Chapter 454 Magic Garden

Next, during the two days spent in Beauxbatons, Sherin freely visited every place in Beauxbatons - as a distinguished guest personally invited by Headmaster Maxime, the entire Beauxbatons Castle was open to Sherin.

This includes a secret room in the principal's office that can be entered through a hidden door.

What Sherin could not have imagined was that in the secret room, there was actually a domesticated adult Kokchis.

Kokkis is a monster with a rooster upper body and a half dragon and half snake lower body. It has a pair of dragon claws and a dragon tail, but its skin is covered with green snake scales. It is a close relative of the basilisk and is also a very ferocious and dangerous creature. In the original book, in the 1972 Triwizard Tournament, it was because of a Kokkis's out-of-control rampage that the principals of the three major magic schools were injured at the same time in order to subdue it. The subsequent suspension of the Triwizard Tournament was not resumed until 1994.

It seems that she, who has some giant blood, no matter how noble and elegant she behaves and how rational and calm she is in her daily life, she is still like Hagrid in her bones, with a habit of liking fierce, violent and dangerous beasts.

This was a rare opportunity, so Xie Ling naturally took the opportunity to collect a lot of valuable materials from Kokchis - combs, wing feathers, blood, venom sacs, snake scales, etc.

In addition to satisfying Maxim's hobby of raising ferocious beasts, Kokchis's existence is also to protect the treasures collected by successive principals and piled up in the secret room. These treasures are varied and countless.

Of course, Sherin was not polite to Maxim and took away a few treasures of his choice, such as a super mini horse statue that was exquisitely shaped and half the size of a palm. According to Maxim, -

This treasure is called the "Horse Taming Talisman". With it, you can tame and control any magical horse, including the divine horse, Iserlon, Graling and Thestral.

Another example is a small black bead with a round surface, but when you hold it, you feel extremely cold. According to Maxim's explanation -

This treasure is a treasure for collecting and processing herbs, taming and raising magical animals. It is called the "Poison-Avoiding Bead". When worn on the body, it can make one immune to the toxins from magical plants and animals.

Schelling also did not forget to ask Maxime for a special token that only the headmaster of each magic school could hold - the one at Durmstrang was a special metal nameplate, and the one at Beauxbatons was a small piece of dried petals that had to be swallowed. The magic inside would mark Schelling's body, allowing Schelling to Apparate at will within Beauxbatons.

In this way, Xie Ling can come and go freely in the three major magic schools in Europe.

In addition, there are many magic books privately collected by principals of all generations. Most of them contain magic content that is not suitable for public disclosure and involve many taboo areas of magic, such as space magic, black magic, life alchemy, etc. These books are at the level of "Secrets of Cutting-Edge Black Magic" and are far darker and more dangerous than the books in the restricted area.

Of course, with Xie Ling's strength, he didn't need to worry about these books causing any harm to him, so he naturally packed them all up and took them away without hesitation.

[Kokkiss materials obtained! 】

[Obtain the Horse Guards Talisman! 】

【Obtain the poison-avoiding bead! 】

[Principal Beauxbatons' token obtained! 】

[The collection of books from Beauxbatons' past headmasters is available! ]

Sherin also went to the restricted section of Beauxbatons' library, and copied all the books in the restricted section with the automatic feather pen that had appeared before. This brought the collection of his private library to a new height. He thought that his next semester would not be too boring.

Although Schelling believed that he would probably not learn anything in most of the classes at Hogwarts, and the important Defense Against the Dark Arts class was still taught by the pink toad from the Ministry of Magic, his entire year would not be wasted. These newly acquired books, including those from Durmstrang and the restricted section here, numbered more than a hundred, and should be enough to accompany him through the next school year.

[A large number of "Beauxbatons Forbidden Book Manuscripts" were obtained! ]

……

Time passed quickly and soon it was time to leave.

The time came to August 8th, the day of the Wizarding Inter-School Potions Championship.

Xie Lin and Furong stood in the principal's office with serious faces. Madam Maxime held a pure golden mini crucible in her hand and looked at it intently. There was no doubt that this was a portkey, and the three of them were waiting for the opportunity to activate the portkey.

The exact location of the Magical Gardens is one of the ten most secret secrets in the wizarding world, the same as the location of Durmstrang.

In order to prevent poachers and some greedy people from destroying and looting the magical gardens, the International Confederation of Wizards hid the magical gardens several centuries ago.

Most wizards have no idea that such a place exists, let alone where it is located. Today, magical gardens are only known among apothecaries and herbalists.

To go to the magic garden, you must use a specially customized portkey. Just like the Azkaban prison in the UK, the purpose is to prevent other wizards from knowing the exact location of the magic garden. However, many wizards have speculated that the magic garden is in France or in the forests near France, but those greedy people have searched the entire France and the surrounding forests together and still have not found any trace of the magic garden.

Professor Slughorn told Schelling all this information, so he naturally didn't know the exact location. It was said that the wizards who knew about it were all "Silent Men" who had sworn to protect the magical garden.

This golden crucible was obviously the key to the magic garden. Maxim motioned for the two to touch the golden crucible, then took out a pocket watch from his pocket and began to count down, waiting for the time for the key to open. When he counted to one, Xie Lin and Furong were suddenly pulled forward by an irresistible momentum, and their feet flew off the ground.

It was unknown how long it took before the three of them stood on the ground again.

"The Hogwarts and Beauxbatons teams," a wizard's voice sounded near them.

"Hello, I'm the person in charge of this area - Steve Bran, just call me Bran," Bran was a friendly middle-aged wizard wearing a light green wizard robe with a flower emblem on it. It was said that this was the uniform of the magic garden staff. He smiled gently and said, "Welcome to the magic garden, please follow me, I will take you to the gathering place for the contestants."

Led by Bran, the three of them walked through the lush green magic garden and came to a colorful orange tent. The tent looked ordinary in size, but when they opened the curtain and walked in, the space in front of them was far beyond their imagination.

The interior was obviously cast with a traceless extension spell, and it was as spacious as a small reception room. Soft floating lights were hung on the ceiling, and the air was fresh and comfortable, without the stuffiness that often occurs in closed spaces. Rows of comfortable high-back chairs and sofas were placed around for people to rest, and the tea room on the side prepared all kinds of tea, including the classic French magic jasmine tea and British Earl Grey tea, obviously to cater to the tastes of different teams.

The moment they stepped into the tent, Xie Ling immediately noticed a cold gaze.

In the center of the tent, representatives from Durmstrang were already waiting. Their vice-president, Professor Helmut, was sitting beside them with a serious look on his face. Next to him, a young man was leaning back in his chair with his arms folded across his chest. He had a sinister look on his face and was sizing up Schelling with sharp eyes.

It was a face full of oppression - sharp brow bones, pale skin, and an elusive light flashing in the deep eye sockets. Especially when his eyes fell on Xie Ling, his eyes became more complicated and meaningful, as if hiding some kind of provocation.

Fleur frowned slightly and looked at the boy unhappily, while Professor Helmut sighed softly and introduced him in a slightly helpless tone: "This is Seferius Ludkia, the number one on the Durmstrang Duelist."

Shaylin looked at the young man thoughtfully. Just as he took a look, the other party stood up and said in a cold and aggressive voice: "Are you Shaylin Malfoy?"

"I am Malfoy?" Sherin raised his eyebrows and said calmly, "Do you know me?"

"Of course I know you." Seferis snorted coldly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a hint of sarcasm appeared at the corners of his mouth. "The whole Durmstrang has heard of your name."

Xie Lin raised his eyebrows thoughtfully: "Oh?"

"Your 'feat' has already spread throughout our school." Seferis sneered, with a sharp fighting spirit in his eyes, "For example, you took Savannah Karkaroff away from Durmstrang."

Xie Ling instantly understood the source of the other party's hostility.

Furong couldn't help but sneered and looked at Sephyris with a hint of joking: "So that's why? Why, do you have any different ideas about Miss Karkaroff?"

Seferis's expression changed slightly, and a trace of unnatural fluctuation flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly covered up by indifference: "She is the assistant principal of Durmstrang and is deeply loved by the students. In the end, she was taken away by you Hogwarts people. This is not a glorious thing."

Xie Lin chuckled, put his hands in his pockets, and said lightly: "From your tone, should I apologize to you?"

Seferis's eyes darkened, and he said coldly: "No need to apologize, I prefer--"

He slowly pulled out his wand, a cold light flashed, and he said in a low voice: "Let's solve the problem with a duel."

The atmosphere in the tent suddenly became tense. Professor Helmut frowned and was about to speak to stop him, but Bran was quicker than him -

"Please stop." Bran said calmly. He stood aside, his expression unchanged, but his tone was full of authority that could not be refused. "This is the gathering point for the Potions Championship, not a duel arena."

Seferis's eyes suddenly turned cold, he tilted his head slightly and stared at Bran, as if he was weighing something. But in the end, he did not insist on taking action, but sneered and put the wand back into his cloak.

"Very good." He said slowly, his eyes still fixed on Xie Lin, with a disdainful arc at the corner of his lips. "In that case, let's try another method - use this potion competition to decide the winner."

Xie Lin raised his eyebrows slightly, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "It's up to you."

The two looked at each other, and there seemed to be an invisible spark in the air. Although there were no wands pointing at each other, the contest had already begun. (End of this chapter)