Chapter 1371 Hermione's Question

When Hermione's potion finally turned pink, Harry's potion was as clear as water.

"Now, time!" cried Slughorn. "Stop stirring, please!"

He moved slowly between the tables, examining each cauldron in turn.

Probably because the overall situation did not satisfy him, Slughorn made no comment.

He just stirs it occasionally, leans in to smell it, or shakes his head in disappointment.

Finally, he walked to the table of Alvin, Harry, Hermione and Ron.

He first smiled wryly at the asphalt-like things in Ron's crucible, and then looked at Ivan and Hermione's potions in surprise.

Both of their potions are now pink, and Ivan's is lighter and closer to completion.

But none of them were finished, mainly because Sleepy Beans had too many ingredients.

In order to speed up, both Aiwen and Hermione's potions added a few drops of sleepy bean juice to the original sufficient amount of sleepy bean slices, which needed to be boiled for a while.

"Not bad, really good. The two of you have found the trick and it's almost finished. The rest is just a matter of time. I think Aven Potion's may be closer to completion, so..." Slughorn said approvingly , his eyes finally landed on Harry's cauldron, and the expression on his face immediately revealed an expression of incredible joy, "Wait, what did I see, an undisputed winner!"

The whole class turned their heads to follow Slughorn's gaze at Harry's cauldron.

"My God, Harry! My God, that's brilliant! You obviously inherited your mother's talent, Lily was so ingenious in Potions class!" he shouted to the class in the dungeon, and put the vial He took out the Felix Elixir, "Here, take it, I mean what I say, I'll give you a bottle of Felix Elixir, use it well!"

Harry stuffed the vial of golden liquid into the inside pocket of his robes, with mixed emotions.

He felt guilty that he won the bottle of Felix Felicia without his true strength, but to be honest, the annoyed expressions on the faces of those Slytherin students simply made him elated...

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"Harry, how did you do it?" Ron asked impatiently as soon as he left the dungeon.

Harry had been stunned when Slughorn announced the winner just now.

Ron knew Harry's potion level, so he was so surprised.

If it was Ivan and Hermione, he wouldn't be so shocked.

"That's right, tell me, what's going on with you two?" Hermione also asked.

She squinted her eyes halfway, looking at Ivan and Harry with scrutiny.

The group of them avoided the crowd and after confirming that no one was eavesdropping, Ivan and Harry told the whole thing.

It was mainly Harry who said it, and Ivan added a few more sentences.

He felt that the owner of this book still had the identity of the half-blood prince, and it was better for Harry to discover these by himself.

This incident did not affect the overall situation. It was a personal grievance between Harry and Snape, and it was not good for others to get involved.

And to be honest, Ai Wen had a rough look at it just now, but he still hasn't found the signature of the Half-Blood Prince.

In the corridor leading to the Gryffindor Tower, Hermione listened to Harry's narration, her face became more and more gloomy.

"Perhaps you thought I was cheating?" Harry asked, annoyed by the look on her face.

"Yeah, you didn't do it on your own, did you?" she said stiffly.

"Why didn't I do it by myself." Harry asked angrily.

"He just operated in a different way from the book, and obviously those annotations are very useful." Ai Wen said.

As soon as he finished speaking, Hermione turned to him aggressively.

"Annotation is very useful?! This is really a good explanation, I can't believe it, Ivan, you actually follow Harry to perform those dangerous operations that have not been verified, instead of stopping him." She said, "You I know, these annotations that seem to be useful to you can be dangerous at the same time!"

"I don't see any danger in changing the direction in which the wand stirs," interrupted Harry. "I just tried a few tips written in the margins, Hermione, and there's nothing wrong with it, honestly." .”

"But..." Hermione was a little discouraged, as if she wasn't sure how to refute.

Indeed, what danger can there be in simply changing the direction in which the wand stirs?

"Those improvements to the operation method of making potions do not seem to be dangerous at present." Ivan said, holding Hermione's hand.

He felt that it was right to be vigilant, and if he didn't know the specific reason, he would be careful.

And having said that, it seems that Snape's notes on it were not just improvements to the potion formula.

In addition, there is some magic that he studies, the real black magic.

Those things are very dangerous. If they are used indiscriminately, accidents are easy to happen.

Therefore, Hermione's worry is necessary.

As for why black magic is recorded in "Advanced Potion Making", it involves Snape's other hobby, or most talented wizards are like this, especially Slytherin students, they are very interested in powerful black magic. Magic always has a yearning and desire to study secretly.

At schools like Durmstrang, such behavior is encouraged, not forbidden.

At Hogwarts, students learn Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Starting from the sixth grade, professors will also teach some black magic knowledge in class or ask students to read black magic books as a supplement after class.

Only when you have a real understanding of black magic, can you better defend against them and fight against black wizards.

If you think about it that way, there's actually nothing wrong with learning about the dark arts rather than using them for your own personal gain.

"Seriously, why are we discussing this kind of topic, in my opinion, that book is just too good!" Ron sighed, "Slughorn might have handed me that book, But, alas, no one wrote in my textbook. From the fifty-two pages it looks like someone spit in it, but..."

"You didn't grasp the crux of the problem at all, Ron." Hermione seemed to suddenly think of something, and suddenly regained her spirits, "The key problem now is that Ivan and Harry believe in a magic book of unknown origin, and Follow the instructions above, this behavior is very dangerous, have you forgotten that diary?"

Ron stopped talking, and the incident in Riddle's diary was still fresh in his memory.

He was being controlled by Riddle to do and do, to free the basilisk, and nearly kill the others.

"It's different!" said Harry immediately.

"I didn't feel any magical breath on it, it was just an ordinary magic book, it couldn't be something like a Horcrux." Ivan said in a low voice, and looked around.

Hermione was right to be vigilant, but the only downside was being too persistent.

It would be difficult to convince her if you didn't provide real evidence or make your words clear. 10