Chapter 441 A Smooth Study Time
The submission of the crown did not cause any splash - at least not on the surface.
Neither Professor Flitwick nor Dumbledore announced the return of the crown, and Andrew also had a rare peaceful study time at school.
Yes, peace, rare peace.
There was no news about the escaped Horcruxes, no news about Voldemort hiding in an unknown corner, not even the news about the diadem. The wizarding world outside was constantly arguing about the birth of new laws, but it did not disturb the atmosphere inside the school.
Such peaceful time made Andrew cherish it - he applied with Professor McGonagall and voluntarily extended the use of the time converter for one hour every day to specialize in the analysis of potion materials.
Under such a time-consuming and expensive learning mode, his speed in recognizing potion materials was finally comparable to his perception of transfiguration.
And this accumulation finally saw results as Easter approached in April.
In Potions class, he finally realized for the first time what Professor Snape said - you should know when to add potions by looking at the crucible.
For the first time, he did not follow what was described in the textbook and deliberately delayed adding the scales of the octopus by three minutes. The effect was gratifying.
Although the liquid in the crucible did not turn into a beautiful light purple as described in the textbook, the blue color was more harmonious in his eyes.
‘Is that it? ’
Andrew stared at his cauldron. He received feedback from the potion for the first time, but the awkward communication made him extremely uncomfortable - as if he was using a language that he had only learned written language to communicate in daily life.
He looked at his material box carefully and found that the discomfort came from some of the raw materials inside.
‘Is the herbal raw material next to it not enough? ’
We don't know, but Hal on the side has already whispered a reminder, "Andrew, the color of your potion is wrong. I'm going to stop you, Professor. Please hurry up and take the next step. Be careful and your points will be deducted."
"Well, okay."
Andrew responded in a low voice, shifting his gaze from the medicinal materials to the crucible, and a new perception appeared again.
‘The tentacles, it seems, should be earlier...a little earlier than the rhizomes of Arisaema…’
A premonition told him that something was wrong, but he was not sure - delaying the medicinal materials would only affect the quality of the medicine, but if the steps were wrong, it would really cause a stir-fry!
Although it shouldn't be done, Andrew still wanted to try it, so he chose the safest way.
"Sorry, Professor Snape, I need some help."
‘Who is so desperate for life? ’
Hal didn't even bother to look at his cauldron, and looked directly at the place where the sound came from - this was the biggest news.
But the thinking faculty caught up with the instinctive action.
‘This voice, Andrew? ’
He planned to suppress this damn thought, but whether it was the overly familiar voice or the straightening of his waist, Hal was extremely convinced of a fact.
Yes, he heard it right, it was Andrew who asked Snape for help.
‘Is Andrew crazy! ’
Such thoughts emerged, but no matter what kind of thoughts they were, they could not stop Snape from walking quickly towards this side.
‘It’s over, my potion is just mediocre as always, Andrew’s potion was also wrong! ’ He had no choice but to retract his gaze and focus on his potion - because of his distraction just now, it didn’t look as good as before, but in theory it could still be saved.
But Hal never heard the point deduction during the frantic remediation process.
Taking advantage of the gap between adding the potion, he glanced out of the corner of his eye, and then looked again, and found that Professor Snape was not moving, and the points were not deducted, while Andrew continued to put the potion over there.
‘The Order of Merlin brings no points deduction? Are you kidding, Professor Snape will only deduct points from both houses fairly, and then give Slytherin's share of deductions to Gryffindor. ’
But the truth is so outrageous.
Snape did not start deducting points along the crucible as usual, but looked at Andrew's crucible without saying anything, and the color was not at all the standard color proposed in the textbook.
'It's just that it's really beautiful... No, my magic potion! ’
Hal turned his attention to his potion, not daring to be distracted anymore. When the potion was completed, he finally corrected some of his mistakes and made the potion look like what it was.
At this time, he finally had time to take a look at Andrew's potion - a gem-like blue potion, as clear as sea water.
But Professor Snape didn't make a mocking sound at all. He even nodded, took over the potion, and put it away in a special bottle - Hal was very sure, because other people's bottles were ordinary glass bottles, and Not only did Andrew's bottle sparkle with magic, it was even sealed with wax by the professor!
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Such a rare scene made Hal not leave anxiously at the end of get out of class for the first time - maybe Slytherin would, but students from other houses always left anxiously after Potions get out of class.
He was going to see how the potion would be treated - it might be new news.
Even if he was caught and imprisoned, he would admit it. He must pay attention to this matter!
But to his surprise, he discovered for the first time that Taylor would actually stay after Potions class!
Even casting magic wands on the homework!
Professor Snape was actually watching over there without saying a single unnecessary word!
‘Merlin’s beard, what happened today! ’
But what surprised him even more was what happened - Snape actually gave Andrew the transcript and asked him to mark on it?
Even using another transcript he scored for comparison?
He could tell that it was the first time for Andrew to do this, because he was stunned for a moment before giving the score - but why did you start giving the score?
There have been rumors about the Transfiguration that Andrew is scoring points, but there is no actual evidence, but potions, what's going on with potions!
Hal's whole body was in bad shape.
Now—no one would really believe it.
He could fully imagine what the people in the academy would say after such news was broadcast.
"Hal, are you dazzled?"
"April Fool's Day is over, thank you."
"I would believe it if you said it was Professor McGonagall's office."
…
'Forget it, it won't do any good if it is publicized. Let's not mention that it is not a matter of making up lessons. Even if it is a make-up lesson, I can't cheat my roommates. It would be miserable to be arrested and put in solitary confinement...'
'But I can confirm one thing. ’
Hal turned and left, 'Even if someone told me that Andrew will be appointed as a prefect tomorrow, it's probably not a rumor! ’
(End of chapter)