Hogwarts uses strict magical protection: anti-intrusion spells are cast on every wall, and an invisible barrier covers the entire school.

The woods at the gate were as dark as the night sky. Only the lantern cast a little light, illuminating Professor Snape who was waiting at the gate.

But his face was darker than the night.

Before Jian Yu could even speak, he began his own sarcastic tone, still playing steadily:

"Very good, very good. I am impressed that you didn't see a flying car here, Miss Jane, Mr. Potter."

"I should have thought that one of you would do something extraordinary on the first day of school."

Jian Yu blinked at him innocently and received a glare in return.

She felt that she had been normal throughout the journey, except that she was delayed a little in arriving at school?

"It has nothing to do with jade!" Harry immediately spoke up, "It was Malfoy who took me...!"

He swallowed the word "beaten up" because it didn't sound very nice and made him seem like a coward and no match for the other person.

At this moment, he would rather it was a Dementor or a Death Eater who beat him up, after all, that would be a brave thing to do.

Snape, who knew Harry very well, immediately locked his death gaze on him.

Having successfully provoked and found the real culprit behind the lateness of the school, he snorted coldly and took the opportunity to mock:

"So that's how it is, Potter. After a whole summer of constant instruction from your dog godfather, you, even with the personal protection of the Aurors, can't even beat a student of your grade. If I were you, I would probably find a toilet on the train and drown myself before I died of shame."

Snape looked at Harry's expression, which showed that he wanted to shove his head into the toilet, and continued to press on:

"You led your classmates to be late, and they fought on the train, but you were proud of it and felt justified in doing so."

He looked critically at Harry's clothes and swollen purple face, and snorted angrily:

"Muggle clothes. Perhaps Potter thought that not changing into school robes would show his handsomeness and make him look good in front of the two ladies."

"But unfortunately, he no longer has a face. All I see is a turquoise toad hopping around here."

Jian Yu could feel that Snape's anger seemed to be burning particularly vigorously tonight——

Because except for Harry, who was called a toad, he had begun to attack everyone present indiscriminately.

After Harry, the next person to be sprayed with venom was Tonks.

Because of the inappropriate joke she made to lighten the atmosphere.

"Uh... Severus..." She smiled awkwardly in order to seek medical advice, "Your Harry and Jade have been delivered and are waiting to be signed for."

She attracted the attention and was immediately glared at by Snape, causing her words to get stuck in her throat.

"Obviously this toad is not one of the ones I should sign for," Snape said, emphasizing her name. "Nymphadora."

Tonks, who was called "Nymphadora", frowned so hard that a fly could be killed.

She took a deep breath, forced herself to swallow back the vicious words "Don't call me Nymphadora", and silently thought about her child's future.

"Perhaps I can help you take the two students to the Great Hall. They should be able to make it in time for dinner," Tonks said with a forced smile. "Do you need any help, Severus?"

"Thank you, Nymphadora. You thought of sending this toad away to avoid contaminating my eyes. This is a great help to me."

Snape's face showed a mocking arc, and he suddenly said:

"If you could summon your new patronus again for everyone to see, it would really satisfy my great interest."

Tonks' eyes widened, she could tell from Snape's tone that it wasn't meant to be nice.

Jian Yu, who was very familiar with her mentor's temper, finally understood why Snape was so angry tonight.

The wolf-shaped Patronus that Tonks had used earlier was clearly baring its fangs and claws in a domineering manner, reminding him of Lupin's existence.

—and clearly told his enemy that good things were coming.

As expected, Snape, who had turned into a pure hate warrior after being hindered, curled his lips and said sarcastically:

"Is it a wolf or a dog? It looks like a sickly creature, panting every three steps and with a pale face and skinny body."

He sneered again and said contemptuously:

"But no matter which one, I think it's not a good choice. The vision is not very good. It's not as good as the one you originally had."

Tonks seemed to have lost all the energy she had mustered a few hours ago to build a good relationship with Snape.

She really couldn't imagine how she would complete the arduous task of seeking medical treatment and medicine with Sirius and Remus before her.

Snape, who had successfully made some sarcastic remarks about his old enemy, turned his head with satisfaction, and his eyes immediately focused on Harry, who was grabbing Jane and preparing to rush into the school gate.

His face darkened again, and he used a spell to successfully hit Harry's hand hard, thus achieving the effect of separating the two of them:

"Take a lady's arm so you look like a silly, hormonal idiot, eh, Potter?"

Harry, whose face turned red from the ridicule, wanted to pounce on Snape and bite him like his godfather. He felt like his lungs were going to explode.

Tonks was still trying to make a final attempt to end the awkward atmosphere. She tried to smooth things over:

"Uh... maybe I'll take them to the auditorium first..."

"No, Nymphadora," Snape interrupted her firmly, "Mr. Potter, Miss Jane and I still have a few scores to settle."

His dark eyes locked onto Jian Yu, revealing a look of triumph:

"Let me think about it. Being late for school, Miss Jane, you will be grounded for the whole school year."

He deliberately prolonged the ending of "one school year confinement" to emphasize it.

After saying this, Snape finally let out a sigh of relief.

He felt that the Order of Merlin was already waving to both of them in the not too distant future, which made his depressed mood much better.

After all, who can resist the temptation of the world's highest level of honor and the record of history?

Even under the high pressure of the Dark Lord and the Bourne Supremacy, he still couldn't resist.

Jian Yu gladly accepted this "punishment".

She thought that this was no different from the results of their discussion during the holidays; it was all about research after all.

At this moment, she just wanted to quickly end the point-deducting and confinement session and the teacher-student mockery session with Harry Snape that was repeated thousands of times every year, and go to the auditorium to fill her empty stomach.

But Harry didn't seem to want it to end like this.

He tried to use a sniffling sound as a protest.

This immediately attracted all his firepower, causing Snape to turn his head and explode:

"You don't think you can get away with this, do you, Potter? What makes you think you're so lucky?"

"If you are late for school, Gryffindor will deduct 50 points. If you don't wear school robes, you will deduct another 20 points. Also, if you fight on the train, you will be deducted 20 points..."

He looked Harry over, trying to find something to deduct points from him.

He quickly locked onto Harry's hand, which had just been removed from Jian Yu's arm, and snorted coldly:

"Tardiness with classmates will result in 10 points. Disrespect for ladies will result in another 10 points."

"Potter, I wonder when your enthusiasm for school became as high as your interest in paying attention to ladies?"

Jian Yu always felt that the points deducted from Harry by Snape were like inflation. From the first grade to now, it could be said that it had increased by several times.

But Harry's anger seemed to have solidified into substance, and he replied stiffly:

"Maybe it's because of some professors in the school."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present gasped in shock.

Tonks used the fastest reaction speed in her Auror career and covered Harry's mouth to prevent him from further angering Snape.

But Harry pulled his hand away from her and continued to say with his neck stiffened:

"I'm sorry, sir, but you probably can't find any other reason to deliberately deduct points from me this year."

"Anyway, I only got a good grade in Potions, so I can't take Advanced Potions!"

As he spoke, a slight smile of relief appeared on his face.

When he received his potion results, he felt a little regretful at first, but then he was overjoyed!

After the Auror recruitment standards were lowered, he still reached the standard!

What's more, this "good" directly kept him away from the advanced potions class and away from Snape!

He knew very well that after tonight, his oppressive life in Potions class would come to an end!

This made him move forward bravely and fight back!

Tonks looked like she had fainted where she was.

"Harry..." She sighed weakly, "Why...why...won't you listen to my advice?"

Snape's pupils shrank for a moment, and he seemed to see a James jumping around in front of him.

He smiled coldly and immediately accepted the reason for the deduction:

"If you don't respect the professor, you will be deducted 20 points."

"And - I'm afraid I can't do what you want, Potter."

He took out a notice signed by Dumbledore from his arms. It fluttered in the wind and hit Harry's swollen face with a "slap", as if it was a slap in the face.

"With your poor OWL scores and no talent for potions, you are naturally not qualified to enter my advanced potions class."

"But it is clear that our headmaster is deeply concerned about your low level of potions and believes that the savior should always have more privileges."

Snape made a condescending and unfathomable expression, as if he was already on the fifth floor while you were on the first floor, and pronounced:

"Detention and remedial lessons every Saturday night, Potter, you should be used to it."

Harry instantly turned gray.

He made a sound as if he couldn't breathe because of phlegm stuck in his throat, and his whole body collapsed.

His desperate gaze gradually shifted to Jian Yu...

Since they were both going to Snape's office for detention...

Then maybe... this isn't so unacceptable...

This made his eyes gradually show a little vitality.

But this immediately aroused Snape's vigilance against criminals. Knowing Potter very well, he looked at him unkindly and quickly patched up:

"Ms. Jane, your Saturday detention time has been changed to the afternoon."

Harry froze in place, his anger frozen on his face.

This time, all his impulses were shrunk back, and his heart felt cold, as if the cold wind was pouring into his stomach.

Perhaps all the advice from friends and elders to "stay calm and rational, don't be impulsive" thousands of times would not be as useful as these short ten minutes.

Harry had never been more aware that he shouldn't be doing this -

Because he has experienced the price of impulsiveness twice in a row:

He fell into Snape's hands again!

And it’s a whole school year!

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