Two Worlds: I studied abroad at Hogwarts

Chapter 257 Taking Care of the Devil's Net

After Moon showed his talent in herbal and plant magic, Professor Sprout took great care of him.

Thanks to this, Moon mastered a lot of relevant plant magic knowledge, most of which far exceeded the syllabus for first-year wizards.

Even when it comes to caring for herbs, some senior students are not as skilled as Moon.

With his excellent memory, Moon was able to learn Professor Sprout's original method of cultivating herbs just by reading it once.

This allowed Professor Sprout to safely entrust the Herb Club's rare plants to Moon's care.

While there was still some time before class, Moon trotted to the greenhouse behind the castle.

"Professor, are you looking for me?"

As soon as he entered the greenhouse, Moon found Sprout packing up various tools for growing and repairing herbs.

"Yes, Mr. Scarlett, I must trouble you with something."

After putting a roll of tape in his pocket, Sprout looked at Moon, who was standing in the doorway.

"I'm going to the Forbidden Forest these evenings to repair some damaged rare plants, so I hope you can help take care of the Christmas cactus."

"Christmas cactus? Professor, you're not talking about the one guarding the checkpoint!"

Because the devil's snare and Christmas cactus look very similar, Professor Sprout always uses Christmas cactus instead when talking about it.

"Yes, I know this may be a little difficult, but there is no way. You are the person who knows the most about the new version of fertilizer besides me."

After Moon brought back a large number of fire snails, Sprout adjusted the formula of dragon manure.

After discovering that most plants and herbs could absorb the nutrients in the fertilizer well, Sprout also used the new fertilizer on the Devil's Snare.

This stage is the critical period for the growth of the Devil's Snare.

But at this time, many rare plants in the Forbidden Forest were destroyed, and Professor Sprout had to go to save them.

"I really don't know who has such a strong hatred for plants. The Whomping Willow, the Howling Gnaw Vine, and even a thousand-year-old Nightshade Tree were all chopped down."

Professor Sprout is very knowledgeable about the rare plants around the school and often takes care of them.

This time, it was during the inspection that the abnormalities of the plants were discovered.

Considering that he has to attend classes during the day and take care of the plants in the greenhouse, Sprout only has free time to rescue rare plants at night.

This way, she would have no time to take care of the Devil's Snare, so she could only ask Moon for help.

"Professor, I have no problem with that, but how do I get there? Do I go in through Fluffy?"

Moon had only seen one person guarding the Philosopher's Stone, and that was the three-headed dog Lu Wei.

The last time Professor Sprout placed the sleepyhead fungus, he mentioned that the big dog on it was very active.

So Moon subconsciously thought of this method.

"No, it's not that troublesome. Just remember the spell I taught you. Go to my office at night and recite the spell, and you'll see a secret door. Go through it and you'll find the Devil's Snare."

Professor Sprout was looking for other tools, turning back to explain to Moon from time to time.

"It's that simple! If the dark wizard knew."

Moon was halfway through his sentence when he realized the problem.

Sprout also stopped packing and looked at him with a smile.

"It seems you've already figured it out. I'm not bragging, but if the dark wizard wants to break through from us, it would be faster to attack from the front."

Moon had never seen the four deans actually take action, but judging from the wizard list alone, they were definitely better than most wizards.

Professor McGonagall five, Professor Sprout five, Professor Flitwick five and a half, Professor Snape five and a half.

This is the strength shown by the professors without using their own expertise.

If they cast Transfiguration, Herbal Magic, Spell Duel, and Potions-related magic, their strength would increase by half a level to a full level. This was a top-tier combat group that Moon had never seen anywhere else.

Even during the Christmas holidays, when he went to the Ministry of Magic to attend Snape's investiture ceremony, he had not seen many wizards who could surpass the professors.

If this dark wizard who was obsessed with the Philosopher's Stone really attacked the professors, the battle might only last three seconds.

When Moon thought of this, Professor Quirrell suddenly popped up in his mind.

The professor, who was closely watched by Snape every day, was the most suspicious.

He also participated in the arrangement of a magic stone guarding level.

"Professor, can each of you enter the level freely?"

"Of course not. After Professor Quirrell's troll escaped, Dumbledore granted this authority to the four of us deans in order to strengthen the defense capabilities of the checkpoints."

Sprout had guessed what Moon was worried about. She walked over, patted Moon on the shoulder, and continued to explain.

"This level of authority only allows us to enter our respective checkpoints and does not allow us to freely enter or exit other places. If we really want to obtain the Philosopher's Stone, we can only enter from the corridor on the fourth floor."

After listening to Professor Sprout's introduction, Moon felt relieved.

The more Moon learned about the current magical world, the clearer it became.

There should be no wizard in the world who can break through the magic set by Dumbledore.

"Okay, Professor. I'd be happy to help you take care of the Christmas cactus."

"Thank you so much! I don't know anyone else who knows more about the new fertilizer and sleepyhead fungus than you."

Professor Sprout's protection level is now very different from the original one.

When it comes to taking care of magical plants or understanding the spore powder of sleeping mushrooms, there are actually quite a few people who are capable of doing it.

Like the senior members of the club or Cedric.

But if you're looking for someone who possesses both of these skills, Moon is the best candidate.

"Professor, I should actually thank you. You taught me all this knowledge, and I also want to see a real Devil's Snare."

When Moon was learning magic, he had already deeply realized that practice was more reliable than knowledge gained from books.

Now that he has the opportunity to see extremely dangerous magical plants, he naturally will not miss it.

"Okay, you're still so modest. But remember, follow the steps I taught you. The Devil's Snare is far more dangerous than the herbs in the club."

"Don't worry, Professor. Protect yourself first, then deal with the herbs. I'll always remember what you said."

Seeing Moon's serious and humble attitude, Sprout nodded with satisfaction.

"Very good. If you can successfully complete the task this time, I will make an exception and give you an extra 50 points. Don't let me down."

Moon also smiled when he heard Sprout's words.

It turned out that the professor was also trying to help him earn back college points.

"I will definitely work hard."

After Moon agreed, Sprout taught him the spell to summon the secret door.

At the same time, he reminded me again of the key points of taking care of the Devil's Snare.

After coming out of the herb greenhouse, Moon rushed to the castle basement in a hurry.

Just as the bell rang, Moon finally ran into the classroom.

Snape, who was already standing on the podium, saw Moon and simply said that it would not happen again, and then started teaching today's Potions class.

"Turn to page 78. Today we'll learn how to make cough syrup."

(End of this chapter)