#251 - Revealing Spell
Hearing that someone was stealing, the club's young wizards all gathered around.
The small green bottle that had been on the counter was gone, and the leaves of the snail grass in the pot had all been cut open.
Belna will graduate this year, and he has already discussed employment matters with a company that makes flying brooms.
Of course, the premise is that his new glue can improve the safety performance of the flying broom.
To this end, Belna had to optimize the glue formula time and time again. Now his experiment has made great progress, but he didn't expect the snail grass to be destroyed.
"Looking at the wounds, they must have been made in the last two days. Did anyone come to the club classroom on the weekend?"
Someone observed the scars on the leaves and then looked around at the people around.
The main raw material for Belna's glue is the juice from the leaves of the snail grass.
In the past, when he collected these juices, he carefully cut a small opening in the leaves and then let the juice slowly flow down.
This method of collection can not only obtain materials, but also allow the plant to self-repair without causing major damage.
But the thief obviously thought this method of collection was too slow, so he cut all the leaves open.
Seeing that the plant he had worked so hard to plant for three years was destroyed, Belna was obviously a little flustered, and his eyes turned red.
The surrounding students shook their heads, and only Cedric stood up.
"I came to pick up some spore powder on Saturday, but the snail grass was not damaged at that time."
Muen also stood up to testify that he and Cedric were refining the Small Potion of Living Death together on Saturday and did not find anything unusual in the classroom.
Other students also explained one after another until Professor Sprout arrived.
After figuring out the whole story, Sprout first comforted Belna, and then took out her wand and cast a spell on the floor around the snail grass.
【Homenum Revelio】
This is a tracking spell that can search for and lock onto the magical traces left by a specific target.
These traces may be footprints left by the target during movement, residual energy fluctuations generated when using magic, or special auras emitted by magical items related to the target.
After the spell was cast, many pale white footprints appeared on the floor.
Some were just passing by in a flash, while others were standing nearby.
Among them, one person's footprints were very obvious, with the toes pointing towards the counter, and there were many small displacements, as if they were studying the snail grass.
"This should be an adult wizard."
Seeing the size of the footprints, a young wizard said.
"That's right, it should be at least a seventh-year student."
After Sprout discovered these unusual footprints, she cast another 【Homenum Revelio】 on them.
"He went this way!"
Watching the pale white footprints leave the counter and walk towards the back of the classroom, the young wizards gave way one after another.
"It's Sleeping Face Fungus."
Seeing where the footprints stopped, Cedric hurriedly put on a mask and walked out.
He wasn't worried about the Sleeping Face Fungus being damaged. Unlike the snail grass, which grows extremely slowly, the Sleeping Face Fungus grows very quickly.
There are already twenty or so pots, but most of them have been taken away by Professor Sprout.
"The Sleeping Face Fungus is fine, but it seems that two bottles of spore powder are missing."
Cedric counted carefully twice before looking at Professor Sprout with some panic.
"Oops, the harm of this kind of thing is much more serious than glue."
Sprout muttered to herself, and then cast the spell again to check the direction of the footprints.
After leaving the classroom, the footprints headed towards the castle gate. As soon as they left the castle grounds, the footprints disappeared.
"【Apparition】? Could it be a wizard from outside the school?"
Sprout thought for a while and was a little unsure. She arranged for the students to return to the classroom, while she went to find Headmaster Dumbledore.
After returning to the club classroom, Muen saw Senior Belna trying to use magic to repair the snail grass, but the effect was not very obvious.
As a magical plant, snail grass itself carries unique magic, and it is difficult to have any effect using 【Growth Charm】 or 【Repair Charm】.
Seeing Belna fully casting 【Growth Charm】, only to see a trace of healing appear at the broken part of the snail grass, Molinaer, a sixth-year student, also took out her wand to help.
As members of the 【Crab Claw Orchid】 club, everyone has mastered magic related to plants.
But only two senior students can use magic to repair plants.
Seeing Muen also taking out his wand and preparing to walk over, Cedric subconsciously reached out to stop him.
"Don't go over there. That's not a 【Growth Charm】 that a beginner can cast. Let's wait for the professor to come back."
Cedric had a dueling practice with Muen in the small classroom on the second floor. He knew that Muen was very talented in magic.
But the current situation is not something that a first-year little wizard can participate in.
"Don't worry, I still have a little confidence."
After Muen finished speaking, he slowly approached Belna's operating table.
His confidence is not only in magic. Last week, he had obtained thirty copies of plant growth potions from Snape.
As long as Muen takes out a drop, it can make the plant grow rapidly for a year.
Although the growth cycle of snail grass is slow, it can't stand the number of potions Muen has.
Of course, at this stage, Muen is not ready to use the growth potion, after all, it is a potion prepared for the spiritual tree to break the curse.
In addition, Muen's research on growth magic is more in-depth than most students.
As early as when he first entered the club, Muen's first research object was the application of growth magic.
For this reason, he also specifically asked Professor Flitwick for advice, and later obtained a forbidden book about transforming magic.
When Muen first started transforming magic, he tried plant growth magic.
"No....
Seeing Muen approaching, Belna was just about to speak out to stop him, but unexpectedly, a 【Growth Charm】 had already landed on the leaves of the snail grass in advance.
Fast! It's too fast!
This is what Belna is thinking now.
From waving the wand to chanting the spell to casting the magic.
Belna only had time to say one word, and Muen's magic had already shot out.
This kind of spellcasting speed is the fastest Belna has ever seen among students.
Even many seventh-year students like him can't do it.
Not only him, but Molinaer, who was casting a spell next to him, was also taken aback.
She was working hard to heal the wounds on the leaves, and the sudden spell made her hands tremble unconsciously, and she almost didn't catch the wand.
Cedric was even more shocked. It had only been more than a month since his duel with Muen, but Muen's spellcasting speed had far exceeded that of the beginning.
If he were to duel again at this speed, he might not be able to last ten minutes in Muen's hands.
"Have you noticed that Muen's magic seems to be more effective."
A fourth-grade club member next to him whispered, and the other members also looked at the leaves pointed to by Muen's wand.
Because Belna had been casting spells in the classroom, the wounds on the leaves he repaired had healed, and the sap was no longer flowing.
Molinaer had just entered, and the wounds on the leaves she cast spells on had only just healed halfway.
And Muen's magic not only healed the wounds on the leaves, but also grew a little new green tissue.
"I told you that you have a better talent for magic on herbal plants, and Flitwick doesn't believe it!"
At this time, Professor Sprout had just returned. She just glanced at the current situation of the snail grass and praised Muen unconsciously.
The students next to him showed a strange expression after hearing this sentence.
Isn't this a better talent for magic?
