#257 - Taking Care of Devil's Snare

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Professor Sprout showed Moon a great deal of care after he displayed his Herbology talents.

Thanks to this, Moon mastered a lot of related plant magic knowledge, most of which far exceeded the curriculum for first-year wizards.

Even in terms of taking care of herbs, some older students were not as skilled as Moon.

With his excellent memory, Moon only needed to see something once to learn Professor Sprout's original herbal cultivation methods.

This was why Professor Sprout felt comfortable entrusting the rare plants of the Herbology Club to Moon's care.

Taking advantage of the time before class, Moon jogged to the greenhouse behind the castle.

"Professor, you wanted to see me?"

Just as he entered the greenhouse, Moon found Sprout tidying up various herbal planting and repair tools.

"Yes, Mr. Scarlett, I have something I must trouble you with."

After putting a roll of tape into her pocket, Sprout looked at Moon, who was standing at the door.

"I have to go to the Forbidden Forest these next few nights to repair some damaged rare plants, so I hope you can help take care of that Venus flytrap."

"Venus flytrap? Professor, you're not talking about the one guarding the obstacle, are you!"

Because Devil's Snare and Venus flytraps look very similar, Professor Sprout always uses Venus flytrap to refer to it.

"Yes, I know this may be a little difficult, but unfortunately, you are the person who knows the most about the new fertilizer besides me."

After Moon brought back a large number of Fire Slugs, Sprout adjusted the dragon dung fertilizer formula.

After discovering that most of the plants and herbs could absorb the fertilizer nutrients well, Sprout also used the new fertilizer on Devil's Snare.

This stage happens to be an important period for Devil's Snare to grow.

But at this time, many rare plants in the Forbidden Forest were damaged, and Professor Sprout had to go and save them.

"I really don't know who has such a great hatred for plants; the Whomping Willow, the Snargaluff, and even a thousand-year-old Nightshade tree have been chopped up."

Professor Sprout knew the rare plants around the school very well and often went to take care of them.

This time, she discovered the abnormality of the plants during an inspection.

Considering that she still had to teach during the day and take care of the plants in the greenhouse, Sprout only had free time at night to save the rare plants.

In this way, she had no time to take care of Devil's Snare, so she had to ask Moon for help.

"Professor, I have no problem, but how do I get there? Do I go in from Fluffy's place?"

Moon had only seen one obstacle guarding the Philosopher's Stone, the three-headed dog Fluffy.

Last time when Professor Sprout placed the Sleeping Face Fungus, she said that the big dog above was very active.

So Moon subconsciously thought of this method.

"No, it's not that troublesome. Just remember the spell I taught you, go to my office at night, recite the spell and you will see a secret door. Go through it and you will be at Devil's Snare."

Professor Sprout was looking for other tools, and occasionally turned her head to explain to Moon.

Sprout also stopped tidying up and looked at him with a smile.

"It's not me bragging, but if a dark wizard wants to break through the obstacle from us, it's better to come from the front."

Moon had never seen the four deans truly take action, but judging from the Wizarding Articles alone, they were definitely superior to most wizards.

Professor McGonagall, five bars; Professor Sprout, five bars; Professor Flitwick, five and a half bars; Professor Snape, five and a half bars.

This was the strength that the professors showed without using their specialties.

If they each used Transfiguration, Herbology, Charms Duels, and Potions-related magic, their strength would increase by half a bar to one bar.

This was a group of top-notch combatants that Moon had never seen anywhere else.

Including during the Christmas holidays, when he went to the Ministry of Magic to attend Professor Snape's conferring ceremony, he didn't see many wizards who could surpass the professors.

If the dark wizard who was eyeing the Philosopher's Stone really attacked the professors, the battle might only last three seconds.

Thinking of this, the figure of Professor Quirrell suddenly popped into Moon's mind.

This professor, who was closely watched by Snape every day, was the most suspicious.

And he had also participated in the arrangement of a Philosopher's Stone guarding obstacle.

"Professor, is it possible for each of you to freely enter the obstacle?"

"Of course not. After Professor Quirrell's troll ran out, Dumbledore granted us four deans this authority in order to enhance the protection capabilities of the obstacle."

Sprout had already guessed what Moon was worried about. She walked over and patted Moon on the shoulder, continuing to explain.

"This authority only allows us to enter our respective obstacles, and does not allow us to enter other places at will. If you really want to obtain the Philosopher's Stone, you can only enter from the fourth-floor corridor."

After listening to Professor Sprout's introduction, Moon felt a lot more relieved.

The more he knew about the current wizarding world, the clearer Moon became.

There should be no magician in this world who can break through the magic set up by Dumbledore.

"Okay, Professor, I am very happy to help you take care of the Venus flytrap."

"Thank you very much. I really don't know who else understands the new fertilizer and Sleeping Face Fungus better than you."

Professor Sprout's protective obstacle was already very different from the original.

In terms of taking care of magical plants or understanding Sleeping Face Fungus spores, there are actually many people who can do it.

Such as the senior members of the club or Cedric.

But if you want to find someone who has both of these skills, then Moon is the best candidate.

"Professor, actually, I should thank you. You taught me all this knowledge, and I also want to see the real Devil's Snare."

When Moon was learning magic, he had deeply realized that practice was more reliable than knowledge gained from books.

Now that he has the opportunity to see an exceptionally dangerous magical plant, he will naturally not miss this opportunity.

"Okay, you're still so modest, but you must remember to follow the steps I taught you. The danger level of Devil's Snare is not comparable to the herbs in the club."

"Don't worry, Professor, protect yourself first, then deal with the herbs. I always remember what you said."

Seeing Moon's serious and humble attitude, Sprout nodded with satisfaction.

"Very good. If you can successfully complete the task this time, I will make an exception and give you fifty points,"

"Don't let me down."

Hearing Sprout's words, Moon also smiled.

It turned out that this professor was also trying to help him earn back house points.

"I will definitely work hard."

After Moon agreed, Sprout taught him the spell to summon the secret door.

At the same time, she reiterated the main points of taking care of Devil's Snare.

After coming out of the Herbology Greenhouse, Moon rushed to the castle basement.

Just as the class bell rang, Moon finally ran into the classroom.

Snape, who was already standing on the podium, only said "Don't let this happen again" after seeing Moon's figure, and then began to talk about today's potions class.

"Turn to page seventy-eight of the book, today we will learn how to make Cough Potion."