Snape's cruel punishment method spread throughout Hogwarts within just ten minutes after class ended, the news traveling mainly thanks to Harry frantically covering his head and face as he ran from the dungeon classroom all the way up to the eighth-floor Gryffindor common room and into the boys' dormitory...
...or rather, Harry-chan.
Suddenly everyone was on edge, panic spreading through the castle. Snape's danger level in the young wizards' minds shot up by more than one notch. Though no one said it aloud, everyone unanimously decided to put three or four times more effort into Potions from now on.
They couldn't risk falling victim to Snape's twisted methods. According to certain well-informed sources, everyone now knew the name of the potion Snape had given Harry: "Gender-Swapping Potion," with the effect of "gender transformation."
In other words, it could not only turn boys into girls, but vice versa as well.
Everyone was studying Potions with desperate intensity, terrified of being punished and losing something important.
But those are matters for later. For now, let's focus on what happened to Harry.
After Harry fled to the dormitory in tears, her roommates—Ron, Neville, and the others—followed her back, wanting to check on Harry's condition. But when they reached the dormitory door, they stopped in their tracks.
"Is it really okay for us to open the door like this? Harry's a girl now, right?"
Ron looked conflicted, his hand already on the doorknob but unable to turn it no matter what.
What should they do? His best mate had become a girl—the most familiar person had become the most familiar stranger.
But that wasn't even the main issue... cough cough, no wait, there was another matter: his best mate had become a girl and was actually really good-looking!
That kind of good-looking was house beauty level!
With his mindset unable to adjust and new emotions quietly sprouting in his heart, Ron and the others found this situation quite tricky to handle.
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. Harry's locked himself—er, herself—in the dormitory, but we still need to come back and rest. At least there are no more classes today, so she doesn't have to go out and show her face. That's a good thing."
"Besides, we need to tell Harry the news. I just asked Glenn, and he said based on his observations, this potion's effects will last twenty-four hours. After twenty-four hours, Harry will return to normal."
Neville said this helplessly, having already gotten this information from Glenn and learned some inside details.
This damn potion was actually developed by Glenn!
Glenn, you're helping the tyrant commit evil!
Though somewhat curious about Glenn's reasons for developing this potion, what was done was done. Complaining was useless, and following the principle of confidentiality—and to prevent Glenn from being verbally attacked by the young wizards—Neville decided not to reveal this information.
Poor Harry though. Everyone knew who the unlucky one most persecuted by Snape was. If nothing unexpected happened, such incidents would befall Harry again and again in the future.
They could only help Harry study Potions more.
Thinking of this, Neville sighed for his friend's bleak future.
Truly, the wound is on him, but the pain is in my heart.
However, there was some good news... at least it was good news for Harry, who was most likely to suffer Snape's persecution.
After Harry fled the Potions classroom, Snape had said this:
"With someone helping me test the potion, I can improve the initial side effects of this potion—reduce the stimulation it brings, shorten the duration, or change the taste..."
Snape swept the classroom with a gaze like he was looking at test subjects, then sneered:
"I hope no one dies in my experiments due to punishment. If you don't want to face such a fate, then don't let me catch your mistakes."
The old bat's body temperature of thirty-six degrees delivered words colder than dozens of degrees below zero, shocking everyone present into not daring to lift their heads and meet his gaze, afraid this guy might suddenly fabricate some nonsense to punish them if he was in a bad mood.
Just thinking about this made even Neville shiver.
Shaking his head to cast the fear from his mind, Neville stepped forward and knocked on the wooden door.
"Harry, we're coming in."
Then he thought:
"Sigh, it's unlikely that Harry won't be nitpicked by Snape, but at least Snape's potions will be updated over time with reduced side effects. That's the only comfort we can offer Harry..."
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"Snape's potions being updated over time with reduced side effects will only make those being punished less resistant to this kind of punishment, gradually lowering their bottom line."
Hermione held her magical camera in front of Ginny for her to admire the cute Harry-chan, while discussing this with Glenn.
"This is another form of boiling a frog slowly. I bet Professor Snape definitely has some special intention, and this intention is very likely related to Harry... or rather, related to Harry as a girl."
"When Harry looked up, Professor Snape was completely stunned. I've never seen such an expression on his face before."
"It felt like the expression of someone seeing the most precious thing in the world, with completely unconcealed sorrow."
Hermione's observation was very careful, telling Glenn all the information she had detected from Snape's expression and the feelings it gave her.
"So Professor Snape will definitely keep targeting Harry, using the psychological tactics I just mentioned to make Harry gradually accept the reality."
"Hiss, thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem impossible. At least when Harry becomes a girl, he becomes more pleasing to the eye."
Hermione said this with a smile.
Mm, that smile was definitely mischievous.
"No... no way! I absolutely disagree with Harry getting used to becoming a girl!"
Ginny, who had been looking at Harry's photos in Hermione's magical camera with a strange mindset, couldn't help but cry out upon hearing this.
How could she possibly agree? After all, Ginny liked Harry.
"Sigh, then the only way to avoid this is to pray that Harry puts more effort into Potions and gets more questions right."
Hermione sighed dramatically, but secretly glanced at Ginny from the corner of her eye.
She knew very well that Ginny, this little girl, had excellent academic performance.
So, with that being the case...
Ginny seemed to have made some kind of decision, secretly clenching her fists and returning Hermione's camera.
"Hermione, I have something to do, so I'll leave first... Remember to help me develop the photos!"
Hermione smiled as she watched Ginny hurry away, then revealed a mischievous smile.
Glenn, who witnessed everything from the side, knew that Hermione had successfully achieved whatever goal she had.
"Your smile is about to break free."
"Oh, cough cough, hehe, all according to plan!"
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