Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 114 The rise of the earth-planting demon
Christmas is a happy day. Harry and Ron originally planned to have a good rest and play wizard chess in the common room.

Ron has a wizarding chess set inherited from his grandfather. Although it looks shabby on the outside, it is actually a dragon's tooth chess piece produced in the Hebrides.

This set of antique wizard chess is divided into two camps, red and white, rather than the black and white of modern wizard chess. Each chess piece is made from the teeth of an adult male black dragon in the Hebrides. Even after years of baptism, the magic attached to it has not expired.

Moreover, this set of chess pieces, the queen and soldiers, is also very interesting. The queen is covering her face, while the soldiers are all biting the shields in their hands.

In some festivals, the chess pieces of this set of antique wizard chess will also be decorated with some floral arrangements, and chess players can unlock different holiday effects when playing chess.

Originally, Harry and Ron were going to occupy the armchairs near the fireplace in the common room, playing chess leisurely while eating barbecue cubes, puddings, mushrooms and other foods that could be eaten with a double-ended fork.

Of course, they were also going to discuss some nefarious plans, like "How to get that annoying Malfoy kicked out of school."

Although the result will probably not be realized, just talking about this kind of thing can actually make people happy, right?
However, all this was in vain now, because of the bad news that Percy brought them: Professor Snape was invited.

After watching his two roommates put on "Pain Masks" and leave the dormitory, and then rejecting the Weasley twins' invitation to explore the newly discovered secret passage, Bourne unwrapped the remaining gift paper packages alone.

After all, if things like "unpacking express delivery" cannot be completed in one go, normal people will always feel unhappy.

Because he had earned the title of Gryffindor's "little scorer" last semester, Dean McGonagall sent him a set of exercises in order to encourage him: "Five Years of OWLs, Seven Years of NEWTs".

As a member of the "Ranger" team, Professor Scamander and Hagrid also gave him two books related to magical animals: "Monsters and Their Origins" and "The Monster Book of Monsters". He figured the Weasley twins had the same treatment as him.

One of the more surprising gifts was Godric, the good student from Hufflepuff.

Because they had been to the Forbidden Forest together before and had an acquaintance, Bourne gave him seven or eight 30% off coupons for all categories of "Slug Potion Shop" two days before Christmas. Let the owl deliver the package alone.

Today, Godric sent Bourne a very Hufflepuff-style return gift: some unique magical plant seeds. They were neatly put into a plastic medicine box with compartments only used by Muggles, and each compartment was carefully labeled with the Latin name of the plant.

Among them, some seeds are actually quite rare on the market. They should be rewards given by Professor Sprout to young wizards who have performed well in class from time to time over the years. However, it is estimated that only Godric, the outstanding student representative from Hufflepuff, has the ability to gather so many.

For example, spores from the cap of the jumping toadstool, roots from the shriveled fig, root pieces from the biting cabbage, seeds from the sneezeweed and scurvy, spores from the devil's web, live slices from the elephant vine, and seeds from the sapweed. …

And Godric also wrote a thoughtful note to Bourne, telling him that if he is interested in planting it himself, he can go to the Magic Carrot Herb Shop in Hogsmeade Village to buy some planting pots - which are larger than those in Hogwarts. Greenhouses, the products and accompanying tutorials provided in that small store, are more suitable for small-scale cultivation.

This gift is quite thoughtful.

In particular, because he had dealt with biting cabbage before, Bourne was actually quite interested in this magical plant.

If everything goes well, after cultivating the biting cabbage to maturity in a while, he plans to use the "shrinking spell" and "freezing spell" to preserve it.

Then, when you encounter a certain dark wizard you are destined to deal with (yes, Quirrell, I'm talking about you), throw out the frozen biting cabbage unexpectedly...

In his mind, he was already imagining the exciting scene of the awakened biting cabbage, like a pit bull, biting the two-faced professor crazily.

"This tactic is not only interesting to think about, but it also has practical significance." Byrne kept thinking about how to use this "biting kale grenade" correctly.

As for whether he can grow strong biting cabbage, Bourne is not worried at all.

Because while patrolling the Forbidden Forest, he had already discovered a large group of Moon-Crazy Beasts living in the Forbidden Forest. These animals like to dance under the moon. After their excrement is dried, it becomes the best magical plant biofertilizer. Just sprinkle some to accelerate the growth and development of biting cabbage.

With these plant seeds, coupled with the excrement resources of the Moon Chime Beast, Bourne had a premonition that in the second half of the semester, in addition to using the "Spirit Summoning Potion" and alchemy to make his first decent set of power armor, he said Maybe you can also unlock a side plot of "Hogwarts Seed: The Rise of the Goblin".
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"I'll just wait and see."

Snape said coldly: "Through the Potions class I gave you before, I have completely confirmed that a person's reputation and his true ability are not actually equivalent..."

The professor got up early.

Before he brought Harry and Ron to the office, he had already drawn in detail the standard procedure for removing the horny growths from the forehead of the long-horned toad on a small blackboard. 1, 2, 3, 4.

Although two little wizards were asked to do the hard work, that annoying Harry Potter was Lily's son after all. Even though Snape couldn't say nice things, he still hoped in his heart that he could learn more.

"Lily loves and is best at brewing potions." Looking at Harry Potter's eyes that were the same color as his mother, Snape fell into reverie.

However, he quickly got out of this state, because this little wizard had a disgusting face.

Harry Potter's appearance is almost exactly the same as that of his short-lived ghost father when he was a child, as if he was carved from the same mold.

"Put on your dragonhide gloves," Professor Snape's tone became impatient. "If you don't want to spend the whole Christmas holiday with your hands wrapped in thick gauze, or worse, lose a finger or two."

Because Harry and Ron were still stuck on the spot, staring stupidly at the barrel of squealing horned toads, their four clear and ignorant eyes not looking at the protective equipment placed in front of them.

"This is truly the worst class of students I have ever taught." Facing Harry and Ron, Snape said something he would say once or twice a year.
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"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Hermione came back the day before school started, and when she saw Harry and Ron, she said this.

That sudden look of surprise really startled the two little wizards who had been helping Snape handle those disgusting potion ingredients and almost had a nervous breakdown.

"Oh, Hermione, can you stop being so loud?" Ron said feebly as he lay on the table holding a cup of hot tea: "You remind me of those damn horned toads——

Three whole days, three days!
That guy Snape kept forcing Harry and I to come into his office and deal with a bucket of those disgusting horned toads every day.

In order to prevent us from being bitten, he made us wear dragon skin gloves, but he didn't ask us to prepare a pair of earplugs!

Merlin's beard! Do you know what we have all been through? "

"It's true. These days, I have nightmares about toads every night." Harry chewed a waffle dipped in maple syrup. He had eaten a lot of sweets and candies in the past two days, because Powdered sugar can make him feel better.

"Today when I saw Neville carrying Leif into the dormitory, I subconsciously touched the wand and almost cast a curse on Leif."

At this time, Hermione's mood was a bit complicated.

On the one hand, she was excited that Harry and the others had figured out who Nick Flamel was.

On the other hand, she was deeply disappointed that the two boys were caught for going out to buy candy at night, so they had to be forced to work by Snape every day, and then there was no progress for three days.

However, now that the matter has come to this, the little witch can only comfort herself: "It doesn't matter, I will take action anyway."

She was determined to work harder to make up for the three days wasted by Harry and Ron.

Now, the object of the trio's suspicion is Snape. They feel that this professor is most likely the dark wizard who wants to steal Nicolas Flamel's Philosopher's Stone.

But the problem is that they have no evidence. Even if they want to write a letter to Principal Dumbledore to accuse Snape, there must be a suitable reason, right?

Snape was, after all, the Potions Professor at Hogwarts and the Head of Slytherin.

Just because he is the Head of Slytherin House, doesn't that mean he is an Iron Wolf? It would be better to criticize Snape with his always greasy long hair, saying that this is the standard appearance of a villain.

But Harry had less time than either of them, as Quidditch practice had begun again.

Wood's demands on his players are stricter than ever. Even in the continuous rainy days after the heavy snow, his energy did not cool down at all.

The Weasley twins complained that Wood was turning into a training freak, but Harry sided with Wood. If they win the next game against Hufflepuff, they can secure the Hogwarts Quidditch League championship trophy with a big score, for the first time in seven years!

Of course, in addition to hoping to win the game, Harry also found that when he was exhausted after training, he had fewer nightmares.

He has been having a lot of nightmares recently: not only caused by long-horned toads, but also sometimes an ugly face with a strange smile appears in his dreams, and the latter case also brings the thorns of the scar on his forehead. pain. Compared with headaches, back pain is nothing.

Later, during a particularly wet and muddy practice, Wood told his players bad news. He had just lost his temper with the Weasley duo because they kept dive-bombing each other and pretending to fall off their broomsticks.

"Can you please stop fooling around!"

shouted Wood.

"Doing this will definitely make us lose the game! This time Snape is the referee, and he will definitely find excuses to deduct points from the Gryffindor team!"

George Weasley literally fell off his broomstick when he heard this.

"Snape as referee?"

As he spat out the dirt in his mouth, he asked, "When did he ever referee a Quidditch match?
If there was any chance of us beating the Slytherins, he would certainly not rule it out impartially. "

The other team members also landed next to George, complaining repeatedly.

"You can't blame me," Wood said. "We can only ensure that we abide by the rules during the game, and Snape will have no excuse to find trouble with us."

"Maybe it's time for Bourne to come on this time too."

Fred came up with an idea.

After George no longer had a needle in his butt every day, Gryffindor's regular batsman returned to the team as a matter of course, and Bourne "stepped aside and gave way to others."

He happens to be a little busy recently.

He also promised to lend the legendary "triple speed" bat to the twins to ensure that the equipment for the Gryffindor "beater" position maintains a generational advantage over that of other houses.

Fred's proposal was almost unanimously approved by everyone, even George had no objection.

Of course, in view of the recent torture they have suffered from Wood, there is some element of "good brothers share hardships" in this.

However, Wood shook his head with a grimace and gave quite bad news.

"Snape has already told Professor McGonagall that in order to ensure the fairness of the game, he is firmly opposed to a little wizard who can "compete with trolls" as a batter, and Professor McGonagall also agreed."

The players on the Gryffindor team immediately burst into strong dissatisfaction, cursing and accusing the Slytherin dean of shamelessness.

"Everyone, the matter has come to this, and we can only face the difficulties." Wood stopped the complaints of the team members. As the captain, he encouraged everyone: "We also have Harry, who is also the same as Bourne. Our team’s trump card. He rides Nimbus 2000, and the advantage is still on our side.”

Not to mention Wood's "I have the advantage" reverse flag statement, Byrne was indeed a little too busy at this time. He was busy training those biting cabbages that were growing too strong.

I don’t know if it’s because the variety has been improved, or because the planting tools from the Magic Radish Herb Shop are better, or because Bourne spread a little too much Moon-Crazy Beast feces. All in all, the biting cabbage that was supposed to take more than a month to grow is almost fully mature after only two weeks of planting.

This is still in the middle of winter!
A good harvest is actually a good thing for most any grower.

But the problem is, these large biting cabbages are all full of life and want to bite him all the time.

As a last resort, Bourne could only perform a "hand-tearing cabbage" on the spot, which made them stop for a while, and "willingly" accepted the little wizard's shrinking and freezing spells on them.

　I changed the plot a bit, and replaced it with the Mirror of Erised scene where Harry and Ron were being held captive by Snape while they were on vacation, handling potion ingredients. Firstly, it echoes the previous one, Dumbledore is not at school; secondly, when I read the original book, I felt that except for the invisibility cloak, Harry's viewing of the mirror in the middle of the night felt somewhat deliberate. ; Come third, I am going to arrange this magic mirror plot for Bourne. Guess what he can see?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)