Chapter 248

"Snape gave you the antidote himself?" In the ward, several young wizards surrounded Harry.

"Better not drink it; I think you're quite good like this." Ron said, "What if this is poison? It's not worth the risk."

Harry stared with a pair of big green eyes, "Ron, I'm Harry! Harry! Your best friend! I'm a friend! You can't let me be a girl forever!"

"Alright, pretend I didn't say anything……" Ron said guiltily.

"Although I also think there's nothing wrong with you like this," Hermione said, "However, I think Snape shouldn't dare to poison you to death openly in school, right? After all, everyone knows he is responsible for treating you."

"Not everyone." Tom said, "In fact, it's just us and a few professors; after all, Harry doesn't want to disclose his situation."

"If the professors trust Snape enough, he might just make up some reason to muddle through."

Harry's shoulders slumped; this was what he was worried about too.

But thinking about living as a girl, he felt an inexplicable fear.

"No, I have to try!"

He took out the potion, took a deep breath, "If I die later, you must tell the other professors that Snape was definitely intentional."

After he finished speaking, he opened the bottle cap and was about to drink the antidote when Qiu Zhang suddenly pressed his hand, "Wait."

"Don't be in a hurry," this senior sister said, "Why don't we go and ask other professors; Professor Murphy also has a lot of research on transformation potions; even if he can't make the antidote, judging whether this antidote is poisonous should be possible, right?"

"But the professors seem to be on holiday; just now I heard Professor Flitwick say he was going to have a drink with Professor Murphy at the Three Broomsticks. We are not yet in the third year and cannot go to Hogsmeade." Hermione said.

"Why don't we wait for the professors to come back?" Tom asked.

"Hogsmeade?" Ron's eyes suddenly lit up, "It seems we are not unable to go…… George and Fred said they discovered a secret passage a long time ago……"

……

"Duang!"

In a separate compartment of the Three Broomsticks, Murphy filled a super-large glass originally used for butterbeer with strong liquor and slammed it in front of Snape.

"I'm going to report you for kidnapping! Kidnapping a Hogwarts professor in public! You will be thrown into Azkaban!" Snape was already so angry he started talking nonsense.

He had already been put down by Murphy and was forced by Murphy's magic to sit opposite him.

"You, report me?" Murphy almost laughed out loud, "On what grounds?"

"I, Murphy, Hogwarts School Governor, the premier billionaire in the British wizarding world, the Ministry of Magic is full of my friends; what makes you think you can take me down?"

"You……" Snape was speechless; yeah, besides being a Hogwarts professor, what else did he have?

He found it very difficult to take the other party down, which made his threat just now look very weak.

He gritted his teeth, "What on earth do you want to do?"

Murphy pushed the glass towards him, "Drink it."

Snape had just watched Murphy pour a whole bottle of strong liquor into the glass; this guy even brazenly took out a small bottle from his bosom and mixed in some unknown potion.

Such a glass of stuff, even if Hagrid came, he would have to lie down.

"Why should I drink it?!"

However, with a "duang" sound, Murphy also placed a glass in front of himself, also filled with strong liquor, and then he also poured the liquid from that small bottle into it, even pouring more.

"You drink as much as I drink." Murphy said, "Dare you?"

"Are you crazy?" Snape looked at him, confused, and felt he was unreasonable.

Murphy grinned, his eyes shining terrifyingly, "So what if I'm crazy?"

"Who in this world isn't crazy?"

"Aren't you crazy?"

"Isn't Dumbledore crazy?"

"They think I'm crazy because I disregard the rules, because I'm unconventional, because I dare to challenge authority, dare to speak my mind. Perhaps this is crazy."

"But, living a mediocre, rule-abiding, trembling life, living yourself into a turtle, living into a donkey that only knows how to grind, isn't that damn crazy too?!"

He said, looking at Snape, "Besides, you even dare to drink the Despair Potion; are you afraid of just a glass of wine?"

Snape opened his eyes wide in shock, "Unreasonable, what are you saying, no upbringing, not decent……"

"But saying it out, I feel comfortable." Murphy laughed.

"Damn it, these days, I've been suffocated to death……"

"This broken place, Hogwarts, really isn't a place for humans……"

"It's on par with the Ministry of Magic……"

"Teaching every day is one thing, but also have to complete the Headmaster's arrangements? Why? Who gave the authority?"

"You want to complain to me about this?" Snape looked at him in surprise.

And Murphy looked back, "Don't you have any resentment?"

Snape was silent.

To say he does private work for the Headmaster…… that's probably not many professors who do more than him.

"Let me go." Snape said.

"You drink the wine."

"How can I drink it while you're tying me up?!" Snape glared over.

"Not bad." Murphy suddenly raised his eyebrows, "You're angry; that's the right taste."

"……" Snape really felt that the guy opposite had some serious illness.

However, when Murphy untied the ropes for him, Snape looked at the glass of strong liquor in front of him, and suddenly, as if he had made up his mind, he picked it up and gulped down three big mouthfuls.

Murphy was stunned; good guy, this is high-proof Scotch whisky mixed with Veritaserum; if you drink it like this, I'm afraid you won't last three minutes.

"Hiccup……" Because he drank too fast, Snape couldn't help but burp.

He looked at Murphy.

The latter smiled, "Ha, refreshing."

He also picked up the big glass, gulped down three big mouthfuls, put it on the table, and the remaining liquor was even less than Snape's.

"You drink as much as I drink." Murphy said again, "How about it? Want to have another duel?"

A blush appeared on Snape's face visibly, "Bet on what?"

"If you win, the previous bet is written off." Murphy said, "You haven't been convinced anyway, right?"

"Hmph!" Snape glared at him fiercely, "If it weren't for your tricks, you wouldn't have passed that Life and Death Water."

"But I still won." Murphy said, "Haven't you learned your lesson yet? Winning is winning; the result determines everything."

Snape gritted his teeth, "Then what if you win?"

Murphy looked at him and suddenly smiled, "Join me, and blow up Hogwarts?"

(End of chapter)