Chapter 43: Major Event at Hogwarts
"It doesn't matter who it is, Miss Prince."
Snape's expression remained unchanged as he frowned. "Irregular cut marks might improve the effect in some potions, but this is just a boils potion. Doing it here is a complete waste of time. However, given your serious attitude... five points to Hufflepuff."
The entire class froze in shock, eyes wide in disbelief. Some Hufflepuff students even patted their ears, as if doubting their own hearing.
It was only halfway through the lesson, but everyone had already witnessed firsthand the infamous cruelty of the Potions professor. As the prefects had warned, in Snape's class, the only students who earned extra points were the Slytherins. The other houses merely hoped to escape without losing any.
Take the two Slytherins who had nearly blown up the classroom earlier. While Snape had furiously assigned them detention in the dungeon, he hadn't deducted a single point from their house. And yet... here they were, hearing him award points to Kanna—a Hufflepuff.
Snape actually gave her five points?!
The shock was palpable. This incident would surely become the talk of the entire school.
If Hufflepuff was stunned, Slytherin was outright indignant. The Slytherins exchanged resentful glances, almost on the verge of crying out in frustration.
Why? they wondered. They were the ones who typically earned extra points. Why should a Hufflepuff benefit now?
Their head of house had changed. He hadn't been like this before.
But Snape, indifferent to the turmoil around him, simply placed the porcupine quill back on the table. "Don't do anything like this again," he said coolly.