At this moment, Snape's face was extremely gloomy, as if someone had just punched him in the face and turned his face black.
His eyes were fixed on the package in front of him, as if the package contained not Valentine's Day chocolates, but a time bomb with a countdown.
A strange atmosphere suddenly filled the hall. The surroundings were eerily quiet. Even Lockhart, who had been smiling just now, froze. The Defense Against the Dark Arts professor also sensed the dangerous aura emanating from his colleague.
The silence only lasted for a moment, and then sporadic whispers began to be heard in the hall, and the sound became denser like rain falling from the sky.
Everyone was curious about who gave Snape Valentine's Day chocolates.
This matter will probably become one of the few unsolved mysteries in Hogwarts.
"I remember Snape received Valentine's Day chocolates every year!" Hearing the people around him whispering about this, Albert suddenly said, "Maybe Snape has a girlfriend."
"No one knows yet who sent Snape Valentine's Day chocolates." Fred and George both tried hard not to laugh out loud.
yes!
No one knows who sent the Valentine's Day gift, and it is said that there was no signature on the package.
Did Snape ever eat the chocolate inside the package
All right!
At least, Albert didn't care.
After the depressing atmosphere disappeared, Lockhart quickly returned to normal. Just as he was about to open his mouth to say something else, another owl flew towards the teachers' seats and dropped a package in front of him.
There was also a greeting card attached to the package, with densely written unfamiliar words on it.
"A gift from a foreign friend?"
Lockhart could not read Italian, but being experienced he quickly found the right words.
"Ahem, okay, I took the initiative and prepared some little surprises for everyone!" Lockhart clapped his hands.
The teachers and students in the hall soon saw what Lockhart called a surprise.
From the doors leading to the entrance hall, twelve gloomy dwarfs strode into the hall. These guys had golden wings on their backs and carried a harp on their backs.
"This is definitely the ugliest Cupid I have ever seen." Albert looked at the ugly and rude dwarf and suddenly lost his appetite.
"They should be carrying bows and arrows, not harps." Shanna complained, obviously agreeing with Albert's point of view. "By the way, what is this, a dwarf?"
"Well, they are dwarfs, similar to goblins and house-elves. Dwarfs are usually very strong and can also use magic." Lee Jordan couldn't help complaining when explaining dwarfs to Shanna, "I think Albert's mouth should be shut up. His last prediction is probably going to come true. I have a feeling Lockhart will mess up Valentine's Day."
However, Lockhart seemed not to hear the students' complaints and ridicule, and said cheerfully: "Our friendly little Cupids with greeting cards will be wandering around the school today, delivering Valentine's Day cards to you, so don't be shy and should actively participate in this event!"
When Lockhart said this, several of Albert's roommates looked at him with pity. They all thought that Albert would probably receive a bunch of Valentine's Day cards.
After all, this is really a very rare opportunity.
"Of course, if you are interested, you can also ask the professors for their tips. I dare say that no one is more proficient in enchanting magic than Professor Flitwick." Lockhart winked at the students present and showed his signature smile. "Of course, you can also ask Professor Snape to teach you how to prepare aphrodisiacs. I believe my colleagues are willing to... enthusiastically..."
Lockhart suddenly shut up. The students who heard the sound turned their heads and saw a large group of owls rushing into the hall.
This scene gave several professors a bad feeling. They thought it was another trick played by Lockhart, sending a large group of owls to give them Valentine's Day gifts.
It’s no wonder that the professors have such thoughts, as Lockhart has had similar cases before.
Well, in fact, Lockhart also thought that these owls were here to give him Valentine's Day chocolates. His face was full of smiles, and he was even ready to open his arms to hug them, but soon the smile on his face froze.
An owl landed and dropped the package in front of Albert. The second, third, fourth, and fifth owls flapped their wings and landed beside him. They squeezed around on the table, not only crushing the butter in the dish, knocking over the salt shaker on the table, but also dropping a feather into the pumpkin porridge, all wanting to give him the package.
A large number of owls came, most of which sent packages to Albert. Lockhart only received a few packages sporadically, and his cheeks couldn't help twitching.
Well, he had just received a wave of greeting cards, but seeing this scene, he still couldn't help feeling a little jealous.
“You’re still so popular!”
Fred looked at the piled up packages and couldn't help but sigh.
"I'm leaving first. Please help me organize the packages. You can unpack whatever you want to eat." Albert noticed Lockhart walking towards them, whispered a few words to Fred beside him, then stood up and left.
"He's so popular!" Ron said sourly, "Even Harry doesn't get treated like this."
"Forget it, I don't want to be so popular!" Harry noticed Lockhart's actions just now, and now he wanted to laugh, and his mood was extremely happy.
"By the way, Hermione, you didn't give him a gift too, did you?" Ron cast a probing look at Hermione. He knew that Hermione had sent Albert a Valentine's Day card.
Hermione didn't reply, looking at her timetable with sudden interest.
Lockhart regretted not being able to catch Albert and take the opportunity to show off his presence. He returned to his teaching seat and looked through the Valentine's Day chocolates he had received.
"Does anyone recognize this kind of writing?" Lockhart asked several colleagues around him.
"It's a bit like Italian." Professor McGonagall had traveled to many countries before and knew a lot of languages.
"It should be a gift from fans."
Lockhart smiled and opened the package in front of several professors, and found that it was not Valentine's Day chocolates, but a whole piece of cheese.
At this moment, Lockhart was a little confused. He couldn't understand why someone would give him cheese on Valentine's Day.
Could it be that they just happened to bump into each other? If it was really a coincidence, then it was really too much of a coincidence.
"This stuff looks good. It should be the cheese produced in Italy. Would you like some?"
In order to hide his embarrassment, Lockhart picked up the knife and fork beside him and prepared to cut a piece of cheese to taste it.
However, he soon discovered that the cheese could not be cut well with a table knife, so he had to draw his wand and use the Cutting Charm to cut a piece from the whole block of cheese.
When Lockhart picked up the cheese and was about to taste it, his eyes were immediately attracted by the milky white, translucent worms on the casu marzu cheese!
Especially when the moving maggot jumped out of the cheese and almost jumped onto Lockhart's face, he was so scared that he threw away the cheese and couldn't help screaming.
ah!
The hall suddenly became eerily quiet. All attention was drawn to Lockhart who screamed. Students looked towards the teacher's seat, trying to figure out what had happened.
Why did Professor Lockhart suddenly scream
A muscle on Professor McGonagall's cheek bulged, as if she wanted to smile. Even more amazingly, the gloom on Snape's face had almost disappeared, and he was looking at Lockhart's cheese curiously, with an extremely strange expression.
As for Professor Flitwick, he poked the maggots on the cheese with a knife and said to Lockhart, "Perhaps this cheese is a specialty of Italy."
Lockhart, who finally recovered, looked unhappy. He realized that he had lost his composure. After hearing what Professor Flitwick said, he said loudly, "I didn't expect that the Italians like to eat cheese with worms. I don't know how they can swallow it."