The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

There were layers of snow piled up in the woods, on the roof of the castle, and in the courtyard, and the black lake was frozen bare. Snowflakes like goose feathers were falling outside.

Hermione and Loren sat by a window in the common room, each holding a tome.

Harry and others walked around them when they saw this scene. The tome was too scary.

Loren was reading the last book on Snape's reading list. According to Snape, after reading these books, Loren had barely gotten started with Potions.

Snape hadn't let Loren take snake venom for a long time, and his job had become much easier recently. Loren guessed that the snakes were hibernating.

There are 25 books in total, and Loren thought he would be able to read them before Christmas. However, after getting the fantasy book, Loren could always take some time to read these books after Flamel's teaching, and the progress accelerated a lot. few.

Hermione had already found out about Nico Flamel and knew about the Philosopher's Stone.

She read this passage to Loren:

Ancient alchemy involved the creation of the Philosopher's Stone, a magical substance with amazing powers. The Philosopher's Stone can turn any metal into pure gold, and can also create an elixir of immortality that will make those who drink it immortal.

There have been many reports about the Philosopher's Stone over the centuries, but the only remaining Philosopher's Stone belongs to the famous alchemist and opera lover Nicolás Flamel. He celebrated his 665th birthday last year and now lives in seclusion in Devon with his wife Perenal (658).

Loren knew everything about Nico from Nico's autobiography, "The General Interpretation of Hieroglyphics", and had never carefully read other people's books introducing and evaluating Nico Flamel.

He was a little stunned when he heard this part. Good guy, even the place where people live in seclusion is marked. What kind of seclusion is this?

Hermione put down the book, looked at Loren, hesitated, and asked, "Do you know that Snape wants to steal the Sorcerer's Stone?"

Being teased by Loren that night, I was so angry that I didn't ask these things.

Loren continued to read the tome and made a note in his notebook about the difference between morning dew and midnight dew, "Professor Snape has a bad personality, but he is a good person."

Hermione looked around and said, "On Quidditch day, I saw Snape jinxing Harry's broom with my own eyes."

"Of course people want to believe what they see."

Loren continued to take notes, “But it’s even more important to look for what you can’t see.”

Loren didn't plan to tell Hermione what he knew. Without evidence, it was impossible to tell him that he knew the plot.

After finishing speaking, Loren thought about it for a moment, hiss, how does this sentence sound like Dumbledore's style? I'm still young, I can't become the Riddler so early.

Loren quickly added, "You can pay attention to Professor Quirrell."

"Why?" Hermione asked.

"Snape is an old professor and has been at Hogwarts for many years. Quirrell's time at Hogwarts is much shorter, and Quirrell is sneaky and hidden. He is not a good person at first glance." Loren said how he felt when watching the movie. He could tell at a glance that Quirrell was not a good person.

It turned out that there was no reliable reason, it was all based on speculation. Hermione was unconvinced, "You just want to believe what you see and don't want to believe what you don't see."

Loren closed the book, "That's wrong, I won't help anyone. Let me tell you, Principal Dumbledore is still in the castle, what are you kids worried about?"

Loren really thought so, but he also knew that even if he said so, the three little ones would still do what they thought was right. They are Gryffindors, upholding justice and having courage.

On the contrary, there is something wrong with my mentality of not caring about this kind of thing. But he is not the protagonist, so his life must be at stake.

"Aren't you a child too?"

After that night, Hermione felt relieved knowing that Snape had not blackmailed Loren. But Loren was still trying to excuse Snape, and Hermione thought that Loren and Snape had gotten close to each other over time.

Hermione planned to work with Harry and Ron to expose Snape's conspiracy and prevent Loren from being embarrassed.

On the other side, Harry found that he would bump into Snape wherever he went, and Snape's eyes would always follow him.

Harry believed that Snape was following him and wanted to seize the opportunity to kill him when he was alone.

With this discovery, Harry never walked alone wherever he went, and took Ron with him whenever he went to the toilet.

Loren found it strange that not only girls went to the bathroom with their best friends, but boys also did this with their best friends.

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Another Friday.

Loren walked through the dark basement. The basement was even colder in winter. Slytherin's dormitory was still under the Black Lake. The people in the Snake Yard were really not afraid of the cold.

Walking to the door of Snape's office, the dark door opened by itself.

"Come right in." Snape's voice came from the storage room further inside.

"Okay, Professor." Loren walked past the office where various specimens were placed and walked into the storage room.

Snape was sitting next to the operating table. There were two stoves in front of him. One was empty, and the other was filled with a pink viscous liquid that was bubbling and odorless.

"Have you finished reading the books on the list?"

"It's over, Professor."

Snape took out a green blade of grass and put it into the bubbling pot and stirred it.

Purple lines gradually appeared in the middle of the pink liquid, and then spread out, dyeing the entire pot of liquid purple. The purple color gradually deepened, and the liquid took on a strange color and smelled like fermented rotten eggs.

"Wolfsbane potion!" Loren is very familiar with this.

Loren would come every Friday, and Snape would give the Wolfsbane potion to Loren half a month before the full moon. The Wolfsbane potion had to be drunk a week in advance, and Loren had a week to send the things to Grandpa Bates.

The previous ones were all finished products, put directly in bottles. This was the first time Loren saw the scene of Wolfsbane potion being made.

Snape put out the fire and closed the lid.

"[Tornado Sweep]"

Snape waved his wand, causing a gust of wind to carry the smell out of the house.

"In your opinion, what is a potion?"

Loren was a little confused, "Potion refers to any pharmaceutical product that is manufactured, extracted, or semi-synthesized from magical biological sources."

Loren was a little unsure. This would be the first sentence in any introductory potions book, but when Snape asked this, the answer was definitely not that simple.

Snape looked at Loren with disgust, "Just like Miss Know-It-All, she's just a stupid person who can read to death."

Loren's eyes widened and he shouted with personal attack.

"Potion is essentially another form of magic..."

In Snape's words, potions, like spells, are expressions of magic.

Magic spells have specific spells and casting actions, and potions require specific materials and preparation methods. This fixed process is called a ritual. The wizard completes the ritual and the magic achieves the effect.

In the field of magic, skilled wizards can cast spells without a wand and cast spells silently.

Potions are different. They are stricter and adhere to the rules. No matter how brilliant the potion master is, he must strictly follow the standard steps and use standard materials to achieve the effect.

"Potions are more rigorous and advanced magic!" Snape said.

Loren thought about Voldemort's process of reshaping his body. The bones of his father, the flesh of his servants, and the blood of his enemies did sound like brewing a potion. That is also an evil magic, an evil ritual that achieves evil effects.

"Only when you understand the essence of potion can you better grasp its laws."

After saying this, Snape did not continue to talk about the potion. He put the cooled wolfsbane potion into a bottle and handed it to Loren. He turned around and took out a pair of small glass buttons from the cabinet, one red and one green.

"This is the Looking Glass. You have to find a way for Harry Potter to carry it with him at all times." Snape handed the red glass button to Loren.

Loren had heard of this thing, used as a warning.

He took it, put it in his hand and looked at it curiously, "What does this do?"

"It allows me to keep track of what's going on with your stupid roommate at any time," Snape said.

Loren put the button on the countertop, pulled out the magic spell, and tried to cast a [Thunderbolt Pierce] on the button.

"Woo!!!"

Before the spell could be uttered, the red button on the table and the other blue button on Snape's hand whistled at the same time, the sound was harsh and sharp.

Loren wanted to tease Snape, but his life was at stake and he didn't dare to say it. He just looked at Snape with a look like "You are so arrogant."

"During Quidditch, Quirrell wanted to attack Mr. Harry Potter, our savior, but he was stopped by me and the know-it-all lady."

"He will definitely take action again. I have been following that stupid thing these days to prevent him from being killed. Stupid Harry Potter actually thought that I wanted to harm him."

"Incorrigibly stupid." Snape became angrier and angrier as he spoke, adding adjectives every time he mentioned Harry.

After speaking, Snape calmed down his emotions and his tone became calm again, "This thing can prevent him from dying in an unknown way."

"Why didn't you tell Dumbledore?" Loren asked as usual.

Snape's calm face became angry again, "Old fool Dumbledore, I don't know how he hired Quirrell as the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, and said that he knew everything and had his own arrangements!"

"He is already confused!"

It was not a good place to stay for a long time, so Loren took the potion and buttons and ran away.

Return to the Gryffindor common room.

Loren took a piece of string and threaded it through the hole in the middle of the button, making the speculum look like a pendant.

Loren told Harry that it was something his mother had owned back then, from Professor McGonagall.

What? evidence? There is no evidence, just talking, playing the family card.

In Harry's opinion, Loren saved his life before, so there was no need to lie to him. If Loren wanted to help Snape harm him, it would be more convenient to find an opportunity to poison him.

Harry put the pendant on his neck the next day and had a smile on his face the whole day.

Loren's conscience felt a little painful, and she secretly swore that after the incident was over, she would get a real Lily thing from Snape to compensate Harry.

There must be one at Snape's place, no doubt about it.