(This is Chapter 187. My hand slipped and sent the wrong message. Sorry, everyone.)
After spending a happy afternoon with the few students from the club who had no afternoon classes, Jon finally received Snape's reply during dinner.
"I will. You can come over at night."
It was just a few words.
Jon kept the note and nodded at the three pairs of eyes around him.
Then the four of them started eating.
Eating often brought happiness to people, especially when they had something to talk about while eating. The happiness was often doubled.
"But I always feel that the professor is not easy to get along with."
Scully poked at the mashed potatoes as he complained about Snape. "During last year's potions class, if not for Jon's last minute tutoring, I would have died tragically in his hands."
"He's just a little strict, but his character is not bad."
It was rare for Jon to say something so fair, but Stephen did not feel that it was a good thing.
"Blind optimism is not a good thing."
He finished the last bit of pudding in his cup. "You have to know that character and strictness are two different things. Your training method is biased towards actual combat. If you were to be beaten to the ground by him during the private tutoring tonight, that would be too interesting."
Fran chimed in from the side. "And today is Friday. You might have to spend the next two days in bed in the school hospital."
"Are you still human? Pardon my presumptuous question. "
Jon looked around. "Are you planning to rebel?"
"Not really. The two of them are under my control now, and I am not under your control now."
With Helga as his backing, Stephen was exceptionally confident now. Of course, this was also because everyone was joking around.
"But you don't really think that you can arm wrestle with Dumbledore, do you?"
On the way back to the dormitory after dinner, Stephen quietly discussed with Jon. "I still feel that you are a little rash."
"Don't worry. Everyone uses their brains. The first step of a wizard's progress is imagination. I'm better than him in this aspect, and I have some innate advantages in school. Although I can't think more thoroughly than Dumbledore, I'm still a little bit better than him, and I have some innate advantages in school. Although I can't think more thoroughly than Dumbledore, I'm still a little bit better than him."
As long as it was something Dumbledore didn't think of, he would focus on that point and do it.
"But will Snape really teach you sincerely?"
Steven said worriedly, "Scully is right, he is the dean of Slythrin after all."
"Don't worry. Since he's already agreed, it's not up to him whether he's sincere or not."
Jon rubbed his nose. "I just said that the first step in Wizard's progression is imagination. Do you want to know what the last step is?"
"I'm all ears."
Jon looked at Stephen's curious eyes and grinned.
"The last step is to be shameless."
…
When they met again, Snape's face was cold.
"Long time no see, Professor."
Jon displayed a friendly attitude, but the Professor was clearly not used to such enthusiasm.
His cold expression became even colder. Jon bet that he had definitely discussed today's matter with Dumbledore. Perhaps they had even talked about what had happened before.
"We've met in the potions class previously, Mr Smith."
Snape said coldly, "Follow me, but I don't recommend you to have high expectations for this tutorial. I'm very strict."
As expected.
Jon followed behind Snape and pretended not to know anything. "What do you intend to teach me?"
"Of course it's something that you can use. Don't ask too much now, you'll know in a while."
The empty classroom that Snape had chosen was very empty.
Because this' classroom 'was outside the castle.
As mentioned before, other than the space within the castle, Hogwarts was a battle fortress and many of the spaces outside had their own uses.
For example, Hufflepuff's area was adjacent to the Forbidden Forest, a part of Slythrin's area was very close to the lake, and the place that Snape brought Jon to obviously did not belong to any academy.
Because he saw Snape use his magic wand to point at the empty space, opening up a new space.
"This is a Space Sealing Spell, one of the Principal's privileges. When the previous Principal was in office, this was the training ground for the students to practice [Poseidon]. This place is closer to the lake than Slythrin's area, so the water vapor here is very dense and is most suitable for practicing [Poseidon]."
After bringing Chown into the space, Snape waved his magic wand again to close the entrance. The entire place seemed to have been exiled to another space in an instant, and the surroundings were all covered by that kind of flocculous, foggy barrier.
"Alright, we don't have much time, let's start now."
Snape gestured for Jon to stand in the middle of the field. "As you haven't been in contact with [Poseidon] for a long time, I think you don't know some of the characteristics of [Poseidon]. Now, show it to me first."
Jon obeyed and raised the magic wand in his hand, as if he was holding a scepter.
Magic power was emitted from his body, and following the frequency fluctuations of the magic power, the surrounding water vapor slowly gathered towards him, gradually forming a network.
"Very good, from what I know, Professor Sprout gave you this training method on Monday, right? It's already very good that you can master it to this extent in just a few days. "
When Jon heard Snape's praise, he instantly realized that he might have made a huge mistake.
Otherwise, Snape would not have said such words. This Master Potioneer had always been sarcastic, and Jon knew this very well.
But he did not hear the sarcasm in Snape's tone, so he could not figure out Snape's true intentions.
"I still have a long way to go, or else I wouldn't need your guidance."
No matter what, there was nothing wrong with being humble first.
"Oh?"
Snape's raised head moved slightly, and moonlight shone in from all directions, illuminating Jon's surroundings.
"You are very humble, which is a good thing. But I still have to ask you, what exactly do you want to learn from [Poseidon]?"
Jon frowned and started thinking. This question was not easy to answer.
Building a good foundation was of course a must. No matter what, the foundation was the most fundamental content.
But now, building a good foundation was not so difficult to achieve, so Jon's needs increased a little.
For example, he combined [Eavesdropping Wind Whisper] and [Poseidon] together.
"Do I have a choice? Professor? "
Snape flicked his fingers and said, "Of course there is a choice. In fact, this training method was not created for Wizard to build a good foundation, but to increase survival ability.
So, which stage do you choose? "
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