Chapter 75: Tilt at a forty-five-degree angle, rubbing against the cheek._Miss Granger Advises Me To Stop Study

Although they repeatedly told themselves not to compare their studies with Lin Yue, that there was no basis for comparison, the eager Ravenclaws couldn't help but want to compete with Lin Yue in academics. The result was just like now, feeling completely defeated.

Lin Yue is only in the second grade, and it's not yet time for her to take alchemy classes, so she must have been self-studying alchemy. In the end, her self-taught alchemy skills are sufficient to guide her seniors, which is really embarrassing. The alchemical terminology that Lin Yue discussed with Pratt left Cho Chang Zhang and Marietta, who were sitting nearby, completely confused. As third graders, they haven't been exposed to alchemy yet, so they couldn't understand anything. By the time Lin Yue finally finished explaining how to improve alchemical products to Pratt, both of them felt overwhelmed.

"Lin Yue... you're really pushing yourself, aren't you? You even know alchemy!" Marietta looked at Lin Yue with a bitter expression, unable to imagine where this child found the time to learn so much.

"The books on alchemy in the library cover a wide range of topics, so I came across them," Lin Yue replied.

Lin Yue turned to look into Marietta's eyes and spoke in a detached tone, her face still wearing a calm expression.

"As a student, I should at least learn four to five years' worth of knowledge in advance to ensure that I can handle this year's exam paper."

Both Cho Chang Zhang and Marietta felt a sharp twitch in their brows simultaneously.

They were also students at Hogwarts; how could they not know that there was such a thing as preparing for the Hogwarts exams?

Before the two could recover from their confusion and shock, Lin Yue had already stood up, wiped her mouth, and left the Great Hall.

Lunch was over, and she should go to the classroom for her next lesson to study and wait for class to begin.

Sitting in the Potions classroom, Lin Yue focused intently on the Potions book in her hands, reading and rereading it repeatedly.

Even memorizing every letter in the book did not make her stop.

She had never received excellent grades in Potions class, so she must be particularly untalented in this subject.

Even though she had achieved excellent results in the previous year's final exam, that was just an isolated incident.

It was very likely that she had simply gotten lucky that time, after all, in most cases, she had not been able to achieve excellence.

This proved that she was a complete fool in Potions, a slow learner; she should put in more effort and dedication.

Throughout the entire afternoon until the first class, Lin Yue's eyes never left the Potions book.

It wasn't until all the little wizards entered the Potions classroom and Professor Snape announced the start of class that Lin Yue finally put down her Potions book.

After mentioning a few points to pay attention to, Professor Snape did not say anything else and directly wrote the steps for making the potion of the lesson on the blackboard.

"Now you may begin making it."

Professor Snape's cold and stern gaze swept across the entire classroom, causing many young wizards to shiver involuntarily as he passed by. Hannah, who was sitting next to Lin Yue in the same group, couldn't help but shrink her neck and hide a bit behind Lin Yue.

The potion-making class officially began, and Lin Yue and Hannah, who had already collaborated for a whole year last year, had developed a strong rapport. Their division of labour was also very clear, with each person taking half of the key steps to ensure that both could learn how to make the potion.

During the process, Professor Snape walked around the classroom, and many young wizards made mistakes out of fear. However, Lin Yue remained incredibly calm, her face still expressionless as always. Even Hannah beside her was calmed down by her demeanour.

Before the class was over, the two naturally completed the potion of perfect quality at the fastest speed and handed it to Professor Snape for inspection. "Please check the potion that Hannah and I made, Professor Snape."

Lin Yue spoke in a flat tone while handing the potion in her hand to Professor Snape.

Professor Snape took the potion and glanced down at it. "The quality is acceptable, Miss Lin Yue."

"But I noticed that Miss Hannah had some minor issues with her technique while handling the materials."

At this point, he paused, glanced at Hannah, and then spoke slowly.

"The knife for cutting Mugwort should be at a forty-five-degree angle. Why didn't you tilt it enough?"

"And why didn't you remind her?" Professor Snape's gaze slowly shifted to Lin Yue.

"You think it doesn't matter as long as it doesn't affect the potion's production? Foolish, Miss Lin Yue. Miss Hannah, your potion can only receive an E. You may leave."

Lin Yue politely nodded at Professor Snape, "Okay, Professor Snape, thank you for your guidance. We will pay attention in the future."

After saying this, Lin Yue turned around and returned to her seat to pack her bag, then left the Potions classroom with her backpack.

Hannah followed closely behind her, biting her lip and sincerely apologizing. "I'm sorry, Lin Yue, it's me who dragged you down again."

Lin Yue stopped in her tracks, turned back to look at Hannah, and shook her head. "No, the textbook didn't mention anything about cutting at a forty-five-degree angle."

"But cutting it this way can indeed help the mugwort work most effectively. I should have thought of it in advance and reminded you. This is my fault."

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After saying this, Lin Yue paused for a few seconds before continuing, "I'm looking forward to continuing our collaboration in the next class, Hannah."

Although she felt nothing in her heart, Lin Yue thought to herself that it was polite to say this.

After speaking, Lin Yue turned around and walked towards the hall. She should hurry to have dinner and then go to the library to study.

Not even being able to remind Hannah showed that she still wasn't putting in enough effort in her studies. She wasn't smart to begin with; she was a foolish child and needed to work harder. As she quickly walked into the hall and sat down at the Ravenclaw long table, Lin Yue scolded herself in her mind using a programmed language while eating dinner.