#67 - Section 67

Mom, Molly, single-handedly defeated Bellatrix.

Bill, with twelve O.W.L.s, went to work at Gringotts after graduation.

Charlie went to the dragon reservation; going there without enough strength is just courting death.

Percy already had twelve O.W.L.s in the previous school year; his future is limitless.

The twins don't love studying, but their talents in spells, alchemy, and potions are all quite high, making them outstanding among their peers.

Ginny, like her mother, is good at playing 'explode-or-die'; her later invitation to the Slug Club proves her potential. (Harry, Hermione, and Ginny were all invited; guess who was missed?)

Having obtained the desired result, Ginny's expression also brightened a bit as she ran towards the Gryffindor table.

It wasn't until the Sorting Ceremony was about to end that Dumbledore led Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall back, followed by Harry and Ron.

Snape's face was already dark, probably because his goal hadn't been achieved again.

Harry is definitely the first person who could, with his own strength, cause a headmaster and two professors to be absent from the start-of-term feast.

After Dumbledore hurriedly said a few words, he had the prefects lead everyone back to the common room.

Obviously, he wasn't in the mood to talk endlessly like last year; the matter of Harry and Ron was enough of a headache for him.

[Thanks to the generous old man for the monthly ticket, thank you!].

Chapter 93: Acquiring the Whomping Willow

The start-of-term feast came to an end!

Prefects led the students of their respective houses to the common rooms, but most of them were either freshmen or people who wanted to see the excitement.

As for the rest, let's just say that in this age of youthful restlessness, who would be so well-behaved?

There were students from Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, and Ravenclaw itself.

Ethan saw more than one boy coming to find the Ravenclaw upperclassmen; most of them were from the third year and above, and of course, not all of them succeeded; there were quite a few failures.

Ethan also left the scene at this moment.

But he didn't go to the Room of Requirement; instead, he went to the lawn outside Hogwarts.

The target is the Whomping Willow!

The Whomping Willow is a very precious plant; there's no such thing in the Forbidden Forest. In the British wizarding world, besides Hogwarts having one, no one knows where else there is one. This was originally obtained by Dumbledore specifically for Lupin.

It wasn't easy to make a move before; this thing is relatively precious, and its active aggressiveness is strong. It would be easily noticed if branches were missing.

But today, Ron and Harry crashed into it with a car, and many branches fell off. It's not too much to pick up some trash that others don't want, right!

The Whomping Willow is also a willow tree; if it's a willow tree, it should be possible to plant cuttings. Planting it in a space like the Room of Requirement, which can meet any requirement, has a very high survival rate.

Then, I won't lack this kind of material in the future.

Before even getting close, Ethan saw the unusually manic Whomping Willow, with countless branches waving in the air, making bursts of whooshing sounds.

"Force Release!"

A series of firelights struck the trunk of the Whomping Willow. Under the effect of magic, the Whomping Willow visibly wilted, and its branches drooped, unable to even lift.

The Force Release spell works on any creature, making it weak and powerless.

Using a wand is also to exert greater power. What if I can't control such a big tree with wandless magic?

Without the interference of the Whomping Willow, Ethan directly picked up all the broken branches around, not even leaving a single leaf. I have to say, the car crash was really powerful; I picked up quite a few branches as thick as sea bowls.

Not only the fallen ones, but also those broken ones that were still hanging on a bit of bark; Ethan didn't let these go either, and he slashed and took them away with the Severing Charm.

After finishing, he went straight to the Room of Requirement.

The first thing he wanted was a room suitable for planting cuttings.

The space that appeared had five acres of fertile land, and the climate was also warm winter. Following the steps seen in the book.

Finally, apply dragon dung fertilizer, and that's it. Having a dragon means there's no shortage of this stuff.

The best fertilizers in the wizarding world: one is Bowtruckle dung, and the other is dragon dung. Both are styles that Professor Sprout loves to use.

[Field Labor]

Spring sowing of seeds of hope, summer weeding of lush weeds, autumn welcomes golden wheat waves, winter hides the joy of harvest.

Achievement Goal: Have your own land and cultivate it yourself (1/1)

Achievement Reward: Random Potion

Unexpected surprise!

The result of the lottery was also very good, a potion that is simply not available on the market.

Purification Potion, wash the soul, purify the body, remove filth.

This is the effect; it's almost like neutralizing negative states and should be effective against Nagini's curse.

It just takes too long to brew!

It takes a full half a year, the same level as Felix Felicis, and the required materials are even more precious, all with curse-breaking and healing effects.

Unicorn tears and unicorn horn powder, Ethan can easily get this; he already has the powder, and he can just take a trip to the Forbidden Forest for the tears.

Phoenix tail feathers, Ethan also has this, a Christmas gift from Dumbledore last Christmas, but phoenix tears, that's difficult.

I'll find another opportunity later to see if I can trick some from old Dumbledore.

Then, he asked for a space suitable for dragons to live in. Onyxia is only five meters long now, and without someone to take care of it, it's still not very suitable in the Forbidden Forest.

There are centaur tribes, werewolf groups, Acromantulas, Chimaeras, Jarveys, Winged Horses, and Quintapeds, all of which can pose a threat to Onyxia. (The werewolves in the Forbidden Forest, the information shows that they are wolf cubs formed after werewolves mate, not humanoids.)

Not to mention that after exposure, it is easy to attract the covetousness of poachers.

Therefore, it can only be released after it grows to ten meters, at which time it will already be the size of an adult Hebridean Black dragon. Under normal circumstances, without more than a dozen wizards working together, there is no way to deal with it, let alone Ethan's genetically mutated one.

And I don't know what's going on, but the flames Onyxia spews are no longer the normal orange color, but have turned black.

Ethan only discovered this after returning from Nicolas Flamel, perhaps because the fire-breathing organs are gradually developing, which is why the special characteristics are revealed. (Dragon cubs need six months to breathe fire; before that, they can only spew sparks, and they can fly at one year old. Ethan's one is developing quickly and is already the size of a normal adult Welsh Green dragon.)

After pacifying Onyxia, Ethan finally opened the magic training room, he hadn't practiced the Fiendfyre spell much yet.

As for Nagini, as long as it wasn't a small space like an iron cage, and she could wander around, she wouldn't be picky, and continued to live in the box with the Undetectable Extension Charm.

… …

On the first day of school, the timetable had already been sent over.

Apart from the cancellation of flying lessons, everything else was the same as in the first year, only the scheduling of the courses had changed.

Sure enough, Madam Hooch was just a Quidditch match referee, only teaching one grade, and only one lesson per week, no one was more relaxed than her, a pure sinecure.

He and his roommates arrived at the Great Hall and met Harry and Ron, who were also coming from the Gryffindor common room.

"What happened to you guys yesterday?"

The main concern was that Gryffindor hadn't lost any points.

Such a big thing happened, even Muggles saw the flying car, and the matter was reported to the Ministry of Magic.

It was definitely not something Hogwarts could solve internally, and in the end, only Dumbledore could take action.

But today, the hourglass representing Gryffindor's house points, it didn't decrease!

Snape didn't seize the opportunity to deduct a hundred or two hundred points, can you believe it!

According to Dumbledore's favoritism towards Harry, to the point of excessive partiality, if he didn't let Gryffindor bleed some house points, he would definitely be a bigger competitor than Slytherin in Ravenclaw's quest to win the House Cup.

"Yesterday, I don't know what happened, we couldn't get into Platform 9 and 3/4, and to avoid being late, Ron drove his family's car, but we didn't expect to crash into the Whomping Willow."

Harry sighed as he said this, originally it was just a matter of sending a letter to the school, but now it has become such a big deal.

"Didn't Snape make things difficult for you? He didn't even attend the Welcome Feast yesterday."

In fact, this matter had nothing to do with Snape, Professor McGonagall was the Head of Gryffindor, and the little wizards who caused the trouble were from her house, who else would go if she didn't?

And Dumbledore was the headmaster, this matter had become a big deal, and he had to communicate with the Ministry of Magic.

Snape, an irrelevant person, ran faster than anyone else.

"He said he wanted to expel us, but fortunately Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall stopped him, and Professor McGonagall also said that it wasn't the start of term yet yesterday, so house points wouldn't be deducted, we just need to serve detention."

Harry was quite happy when he said this, his Head of House had finally been helpful for once.

In the past, he would always watch Snape scold himself and Ron, and wouldn't say a word to help, and would even deduct points proactively, but now things had finally changed.

"So that's how it is!"

"By the way, you couldn't get into Platform 9 and 3/4, the pillar must have been cursed, think about it, who wouldn't want you to come to Hogwarts, be prepared, now that you've come, they definitely won't give up."

After speaking, Ethan went to the Ravenclaw table.

It seems that Professor McGonagall was scared by last year's house points, so she's playing it safe now, otherwise, she would have deducted a hundred or two hundred points by now.

You are no longer the fair and just cat professor!

"Ron, remember the house-elf I mentioned when I went to your house?"

"Yeah, you said he made your birthday terrible."

"He said that there is a big conspiracy at Hogwarts this year, and terrible things will happen, and told me not to go to Hogwarts, I suspect it's him."

After Ethan's reminder, Harry quickly identified the target.

"But a house-elf, this…"

"The owls are here!"

Ethan, who was eating breakfast, was gently pushed by Terry.

Turning his head, at least a hundred owls poured in the moment the windows of the Great Hall were opened, and a rain of feathers fell wherever they went.

Ethan casually cast a defensive spell, covering the entire area around him, to avoid getting feathers and owl droppings on him.

Ethan knew that birds don't have bladders, and their intestines are very short, so it's normal for them to poop while flying.

Two owls flew to Ethan's side and dropped two packages.

Ethan tore them open directly, and inside were magazines.

Today's Transfiguration, this was recommended by Professor McGonagall, and Ethan had been subscribing for a long time, never missing an issue.

The Quibbler, this was subscribed by Ethan when he met Luna, to see how big his father's brain hole really was.

I didn't expect this issue to come so quickly.

Just as Ethan was about to flip through it, a scream came from the Gryffindor table.

"Oh, no!"

This scream attracted a lot of attention, and Ron was seen holding a wet, hooting owl, with a damp red envelope in its mouth.

"You better open it, Ron!"

Neville reminded in a low voice from the side, he had experience with this.

"Not opening it is even worse, my grandma sent me one once, I ignored it, and the result was terrible!" 650

Neville was still a little scared when he said this.

Harry looked at all this in horror, and was quietly moving away from here.

Professor McGonagall said yesterday that she would send letters to his and Ron's families, and now it was obvious who this letter was from.

"Open it quickly!" Neville urged anxiously: "It's going to be too late."

Ron stretched out a trembling hand, but at this moment the envelope was already emitting a lot of white smoke.

Bang!

A huge noise filled the entire hall, shaking the dust off the ceiling.

"… Stole the car, I wouldn't be surprised if they expelled you, see how I deal with you then, you probably never thought, what we were feeling when your father and I discovered the car was gone…"

Mrs. Weasley's voice was much louder than usual, definitely using an enhanced version of the Sonorus charm, and forming an echo with the surrounding stone walls.

Ron and his party, who had already attracted a lot of attention, were now the focus of attention, and even the professors were looking at them.

It could be said that Ron was now socially dead, but of course, he should be used to it.

Until the yelling ended, the entire letter turned to ashes, but Ron and Harry were still stunned in place, as if they hadn't recovered.