Hogwarts on the Tip of the Tongue

"Okay, okay, I roughly understand..."

Slughorn squeezed his eyebrows and tried to suppress the thought of going out to find Dumbledore to complain immediately, his eyes swayed on the greedy cat-like immature faces in the classroom, pondering slowly Said.

"I'm very sorry, it seems that I have some problems with the communication between Professor Snape. Compared to cooking in the cauldron, I think maybe we should focus on some more important learning content. Potions are not the same as cooking. At least in my potions class, we should explore the potions themselves, not the jobs that can be left to the house elves."

In the magic world, cooking magic is indeed a big branch.

For example, Hufflepuff Academy is a leader in this regard, but this does not mean that Slughorn will admit its connection with potions, and he does not think that cooking magic and cooking learning are the two The same thing.

"It's a pity that potions are potions. I don't intend to let you confuse potions and stewed fish soup."

Slughorn cleared his throat, raised the volume slightly, and said solemnly.

"Perhaps in your eyes, both seem to be done with the help of the cauldron and flame, but this is only the most superficial understanding and presentation-if a Muggle picks up the potion textbook, follow the steps above in order Execution, all he can get in the end is a pot of strange and inedible paste-potion, which will possess magical power."

Hearing what Slughorn said, disappointed expressions flashed across the faces of many little wizards.

"Hey, the potion is the potion..."

"Professor Slughorn, you are right, I see."

"It's no wonder that I retired so early and I didn't know how to cook-I'll just say, Professor McGonagall has been teaching for so many years."

"Be patient, Professor Snape will be back in the next class anyway."

"I knew I would eat more this morning... Well, it's tough..."

There was a murmur in the classroom, and the little wizards were whispering to each other.

Even if Snape has always been strict and likes to pick thorns, the cooking skills of the cold potions professor is really great, even the dishes provided in the Hogwarts kitchen are compared to the skills of Professor Snape. To be inferior.

On the other hand, Elena, who is the chef and assistant in the potions class, will not participate in the after-class evaluation. At the same time, her cooking results will be included in the final reward distribution. However, if you work hard a little, a At the end of the semester, most of the students have the opportunity to eat one or two "top chef" level "potions class special food".

For the little wizards, the twice-weekly potions lesson rewards almost carried most of their expectations.

But they didn't protest anything, anyway, Slughorn was just a temporary substitute.

After all? Except for Severus Snape? In Hogwarts Castle, there may be no second professor who will take them to catch snails by the Forbidden Forest during class time— As the old-school potions professor of the last era? Horace Slughorn's staid style? It is in line with the previous guesses of many little wizards.

Perhaps in the eyes of many students, they have lowered their voices as much as possible.

But these whispering whispers in front of a senior potion class professor are almost no less than talking in his ear-the enhancement of magic power in a wizard? Is it not limited to a simple magnitude? What is needed to make potions Perception conditions are not low.

This--

This is so funny!

"..."

The corner of Slughorn's eyes twitched slightly? He glanced at the murmuring students with a furious smile.

He has been teaching at Hogwarts Castle for decades. This is the first time in his life that he has been rejected by the students because he can’t cook. If it’s not for this, I can’t blame the children? He almost couldn’t bear it. Points are deducted for living in the class.

Forget it? Not angry, just a bunch of children...

Are you tens of years old? Do you still have to fight a group of eleven or twelve-year-old guys?

Slughorn took a deep breath? He lowered his head and sorted out the lesson plan for a few seconds? I was about to ignore the increasingly presumptuous discussions of those little guys? Follow the emergency plan I just prepared? Started to talk about some advanced potion knowledge .

At this moment, a series of fluttering words reached his ears inadvertently.

"No, no, that's the former professor of potions?"

"Hee hee, I knew it would be like this. I have seen it a long time ago, but anyone who has some real ability will retire so early? Obviously, I can't just find a reason to explain it? That's really amazing."

"Anyway, Professor Slughorn is right. He said that cooking and potions are okay. He said it doesn’t matter. So what is the use of Professor Snape’s teachings? Not all potions rely on Slughorn. Professor Eun’s mouth is held up..."

Ok? !

Which guy is weird in Yin and Yang? !

The smile on Slughorn's face collapsed, and he suddenly raised his head and looked forward bitterly.

It's just that what caught his eyes were still the little immature faces that made people feel angry.

Except for the two pretty obedient little girls sitting right in front of him, most of the other students in the classroom looked evasive and questioning. In a classroom with so many people, Slughorn couldn’t tell what it was. Who is speaking.

Hmm...it should be a boy.

Horace Slughorn squinted his eyes and recalled the sound he had just heard.

Because the student who was speaking deliberately lowered his voice, it sounded a little bit sharp, but after so many years as a professor at Hogwarts, Slughorn could still easily distinguish the voices of girls and boys.

In addition, judging from the size and source of the sound transmitted to the ear, at least it was also emitted from the back of the classroom.

The smile on Slughorn's face gradually faded, and his gaze passed the two cute little witches in the front row who had been ruled out by him for the first time, and swept coldly in the smoky underground classroom. .

It seems that it has been so long since he left Hogwarts that no one remembers that he had been Dean of Slytherin for so many years.

Regarding the matter just now, let’s put it aside for now. Anyway, no accident. After returning to Hogwarts this time, he should stay for a long, long time. At least there are five or six years to get to know these little guys slowly. .

As for now...

"Well, it seems that if you don't answer these questions, you little brains will definitely think about it."

Slughorn straightened his chest, drew his wand and tapped on the blackboard.

"Then take the swelling potions you are brewing as examples, let me tell you the huge difference between potions and the nonmagical world, and even cooking food in a pot, first of all...Miss Kaslana—"

"Huh? Yes!"

The little Dumma on top of Elena's head gave a shock, and looked at the potions professor with a little caution.

"Excuse me...well, is there any question? Professor Slughorn."

Although Grindelwald, Scamander, and Dumbledore did not show accurate locking ability when they encountered her "sound transmission magic", she could not guarantee whether this relatively strange old wizard would What black technology is there.

Even if she deliberately adjusted to Zacharias Smith's voice just now, and put the sound source behind the classroom.

"Oh, don't be nervous, just answer a few simple questions."

Slughorn said softly with a smile, his eyes were particularly gentle and kind.

Since the commotion just now, Slughorn has always noticed that, compared to other students with uncertain minds, this Miss Kaslana can be said to be impeccable in classroom discipline, without any complaints at all.

In other words, is it really an excellent student who can serve as a "potions teaching assistant"?

Looking at Elena, Slughorn seemed to see a similar figure, and continued gently.

"Miss Kaslana, can you tell everyone what are the several materials used in the swelling potion?"

"Huh? The material for the swelling potion, eh..."

Elena breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that it was not here to find fault and seek revenge, so it would be fine.

Although I don’t know why Slughorn asks such a low-level question, don’t give up points that are handed to your lips. As the new semester begins, the "points of the new season between her and Hermione" "It started again.

You know, the one-hundred betting appointments last semester gave her a good addiction.

"In "Magic Potion and Potion", there are three in total."

Elena smiled slightly, looked at Slughorn, and answered quickly in a calm voice.

"Nettle, pufferfish eyes, bat liver."

"Very correct, so how much do you know about the dangers of the above three potion materials?"

"Huh? How dangerous are these potion materials...?"

Elena blinked and glanced at Slughorn in confusion.

The old professor of potions class thoughtfully looked at the little witch in front of him, and said with a expectant smile.

"Yes, as an assistant in the potions class, I believe Miss Kaslana, you will be more experienced in identifying potion materials than most of the classmates here. After all, you will help Professor Snape in the upper class class. Distribute potion materials, right?"

Teaching assistant in potions? Professor Snape? Distribute potions?

Elena raised her eyebrows slightly, and couldn't help but chuckled in her heart.

It turns out that this Professor Slughorn is secretly inquiring about intelligence, this kind of bottoming problem, inadvertently revealing too much information, it is no wonder that people would easily talk about it decades ago Set it out.

It seems that Laoxin Old Carrot didn't leak her bottom out, which also means-the stage can be lit up!

"Yes, but I... You may not know very well, I am not because of knowledge..."

Under Slughorn's gaze, Elena lowered her eyes with embarrassment, rubbing her fingertips nervously.

"Professor Snape made me become a teaching assistant because of the magical healing ability that I have mastered, which can help you in time when there is an emergency in class... Some time ago, I just got a junior therapist. His aptitude, attainments and depth of knowledge in potions may not be as good as Professor Slughorn you imagined."

"Wait, the qualifications of a junior therapist?!"

Slughorn was stunned for a moment, and repeated a sentence softly in disbelief.

"Well, this is the special approval test that my grandfather applied for for me——"

Elena nodded proudly, and stopped abruptly just halfway through her words, and waved her hand in horror.

"Ah! Oh! Oh, I promised Professor Dumbledore that I can't tell anyone for the time being. This involves an agreement between Grandpa and Professor Dumbledore. In short, if you go directly to Professor Dumbledore afterwards, he should know... …"

"Grandpa? Therapist?"

Horace Slughorn pondered all his thoughts for a few seconds, and suddenly a few weird hints that Albus Dumbledore had said but stopped before flashed in his mind, as well as some from his "club members". The grapevine.

and many more! Isn't the grandfather that this girl said is the one--

Slughorn suddenly remembered the two old men sitting beside Dumbledore at the Hogwarts welcome dinner yesterday.

The identity of one of them is now known to everyone, the legendary great alchemist, Nicole Lemay; so by analogy, the identity of the other old wizard who is temporarily aliased to Otto Apocalis It's certainly not ordinary.

Slughorn, who likes to observe humans, keenly noticed that Le May and Professor Apocalis occasionally talked.

This also means that the two must have the possibility of communicating in certain fields...

Horace Slughorn is not the mediocre and ignorant officials of the Ministry of Magic. As a potion master who has been immersed in the field of potions for most of his life, so much information is intertwined, and that appears almost instantly answer.

If he guessed correctly, the unfamiliar Professor Otto Apocalis is probably a legendary healer who was active in a similar era with Le May, and another owner of the Philosopher’s Stone in the documents recorded in the magical world today. Paracelsus-There were indeed rumors that the wizard had reappeared and that another descendant had entered Hogwarts.

There is no doubt that Elena Kaslana is the "little princess."

In this way everything can be explained, and Elena Kaslana's excellence in the field of healing magic, the girl's privileges, and Dumbledore's previous extra reminders are also taken for granted.

"Oh, Miss Kaslana, I understand... I understand!"

Slughorn's attitude became more and more enthusiastic, and he looked at that super potential stock kindly.

Of course he would not be foolish to disguise Paracelsus. At least in this potion class, it is obviously not that suitable, but this does not mean that Slughorn has no way to express his kindness. .

"Miss Kaslana, it doesn't matter, just say as much as you know..."

Slughorn smiled and said, "My friend once said that the elder in your family has quite good knowledge in diseases and toxins. If you would like to take this opportunity to share with everyone? As a reward... …"

He paused, as if thinking about what kind of gift he should give to make it less obtrusive.

"If you can, can you let me join that club?"

At this moment, Elena suddenly raised her head, looked at Slughorn nervously, and asked carefully.

"I've always wanted to get to know more outstanding seniors and senior sisters who graduated from Hogwarts~www.ltnovel.com~ I heard that Professor You have a small group of outstanding students, I wonder if you can help me Write an appointment with them..."

"Of course! Of course-very good!"

Horace Slughorn's eyes lit up and he nodded quickly and agreed.

After hesitating for a few seconds, the chubby potions professor glanced at the other students in the classroom, cleared his throat unnaturally, frowned for a moment, and added an extra sentence seriously.

"However, the premise is that your analysis of the potion materials still has to be valuable. On the one hand, it can be recognized by me, and more importantly, it can allow other students to learn something. Otherwise, you still have to write a letter. do it yourself."

"Then, I will try to briefly introduce these kinds of potion materials--"

Elena smiled sweetly, stood up very naturally, and walked to the blackboard at the front of the classroom.

"If you can, Professor Slughorn, can you cooperate with me later and provide a little assistance? It is mainly for processing and displaying some of the potion materials, not a troublesome thing—"

"Of course." Slughorn touched his beard confidently and said with a smile.

"Thank you, Professor Slughorn."

Lake Elena's blue eyes flickered, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly, and Xiao Da Mao swayed from side to side triumphantly.

Compared with the practice of Severus Snape a year ago, in the potions class practice of more than a year, Elena has transformed how to make a potion master into a star chef. But there are quite a lot of experience and practical information.

And now, it's finally time to test whether the methodology is feasible...

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Okay, another big chapter~