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.

Lu Yun kept paying attention when he got off the bus, and 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 the 'achievements' he boasted about 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 she didn't do it, but this Lockhart showed up and said he did it. "

"...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'll go to 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." Gower, 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 speech was over, and a group of confused freshmen began to wander around the lounge.

Malfoy brought Goyle and Crabbe over, looking like he wanted to find a younger brother.

Lu Yunkai, who had come to watch the fun, had no interest in watching the fun at this time.

The Whomping Willow that Malfoy mentioned just now was seen in the backyard when he and Daphne took photos at school before the summer vacation. It was a dry tree without leaves. In "Hogwarts, a History of the School", Lu Yunkai 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 very aggressive to wizards.

Driving a car and crashing into it, Lu Yunkai was worried about how much damage Harry and Ron had suffered.

But at this point in time, he couldn't go to Gryffindor to inquire about the news...

Chris, that dead cat! I don't know where it ran when it was needed!

Lu Yunkai sighed deeply.

…

The new school year started in an uneasy atmosphere. But it didn’t last long.

The next morning, while eating breakfast in the restaurant, a letter from an owl made the atmosphere suddenly joyful.

Ron was scolded by his mother in public in front of the whole school.

Seeing Ron’s aggrieved expression, even Lu Yunkai couldn’t help laughing, not to mention Malfoy and others who were gloating.

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, it was just scolding.

After breakfast, with this undispersed sense of joy, a group of students came to the classroom of the Herbology class, Professor Sprout’s greenhouse.

The first class of the new semester was to help Professor Sprout change the soil and transplant the mandrake.

In fact, classroom teaching content such as plant transplantation is an important part of herbal medicine courses. Last year, Lu Yunkai and his team conducted similar work at least seven or eight times. Understanding the characteristics, functions, and precautions of the transplanted plants, and then transplanting and cultivating them by hand, is indeed a good teaching method.

For example, before starting to transplant, they first understood that mandrakes are divided into male and female, their roots will make a piercing scream, and listening directly without protection will cause dizziness. The juice of the mandrake rhizome can be used to break the strong petrification state.

Then, it entered the part of enhancing cognition through practice.

This class is destined to make all students remember the mandrake firmly...

It takes two people to change the soil of the mandrake: one person holds the mandrake throughout the process, pulls it out of the original pot, and presses it into the new pot, and the other person is responsible for cleaning and filling the soil.

It sounds simple, but the problem is that the roots of the mandrake are exactly like a naughty baby, and boys with less strength may not be able to catch it.

For a while, the classroom was filled with the clinking and shattering of flower pots. It was so noisy!

But amid the cries of the roots of the mandrake grass, the sound of the flower pots was completely invisible.

Even with thick earmuffs on, the piercing screams still made the whole classroom a mess.

There were some relatively relaxed moments.

For example, where Hermione was.

Another example was the group of Daphne and Lu Yunkai.

Originally, Lu Yunkai was in the same group with Blaise, but before they started working, Millicent came over and moved Lu Yunkai to the side with Daphne.

Although Millicent claimed that it was difficult for the two girls to do this job, Lu Yunkai clearly saw that it was Blaise who was moving the flower pots, while Millicent was carrying the screaming and twisting mandrake grass. Not to mention, Lu Yunkai felt that this was safer than letting Blaise do it.

And Lu Yunkai, who was assigned to the same group with Daphne, worked smoothly as expected.

A month of getting along made the two of them more tacitly acquainted. Harry and Hermione just changed a pot of mandrake, while Lu Yunkai and Daphne had already changed all three pots.

Then, after helping Slytherin win five extra points, the two of them left the get out of class early amid the envious eyes of others in the classroom...