Snape's Favor
In the Potions Classroom, Snape continued to praise Harry's work from time to time, saying how thoroughly he crushed the ground with his snake's fangs and how accurately he weighed the Dried Nettle.
Harry was completely confused. He had simply followed the instructions on the blackboard and hadn't done anything particularly outstanding. In terms of technique, Ryan's method was clearly cleaner and more efficient.
Even Ron, who was on Harry's team, almost took the pot off the stove and was about to put the Porcupine Quills in, but this didn't draw any criticism from Snape.
This is a big mistake; this operation will turn the medicine into a corrosive liquid.
The signs of this reaction are that a thick, acidic green smoke will suddenly appear in the classroom, followed by a loud hissing sound, and finally even the pot will be corroded and turned into a crooked piece.
If it gets any worse and the potion spills onto the stone floor, almost all the students present will have holes burned in their shoes. Harry and Ron will be the first to be affected, their bodies soaked in the potion, which will cause red and swollen scabies all over their arms and legs, and they will have to spend the afternoon in the Hospital Wing.
Ryan couldn't help but sigh that this Potions Class was rather boring; everything was progressing normally.
The scene I was just thinking about will never happen. Apart from Ron making mistakes because Snape was always around, the other Ravenclaws were all very pragmatic and didn't do anything crazy.
Even Neville, because Snape's energy was always focused on Harry, and because he was more confident than his original self in the timeline, did not make any mistakes.
The Hufflepuff are quite self-aware; although most of them don't put in the required ingredients on time, they avoid making basic mistakes.
In addition, as soon as they enrolled, they were led by their seniors to participate in the nightly cooking activities, which Dudley, who was a real academic failure in the original timeline, from making any major mistakes.
Snape truly lived up to his reputation as a Potions Master. He repeatedly emphasized, with sharp and sarcastic words, who might make a mistake and where there was a risk. In the original story, Neville's mistake was actually more related to Snape's deliberate intimidation of him.
So it's no wonder Snape hated Gryffindor. Most Hufflepuff were slow-witted, but hardworking and honest; Ravenclaw were arrogant, but most were intelligent; Slytherin were his own students and wouldn't cause trouble in his own classes; only Gryffindor brave, unafraid of authority, and some were more like huskies. Even when told not to do something because it was risky, they were extremely adventurous and more reckless than brave. They always caused trouble in Potions Class and then lost points.
To sum it up in one sentence: I told you, but you didn't listen; you listened, but you didn't understand; you understood, but you didn't do it; you did it, but you made a mistake; you made a mistake, but you didn't admit it; you admitted it, but you didn't change it; you changed it, but you weren't convinced; you weren't convinced, but you didn't say anything!
"Ryan, you shouldn't do that. The book says you need to stir it counterclockwise three times before steaming slugs with tentacles." Hermione was processing the ingredients when she suddenly noticed that Ryan was doing it differently.
"Hermione, the stirring action is just to help the young wizard concentrate and subconsciously gather magic to mix into the Potions."
"The reason we use Pewter Cauldron made of tin alloy is because young wizards have difficulty concentrating, so in the first year we learn to slowly brew simple Potions."
"Among the three common materials used in cauldrons, this one is the least efficient at brewing Potions, making it more suitable for slow Potions and ideal for beginners," Ryan explained. As Ryan worked, the potion for treating boils was quickly completed, turning into the perfect purple color described in the book.
"How could that be?" Hermione, the honest child, looked incredulous. Books can lie? No, they're probably inaccurate.
"Hermione, the book was also written by a wizard, and that wizard wasn't perfect either; he made mistakes," Ryan said.
And so, Potions Class ended with Snape praising Harry endlessly, while Ryan was still a little confused when class ended. Why? Harry had just answered the questions, hadn't he?
Even Snape didn't know the answer; it was the result of a series of interconnected events.
Class had already ended, but he was still sitting blankly in the classroom, even though the Slytherin Head of House's office was not far away.
He disliked the boy at first sight; he looked exactly like his father, except for his eyes.
However, he was not sorted into Gryffindor, but into Ravenclaw, which represents Wisdom, and he rarely went out. This made Snape's malice towards him lessen.
Later, because of the memories in Petunia's head and Dudley's Sorting House, he felt that Harry Potter had a painful childhood just like him, or even more so.
That's why he stopped reading the list with just one look.
Harry's familiarity with Potions made him feel that he was Lily's continuation. He couldn't help but recall Dumbledore's words, "Do you think that the dead we love will really leave us? Do you think that when we are in big trouble, we will not remember them more clearly than before?" Lily lives in Harry, protecting him in the form of a charm.
"Harry Potter? No, Harry Evans, no, Harry Snape," Severus Snape muttered to himself.
Filch is such a jerk, and so is Mrs. Norris.
Ryan loved cats, but Mrs. Norris was an exception. She was skinny, with dark gray fur and bulging eyes like her owner Filch.
In terms of behavior, it is just like its owner. If you accidentally break the rules in front of it, even if it's just a toe going out of bounds, it will run to Filch as fast as it can.
No matter where you are, Filch will come panting and out of breath through the secret passage on campus in just two minutes.
Ryan will naturally be fine, but the problem is that the first-year Ravenclaw students are almost always walking together. With so many students, if even one person can't resist crossing the line, Mrs. Norris will quickly find Filch and get cornered, which will drag on for quite a while.
Filch also frequently talked about locking them in the dungeon, and he had a very foul mouth.
Recently, his catchphrase has changed from "Damn twins, Gryffindor" to "Damn Ravenclaw newbies."
Ryan strongly suspected that this was part of the reason why Harry and Ron hadn't gone out.
After all, unlike the original timeline, because the freshmen were always together, the two of them were often picked on by Filch.
Sure enough, Harry and Ron are now cornered by Filch again, while Ryan rolls his eyes on the side.
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