Two Worlds: I studied abroad at Hogwarts

Chapter 260 New School Regulations
The students had no idea what the professors did with the unicorn's body.

However, the next morning, Moon got up early, finished studying in the common room, and when he arrived at the square, he discovered something related.

Several pale-faced prefects were carrying notice boards towards the square.

Curiosity drove Moon to follow and he found a ban signed by Headmaster Dumbledore on the blackboard.
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Due to unknown dangers in the forbidden forest area.

Effective immediately, all Care of Magical Creatures classes are suspended from entering the area.

In addition, all students are not allowed to enter the forbidden forest at will.

Violators will face the disciplinary punishment of being placed on probation.
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This ban caused quite a stir in the auditorium, and many rumors gradually spread among the students.

Moon was eating a hot Hagrid's puff pastry when he heard the Ravenclaw girls at the next table complaining.

"I heard a unicorn was attacked last night, and the blood trail extended all the way to Black Lake."

"To be precise, the werewolves attacked the unicorns and then hid in the Forbidden Forest. That's why the headmaster didn't let us go there."

Listening to all kinds of rumors, Moon and Hermione looked at each other and then ignored them.

As eyewitnesses to last night's events, they know more than anyone else.

However, this matter is obviously not suitable for discussion among classmates, after all, it involves that person's name.

Of course, the newly enacted ban did not have much impact on Moon.

Because the Care of Magical Creatures course is a third-year course, which is still far away from Moon.

However, Moon was still very worried about Bengbeng's safety.

According to Hagrid, Bounce, Charmander, and Squeak often go to the Forbidden Forest to play.

And yesterday, Bengbeng told him that they had encountered that monster by chance.

Thinking of this, Moon turned around and gave instructions to Zhizhi on his shoulder.

"Tell Pengpeng not to go to the Forbidden Forest. If you really want to go out for a walk, you can go to the Black Lake."

After a quick fight with the monster last night, Moon was not sure he could defeat the opponent with his current abilities.

And Bengbeng is now outside the school, so even if Moon goes there, it will not provide any protection.

But it’s different when we go to the Black Lake. No matter how powerful the monster in the Forbidden Forest is, it won’t dare to provoke the giant squid that can strangle a sailboat with one hand.

In fact, the one who reacted the most to last night's events was Harry.

He had hoped to help the professors catch the dark wizard who stole the Philosopher's Stone.

Now that he knew that Voldemort was behind the dark wizard, Harry became even more active.

"It must be that there are Dark wizards hiding in the school trying to get the Philosopher's Stone for Voldemort, while Voldemort himself is in the Forbidden Forest.

I originally thought the dark wizard wanted to use the Philosopher's Stone to make a fortune, but I didn't expect it was to bring Voldemort back to life."

When Moon and Hermione returned to the common room, they heard Harry and the others sitting on the sofa in front of the fireplace, talking about what happened last night.

"Don't say that name anymore~"

The fire crackled in the fireplace, but it couldn't warm Ron's pale face.

He was now so frightened that he almost shrunk into the velvet cushions, fearing that Voldemort might hear him.

Harry ignored it completely and continued talking to himself as if he hadn't heard Ron's words.

"It must be like this. Firenze said that the stars show that Voldemort will make a comeback, and I am the only one who has defeated Voldemort, so he will definitely attack me."

"Could you please stop saying that name?"

Ron lowered his voice again, looked around cautiously, and then reminded Harry.

"Harry, you think too much. The You-Know-Who has always been afraid of Dumbledore. As long as Dumbledore is in Hogwarts, he can't hurt you, and he can't get the Philosopher's Stone, right?"

Although the History of Magic class did not talk about Voldemort, Hermione, who read a lot, still got a lot of relevant information from various books.

The more Hermione learned about that dark period, the more she feared the You-Know-Who.

But now she was still thinking of various ways to comfort Harry.

"Besides, the centaurs' words aren't necessarily accurate. What they say sounds like fortune-telling, which isn't a precise kind of magic at all."

After hearing what Hermione said, Ron quickly responded.

"That's right, who says that what a centaur says is always right, don't you think, Moon?"

After returning from dinner in the auditorium, Moon has been studying new spells.

His new version of the spell [Mirror Tide] is about to be successfully transformed.

Hearing Ron calling his name, Moon looked up blankly.

"Oh, you're discussing Voldemort, aren't you?"

Hearing Moon also say that person's name, Ron covered his ears helplessly and buried his head tightly in his knees.

"I think Harry's guess is right, because it all makes sense."

Moon actually didn't really believe in the centaur's astrological predictions, just as he didn't believe in the divination of the alcoholic professor.

But on the other hand, Moon has great faith in logical reasoning.

Just like he used [Memory Recall] to come up with a list of professors who cast curses during Quidditch matches.

From what the centaur Firenze said last night and the subsequent responses of the professors and principals, we can infer some information.

The person who wants to get the Philosopher's Stone must be someone extraordinary.

The only wizard who could make Dumbledore set up checkpoints to guard the Philosopher's Stone is probably the legendary Voldemort.

"I knew you weren't afraid of that man."

After hearing Moon's words, Harry felt like he had found a confidant.

"Moon's reasoning is correct, so we should stop Voldemort and his men now. We must not let them get the Philosopher's Stone."

"Yes, we should trust the professors. They will definitely be able to stop Voldemort."

After listening to Moon, Harry looked over in surprise.

"That's not what I meant."

Moon looked at Harry curiously, then nodded firmly.

"That's exactly what you meant. Besides, you should be more concerned about your thesis than the Philosopher's Stone."

Moon said as he took out the Transfiguration homework book that Harry had asked him to help check.

"Professor McGonagall would never accept a title like 'On Transfiguration and the Probability of Dark Wizards' Escape."

"Uh, okay, I'll change it."

Harry's ambition to deal with dark wizards was ruthlessly suppressed by Professor McGonagall's homework.

No one mentioned the Philosopher's Stone anymore, no one mentioned dark wizards anymore, and no one mentioned Voldemort.

The little wizards returned to their usual living habits.

Play chess, read, take notes, and decipher spells.
However, after what happened last night, it seemed difficult for everyone to regain their focus.

Whenever they had a break, they would inevitably recall the tragic scene of last night.

Only Moon, who was used to death, blood and suffering, studied magic step by step as if nothing had happened.

Unlike boys who have broad minds, Hermione had no mind to study all day.

She had always wanted to reach Moon's state, but she couldn't avoid being distracted no matter how many times she tried.

In the end, I had to sit next to Moon and force myself to study at his pace.

After Saturday dinner, Moon went to Professor Sprout's office as agreed. It was a remote room on the first floor of the castle, and the surroundings were very quiet.

As soon as Moon walked in, he found that this place was like a small greenhouse, with all kinds of exotic potted plants placed everywhere on the walls, windowsills, and desks.

The fragrance of plants fills the air, making the whole room seem very quiet.

Apart from these plants, there was only a lonely bookshelf leaning against the corner of the room.

Professor Sprout had apparently left, and it was unknown whether he had gone to the Forbidden Forest to deal with the unicorn or to repair those magical plants.

Moon just took a quick look around the office, then followed Professor Sprout's instructions and stood in front of the wall opposite the desk.

He skillfully took out the magic wand and drew three small circles clockwise on the wall, then gently moved it towards the center.

"Wintus-It"

Swift Wind Trail

This is the spell to open the passage that Professor Sprout told Moon.

Sure enough, after reciting the spell, a blue halo appeared on the wall in front of him.

As the halo continued to expand, a dark passage slightly higher than Moon's appeared on the wall.

Seeing that the passage was completely stabilized and the halo disappeared, Moon put on a thick mask and took a cautious step forward with his wand in hand.

But it was just one step, and Moon instantly appeared in a place completely different from the office environment.

It was dark and damp, the light was dim, and there was even a slight smell of decay.

Smelling a familiar scent, Moon quickly cast a [Bubble Head Spell] on himself.

The smell of water lily mushroom spore powder here is stronger than that in the club classroom.

After holding up the spell, Moon looked around curiously.

I don’t know if it was the effect of Dumbledore’s magic or if the castle was just very special.

The environment here is obviously a corridor, but apart from the magic door behind where Moon came in, no other passages can be seen.

Even the trapdoor that should have been above was gone.

"It seems to be true. You can't get to the next level from here."

After looking around curiously, Moon turned his attention to today's target.

The walls of the corridor were covered with dark green vines, which looked like a bunch of ropes tangled together, leaving no room for escape.

The thick vines were much larger than Hagrid's body, while the thinner ones were as long as Moon's arm.

The surface of the vine is covered with a layer of fine hairs.

A beautiful blue light appeared on the fur, as if attracting prey around.

At the roots of the Devil's Snare vines, there are nearly thirty pots of Sleeping Face Fungus.

Perhaps because the growing environment here is relatively good, there is a peaceful human face pattern on the surface of each water lily mushroom.

From a distance, it looked like a group of people showing expressions of great enjoyment, but when you get closer, it feels very strange.

Moon checked the spell on his head again, and only walked towards the corner after making sure it was very stable.

Professor Sprout has a lot of fire snail fertilizer here.

Carefully avoiding the branches extending from the vines, Moon first loosened the soil at the roots of the devil's snare, and then evenly spread new fertilizer.

The same is true for the sleeping mushroom, but this time you don’t need as much fertilizer.

After doing all this, Moon looked at Anxiang, and then smiled strangely and began to think.

"How about changing this place a little bit?"

After the Herb Club was robbed, Moon suspected that the thief was a dark wizard.

Cedric was quite certain that two bottles of spore powder were also lost and had not been found yet.

If the dark wizard really took away the spore powder, then the transformation results here would most likely become ineffective.

Although Moon had not participated in the renovation of the levels here before, all the plans here were designed by him.

Now that the other party has discovered the spore powder by accident, we must make some further improvements.

Thinking of this, Moon no longer hesitated and bent down to collect the excess spores.

With experience dealing with Night Owls, Moon is very proficient in setting traps with spore powder.

The light here is very dim, which is very suitable for setting some traps that are not easy to detect.

Divide the spore powder into small packets and hide them in various places in this space.

Then use some small stones and vines to cover it up, making it completely impossible to tell that there is a trap here.

When Moon placed the last small packet of spore powder among the vines of the Devil's Snare, his cloak seemed to be hooked by something.

Looking back, I saw a small vine from the Devil's Snare starting to climb up the cloak.

Crunch, crunch

The thick branches that were originally climbing on the wall seemed to have received some kind of signal and climbed towards Moon.

Without thinking too much, Moon took out his wand and cast a [Luminescent Flash] on the small vines behind him.

As the designer of the level, Moon never thought of setting them on fire.

Before the thick branches could entangle him, Moon threw away the still small vines and quickly left the range of the devil's net.

But this magical plant obviously does not intend to let its prey go easily.

The tiny hairs on the surface of the devil's snare flash rapidly, constantly collecting information about the surrounding prey.

After sensing Moon's direction, the vines broke away from the wall and flew into the air, quickly attacking the target.

But Moon was obviously faster than it. When the vines were about to touch him, he stepped into the dark passage.

The magic door closed instantly, and the Devil's Snare completely lost any information about its prey.

"This plant is truly amazing, it's like a living thing."

This was also the first time that Moon had seen this magical plant that would actively attack people, which made him think more.

“I don’t know if it can understand me.”

Moon had seen a related kind of witchcraft in the Spirit Tree Tribe on Xingjin Island.

【Wood-Knowing Technique】

This is a kind of magic that the wizards of the Lingshu tribe have to learn since childhood.

This kind of magic allows wizards to sense the subtle fluctuations of plants and then give the plants some special properties or abilities.

For example, ordinary wood can be given the ability to repair itself, or plants can be made to grow faster and have stronger defenses.

Although Moon has not yet mastered the [Wood Communication Technique], since this witchcraft can communicate with ordinary plants, it should be effective against the Devil's Snare as well.

"I must learn it this time when I go back."

Although there were some setbacks in taking care of the Devil's Snare this time, it was still a success.

Moreover, Moon's small mechanisms have been set up, which should give the dark wizard a little surprise.

"Mr. Thief, you'll like this gift."

After Moon finished speaking, he left a note on Professor Sprout's desk.

It contained a diagram of the trap he had just set.

(End of this chapter)