Hogwarts Kryptonian - Chapter 59 Mandrake
Although the Slytherin gang had no interest in Harry and Ron’s inexplicable disappearance between platform nine and three-quarters and the express train, there was an atmosphere of worry coming from Gryffindor. It still affected the entire carriage.
In the end, the Slytherin students stopped talking about the lighthearted topics of summer vacation.
In this way, the special express quietly arrived at the Hogwarts platform.
When Lu Yun got off the bus, he kept paying attention. Harry and Ron did not appear on the platform.
Later, at the school’s opening dinner, he still didn’t see these two people.
The Sorting Hat was still singing the same vague song as last year and cramming dozens of freshmen into different houses.
Lu Yunkai actually saw someone he knew besides Ron’s sister Ginny.
A girl with gray hair and big eyes. Last year, he met her at Ollivander’s wand shop to buy wands with her father. It was from this girl’s mouth that Lu Yunkai first heard the word “soul-eating lynx”.
Lu Yunkai couldn’t remember her name, but Professor McGonagall, who was responsible for reading out the list of freshmen, reminded him that the girl’s name was Luna.
Not surprisingly, Ginny followed a large number of her brothers into Gryffindor, while Luna entered Ravenclaw.
Dumbledore then introduced this year’s new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor in his speech.
Lu Yunkai had thought that a middle-aged female fan of Gerald Lockhart would appear in the professor’s chair in the auditorium, but he didn’t expect that he actually saw Lockhart himself…
Although all the female classmates sitting in the audience were fascinated by Harlot’s so-called “wizard’s most charming smile”, Lu Yunkai felt that his disgust for this greasy middle-aged man was simply extreme.
And he’s not the only one.
“That guy named Lockhart is really thick-skinned.”
After a hearty meal, he returned to the lounge and sat cross-legged on the bed to pack his suitcase. Lu Yunkai heard the complaints of his roommate Blaise in his ears.
“That’s it! Being a teacher and taking the opportunity to sell your own books is so expensive.”
Lu Yunkai echoed.
“It’s not about the price. I heard my mother say about him. Many of his boasted ‘achievements’ were actually stolen from others.”
“Oh? What do you mean?”
“I heard my mother say that one of her husbands, who worked at the Ministry of Magic, once investigated an incident where a magical creature was causing trouble. During the initial investigation, it was clear that an old witch had got rid of the creature, but after a month, it was found again. When I visited, the old witch somehow said it wasn’t her, but this Lockhart showed up and said it was him. “
“…Is there such a thing? Does the Ministry of Magic not care about it?”
“No one cares about such trivial matters.” Blaise shook his head, “He is so popular!”
“It’s really too much!” Lu Yunkai sighed.
“When my mother took me to buy books before, she said that this year the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts actually used Lockhart’s book as a teaching material, which would affect our studies. Fortunately, we are only in the second year, even if The impact won’t be too great.” Blaise nodded, “I just don’t know how long he will stay at Hogwarts.”
“Forget it, let’s not talk about him.”
Lu Yunkai took out the last thing from the suitcase, and then finished it all with a floating spell and an organizing spell.
“You want to go out?”
“Well, I’m going to see Senior Sister Fali to teach the new students and see if there are any great seeds.” Lu Yun smiled.
“Okay.” Hearing what Lu Yunkai said, Blais also remembered the first words the two of them said last year and laughed.
Lu Yunkai walked out of the dormitory, glanced at the lounge, and saw Senior Sister Fali, who was chatting under the banner of the college, as well as several freshmen trembling in front of her.
There was also the Malfoy trio smiling and pointing in the distance.
Lu Yun walked over with a smile.
“Is it so funny? We were almost the same last year.” Lu Yunkai said hello, grabbing a candy Malfoy had on hand and throwing it into his mouth.
“We’re not laughing at this.” Malfoy smiled even more happily, “It’s Potter and Weasley.”
“Oh? What happened to them?”
“I just stayed in the auditorium for a while, and when I came back, I saw two of them sneaking into the school, and then they were caught by Filch.” Goyle, who was next to him, had a big smile on his face, “I’m a little curious. I just eavesdropped and it seemed like they drove a modified flying car to the school and hit the whomping willow in the backyard of the school. “
“…Flying car??” Lu Yunkai was stunned.
“Muggle things are enchanted!” Malfoy took over with a smile, “Hey, someone is going to be in trouble!”
“Why did they drive to school?” Lu Yunkai’s face was full of absurdity, “I obviously saw them at King’s Cross Station!”
“Who knows! Maybe they just want to be in the limelight!” Malfoy shook his head nonchalantly, “I think they may be expelled this time.”
“Expulsion shouldn’t be enough, right? This is Harry Potter after all.” Crabbe shook his head in disapproval, “Dumbledore can forgive him.”
“Even if they are not expelled, there is probably no hope for Fendo in Finland’s Academy Cup this year. Why haven’t these two been deducted 100 points?” Gower said with a smile.
“It’s really…”
Lu Yunkai didn’t know what to say and sighed softly.
At this time, the prefect’s lecture had ended, and a group of ignorant freshmen began to wander around the lounge.
Malfoy brought Goyle and Crabbe closer, as if he wanted to touch a younger brother.
Lu Yunkai, who originally came to watch the excitement, had no interest in watching the excitement at this time.
The Whomping Willow that Malfoy mentioned just now was seen in the backyard when he and Daphne took pictures at school before the summer vacation. It was a dry tree with no leaves. In “Hogwarts, a School History” “”, Lu Yunkai even knew the origin of this tree.
This tree not only has a long history, but is also a key protected “cultural relic” of the school. More importantly, this tree is also extremely offensive to wizards.
After driving a car into the car, Lu Yunkai was worried about how much injuries Harry and Ron had suffered.
It’s just that at this time, it’s impossible for him to go to Gryffindor to inquire about information…
Chrissy that dead cat! When I need it, I don’t know where to go!
Lu Yunkai let out a long sigh.
…
The new school year begins in an uneasy atmosphere. But it didn’t last long.
Early the next morning, while eating breakfast in the restaurant, a howling letter from an owl made the atmosphere instantly joyful.
Ron was scolded by his mother in front of the entire school.
Seeing Ron’s aggrieved expression on the verge of tears, even Lu Yunkai couldn’t help laughing, not to mention Malfoy and the others who were already gloating about his misfortune.
But this made Lu Yunkai feel relieved. At least Harry and Ron were not injured or expelled. And Ron was not taken home directly by his mother, which meant that although Mrs. Weasley scolded him, that was all.
After breakfast, with a sense of joy that has not dissipated, a group of students came to the herbal medicine classroom, Professor Sprout’s greenhouse.
The first class of the school year was to help Professor Sprout transplant mandrakes.
In fact, classroom teaching content such as plant transplantation is an important part of the herbal medicine class. Last year, Lu Yunkai and others conducted similar work at least seven or eight times. It is indeed a good teaching method to understand the characteristics, functions, and precautions of transplanted plants, and then transplant and cultivate them yourself.
For example, before they started transplanting, they first understood that mandrakes are male and female. Their roots will make a piercing scream. Listening to them without protection can cause dizziness. The juice from the rhizomes of mandrakes can be used to crack Powerful petrification state.
Then, comes the part of enhancing knowledge through practice.
This class is destined to make all students remember Mandrake firmly…
Changing the soil of mandrake requires the cooperation of two people: one person holds the mandrake throughout the process, pulls it out of the original pot and presses it into the new pot, while the other person is responsible for cleaning and filling the soil.
It sounds very simple, but the problem is that the root of the mandrake is exactly like a naughty baby, and even a weaker boy may not be able to grasp it.
For a while, the sound of clinking flowerpots and shattering was heard one after another in the classroom. What a fuss!
But amid the cries of the mandrake roots, the sound of the flowerpot had no presence at all.
Even with the thick earmuffs on, the piercing scream still caused chaos in the entire classroom.
There are some relatively relaxed ones here.
Like where Hermione is.
Another example is the group of Daphne and Lu Yunkai.
Originally, Lu Yunkai was paired with Blaise, but before starting to work, Millicent ran over and moved Lu Yunkai next to Daphne.
Although Millicent claimed that it was difficult for the two girls to do this job, Lu Yun clearly saw that it was Bress who was moving the flower pots, and Millicent was holding them there, screaming and twisting. Not to mention the mandrake, Lu Yunkai felt that this was safer than letting Brace do it.
As for Lu Yunkai, who was assigned to a group with Daphne, his work went smoothly as expected.
A month of getting along has made the two of them have a lot more understanding. On the opposite side, Harry and Hermione had just changed a pot of mandrakes. Here, Lu Yunkai and Daphne had already finished changing three pots.
Then, after the two of them helped Slytherin win five extra points, they left get out of class early amid the envious eyes of others in the classroom…