Professor of Pharmacy at Hogwarts

"Well, since this in-class test did not meet the exemption standard, I am very sorry and hope you will continue to work hard."

Alexis looked at the time and saw that get out of class was about to end, so she simply put the papers away.

"Maybe you are thinking: This question is too cunning and has too many restrictions, but in fact it is a very practical application question. I hope that you can use it in every course you study. , rather than simply for the exam.”

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Professor Alexis gave a class test to fifth, sixth, and seventh grade students in the pharmacy class. The last question in the class test was a practical application question in a simulated scenario.

The news quickly spread among the students, who were talking about it.

But Alexis never expected that the focus of their discussion was not this uncommon question type, nor this rare in-class test style, nor the exemption Alexis promised in class. But - is there really an Acromantula in the Forbidden Forest, and is there really a lake in the Forbidden Forest!

Only a week had passed since the in-class test, and Professor McGonagall came to visit.

"Alexis, you can't encourage students to break into the Forbidden Forest so openly!" Professor McGonagall said loudly with a serious face, and her voice almost reached the corridor outside.

"The Forbidden Forest is a very dangerous place for them. The school does not allow students to enter the Forbidden Forest for safety reasons."

"I just asked a question, Professor McGonagall."

Alexis explained with a smile.

God knows why he was as frightened by Professor McGonagall as a mouse by a cat!Is it because Professor McGonagall's Animagus form is a cat?

He is not an Animagus, and even if he is, his Animagus form cannot be a mouse!

"Alexis, I know, I know, but you also need to know that not everyone has your talent. Even you, you have suffered a lot when you broke into the Forbidden Forest without permission."

"Yes, that's right. Well, I was wrong. I will not use the Forbidden Forest as a topic example in the future."

Alexis wanted to make a few quibbles, but when he met Professor McGonagall's stern gaze, he immediately gave in and decisively admitted his mistake.

Professor McGonagall nodded and stared at Alexis suspiciously for a while before leaving.

After waiting in the office for a while, Alexis went out without encountering Professor McGonagall.

He came all the way to the foyer - today was the weekend, and the students had plenty of free time, but Alexis clearly felt that the number of students he met along the way seemed to be a little less than before.

Coming to the foyer, directly opposite the door, there are four huge hourglasses placed side by side. Each hourglass contains gems of different colors, representing Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin respectively. of college scores.

If the academy adds points, gems will fall from the hourglass. If it loses points, the fallen gems will fly back to the upper level of the hourglass.

This is the scorer used to record the scores for the four houses.

Every week, students from different houses come here to watch. Ravenclaw students will even accurately calculate the score difference between various houses near the end of the semester, and then guess which house will win the House Cup. victory.

Before the four members of the Screaming Shack formed an alliance, Alexis had a serious fight with Snape, so the scores of Gryffindor, Slytherin and Hufflepuff were like an electrocardiogram, fluctuating very obviously. .

At that time, only Ravenclaw House had an even score, and we just sat and watched the three houses fight.

After the four of them formed an alliance, Alexis and Snape no longer targeted each other, and the scores of each house tended to be flat. Although some houses - such as Gryffindor - deducted points every week, overall It is said that the scores of each college are on the rise.

But now, this week!

Gryffindor's scores continued to decline, followed closely by Slytherin, and even Ravenclaw, who had always watched the excitement, also showed a downward trend.

On the contrary, Hufflepuff was still rising slowly and slowly.

Alexis stood for a moment in front of the four hourglasses, shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

He could never have imagined that an ordinary practical application question of his would cause such a big reaction among students.

What puzzled him even more was, what were they doing in the Forbidden Forest in the middle of winter?

Even when he and Lupine were in school, they would go out less often in winter.

They often stay indoors in winter so as not to go out and get cold.

What do today’s students think?Is the brain circuit so strange?

Alexis thought this, and saw Dumbledore coming down from the stairs out of the corner of his eye, and quickly covered his face and retreated.

"Alex! Wait, I happen to have something to ask you."

Dumbledore's voice came from behind.

……

"what's up?"

Alexis was "invited" into the principal's office by Dumbledore. He just wanted to leave quickly and didn't want to listen to Principal Dumbledore's nagging.

"You seem to encourage students to enter the Forbidden Forest?"

Dumbledore poured himself a glass of sour soda, which filled the entire office with a salivating sour smell.

"No, I just accidentally-"

Alexis explained with a smile.

"Alex -" Dumbledore raised his head, his wise and deep eyes met Alexis's, "We agreed to be honest."

"Okay." Alexis shrugged, pulled up a chair and sat down. He picked up the small ornaments on Dumbledore's table and started playing with them. "I do have this idea."

"But not now. Not like this."

Alexis raised her head and saw that Dumbledore was still looking at her and spread his hands.

"I'm telling the truth! I didn't expect them to be so keen on the Forbidden Forest!"

Dumbledore slowly looked away and said slowly.

"You should understand, Alex, they are very similar to you back then. They are very curious about everything that is strictly forbidden, just like you insisted on dragging James to hide in the girls' bathroom to study-"

"Okay," Alexis interrupted quickly, "We agreed that this matter would never be mentioned again, and we were taken away by Professor McGonagall without seeing anything."

Unfortunately, it was too late. The portraits of previous principals hanging on the wall of the principal's office had already turned into smiles.

"what's so funny!"

Alexis is an old acquaintance here. Maybe other people will be polite to these portraits, but Alexis, who has been looking around this office since he was a child, will not. He is very familiar with these guys.

"Phineas, I want to tell you that the last bloodline of your Black family is Sirius Black. I think you know what I mean!"

Alexis turned back to the portrait that was laughing the loudest.

"Poor Sirius Black, he hasn't even gotten married yet and has no plans to continue his bloodline. He feels deeply ashamed that the blood of the Black family flows in his body. God, he doesn't want to let this bloodline continue. Poor Phineas, what do you think we should do?"