Chapter 101 Efficient recovery speed of residual soul

"Oh? There seems to be someone in the house?" At night, the purple-eyed bat transformed by Meka Anders landed on the eaves of the greenhouse.

It stared at the transparent roof and saw Professor Sprout wearing a loose dark dress inside, who was busy moving some potted plants under the light, as if he was moving them to other places.

In the corner, there are dark green plant leaves that are vaguely shiny. These are the leaves of the 'Mandrake' that reflect the light above.

"Sprout seems to be busy for a while, so we have to wait for a while."

Meka folded her wings, and her body was almost submerged in the surrounding darkness, making no sound.

Finally, a quarter of an hour later, Professor Sprout stood up to leave. She turned off the light, looked at the various plants that seemed to be sleeping in the darkness at the door, then closed the doors and windows and walked into the night.

Meka watched the figure go away, and when he was about to come down, he was suddenly startled and heard what seemed to be cats meowing around him.

"Oh? Is Filch nearby too?"

He then looked to the other side. There were faint lights swimming in the distance, as if Filch was patrolling the night with a kerosene lamp.

After the figure in the distance had gone away, Meka spread her wings and flew to a high place. She saw the skylight on the greenhouse and jumped in through the skylight.

"Coming in." Meka smiled.

He looked around the dark room. Because the ceiling was transparent, skylight fell in, vaguely illuminating the familiar plants in the corner.

He took out the simple earplugs from his pocket and blocked both ears. This was to prevent accidents during transportation. He didn't want to be unconscious here for several hours because of the screams made by the 'Mandrake'.

Meka came to the potted plant of 'Mandrake' and squatted down to look at this strange plant.

In the night, this strange plant has several huge leaves. The leaves are dark green and oval in shape. There are tiny roots leaking out of the soil, crawling like crawlers.

"To be on the safe side, just take it away with the basin."

Meka thought about it, took out the gold-rimmed bag from her arms, and stuffed a 'Mandrake' plant and pot into it.

There was only a "pop" sound, and Nuo Da's potted plant unexpectedly fell into the palm-sized bag.

"It's time to leave."

Meka stood up and put the gold-trimmed bag back into her arms. Suddenly she felt the pocket on the right side of her robe move, as if a small shadow jumped out of the pocket and landed on a 'Mandrake' on the ground in front of her.

"It seems that this little snake really likes 'Mandrake'." Meka smiled.

When he was about to pick up the rune snake that had fallen on the mandrake leaf, the young rune snake's eyes lit up, and it suddenly opened its mouth and bit hard at the stem of the mandrake grass. In an instant, a shrill scream rang out from the soil!

Outside the window, a cat meowed immediately. It seemed to be stressed. Even though it was separated by a wall, it screamed extremely high-pitched!

"Not good!" Meka was shocked.

He subconsciously looked through the closed transparent window and saw that a figure wearing a loose long skirt had returned at some point and was already outside the door.

On the other side, the light of a kerosene lamp was approaching quickly.

Meka's mind was spinning very quickly. He pulled the young rune snake away from the 'Mandrake' potted plant and put it into his pocket. The Mandrake's screams immediately stopped.

Then, Meka took out the mandrake that was stored in the gold-rimmed bag and put it back in its place.

There was a whisper in the darkness, and the purple-eyed bat jumped up and landed outside the sky window, remaining silent in the night.

Soon, Professor Sprout opened the door of the 'greenhouse'. She glanced quickly, and after realizing that no one was there, she hurried to the potted plants with many mandrakes.

"There are no traces of soil turning, and the quantity is correct. It's strange..." Professor Sprout looked thoughtful.

Not long after, Filch, the caretaker of Hogwarts, also arrived. He held the frightened cat in his arms, knocked on the door, and asked:

"Is something happening here?"

Professor Sprout shook his head: "There should be something wrong with the cultivation of the plant."

The two chatted briefly, and then Professor Sprout came to a table in the room, took the book she had just missed, exited the greenhouse with Filch, and closed the door again.

A few minutes later, a shadow flew in from the skylight again. While Meka comforted the rune snake in her pocket, she put a mandrake into the gold-rimmed bag again.

Then, he turned into a bat again and left the greenhouse.

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The next day, during lunch time, Gryffindor Tower was extremely quiet as the students enjoyed their meal in the Great Hall.

Meka was alone in the dormitory, closing the doors and windows tightly, and wanted to take advantage of this time to try to feed the young rune snakes with 'Mandrake' to see what kind of changes it would bring.

He put in earplugs to block out the sound, took out the mandrake with dark green leaves, and placed it on the ground.

Then, the little runic snake in the pocket also came out. Its blue eyes were full of excitement, and it kept spitting out messages. Crystals seemed to fall from the corners of its mouth and fell to the ground.

"Eat." Meka smiled and placed the little rune snake on the leaf of the mandrake.

Then, he covered his ears and watched the little rune snake 'eating' the mandrake bit by bit amid a scream that could make one dizzy.

"Oh? Something has changed." Meka looked at it in surprise.

After the little runic snake had eaten half of its meal, its body was a little fluorescent, and there was fire flowing in its eyes. The fire seemed to be nourished and became more dazzling.

But this phenomenon only lasted for a few breaths and then suddenly disappeared, which made Meka startled.

"That's it?" Meka frowned.

He felt that this change seemed to be just too slight.

Just now, he felt obvious fluctuations in magic power, which were gradually changing, but the change was only momentary and insignificant at all.

He felt that if mandrakes were only of this level, hundreds of them would probably be eaten, and the rune snake's 'remnant soul' would probably not get much nutrition. The old rune snake known as the 'Wise Man' The 'recovery' should not be much affected either.

"Let's see again." Meka sighed.

He kept observing the rune snake's eating. After waiting for more than ten minutes, the young rune snake finally finished eating the leaves and stems of the mandrake. Its teeth seemed to be fine, and then it ate the mandrake. The root system of the grass was pulled at a faster speed.

But still no more changes occurred at this time.

After waiting for a few more minutes, the rune snake ate the entire mandrake into its belly, but there was no change in its belly. Only three heads raised, and suddenly it made a hissing sound, and there was a bright sound. Light suddenly rises from the body.

Meka finally showed a bright smile: "That's right."

In that bright light, there is an ethereal and illusory snake shadow flickering in it, gradually becoming real, and its whole body is stained with silver. This is the remnant soul of the rune snake being efficiently 'nurtured'.

This change was so drastic that the silver-white snake shadow in the light gradually let out a crisp cry. Then, Meka saw the fire light flowing again into the eyes of the little rune snake underneath, burning brightly in it. It seemed as if it had been added with oil and burned wantonly.

When all the noise was over, Meka picked up the young rune snake and saw that one of its eyes seemed to have become darker. Then it couldn't help but close its eyes. When it opened, The profundity faded away, and the previous 'ignorance' returned.

"The change is big enough, but there are still a few more plants to come." Meka was very satisfied.

"But we can't 'borrow' it anymore this time. If we borrow it again, Professor Sprout will go crazy."

Meka had already heard in the morning that Professor Sprout was too busy looking for the 'lost' Mandrake everywhere.

This is not because Mandrake is valuable, but Professor Sprout knows that this Mandrake is dangerous.

If no measures are taken and a weak person hears the scream of Mandrake, they may go crazy. There have even been cases of people dying as a result.

"Since you can't 'borrow' it, you can only buy it."

Meka thought about it, cleaned up the scene, took out a pen and paper to write a letter, and asked Eva, who was far away in Knockturn Alley, to help buy a batch.

He checked and found that 'dangerous substances' like 'Mandrake' were strictly controlled and difficult to buy.

Eva's magic potion sales are very good now, so she has met many people from big families. With her help, it should not be difficult to obtain some mandrakes.

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