Chapter 298 Preparing for the Exam
Although the OWL exam is only a few months away, most students who have just celebrated Christmas are still immersed in the leisure of the holiday.
However, Professor Snape, a senior tutor and stress-monster, did a good job of curing students' holiday syndrome.
——He used the sarcastic and venomous style that he was good at.
"I am very honored to see that your IQ has dropped by another year, Potter."
Facing a Potter who poured all the moonstone powder used to make the moderator into the pot, causing the crucible to glow white, Snape commented:
"Perhaps the moonlight effect brought by the moonstone has made your mind go blank. I can't believe that there is a student standing here who will take the OWL exam in just five months. Even a first-year student would not make such a low-level mistake."
He was about to continue mocking Potter who seemed to have lost his mind, but he heard several loud and continuous sneezes coming from the classroom -
That was Neville Longbottom. He had turned the hellebore syrup into sneezeweed, causing him and the two Gryffindor students around him to start sneezing white sneezes. The white mist of saliva and snot filled the entire table, causing the others to frown, cover their faces, and step back.
"Idiot!" Snape threw his robes and quickly used the Vanishing Charm, shouting at him viciously, "How many times do I have to tell you, Longbottom? Sneezeweed is the formula of the anesthetic, not the mitigating agent. Did the anesthetic make your brain confused as well?"
He had just sent away the tearful Neville when he heard a strange hissing sound.
It was a melted cauldron, and it was Draco's work.
Snape's face darkened as he stared at his half-good student.
He felt that although his body was still there, his soul had been gone for a while.
This outstanding Slytherin prefect, who had good grades in Potions and was basically above the level of a troll in Snape's eyes, finally managed to deal a heavy blow to his mentor in the first Potions class in the second half of the fifth grade.
"I'm sorry, Professor, I was so engrossed!" Draco was horrified and said palely, "I didn't notice--"
It must be said that seeing Gryffindor and Potter in trouble brought some joy to his life which had been depressing recently due to the Dark Lord incident.
He stared at it so intently that he eventually became a source of entertainment for others.
With Ron's loud sneer in the background, Snape was furious and said sarcastically:
"Yes, Mr. Malfoy, very well fascinated, I thought Longbottom's drug had entered your brain, otherwise I wouldn't have heard such a loud shaking sound of water in this small classroom."
After Draco was scolded to the point of losing his mind, Snape took a deep breath of the air in the classroom -
It's turbid, full of medicine... mixed with the smell of paste and smoke...
Wait, the smell of burnt food and smoke?
He turned around suddenly, accurately locked onto the position he was very familiar with and roared:
"Damn it! Finnigan! Weasley!"
Half a class passed, and after dealing with a crucible explosion, a crucible melting, and countless potion accidents, Snape, exhausted both physically and mentally, finally fully realized that -
This group of distracted students (especially Gryffindor) are still immersed in the afterglow of the holidays and cannot extricate themselves.
——and has no fear for the upcoming OWL exam.
Desperate Snape turned his head to look at his favorite student Jane Yu, who had to attend the Potions class due to the requirements of OWL exam review and was placed alone next to the podium by him. He was looking forward to washing his eyes with the beautifully colored potion on her table.
Unfortunately, he failed.
"What are you doing, Miss Jane?"
Jian Yu, who was enjoying the back-and-forth classroom drama while eating melon, paused and looked down -
But he found that the salamander tail under his grinding pestle was almost ground into a paste!
Although a salamander tail was scrapped, she still gained some things, for example, "Potions Professor" would never appear in her career plan.
During a class, I was either dealing with explosions or dealing with chemical damage... and I had to concentrate on listening and watching in all directions to prevent the students from sending me away...
Who can stand this?
Snape, feeling that he had lost all his means and strength, made a final struggle. He tried to attack himself in order to awaken the students:
"Excellent. The potion you brewed made you non-threatening in the academic world, but it succeeded in making me lose my reputation in the education world."
His sharp eyes swept over each student, causing everyone he saw to lower their heads:
"I can't believe how embarrassed I would be if the people from the Wizarding Examinations Authority saw you perform like this. Of course, I don't care about being embarrassed, but unfortunately, if you fail the exam, you will be banned from entering my Advanced Potions class."
He paced slowly, and soon picked out Potter and Weasley as an example to scare the monkeys:
"Especially you, Potter, Weasley. Considering that you can empty the moonstone powder and make the potion mushy, I think your journey of potion study has come to an end."
After these words came out, the faces of the two good brothers almost drooped onto the table.
Fortunately, Snape's scolding brought back some of the students' senses that had been confused by the holidays, so that the class went on smoothly.
But unfortunately, his scolding seemed to have awakened too much of everyone's consciousness, so that one problem after another arose.
In the second half of the class, among the crowds of students who came forward to get potion ingredients, Snape successfully caught two small snakes -
Those are Daphne and Blaise who are dedicated to strengthening their brains and keeping themselves in a reviewing state 24 hours a day!
When they were captured, they were still holding frog brains used to make the brain-stimulating drug Bafei.
"Detention! Detention!" Snape's nose was crooked with anger. He glared at Jian Yu fiercely, "Evil ways, lawlessness... I guess all this is the result of you learning from certain people?"
Jian Yu, who was shot for no apparent reason, blinked his eyes.
She thought that she hadn't stolen many medicinal herbs in the past few years...right?
Maybe it was just because she destroyed a salamander tail that caused Snape's attack power to surge.
She felt relieved as she knew her mentor well.
"I guess you've learned a lot from her." Snape sneered at her good roommate and friend, "She single-handedly changed the punishment for stealing potion ingredients... otherwise you would have been on the train to be sent home now."
He ruthlessly took away Daphne and Blaise's frog brains and announced sullenly:
"I wish your brains weren't as stupid as frogs."
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