Chapter 14 End of the 1nd School Year
The Potions office was very dark, with a huge amount of potion materials placed in cabinets, which made people dizzy.
"Does standing at the door show that you are different?"
Snape's cold tone came from the office, with obvious disdain in his voice.
Lumi didn't reply, but walked quietly to Snape.
"Is standing here blocking my air your way of revenge?"
"The bezoars there are cut into three grams each for me. Don't waste my materials."
The task was assigned, and Lumi obeyed.
After all, it is confinement, and if it is comfortable, it is not confinement.
It didn't take long for Lumi to finish cutting the bezoars.
Each grain is square in size and neatly stacked in the barrel.
"Go back when you're done. Don't be an eyesore here, little dark wizard."
After Lumi left, Snape came to check Lumi's work after configuring the potion.
Seeing the neat bezoars, Snape's pupils contracted violently.
He had been here the whole time and was pretty sure Lumi didn't use magic, just a cutting knife.
But the weight of each one here is three grams, without any error.
Even the scraps were put away, and some scraps were even gathered together by him. The dregs were placed together, and each rub weighed three grams.
Snape was more likely to believe that Lumi had secretly used magic, otherwise he wouldn't believe that an eleven-year-old could have disposed of the bucket of feces in such a short period of time.
And the most terrible thing is that these portions are not bad at all.
Feeling that he knew the answer, Snape looked forward to punishing Lumi openly the next day when he used magic.
Merlin took off his wool socks and put on a short lace skirt.
Under Snape's gaze, Lumi finished processing the materials with one stroke.
Snape didn't stop thinking until he left.
There is no magic fluctuation, these materials are purely cut by hand.
In terms of weight, Lumi just shook it with his hand before cutting it, and the finished product is very good.
The more this happened, the more confused Snape became. His judgment was wrong, and Lumi showed off another of his talents.
In the following time, every time Lumi saw Snape's slightly raised corners of his mouth, he could have a premonition of what he was about to face.
Extensive and detailed material handling work.
Snape's request went from three grams to one gram to four and one-half grams.
Even today, Snape requires Lumi to be accurate to three decimal places.
When Lumi successfully fulfilled Snape's request, the time of confinement ended.
In the auditorium, Lumi sat in the corner and ate silently, listening to the noisy crowd making noise around him. Lumi missed the Potions office very much.
At least it's quiet enough there.
Snape wouldn't think like a fly.
"The fourth place is Hufflepuff, with a total score of 253 points. The third place is Gryffindor, with a total score of 312 points. The second place is Ravenclaw, with a total score of 426 points. The top one is 472 points. Our Slytherin."
"Oh!!"
The people at the Slytherin table were very excited.
The emotions of the remaining three colleges were obviously not that high.
After the students calmed down, Dumbledore suddenly said: "I think what happened recently must also be taken into account."
"Miss Hermione Granger, for showing excellent resourcefulness when others were in danger, fifty points to Gryffindor."
"Ron...plus fifty points."
"Harry... plus sixty points."
"Neville... plus ten points."
"at last."
"Mr. Lumi Gugliel, you have done a very good job in assisting with the materials, so that our future potions lessons can be more accurate. One hundred points for Hufflepuff."
In response, the little badgers applauded symbolically, but not too enthusiastically.
Even with a hundred points added, he was in last place. Compared with this, the delicious food in front of them made them happier.
Lumi, who got extra points, didn't have much psychological trouble and seemed to be eating the food calmly.
The punishment of confinement made him do very well, even so accurately that Snape no longer hesitated to praise him, and he deserved the reward.
The first school year is over and everyone is getting on the train.
Whether intentionally or not, three people squeezed into Lumi's carriage.
It was Harry and the others.
There are no seats in other carriages, leaving only Lumi’s exclusive carriage.
The three Harveys were with the new friends they had made, and no one paid attention to the lonely Lumi.
No matter how reluctant Harry and Ron were, they could only sit in the same carriage with him.
The atmosphere between the four of them was a bit gloomy, and Hermione tried many times but failed to get Lumi to join their conversation.
And because of Lumi's presence, the conversation between the three was not very enjoyable.
No matter what they said, Lumi was just there reading a book, a book without a title.
"I said, how long are you going to keep pretending?"
Ron, who really couldn't stand this atmosphere, was the first to express his dissatisfaction with Lumi, "Gu Lier, who is so aloof, doesn't look down on us because he is close to the Malfoy family. You must know that you are also a half-blood wizard."
Lumi glanced at him and said nothing.
He didn't bother to respond to this guy who felt good about himself.
Be wary of the nasty guy with a 90% alertness level!
"You don't speak, you're not mute!"
Ron was even more angry because of Lumi's eyes.
"I can't compare to you, Weasley who is so complacent just because he got fifty points."
Lumi closed the book and turned his gaze to Ron, "I look down on you as a person who doesn't know how to respect others."
"Ron he didn't."
When a good brother was criticized, Harry quickly supported him, "On the contrary, you are humiliating him."
"what."
Hearing this, Lumi smiled, "It seems that the savior who got rid of Voldemort can abandon the rules and beat them."
Be wary of 80% idiots.
"how do you know?"
This time it was Harry's turn to be shocked.
Only six people knew that Quirrell was Voldemort.
Snape, Sprout, Dumbledore and the three of them.
There was no reason Lumi would know.
"Change the subject? It's really yours."
Lumi was even more contemptuous of Harry's question.
"No, I mean, no one should know."
"Professor Sprout told me."
Lumi answered the question and turned to look at Ron, "Let's not talk about this matter for now. The first disagreement between us was because of Weasley who didn't understand respect..."
"Huh? Not really."
Ron was furious. He stood up and pointed at Lumi and said, "You were obviously the one who betrayed us first!"
"what?"
"I betrayed you? This is really a big joke."
"I have never considered you friends, not even once."
Lumi finished this sentence very calmly.
"you are lying!"
Unable to bear it, Harry shouted out: "We obviously went to Diagon Alley together, and you even shared your cake in the car."
"If this is your definition of a friend, then I can tell you responsibly that all of Europe is my friend."
"No! You're lying."
"Why would I lie to you? What's in it for me?"
"You are such a cold-blooded creature."
Hermione, who had been silent until now, finally spoke.
She looked at Lumi with very complicated eyes.
Harry and Ron didn't notice it after watching the battle for a long time, but Hermione saw it very clearly.
What Lumi said was definitely not a lie.
He means it.
He never considered them friends.