Two Worlds: I studied abroad at Hogwarts

Chapter 41 Hagrid's Invitation

Learning is like digging the core hole for a magic wand. As long as you make a little progress every day, you will always gain something.

This is the experience Moon gained after two consecutive days of digging holes in the core of the wand.

In order to ensure that the magical properties of the wand wood are not destroyed, the wand core must also be seamlessly inlaid according to the original grain of the wood.

Fortunately, Moon's feel for finding textures has been trained and strengthened.

This time, there were only five more flames in the fireplace, and a perfect hole for the wand core was dug out.

puff~
Gently blowing away the sawdust he had dug out, Moon admired his latest work in the light coming into the room from outside.

After making sure that no tiny texture was damaged, he rubbed his eyes and looked into the distance to relieve his fatigue.

Today is Wednesday. Two days have passed, and the Aquarius plant that Moon brought from Xilin has adapted to the environment of Hogwarts.

There were seven or eight flowers in the two pots, all with their caps opened, as if asking for food.

"It's time to find some food for these carnivorous flowers."

Thinking of this, Moon carried two flower pots out of the castle and walked towards the Forbidden Forest.

He brought this carnivorous plant to Hogwarts to see if it could help Hagrid get rid of the bugs that were eating his pumpkins.

When he saw Hagrid again, Moon directly explained his purpose.

"You said this flower eats insects?"

Hagrid's two big hands had already taken the flower pot, and his eyes were staring at the plant in his hands with curiosity.

"Yes, in my hometown they're often placed in the kitchen to keep away mosquitoes, but I wonder if the bugs in the pumpkin patch will be fooled."

"I think so. After all, these little flying insects are similar to flies and mosquitoes."

Hagrid didn't doubt it too much. After he finished speaking, he led Moon to the pumpkin patch behind the house.

A week later, the pumpkins in the vegetable garden had grown to the size of footballs.

The dark green rind of the pumpkin has not hardened yet, but the fragrance of the pumpkin has already attracted many flying insects that come to steal the food.

Following Moon's instructions, Hagrid placed two pots of water lily on both sides of the field.

Then he and Moon quietly observed from the side.

The buzzing of the flying insects around seemed to trigger a switch for the Aquarius plant.

These white flowers began to open their bottle caps one by one, and a strange smell began to waft around.

This smell is exactly what Aquarius flower uses to attract insects. At this time, Moon could already see the deceived flying insects gathering around the flowers.

Attracted by the fragrance of the flowers, these flying insects lined up and drilled into the bottle of the water lily.

"Wow, this works much better than the bug spray I bought in Knockturn Alley."

Hagrid exclaimed happily when he saw that in just half an hour, the Aquarius plant had trapped more than a dozen flying insects.

"Knockturn Alley?"

Moon looked at Hagrid curiously. He had read in a book that this seemed to be a place that specialized in selling supplies for dark wizards.

"Oh, you know, there's always something powerful and cheap out there."

After hearing Hagrid's explanation, Moon couldn't help but feel a little skeptical.

"Guarding such a large forbidden forest, you shouldn't be short of money, right?"

Moon remembered the unicorn tail hair Hagrid gave him last time. Just a handful of it would definitely be worth hundreds of gold galleons outside.

"Don't say that. The property in the Forbidden Forest belongs to Hogwarts. I am only responsible for guarding and collecting it, but I don't have the right to dispose of it at will."

"Then the unicorn tail hair you gave me won't cause you any trouble, will it?"

"How could it be? It was arranged by..."

Hagrid suddenly shut his mouth tightly, then looked at Moon: "There are a lot every year, one more or one less is not a big deal."

"Ok."

Although Moon saw that Hagrid was hiding something, he did not plan to ask any further questions. After all, the unicorn tail hair did help him a lot.

As the sun set and Moon was about to leave, Hagrid called him again.

"I know your carving skills are amazing. Can you help me make the pumpkin lantern for Halloween this year?"

"Jack-o'-lantern?" Moon, who had never experienced Halloween, had no idea how important jack-o'-lanterns were to this holiday.

"Of course, this is the highlight of Halloween, and everyone will be looking forward to it."

Halloween is a month away, and Moon is now in the final stages of making his wand.

If you add the time he spent in Xilin, he would have two months to make the wand.

It won’t take up any time at all to help carve pumpkin lanterns.

Of course, it is also very likely that by that time, he had already made a real magic wand in Xilin.

"Okay, I'll come find you then."

Moon readily agreed, and then returned to the castle with a basket of snacks that Hagrid had prepared for Bungbung.

After Potions class on Friday, Moon finally managed to perfectly embed a unicorn tail hair into ordinary wood.

After using plant glue to completely stick the two halves of the wooden stick together, there will be no gap on the entire wooden stick.

Having achieved this step, Moon has completed all the previous experimental steps. The next step is to practice on the three big trees.

The three big trees outside the greenhouse seemed to know their fate. They had gradually stopped growing this week.

Without any mercy, Moon reached out to the grapevines climbing up the greenhouse glass.

About two meters of magical wood should be enough for him to practice about seven times.

The holly tree next to it has a branch with magical properties. The usable range is about one meter, which means three training opportunities.

As for the last willow tree, it was also three times.

But that was the final deciding game.

On Friday night, Moon polished all the magical woods into wand prototypes.

Then he locked himself in the greenhouse all day Saturday.

It is quiet enough here, which is very suitable for him to create with peace of mind.

First, the grapevines.

Split, failed!
Split, failed!
Split, failed!
Moon discovered that the wood with magical properties had finer grain, and each of its lines seemed to be filled with magical energy.

When the blade splits the grain, it inevitably disrupts the energy inside, which in turn disrupts the force of the cut.

Throughout the morning, Moon destroyed five grape vines and two holly branches.

After lunch, Moon chose to go back to the dormitory for a nap to give his brain a good rest.

When he came to the greenhouse again, Bengbeng followed him.

Moon successfully split the eighth willow tree.

However, he failed again when digging out the groove of the wand core.

Bengbeng's arrival seemed to dispel the bad luck.

The ninth grape vine, the tenth holly branch, and the eleventh willow branch were all perfectly divided.

Now all that’s left is to put the unicorn tail hair in!

"Why is this happening?"

It is not difficult to inlay unicorn tail hair, but Moon's grapevines and holly branches spontaneously combusted when he was inlaying them.

This gave Moon a bitter feeling, as if he was about to see the end but was tripped again.

There are two last chances.

Moon took out the wand he bought from Ollivander's and examined it carefully.

As he observed the wand, he couldn't help but recall the scene when he bought the wand.

"Remember, the wand chooses the wizard."

Once this meaningless sentence entered Moon's mind, he could no longer expel it.

With these words in mind, Moon began to inlay the wand core into the willow wood.

When the long gap was closed, Moon came out of his daze.

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