Chapter 25: The Strange Devil's Web

While Hope was thinking, two of his roommates arrived at the shed, and Matteo looked a little excited.

Hope stepped forward and asked, "What are you two doing at noon, why didn't I see you in the dormitory?" ”

Matteo said, "We went to the library. ”

This answer surprised Hope a little, could it be that the two realized that they were going to write?

"Caleb didn't know about Quidditch, and I wanted to give him a good science popularization, so we went to the library and borrowed a copy of The Amazing Quidditch Ball (Illustrated Edition)."

Caleb said excitedly: "I didn't expect Quidditch to be so interesting, the illustrations in that book move like newspapers, and the flying stunts of those athletes on it are so handsome......"

It seems that Caleb really likes Quidditch, and Hope suggests, "There's a Quidditch tryout this weekend, maybe we can check it out." ”

Naturally, the two agreed, and Matteo, a loyal Quidditch fan, told Caleb that Caleb wanted to travel directly to the weekend.

It occurred to Hope that he had agreed to Professor Sprout's second year to quidditch. It seems that I want to buy a flying broom during the holidays, since I have promised to practice hard, the only bad point is that the first-year freshman cannot bring a flying broom to school, he can only practice during the holidays.

Soon, when class time came, Professor Sprout thoughtfully assigned the props for the class to everyone, and assigned everyone a juvenile devil's net.

After the assignment, Professor Sprout gave Hope a hidden look, and Hope inexplicably understood, which was to make himself answer positively in class and add extra points.

Hope looked at the Gryffindor who was in class with Hufflepuff, it seemed that some of them were engaged, and he couldn't compete with the eaglets, and the little lion was still easy, he was quite interested in herbs.

Professor Sprout had so much confidence in him that it seemed that his excellent performance in the first few classes had won the dean's heart (except for flying lessons).

After all the young wizards were assigned, Professor Sprout said, "Today is our first class, and I'm going to take you into the magical world of herbs. ”

"In this class, I will introduce you to all kinds of amazing herbs and understand their properties."

"The plant we are going to learn in this class is the Devil's Net, which of your classmates knows the Devil's Net?"

Hope raised his hand with a whoosh.

Professor Sprout said happily, "Very well, let Mr. Lloyd introduce us to the Devil's Net." ”

Hope stood up and explained: "The devil's net is a vine plant that likes a dark and damp living environment, and light and warmth naturally become its natural enemy. ”

"A mature devil's web can stretch out tendrils like snakes around anyone who comes close to it, injuring or killing characters, it is an extremely dangerous plant, so if you accidentally encounter it, the most effective spells are fluorescent flashes, flames, or other glowing spells."

Hope thought for a moment and added, "Of course, if you can't use a single glowing spell, then when you can relax and stop struggling, the devil's web will be released." ”

"Perfect, very detailed." Professor Sprout applauded happily.

"Hufflepuff plus five points!"

After the applause, Professor Sprout motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then said: "This potted plant in front of everyone is the devil's net, but don't worry, the devil's net is a seedling now, and it is not so lethal. ”

Professor Sprout pointed at the Devil's Web seedlings with gloves on, adding some knowledge of the details.

Very practical knowledge, there is no specific record in the book, it is completely accumulated by Professor Sprout himself.

"Okay, that's all we have to say about the Devil's Network, let's start the practical class, how to fertilize the Devil's Network."

"The planting of the devil's net is very simple, basically you cut a branch and stick it in the ground to plant, but the devil's net planted in this way is more fragile, so we need to fertilize it and loosen the soil to ensure its survival rate."

"Of course, the mature devil's net is generally strangled by the animals that are close to it, and the corpse naturally becomes its fertilizer, but after all, this is artificial breeding, and we can't do such a cruel thing, so avoiding the vines of the devil's net and fertilizing it is what we have to do."

Hearing this, the little wizards unconsciously shivered, and Professor Sprout was very satisfied with the effect, and continued.

"After all, this is a dangerous behavior, so let's start with the seedlings."

Professor Sprout took the small farming implement, and as he demonstrated, he said, "Avoid the vines like this, then loosen the soil like this, and fertilize ......."

"Of course, there is another little trick that can help us better fertilize, that is, the weakness I mentioned before, where is the weakness of the devil's net, and what is the effect, you need to find it yourself."

Seeing that Professor Sprout had easily fertilized the Devil's Net, the little wizards began to eagerly get started.

Obviously, everyone is not very skilled, many young wizards did not avoid the vines and got entangled in their hands and began to shout, and some were too rough and insulted to cause the roots of the vines to be injured, and the distressed Professor Sprout deducted a wave of points.

Hope was a little entangled, he felt that his pot of devilish nets was weird, even if he avoided the vines, the vines still unconsciously entangled.

The nervous Hope immediately relaxed, but it was useless, the devil net should be pestering him, but he had a very strange feeling, the devil net seemed to like him very much.

The force was similar to that of a massage, and he wanted to take out his wand and make a fluorescent flash, but before he could cast the spell, the devil's net put away the vines in fear.

It's kind of funny, he feels as if the Devil's Net can sense his thoughts, and it doesn't mean to attack him, but rather wants to get close to him.

Hope looked at Professor Sprout for help, Professor Sprout was a little busy, going around to 'rescue' the entangled little wizard, but Professor Sprout felt sorry for the plant, and did not use a spell to let the devil's net loosen, but scratched a certain part, and the devil's net couldn't help but loosen.

Is this what the professor said about weakness?

Following Professor Sprout's example, Hope took the initiative to reach out and scratch the vines of the devil's net, and the devil's net responded happily.

Scratching this part of the devil's net will make the whole body soft and comfortable.,It's fun.,But it's better to complete the class task first.。

Taking advantage of the softness of the devil's net, Hope successfully completed fertilization.

Professor Sprout breathed a sigh of relief after 'freeing' the young wizards, and found that Hope had finished fertilizing and mingling with the Devil's Net, and it was clear that Hope had found the weakness she had mentioned. Professor Sprout happily gave Hufflepuff two points.

After class, Professor Sprout gave an assignment on the devil's web, and this time Hope did not waive the assignment, which was a little regretful.

Fertilizing was still tiring, and the dirty little wizards returned to the lounge tiredly, and put down dinner first.

Hope is more relaxed, and the devil's net doesn't attack him at all, except for being more clingy.

After confirming with Professor Sprout the time of tomorrow's confinement, Hope went to the owl shed and sent the letter.

He still has to study the trajectory of the planets tonight, and he can't forget that.