Two Worlds: I studied abroad at Hogwarts

Chapter 56 Comparative Study of Herbs
Learning herbal medicine was something Moon had decided to do a long time ago, but he had no channels in this regard.

The world did not have a very developed printing technology and paper was not cheap, so books became an expensive luxury.

"Don't worry. As a forest ranger, I know at least eighty herbal merchants, if not a hundred. They definitely have manuscripts on this subject."

On the third day after returning to Xilin, Moon received the three herbal manuscripts as he wished.

Two of them are very new, the copyists were very careful, the contents are written clearly, and they are also accompanied by illustrations.

The name "Canary Pharmacy" was written on the title page, and Moon knew that this was the largest herbal medicine store in Xilin.

As for the last one, it was a completely tattered manuscript. It didn't even have a cover, and many of the pages were moth-eaten.

"The first two were given to me by the pharmacy, and the last one was bought from Raul."

Seeing that Moon didn't care much about the broken book, Zalan continued to explain.

"The Raul family has been collecting herbs for generations in Black Iron Mountain. They learned about the war too late, and the price of food was so high, so I helped them."

After a few days of contact, Moon also fully understood Zalan's character.

Since he said he wanted to help, it couldn't be as simple as just buying the herbalist's manuscript. He must have spent a lot of money.

"Actually, you can buy some paper so I can copy it down and then have them pass the manuscript down to future generations."

Moon actually likes Zalan's character very much, so after hearing about the other party's difficulties, he also wants to help.

"Oh! Why didn't I think of that?"

Zalan said this and left the cabin again.

Moon opened the manuscript and began to read slowly.

He had memorized "A Thousand Miraculous Herbs and Fungi" completely.

What we need to do now is to find the corresponding herbs in Xilin.

This way he could not only get more study materials, but he might also be able to find herbs for making potions.

To confirm whether an herb meets the requirements, in addition to identifying the picture, you also need to check the text description.

[Silver Platform Flower, with white, shallow cup-shaped flowers and flat, ribbon-shaped, resilient leaves.]

"That's a lot like the description of daffodils."

Moon annotated the paragraph.

[Ant-worm herb, leaves are opposite, with serrated edges, and bears male and female double flowers.]

"This seems to be hemostatic grass."

Before Zaran returned, Moon discovered seven or eight herbs he had learned at Hogwarts.

However, this still requires one final step to confirm, which is to see it with your own eyes or even taste it.

"You said these things can be used to make potions?"

Looking at Moon, who was once again exhausted from running out of magic power, Zalan grabbed a piece of sweet grass root and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Yes, the thing you ate can be used to make a potion to treat burns."

Moon replied, gasping for breath as he lay on the ground.

"This is truly amazing. When I was in the army, I only used it as a snack and never thought it could be used to make potions."

"It's really suitable as a snack. It has a sweet taste, and if you chew it dry, it can also suppress the heat."

Moon sat up from the ground and looked at Zalan worriedly.

"But brewing potions is not possible right now."

"Why? Is the potion difficult to make?"

The sweet grass that Zalan eats is called "evening primrose" in "One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi".

This is one of the herbs in the burn potion that Moon learned a month ago.

However, the most important thing about refining this potion is not the difficulty, but the fact that it requires a drop of unicorn tears.

"One of the ingredients in this potion is very difficult to obtain."

When Moon said this, he couldn't help but think of the magical white horse he met in Snow Eagle Mountain.

If his guess was correct, it should be a unicorn.

"I think the Magician's Association must have what you need."

Seeing that Moon was a little worried, Zalan gave a suggestion.

"Magicians Association? What is that?" Moon, who had lived in Xilin since childhood, had never heard of the name 'Magicians Association'.

He had always thought that people who could perform magic were called 'spellcasters' or 'court wizards'.

"You don't really think that magicians are only found in the Federation, do you?"

"That won't happen." Moon answered truthfully.

"It seems you are quite smart. Actually, I have only heard about the Magician's Association."

Zalan seemed to be born for war. He had a strong physique, ran very fast, and was proficient in spear, archery and swordsmanship.

He joined the army at the age of sixteen, became the captain of a hundred-man team at the age of eighteen, and was promoted to the chief officer of a five-hundred-man team at the age of twenty.

His future should have been brighter. However, at the age of 20, he encountered the ten-man team of Night Owl Guards.

The result is predictable. He was the only one who survived out of the team of 500 people, and he also lost an eye.

It was also after the battle that Moon's father dug him out from the pile of dead bodies.

From then on, practicing hard to seek revenge became Zalan's only thought.

Later, his strength grew stronger and stronger, and he was noticed by the top spellcasters of the Federation and became a spellcaster guardian.

Until the establishment of the Federation, Zalan found that revenge was hopeless, and finally chose to return to his hometown and become a forest ranger.

As for the Magicians' Association, he also heard about it when he was a spellcaster guard.

"Actually, I've only seen court mages from the Maynila Empire. They'll be incorporated into the army during wartime. If you encounter them, you must stay away from them."

Moon had also heard of the name of the court wizard, who often appeared in various legends of Xilin.

"As for the Magicians' Guild, it's called the 'Underground Rats' by spellcasters and court mages. I think you can probably guess their situation."

"Isn't it a bit ironic that a magician is called a mouse?"

Moon was very surprised. In his opinion, a magician who possessed great power should not be treated like this.

"Why, do you think that you can't be treated as a rat just because you have mastered extraordinary powers?"

Zalan saw through Moon's thoughts at a glance.

"Do you know how many spellcasters there are in the Federation?"

Seeing that Moon was a little indignant, Zalan asked an unrelated question.

"Probably not much, right?" Moon guessed.

"Of course not much!"

Zalan said this and stood up a little excitedly.

"From the time you were born until now, hundreds of children have been born every year in Xilin and the surrounding villages, but only one has been able to enter the military academy to study magic."

"Could it be the little girl who took the test with me?"

Moon recalled taking the test when he was seven years old.

That year, a little girl named Garona was taken away by a spellcaster from the military academy.

"That's right, but I'm not saying this to remind you of that little girl."

Zalan paused here deliberately, and seeing that Moon didn't react, he shook his head and continued.

"Don't you realize that there are too few people with magical talent?"

Zalan reminded him and Moon reacted.

There were approximately a thousand children born in the eleventh year, but only one had magical talent.

"One in a thousand?"

"Yes, it will be even less, and the number of people joining the army will be a hundred times that number."

"But what does it matter? Being a soldier and being a magician don't conflict. Just like spellcasters, they are still studying at the military academy."

"Whether or not to fight is never decided by one person. When those in power believe that magicians are evil, a hundred soldiers will receive orders to kill a magician."

100:1
Moon knew very well that ordinary magicians below this number had no chance of winning at all.

"Is this why magicians are called mice?"

"Of course, sometimes it's all up to those in power."

　Seeking follow-up reading, monthly tickets, and recommendation tickets for the little wizard

　　
　
(End of this chapter)