Harry Potter: This senior is pretty strong

Chapter 100 The Brave Miss Granger

Friday mornings are potions class for first graders.

Potions Master Professor Snape was in a terrible mood today.

Two people were causing him to be in a bad mood: one was a Gryffindor student, and the other was also a Gryffindor student.

The first one is Harry Potter, who has an unpleasant face that resembles his father, James Potter, reminding Snape of the bullying he suffered at James's hands when he was young—not a pleasant memory.

The second is Hermione Granger, who shares the same obsession as her brother Qin, always trying to break something.

In the former case, Snape silenced him with a few incredibly simple questions, yet he still tried to argue and refute. If such a student wasn't strictly disciplined, it wouldn't be impossible for him to become "James 2.0" in the future. Based on this reason, Snape felt it was reasonable to deduct one point from Gryffindor.

The latter, Miss Granger, who raised her hand high when Snape asked her questions—it was perfectly normal for her to know the answers to these questions since she had a brother like Qin, and like her brother, she liked to show off, which Snape disliked.

However, thinking that Hermione Granger was, after all, Qin's sister, and could be considered his sister—no, not really…

In short, Snape just couldn't bring himself to say anything too harsh.

“Miss Granger, please raise your hand. You can sit down. I’m afraid you’ll break the ceiling if you stand up,” Snape said indifferently, looking at the eager little girl.

"Yes, I understand, Professor Snape! I won't stand up next time I raise my hand!" Hermione replied with a smile.

"..."

Just like Qin, he makes it hard to feel happy.

Feeling very upset by these two, Snape then proceeded to give the first-year students a series of stern reprimands.

This left a very deep impression on the children. Most of them were terrified of Snape and thought Potions class was the number one "most hated course at Hogwarts".

……

Having learned about Professor Snape's temperament from Qin Yu's letter a year earlier, Hermione didn't find him as terrifying as her other classmates.

On the contrary, she really liked Professor Snape's teaching style—clean, concise, and to the point, just like a good teacher should be.

Of course, relatively speaking, her favorite teacher was still Mr. Qin Yu. He would explain things in great detail, and would occasionally pat her on the head to encourage her because she learned quickly and could apply what she learned to other situations. Or, sometimes he would look at her with a very special and gentle gaze, and gently pinch her cheek, and then...

Ahem, we're in class now, we can't get distracted, we can't get distracted!

Hermione quickly calmed herself down, trying not to think about Qin's gaze or the sudden increase in her heart rate when her cheek was gently pinched.

Then, she methodically stirred the thick liquid in the crucible, watching its color change, gradually drawing someone out of her attention.

As it turned out, without anyone interfering in her mind, Hermione completed the potion concoction quickly and efficiently.

She even had time to stop the chubby boy Neville from adding the porcupine quills into the boiling crucible ahead of time, thus preventing a potential "accident" of the crucible melting.

“Mr. Longbottom, you should thank Miss Granger for reminding you. If it had been any later, you would be covered in boils by now!” Professor Snape stared sternly at Neville Longbottom, who was still grinning foolishly.

The chubby boy froze, then quickly pouted, tears welling in his eyes, muttering intermittently, "I'm sorry, Professor Snape..."

"I hope you learn from this and truly understand where you went wrong!" Snape said this and then ignored Neville.

Then he turned to Harry Potter beside him and said coldly, "Miss Granger is stopping him from making a mistake, and what are you doing, Mr. Potter?"

"Huh?" Harry was taken aback by the question.

"Not only did you fail to warn him, but you also showed indifference afterward. You were probably secretly mocking Mr. Longbottom's carelessness, and even hoping that someone would make a mistake..."

"I do not have……"

"Gryffindor deducts one point for your performance!"

"I……"

Harry wanted to say something, but Ron stopped him. Ron whispered to him that Professor Snape had a bad temper and was completely unreasonable. George and Fred often got points deducted by him.

“Professor!” Hermione couldn’t help but stand up and say.

“Miss Granger, what do you want to say?” Snape looked at Hermione.

“I don’t think you should judge Harry’s thoughts so subjectively and deduct a point from him!” Hermione said boldly.

“Oh? Is that so? Well then…” Professor Snape paused, staring at the girl as he continued, “Greedy Priesthood is hereby deducted one point for questioning and arguing with the teacher in class!”

He was actually hoping that the little girl would suddenly burst into tears, just like the chubby boy had done earlier. That way, none of them would dare to be so unrestrained in his class.

As for what Qin will do when he finds out... do I need to care?

Absolutely unnecessary!

"..." Hermione's eyes widened when she heard Snape's words. She hadn't expected the professor to be even more difficult to deal with than she had imagined.

However, Qin said there was no need to be afraid of him!

Thinking of this, Hermione straightened her back, raised her chin, and said, "Professor Snape, even if you want to deduct my points, I will stick to my point of view!"

“Good, commendable courage! Gryffindor loses another point!” Snape showed no sign of backing down.

Hermione's lips twitched, and her eyes immediately turned red.

However, she forced herself not to cry.

"I'm going to tell Qin! I'm going to tell him he's wrong, that professor is so unreasonable!" Hermione shouted in her mind, breathing heavily through her nose.

Seeing Hermione finally sit down and settle down, Professor Snape raised an eyebrow almost imperceptibly and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Last year there was one that gave him a headache, and this year there are two. Snape thinks they were probably sent by Merlin to punish him.

……

Although Hermione was angry because of Professor Snape's unreasonable behavior, she didn't complain too much after meeting Qin Yu, because she felt that she could handle such a small matter. Otherwise, how could she catch up with Qin and become the new academic star of Hogwarts?

She didn't want people to always say that Hermione Granger was Qin's sister whenever they mentioned her in the future.

Her hope is that in the future, when people mention Qin, they will say: "Look, he's the Minister of Magic..."

Well, this idea is indeed a bit unrealistic. But Qin always says she can become the Minister of Magic, which makes me sometimes feel like I might actually become such a big shot someday.

"What's on your mind? Did your Potions class not go well?" Qin Yu asked curiously when he saw the girl lost in thought.

The two were having lunch in the auditorium. Qin Yu noticed that the first-year students were looking at Hermione strangely, and Hermione was also occasionally lost in thought.

Considering Professor Snape's consistent character, Qin Yu could roughly guess what was going on.

"It's alright... it's just that Professor Snape is a bit too harsh..." Hermione found a word that she felt was appropriate.

“He’s not being harsh, he’s being unreasonable, he’s deliberately targeting us!” Harry couldn’t help but say indignantly.

"Looks like you guys got points deducted too," Qin Yu said with a shrug.

"Hmm?" The children all looked at Qin Yu.

Of course, apart from Hermione, none of the other first-year students knew that Qin Yu had lost a lot of points.

"That's right, I also lost a point in my first Potions class," Qin Yu admitted frankly.

Seeing their surprised expressions, Harry even seemed relieved yet excited.

Fearing that the children might go astray, Qin Yu continued, "However, my potion class grade is excellent, and the points I lost were not because I didn't pay attention in class or because my grades were bad."

So he briefly explained why he was penalized—if it hadn't been brought up at that moment, he would have almost forgotten about the penalty.

"Alright, tell me about your situation."

Next, Harry mainly narrated, Ron added details, Neville said sorry, and Adam occasionally nodded and hummed in agreement.

In the end, Harry, Ron, Neville, and the other first-year students around them all looked at Hermione with admiration.

There was no way around it; to dare to confront a "terrifying teacher" like Professor Snape head-on in class was an absolute testament to courage. Hermione's image in their minds instantly became that of a leader.

Hermione, on the other hand, felt a little embarrassed by Qin Yu's gaze. She looked at Qin Yu, bit her lip, and stammered, "I... I just said what I wanted to say."

Well, Qin had told her before that she shouldn't be so eager to perform in Professor Snape's class, and that the professor had a strange temper.

However, I didn't listen...

"Well done!" To everyone's surprise, Qin Yu patted her head and praised her with a smile.

He hadn't told Hermione to be too eager to show off before because he was afraid she would be scolded by Snape and cry.

However, it turns out that Hermione was sorted into Gryffindor by the Sorting Hat because she was not lacking in courage. There were many things she couldn't stop even if she wanted to, after all, this girl was a very opinionated person.

In short, Qin Yu was both surprised and pleased with Hermione's performance today.

He felt that he had probably been too focused on protecting her and had forgotten that Miss Granger was a very, very strong person, or at least, on the path to becoming strong.

He's definitely going to be the Minister of Magic in the future!

Thinking about how people will introduce me in the future and say, "This is the Minister of Magic's brother (male)..." Hmm, that would be quite a prestigious thing.

Qin Yu's support and encouragement made Hermione beam with joy, and she felt that next time she could definitely hold on until she lost five points before giving up.

Others who saw it immediately found the previous topic utterly boring.

Look at us, we're condemning Professor Snape, while you're openly showing off your love.

Hello, is this the Ministry of Magic? Isn't anyone going to do anything about this inhumane act of animal cruelty?

Many people around had similar thoughts.

——Dimensional wall——

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