Chapter 645: Herbal Medicine Lesson—Killing Bellflowers
"So, will the Room of Requirement continue to consume the mental power of the person who opens the door?" Sherlock sat back down at Zoe's side with two glasses of pumpkin juice.
"Humph!" Still sulking, Zoe snatched the pumpkin juice from Sherlock's hand and drank it with her head covered.
"Drink slowly, beware of choking."
"Cough, cough, cough......"
"Forehead...... "What is the matter, Sherlock looked at Zoe's aggrieved and shy little red face, and couldn't help laughing.
"You're still laughing at me~" Zoe had a hint of crying in her voice.
"No, I just think you're so cute!"
"Yes...... Is it? Zoe laughed with tears in her eyes.
"Of course!" Sherlock nodded.
"Okay, then I'll forgive you." The child's temper comes inexplicably, and it always goes inadvertently.
After eating breakfast while talking and laughing, the two parted ways again.
Zoe was going to attend Madam Pomfrey's medical class in the classroom next door to the school hospital, and that was probably the only class she wouldn't skip.
Sherlock, on the other hand, is going to take a herbology class in Greenhouse Three.
There are a total of eight greenhouses, each with a different environment, and each grows herbs with different growth needs.
Sherlock is going to touch bellflower today, a plant that is suitable for growing in a mild environment.
Their leaves make a wind chime-like sound when blown by the wind, hence the name bellflower.
"Today we're going to pest bellflowers, can anyone tell me what bellflowers are for." Professor Sprout asked.
"The bellflower chimes have a calming effect." A female mage raised her hand in reply.
"Yes, is there anything else?"
"The bulbs of the bellflower can be used to refine the concentration potion." Another man replied with a raised hand.
"Very well, so does anyone know what to look out for when pestifying bellflowers?" Professor Sprout asked again.
"Be gentle, and let the breeze blow their leaves all the time, and wait until you hear the wind chimes before touching their leaves, otherwise the bellflowers will raise their sleep powder to protect themselves."
"That's right, one bellflower sleep powder is enough to make an adult thunderbeast sleep for half a day, so if you don't want to sleep in the greenhouse all day, be sure to wear a mask during the pest control period, it can filter most of the dust in the air."
"Next, I'll show you a demonstration, and everyone pay attention to my movements."
Sprout first used the blast formation to create a gentle breeze, waited for the wind chimes to ring, and then carefully cut off the tiny borers on the bellflower leaves with tweezers.
Dual-minded, or both things that require concentration, Sprout still seems to be at ease, and can even tell everyone about some of the techniques when it comes to getting rid of insects.
As the head of Hufflepuff, Professor Sprout may not have much talent for magic, but after a long period of practice, her mastery of magic has reached a rather terrifying stage.
If you do fight, you won't necessarily lose to Vice Chancellor McGonagall or the other two Deans.
"Alright, let's try it." Sprout clapped his hands and motioned for everyone to get started: "Remember to adjust the wind before removing the worms!" “
"Yes, Professor!" Everyone said excitedly.
They are all teenagers, and they are the age when their curiosity is inflated, and they can't wait to debug the blast formation one by one.
It's just that a lot of things that involve hands-on work can be seen at a glance and scrapped as soon as they are done.
Before, everyone saw that Professor Sprout was so relaxed, and they all subconsciously underestimated the difficulty of killing bellflowers.
When they operated it themselves, they found that they couldn't even do the most basic stability to maintain the blast array.
Not to mention, on top of this, you have to be distracted to pick up tweezers and insects.
Sherlock is not a mage, but because of the practice of the Golden Shuriken, his control of magic power is higher than that of most spellcasters of the same level.
Under his control, a breeze soon blew out of the blast formation.
Bell Bell Bell –
After the wind chimes rang for three seconds, he was ready to get the tweezers on the table.
It's just that as soon as he had this idea, the breeze suddenly weakened.
Although the change in wind was not noticeable, and the bellflower did not react to stress, Sherlock stopped his movements.
It took him three minutes to get used to the mana delivery before he struck again.
A bamboo tweezer the length of the index finger was held in his hand, but as if he had lifted a thousand gold scales, he trembled and leaned into the dense saw-shaped leaves of the bellflower.
"Sherlock-san, watch your wind!"
Hearing Sprout's reminder, Sherlock was suddenly startled, only to realize that he had unconsciously gradually increased the output of mana, and the wind chimes of bellflowers had stopped for some time.
At this time, if the tweezers poke up, a nose of hypnotic powder will definitely be indispensable.
"Thank you, Professor Sprout!" Sherlock stopped the mana delivery.
"You're the best freshman I've ever seen in magic control, don't worry, try twice more."
"Hmm!"
Sherlock nodded, and tried again.
In fact, if he turns on the Blue Frog form, with his control over magic power in this form, as well as his powerful observation ability, it will be much easier to get rid of bellflowers.
It's just that this is a process of exercise, and if you open it again, it's not a matter of giving up the book.
After seven failures in a row, Sherlock finally found a little bit of sense, and managed to pinch the first green worm from the bellflower
"Be careful!"
Sherlock's joy was suddenly interrupted by an exclamation, and when he turned his head, he saw that the little wizard beside him had accidentally ripped off a bellflower leaf, and a large cloud of lilac pollen instantly drifted away.
Professor Sprout's mask is a magic prop, but it is impossible to completely filter out the hypnotic powder, especially since this time the amount is so large.
The boy was the first to fall to the ground, and the rest of the group jumped away.
Wind and Fire Shuriken!
The two elements of Sherlock's palm, wind, and fire constantly intertwined and swirled, absorbing all the pollen around him, and then incinerating it with the flames in it.
Soon, the purple fluorescence in the air was purified.
"Very good, not only was the first to successfully clip the moth in the bellflower, but also the flexible use of spells to solve an emergency, Sherlock +10 points!" Sprout complimented with a smile, and then asked everyone to continue with the deworming.
A small situation does not affect the continuation of the class.
It's just that until the end of class, with Sherlock, only three people in total have completed the class task of deworming bellflowers.
After class, Sherlock stayed alone and asked, "Professor Sprout, do you think bellflowers can survive on mountain peaks?" “
"Bellflowers generally grow in valleys or plains, and the wind from the peaks is a bit too much for them." Sprout had a crush on the student: "Why did you have this idea? ”
"I think it would be beautiful to hear the wind chimes in a place where the mountain breeze blows." Sherlock wanted to plant near the altar of Sandakor, and the perforated stone pillar and bellflower might be a good combination.
"It's really beautiful, and when this batch of bellflowers produces seeds, I can leave you a small packet."
"Thank you so much, Professor Sprout!"