Today, the sound of vomiting was no longer heard in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom as it was in the last two classes. No matter it was retching or real vomiting, there was not one. Instead, there was the sound of rustling writing in a periodic cycle, as well as the unprepared for low shouts.
In fact, this classroom had rarely been truly peaceful since Snape took over as Defense Professor. The little wizards who come out of it are often pale, panting, and look like they are about to die.
"Sarah Hohenheim."
When another student with sweat on his forehead and unsteady feet lifted the curtain and walked out from the front, Snape announced the next name without any pause.
Until now, even though Snape prohibited the students who had gone up there from telling others about what they had seen, a few people had still tried their best to describe it. But what made everyone feel helpless was that except for the need to open a box after entering, the contents revealed by the students were actually different.
Therefore, the little wizards had to give up - in short, it is true that they will inevitably face some very scary things after entering.
Sarah stood up calmly when her name was called, and walked forward with a calm look on her face. Before lifting the curtain, she even had the intention to slightly nod towards her classmates.
Among this freshmen, Sarah can be said to be a very eye-catching one. She usually behaves quite calmly and quietly, but occasionally she will show a sweet smile to others, instead of being cold and unapproachable. Although he is still young, he has gradually gained a lot of popularity among other senior students.
Seeing Sarah come into view, Snape, who was standing behind the podium, still looked indifferent. He just waved his hand impatiently towards the open space on the right side of the podium, where there was a large bottle that could fit an adult into. box. The lid of the box is currently closed firmly, but the box is vibrating vaguely and messily, giving people the feeling that there is something alive inside.
After Sarah bowed politely towards the podium again and turned around to walk towards the big box, Snape glanced at her back a few more times seemingly casually.
Of course he knew about this girl's background - first of all, the surname Hohenheim was rare; secondly, the most prestigious "Hohenheim" in the global wizarding world was that family, wasn't it
In addition, at the end of last semester, Maka took the brothers and sisters to wander around the castle several times. Even if they were not formally introduced, Snape had already noticed it.
And just this school year, this young lady from the Hohenheim family, whose family lives in Switzerland and whose father works in Egypt, actually came to Hogwarts to attend school. Snape would definitely not believe it if Maka, who had not been away in France, was involved in this. of.
So, what is it about this little girl that attracts Maka? Is it the alchemy family behind it, or the child himself... Snape was somewhat curious.
While he was thinking casually, Sarah was already standing in front of the box. She paused for a moment, then immediately stretched out her hands and opened the big lid of the box.
It was at that moment that a scene that surprised Snape happened—a person slowly stood up in that box! And this person actually looks exactly like Sarah.
When Sarah saw the "self" in front of her, her originally pink face suddenly lost most of its color. With a trace of panic flashing in her eyes, she subconsciously took two steps back.
The reason why Snape felt surprised was naturally not because the second Sarah appeared in the box, but because he did not understand the cause of this scene.
In fact, what he packed in this box was a Boggart. Lu Ping had brought it to the third-grade classroom and used it as a biology teaching aid, and the effect was quite good.
But at that time, Snape felt that it was superficial to just treat it as a dark creature and teach how to crack it, as Lupine did, and he would obviously do a better job than Lupine.
From the beginning of this class to the present, Snape felt very good - he saw each student screaming in fear, and he also learned one by one what the students were afraid of.
This is undoubtedly a worthy start in his lesson preparation expectations.
However, it was a little difficult for him to interpret the fear in Sarah's heart at this moment. The previous students were either afraid of some disgusting and cruel things, or they were afraid of some weird things that didn't exist at all. There was even a little girl who developed a fear of ghouls after attending two classes.
But this Miss Hohenheim in front of her... Snape could understand self-loathing, but what about self-fear
Just as Snape was slightly frowning and trying to guess, Sarah suddenly took a deep breath. And in the next second, she suddenly raised her hand and pushed the "fake Sarah" who was slowly approaching her into the box, and then closed the lid of the box heavily.
"Professor Snape, is it okay?"
After sorting out her slightly disordered breathing, she turned around slightly, her expression once again restored to its calm state.
"Um."
Snape waved his hand, indicating that she could go back. After Sarah opened the curtain again and walked out, he looked at the closed box again, and at the same time announced the name of the next student.
In the classroom, the students were still copying passages from the textbooks, but the noise coming from behind the curtain was mixed with the boredom caused by copying, which invisibly expanded the number of those who were still waiting for roll call. The uneasiness in the minds of students.
Unconsciously, there were only a few people left on Snape's list, and finally...
"Alexander Wolfe."
Seeing the wishful look from his new friend, Alexander scratched his head, walked straight towards the curtain, and soon disappeared into the gap in the center of the curtain.
Without Snape's signal, he already knew what he should do. Because just ten minutes ago, his friend secretly wrote the entire process on paper and handed it to him. Judging from his preview progress of the textbook and the performance of those classmates just now, he had roughly guessed what he was about to face.
"Boggart..." Standing in front of the box, he secretly thought in his heart, "There should be nothing wrong, it's just..."
Even if they know what the dark creature hiding in the box is, once they actually deal with it, it is not that easy - especially when they are first-year students who are new to magic and cannot cast spells smoothly. .
What's more, Alexander had some expectations as to what the Boggart would choose to transform into to scare him.
Sure enough, when the lid of the box was opened, a blackened and mutilated corpse crawled out of it. For a moment, Alexander seemed to smell a burning smell that made him sick... As the corpse climbed out of the box, dark red blood immediately spread around his feet, and he even saw the corpse's fingers at a glance. That familiar ring.
This is his mother, the woman who died tragically in the explosion not long ago.
Reality told Alexander that sometimes even if you know what you are about to see, you still can't calmly deal with the cruelty.
He clenched his teeth involuntarily, and his breathing slowly became heavier. He wanted to step forward to touch his mother, but he wanted to retreat instinctively. In the end, he just stayed in place stiffly.
"… Mother."
In his dry throat, he softly spit out this touching word. And in the next moment, Alexander suddenly bent down, turned his head and vomited into the open space next to him.
Obviously, the "strong and optimistic Alexander" that Maka saw during the holidays was still fragile at heart after all. But one thing Maka saw accurately was that Alexander was a sensible child.
After witnessing his father's loss, he put away his inner sadness and smiled for his father just like Luna did back then - this was an extremely rare thought.
On the podium, Snape narrowed his eyes, then raised his hand and waved his wand. The Boggart, which turned into a corpse, was thrown directly back into the box along with the blood on the ground. The box was firmly closed with a soft "bang" sound.
This time, he waited for a rare moment, then assumed an impatient posture and tapped the tabletop of the podium with his knuckles.
"Have you vomited enough? If you have vomited enough, go back to your seat—"
Alexander didn't pay attention to Snape's urging, which was completely inconsistent with the word "kind", because at the moment, his mind was still occupied by the scene just now! After hearing Snape's words, he wiped his mouth feebly, and then slowly walked back with his sluggish legs.
Snape looked at the pool of vomit on the ground again. After cleaning up the filth, he picked up the quill in the ink bottle and drew a circle next to Alexander's name on the list...
After Alexander, there were basically no abnormal situations. Of course, the so-called "no abnormality" was for Snape. As for other students, it must be as uncomfortable as possible.
"Hmph, yes... well done! Really good!" After removing the curtain, Snape sneered, "I gave each of you three full minutes to close the box, and one-third of the boxes were closed. Everyone spent less than five seconds—yes, five seconds on escaping! You guys are really good!"
As he spoke, Snape, who just happened to walk to the big box, lifted it up with his toes. The Boggart in the box made a commotion, causing the whole box to shake slightly.
"Starting today, you will have the opportunity to meet it every week until you can handle it easily. Do you understand?"