Chapter 21 21. Impressions about Jon
Curly white steam rises from the cauldron.
Lily carefully tilted a bottle containing a dark green liquid, and dropped three drops into the pot. In an instant, the potion in the crucible changed from purple to grass green.
And just as she put down the bottle, there was a light knock on the door.
Lily paused for a moment before speaking.
"Come in."
Slughorn came in with a box of candied pineapple, Lily looked up at him, the expression on her face softened significantly.
"Why does the teacher come to me when you have time?"
"I happened to take some things from the storage room, so I will send you some."
He put the box of candied fruit on the desk, and at the same time sat down on a chair in front of the desk, Lily looked at the things in his hand and said helplessly.
"Eat less sugar, you are already very old, too much sugar intake is not good for your health."
"Okay, okay, don't talk about teaching me, without this, my life will lose at least half of the fun. Well, your pot of tranquilizer is almost ready, but I suggest you add a little more The powder of fairy wings, which can add another 0.3 to 0.5 pints to your final potion, this is my unique secret recipe."
Lily found a small bottle of fairy wing powder from a side cabinet, she tapped twice, and poured the powder into the cauldron.
"Thank you for your generosity in sharing the secret recipe, teacher, but I always feel that you came to me for more than just giving me such a box of candied fruit. There should be no need to beat around the bush between us, right?"
Slughorn laughed dryly, facing the student he was once the most proud of, he could always be guessed at the little thought in his heart.
Coughed twice, the smile on Slughorn's face faded, and he looked at Lily seriously.
"You brought that boy named Jon Green?"
Lily heard the change in Slughorn's tone, and shifted her attention from the potion in the cauldron to the conversation.
"Yeah, what's wrong? What's wrong with him?"
Slughorn shook his head, he asked Lily without blinking his eyes.
"There is nothing wrong with him, but I want to know from you, what is your impression of him?"
Lily had a thoughtful expression on her face, as if recalling the scene when she first met Jon.
"He's very smart, even smarter than that boy from the Longbottom family."
She told Slughorn about being in the orphanage at the time, and Jon finally chose to leave with her based on his own observations.
“I have never seen an 11-year-old kid think so much in such a short period of time.”
Slughorn also showed deep thought on his face, and soon he continued to ask.
"anything else?"
Jon left a deep impression on Lily, so Lily always remembers things about him very clearly.
Listening to her narration, Slughorn lightly tapped his fingers on the desk surface, and remained silent for a long time.
"So, teacher, why are you asking these questions?" Lily asked suspiciously.
Slughorn folded his hands and put them in front of him, with a complicated expression on his face.
There is luck, relief, and hesitation.
"I was thinking, maybe, I could teach him something."
Jon was woken up by Neville.
After returning from Slughorn's office, he lay on the bed looking at the ring and fell asleep unconsciously.
He slept peacefully during the afternoon nap, and didn't have any dreams. It wasn't until it was already dinner time that he was woken up by Neville's shake.
"Actually, we can have dinner later today. After all, we can only go to bed after finishing astronomy class. By then, we will definitely be hungry again."
Jon said while yawning while changing the pajamas he wore in the dormitory.
"The restaurant won't wait for us until dark, besides, didn't you bring some snacks back, you can eat these when you're hungry at night."
Neville didn't sleep much in the afternoon, he had slept for a while in the morning and went back to sleep.
The two left the dormitory together, and there were many students passing by on the corridor, all of them were senior students who were going to the restaurant for dinner after class.
The three of them and Ron met at the dining table, and the others were also very curious about Jon's whereabouts at noon today, and they were all fooled by him using the excuse of helping Slughorn.
The astronomy class didn't start until close to midnight. Jon and the five of them stayed together in the lounge for a long time after dinner, until Flitwick personally led them to the "classroom" of the astronomy class.
"Follow me, and be careful not to disturb other people's rest."
Flitwick led them along the long corridor to the hall after he finished his instructions, and stopped until they reached a room near the hall.
There is a sign on the door that says "Astronomy Classroom".
Flitwick pushed open the door, but inside was not a classroom, but a stairwell. Right opposite the entrance, there was a spiral staircase going up vertically. He walked in front, leading Jon and the five of them. Follow the stairs to the top of the carriage.
There is not as much space here as in the carriage. The top area is equivalent to the carriage seen from the outside. It is an open-air space with a length of three to four meters and a width of two to three meters. There is a circle around the edge of the carriage to the waist of the freshmen. guardrail.
Hagrid was still driving the carriage on the land of Great Britain. They were passing a small town. Whenever the carriage passed by, the street lights would automatically turn off, and after it left, those lights would turn on again.
As soon as the freshmen arrived on the roof, they were attracted by the miraculous scene around them, which made Flitwick dissatisfied and tapped a blackboard standing in front of him with his wand.
"I know the surrounding scenery is beautiful, children, but our real goal tonight is the vast sky instead of land, and you should find a seat."
Five desks and chairs have been set up on the roof in advance, and there is also an astronomical telescope on the side near the guardrail. Obviously, these are all prepared in advance by Flitwick before class.
Jon and the others put their minds back, sat down on the chairs respectively, and were blocked from most of the evening wind, blowing past them very gently, and the voice of Flitwick's lecture sounded at the same time.
"The last class was in the classroom in the carriage. I just gave you a brief introduction to some basic knowledge of astronomy. From this class on, we will really start to understand the starry sky above our heads."
(end of this chapter)