Unbehaved Hufflepuff

As the time approached curfew, Snape sent Lumi back to the Hufflepuff common room with a dark face.

Snape realized something very unfavorable.

He was carried away by the temptation of the basilisk.

It ignores that Lumi is free at other times except for his nightly confinement.

Second grade students have a little more classes than first grade students, but they still have a lot of free time.

More than enough to get him to the hospital wing.

Snape wanted to occupy all of Lumi's free time.

So the next day, he met Lumi by chance, and in a different way asked Lumi to handle the materials with him.

The effect was also very successful. Lumi didn't see Luna for a day and felt quite depressed.

But because of this, when Lumi faced a vat of venomous snakes, he was able to break them down perfectly and classify the various materials he needed by weight according to Snape's requirements.

It wasn't until curfew was about to come that Snape let Lumi go and personally sent Lumi to the Hufflepuff common room and prepared to go on patrol.

Along the way, he was thinking about how to get Lumi to hand over the basilisk. If there was a basilisk, maybe...

Suddenly, Snape's eyes lit up and he quickly returned to the office.

He rummaged through the bookshelf for a long time and finally found the answer he wanted.

Snape was in a very good mood the next day. He stopped staring at Lumi and stopped finding fault with Lumi during the potions class.

This strange good mood stayed with Snape until nightfall.

"Professor, are you still dealing with venomous snakes today?"

Lumi saw the growing supply of snake material in Snape's office, as well as a brand new pot of venomous snakes.

He was ready to fight to the death with these damn snakes today.

Today is the last day of lockdown and victory is at hand!

"Mr. Gugliel, I think I should teach you some magic potions to remove petrification today."

Snape said, waving his staff to summon the book.

Turn to the Mandrake Restoration page.

There is no magic in the book, and Lumi can see the contents clearly.

Remove petrification...Mandrake...the body tissue of petrified creatures...boil...

Ok?

Lumi's attention was immediately drawn to the prescription.

As mentioned above, adding part of the practitioner's body tissue to the Mandrake Restorative Potion can maximize the effect of the potion.

The caster can be the hair of a wizard or the flesh and blood of a magical animal.

Lumi immediately thought of the basilisk. The thousand-year-old corpse of the basilisk should be fine if he cuts some of its flesh, right?

Anyway, I have learned how to deal with venomous snakes in the past two days, so dealing with basilisks should be a method.

"I need to remind you, Mr. Gugliel."

Snape looked at the corners of Lumi's mouth that gradually turned up, and he was in a good mood.

Planning can begin.

"What caused Lovegood to become petrified was a thousand-year-old basilisk, and that basilisk is no longer in your mouth."

"If you 'accidentally' hid part of it, causing the potion to be imperfect, it is very likely that Lovegood will be petrified for a few more days."

Hearing this, Lumi suddenly woke up.

Snape knew he was hiding the basilisk.

If you think about it carefully, these three days of confinement are all about snakes.

At first, Lumi thought this was Snape's way of reminding him how dangerous snakes were, and she was quite grateful to him at that time.

Now something is wrong.

The old bat of feelings has long known his own affairs!

Now he hints that he can take out part of the basilisk, and when he takes it out, the lie will be exposed!

Lumi could even imagine what Snape would say when he took out the basilisk.

He would definitely say sarcastically: "Oh~ our great dragon boy is bold enough to deceive his humble potions professor. Deceiving the professor, he will have to deal with materials this semester."

Lumi seemed to see a mountain of semi-finished potion materials suddenly collapse after Snape said these words, burying Lumi in various materials. The huge amount of materials made Lumi unable to move.

Thinking of this scene, Lumi couldn't help but shudder.

【The thing about the basilisk! It must not be known to Snape! No matter how bad it is, he can't let him catch him, and he absolutely can't give him the slightest bit of basilisk! 】

The crime of deceiving a professor can be big or small. It can be as small as deducting more than ten points, and it can be big enough to put Lumi in solitary confinement until graduation.

Although confinement will be canceled after the end of the school year, if the professor finds trouble and imposes confinement on the first day of the new school year, then the future life will be so bleak.

Therefore, Lumi felt that it was entirely possible to live in solitary confinement until graduation as he imagined.

He wasn't sure whether Snape simply wanted the basilisk or if he wanted to use it as an excuse to confine himself.

If you simply want the basilisk, then just give it to yourself. Anyway, this thing has no special function in Lumi's hands.

But what happened during the summer vacation is still vivid in his mind. When he was learning Occlumency, Snape had to let him handle the potion materials, although when he was actually learning, Lumi only learned it after watching it a few times.

But he still remembered Snape's face at that time, which was extremely gloomy and terrifying.

Who knows if he plans to use the basilisk as an excuse this time to allow him to process the materials for a long time.

Lumi, who was not sure of the professor's thoughts, did not dare to test him casually.

What if I guess wrong? Doesn’t this hit the point of a gun?

Snape sat on the chair, watching Lumi's changing expression, feeling quite calm.

Anyway, this kid won't just watch Lovegood use the worst potion, and sooner or later he will hand over some basilisks.

As long as Lumi brings out a little bit of Basilisk, then he will have reason to point out that he deceived the professor, and will naturally point out Lumi's recklessness and stupidity.

After that, it can be argued that the basilisk is the property of the college and needs to be handed over to the college for unified distribution.

Then won't the basilisk be at the mercy of the four deans?

Who needs this basilisk the most? It must be him, Severus Snape!

Snape was very satisfied with his plan, and he couldn't wait for Lumi to take out his basilisk.

But, why doesn't he take it out?

Lumi, who was obviously blind, felt Snape's gaze and was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his back.

"I'm sorry, Professor, I don't have a basilisk in my possession."

After saying this, Snape's face froze.

[If you can’t take out the basilisk, then Luna’s potion...]

Lumi memorized the recipe for the mandrake recovery potion in this book and made a plan.

[Before the mandrake matures, I will be able to refine this medicine! 】

Snape, who still didn't know what Lumi was thinking, just thought he was embarrassed. After all, he just said that the basilisk was gone two days ago. If he could show it now, it would be difficult to explain. Snape secretly curled his lips.

【Hypocritical. 】