The next morning, Maka was the first to wake up.
He himself couldn't figure out why he woke up so early even though he fell asleep until late at night last night. He was thinking that this might have something to do with that little girl Luna! While staying at her house, he would face various ways of waking up every morning, but the little girl with a dazed look on her face seemed to enjoy them. Unknowingly, he had developed the "bad habit" of waking up at midnight.
Class begins today.
Most of Hufflepuff's classes will be arranged with Ravenclaw, and correspondingly, Gryffindor's classes will be taken with Slytherins. This has the advantage that Snape will be relatively less irritable in a place without Harry Potter.
"Now let's start the roll call..."
Snape still had that indifferent look, and there was never a smile on his face. He read the names on the roll call one by one with a straight face, without even looking at the students. After he finished calling the names, he scanned the students with his cold and empty black eyes. In his eyes, Maka saw something similar to those wanderers who had lost their lives and dreams on the streets of Topoint. Han people have similar looks.
"No." Maka secretly denied in her heart, "Compared to the homeless man, his eyes are more... more thorough, just like the eyes of a dead person, cold, hollow, and full of death."
After living in the dark world of England for so long as a child, Maka relied on disguising herself and figuring out the psychology of others. But now, Maka found that he couldn't get any information from Snape, which made him think of staying away from this person for the first time.
"Leaving away from unknown dangers is the most effective way to protect yourself." This wise saying has always been circulated in the dark world.
"Mr. McClane, do you seem to have any different opinions on my remarks?" Just as Maka stared at Snape's eyes, the other person looked at him as if he had discovered something, and then frowned and said .
"Oh, no, I mean, I like the Potions course very much, but the theory it involves is very complicated. I really hope, Professor Snape, you can help me answer some of the doubts I encountered during the preview. "
In a hurry, Maka was hijacked by his previous thoughts and rarely gave in. However, he does have many questions that he wants to get answers from authorities, so he cannot be said to be talking nonsense.
Yesterday in the Hufflepuff common room, Maka asked Senior Darren a lot of information about various professors. As for Snape, although almost no students like him, his achievements in the two subjects of Potions and Charms are undeniable.
Just looking at his title of "Potion Master" recognized by the International Federation of Magicians and awarded by the British Ministry of Magic is enough to give him his own place in the global wizarding community. In the book "Advanced Potion Making", there are many potion preparation methods improved by him, although no one knows about it yet.
However, Snape didn't appreciate Maka's words at all. He smiled coldly - if it was a smile, and then said in a contemptuous tone: "Oh? Really? Then you might as well talk about it, But if it’s just some boring questions, then Hufflepuff will probably lose some points. Let me say it again, students are not welcome to ask questions in my class!”
Maka couldn't help but swallow when she heard this. Fortunately, the other Hufflepuff students didn't seem to care about the deduction of points. Instead, they were looking at him with worried eyes. It seemed that the safety of their classmates was much more important than house points.
Maka glanced around, and while breathing a sigh of relief, she couldn't help but have a good impression of this academy. It was only now that he felt for the first time that "it seemed good to be sorted into Hufflepuff."
"Ahem," he cleared his throat to calm himself down, and then asked the most puzzling question he encountered while reading the book "Magic Potions and Potions".
"Professor Snape, when I previewed the part about sleeping pills, I found that a quantitative constant in the proportioning formula was not clearly stated in the actual proportioning process. This puzzled me. I'm not sure. Did I make a mistake somewhere?" Maka frowned as he spoke, which was the most obvious sign that he was involved.
When discussing the knowledge he cares about, he usually forgets the environment and the person he is talking to. This is a bad habit of his.
Fortunately, Snape didn't show any impatience about this. He stared at Maka for a while before speaking.
"I will talk about the sleeping potion part later. As long as you listen carefully, you will not ask this kind of question again." Snape said coldly, then no longer looked at Maka, but turned around He tapped the blackboard with his wand, and lines of text and formulas immediately appeared on it.
"Sit down, you can sit down." Ernie, who was sitting next to him, pulled Maka's sleeve and whispered, "I didn't expect it! I heard that Professor Snape is the most stern person in Hogwarts. A professor, he said he would deduct points, but he was never retained!"
Maka didn't feel happy about this, he really cared about that issue!
The two potions classes ended coldly in the underground classroom. After Professor Snape said the word "get out of class is over", the students couldn't wait to leave. In this classroom, except for a large number of animal organ specimens and Snape, who always had a cold face, there was no one else. The entire classroom was filled with an unpleasant atmosphere.
"That quantitative constant is of no use. It is a mistake left over from history." When Maka passed the door, he saw Snape standing outside the door. After leaving these words, he strode away. .
Maka looked at Snape's back and felt that his big cloak spread out in the wind when he walked, like a big walking bat. That scene made him couldn't help but smile.
"It seems that communication is not as difficult as imagined." Maka thought to herself.
Of course, in fact this is not as simple as Maka thought. The reason why Snape was waiting at the door and left this answer was actually because Maka's question happened to be one of the opportunities for Snape to become addicted to potions. In other words, Snape also had this question when he was a student.
Regarding this coincidence that was not a coincidence, Maka would never think about it at the moment.
Next to the Potions class was the Defense Against the Dark Arts class taught by Professor Quirrell, who had some fat on the back of his head, but there was not much to talk about in that class. Except for Professor Quirrell himself, who smells of garlic and stutters, the content of the courses is also quite sad.
Maka really didn't understand how a person could tell a story about solving a resurrected zombie in such a clumsy and false way. I heard that Quirrell was an excellent student with good grades when he was a student.
Leaving aside the Potions class and the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, which taught almost nothing useful, what interested Maka the most was the Charms class in charge of Professor Flitwick, who had goblin blood.
Although this professor is short in stature due to his bloodline, he is a good professor who deserves the respect of everyone.
In his class, there are no strict requirements. Students can even move freely. Even if students joke with him, he will not have any dissatisfaction.
However, when Professor Flitwick explained to Maka in detail the maddening problems he encountered in the book "Magic Theory", Maka immediately stood in awe of the professor.
This duel champion at that time was really unbeatable. His insights and application of skills gave Maka a different understanding of the basic theory of magic in this world. After several explanations, it seemed to open up the world to Maka. Like a new door.
"Thank you, respected Professor Flitwick." Maka always has sincere respect for the person who teaches her knowledge.
Professor Flitwick smiled and patted Maka's arm - obviously it was not convenient for him to reach other people's shoulders. He said kindly, "Don't be so serious. Theory is boring. Only with practical application can you have a deeper understanding." . However, you are still the student with the most profound research on Charms among this freshmen, and you are as outstanding as Miss Granger of Gryffindor."
Later, Maka learned some information about Hermione from Professor Flitwick. When he heard the scope of Hermione's study, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly - she read too many books, which was not good for understanding and application.
In Maka's view, only by thoroughly understanding the basics can we lay the solid foundation for further study and research. Even a genius needs to work step by step, not to mention that he knows very well that he is not a genius, and Hermione probably won't be either.
As for the remaining classes, what Maka hated the most was not the History of Magic, which most students were extremely bored with, but the celestial observation every Wednesday night—that was the routine of the astronomy class. To Maka, apart from the knowledge about magic, those observation, recording and calculation methods are far behind Muggle research in this area.
The most important thing is that this course is actually of little use in today's magical world. This makes the course extremely painful for pragmatists like Maca.
"Hey, I heard you refuted Snape's theory in class, is that true?"
In the herbal medicine class, everyone was fertilizing some harmless and mild healthy plants in the first greenhouse. Suddenly Ron came over and asked Maka excitedly.
Maka noticed that not far away, Hermione, who was holding a small shovel, also seemed to have her attention here. It seemed that she was also very concerned about this issue.