Section 155
"They are trying to bully me!" Dumbledore smiled slightly, seemingly not caring about such a thing.
"Actually, I have enough troubles. I have to deal with different things every day, but I don't have the time to worry about those fictitious things."
"It may be difficult for Cornelius Fudge to realize this." Professor McGonagall sighed helplessly, "He can't see that far away."
"Actually, it doesn't matter. As long as the wizarding world is at peace, it will be fine. This is the situation I have always wanted to see." Dumbledore picked up a macaron, "Maybe I can only stop here..."
"Someone else needs to go down the next road, but that person must not be me! All I can do is give him time, guidance, and help..."
Professor McGonagall looked at Dumbledore with a complicated expression, not knowing what to say for a moment.
After all, we have worked together for such a long time, and we have been to Hogsmeade many times and passed by the Pig's Head Bar. I understand why Dumbledore said this...
Chapter 88 Mandrake
Ravenclaw's first Herbology class is on Thursday, and the co-ed house is Slytherin, which requires two consecutive classes.
On the huge workbench of the third greenhouse, mandrakes have been placed.
Under the workbench, there are also new and larger flower pots on display.
Sprout clapped his hands and looked at the students with a kind smile, "You've been waiting for a long time! I believe you know what we plan to do from the mouths of many students!"
"Despite this, I still need to ask questions..." Sprout held up a flowerpot with both hands, "Can anyone tell me what the characteristics of mandrake are?"
Ravenclaw Mandy Broghe raised her hand.
"Miss Bloch!"
Brohe stood up and said, "The root of Mandrake is a powerful recovery agent, and it can be used as the main ingredient to make recovery potions that are difficult to solve."
"In addition, mandrake has lethality that matches its restorative properties. When the roots are pulled out, it will make a deathly cry, so you need to be extra careful!"
"Mandrake is widely distributed in the wild and has certain mobility, so not only wizards know about Mandrake, Muggles also know about it."
Sprout applauded and said: "The answer is very comprehensive, Ravenclaw plus ten..."
Pansy interrupted Sprout's words, sat down and added: "It is also a material for ancient ritual magic. Mandrake can be used, such as black magic..."
"It's surprising." Sprout's smile continued, interrupting what Pansy was about to say, "Very good addition! Fifteen points for both Ravenclaw and Slytherin!"
"That's right! Mandrake is also a material for ritual magic. But its main use now will focus on potions... You can write down these additional contents."
Wizette glanced at Pansy. Pure-blood families are indeed unique in the inheritance of magic.
It turns out that mandrake can also be used in ritual magic, and it is also ritual magic related to black magic. This is a new discovery.
"I hope you will all take note of the next key points." Sprout pulled out a large parchment scroll, which was filled with notes and an image of a mandrake.
"Young mandrakes will also make a cry, but the cry of a young mandrake is not fatal, but it can also make you unconscious. Be careful, remember!"
She waved her wand and pointed at the markings on the large parchment, explaining the knowledge about mandrakes and the key points to pay attention to when moving pots.
Depending on the planting time of mandrake, the repotting time will naturally vary.
In this joint class between Ravenclaw and Slytherin, one class will be used to repot the mandrake, and the other class will take care of the repotted mandrake.
Sprout is a cautious professor. When she asked students to receive earmuffs, she kept reminding them: "Be sure to remember to wear earmuffs to ensure that they can protect you to the greatest extent!"
"Although the mandrake is still a seedling, you are still little wizards. Once you hear the cry of the mandrake, you will inevitably be comatose for a long time..."
She pocketed her wand, picked up the only pair of ugly plush pink earmuffs, and showed everyone how to put them on properly.
Seeing the plush pink earmuffs being taken away, the other students breathed a sigh of relief and put them on in order.
Sprout picked up the green and purple leaves, first shook them in four directions, and then suddenly used force to uproot the mandrake.
The roots of Mandrake have a strange appearance, looking like a newborn baby with wrinkles all over its body.
There are spots on the light green skin, and a hole is constantly opening and closing, really like crying.
However, the students all wore earmuffs and could only see the movements of opening their mouths and did not hear a single cry.
Sprout held up the mandrake and shook it, picked up the flower pot under the workbench, picked up a small shovel and started shoveling the soil. After digging out a hole, he stuffed the mandrake into it;
After doing this, the mandrake actually hadn't settled down yet. It wasn't until Sprout finished fertilizing that the leaves of the mandrake stopped trembling and returned to their initial calm.
After observing the professor's demonstration, the next step is for the students to go into battle themselves.
Compared with Sprout's ease and comfort, most students encountered difficulties when they started the first step.
Not only does the mandrake have a human-like form, it can also struggle like a baby. It takes a lot of time and effort to pull them out of the soil.
Not only that, when they come to the warm greenhouse and can feel the light around them, they don't want to go back to the pot and will twist their bodies and start struggling.
Not only will they open their mouths and cry, but they will also wave their roots that look like hands and feet, slapping the students holding their heads and leaves, looking very smart.
Draco suffered a loss at this step;
He wanted to try to pinch the mandrake to control its roots and then put it into a new pot, but the mandrake seized the opportunity and opened its mouth to bite his finger.
After several classes, Sprout was no longer surprised by this kind of thing. She cast a magic at random and let the mandrake loosen its mouth.
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Faced with such a smart magical plant, Vizette also encountered a little trouble when pulling the mandrake out of the pot.
Faced with the constantly struggling and restless mandrake, he immediately performed the "Primary Planting Technique".
Under the soothing of the ancient magic power, the mandrake quickly calmed down, not only did it not struggle, but it also did not scream.
The mandrake yawned a long time, used the roots as a pillow, and rested it on the side of its "head", and snored directly, and you could see the snot bubbles stained with a little dust.
Michael was almost bitten by the mandrake. While dodging, he turned his head and saw the "peaceful" mandrake in Vizette's hand, and he immediately doubted his life.
However, he also understood the preciousness of the mandrake, and of course this magical plant had to be repotted by himself.
What's more, everyone was wearing earmuffs, and they couldn't hear each other talking, so they could only continue to fight with the mandrake.
With the "Primary Planting Technique" to soothe him, Vizette's repotting work went smoothly. He took out the new pot and dug the soil in one go, and successfully stuffed the mandrake into the pit.
Even in the new pot, the mandrake became restless again, desperately trying to crawl out of the soil and continue to stay in Vizette's hands to absorb the ancient magic power.
Vizette suddenly had an idea and cast the "Primary Composting Technique" on the fertilizer to be used, allowing the ancient magic power to penetrate into the fertilizer, and the mandrake leaves finally settled down.
After completing the potting work, Vizette can focus on the mandrake itself.
For this plant that can be used for ritual magic, he is naturally very interested and wants to study it in depth.
He cast the magic eye on the mandrake, and a different scene appeared in front of him...
Chapter 89 Unique Magic Circuit
The magic circuit of the mandrake is the most complex one among the magic plants that Vizette has come into contact with so far.
If you just observe it roughly, you can only see a mess of tangled hemp, which seems to be constantly flowing, full of unspeakable restlessness, making him dizzy.
Perhaps it is precisely because of the complexity of the magic circuit that it has become a part of ritual magic.
Compared to the modern magic that is extremely accurate and can be performed by wands, gestures and spells, ritual magic is much broader.
Ancient wizards used ritual magic to deal with this breadth, and thus developed multiple steps, through continuous elimination and combination, to finally achieve the desired magic effect.
Vizette endured the dizziness and focused more on observing the mandrake.
This time, his observation target was not limited to the tuberous roots, but also included the leaves of the mandrake.
By observing the leaves of the mandrake, he made a new discovery.
The leaves of the mandrake have a magic circuit, which is completely different from the magic circuit of the tuberous roots.
The overall magic circuit is extremely regular, like a solid and stable nail after another, firmly fixing the magic circuit of the tuberous roots.
There is a connection between the leaves and the tuberous roots, and it can be vaguely felt that the magic circuit of the leaves will also flow and slowly enter the tuberous roots.
The new discovery of the mandrake diluted the dizziness and made Vizette more motivated to continue studying the special features of the mandrake.
He found an interesting thing, that the magic circuits between the leaves and the tubers would flow to each other.
Even though this flow was extremely slight, it was still detected under his patient observation.
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Sprout took a look around and walked to Vizette's side.
She leaned down slightly and carefully checked the mandrake that had been repotted.
The soil in the flowerpot was very flat and the burial position was just right...
She was actually not surprised by Vizette's good performance, but there was still a satisfied smile on her face.
Sprout stood up, patted Vizette's shoulder gently, and motioned Vizette to follow him.
The two came to the second greenhouse, and waited until Sprout closed the door to ensure that they would not hear the mandrake's cry, and then they took off their earmuffs.
Wizette rubbed his brows to ease the dizziness. "Professor Sprout, what can I do for you?"
"These are for you..." Sprout spread out his hands, revealing a few tender Mandrake leaves.
"Mandrake leaves like this, which have just been repotted, are best for practicing Animagus."
"Best?" Wizette maintained the Magic Eye. The leaves in Sprout's hand still had a magic circuit like a nail.
Since the leaves were picked, the magic circuits in the leaves were no longer flowing and had stabilized.
