A day at Hogwarts

"We need to prepare for the worst as we prepare."

Bell became more serious than usual as soon as he entered class today.

"Although the extracurricular teaching this time is near the castle, it is still within the scope of the Forbidden Forest. The mountainous area north of the Forbidden Forest is more dangerous than the Forbidden Forest."

"Although the school has taken many protective measures, in my experience, unexpected things always happen."

"Although you have a wand in your hand, more than half of wizards will be unable to recite a spell in a panic when they encounter life-threatening danger for the first time, their arms will be stiff and unable to lift their hands, and they will even break their wands while running away. leave."

He said several "although buts" in succession, and the students suddenly became nervous and sat upright one by one.

Bell continued: "We imagine a situation where you are separated from your teammates due to an accident, your wand is lost, and all means of seeking help fail to respond."

"Everyone thinks how to survive at this time."

After he finished speaking, he made a gesture and the students began to discuss.

Hermione stood up immediately and said, "We should identify the direction first and walk towards the castle."

Ron said from the side: "Yeah, if you keep walking, you can always reach the seaside. Shouldn't we light a fire and use smoke to tell others where we are?"

Lavender Brown said to him: "What if it rains? It's a rainy season now."

After everyone discussed for a while, Harry said: "I think we should find food and water first."

Among the students present, Charles was kidnapped in elementary school and was tied up after being taken away by Dobby a while ago. They had experienced being in desperate situations. The most impressive thing was that they were hungry.

Bell was waiting for this sentence and said: "Potter is right. If you want to survive alone in the wild, you must first fill your stomach."

"Today we are going to learn how to find food when hunting is not possible."

With a wave of the wand in his hand, the cloth covering the thing next to him flew away.

It was a little different from what Charles thought. There were colorful mushrooms growing on the large piece of rotten wood.

"Come over here and see what kind of mushrooms you can eat," Bell said.

Hermione recalled the contents of the book she had read, pointed to a red umbrella with thorns on the top and said: "The brighter the color, the more poisonous the mushroom. This mushroom is the least colorful, so it should be edible."

Charles said with a black line: "You can try it. After eating this, you will see hallucinations and drool non-stop. It's a mushroom that students in Japanese magic schools often use to play pranks."

"I don't think there are any edible mushrooms here?"

He only eats mushrooms that grow on supermarket shelves and never touches mushrooms in the wild.

Bell said to Charles: "Actually, there are several kinds of mushrooms that can be eaten after being boiled in boiling water for more than half an hour."

He pointed to several mushrooms with less bright colors and said: "These mushrooms can be eaten inside if they are boiled in boiling water for more than half an hour, or roasted on the fire until the outer skin is charred."

Then Bell put on gloves and picked the mushrooms and talked about the names, characteristics, and growth environments of these mushrooms. The students took notebooks and took notes carefully.

After he finished speaking, he threw the mushrooms into a steaming pot not far away and said, "We can taste delicious mushrooms before get out of class ends."

Bell continued: "Everyone should pay attention to one thing. Mushrooms are not easy to fill your stomach. The energy they provide is too little compared with meat. It is best to eat meat when you are hungry to better replenish your physical strength."

Harry asked: "But we can't hunt, how can we eat meat?"

Other students had the same idea. Hunting was still too difficult for them. It would be nice not to become prey without the wand in the Forbidden Forest.

Bell waved his wand and drew a circle over the mushrooms and said, "If you can see these mushrooms on the rotten tree trunks, it means you can find meat."

While he was talking, he placed his wand and taught everyone how to kick poisonous mushrooms on the wood to avoid being poisoned by touching them with their hands, and then opened the wood until they found a "tunnel" inside.

"There is hope when you see this hole." Bell said with a smile, "Follow it and look for it."

A fat, white larva soon appeared on his palm. The larva curled up and occupied the entire palm.

Hermione asked tremblingly: "Professor..., do we want to eat this?"

Bell nodded and replied: "This is the larvae of a beetle. When they are young, they will eat the mycelium in the dead wood. When they grow up and emerge from the pupa, they will eat the mushrooms, adding toxicity to their bodies to prevent them from being eaten by birds. It’s where there are poisonous mushrooms.”

"Don't worry, the larvae are non-toxic."

Although he said this, all the students present had distorted facial expressions and subconsciously stepped back.

Bell continued to demonstrate: "When we eat, we must first break off its head like this, be gentle, and then slowly pull out the intestines together. Don't use too much force, otherwise the intestines will be inside."

After he demonstrated how to do it, he raised his head and put the worm into his mouth and chewed it. His expression looked like he was enjoying a fine steak.

This scene left a psychological shadow on the students, and Hermione hid behind Charles.

After eating, Bell said: "Eating such a bug is equivalent to eating five steaks of the same size, which is enough for a day's activity."

"Well, who's coming first?"

At this time, the students had already retreated five steps away, and Hermione Granger, the little expert in answering questions, had lost her previous enthusiasm. She huddled behind Charles, for fear that she would be seen and called on.

"Oh, he deserves to be the recipient of the Order of Merlin, First Class, and he deserves to be the most courageous Gryffindor!"

Bell smiled brightly when he saw Seamus walking quickly out of the crowd, without having to draw lots like Slytherin.

Only the students behind Seamus saw that this guy had a shoe sole mark on his butt.

Seamus turned around and glared at Charles fiercely. He couldn't do anything to run away, so he could only grit his teeth and do it.

He walked to the rotten wood as if he was dead, kicked out a few poisonous mushrooms, and soon grabbed a worm, gritted his teeth, and imitated Bell, breaking off the head of the worm and taking out its intestines to eat.

Half a minute later, Simo turned around and said to his classmates with surprise on his face: "Come and try it, everyone. It's delicious."

The others walked over with hesitation, looked at the sincere smile on Seamus' face, and believed it.

At this time, Simo's heart was: Let's all die together!

Although the taste of this insect was similar to that of boiled chicken, the taste was so terrible that he would rather fight the poisonous horned beast again.

Charles was the last one to dig up the worms. Instead of eating them directly, he turned around and walked away.

Harry had just finished eating, his face was distorted, and he asked him tremblingly: "Where are you going?"

Charles pointed to the big pot not far away and said, "Of course you'll eat it after it's cooked."

Everyone was stunned. At first, they thought the pot was just for cooking mushrooms. However, the psychological impact they received later was too great, and because Simo had tricked them, no one thought it could be used to cook worms.

Bell found that everyone was looking at him, and he looked very relieved and said: "Everyone is very brave, so there is no need for it."

Charles shook his head and said, "I'm not brave at all."

As soon as he took a step, Harry suddenly took action and knocked this guy to the ground, yelling: "Someone, feed Charles worms!"