Hogwarts: Starting with full Unforgivable Curses

Chapter 20 Professor Snape's Poisonous Tongue
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Ron's expression suddenly became excited when he heard that he was going to take Potions class with Slytherin.

He winked at the others and said, "I heard that the head of Slytherin is even stricter than Professor McGonagall!"

Neville whispered, "And it's only limited to students from other colleges. He seems to be very kind to his own students."

Dylan raised an eyebrow.

This is not a big problem.

Wait until after class.

Professor Snape began to call the roll.

After calling Harry.

His voice paused.

"Oh! Let's see, the famous Harry Potter!"

Snape's gaze was flat and cold, and when he looked at Harry, it seemed quite empty, even a little hostile.

"Dylan Hawkwood."

"Professor, I'm here!"

Dylan's voice was very assertive, and Snape's eyes turned immediately.

However, when he looked over, he saw Dylan's eyes staring at him as if they were shining.

It feels like...

A dog that had been hungry for three days saw a meat bun.

Snape's brow furrowed slightly.

Then he started clicking on the next name.

When he put the list in his hand on the desk.

Look around.

"Hello, a bunch of silly little wizards."

Professor Snape's voice was low and cold, with a hint of contempt, but very penetrating.

"Potions isn't magic, it's a precise and rigorous craft. You don't need to be idiotic, waving your wands around like idiots."

"I don't expect all of you to appreciate the beauty of the fragrance hidden in the white smoke from a simmering cauldron."

Snape glanced at Malfoy.

"I only hope that a few top students can understand the magical power that the liquid flowing into people's veins can possess, which can make people's hearts and minds wander and their minds bewildered..."

"I can help you increase your reputation, create glory, and even prevent death."

Professor Snape changed the subject.

"But the prerequisite is that they are a small number of top students."

"Some fools and idiots will never understand the mystery of potions."

Because all the young wizards here are taking Potions class for the first time.

No one had ever heard that magic could actually prevent death.

Everyone's eyes widened.

Dylan's eyes also became eager.

Potions is indeed a very mysterious and profound course.

Like the spell, it is worth his life's study.

What Professor Snape said was not nonsense, nor was it just talk.

The elixir of life can definitely be made through magic potions.

While waiting for school to start, Dylan also read a lot of books about potions.

Because he had some knowledge of Chinese medicine in his previous life, when he was learning about potions, he couldn't help but compare Chinese medicine with magic potions.

After all, in his opinion, the two are actually similar.

It is nothing more than combining some herbs to try to balance, or to amplify some medicinal properties and reduce some medicinal properties.

However, as his knowledge of potions deepened, he discovered that Chinese medicine and potions did have some similarities.

Even if the herbs in the previous life had miraculous effects, it would not be impossible for Chinese medicine practitioners to refine the elixir of life.

And it is precisely because of this that the difference between Chinese medicine and magic potions arises.

The herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine do not have mysterious effects.

However, the herbs used to make potions can make the substances in the potions produce magical effects.

So he thought of another thing.

Chemistry! Who could have known in ancient times that chemistry could produce explosions?

Potions and chemistry are both interested in dealing with the mixing and transformation of substances.

Think about it, unicorn horn powder, mandrake roots, salamander eyes...

The encounter with acid and alkali, the wonderful reaction of redox...

There are definitely similarities.

And they are equally demanding.

Piece, piece, drop...

Controlling Quantities and Variables...

In fact, if you think about it carefully, chemical pharmaceuticals are more similar to magic potions than traditional Chinese medicine.

The essence of brewing potions can also be understood as brewing a spell in the physical sense.

The mystical elements contained in the potion materials will be released during the continuous boiling and stirring.

It also depends on how many times and how you stir it.

When brewing a potion, numbers are equivalent to chanting spells.

The potion that is brewed is equivalent to storing a spell.

Make the potion have the same magical effect as the spell.

Dylan has been eager to study this profound subject.

As for Professor Snape...

Just a "good guy"

What's so scary about him?
"Little celebrity, your arrival has caused a sensation at Hogwarts."

Professor Snape fixed his narrow gaze on Harry.

"Answer me, what are the consequences of adding wormwood infusion to narcissus root powder?"

Dylan knew the answer.

But he sat in the front row, and Harry didn't want to sit in the front, so he and Ron sat in the back.

Therefore, faced with Professor Snape's sudden question, he was completely confused.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Professor Snape asked two more questions in succession.

Harry couldn't answer any of them.

The strange look in Professor Snape's eyes became more and more intense.

"One point from Gryffindor!"

Dylan didn't mind it.

In class, he carefully took note of every step of Professor Snape's instructions.

Even though this little guy has a sharp tongue, he has real skills!
I must learn everything this arrogant and mean professor knows!
When Professor Snape walked past Harry who was sitting in the back row.

Gryffindor has been docked five points.

Snape passes by Dylan.

I was just about to criticize this strange little wizard.

However, he discovered that almost every step of the potion brewed by the other party was completely accurate in hitting the points he had pointed out.

Professor Snape was stunned for a moment, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

However, he did not add back the points deducted by Gryffindor, but instead prepared to pass by Dylan directly.

Unexpectedly, Dylan spoke up to stop him.

"Professor Snape, please don't leave yet. I have a few key points I want to ask you."

Professor Snape paused, and the cloak that had just been rolling up came to an abrupt stop.

He turned around and swept towards Dylan.

"You managed to talk while brewing a potion. One point deducted from Gryffindor!"

Dylan: “Okay, so what I’m asking is, if I’m dripping…”

Dylan asked several questions in succession.

Professor Snape responded one by one.

The more he answered, the more he felt that this little wizard named Dylan Hawkwood was different from other fools.

He definitely has a great talent for potions!
This slightly changed Professor Snape's impression of Dylan.

Dylan: Then what is the reward for my achievement mission?
(End of this chapter)