Chapter 20: Inspiration in the Herbal Medicine Class

The first day of school.

The second graders' first class is a herb class, which Gryffindor will take with the Hufflepuff wizards.

After breakfast, Clark didn't have the heart to listen to Ron's roaring letters, turned around and left the Great Hall with Hermione.

Behind the two of them, Aunt Molly's deafening roar could be heard even from a few corridors, and Hermione shook her head helplessly.

"It seems that what you said is correct, these two guys are really not very reliable, and it's good that you didn't tell them about our plans."

Clark led the way, and together they walked towards the greenhouse at the back of the castle, where all kinds of magical plants were cultivated and where the herb class was held.

"I saw you coming over with Neville in the morning, how was it, did you talk to him?"

As an adolescent teenager, he grew and developed rapidly, and in just over a month of vacation, Clark was much taller than Hermione, which forced him to slow down so that Hermione could keep up with him.

"Not yet," Hermione looked at Clark, who was a head taller than herself, "I just mentioned to him on the way here that you needed someone to help, and he signed up." ”

"And what do you think of him?"

Hermione hesitated for a moment, and the two of them walked down the steps, across the green lawn, and several glass greenhouses not far away were already in sight, and some students who had also come to the herbal medicine class were walking towards that side.

This means, their chat can be over.

"I think he could, Neville is honest but not lacking in courage, and he is a kind person, although he is not very clever, but he is not very flamboyant, and he can consider including him in our plans."

Hermione said her opinion, and Clark groaned, nodded and agreed, "Okay, I'll invite him there." ”

With that, they approached the greenhouse and saw the rest of the students standing outside waiting for Professor Sprout.

As soon as Clark and Hermione joined in, they saw Professor Sprout striding down the lawn, Lockhart with her side by her side.

Professor Sprout had a lot of bandages on his arms, and Clark could see from afar that the branches of the beating willow were hanging from bandages, and it was clear that Harry and Ron had done the good work they had done last night.

As the head of Hufflepuff, Professor Sprout is a dwarf witch.

Her fluffy hair, which was the same style as Hermione, was buttoned up with a patched hat all year round, and there was always a lot of mud stuck to her clothes, which made her look very down-to-earth.

Lockhart, who stood beside her, was spotless from head to toe, dressed in a flowing turquoise robe, with gleaming blonde hair and a turquoise top hat at the top.

"Oh, hello!" Lockhart greeted the students with a spring breeze on his face, telling how he had instructed Professor Sprout to treat the beater.

This made Professor Sprout's face a little ugly, contrary to his usual pleasant demeanor.

"Today to the third greenhouse!"

The little wizard followed behind the professor, whispering excitedly.

They had only been in the first greenhouse before, because the plants in the third greenhouse were more interesting and dangerous, and they couldn't get in without the professor's permission.

Clark followed the other wizards inside, and the smell of damp earth and dragon manure was immediately in his face, mixed with the rich scent of flowers.

The flowers planted in the third greenhouse were the size of umbrellas, and some of them hung from the ceiling, looking like giant mouths, ready to be devoured at any time.

"Harry! I've always wanted to talk to you about ......"

Clark heard Lockhart leave Harry outside, which made Professor Sprout's face even more ugly, and he spoke a little louder.

"Today we are going to repot the mandrake, and now who can tell me what the characteristics of the mandrake are?"

Hermione was almost the first to raise her hand, which was expected by everyone, but it was Clarke, who did not raise her hand, to everyone's surprise.

"Mandrake, also known as mandrake root, is often used to make a powerful restorative."

Hermione glanced at Clark smugly and said as if showing off, "This restorative can restore people who have been hit by negative magic to their original state. ”

"Very good, add five points to Gryffindor." Professor Sprout said, "Mandrake is an important part of most antidotes, but it's also dangerous, can anyone tell me why?" ”

Hermione's hand was raised again, as if she was afraid that Clark would rob her, but this time, Clark didn't raise her hand.

"Hearing the cry of a mandrake kills people." She almost blurted it out.

"Exactly, plus five more points."

Professor Sprout had just finished speaking, but Clark raised his hand unhurriedly.

"Clark."

"I'll add a few more points," Clark said, provoking Hermione to glare at him.

"As one of the oldest and most magical medicinal plants, the mandrake is not only deadly by crying, but also poisonous in every part of it, whether it is the rhizome, the branches and leaves, the flowers and fruits, all of which have a powerful hypnotic hallucinogenic effect.

In addition, like the Chinese shou wu and ginseng, the mandrake, a rhizome potion, is naturally the best portrayal of alchemy's 'sun is the father, the moon is the mother, conceived from the wind, and maintained from the earth'.

Therefore, they themselves are also easy to conceive spirituality, and some ancient religious groups often dry their rhizomes to make amulets to use the spirituality in them to promote fertility. ”

【Ding! You have successfully used the 'Education' skill to impart some strange knowledge to the other person, gaining +10 experience. 】

Clark ignored the system's prompts because he suddenly had an inspiration.

Recently, he has been thinking about how to carry out a weakened version of the Return to Taiyi Ritual to help Hermione and them "resurrect from the dead" in order to eliminate the influence of chaos magic and obtain a career in the continent of Faeron.

And today's mandrake, a restorative herb that contains the natural spirituality of life, can have a "resurrection" effect.

The question now is how to get Hermione and them to fall into a state of infinite proximity to "death".

"That's a good addition, add another ten points to Gryffindor." Professor Sprout's words interrupted Clark's musings, and he had no clue for a moment, so he could concentrate on the lecture.

"Look, our mandrakes here are still very young......

Under Professor Sprout's guidance, they put on their earmuffs and began to deal with the mandrake with all their might.

It's not an easy job, because these spiritual, rhizomes look like ugly babies of magical herbs, and don't like to be pulled out of the ground.

They writhed in the little wizard's hands, their feet kicking wildly, waving their sharp tendrils and gnashing their teeth.

As a result, at the end of class, Clarke, like the rest of his classmates, was sweaty, had a sore back, and was covered in mud.

In the end, they had to drag their tired bodies back to the castle and take a shower before rushing to the transfiguration class.