Chapter 187: Elder Wand - Elder
"Vertically or horizontally?"
Albus asked, looking at Professor Sprout.
"It's okay, vertically."
Professor Sprout said.
"Okay."
Albus nodded, put the Elder Wand down, and little by little filled it with dirt, compacted, filled, and freed.
At this time, no one stepped forward to help, this was the farewell of the last owner of the Elder Wand.
After filling in the last layer of soil, Albus stood up, I don't know if it was because he had been squatting for too long, he was a little sluggish at this time.
Staring blankly at the place where the Elder Wand was buried, it had been with Albus for half his life.
Everyone also looked at the old man and didn't make a sound to disturb, and Grindelwald also sighed a little, the old wand could not have imagined that it would fall into the hands of a wizard who did not covet its great power.
"Pomona, let's get started."
Soon, Dumbledore came to his senses, not in a very good mood, but still spoke gently to Professor Sprout.
"Hmm."
Professor Sprout nodded, took some star spring water from the storage feathers, poured it on the Elder Wand, and cast a spell on it to bring it to life.
Professor Sprout was still a little nervous when she learned that the final application of the results would be the Elder Wand, and she didn't know if her results would work for it.
For this reason, she also went to the top of the Forbidden Forest King Mountain to exchange for some star spring water, hoping to help the Elder Wand come to life.
However, things don't seem to be going well now, and there is no movement on the ground where the Elder Wand is buried.
"Albus?"
Professor Sprout looked at Dumbledore nervously and worriedly, fearing that the Elder Wand, one of the Deathly Hallows, would die out in her hands.
"Don't worry, it's just a little confused, and it doesn't really want to face the future world."
Dumbledore said with a smile, reassuring Professor Sprout:
"It's still alive, isn't it? And it's full of agility. ”
Professor Sprout unleashed a magic spell and tested it, and was relieved to find that it was.
"If it doesn't sprout all the time, it's easy to have problems."
Professor Sprout frowned, still a little worried.
"We may need to channel it."
Albus raised an eyebrow and said with some uncertainty.
"Channeling? Grooming what? Magic or something else? ”
The other professors looked confused, what is there to guide a tree, and it is also a root.
"It's like we do counseling for confused children."
Dumbledore gave a case in point.
"You're saying it's psychologically problematic, so it doesn't want to sprout?"
Grindelwald looked at Dumbledore with some amusement and asked.
"Jira, plants are also emotional, but it takes a long time for them to be expressed, and we always forget that they are also life. yes, Pomona. ”
Dumbledore explained, looking at Professor Sprout.
"Yes, Albus."
Professor Sprout responded, sharing her previous experiments.
Wands with unicorn tail hair as the core of the wand are more sensitive and have great emotional fluctuations, which are manifested by changes in the speed at which the magic travels.
But when Professor Sprout watered the other saplings in the same group, the magic on the wand saplings with unicorn tail feathers as the core of the wand would travel faster, as if to say, "Why hasn't it reached yet?" "Did you forget it? Something like that.
When it was its turn, the situation would be alleviated, and it would need some reassurance from Professor Sprout. Because Professor Sprout had come across a wand sapling with a unicorn's tail as the core of a wand, and died of depression.
The dragon's heart nerve is often aggressive and impatient, and when it wants to be the first to be watered or fertilized, it may incite the magic in its body and release a magic outside to attract Professor Sprout's attention.
Aside from the fact that the magic they cast may be a little dangerous, they are still very well cared for, and their minds are not as delicate as the unicorn's tail hairs.
The phoenix tail feathers have a more tsundere personality, and they prefer to be the first to be taken care of, but they do not show their needs obviously.
If their needs are met, they will simply show happiness; If they don't, they'll be lost, but they won't show it, but Professor Sprout can see it.
At the same time, the wand sapling of the phoenix tail feather is still the most responsible, or the most reasonable. If Professor Sprout found that they were unhappy because of her own negligence, she would reassure them and reason with them.
Saying something like "which ones are not growing well, they may not survive" and their mood changes, as if urging Professor Sprout to take care of those who are not so healthy.
Everyone listened to it and thought it was amazing.
Professor Sprout also said that wands used by wizards possess strong spirituality, which manifests when they are transformed into plants, and is more dynamic than ordinary plants.
At the same time, depending on the material of the wand core and the tendency of its owner to use magic, these plants also have different effects, but Professor Sprout did not organize the data for the time being, but only collected information.
Over the next few days, the professors came to the docks when they had nothing to do, using the magic given by Professor Sprout to detect the Elder Wand's emotions and channel it.
The most frequent ones are Dumbledore and Grindelwald, who are also interesting, one sings white-faced and the other red-faced, and can always provoke mood swings from the Elder Wand.
As if stimulated by them, the Elder Wand sprouted in front of Dumbledore and Grindelwald, and quickly grew into a full-grown elderberry.
Under their astonished gaze, a [Disarming Charm] flew out of the elderberry and struck Grindelwald straight into the Black Lake.
When Grindelwald returned, he was a chicken in the soup, holding his wand to teach elderberry a lesson, and seemed to have forgotten to dry himself.
In the end, it was Dumbledore who dragged him away and took him straight back to the Headmaster's office.
As soon as he returned to the principal's office, Grindelwald's gloomy face immediately changed back to the smiling look, and there was no moisture on his body.
Obviously, the scene just now was fake, and Grindelwald conjured it up to deceive Elderberry, presumably to make it feel better.
The newborn elderberry, feeling the dynamics of the air flowing, the warmth of the sun, and the carrying of the earth, suddenly realized that the world was beautiful.
Its roots seeped into the Black Lake, teasing the creatures within.
For some reason, it seems to have become amorous, the simple sunrise and sunset can make it full of emotion, and the heavy rain brings it vitality at the same time, but also shares its sorrows, why hasn't the sun appeared yet?
Professors often go to it.
But it still liked Professor Sprout the most, because the witch was full of the breath it liked, and every time it came, it would cast some magic on it, or sprinkle some fertilizer on it, so that it was very comfortable.
Moreover, it could detect that the witch was one of the few people who really cared about it, and the other two were Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
The professor it hated the most was Professor Sgrahorn, who was always trying to get some of his leaves and use them for potions research.
This made it unhappy, didn't these wizards know how much nutrition, magic, and time it took for a leaf to grow back?
Professor Sprout's research found that some of the elderberry's leaves would give birth to a random spell, and the gestation time of a spell was about 3 days, and it was related to the difficulty of the magic, which was used by the elder's owners for generations.
If these leaves are forcibly removed, the magic inside will be triggered; Elderberry can also activate the magic inside on its own, at the cost of losing this leaf.
Of course, after receiving the approval of the elderberry, the wizard can also pluck a leaf of the elderberry intact.
Although elderberry is considered a habitat for the soul and a symbol of death, the healing effects on its leaves are remarkable.
Moreover, Professor Sgrahorn found that elderberry leaves had a facilitating effect on the preparation of elder, which could shorten the time it took to make potions.
However, these leaves must be non-magical. Otherwise, the magic inside will contaminate the potion, rendering it no longer effective.
Albus then signed a contract with Elderberry as a representative of Hogwarts, and the Elderberry would live here as a part of Hogwarts and shelter the souls of all the wizards in the school, so that they would not be harmed in the school.
At the same time, the elderberry also has its own name, Elder.
That's why Ralph and the others crossed the Black Lagoon again, in order to sign another contract with Hogwarts.
Of course, there are other implicit implications, such as freedom from death.
The elderberry is the elderberry next to the god of death, and the black lake is equivalent to the death trap set by the god of death.
It was a secret ritual, hidden in the oral tales of wizards, that was now moved into Hogwarts by Dumbledore.
Crossing the Black Lake, boarding the docks, and entering the school can ensure that these children will not be fatally injured at school, and all deadly threats will be safer under the total surprise.
After getting his own name, Elder became more vibrant, and it became more relevant to the world.
After the presence of Held, the concentration of Hogwarts' magic power gradually began to rise, and the first to benefit was the flowers and plants around it, as well as the creatures in the Black Lake.
The Professors also noticed that after the appearance of Elder, Hogwarts seemed to be more and more popular with the ghosts.
The ghosts of Hogwarts often gather around Elder to chat, and even Lady Gray and Barrow the Bloody will be present at the same time, but they are far apart.
Professor Sprout led Ralph and the others through the same cubicle where they had been in the first-year branch and into the auditorium.
Professor Sprout looked at them with a smile and only returned to her seat after they were all seated.
Soon, the familiar knock on the door echoed through the auditorium.
Professor McGonagall in her position had already put on a stern expression and went to the gate to wait.
Everyone had a lot of experience in the Sorting House, and they obviously knew what the freshmen were up against, and they couldn't help but laugh gloatingly.
Soon, a wave of exclamations came from the cubicle, and the ghosts passed through the walls and into the Great Hall, hovering above their own academy.
"I don't know what Ms. Gray looks like when she laughs."
Looking at Ms. Gray, who was not far away, William said.
"I don't know, we've never seen each other."
A senior sister sitting next to them said.
"Until now, we haven't seen Miss Gray smile. She always had such a melancholy expression, but she was very kind to us and was very willing to help us. ”
Other Ravenclaw added.
After a while, nervous freshmen lined up from the cubicle under the leadership of Professor McGonagall.
As soon as they came out, the noise outside disappeared, and they immediately felt the "kind" gaze of the seniors, and they became more and more nervous, and the bodies of some little wizards had begun to tremble.
"Tsk, they've got to be Hufflepuff."
William looked at them and said with a smile.
He didn't have long to be happy when he was pinched hard by Daniel, and only then did he realize that Daniel's courage was quite small.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm not talking about you."
William hurriedly apologized.
"I remember when I was in the first year of the house, me, Ralph, and Hanson were with Roque, and all three of us were quite nervous except for Ralph."
Claude said.
"Moreover, this time happens to be the most nervous time, everyone's eyes are on you, and you will unconsciously tense your body."
He added.
"Mmmm, I was like that too, my legs were shaking and I was really nervous."
Daniel spoke out about his experience.
"Ralph, how did you feel at that time?"
He turned to Ralph and asked.
"Nope."
Ralph thought for a moment and shook his head.
Daniel looked envious, and he also hoped that he could face everything calmly like Ralph, although it was a bit exaggerated.
"William, what about you?"
Claude asked.
"Me?"
William was a little stunned, and then blushed a little.
"I'm a little nervous, too, but my legs aren't shaking, my hands are shaking."
He said with embarrassment.
"And you're embarrassed to talk about them?"
Daniel looked at William in disbelief.
"Isn't this having some fun?"
William scratched his head.
Soon, the sorting was over.
Ravenclaw, as in the past, has a heavy proportion of young wizards assigned to girls, and no more than one palm of boys.
Although the wizarding world has not been very peaceful in recent years, the number of young wizards this year is still quite large.
Ralph noticed that young wizards from the Muggle world made up a large proportion of them, and were the main addition to the population of the wizarding world.
This made him wonder if the Queen of the Rainforest was saying that the world was giving up magic.
But, does this seem like giving up?
He wasn't thinking about it because the scholarship ceremony began.
Dumbledore introduced the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor and informed everyone that the professor might teach more than a year before the scholarship ceremony began.
After a few words of encouragement, he handed over the ceremony to Professor McGonagall.
Professor McGonagall waved her hand for the Daily Prophet reporter outside the auditorium to enter, including Rita of Ravenclaw.