012 -Hidden meaning!

After watching Harry gradually shut himself up under Snape's repeated questioning, Ivan remembered about a theory he had read in his previous life.

Snape asked Harry these questions and each one had a deeper meaning.

The most obvious one is the asphodel, used to prepare the draught of living death, according to Victorian flower language, asphodel is a type of lily meaning "my regrets follow you to the grave" and wormwood means "absence" and also typically symbolizes bitter sorrow.

It was difficult for Ivan to imagine what Snape must be feeling, he had a gloomy face when he faced Harry.

Feel guilty about Lily's death by leaking the Prophecy? Or is it the affection, he knows that the love of his life had died and he was unable to follow?

Thinking of this, Ivan's eyes gradually showed a hint of pity.

"Ivan Halls!" maybe he noticed the emotion in Ivan's eyes was not right. After asking Harry three questions, Snape turned his wand and pointed at Ivan.

"Next you will answer these three questions!"

Ivan was stunned at first. He didn't expect Snape to ask him a question, but he quickly reacted and replied.

"Adding the powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood is an integral part of creating the Draught of Living Death. It is a powerful sleeping potion. A bezoar can be found in the stomach of the goat, and the monkshood and wolfsbane, they are the same plant, they also go by the name of aconite "

Of course Ivan, who has read the original, wouldn't be stumped by these three questions, but Ivan was also a little worried, for fear that Snape will ask other questions.

Even though Ivan had read the potions textbook several times before coming to the potions class, Snape obviously would not follow the routine. He asked Harry three questions before, none of them were in the first grade.

[Ding, you answered the difficult questions carefully prepared by the professor in class, and you answered all three questions with 100% accuracy. You will be rewarded with 9 points of academic achievement...]

An unexpected system message rang in Ivan's mind.

Ivan's face instantly changed from worry to surprise and then immediately turned into ecstasy, all his original worries were thrown aside.

Come! Even if you ask more questions, count me in, even if I lose I can maybe get some points!

Ivan looked at Snape resolutely, like a warrior waiting for a challenge!

Even if he can answer eight out of ten questions it's still better than none, Ivan doesn't believe that he won't know even a single question...

Ivan's changing expression impressed all the students.

However, to Ivan's expectation, Snape didn't even look at him. Instead, he turned his head blankly and mocked Harry.

"Did you listen, Potter? It seems that not every student who just started school is as stupid and ignorant as you..."

"Professor, I..." Harry stood up angrily and planned to refute the statement, but it was a pity that Snape interrupted Harry's words cleanly.

"Potter! Because of your performance...one point from Gryffindor!"

After he finished speaking, as if he has given his final verdict, Snape turned around swiftly and continue teaching, while Harry was stopped by Ron desperately, his originally white cheeks flushed with anger.

Ivan, who was just ready to face Snape's questions, was a little helpless upon being ignored. After he cast an apologetic glance towards Harry, he concentrated on listing to the class with peace of mind.

Looking forward to when Snape will continue to pose questions to make things difficult for him...

It's a pity for Ivan that even in the next class, Snape seemed to have forgotten about him. Except for occasionally taking time to scold the students who made the wrong steps, he only showed interest in Harry, a lot of interest.

He was like a piece of Iron attracted by a magnet, constantly wandering around Harry, his hollow eyes carefully looking at every step of Harry's potion refining.

Even the slightest mistake resulted in scornful mockery. Ron, who was sitting next to Harry, shared Harry's bad luck. Snape found out the mouse spots on his clothes, He carried his tail and publicly designated the mouse with the effect of the experimental potion. Ron almost cried on the spot.

While I was focused on my potion, the miserable cry entered my ears...

If it wasn't for Neville's accident of burning through the cauldron, at the end of the lesson that spoiled Snape's interest, Scabbers would have to be forced to drink the yellow potion made by Ron with unknown ingredients.

Ivan glanced sympathetically at the limp mouse on the table and sighed about Peter Pettigrew's bad fortune, he had been frightened twice in just a few days since he came to school.

The one-hour potion class, for most students, was simply torment. After class, they all escaped from the dungeon.

"Oh my God, how could Dumbledore hire Snape as a professor, he almost killed Scabbers!" After finishing the potions class, Ron calmed the shivering Scabbers, while angrily stopping himself from smashing the wall. .

Harry nodded in agreement, and stood on the same side with Ron on this topic. He was so clearly targeted in the first class of the term, no one would be able to bear it.

Harry really couldn't figure out why Snape hated him so much?

"Harry, if you can read more books before class, you would have been able to answer Professor Snape's questions." Hermione had a different idea, and she thought about it after she said it. Looking at Ivan, she continued, "like Ivan, Professor Snape now knows that Ivan can answer his questions, so he won't make things difficult for him."

Hermione's compliment made Ivan a bit ashamed. If he didn't know the plot, he would not have been able to answer Snape's question.

"Hermione, not everyone can memorize the potions book within a few days of school. Besides, the questions Snape asked Harry were not from our first-grade textbook." Ivan Sighed.

Hermione pursed her mouth and did not refute, because she also saw what Snape did in the potions class today, but she was accustomed to abide by the authority figures, and obeying the professor's arrangements was a prime example.

Ron and Harry were very dissatisfied with Hermione's act of siding with Snape. The three of them walked awkwardly. Thanks to Ivan's persuasion, they finally got rid of the grudge in their hearts.

"Hagrid, we came to see you!"

Harry moved forward and knocked on the door, and then the group of four heard a dog barking and running from inside the house. After a while, the door was opened and a huge figure came out.

"Harry, you are here? come in, come in..." Hagrid greeted Harry enthusiastically while calming his restless dog.

Ivan followed Harry into the hut.

There is only one room in the whole hut, and the layout was a bit messy. There was a lot of dried meat and ham hanging by the window, and there was a large stove in front of it. A pot of boiling water was burning on the stove, and a patched bed was placed on the right side against the wall.