"… Next."
Snape handed Sokas' enhanced salamander blood back to him, and then took the test tube from Helen's hand. The whole process was unremarkable, as if he was saying that Sokas's production results were not worth it. Just mention it in general.
"...Professor Snape," Sokas did not return to his seat immediately, but couldn't help but ask, "Excuse me, is the salamander blood that I have enhanced treated just 'qualified'?"
Snape glanced at him, his face filled with an impatient expression of "Why are you still here?"
He originally wanted to warn him again about "no questions are allowed in my class", but it seemed that it was a bit troublesome to think about it, so he simply snorted and returned his gaze to Helen's test tube.
"..." Sokas hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but ask, "So, Professor... is my efficiency enhancement not enough?"
Seeing that he was not planning to go back, Snape couldn't help but frowned, and his cold eyes were directed towards Sokas.
"What, do you think you did it perfectly?" He looked at Sokas and sarcastically said without mercy, "Continuously increasing the magical properties of salamander blood, what do you plan to use it for? Vitality Tonic or blood-enhancing potion? I said this is going to be used in the enhancer, right? Do you understand the specific function of this enhanced salamander blood?"
"Uh..." Sokas' whole face stiffened due to Snape's reprimand.
"Helen Schoen, did you do this?" Snape suddenly turned his head, shook the test tube in his hand, and said impatiently, "Tell him the role of salamander blood in the enhancer!"
"Ah... oh..." Helen pursed her lips and glanced secretly at Hermione below before carefully explaining, "In the formula of the enhancer, the role of salamander blood is to 'activate the mixture component' , so the greater the effect of salamander blood is not, the better... "
As she spoke, she glanced at Sokas from time to time, as if she was worried that her words would cause dissatisfaction on the other side.
Seeing that she was hesitant, Snape clicked his tongue impatiently.
"...Keep talking!"
"Oh..." Helen nodded and said with a grimace, "If the salamander's blood increases too much, the strength of the final enhancer will be greatly reduced for the user, and instead it will have a slight healing effect. potion."
When she finished saying everything she needed to say, Hermione, who was sitting in the back seat of the classroom, nodded with satisfaction.
"To put it simply, it's a waste! A huge waste! Do you understand?" At this time, Snape knocked on the desk and said, "Now do you still have doubts about your 'qualified' evaluation? In my opinion , if your amplification effect is greater, I can downgrade you!"
"...I'm going down." Sokas was stunned, and after sighing, he turned around and went back to his seat with some disappointment.
"So… "
Snape turned his head again, glanced at Helen, and then suddenly moved his gaze to the back of the classroom.
"Miss Schoen, can you tell me - how should I evaluate a test completed with the help of others?"
He said he was talking to Helen, but his eyes were fixed on Hermione.
No, that's not right... It seemed that what Snape was looking at was not Hermione, but Harry who was sitting next to Hermione and looking at Harry on Socas' side with inexplicable eyes.
"I... um..." Helen lowered her head slightly and muttered, "I think it should be, no-"
Before she could finish her words, Hermione suddenly raised her hand and looked straight into Snape's vicious gaze. Of course, she "thought" she went up to him. In fact, Snape didn't even look at her.
"Helen did it on her own! No one helped her!" Hermione said loudly.
"Tsk, tsk..." Snape clicked his tongue in displeasure, "Miss Know-It-All, put down your arm, I didn't ask you!"
To be honest, Snape didn't want to argue with Hermione at all.
In his mind, there was obviously some unexplainable story between Hermione and Maka. And it was precisely because of Maka's relationship that Snape couldn't help but want to avoid getting into trouble with Hermione.
Maka promised him a "godson". Who knows if Hermione will become his "godson's mother" in the future? After all, everything is still unknown until Maka actually gets married!
However, today, Hermione seemed to be determined to fight to the death for Helen.
"Professor Snape! I think Helen is not wrong. She should get an evaluation corresponding to her achievements!"
"Hmph, then tell me, what is the ratio of this tube of enhanced salamander blood?" Snape asked with an irritated look, "Do you think I can't see it? Without Maclean's guidance , even you, 'Miss Know-It-All', can't possibly calculate such a precise ratio!"
It seemed that Snape was torn between "not admitting defeat in front of Potter's son" and "not getting into a fucking argument with his future godson", and finally chose the former.
"... Do you need me to continue?" Snape asked with a cold face.
Amid the blank expressions of the entire class, Hermione anticlimactically gave in.
"Go back to your seat!" Snape said impatiently, waving his hand to Helen who was standing aside.
"Ah... uh..." Helen hesitated and asked softly, "Then... do I need to downgrade?"
"If you want to." Snape glared at her and then ignored her, "... What are everyone doing in a daze? Have the enhancers been prepared? Why don't you speed it up for me!"
At the back of the classroom, both Ron and Harry looked at Hermione with confusion on their faces.
"...What happened just now?" Ron asked strangely, "You sat down obediently after Snape said a few words? Isn't that unlike you?"
"That's right?" Harry followed up and asked, "How can that old bat be so sure that you can't do it? No matter how difficult the calculation is, it can't trouble you, right?"
Hermione pouted and scratched her messy hair in annoyance.
"You don't know-" she explained awkwardly, "it was only after Snape told me that I realized that the precise calculation of the ratio cannot be obtained by relying solely on the contents of the book."
"Why?"
Helen also came back. When she heard Hermione talking about what she just said, she immediately turned around.
"Because if you want to find an accurate calculation method, you must understand the reason why the enhancer was created." Hermione whispered, "You know Riem Cow, right?"
"A magical animal with golden fur that looks like a giant bull?" Harry recalled, "There is a magical animal in "Monsters and Where to Find Them" - it is said to be a very rare magical animal, but it has not been taught in the Care of Magical Creatures class. Speaking of them…”
"It seems that you have prepared well." Hermione nodded and said, "The blood of Riem cattle has the effect of increasing the strength of the drinker, which can greatly increase the strength of the drinker. However, they are too rare, so there are The potion master created the enhancer by simulating the blood of the Riem cow."
"But... none of the books mentioned this!" She seemed to be frustrated by the incompleteness of those potion books. "The origin of the enhancer was speculated by Maka. Without Maka, I definitely can't deduce this based on the formula of the enhancer, let alone use this to improve the accuracy of the ratio calculation."
"...Maybe Maka was developed together with Snape!" Ron subconsciously said what he was thinking, and Hermione couldn't help but feel even more frustrated.
Ron's guess was probably wrong, because he had already told this "little story" to Hermione when Maka was still in school at Hogwarts.
"So, what is your relationship with Professor MacLean?" Helen asked enthusiastically, "From what you said, wouldn't he be very powerful?"
"Of course he's awesome!" Ron nodded repeatedly, "Otherwise, how could he become a professor at Hogwarts at this age?"
"Yes!" Hermione became energetic again at the mention of Maka, "Helen, you don't know yet, right? Maka is only the same age as us. If you had come two years earlier, you could have been classmates with him. La!"
"Huh?" Helen said in surprise, "Really?"
"Of course it's true..." Harry said with some emotion, "You know, you have missed a lot!"
"...what did you miss?"
As soon as he heard the cold voice that suddenly broke into the conversation, Harry raised his head suddenly, and happened to meet Snape's sarcastic eyes.
Their eyes briefly crossed each other, and Harry quickly lowered his head to focus on his cauldron. However, the liquid inside had condensed into a pool of turbid gel, exuding a pungent smell like burnt rubber.
"Our Mr. Potter, another zero score." Snape waved his wand and completely emptied Harry's cauldron. "This article explains the correct preparation steps for enhancers. Where did you go wrong and why did you go wrong?" Mark it clearly and leave it to me in the next class—do you understand?”
"I understand." Harry replied angrily, holding his breath.
In addition to this extra article, Snape would definitely give homework before get out of class ended in a while - he never missed an opportunity to do homework.
In addition, the Quidditch team has training this evening, and the next Potions class is the day after tomorrow. This means that he may have to stay up for two consecutive nights again!
"...Also, let's chat during class time, right?" Snape raised his chin and squinted his eyes, making no secret of his disgust for Harry. "It seems that you still need to study the school rules carefully - Gryffindor, then buckle very."
Seeing Snape suddenly turning around and striding away like the wind, Harry couldn't help but sigh hard.
"Today's class was absolutely terrible!"