Snape snorted coldly.
He took the magazine straight out of College Student's hands.
Then he curled his lip contemptuously and said icily:
"Reading something unrelated to your studies at breakfast? Have Potions classes been too easy lately?
Copy out the Potions Class Safety Regulations fifty times and hand them to me at lunch."
After speaking, he swept his gaze around, then looked down at the magazine in his hands.
His pupils immediately widened, his face went pale, and his hand tightened around the magazine.
Then he turned and hurried out of the Great Hall.
Douglas, who had just sat down in the staff seats, curled his lips slightly. Finally. It had taken him long enough to notice.
Harry had noticed Snape coming in early on. When he saw Snape confiscate the book,
he said to Ron in great dissatisfaction:
"I bet if the person he caught hadn't been a Slytherin, Snape would definitely have taken points.
He didn't even take any points, just made him copy the safety regulations.
Hmph!"
Beside him, Hermione said doubtfully, "I don't remember any school rule forbidding people from reading things unrelated to their studies at breakfast.
Snape must have made it up on the spot..."
Ron, however, said mysteriously:
"I suspect that Half-Blood Prince might have something to do with Snape, and Professor Holmes too.
Just now, I noticed Professor Holmes actually smiling when he saw Snape discover the magazine.
And Snape really did look awful.
Do you think that Half-Blood Prince could be Snape,
while the real author of that piece is Professor Holmes? He does write novels, after all."
Hearing this, everyone glanced at Professor Holmes, who was eating and chatting with Professor Sprout.
They all shook their heads, declaring it impossible.
With the way Snape looked, how could he possibly have