposite Draco, Orolin was silent. Lucius didn't write what he wanted to know in the letter to Draco. Was it because there were some taboos that couldn't be mentioned in the black book?But apart from having a strange dream, Draco didn't seem to have any adverse reactions.
Moreover, it's been a whole night, why hasn't Saruman come back yet? He wouldn't have gone out wandering with the reply letter from Lucius, right?
Orolin didn't believe that Lucius had the guts to detain Saruman, so what made Saruman so happy?
"Teacher..." Draco finally couldn't help but said, "About tonight's banquet at Malfoy Manor..."
"Oh, sorry, Draco, I was in a daze just now." Orolin smiled. He was not angry because Draco chose his family between his family and his teacher. After all, the Malfoy family is not that kind of kin. The relationship between the families is extremely poor. If Draco chooses the teacher between the family and the teacher, then Orolin will have to consider whether to officially accept Draco as an apprentice.
"Party, right?"
Draco nodded.
"My original plan was to go to the Nott family first to see what kind of medicine they sell in their gourds, but since Lucius also asked you to invite me, I'd better go to your house first and have a look." Orolin laughed. He said, rather than going to the pure-blood family's territory to have fun, he wanted to know the origin of the black book.
"Don't you blame me..." Draco relaxed slightly, but he was still a little cautious.
"Blame you?" Oluolin raised his eyebrows, "Why should I blame you?"
"Because the things my father sent me almost made you unconscious..." Draco said cautiously, "but as your apprentice, I stand on your father's side..."
"Silly boy, this is nothing," O'Luolin said with a smile, "In other words, if you choose to side with me between the family and me, then I may have to reconsider whether to formally accept you. For the apprentice."
Draco's wide eyes were filled with confusion.
"Although we have known each other for a long time," O'Loughlin pointed at himself and Draco, "but we have only really known each other for a few months. Although I said that I would accept you as an apprentice, after I officially When announcing this to other alchemists, everything can still be overturned. If in this case, you choose to betray the family because you want to be my apprentice, does that mean that if there is someone more powerful than me in the future? When a powerful alchemist appears and wants to accept you as his disciple, will you betray me?"
"No!" Draco shouted quickly, "Of course not!"
"That's fine, so don't take it to heart." Olorin reached out and patted Draco's head, then took his hand back and rubbed his thumbs, which were a little oily. "I remember you used to use them at home. There is a lot of hair wax, but why are we no longer using it in school? Don’t you care about your image? "
"Because I read in a book that applying hair wax for a long time will cause damage to the hair..." Draco said with some embarrassment, "And combing your hair is too time-consuming, so why not read more books..."
"Image management is also very important, Draco. At least, you have to make sure your hair is fresh." Orolin was a little worried. This would not work. If Draco became a greasy-headed man like Snape in the future, he would rather Draco is bald, "Sometimes, no matter how much knowledge you have and how powerful you are, you may not be able to realize your wishes due to image problems."
"Will...?" Draco was a little confused. In his opinion, if he could possess superb alchemy and the wealth of the Malfoy family, what other wishes could not come true?
"Of course." Olorin nodded, "There was once a handsome boy who had a very beautiful childhood sweetheart. He liked her very much, but he had very low self-esteem because he felt he was not worthy of her.
So in order to become a person worthy of her, he indulged in the ocean of knowledge all day long, hoping to gain power and power.
During this process, he didn't pay attention to his own image at all. Sometimes he wouldn't even change his underwear for a month or two. Although as long as he changed his underwear, a house elf would collect the clothes and clean them, but he I feel like all the time spent changing clothes is wasted.
In this way, to a certain extent, he did gain status and power far beyond ordinary people, but do you think he succeeded in chasing her in the end? "
"Is it true that someone would not change their underwear for a month or two..." Although Draco was not mysophobic, he felt that it was too dirty.
"Maybe, maybe not. Just tell me, do you think this boy can catch the girl he loves?"
"No?" Draco instinctively felt that if he had enough power and strength, he would definitely be able to be with the one he loved. But according to Teacher O'Loughlin, there was a high probability that the boy would not be able to be with the girl he loved, so he Some hesitation.
"Yes, guess why?"
"Because he has a bad image?" Draco hesitated.
"wrong!"
"Huh?" Eurolin's answer made Draco a little confused. According to logic and context, this is the correct answer, isn't it?
On the other side, in the back corner of the classroom, Slytherin's Theodore Nott was answering Snape's question. His tone was so cold that Harry once thought that he had no feelings at all, just like he used to hide. Peeking around the corner is the robot on the TV playing Dali.
“…The fang-toothed geranium and the Chinese biting cabbage also have one thing in common, that is, they will not attack the people who keep them…” Theodore expressed his knowledge of the two plants with a deadpan.
For as long as he can remember, Theodore has taken care of his father, who has been confined to bed all his life and unable to take care of himself because of his love for being in the limelight. At that time, every time he rubbed his father's back that was covered with disgusting eczema, Theodore would I have been telling myself not to be too out-of-the-box as a person, otherwise it is easy to get injured for various reasons.
Therefore, Theodore is different from most students. He dislikes being in the limelight very much, especially after the flying lesson incident that he was forced to be involved in, and after his father finally lost his identity as a wizard. Answer questions in class.
Among all Slytherins, Theodore should be the least active one. Unfortunately, Professor Snape didn't seem to want Slytherin to have such an "invisible man", so he called him up to answer questions, which made him I can't help but feel a little depressed.
Theodore also wanted to pretend to be as stupid as the Gryffindors who were still standing, but he also knew that he could not succeed in pretending. After all, Professor Snape must know that there are many crops in Nott Manor. Fanged geranium and Chinese biting kale.
“...Due to this characteristic, some wizards will grow fanged geraniums and Chinese biting cabbage, which results in their prices not being high in potion ingredient stores.
“But the attack patterns of the two plants are very different.
“Fang-tooth geraniums can only twist against the vines, so they are usually planted by wizards in a circle around the house to serve as a wall when encountering enemies.
"The Chinese biting cabbage, which has no vines, can only spin in circles and bite people before being picked. It is usually planted on the inside of the fang geranium wall to act as a trap. And when they are picked, they will transform into ' Hounds move by jumping and quickly attack enemies around them, so many wizards also use them as pets that can fight together.
“So, if you encounter a Chinese biting cabbage that is attacking a living animal in the wild, you need to pay special attention, because there is probably a nasty wizard hiding around.
"That's all I know about the similarities and differences between fang-tooth geranium and Chinese biting cabbage."
After saying that, Theodore took a long breath and sat down directly without waiting for Professor Snape to comment. Anyway, in Potions class, Slytherin students should not do anything too bad or have too much impact. You can do whatever you want, including sleeping.
There was warm applause in the classroom, and the Gryffindors were also applauding. They actually didn't hate Slytherin students very much now. After all, since the end of the second week of school, Slytherin students have rarely looked like before. He is just as arrogant and domineering, with a arrogant look that doesn't take others seriously.
Although Slytherin and Gryffindor students still occasionally clashed, at least they didn't get into fights like before when they met alone in the castle corridors after school.
Of course, Gryffindors would not consider making friends with Slytherins, after all, their head of house is too disgusting.
In the corner of the classroom, Hermione was also applauding because she learned a lot from Nott's answers that were not in the textbooks. The herbology textbook introduced fanged geraniums and Chinese biting cabbage, but they were not used as potion ingredients. other uses.
After Theodore sat down, Uchi Akinpo, who sat next to him with an eyepatch hanging around his neck, applauded enthusiastically and sighed: "It's really you, Theodore, how do you know so much?"
"I planted it." Theodore said with a cold face. He felt that he had said enough words today, so he cherished his words now.
"Very well, Nott, you earned 10 points for Slytherin because your answer was far superior to that of a first year student."
Snape clapped his hands and twitched the corners of his mouth, as if he wanted to smile, but no one dared to think that way, including the Slytherin students.
As soon as these words came out, the applause of the Gryffindors suddenly stopped. They were furious. Although Theodore Nott did answer beautifully, if it were a Gryffindor, he would get 2 points at most!Sometimes I will be criticized for a few words, but then not even a point added!
However, it was useless no matter how angry he was. The Gryffindors knew very well how disgusting Snape was. I heard that the senior students often complained to Professor McGonagall, but the situation did not improve at all. Instead, Snape It was even more rampant when deducting points from Gryffindor.
When the applause in the classroom gradually died down, Snape spoke again: "I hope your brains, which are no better than trolls, have thought of taking notes just now. If not, then you can only pray that by the end of the semester, This content will not be tested during the exam.”
As soon as Snape finished speaking, several Gryffindor students looked panicked. It was obvious that they had not listened to what Theodore said.
While the little wizards were busy sorting out their notes, Snape began to introduce today's content——
"The potion of strength is a potion that allows wizards to temporarily gain extraordinary strength. Although wizards can use magic and basically do not need to use physical strength, this potion is not widely used, but it is still All potions must be learned when getting started, because it is a 'free' potion."
As Snape spoke, he wrote the names of a bunch of materials on the blackboard, and the little wizards looked up and down for fear of missing something.
"In the textbook, there are three main ingredients of the strength potion, namely fanged geranium, non-venomous snake fangs, and arm bones. However, the reason why it is called 'freedom' has nothing to do with these three materials. big.
"'Freedom' is mainly reflected in the fact that when making strength potions, in addition to these three materials, you can also add all known materials, such as the blood taken from the fire dragon's claws, locust juice, valerian, and moon. Stone powder etc...
“Depending on the additional materials, the specific effects of the potion are also different.
“When you add the blood of the fire dragon, you can get a potion that allows the wizard to have explosive power close to that of the fire dragon.
"When you add leech juice, you can get a potion that can make the wizard's body more flexible while increasing his strength.
"But compared to materials that can increase the effect of potions, materials with calming effects like valerian and moonstone are the most useful, because this type of material can prevent you from losing control due to a sudden increase in strength. , turned into a crazy troll."
While the first years were painstakingly recording knowledge related to strength potions, Draco, who had skipped class, was sitting uneasily in the consultation room of the school hospital.
At breakfast, after thinking hard for a long time, Draco still couldn't make a decision, but he came to the school hospital with the idea of taking one step at a time. Unfortunately, today's teacher Ouluo Lin did not open the consultation early. The door of the consulting room may be still closed. After all, the sign hanging at the door of the consulting room says that the business hours are 8:00-12:00 in the morning and 2:00-6:00 in the afternoon.
Of course, it's possible that you've already gotten up but are doing experiments.
But no matter what the situation was, Draco didn't interrupt anyway, so he kept waiting at the door of the consulting room until White got out of the consulting room.
The moment he saw Draco, White ran back to the suitcase excitedly and called out Orolin, who was thinking about what equipment to bring with him when he went to those pure-blood families for a banquet tonight.
Then Draco told him the reason why he came so early. When he finished speaking, he felt a lot more relaxed, but as Teacher Eurolin became silent, Draco became more and more uneasy.
Opposite Draco, Orolin was silent. Lucius didn't write what he wanted to know in the letter to Draco. Was it because there were some taboos that couldn't be mentioned in the black book?But apart from having a strange dream, Draco didn't seem to have any adverse reactions.
Moreover, it's been a whole night, why hasn't Saruman come back yet? He wouldn't have gone out wandering with the reply letter from Lucius, right?
Orolin didn't believe that Lucius had the guts to detain Saruman, so what made Saruman so happy?
"Teacher..." Draco finally couldn't help but said, "About tonight's banquet at Malfoy Manor..."
"Oh, sorry, Draco, I was in a daze just now." Orolin smiled. He was not angry because Draco chose his family between his family and his teacher. After all, the Malfoy family is not that kind of kin. The relationship between the families is extremely poor. If Draco chooses the teacher between the family and the teacher, then Orolin will have to consider whether to officially accept Draco as an apprentice.
"Party, right?"
Draco nodded.
"My original plan was to go to the Nott family first to see what kind of medicine they sell in their gourds, but since Lucius also asked you to invite me, I'd better go to your house first and have a look." Orolin laughed. He said, rather than going to the pure-blood family's territory to have fun, he wanted to know the origin of the black book.
"Don't you blame me..." Draco relaxed slightly, but he was still a little cautious.
"Blame you?" Oluolin raised his eyebrows, "Why should I blame you?"
"Because the things my father sent me almost made you unconscious..." Draco said cautiously, "but as your apprentice, I stand on your father's side..."
"Silly boy, this is nothing," O'Luolin said with a smile, "In other words, if you choose to side with me between the family and me, then I may have to reconsider whether to formally accept you. For the apprentice."
Draco's wide eyes were filled with confusion.
"Although we have known each other for a long time," O'Loughlin pointed at himself and Draco, "but we have only really known each other for a few months. Although I said that I would accept you as an apprentice, after I officially When announcing this to other alchemists, everything can still be overturned. If in this case, you choose to betray the family because you want to be my apprentice, does that mean that if there is someone more powerful than me in the future? When a powerful alchemist appears and wants to accept you as his disciple, will you betray me?"
"No!" Draco shouted quickly, "Of course not!"
"That's fine, so don't take it to heart." Olorin reached out and patted Draco's head, then took his hand back and rubbed his thumbs, which were a little oily. "I remember you used to use them at home. There is a lot of hair wax, but why are we no longer using it in school? Don’t you care about your image? "
"Because I read in a book that applying hair wax for a long time will cause damage to the hair..." Draco said with some embarrassment, "And combing your hair is too time-consuming, so why not read more books..."
"Image management is also very important, Draco. At least, you have to make sure your hair is fresh." Orolin was a little worried. This would not work. If Draco became a greasy-headed man like Snape in the future, he would rather Draco is bald, "Sometimes, no matter how much knowledge you have and how powerful you are, you may not be able to realize your wishes due to image problems."
"Will...?" Draco was a little confused. In his opinion, if he could possess superb alchemy and the wealth of the Malfoy family, what other wishes could not come true?
"Of course." Olorin nodded, "There was once a handsome boy who had a very beautiful childhood sweetheart. He liked her very much, but he had very low self-esteem because he felt he was not worthy of her.
So in order to become a person worthy of her, he indulged in the ocean of knowledge all day long, hoping to gain power and power.
During this process, he didn't pay attention to his own image at all. Sometimes he wouldn't even change his underwear for a month or two. Although as long as he changed his underwear, a house elf would collect the clothes and clean them, but he I feel like all the time spent changing clothes is wasted.
In this way, to a certain extent, he did gain status and power far beyond ordinary people, but do you think he succeeded in chasing her in the end? "
"Is it true that someone would not change their underwear for a month or two..." Although Draco was not mysophobic, he felt that it was too dirty.
"Maybe, maybe not. Just tell me, do you think this boy can catch the girl he loves?"
"No?" Draco instinctively felt that if he had enough power and strength, he would definitely be able to be with the one he loved. But according to Teacher O'Loughlin, there was a high probability that the boy would not be able to be with the girl he loved, so he Some hesitation.
"Yes, guess why?"
"Because he has a bad image?" Draco hesitated.
"wrong!"
"Huh?" Eurolin's answer made Draco a little confused. According to logic and context, this is the correct answer, isn't it?
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