Chapter 21 21 Impressions of Jon

Chapter 21 21. Impressions about Jon

Curls of white steam rose from the crucible.

Lily carefully tilted a bottle filled with dark green liquid and dropped three drops into the pot. In an instant, the potion in the crucible changed from purple to grass green.

And just when she put the bottle down, there was a soft knock on the door.

Lily paused for a moment before speaking.

"Please come in."

Slughorn walked in carrying a box of pineapple preserves. Lily looked up at him, and the expression on her face softened significantly.

"Why did the teacher come to see me when he had time?"

"I just happened to get some things from the storage room, so I'll bring some to you."

He put the box of preserves on the desk and sat down on a chair in front of the desk. Lily looked at the thing in his hand and said helplessly.

"Eat less sugar. You are already very old. Too much sugar is not good for your health."

"Okay, okay, don't lecture me. Without this, at least half of the fun in my life will be lost. Well, your pot of sedatives is almost ready, but I suggest you put in a little more Fairy wings powder, which gives you an extra 0.3 to 0.5 pints of dosage for your final potion, which is my secret recipe.”

Lily followed her instructions and found a small bottle of fairy wings powder from the cabinet nearby. She tapped it twice and poured the powder into the crucible.

"Thank you for your generosity in sharing the secret recipe, teacher, but I always feel that you came to me more than just giving me a box of preserves. We shouldn't have to be so roundabout between us, right?"

Slughorn laughed dryly. Facing this once his most proud student, he could always guess the little thoughts in his heart.

After coughing twice, the smile on Slughorn's face faded, and he looked at Lily seriously.

"Did you bring that boy named Jon Green?"

Lily heard the change in Slughorn's tone and turned her attention from the potion in the cauldron to the conversation.

"Yeah, what's wrong? What's wrong with him?"

Slughorn shook his head and asked, staring into Lily's eyes unblinkingly.

"There's nothing wrong with him, but I want to know from you, what's your impression of him?"

Lily had a thoughtful expression on her face, as if she was recalling the scene when she first met Jon.

"He is very smart, even smarter than the Longbottom boy."

She told Slughorn about what happened in the orphanage at that time, and Jon finally chose to leave with her based on his own observations.

"I have never seen an 11-year-old child think so much in such a short period of time."

Slughorn's face also showed deep thought, and he soon continued to ask.

"anything else?"

"He attaches great importance to relationships. When I went to find him, I also investigated his information. He did not live well in that orphanage. He was bullied before he showed his magic talent. After gaining the talent, he became an isolated object. But after he followed me out of danger, he still asked me about the safety of the orphanage immediately. I can see that if I talk about the people in the orphanage. There will be danger, and he will definitely ask me for help to save them."

Jon left a deep impression on Lily, so she always remembered things about him very clearly.

Slughorn listened to her story, tapping the table of his desk gently with his fingers, and made no sound for a long time.

"So, teacher, why are you asking these questions?" Lily asked doubtfully.

Slughorn folded his hands in front of him, with a complicated expression on his face.

There is joy, relief, and hesitation in it.

"I was thinking, maybe, I could teach him something."

Jon was woken up by Neville.

After returning from Slughorn's office, he lay on the bed looking at the ring and fell asleep unconsciously.

He slept peacefully without any dreams. It was already dinner time when he was shaken awake by Neville.

"Actually, we can eat dinner a little later today. After all, we can't go to bed until after the astronomy class, and we will definitely be hungry again by then."

Jon said with a yawn while changing out of the pajamas he wore in the dormitory.

"The restaurant won't wait for us until dark. Besides, didn't you bring back some snacks? You can eat these if you are hungry at night."

Neville didn't sleep much in the afternoon. He had already slept for a while in the morning and went back to sleep.

The two of them left the dormitory together. There were many students walking in the corridor, all of whom were senior students preparing to go to the restaurant for dinner after class.

The three of them met at the dining table with Ron. Others were also curious about Jon's whereabouts at noon today, and they all let him use the excuse of helping Slughorn.

The astronomy class didn't start until nearly midnight. Jon and the five of them stayed in the lounge together for a long time after dinner, until Flitwick personally led them to the astronomy "classroom".

"Follow me, be careful not to disturb others' rest."

After Flitwick finished his instructions, he led them along the corridor toward the foyer, and did not stop until they reached a room near the foyer.

There is a sign hanging on the door that says "Astronomy Classroom".

Flitwick pushed open the door, but inside was not a classroom, but a stairwell. Opposite the entrance, there was a spiral staircase going up vertically. He walked in front and led Jon and the other four people along the stairs to the top of the carriage.

There was not as much space as in the carriage. The top was about the same size as the carriage seen from the outside. It was an open-air space about three or four meters long and two or three meters wide. There was a guardrail around the edge of the carriage that reached the waist of the freshmen.

Hagrid was still driving the carriage on the land of Great Britain. They were passing through a small town. Whenever the carriage passed by, the street lights would automatically go out, and when it left, the lights would light up again.

As soon as the freshmen came to the roof, they were attracted by the magical scene around them, which made Flitwick dissatisfied and knocked on a blackboard in front of him with his wand.

"I know the surrounding scenery is beautiful, kids, but our real goal tonight is the vast sky rather than the land. You should find a seat and sit down."

Five desks and chairs have been placed on the roof in advance, and there is an astronomical telescope on the side near the guardrail. Obviously, these were prepared by Flitwick before the class.

Jon and the others collected their thoughts and sat down on the chairs. Most of the evening breeze was blocked, blowing gently around them, and Flitwick's voice rang out at the same time.

"In the last class in the classroom in the carriage, I just gave you a brief introduction to some basic knowledge of astronomy. Starting from this class, we will really start to understand the starry sky above our heads."