HP: Let professors walk towards the light

"Weasley, it seems that even your good brother Potter can't stand your stinking ditch-like muddy thesis and wants to leave you, but I suggest that you should uncover his hypocritical mask instead of following him to Slytherin."

Ron's face was as red as pig liver, and his head was about to bury under the table like an ostrich.

But in fact, Harry didn't really abandon Ron, because they formed a new trio with Reina. But it doesn't mean that Snape won't let him go, and Harry.

"In view of the fact that the three of you have formed a group, I can reluctantly let it go, but you need to hand in three potions assignments with a grade no lower than 'E' in this class. I believe you will become excellent assistants to Talros." Snape's eyes passed over Harry and fell lightly on Lena.

Reina received Snape's signal, shrugged and looked away. Snape meant to let Harry and Ron take full responsibility for the preparation of the ingredients, and the ingredients needed for today's potion just happened to include the bubble pods that gave Ron a headache.

Because in the Herbology class not long ago, Ron accidentally spilled the beans from the bubble pod on the ground, causing them to bloom all over the ground. This kind of beans will bloom immediately once they come into contact with solid objects, and flowers are not the material needed for this class.

Of course Snape knew this, because those newly grown bubble pods were the materials used for potion teaching, and what Ron overturned were the seeds that Professor Sprague used to plant the next round.

Snape was holding a bag of bubble pods and placed it directly in front of Ron.

"Prepare three servings of Bubble Beans, every last one. I don't think you'll need any help, Weasley."

Ron's liver-colored face turned black.

By the time the other groups started brewing potions, Ron was still struggling with the bubble pods.

"Harry, you have to help me. There is still one copy that has not been moved. Ah! It keeps bouncing away and away..." Ron's eyes gradually became dead.

"Even if we were ready I couldn't help you Ron. Professor Snape is watching us."

Everything was ready, except for enough bubble beans, so Harry and Lena started working under Snape's nose.

"Reina, what are your plans for Christmas? I heard from Hermione that you spent it at school last year. Maybe Malfoy and the others won't stay at school this year. Oh, I mean, are you going to spend Christmas with us at Grimmauld? With your friends."

Harry asked with a try-it-out mentality. He didn't have any reasonable reason to invite Rena. If it was Hermione and Ron, they would definitely come with just a notice, sometimes even without asking. Although Rena was also his good friend, she was a little different from Hermione and Ron, but he couldn't tell exactly where the difference was. Was it really because of the problem between Gryffindor and Slytherin? Thinking of this, he suddenly didn't like the inherent atmosphere of opposition between their houses.

"Sure, but it seems that this year's Christmas gifts can't be casual." Compared to Harry's wild thoughts, Lena agreed very readily.

"R-really? Christmas?"

"Are your Christmas presents every year just perfunctory?"

Harry and Ron expressed their surprise one after another.

"Hmm?" Reina looked at the two people beside her. Did they have such tacit understanding that they could set a verbal trap for her?

“Maybe we can look forward to it?”

"Why don't we wait and see whether you can still have lunch today after class?"

Snape picked up the bubble bean flower on the table and threw it at Ron. The flower stuck straight into Ron's frizzy hair. The sudden cold whistling sound and Snape's actions scared Ron a lot.

Ron lowered his head, but glanced at the two people next to him who seemed to be fine. Even Snape didn't bother them. His back teeth were almost broken.

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"Hermione, you have no idea how many bubble beans I peeled by myself!" Ron sighed to the sky.

At night, in the Gryffindor common room, Harry, his two friends and Neville gathered together to chat.

"If possible, I hope I won't have to take Snape's class again. He even has to substitute for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. This class is simply impossible to pass. Harry, what happened to Professor Lupin?"

"Um...he's been sick lately, not feeling well...it's an old problem, yes, it happens often."

Harry knew that Lupin was a werewolf, and Dumbledore told him that Snape would also help make potions. Since the powerful adults had no objection, Harry was not surprised that a werewolf could be a professor. But due to the confidentiality agreement, he did not tell anyone, including Ron and Hermione, but he felt that the clever Hermione might have discovered something.

"I often saw Snape go into Lupin's office before. Is Lupin in poor health? I see that he is usually in good condition, but he seems to become very tired suddenly. It seems like this happens every month." Hermione asked puzzledly.

"Just a few minor ailments that need regular treatment," Harry explained.

"If you're worried, we can go visit together next time. Let's not talk about this for now. I suddenly remembered something. We're going to Hogsmeade again soon. Didn't someone witness Snape's date before? Don't you want to know who that person is?"

Ron recalled the shame he felt when Snape mocked him, but he suddenly thought of a good idea.

?

"All are frozen."

In a corner of Hogwarts where no one was paying attention, the whip that the Whomping Willow had just swung stopped in the air.

Walk through the long passage and arrive at the Shrieking Shack.

Snape was waiting in the open space outside the Shrieking Shack. When he saw Rena enter the Shrieking Shack from the other end, he looked back, turned around and walked in as well.

"Wait for a long time?"

Reina was wearing an ordinary wizard robe. Although she did not take aging potions like last time, the large wizard hat still covered her face.

"No, I just came back from Diagon Alley. Am I okay?"

Snape looked at Reina's clothes, which were clean and tidy.

Reina waved her wand and said, "Perfect spell."

"Show off." Snape almost whispered the words, with a "snort" coming from his nose.

Outside the Shrieking Shack.

"Hey! What if we're discovered? This is against the rules. That's Snape!" Hermione pulled Ron and whispered.

"If you were really worried you wouldn't have followed me here. This is against the rules. Isn't it forbidden to follow people in Hogsmeade?" Ron pulled Harry aside, and the few of them hid and watched.

"But I didn't think of coming along, and I had to go shopping for Christmas presents," Harry complained.

"If I hadn't followed you every time, you would definitely mess it up!" Hermione punched Ron hard.

"Now that you're here, don't you want to know who the mysterious witch Snape is?"