Chapter 229 Welcome To Hogwarts

The reform of the Hogwarts curriculum is not a temporary idea.

In fact, since deciding to attend this magical school a month ago, Elena has been contemplating how to make her time at the Hogwarts campus more vibrant in the coming years.

Undoubtedly, with the passage of time, many old teaching methods and curriculum concepts in the magical world are no longer fully applicable. Innovation and change are inevitable; the only difference lies in timing. Even in the absence of Elena's presence, magical education must also respond to a non-magical world facing the explosion of technology decades later.

Fortunately, the mortgage incident facing Hogwarts provides a reason for everyone to attempt a change. In order for the school to continue, all teachers and students must demonstrate a high degree of cooperation, commitment, and patience.

If all goes well, then, according to the original plan conceived by Elena and Dumbledore, as of this week, the entire Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is about to enter a new phase.

Although Professor Dumbledore and most of the school referred to this period as "Hogwarts' tough period," from Elena's perspective, she prefers to call it: [Hogwarts Is 2.0] Era.

This is a completely new version of Hogwarts that has never been experienced by a young wizard:

From "expensive experiments" courses like magical potions and herbal medicine classes, to transformation and curse classes which previously focused mainly on acquiring skills; from defense against dark magic and protection of magical animals classes to life skills courses, to purely theoretical zero-spending classes like astronomy and the history of magic... Almost all school courses have been adjusted and changed to achieve an open code and a tightening effect without affecting the original teaching objectives.

Of course, planning is always just planning.

Hogwarts is not Albus Dumbledore's sole say. Judging from Dumbledore's reaction, except for Professor McGonagall, who is Deputy Headmistress, most teachers have not fully embraced the educational reform proposed by Linna.

Among them, Professor Severus Snape, who faces the greatest financial austerity pressure, is undoubtedly one of the most visible teachers in the situation of resistance and opposition.

"Dear Professor Dumbledore, may I ask if I have lost a potion in the potions class? What can I teach? Crucible care and how to heat water? Or do you think the little ones at Hogwarts have sufficient talent to learn magical potions through imagination?" —An angry professor said in the potions class, it is said that even the portrait in the headmaster's office below could hear the wizard's roar.

As an intimate padded coat of Professor Dumbledore and a loyal fan of His Royal Highness the Half-Blood Prince, Elena believes she has the responsibility to intervene, solve problems for everyone, and take the initiative to eliminate those redundant erroneous options.

If he is just a solitary, indifferent, arrogant, sharp-tongued potions master, no matter how outstanding his talents, he will only make people unable to bear the idea of showing respect and distance, after all, not many people will be willing to approach a person exuding a disturbed Potions Master.

However, if he is a special chef with a venomous tongue, bad temper, and arrogance, as long as he can cook delicious dishes that people cannot reject, then the situation is completely different.

To eat delicious food, a multitude of undisciplined gluttons will only raise their thumbs with cheeky faces—[As expected, he is a master of style and unconventional.]

"Well... although what you said makes sense."

Hannah tilted her head and carefully pondered. Although she always felt something was amiss, she still could not understand it.

"Forget it, I didn't mean to delve into this point."

The little blonde lolita shook her head, temporarily setting aside her doubts, intending to secretly ask for Granger's opinion afterward, and turned her attention to another question instead.

"But, does this have anything to do with using magical spells to open the professor's office door?"

As she said this, Hannah moved aside the remnants of the broken door on the floor, calmly looking at Elena, who was lost in fantasy.

"Huh? Well..."

Imagine Professor Snape cooking with a cold face, and a group of young wizards around him eagerly awaiting the food scene with cheeky faces. Elena gathered herself and blinked in confusion, following the eyes of the little lolita Hannah. After glancing at the broken door panel, her tone was somewhat supportive.

"So, are you now thinking of ways to come up with excuses to deceive me?"

Looking at the white-haired **** who suddenly hesitated, Hannah pouted and pressed with anger.

I have to say that sometimes Granger is right. This Elena is a big liar. You must be on guard when talking to her. As soon as her eyes start moving and her tone falters, it must be the beginning. Ready to lie.

"No, absolutely not."

Elena's hair parted her thoughts, waving her hands in denial, negating her heart, and couldn't help but blink with doubt—she hadn't been to Hogwarts this week, what happened?

This kind of thorough investigation and assertive state does not quite match with the impression of the cute and tender little lolita Hannah. Under normal circumstances, the correct script should not have passed successfully; Hannah is slowly pondering about cooking for herself. Has the relationship with the potion changed?

When did Tie Niu Hanna become so difficult?

"Elena?" Hannah lightly snorted and raised her chin a little.

For some reason, Elena seemed to see a shadow of Hermione in Hannah's trance-like face.

"Well..."

Facing the clear eyes of the little lolita Hannah, Elena finally shook her head and despondently surrendered. The small silver-haired witch sighed and admitted helplessly with raised hands.

"It's alright, it's okay. Taking the potion materials from the classroom is really to make Professor Snape change his teaching plan. But the main reason for the office explosion is actually because I want to steal something from Professor Snape's office. Rare potion materials, because I need to prepare some more complex potions."

"Potion materials?"

Hannah frowned, her tone filled with suspicion.

"But you haven't even taken a potions lesson. What potion can you make?"

"No, to be precise, I did take a potions class for a whole week in advance... and it was just one potions class."

Elena shook her head and mentally counted several times, and continued, "Even if it's just calculated based on class time, it's equivalent to the total duration of the four-month Hogwarts potions class. Not to mention we've accelerated. Less progress."

"Us?"

Hannah raised her eyebrows and sharply grasped Elena's words.

"Yes, us."

Elena nodded vigorously, as if she had made a difficult decision, raised her head and smiled easily, and looked seriously at the little witch in front of her, and replied.

"Hannah, didn't you ask before, where I have been these days? I went to a castle abroad that is similar to Hogwarts. There, a respected elder wizard gave me private lessons, mainly on potions and less known about magical creatures."

"Oh? Really... Professor Dumbledore said that, because you were accidentally injured in the conflict with Slytherin College, you were temporarily treated outside the school."

The suspicion in Hannah's eyes became more and more evident, with two words incomparably written: the big liar.

"Accidentally... injured... in the head?"

The expression on Elena's face became stiff.

—Alright, dear old horseradish, noted.

The girl secretly gritted her teeth and took out a small book in her heart to make a note.

"Yes, that's right. The therapist and the old wizard who taught me are the same person. During the treatment, he taught me a lot about potions class..."

Elena smiled again, trying to follow Hannah's words.

"Oh."

Hannah raised her eyebrows unceremoniously and responded indifferently.

"Really, and the therapist who taught me has arrived at Hogwarts. If you don't believe it, you can always ask him and Dumbledore to verify later."

Looking at Hannah's serious and suspicious look, Elena lightly bit her lip, the small strand of hair on her head languidly moved and couldn't help feeling aggrieved; it was so hard to tell the truth this year.

"..."

Hannah looked at the dejected ball of white hair, and after a few seconds of silence, suddenly smiled with a helpless expression.

"What else can I do besides continuing to believe in you? I said a long time ago, whether bombing an office or stealing potions from a classroom, I'm with you. But you have to tell me what potions these are. So that you don't hesitate to do such a dangerous act, and the reason."

"Composite brew, a kind of potion that is recorded in 'Powerful Potion', can make the drinker look like another person, and it has a very powerful effect: one of them is a rare raw material called African snake skin, which is very rare, as far as I know. Among all of Hogwarts, only Professor Snape's personal collection can have it," Elena responded without hesitation.

At Newmontgarde Castle, Gellert Grindelwald specifically explained the various uses and precautions of this potion; indeed, during the first wizarding war, the composite brew was used as a very important strategic potion to use ~ ~ war is always one of the fastest ways to promote human progress.

Compared to the more primitive use of the composite brew by Harry and others, Elena has quite bold ideas about this potion, which requires further verification one by one, which will undoubtedly consume many raw materials.

"Just African snake skin?" Hannah asked softly, with a strange expression on her face, "and... just to look like someone else?"

"Yes... there may be more, for some raw potion materials that can be ingested, for example, sac of marrow, ash snake eggs, dragon claw powder, feather grass, fire dragon blood..."

Elena cautiously pointed with her finger.

In fact, many potion materials are not so easy.

Gold is not a panacea, and the situation of being exorbitantly priced and free from the market is particularly common in the magical world.

Not to mention that the acquisition of many potion materials is full of danger and uncertainty, usually requiring a lot of time, and even risking life to hunt and find those rare and dangerous magical animals.

As a small, weak, pitiful but particularly edible witch, if you want to taste the flavor, you can only rely on Professor Snape's collection, tentatively, it should be a mysterious meal from the Eastern tutoring fees and helping Professor Snape to get the rewards that students love.

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