Chapter 162: Poison-tongued Snape!!

Hearing Snape's point deduction, Harry opened his mouth to argue angrily, but was gagged by Hermione and stepped on by Ron.

They had long since realized that Snape just detested Harry and was looking for any excuse to pick on him.

Now, no matter what Harry said, Snape would deduct points from him.

And Gryffindor's points, under Snape's efforts, didn't have many left.

"Professor, it was all because of me. I heard there was a troll here, so I thought I could defeat it. I had seen the way to defeat it in a book... Harry and the others all came to save me. If you want to punish someone, punish me!"

Hermione said with her head lowered.

Harry and Ron looked at her in shock.

Clearly, they hadn't expected her to take all the blame upon herself.

"Hmph! Miss Know-It-All... I certainly know of your reputation. You think you know everything?

Who do you think you are? Twenty points from Gryffindor, for your recklessness!"

Snape still looked very angry.

Harry didn't know what he was so angry about.

This was just an accident, making such a big fuss out of it.

It was clearly intentional to punish him!

"Alright, alright, Severus, don't be too serious. Since the troll is already dead and the children are unharmed, don't blame them too much.

Hmm, since Severus has already deducted the points, then I will say something else: Harry and Ron were very brave. Even knowing they couldn't defeat the troll, they were still valiant and fearless. Twenty points to Gryffindor, twenty points each."

Harry was overjoyed; calculating it this way, they only lost ten points tonight.

Even when he heard Snape disdainfully say "reckless, foolish lions," he didn't get angry.

"And of course, there is Darren. This child defeated the troll with powerful strength. Thirty points to Slytherin, excellent!"

Dumbledore continued to praise.

Harry noticed Snape seemed to say something silently.

It was likely a curse.

It seems he also really dislikes Darren.

"Now, children, you should return to your common room!"

Dumbledore said with a smile.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron hurried outside.

Before leaving, he turned back to take a quiet look at the professors.

He discovered that Professor Quirrell, who had been acting very panicked earlier, was now pulling a bitter face, as if he had been lectured by someone.

And the Snape he had always hated was walking aggressively toward Dumbledore. "Let's go, Harry, maybe we can still sneak a look at Darren before going back to sleep."

"Yes, yes, yes, maybe by the time we get there, Darren will already be awake."

Harry said eagerly, immediately forgetting the scenes he had just seen.

The three of them hurried toward the hospital wing.

Sadly, they were discovered by Madam Pomfrey, who chased them out.

However, they also received good news: Darren had already woken up, and clearly, there were no problems.

The three returned to the common room.

They said goodnight to each other a bit awkwardly.

After saying it, they all laughed at the same time.

Clearly, they had become friends.

After Halloween, it was November.

Darren was wrapped in a thick scarf, yet he still felt the cold wind drilling into his neck.

Regarding the previous incident, Snape didn't look for trouble with him afterward; clearly, before he was discharged, this old bachelor's temper had been fully vented.

Hermione and Ron also became good friends.

After Darren was discharged, they even sincerely apologized to him several times in front of him.

Leaving Darren with no choice but to "comfortingly" say that Gryffindor knows how to correct its mistakes and is a wonderful house.

After becoming everyone's friend, Hermione became less concerned about violating school rules.

This made her very cute.

During the break between classes.

Hermione used a small jar to conjure a source of fire and stuffed it inside so they could warm their hands.

She was currently knitting a scarf for Darren.

Because Darren said every day that the scarves bought outside still made him feel very cold.

Harry was holding a book about Quidditch.

This was found for him by Hermione in the library.

Harry was reading when he suddenly saw Snape walk out from a corner.

He was limping, looking as if he had been injured.

He hurriedly used his body to block the flame Hermione had made, preventing it from being confiscated by Snape. "What are you doing?"

Snape saw Harry's guilty face at a glance.

Unsurprisingly, when he was in a bad mood, his only thought now was to pick on Harry Potter.

"Nothing!"

Harry said immediately.

Only then did Snape notice that Darren was also here.

He snorted.

His mood became even worse.

Looking at Harry, he asked, finding a random excuse: "What book are you reading?"

"God-level Quidditch"

Harry revealed the book title.

Snape's mood became even worse. ===== CHAPTER 164 =====