Chapter 29
"Potter!"
Snape suddenly said,"What will I get if I add powdered narcissus roots to wormwood infusion?"
What root powder should be put into what solution?
Harry looked at Ron beside him, who was also stunned like him.
Hermione raised her arms high in the air, William was a little helpless, it seemed that Hermione didn't listen to his reminder at all
"I don't know, sir." Harry said a little guilty.
Snape curled his lips in contempt.
"Tsk, tsk - it seems that fame is not everything."
Snape deliberately ignored Hermione's raised arms.
"Let's try again, Potter, if I ask you to find me a bezoar, where would you find it?"
Hermione raised her hand as high as she could without leaving her seat, but Harry had no idea what a bezoar was. Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle were laughing so hard that they were shaking all over.
"I don't know, sir."
"I suppose you didn't turn the page on a single book before the start of the term, did you, Potter?"
Harry forced himself to look straight into Snape's cold eyes.
In fact, Harry did turn the page on all the books before the start of the term, but he only turned the page once and didn't memorize much of what was inside.
Snape still ignored Hermione's shaking arms, but William reached out and held Hermione's arms down.
"Hermione, I warned you."
Although Hermione was a little unconvinced when she heard this, she finally gave up when she saw that Snape still ignored her.
Snape asked again:"Potter, what is the difference between Aconitum naviculatum and Aconitum wolfsbane?"
""I don't know," Harry whispered,"but I think William and Hermione know the answer, why don't you ask them?"
Hearing what Harry said, several students laughed.
William looked at Harry speechlessly, and Harry smiled awkwardly.
Snape was of course very unhappy about this.
However, Hermione was held back by William and did not stand up to answer the question.
But Snape is Snape, the top master of sarcasm.
He didn't even look at William and Hermione, but sneered at Harry and said:
"Don't disturb them talking about love, let me tell you, Potter."
Hearing Snape's words, Hermione blushed and quickly pulled her arm away from William.
But William didn't care, instead he wanted to thank Snape for saying it well.
"Narcissus root powder and wormwood can be combined to make a very powerful sleeping pill, which is a dose of life and death water."
"The fecal stone is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat, which has a strong detoxifying effect."
"As for Aconitum natans and Aconitum davidianum, they are actually the same plant, also collectively known as Aconitum."
"Do you understand? Why don't you write all this down?"Snape asked coldly.
There was a rustling sound of quills and parchment in the classroom.
Amid the noise, Snape said:"Potter, Gryffindor will be deducted one point for talking back to the teacher."
Hermione was a little indignant when she heard that Snape had deducted one point from Gryffindor.
Snape's targeting was too obvious, so blatant and unscrupulous.
I don't know if Hogwarts has a principal's mailbox, I can complain about him.
The Potions class continued, but the situation of the Gryffindor students did not improve.
Snape divided them into groups of two and began to instruct them to mix and prepare a simple potion to treat boils.
As expected, Snape, who couldn't stand others doing well, separated William and Hermione into two groups.
Hermione was in a group with Parvati Patil, who were roommates in the same dormitory.
William was in a group with Dean. Although Dean was an average student, he was very sophisticated in dealing with people.
He knew that William was capable, so he took the initiative to help William when preparing the potion, and the two cooperated well.
Snape dragged He walked around the classroom in his long black cloak, watching them weigh dry nettles and crush snake fangs.
Almost all the students were criticized by Snape, except Malfoy and William.
Malfoy was Snape's favorite student, and William's every step was very standard, without any mistakes, so Snape had no reason to criticize.
Just as Snape was praising Malfoy and saying how perfect his method of steaming slugs with tentacles was.
Suddenly, a thick acidic green smoke came out of the classroom, accompanied by a loud hissing sound.
Neville didn't know how he managed to burn Seamus's crucible into a crooked piece.
The potion in the crucible spilled all over the floor, burning holes in the students' shoes.
When the crucible was overturned, Neville was soaked in the potion. At this time, his arms and legs were covered with red and swollen boils, and he screamed in pain.
"Idiot!" Snape roared, waving his wand to sweep away the spilled potion on the ground.
"I suppose you put the porcupine quills in the cauldron without removing it from the fire, didn't you?"
Neville sobbed, and boils suddenly appeared on his nose.
"Take him up to the hospital. Snape snapped at Seamus.
He then moved around Harry and Ron as they operated next to Neville.
"Potter, why didn't you tell him not to add the porcupine quills? You think his mistake will make you look good?"
"Gryffindor lost another point because of you."
Snape was not targeting Harry, he was just making trouble for Harry. Harry couldn't help but open his mouth to argue.
Ron quickly stopped him and whispered,"Don't do that. I heard that Snape is very unreasonable. If you start to argue, he will definitely deduct points again."
Snape saw that Potter didn't talk back, so there was no point deduction.���
He turned around and finally stopped beside William, watching William's actions with his eyes half closed.
William didn't care that Snape was beside him, but Dean was a little nervous when Snape was staring at him.
"Dean, give me the broken snake fangs."William said to Dean while looking at the mixture in the crucible.
"Oh, here you go." Dean handed the crushed snake fangs to William in a panic.
William took the broken snake fangs, added them to the crucible, and stirred them.
Then he added the weighed dry nettles. After the mixture in the crucible turned green, William added a small amount of sponge mucus and stirred it vigorously.
Step by step, William followed what Snape wrote on the blackboard.
Finally, when the potion in the crucible turned pink and a puff of pink smoke came out, William knew that it was successful.
When Snape turned to William again, William said,"Professor, please check it out. I think we should have succeeded."
Snape stopped when he heard this, with obvious doubts on his face.
Although this is a simple potion, almost no student can make this potion correctly on the first try.
But when Snape got closer and smelled the smell of the potion in the crucible, and looked at the color and other characteristics, he knew that William had indeed succeeded.
"Well, you did succeed, but for such a simple potion, success is only natural."
Although Snape said this, there was still a flash of appreciation in his eyes, which showed that he still recognized William.
Then he left, without any intention of adding points to William's success.
William put the prepared potion in a crystal bottle, intending to give it to Neville later, if his boils didn't heal.
Ten minutes later, when the potion class was over, only William's group successfully prepared the potion.
Although Malfoy was favored by Snape, he still failed to complete the preparation.
After the class, everyone was in a bad mood.
Gryffindor students were targeted by Snape and were in a bad mood.
Lesterling students were disliked by Snape and were in a bad mood.
As for why they disliked, of course it was because William, a Gryffindor student, successfully prepared the potion, while none of Lesterling's students succeeded.
As the dean of Lesterling, how could Snape not dislike them?
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