Chapter 86 Devil's Net

With the automatic cleaning kit, Snape's detention became much easier.

That night, George only spent more than an hour to clean all the cauldrons in the Potions classroom.

And his movements using the kit were very concealed. Although Filch next to him felt a little strange, he didn't find anything wrong. He just thought that George had been detained too many times and practice makes perfect.

Filch was not bragging. If he were to clean these few cauldrons, it would only take half an hour.

So after checking and making sure there was no problem, he took George away.

George used this as a topic of conversation.

The next morning, he talked about his findings in the night tour of the Potions classroom at the Gryffindor dining table, and claimed that he found a letter written to Snape by someone else in the abandoned cauldron, but it was later confiscated by Filch.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, George's meaning was very obvious - the letter was a love letter.

This made the little lions very excited.

They don't care whether it's true or not, as long as they have fun, that's enough.

Kyle was also very happy on the Hufflepuff side.

But his happiness had nothing to do with Snape's gossip, but because there was a Herbology class today.

Professor Sprout announced in the last class that Rue's class was over and they could start learning Devil's Snare.

There is no better news than this.

After breakfast, Kyle and everyone else came to the greenhouse outside the castle. The students who were taking classes with them were Gryffindor students.

"Why do I feel that you are a little excited?"

Connor glanced at Kyle and said, "The book says that Devil's Snare is a very dangerous plant. Aren't you worried?"

"It's okay."

Kyle quickly put away the smile on his lips and said, "In fact, Devil's Snare is just a scary name, and it's not very dangerous. As long as you master the method, it will become more docile than Puffy."

"Absolutely right."

At this time, Professor Sprout suddenly came from behind everyone. She looked at Kyle with a smile and said, "Don't worry about me, continue Tell me what you know. "

"Okay."

Kyle cleared his throat and said, "According to the book "Magical Vines", Devil's Snare was once popular for a long time, and many wizards would plant one or two plants at home because they could protect the underground storage rooms from rats and spiders.

However, after the Ministry of Magic listed Devil's Snare as a dangerous plant and banned private planting, it gradually withdrew from wizards' homes. "

"Even I can't say it more comprehensively. Professor Sprout said happily: "Five points for Hufflepuff."

"Like Kyle said, Devil's Snare is not as dangerous as its name, but..."

She paused and her face became much more serious. "The premise of not being dangerous is that you must understand them. If you know nothing about Devil's Snare, they will become very dangerous and even take your life. "

After these words, the little wizards became much quieter.

Professor Sprout nodded with satisfaction.

They came to Greenhouse No. 2 today.

After entering the greenhouse, the first feeling was that the light was very dim. The roof and the surroundings were completely covered. The only light source was two dim oil lamps.

Fortunately, the greenhouse is not big. After adapting, you can still see the surrounding situation clearly.

Compared with the previous Greenhouse No. 1, the plants here are much more peculiar.

In addition to the devil's net placed on the table, Kyle also saw the exploding bean pods, as well as poisonous plants such as fang geranium and belladonna.

The only pity is that he did not see the mandrake here.

"This is the devil's net."

Professor Sprout stood behind a bench and pointed to the large group of vines like spider webs on the ground in the middle and said: "It's beautiful, right? But it's also dangerous. Can anyone tell me why?"

Everyone looked at Kyle in unison, and their movements were quite neat.

"The devil's net can extend its snake-like tendrils to entangle people who approach it, causing injuries or death. "Kyle blurted out.

"Absolutely right, five more points for Hufflepuff." Professor Sprout pointed to the roots of the Devil's Snare and said, "Look, everyone, the Devil's Snares here are still very young."

Because the light was dim, everyone moved forward to see more clearly, but they couldn't see anything special, and didn't know how Professor Sprout judged them to be "young".

This thing is almost two meters long.

Professor Sprout threw an empty flower pot at the Devil's Snare.

As soon as the flower pot fell, it was tightly entangled by the tendrils of the Devil's Snare, and then it turned into fragments with a "snap".

The little wizards collectively took a step back, looking at Kyle and Professor Sprout as if they had seen a ghost.

Is this not so dangerous?

"Look at those tendrils, they are still tender green, while mature Devil's Snares are dark green. "

Professor Sprout simply cleaned up the broken pieces of the flowerpot and said calmly: "So you won't die if you get entangled by it, but it won't be comfortable either."

"Now, who can tell me what to do to get rid of the Devil's Snare?"

Everyone looked at Kyle again.

"Don't panic after being entangled. When you relax your whole body and stop struggling, the Devil's Snare will loosen."

Kyle said: "Also, the Devil's Snare hates light and fire. Sometimes a simple Illumination Charm can get rid of its restraints."

Hearing this, Mikel next to him suddenly laughed and proudly straightened his chest.

Illumination Charm? He is familiar with this.

It is no exaggeration to say that among all the little wizards present, no one knows the Illumination Charm better than him.

"Absolutely right, Hufflepuff plus... three points."

"Today we are going to learn how to fertilize the Devil's Snare."

Professor Sprout took out a small wooden barrel and said: "Here are the tools and compost. The movements during the process must be gentle. If you get entangled, remember to relax your whole body.

Now, who wants to try first."

Kyle felt the eyes from all directions for the third time, and this time there was one more Professor Sprout looking at him.

"I'll go first."

Kyle walked out.

"Don't be nervous."

Kyle took the shovel handed over by Professor Sprout and slowly reached out to the root part of the Devil's Snare.

Everyone slowed down their breathing.

Kyle's hands were steady. He perfectly avoided every tendril of the Devil's Snare during the whole process and successfully dug a small hole at the root.

Then he used tweezers to pick up a silver grain the size of a soybean from the wooden barrel of compost and put it into the soil hole.

Finally, he filled the soil and the fertilization was completed.

When Kyle just pulled his hand out of the Devil's Snare, Professor Sprout's voice came to his ears.

"Ten points for Hufflepuff."