days at Hogwarts

Chapter 252 Mandrake Blades

Resist the desire to speak.

Replace the step of brushing your teeth with a cleaning spell.

Place the mandrake leaves against the roof of your mouth and under the base of your tongue.

The positions on both sides of the seat teeth need to be avoided.

Try to eat foods that do not require chewing, such as gruel and broth.I don’t know if pudding counts. I’m not sure. I won’t eat pudding in the next month. I’ll talk about it after this month is over.

Hermione compared the notes copied from an unknown book and silently recited all the contents.

Loren sat on the steps of the courtyard, looking over her notes from time to time.

There were several young wizards from the Animagus teaching class around. They carefully protected the blades of the mandrake with their hands, waiting quietly in the courtyard for the full moon to emerge from the tent made of clouds.

There is also a group of more cautious students who are now guarding the observatory, joining tonight's stargazing class, mixing with the little wizards of other grades, and using telescopes to ensure that the moon is really full.

Hermione's white fingers stopped on a note, and a flash of doubt flashed in her eyes. She suddenly turned her head and asked: "Can we use a whirlwind to clean our teeth? Will it roll the mandrake into pieces?" Fragments?"

"If you're not sure, it's best not to use this cleaning spell. You'll never go wrong if you're more prudent." Loren leaned his head on the pillar next to him. He suddenly thought of something and showed a strange smile. "I might as well stop brushing my teeth. It will only last for a month." If so, there should be no cavities."

"Eh~" Hermione curled her lips in disgust, "I won't talk to you until you brush your teeth."

Hermione, whose parents were both dentists, certainly knew what would happen if she didn't brush her teeth. Bacteria multiplied freely in the hotbed of the mouth, and even if it didn't take a month to get cavities, the smell would definitely be unpleasant.

"Oh!" Loren stared, pointed his finger at her and condemned, "You won't talk to me if I don't brush my teeth. It turns out that you approach me just for my fresh breath."

Hermione: "..."

The little witch rolled her eyes at him and didn't want to continue talking to this person. She turned her head and continued to recite her own precautions.

Loren refused to give up easily. He moved up to her and pulled her arm, asking, "Tell me, are you plotting against my lime-orange toothpaste?"

"Be careful of breaking my mandrake blades!"

Hermione slapped him, and Loren was so angry that she slapped him back, and things took a strange turn. The two of them started to fight in the courtyard waiting for the moonlight.

George, who was not far away, heard the sound, glanced suspiciously into the bushes, and muttered in a low voice: "Are there mosquitoes so early this year? Summer hasn't arrived yet."

Fred squatted aside and carefully looked at the mandrake leaves in his hand, and casually said, "It's already April, it's normal to have mosquitoes."

"yes……"

It wasn't until the backs of both hands turned red that Loren got tired of playing this game of slapping each other.Mainly because Hermione was stronger than him, he felt that he would be at a greater disadvantage, otherwise he and Hermione would play until dawn.

After calming down, Hermione remembered to take a look at her mandrake blades. After confirming that it was okay, she sighed with a complicated mood.

According to the little witch's original plan, she would carefully care for the opening ceremony of the mandrake blades and spend this month cautiously.But Loren had such magical power, she couldn't help but fall into his evil games.

Hermione had a bad feeling in her heart. With this person by her side, the ritual of mouthing mandrakes might be very difficult.

The little witch was sitting on the steps in a daze, thinking anxiously about how she would spend the next month.

Loren's mood became lighter after she was satisfied with her bad taste. She blew the breeze in the courtyard and looked up at the sky. She occasionally glanced at the paper in her hand. She held a piece of green grass in her hand and her fingers unconsciously touched it. Rub the leaves.

All the books make it clear that Animagus is a long-term project, and the study time is measured in years, ranging from one or two years to decades. The group also spent three years, and some wizards could not even hear the second heartbeat in their bodies for the rest of their lives.

Of course, compared to those unlucky ones who turned into beasts or grew parts they shouldn't have, they were lucky.

It is worth noting that the entire ceremony does not last long. Apart from holding the mandrake leaves in the mouth, the most time-consuming part is just waiting for the stormy night with thunder and lightning.Britain, with its temperate maritime climate, has no shortage of thunderstorms, so you won’t have to wait too long.

Most of the time is spent learning the relevant knowledge of Transfiguration and doing strong psychological construction.

The relevant knowledge points about the animal transformation of the human body have not been covered, and the specific content of rationality versus bestiality has not been mentioned.Although the Transfiguration Club has talked about a lot of relevant content before, no matter how you look at it, Professor McGonagall's teaching progress is not enough to support the little wizards to start the ceremony.

Professor McGonagall may have many purposes, including letting the young wizards understand the difficulty of the ritual and dispelling the impatience caused by expectations...

All in all, it is estimated that no one will be able to successfully complete the first step of the ritual.There were too many variables in a month, and Loren himself didn't know what to do, so he simply relaxed a little and was more casual.

About ten minutes later, the bright moonlight broke away from the curtain of dark clouds and flowed in the courtyard like a clear stream, quiet and clear.

The mandrake blade in my hand seemed to have undergone some strange changes under the illumination of the moonlight. The veins of the leaf stretched to its fullest, and the tiny hairs on the back of the leaf stood up.

Loren, who had been holding the blade to rotate, noticed this change immediately. He didn't move his hands, but the touch became obviously rough.The magic contained in the plants became more active, but not yet to an excited state.

A flash of surprise flashed in Loren's eyes, and without much thought, he threw the leaf into his mouth.It was ice cold, with some kind of grassy plant fragrance. The grass juice did not leak out, so it had no taste.

Hermione looked at him with bright eyes, sparkling with curiosity: "What does it smell like?"

"chocolate flavor!"

Hermione rolled her eyes silently, slowly put the mandrake blade into her mouth, took a sip, and thought about it: "Mine is strawberry flavored."

Loren's eyes widened: "You lied!"

"whispering sound!"

……

In a corridor on the right side of the courtyard, George and Fred held up mandrake blades in front of their eyes. Both of them had a certain foundation in potions and alchemy, trying to analyze something from them.

Well, I didn't see anything.

The two looked at each other and tacitly gave up on this subject.But instead of starting the first step of the Animagus ritual, they looked at each other and invariably put the mandrakes into their own small boxes and put them back in their pockets.

George's eyes flickered a few times and he said faintly: "I remember Professor McGonagall said, just put it in your mouth before twelve o'clock, right?"

After hearing this, Fred nodded, with a malicious smile on his lips: "Now go and scratch Percy's creaky nest, he will definitely not be able to resist."

"Even covering his mouth."

"Hey hey hey..."

<divclass="contentadv">Percy's pain-filled laughter soon filled the courtyard.Pain and laughter seem to be two contradictory words, but Percy fused the two together to interpret it. Later, he even added anger, sadness to the emotion of laughter... In short, it was very complicated.

Cedric, one of the onlookers, expressed deep sympathy for this, and then quickened his pace and moved away from this dangerous place.Who knows if the twins might turn on others.

Saturday.

The gap in the moon is getting bigger day by day, and the full moon has gradually turned into a crescent moon.

The magic contained in the mandrake pulses with a mysterious frequency under the moonlight, and this pulse is constantly changing.Loren noticed that the frequency of this pulsating magic power and the magic power flowing in his body were slowly converging. The two were not trying to be exactly the same, but changing into a harmonious rhythm.

There are only about thirty members in the Animagus teaching class, which is not a large number. After the open class, the turmoil caused by the teaching class gradually calmed down.A more important matter became the topic of discussion at the Gryffindor table, a Quidditch match with Hufflepuff.

"We have been training every night for the past few days. With the Nimbus 2001, I can perfect the Prenton counterattack. The Eagle Head offensive formation has also been matured..." Harry stopped chewing chickpeas in his mouth. He couldn't stop chatting, with a confident smile on his face, "I don't think the Gryffindor team has ever been more confident of winning the Quidditch Cup than now!"

"Shh-" Ron looked around nervously, then looked at him seriously, "Don't reveal the tactics!"

Harry swallowed the beans in his mouth and nodded.

Loren cut into pieces of the grilled veal steak on the plate and turned to interrupt their conversation: "I remember Captain Wood, George and Fred were all members of the Animagus teaching class, and they had Manders in their mouths. Can you still communicate loudly on the court?"

"Wood did not open the ceremony for Quidditch training. As for George and Fred -" Harry became hesitant when he mentioned the two people, wondering what he wanted to say.

A gloating smile appeared on Ron's face, and he answered with a smile: "When Percy got up the next morning, he found that a corner of the mandrake blade in his mouth was missing. That day he chased the two men like crazy. Beat them individually. From the first floor to the eighth floor of the castle, and then from the eighth floor to the first floor, I chased George and Fred until they were breathless, and beat them both severely."

Harry nodded and lamented the scene at that time: "George and Fred didn't escape with the help of the secret passages they knew, and then their ritual failed. Angelina said that their mandrake blades were stolen. I was beaten until I vomited it out.”

Ron's smile vividly interpreted the relationship between brothers and sisters: "And there's more..."

Not only the three Weasley brothers, but also more than half of the members of the Animagus teaching class have failed in less than a week.

In addition to the natural losses caused by accidental swallowing while eating and sleeping, and accidental spitting out while brushing teeth and mouthwash, there is also damage caused by George and Fred's promotion.

They always tell hilarious jokes loudly in front of the teaching class members. When those people laugh so hard that they can't stand up, they will see mandrake blades falling out on the ground.They would hide in corners and suddenly rush out to make faces at the practitioners, scaring some of them into biting leaves.

They even made a deal with Peeves to work together to cause trouble.

Next to him, Neville silently wrote down these cases and warned himself to stay away from the evil twins in the next month.

Loren listened happily and used his tongue to remove the mandrake leaves in his mouth, preparing to put the delicious steak on the fork into his mouth.

Hermione held his arm and reminded her with a serious face: "Don't eat food that requires chewing, as there is a risk of damaging the leaves."

Loren looked at the fruit oatmeal in her bowl. Even the fruits were bananas and mangos that didn't need to be chewed. There were no apples.The meats on the plate are also braised pork ribs that are so tender, and thin-cut bacon that barely needs chewing and falls apart as soon as you take a sip.

Loren was silent for a moment: "Isn't this really the new patient meal that Madam Pomfrey asked you to test?"

"Don't say weird things." Hermione swallowed a spoonful of banana oatmeal.

Looking at the almost bland food, Loren couldn't help but ask: "You've been eating like this for almost a week. Don't you really feel tired of it? Don't your mouth want to chew something?"

The veal steak on the fork was swaying in front of Hermione's eyes. The roasted protein gave off a rich aroma of meat. The warm smell seemed to be cast by some kind of magic. It had a strange attraction and attracted her attention. and mind wandering.

Hermione felt that her gums were itchy and ready to move, and saliva was continuously secreted from under her tongue.

How can I not be greedy? One or two meals is fine. The key is that it has been several days.

The little witch swallowed her saliva and said harshly: "I don't want to, not at all, for the Animag..."

Seeing the right opportunity, Loren quickly stuffed the steak into her mouth while she was opening her mouth to speak, and pulled out the fork while her teeth closed subconsciously.

The salty taste soaks into the tongue along with the juice of the steak. The wonderful taste awakens the memory of food, triggers more saliva secretion, and the steak tastes more rich and delicious in the mouth.

"Uh-" Hermione had trouble swallowing and didn't dare to chew. She looked at Loren pitifully and made a "stinging" sound in her mouth.

Loren put away her mischievous smile and suggested sincerely: "It's okay, move the blade to the inner wall of the left mouth and chew it with the right teeth."

Hermione put one hand in front of her mouth and carefully performed a series of delicate operations. It wasn't until 5 minutes later that she slowly and difficultly ate the piece of beef.Fortunately the mandrake blades were not damaged.

Faced with the girl's angry questioning eyes, Loren continued to cut the steak slowly and asked calmly: "Is it delicious?"

Hermione's sharp eyes froze, and she felt a little panicked.

"Do you want another piece?"

"No! Go away!" Hermione focused on her oats.

But the little glutton in her mouth was hooked out, and the bland liquid food that didn't require chewing seemed to become even more tasteless. Hermione didn't know how long she could hold on.

……

The Quidditch stadium was packed with people, and Professor McGonagall was sitting next to Lee Jordan.

In the front row of the Slytherin auditorium, Kettleburn, the soon-to-retire Care of Magical Creatures professor, said with emotion: "This is probably the last few Quidditch games I will watch at Hogwarts. Time flies so fast. Ah! You think so, Severus?"

Snape's eyes showed helplessness: "You should talk to Professor McGonagall about this."

The other staff members were either sitting in the staff seats or in front of the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff auditoriums. As for Professor Kettleburn's purpose of dragging him here, Snape was deeply puzzled. very clear.

Professor Kettleburn smiled and said: "Severus, just give me some basilisk materials. I don't want too much. Just half a box of each material is enough. I promise that I will never use them to make dangerous hybrids." Experiment, I have never thought of using basilisk flesh to breed a cockatrice."

Hearing this and looking at Professor Kettleburn with only one arm and one leg left, Snape's eyelids twitched violently and he couldn't believe a word.

Snape respected the old professor who had taught at Hogwarts for decades. In order for him to continue to enjoy his old arms and legs, Snape advised: "It's not that I don't want to give it to you, it's just these things. It needs to be used to open some potion markets on the African continent, where many wizards worship snake totems, and basilisks are good trading materials."

"Oh, okay..."

Professor Kettleburn sighed with regret and began to watch the game intently.