While Hope was thinking wildly, two of his roommates came to the greenhouse, and Mateo looked a little excited.
Hope walked up and asked, "What did you two do at noon? Why didn't I see you in the dormitory?"
Mateo said: "We went to the library."
This answer surprised Hope a little. Did the two of them realize that they wanted to write?
"Caleb actually doesn't know about Quidditch. I wanted to educate him about it, so we went to the library and borrowed a copy of "The Magic of Quidditch (Illustrated Edition)."
Caleb said excitedly: "I didn't expect Quidditch to be so interesting. The illustrations in the book can move like newspapers. The flying stunts of the athletes on it are so cool..."
It seems that Caleb really likes Quidditch. Hope suggested: "There is a Quidditch tryout this weekend. Maybe we can go and check it out."
The two of them naturally agreed. Mateo was a loyal Quidditch fan, and after what he told Caleb, he wanted to travel directly to the weekend.
Hope suddenly thought that he seemed to have promised Professor Sprout to participate in the Quidditch tryouts in the second grade. It seems that I have to buy a flying broom during the holidays. Since I agreed, I have to practice it. The only bad thing is that the first grader cannot bring the flying broom to school, so he can only practice it during the holidays.
Soon, class time came, and Professor Sprout thoughtfully distributed props for class to everyone, and assigned each person a juvenile devil's net.
After the assignment was completed, Professor Sprout gave Hope a hidden look. Hope somehow understood it. This was to encourage him to answer positively in class and gain extra points.
Hope looked at Gryffindor, who was in class with Hufflepuff. He seemed to be quite active. He couldn't compete with the eaglets, but the little lion was still relaxed. He was quite interested in herbs.
Professor Sprout has such confidence in him. It seems that his excellent performance in the first few classes has won the heart of the dean (except for the flying class).
After all the little wizards were assigned, Professor Sprout said: "Today is our first class, and then I will take everyone into the magical world of herbal medicine."
"In this course, I will lead you to learn about various magical herbs and understand their properties."
"The plant we are going to learn in this class is the devil's net. Does any student know about the devil's net?"
Hope raised her hand with a whoosh.
Professor Sprout said happily: "Very good, let Mr. Lloyd introduce the Devil's Net to us."
Hope stood up and explained: "Devil's Net is a vine that likes a dark and humid living environment. Light and warmth naturally become its natural enemy."
"A mature devil's net can stretch out snake-like tendrils to wrap around people who are close to it, causing injury or death. It is an extremely dangerous plant, so if you accidentally encounter it, the most effective spells are fluorescent flashes, blazing flames, or Other glowing spells.”
Hope thought for a while and then added: "Of course, if you don't know or can't use any magic spell that can produce light and heat, then the devil's net will loosen when you can relax your whole body and stop struggling."
"Perfect, very detailed." Professor Sprout clapped his hands happily.
"Five points for Hufflepuff!"
After the applause ended, Professor Sprout signaled everyone to quiet down, and then said: "The pot of plants in front of you is the devil's net, but don't worry, the devil's net is a seedling now and is not that lethal."
Professor Sprout pointed at the devil's net seedlings with gloves on and added some detailed knowledge.
Very practical knowledge, there is no specific record in the book, it is completely accumulated by Professor Sprout during his daily life.
"Okay, that's all we talked about about the devil's net. Now let's start the practical lesson on how to fertilize the devil's net."
"Planting devil's net is very simple. Basically, you can plant it by cutting a branch and inserting it into the ground. However, the devil's net planted in this way is relatively fragile, so we need to fertilize it and loosen the soil to ensure its survival rate."
"Of course, a mature devil's net usually strangles the animals that come close to it, and the corpses naturally become its fertilizer. But this is artificial breeding after all, and we can't do such cruel things, so we avoid the vines of the devil's net and give it to it Fertilizing is what we do.”
Hearing this, the little wizards shivered unconsciously. Professor Sprout was very satisfied with the effect and continued.
"After all, this is a more dangerous behavior, so we start with seedlings first."
Professor Sprout held a small farm tool and said while demonstrating: "First avoid the vines like this, then loosen the soil and apply fertilizer like this..."
"Of course there is a little trick that can help us fertilize better, which is the weakness I mentioned before. You need to find out what the weakness of the Devil's Net is and what it does."
Seeing Professor Sprout fertilizing the Devil's Net easily, the little wizards began to get started eagerly.
It was obvious that everyone was not very skilled. Many young wizards did not avoid the vines and got entangled in their hands and began to yell and scream. Some were so rough that the roots of the vines were injured. The distressed Professor Sprout was very cruel. A wave of points were deducted.
Hope was a little confused. He felt that his devil's net was strange. Even if he avoided the vines, the vines still wrapped around him unconsciously.
The nervous Hope immediately relaxed, but it was of no use. The Devil's Net should still be entangled with him, but he had a very strange feeling. The Devil's Net seemed to like him very much.
The force was almost like a massage. He wanted to take out his wand and flash a fluorescent light, but before he could cast the spell, the devil's net closed its vines in fear.
This is a bit interesting. He feels that Devil's Net seems to be able to sense his thoughts, and it has no intention of attacking him. It is better to say that it wants to get close to him.
Hope looked at Professor Sprout for help. Professor Sprout was a little busy, going around 'rescuing' the little wizard from being entangled. However, Professor Sprout felt sorry for plants and did not use magic spells to make the devil's net Instead of letting go, I scratched a certain part, and the devil's net couldn't help but loosen.
Is this the weakness the professor was talking about?
Following Professor Sprout's example, Hope took the initiative to scratch the vines of the Devil's Net. The Devil's Net responded happily. After one operation, Hope found something different. Some parts of the Devil's Net were softer than other parts. a little.
If you scratch this part of the devil's net, your whole body will feel comfortable and soft. It's fun, but you should complete the classroom tasks first.
While the devil's net was soft, Hope successfully completed the fertilization.
After 'rescuing' the little wizards, Professor Sprout breathed a sigh of relief and found that Hope had finished fertilizing them and was connected with the devil's net. It was obvious that Hope had found the weakness she mentioned. Professor Sprout happily gave Hufflepuff two points.
After class, Professor Sprout assigned an assignment about Devil's Net. This time, Hope was not exempted from the assignment, which was a little regretful.
Fertilizing was quite tiring, so the dirty little wizards returned to the lounge tiredly, putting down their dinner first.
Hope is more relaxed. Devil's Net, besides being clingy, doesn't attack him at all.
After confirming tomorrow's confinement time with Professor Sprout, Hope came to the owl shed and mailed the letter.
He had to study the motion of the planets tonight, and he couldn't forget this.
