The Extraordinary Apothecary at Hogwarts

After Harry hurried away, Eugenie sat down and glanced at the paper that had only been written a few inches on the table.

Ron didn't know why he felt nervous, but he subconsciously blocked it with his arms.

"It's not okay to open new paragraphs frequently on purpose," Eugenie noticed with sharp eyes. She reminded kindly, "Writing the words very big and using unnecessary vocabulary to support the number of words won't work. Think about it, teacher. We have also come through this step by step since we were students, and those opportunistic methods are all leftover from playing games. Don’t take a chance and think that your cleverness has not been seen through.”

Hermione forcibly pulled Ron's arm away, snatched his paper, and raised her voice, "Ron Weasley! How dare you!!"

"Don't lose your temper, I'll just rewrite it." Ron glanced warily at the place where Madam Pomfrey often hung out, then muttered, took back the homework, tore off the results of the hour of hard work and wandering and crumpled them into paper Tuan, put it in your pocket.

"Ron is right, Hermione," Eugenie stood up and helped her re-cushion the fallen pillow, "frequently angry may cause Madam Pomfrey to keep you in the ward for a few more days, you know the book I miss you very much."

"I found all the books she wanted." Ron pointed to the one spread out on the bed, "There are others in the cabinet."

Eugenie blinked, "But it's more refreshing to go to the library."

"Feeling happy?" Ron repeated.

Hermione rolled her eyes at him and asked Eugenie curiously, "What classes did you choose?"

"Protecting Magical Creatures and Ancient Runes."

Eugenie finished speaking, and Hermione was still waiting for her to continue.

After a few seconds of silence,

"And - not anymore?" Hermione asked in disbelief.

"You can say it's gone." Eugenie picked up Hermione's draft and looked at it. "If alchemy is also included, there are three subjects in total."

Ron doubted his memory, "Can we choose alchemy?"

Hermione was clear, "We are only eligible to take alchemy in the sixth grade. The introduction says that this is a very comprehensive subject and you must have some core knowledge before you can start learning."

Eugenie pursed her lips and said frankly, "It is indeed not in compliance with the regulations. However, due to my family's donation to the school, I can easily obtain some privileges, including the schedule of classes that will be tilted in my favor."

Hermione cast an envious look, "It's very desirable. You can choose whatever you want to study."

"Such a privilege is not unpleasant at all," Ron said, twisting his eyebrows. "Do you think it's possible for your father to squeeze out Malfoy's seat on the school board?"

"No - I have no idea." Eugenie raised her eyebrows, "The donation comes from the love for the school and the ancient bond. I have no interest in joining the school board."

It is even less likely that he would have a quarrel with his current partner over a seat.

"Maybe your dad would be interested," Ron said hopefully.

Eugenie refused directly for him, "No, he doesn't want to."

Even if Professor Dumbledore comes to ask, the answer is still no.

"What a pity. I really hate the way Draco Malfoy is so arrogant in school." Ron also thought about the fight between their fathers in the Diagon Alley bookstore. "He simply brought the school to its knees." Treat it as the back garden of your own home.”

"Other than that, what else has he done?" Eugenie felt that Ron was very resentful. She looked at Hermione again, "Or - did he say anything?"

Ron immediately blushed with anger, and his fiery red hair made everything from his neck up to his neck look red. "He insulted Hermione - using the worst word, you know that insulting word?"

Ron found it hard to say.

Eugenie said diplomatically, "I know there is a term used to describe both parents being Muggles."

"That's right. Only the most uncultured scum among wizards would say that."

Alas, Draco said it anyway.

Eugenie sighed, "Okay, I understand."

She very much hoped that Draco's ideas could be changed, making him more suitable to join her camp, but the change could never be completed overnight - unless something very painful happened.

Maybe a little coercion is needed at this stage to prevent him from continuing to use this word to suppress others to gain a worthless sense of superiority.

Start by refusing to say bad words and slowly change.

"I'm leaving first." Eugenie stood up with a thoughtful look on her face, "Have a good rest and wish you a speedy recovery."

Hermione waved, then gave Ron a hard look, "Hurry up and rewrite your paper."

Ron hadn't realized why the finger was suddenly pointed at him. Why was he more stressed than the assistant teacher standing next to him?

Ron quickly replied, "Write, I will write well."

……

The summer sun shone on the lake surface, and dozens of moving targets were hung above the large green lawn next to the Black Lake. Students lined up in groups of five to ride broomsticks through the track defined by the floating red line, holding each other with one hand. Holding the broom steady, he held his wand in the other hand and aimed it at the targets.

Eugenie hasn't been back much recently. She spends most of her extracurricular time in a small room preparing for next semester's subjects and helping organize the professor's unpublished papers.

Although the summer sun is stronger than that in spring, she gets less sun exposure, and her skin color is obviously much whiter than others.

Eugenie was immersed in reading the "Magic Symbol Collection" in front of the candlelight on the desk. She disassembled the symbols and patterns on it, reassembled them in her own way, and drew them on her draft book.

The bright aperture illuminates the entire table. There seems to be a diaphragm outside the aperture that frames the light within a spherical range. In the areas that cannot be illuminated, the simulated starry sky slowly rotates quietly.

After finishing a small chapter, Snape, who had been sitting next to her for a long time, interrupted her.

"Professor." Eugenie put down her pen happily.

Snape casually picked up her draft, flipped through two pages and commented, "It's interesting."

"Yes, Professor, the books are all flat diagrams. I was wondering if I could transform them into three-dimensional diagrams to make the correlation and logic between the symbols more prominent. For example, this icon explains the principle of explosion magic."

The page in the book had a drawing of two nested squares, large and small, with some runes marking each side and corner of the square.

"Like this, I connected the opposite corners of the square, and stretched the intersection upwards to form a vertex, and it transformed into a pyramid with two sections. The progressive relationship between the various magic factors, and the impact on the final transformation effect It’s very intuitive.”

"Yes, it will help you understand these principles." Snape seemed to be very satisfied with this behavior of revising the textbook. He quickly moved the corner of his mouth, and then said seriously, "You can write a letter to inform Mr. Malfoy."