[HP]Dark Night Lone Star

Time flies so fast, it seems that in the blink of an eye, Luna's third year at Hogwarts has come to an end.

This year, many major events took place in the school, and the Triwizard Tournament was undoubtedly the most important among them—not to mention the ending was the death of a student and the return of the mysterious man who spread rapidly in the castle—rumours?

But no matter what, all this seems to be far away from her. Even on the day of the finals, she still stayed in her dormitory with her best friend she made this school year, the Half-Blood Prince.

Now she was sure that the Half-Blood Prince was a genius in potions, and his knowledge about potions inspired Luna a lot, which made her love for potions even stronger.

Moreover, she has also mastered more knowledge about the medicinal materials themselves, although many of them are the basis that should have been known-for example, Professor Snape told her the neutralization principle in the first week, for example, larch stone powder can make the medicine Concentrate faster, for example, Gordi root has the effect of accelerating the reaction of medicinal materials, and the wing membrane of bats cannot be placed with any toxic medicinal materials-that will strengthen the toxicity of the drug, etc.

In any case, this greatly reduced the frequency of her visits to Madam Pomfrey, and she would no longer hurt herself due to some low-level mistakes—as for taking medicine on her own initiative, it was another matter.

And now, she was on her way to the Potions classroom. According to the previous agreement, she had to return the book before the end of the school year. Although it was a pity, the time to part with her friends had inevitably arrived.

Perhaps it was because the potions classroom was unlocked not long after the last exam, so she put the book belonging to the Half-Blood Prince back where it belonged, and then decided to make a bottle of potion as a farewell gift to her friend.

She chose a potion that didn't take too long to make but was very interesting—the potion of euphoria. She felt that her memory of the book was enough for her to make this potion without looking at the recipe.

After more than an hour, the liquid in the crucible has turned into a transparent golden yellow that is almost as sunny as the sun. It looks very good, and she did not forget to add a sprig of peppermint as the Half-Blood Prince commented.

At this moment, footsteps sounded from far and near, and before Luna could decide whether to hide or do something else, a familiar figure appeared outside the door.

"Ah, good afternoon, Professor Snape." Luna stood up from her cauldron, and greeted the other party briskly. In contrast, the Potions Professor's face showed undisguised shock, which turned into Completely gloomy.

"Miss Lovegood, I don't think you have any reason to appear here and use the medicinal materials kept in the classroom without authorization." Severus Snape strode forward with a black face , glanced at the medicine in Luna's cauldron with disdain, and then unexpectedly relaxed slightly.

"Spirit Potion——I have to admit that you did a good job this time. Peppermint is a good material for improvement. At least it won't ruin the whole potion like the things you added randomly before." After a while, he replied He gave the student in front of him a pertinent evaluation—in fact, a rare praise.

"Oh, thank you, Professor." Luna realized this, so she gave a thankful reply, but she cared more about a concept emphasized in the other party's words, "Forgive my presumptuousness, but Professor, you Do you think the act of adding something else to a finished potion is an act of destroying something good?"

The Potions Professor was silent at this sudden question, and he looked directly at the pale pupils of the Ravenclaw girl—not as hazy as usual, as if in a dream, but shining brightly under the light— — He realized that the other party really cared about the answer to this question, so he remained silent.

"——No, perhaps this behavior itself cannot be rated as such an extreme evaluation, but in the eyes of people who already know what consequences the behavior will produce, if it is a bad consequence, it will be taken for granted that it is a kind of behavior. An act of destruction." Then, he finally made such an answer.

Luna smiled at his answer and said, "I think it's arrogance."

"Arrogance?" The Potions professor raised an eyebrow. On the one hand, he was surprised that a girl of this age would use this word, and on the other hand, he was surprised by the evaluation itself.

Luna nodded, and explained with a very serious expression: "Yes, both sides are arrogant. The wise despise the ignorant because of their own wisdom, while the ignorant give their behavior the great name of exploration and innovation. So both sides are arrogant, even from different positions." She paused, as if hesitating, but then said quickly, "I apologize for my ignorance."

While he was speechless at the girl's answer, a cold-blooded and mocking voice in Snape's heart sarcastically said, "Does she want me, the professor of Potions, to apologize to her?" But soon The girl's next words dispelled his worries.

"However, I will not give up this novel attempt because of this, because I think it has become an inseparable part of my life. Of course, if I am not very sure, I will ask you for advice in advance—what do you think? Is it ok, professor?" Luna's expression looked extraordinarily serious and sincere.

Severus Snape was so convinced by his student's words for the first time in many years that he was speechless, and finally just nodded in acquiescence.

"You are so kind—" Luna Lovegood hurriedly stopped talking when she realized the problem with her speech, and said instead, "I mean, thank you, Professor." After she finished speaking, Sweet Smiling softly, like a docile bunny.

Snape was in a trance for a moment, and before he realized it, his body had instinctively turned around and started walking towards the exit of the classroom.Then he remembered that he was going to punish the girl for using the school's medicinal materials without authorization.

--Let it go.For the first time, Snape felt as if he had fled his home ground like a deflated ball.

Maybe not the first time.

☆、Chapter 4