Chapter 205 Academics
"Good morning, kids."
"Good morning, Professor."
The first class this morning was herbalism. Dean Pomona had already prepared the magic plants needed for today's teaching in the greenhouse.
She glanced at Raven, who was wearing a robe with a golden Hufflepuff pattern embroidered on the back, without leaving any trace.
"Today, we will come into contact with a dangerous magical plant. Maybe you have heard from your grandfather about the dangers of this magical plant.
I remember when I was little, this magical plant was even more dangerous than the Unforgivable Curse.
But with research in recent decades, everyone has discovered that the danger of this magical plant is not as terrible as imagined, so you can only come into contact with it in fourth grade.
But I heard something interesting recently, Mr. Weasley? I heard this is your patron saint? "
Suddenly everyone in the greenhouse turned their attention to Raven.
But thanks to Torrevan, everyone now knows what magic plants Professor Pomona will bring today.
The legendary [Far Eastern Biting Cabbage], the patron saint of fourth-year Raven Weasley, is also the only known patron saint whose form is not that of an ordinary animal.
Raven's attention returned from the biting kale pot.
"Yes Professor, my patronus is none other than biting cabbage."
Professor Pomona didn't originally plan to teach biting cabbage at the beginning of the semester, but she didn't expect Raven to give her such a big surprise.
That's why she adjusted this part of the content to the beginning of the school year, because the dean couldn't contain her curiosity anymore.
"Is there anything special about the Patronus of Magical Plants? It is said that Professor Dumbledore's Phoenix Patronus can show great strength after being materialized. So what kind of abilities does the Patronus of Biting Cabbage have?"
Raven scratched her head in embarrassment
"In terms of abilities, one of them is being very aggressive."
Rolf Scamander knew this very well. During the Defense Against the Dark Arts class that day, if he hadn't withdrawn his patronus quickly, his patronus, Flathead, might have been attacked by the biting cabbage.
He had a hunch that Raven's Patronus could actually harm those creatures that couldn't be attacked, such as Dementors, Voldebats, and Patronuses, instead of just expelling them.
This may have something to do with the color of his patron saint, that dark green that makes every wizard feel physically uncomfortable.
In fact, Raven didn't tell the whole story. His patron saint is not only aggressive, but also cruel and gluttonous.
This was already tested on the day Riven appeared as the Patronus. After all, the Ministry of Magic sent out a good test target.
The biting cabbage patronus was very aggressive towards the dementors stationed at the exit of Hogwarts. With Raven's deliberate indulgence, he even ate two dementors.
After it digested the dementors, its overall color became a bit greener. It could be seen that its condition became better. It seemed that it could become stronger by eating dementors.
As for the two dementors that were eaten,
Then no one would care, including the group of dementors who showed no abnormality.
They may have thought that the two companions had escaped or returned to Azkaban,
Dementors are things between life and death. Their connection with the underworld is deeper than that of the Thestrals.
Modern magic, including the Patronus Charm, can only expel them at best.
They are immortal,
So even the dementor captain who led the team just asked the other two dementors to fill their gaps and never considered the direction of killing the dementors.
In fact, Raven also planned to try it on wizards to see if the Patronus version of biting cabbage could attack wizards, or what would happen if it ate the wizard's Patronus, but there was no chance.
With his curiosity satisfied, Dean Pomona brought the topic back to the course.
"The seeds of biting cabbage are planted in the flower pots in front of you. Next, I will explain to you the precautions for planting biting cabbage."
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Although Raven has privately consulted Dean Pomona on how to improve the biting cabbage, how to enhance its leaves so that the biting cabbage can attack more quickly, etc...
But he still listened carefully. Anyway, Raven himself was quite interested in these things.
Jack looked at Rolf boredly. Raven was like this when he arrived at the Herbology class. Fortunately, he had a new partner to communicate with this year.
But what Jack didn't expect was that,
In fact, Luo Fe also has a lot of insights into magical plants.
When it came to the operation stage, Jack had the opportunity to ask Rove,
"Rolf, I didn't expect that you are also very good at the field of magic plants?"
Luofu replied while loosening the soil of the flower pot in front of him,
"Because the areas where wild magical animals move and the areas where magical plants exist are highly overlapping, so if you conduct long-term field inspections, you must master a certain amount of knowledge about magical plants. Grandpa told me this."
Reasonable and convincing,
Next is the Care of Magical Creatures class that Rolf is most looking forward to.
The sunshine in September is no longer so dazzling, and the temperature has returned to a relatively comfortable level.
So the little wizards who have taken this course on the protection of magical animals can wait patiently by Hagrid’s hut.
Wait for the new professor to prepare some surprises for everyone's first lesson of school.
"Did he meet a wild boar on the road? You know, once a creature like a giant is hungry, he must look for food. If he doesn't find food, he will eat us. I don't know what I'm going to do. Is this fried chicken enough for him to eat?"
"Hahaha, bison, this is England, the home of the White Guys. The giants here should eat potatoes."
"Hahaha, it's so funny, but you're right, zebra."
A series of laughter came, and Raven frowned.
"Rolph, who are those two people?"
Raven asked,
"The two Native Americans are from the Cheetah tribe. They are both in fourth grade. One is from the Cat and Leopard Academy, and the other is from the Horned Water Serpent Academy. One of them is sorted into Slytherin, and the other is sorted into Ravenclaw."
Not many fourth-year wizards signed up for the Care of Magical Creatures class this year.
Therefore, in the course schedule, four colleges are arranged to take classes together.
Another Ilvermorny student who was assigned to Gryffindor was a blond and blue-eyed boy who got along well with the fourth years of Gryffindor.
If Rolf hadn't pointed it out, Raven wouldn't have known that this guy wasn't from Hogwarts.
In fact, Raven originally had no objections to these so-called Native Americans. Falling Rain, who was assigned to Hufflepuff, was also a good guy.
But these two so-called wizards from the Cheetah Tribe in front of them mocked Hagrid so wantonly.
Raven's favorability towards this group quickly changed from ordinary to indifferent.
