Chapter Seven: I Am Deeply Sorry for Your Mother
“What happens if you add daffodil root powder to a mugwort infusion? I don’t know,” Harry Potter sighed helplessly. He truly didn’t know.
Meanwhile, Ron reminded him from the side, “Adding daffodil root powder to a mugwort infusion can make a strong sleeping potion, also known as the Living Hell potion, or the Potion of Life and Death.”
“Ron, you are amazing! You know this!” Harry looked at his friend in astonishment.
Then he saw Ron using his wand as a light source, frantically flipping through a book. Harry could see the title, which read “A Thousand Wonderful Herbs and Fungi.”
Harry Potter…
Goodness, I thought you really knew! Turns out you’re just looking it up.
In reality, Harry knew the answer, but clearly, his on-screen self didn't.
［Harry Potter stared blankly at Snape in front of him. Snape ignored Hermione who was continuously raising her hand and continued asking,
“Alright then, I'll ask you again. If I need a bezoar, where do I need to find it?”］
Harry still didn't know the answer. He didn't even know what a bezoar was. Ron had already started flipping through the book frantically. Obviously, his on-screen self couldn’t rely on Ron. In fact, that was the case.
［Harry looked at Ron who was equally clueless. Draco and his two lackeys were already laughing their heads off. As for Hermione…she had her hand raised the entire time, but Snape couldn’t see her. Instead, he said to himself,
“Alright, Mr. Potter. Tell me, what is the difference between aconitum napellus and aconitum lycoctonum?”］
Ron, who was flipping through the book on the bed, shouted, "Harry, you can find a bezoar from a cow's stomach!”
Harry…
“It’s the next question already, Ron!”
Harry didn’t know how to criticize his friend. Ron, could you be any faster?
Fortunately, he remembered the answer to the previous question. At least Snape wouldn’t give him a hard time tomorrow.
［“I don’t know, but I think Hermione does. Why don’t you ask her?” Harry said in a small voice. However, Snape responded with a more gloomy expression.
“Alright, then let me tell you, Mr. Potter. Daffodil root powder and mugwort can be combined to make a very potent sleeping potion, the Living Hell Potion. A bezoar is a stone that can be taken from a cow's stomach. It has a very strong detoxifying effect. As for aconitum napellus and aconitum lycoctonum, they are the same plant, also known as aconitum. Now do you understand? Potter.”
Harry nodded slightly.
“Then why aren’t you taking all of this down? Five points from Gryffindor!”］
“I!! I was taking notes just now!” Harry felt very wronged! What kind of person does this! He must be targeting me!
“Professor Snape is terrifying, only second to my grandma,” said Neville from the side. It was evident that Snape’s fear had planted a terrifying seed in his small heart.
Zhang Dong comforted him, “Then you can imagine Professor Snape wearing your grandma’s clothes.”
“Pfft.” Perhaps thinking of that funny picture, Neville couldn’t help but laugh under the covers.
At this moment, Harry saw a long bullet comment scrolling across the screen.
［The flower language of daffodil is “my regret follows you to the grave”; while mugwort represents “absence” and “bitter sadness”. Professor Snape’s words actually mean:
“I am deeply sorry for your mother’s death.”］
What!!!
Harry was stunned. He couldn't believe what he saw! Could the questions Snape asked him have such a meaning?
“Impossible, he clearly looks so disgusted by me!”
Harry Potter instinctively wanted to argue, but he didn’t know how to refute it.
Ron also didn’t believe it. Snape didn’t seem like he was deeply sorry for Harry Potter.
“Perhaps…it’s just a coincidence? After all, the potion recipe for the Potion of Life and Death is correct.”
“Yeah, maybe it’s just a coincidence,” Harry nodded. At such a young age, he probably couldn’t understand adult emotions.
However, he didn’t know that, at this moment, in that office, Snape had slumped back in his chair. His hand holding the wand felt weak, and his eyes were fixed on the bullet comment.
Does…anyone understand me?
Does this person behind the screen really know what I’m thinking?
“Who…are you?”
Zhang Dong, naturally, wouldn’t respond to Snape. He had already retracted the screen. The experiment was over, and he already had a plan for broadcasting the screen.
“The screen will be broadcast in front of the video's main character, but if there are other people nearby, they will also watch it.”
Meanwhile, information that only Zhang Dong could see appeared on his phone.
［Congratulations, master, for broadcasting a video that shocked Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger. Reward: Magic +30%］
［Congratulations, master, for broadcasting a video that shocked Minerva McGonagall. Reward: Transfiguration (Advanced)］
［Congratulations, master, for broadcasting a video that shocked Severus Snape. Reward: Potion Talent (Beginner), Living Hell Potion (Potion of Life and Death) Mastery.］
Advanced Transfiguration!!
Zhang Dong was shocked to see the reward he had just received! This was advanced Transfiguration!
If the intermediate Transfiguration allowed him to pass the OWL Transfiguration exam and graduate from Hogwarts successfully, then advanced Transfiguration was enough for him to get an excellent score in the NEWTs exam (Advanced Wizarding Exam).
Don’t underestimate this excellent score. Not everyone is a genius like Tom Riddle who could get 12 excellent scores upon graduation. An Auror usually only gets 6 excellent scores.
“On the first day of school, I received so many good things. By graduation, I’ll be Merlin reborn, won’t I?”
Looking at the various rewards he had received, Zhang Dong covered himself with the blanket and went to sleep peacefully.
Tomorrow’s Hogwarts will be very interesting.