Chapter 100 Magic Plant
"Everyone wear earmuffs. You can only take them off when I hold up two fingers."
After the little wizards were all dressed, Dean Pomona motioned for Raven to step forward to operate.
Raven didn't refuse, clapped her hands and was about to grab a mandrake.
Dean Pomona stopped him quickly,
He was saying something, but no one could hear him clearly due to the earmuffs.
She took off her gloves and handed them to Raven, who took them helplessly.
This kind of "dragon leather gloves" is a must-have learning tool for little wizards when they start school.
Made of Swedish short-nosed dragon skin, the original silver-blue dragon skin has been transformed into black and brown after being tanned and dyed with magic potions.
It could also be because it took too long.
Swedish Brachysaurus is a relatively rare dragon. Unless it is a true herbalist practitioner, no one would have the luxury to keep this learning tool forever.
What everyone uses is basically second-hand, or simply passed down from ancestors.
Such a piece of equipment is naturally expensive. It can be said to be the most expensive piece of learning equipment for the little wizard when he enters school.
However it is very necessary,
Biting cabbage - fatal
Poison Tentacle-Death
Mandrake-Death
Whomping Willow-Death
Raven alone knows a lot of victims, and he has a say in this.
Excluding those he did himself,
The reason why Professor Mirabell Garrick became a professor at such a young age a hundred years ago was because the previous professor of Herbology died from biting cabbage.
Not to mention those poisonous magical plants. Professor McGonagall's husband died from poisonous tentacles.
Unless they are the kind of people who are naturally favored by plants, most people who come into contact with magical plants need to take full protection.
Dean Pomona knew that Raven had such a talent,
But today I am here to demonstrate, not to watch him perform.
If every little wizard catches his problem of not wearing protective gear, Professor Snape and Madam Pomfrey will be very busy in the future.
Although both of them relied on Dean Pomona to some extent, as the Dean of Hufflepuff, this lady did not like to trouble others.
After loosening his knuckles, Raven grasped the connection between the lower part of the leaf and the root system with his fingers, and grabbed it.
No sound was made.
The mandrake felt at ease in Raven's hands and didn't have to make a fuss or cry.
Raven looked at Dean Pomona. This was not his intention.
The Botany 3 all over the body not only increases the lethality, but also increases the obedience of the plants.
Dean Pomona signaled him to repot the mandrake. Seedlings pulled out of the soil were at risk of catching colds.
Then she held up two fingers,
When all the students take off their earmuffs,
She just asked.
"Does anyone know why Mandrake didn't cry just now? Mr. Longbottom?"
Dean Pomona asked about Neville.
This child also entered her field of vision early, and he may also be a child with 'talent'.
"It seemed like the mandrake seedling just now felt at ease."
Neville couldn't remember the knowledge points in the book, so he could only follow his heart and express his feelings.
"Correct answer, ten points from Gryffindor."
Dean Pomona first gave Neville points, and then explained,
"Mandrakes are like babies, they cry when they feel uncomfortable.
Pulling it out of the soil will make it uncomfortable, and over time it will catch a cold because it is not covered with soil.
But if they feel safe, they won't cry. "
Then Professor Pomona took back her gloves from Raven and asked the students to put on earmuffs.
"sa~~~~~"
A sharp, piercing cry came from the mandrake in Dean Pomona's hand.
Quickly put it into another flower pot and fill it with soil.
Dean Pomona acts like a heartless gardener.
Since they were just seedlings, the little wizards also wore earmuffs, so the screams could only make everyone feel uncomfortable.
Unlike the one where Raven dealt with the basilisk that morning,
Not only are they carefully selected strong and mature individuals, but they also use special techniques.
Just press hard on specific knuckles to make the mandrake cry louder.
This is using them as weapons.
Next comes the practical part.
The squawking of a series of mandrake seedlings is still unpleasant;
And these little things are just like babies. If a baby cries loudly, other babies will cry too.
The lethality is much more powerful than the one demonstrated by Dean Pomona just now.
Surprisingly, Neville was trying to calm his mandrake, and successfully!
At first, the mandrake was also led to cry by the same kind.
But after Neville scratched Mandrake's belly with his other hand,
The mandrake stopped crying and was buried in the soil smoothly.
"Mr. Longbottom! Very good!"
You successfully gave Mandrake a sense of security, twenty points for Gryffindor! "
Seeing Neville's performance, Dean Pomona was even more delighted. Sure enough, this is a good prospect!
I just don't know why the Sorting Hat sorted him into Gryffindor.
Is this as compensation for giving Hufflepuff a Weasley?
Neville's face turned red. This was the first time he had received so many extra points because of his performance in class.
He would be very satisfied without any deductions, let alone extra points!
After class, Harry and others surrounded him. Hermione also wanted to learn from Neville's method of soothing Mandrake.
However, Neville did not answer. He left the circle of everyone and ran back to the common room.
A few days passed,
Raven finally fully understood the knowledge of the Basilisk, and the abnormalities in his body returned to normal.
At the same time, he also confirmed one thing, the forest crab was really delicious and had nothing to do with the transformation of the basilisk.
During this period, he tried to wash away the influence of the basilisk on him by turning into a phoenix, but it was no use. The influence was on his body.
I can only go about my transformation seriously.
This also dispelled his idea of transforming into a fire dragon by carving a mark.
It's okay to do it like this at home, it would attract too much attention at school.
If there are scales on the body then it will be hard to explain.
Anyway, Aurene and Norbert can be seen as they wish. Serious research, without engraving and transformation, can be done slowly at most.
And Raven will also usher in the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class of the new semester.
On the long table in the auditorium, Raven and his friends were sharing snacks.
It’s not that there are no other places to meet, but chatting at the dinner table is a fine Hufflepuff tradition.
Even if there is no food, this difficulty can be overcome.
Therefore, the usage rate of Hufflepuff's long table is far higher than that of the other three houses.
"Man, have you heard about that thing Gilderoy Lockhart did? He doesn't seem to be very good at teaching!"
Since Hufflepuff's third-year Defense Against the Dark Arts class hadn't started yet, they could get information from other houses.
For example, the second-year Malfoy killed dozens of Cornish elves with a revolver.
But you know, this is Hogwarts, and rumors are always outrageous.
Judging from the statement of the party Malfoy,
He just used Freeze Bomb [Ice Freeze]
Just controlled the entire classroom.
