Change the world from Hogwarts

Chapter 24: Weird Isobel

"Forget River water, this is one of the raw materials we will use today, and it is also the main component of the forgetfulness potion..."

What's going on with this guy?

In class, while Snape introduced some basic ingredients in his characteristic whisper, Connor was multitasking, focusing part of his attention on his partner next to him.

He wanted to ask something, but looking at Isobel's aura that seemed to prevent strangers from entering, he felt that he could not speak freely.

Thinking about it carefully, this situation seems to be in line with the impression he accidentally saw yesterday. At least yesterday, Connor felt that he did not feel that kind of cowardice due to social fear.

Even now, Connor himself was wondering if he felt wrong.

This kind of woman...

"Remove the roots of the valerian and leave the branches. Give it to me in 15 seconds."

"Standard ingredients (mixed herbal powder) and mistletoe berries ground well."

After Snape asked the students to start practical operations, she began to give orders without any objection, and asked Connor to be her assistant.

Considering Snape's attitude and his own embarrassing situation, Connor felt that even if he completed the potion independently, there would be no extra points.

In that case, there is no need for him to do more useless work.

So, time passed slowly like this.

Potions classes are held together, and the two potions classes in first grade last for a total of one hour.

It is also worth mentioning that the brewing process of forgetting potion starts at 45 minutes, and the process is somewhat boring.

Because there is no need for him to do anything more, his work of preparing the ingredients has been completed, and the rest is for Isobel to make the potion and make his own judgment.

Of course, this doesn't mean that the little Ravenclaw girl is very interesting.

In fact, the recipe given by Professor Snape already states that the ground ingredients are added last, which means that no matter what you want to do, you must wait for at least 45 minutes.

In the end, Isobel herself couldn't sit still.

She just looked around and finally shook her head.

"It's boring, isn't it?"

Seeing her like that, Connor couldn't help but ask.

He just wanted to find some random topics to ask. He didn't want to make friends or anything. There was no need for in-depth communication. He just wanted to chat casually to pass the time.

But at this time, he discovered that his temporary partner had undergone some changes that were difficult to describe in words.

"Um?"

A gleam of light suddenly appeared in her eyes that originally revealed indifference, and she looked a little confused.

After subconsciously circling around, she looked at Connor.

"Um...are you talking to me?"

"?"

Isobel's sudden change made his mind buzz, but after careful observation, he found that her uneasy expression did not seem to be fake.

"Of course I'm talking to you. Do you see anyone else around here?"

Isobel subconsciously looked around, a blush appearing on her fair face.

"that's true."

She smiled awkwardly and put on her glasses again.

"are you OK?"

"I...I'm okay."

She smiled shyly, without the indifference she showed before.

"What I said before was a bit excessive, but... I didn't mean that."

She wanted to explain something, but at this moment, Connor saw the big black bat coming to them quietly.

"Okay, okay, it seems that you didn't take the key points I said before at all. Before we start, I have already emphasized that you must concentrate on the process of brewing the potion. Once you neglect it, serious consequences will occur.

as a result of."

'boom'

Suddenly, there was an explosion somewhere.

But looking around, what Connor saw was Ernie and the others.

Because there were too many Hufflepuff students, he was placed with Justin in the dormitory.

"Well……"

When Connor looked at him, he found that he had been drenched in Lethe water. The temperature was not high, so he was not burned, but the effect of Lethe water still made him feel trance-like.

As for Justin, he escaped the disaster because he stood behind Ernie.

"Hmph, it seems that our Mr. Macmillan and Mr. Finlayli did not strictly follow the steps. The potion itself has strict step requirements, and your achievements and wisdom are not high enough to modify the formula arbitrarily. I think you

You must be thinking about saving time and just turning up the heat, right?"

Snape just stood there, with subtle sarcasm in his words.

"You should feel lucky that the explosion was not particularly big. Now you are the only one who has to swallow the bitter pill of failure. And because of your bad behavior, Hufflepuff will be deducted 10 points..."

Suddenly, some of the tiny sounds that were still present in the entire classroom disappeared without a trace.

Snape's words were full of unique pressure. Even though his tone was not high, no one dared to gasp at such a moment.

As for Ernie and Justin, as the parties involved, they still stood there blankly.

After Ernie was doused with water from the Lethe River that exploded, he fell into a state of confusion, and he didn't know what he had forgotten.

"Mr. Finlay, what are you still doing? Why don't you send your classmates to the school hospital?"

"yes!"

After recovering from that bewildered state, Justin directly took Ernie's hand.

"Eh?"

And with a look of shock on his face, he was taken away.

"Mr. MacMillan should be grateful that he was only doused with boiled diluted liquid. Even if he forgot something, the effect of the medicine will not last long... But remember, the process of brewing the potion itself

It’s a pretty dangerous thing.”

Snape said slowly.

Finally, he moved his gaze to Connor.

"Finally, Mr. McMahon and Miss McDougal will deduct two points each for being distracted from the experiment."

"but……"

Hearing this, Isobel looked obviously anxious.

But Connor stopped her.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter. We just need to take care of our own potions."

There was just silence, and no more words were said between the two of them.

They did not move their eyes away, but just stared at the diluted Wangchuan water in front of them that was being slowly heated by a small fire.

Under the flames, it gradually began to change color, gradually turning from blue to transparent.

"Connor...can I call you that?"