After lunch, Annie, Hermione, and Neville all arrived and stopped outside the corridor where Professor Snape's Potions classroom office was.
Ron and Harry, on the other hand, hadn't come.
They'd said that rather than ask some dark wizard for a bezoar, they'd much rather go watch the Quidditch match between Slytherin and Ravenclaw. They also said they had to get there an hour early to claim seats, or they might end up having to stand and watch.
So only the three of them had come.
And of course, the reason Annie had brought Hermione and Neville here was to help Neville get a bezoar from Snape's office!
Naturally, besides the three of them, a certain bear was there too.
(...)
(óò)
"Annie..."
"I don't think Professor Snape will be willing to give Neville a bezoar. He'll definitely insult and mock him mercilessly. There's no doubt about it!"
Hermione clearly knew Professor Snape well. After hesitating for a long time, she still felt that Annie had made a mistake bringing her and Neville here.
"In fact..."
"Forget Neville!"
"Even if you or I begged him, there's probably no chance he'd give us one!"
In the end, Hermione could only continue:
"How about..."
"We just pool some money and buy one instead..."
A bezoar might be expensive, but she didn't think it would be completely unaffordable.
Besides, Hermione was suddenly a little glad that Ron and Harry hadn't come. If the two of them showed up, the odds of getting a bezoar from Professor Snape would probably drop by at least several dozen percentage points.
"Of course he won't give it to us!"
(ω)
"But..."
(︶)
"We can take one ourselves!"
(゜▽＾*)
Annie had already thought of that little problem. She hadn't planned on making Snape hand over a bezoar willingly in