v2 Chapter 17： people who don't fit in with Diagon Alley

When Tom sends the Grossmans away, he sees an unexpected person in Diagon Alley: Severus Snape.

Snape, you can hardly imagine him appearing in Diagon Alley. Because of his own temperament, everyone always thinks that he should appear in places like Knockturn Alley, not in a sunny place like Diagon Alley.

But when he really appears here, others will react: Oh, yes, he is the head of Hogwarts Slytherin House, and he is also the master of potions.

But it is true that Snape rarely comes to Diagon Alley, and the reason is very simple: the potion materials sold in Diagon Alley are mostly street goods. If Snape needs it, I am afraid that he will go to Knockturn Alley to find it - not necessarily able to turn up. Many rare potions are not so easy to buy, such as the African tree snake bark, the main ingredient of the compound decoction.

There is only one reason why he is here today: to withdraw money.

Snape can solve most problems through the black market and acquaintances, such as the sale of potions and the purchase of raw materials, but to get money, he must come to Diagon Alley, because there is the only wizard bank in the UK, and there is no semicolon. And Gringotts does not currently have an online business.

But after seeing Tom's familiar face, Snape was still breathless: he didn't want to deal with these little wizards outside the school, but what gave him a headache was that Tom had already joined him.

"Professor, hello."

"Hello."

"Professor, why did you come to Diagon Alley today?"

"It has nothing to do with you." Professor Snape was impatient, "Everyone has their own work to do, Yodel, if I were you, I would subscribe to a few research journals and pay close attention to the latest academic hotspots. ."

Tom was intrigued, "Research journals?"

Seeing Tom's appearance of breaking the casserole and asking to the end, Snape pouted, "There are also research journals in the wizarding world, and wizards publish some of their own research results on it every once in a while. Recently, "Magic" ( Magic), Reviews, and Advanced are all talking about Damkos's wolf venom potion, Yordle, even if you have a little knowledge of cutting-edge research in the magic world, you will know this. breaking news."

Tom: ...

Professor, I'm just a little wizard who just graduated from the first year! You let me read these cutting-edge articles, isn't it too embarrassing to encourage them?

However, from Snape's words, Tom could see that the wizarding world is not static. Like Muggles, they also have their own academic journals, and the top wizards in the wizarding world will publish their results on it. However, Tom thinks that these journals are not monthly, but may be semi-annual or annual.

As for the Wolf Poison Potion, it is a potion that can keep the werewolf sane on a full moon night, but this potion cannot cure the werewolf. The werewolf group is discriminated against because no matter how harmless they are, they will become irrational werewolves on the night of the full moon.

Once bitten by a werewolf, it will be transformed, without exception.

It's no wonder that the wizarding community discriminates against werewolves, and no one wants to be the victim of the next curse. As a result, it was difficult for the werewolves to find jobs and their livelihoods were poor - Lupin, as a member of the Order of the Phoenix, was still down and out, not to mention other werewolves. Dumbledore was such a tolerant person, and he would not hire Lupin as a professor until Snape could prepare the wolf's poison potion.

Poverty in life and despair in the future make it easier for the werewolves to go astray. And these werewolves who went astray further ruined the reputation of the werewolf group, thus forming a cycle: being discriminated against - crime - more werewolves were discriminated against...

Werewolves are to the magical world, somewhat similar to the blacks to the Ansar country, but the magic world does not have so much political correctness.

The wolf poison potion may alleviate the embarrassing situation of the werewolves. Of course, the rift between the two groups will take time to heal. At least a year after the wolf's venom was developed, Lupin was still complained about leaving his job when his identity was revealed. The prejudice in my heart is a big mountain, and if it is to be removed, it will require endless relocation of children and grandchildren.

"Professor, if possible, do you need help there? I'm always free on Sunday..."

Snape gave Tom a disdainful look, "The wolf poison potion is extremely difficult to prepare, and I am the only one who can prepare it at Hogwarts. However, there are indeed some steps in it that are just mechanical repetitions, but they must be done manually. Do, so you can come and try. But if you don't meet the requirements, you're going to disappear before my eyes."

This is a change of agreement.

So Tom followed Snape back to Spider End, which was Snape's house.

The environment around Spider End Alley is very harsh. There was a small river nearby, but unlike the river next to Hermione's house where you could fish, there were pieces of garbage floating on this river The garbage piles on the bank gave off a stench.

In the shadow of an abandoned mill stands a huge chimney, and in the shadow of the chimney, a scrawny fox is rummaging through the **** heap for food scraps.

There was a sudden explosion in the air, and the sallow-skinned Snape dragged Tom to the edge of the river bank, causing the fox to jump into the bushes quickly.

Snape led Tom around an old fence, along a deserted path through rows of dilapidated brick buildings, and they gradually deepened into the labyrinth of desolate buildings, and finally came to Snape's door. forward.

Snape opened the door and let Tom in. Tom walked through a very small living room, which was filled with bookshelves in front of each wall, and besides the bookshelves there was a shabby sofa, old-fashioned armchairs, and a wobbly table. The only source of light is the candle light on the ceiling.

It is hard to imagine that this is the home of Snape, the master of potions. Snape was leading Hogwarts' almost top salary and earning a lot of extra money, but his daily life turned out to be so simple.

To be honest, this living environment, compared to James's Godric's Hollow...

Needless to say, it's all tears! If you have seen people who are willing to fall in love in Spider End Alley, it must be true love.

Snape didn't seem to care about Tom's opinion. He flipped some switch, and a bookshelf swung open, revealing a workshop.

"Although the conditions here are poor, it is enough to do some pre-work." Snape walked in and lit the candle inside.

The inside is much more spacious and organized than the living room: in the middle of the room is a large table, on which are some equipment for brewing potions, and there are some bottles and jars on the surrounding shelves.

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