Chapter 2728 The Land of Firebirds (36)

Although the tinder bush is a magical plant that burns when it is alive, the fire it produces is not a severe fire. In theory, it can be extinguished with an extinguishing spell.

When Pomona arrived at the dragon's lair at the edge of the Forbidden Forest, she found that the interns were not idle either. They took the gentlest Welsh dragon as a training object and used the Extinguishing Curse to extinguish the fire it spewed.

"Well done!" Fudge smiled and clapped his hands. "Great job, kids."

"Regarding Crouch's death, the Ministry of Magic will temporarily keep it secret." Severus said.

Then Pomona saw Rita Kister standing next to Fudge, doing nothing, her eyes with pink glasses looking around.

"Professor Sprout."

A woman shouted, Pomona looked over, and an ordinary-looking woman wearing a light gray coat ran towards her.

Pomona didn't want to be seen by Fudge and Rita Kister, so as not to ask questions, so she also walked towards each other.

"Are you Jennifer Dukan?" Pomona asked.

"Yes, nice to meet you." Dukan stretched out his hand toward Pomona.

They shook hands lightly, and Pomona continued, "I think you should know the purpose of our meeting."

"Yes." Dukan pursed his lips and looked at Pomona seriously.

"The nursery at Hogwarts needs a manager. In addition to daily vegetables, there are also some magical herbs. There is not much work, so you will have free time..." Pomona asked.

"I'll give you a substitute lesson," Dukan said quickly.

"Yes, which college did you go to before?" Pomona asked.

"Cat Leopard Academy."

"You graduated from Ifamoni?" Pomona asked in surprise.

"That's right." Dukan blinked uneasily.

"You didn't graduate?" Pomona asked.

Dukan hesitated for a moment.

"There are many places in the United States that are different from Europe. I broke the law."

Pomona looked at this unremarkable woman and couldn't think of any laws she had violated, but since Albus thought she was a member of the Order of the Phoenix who could be recruited, Pomona didn't ask in detail.

They discussed some knowledge about herbalism. Jennifer learned well and was more than enough to cope with the knowledge in the classroom. Besides, the content of the exam had basically been taught during the delayed one-month holiday last school year. By the time the Triwizard Tournament was held,

The last task is already June 24th, and the holiday is not far away. Whether there will be a final exam is still a question.

So there was a nursery keeper at Hogwarts.

Then she returned to the greenhouse, where few people were outside school hours, and walked to the tinder bush, which had grown to about a foot tall.

The tinder shrub has no leaves, but its seeds are like figs and are found in conical fruits at the tip of the tree. Ordinary insect vectors such as bees and butterflies cannot get to it, but this does not mean that it must

Self-pollination.

There is a small salamander that resembles a salamander that can burrow into the fruit. It is not covered with spots or stripes like a salamander, but is orange all over its body. It does not need magic flames, as long as there is fire, it can survive.

After forming a "tinder", you only need to peel off the outer skin to use the seeds to make potions, or hatch dragon eggs like Hagrid did.

The Phoenix is ​​also not afraid of fire, but its size is too large and is not suitable for pollinating flowers. She is more often used as a carrier of seeds, eating the "fire" and taking it elsewhere.

She felt that she could not make everyone's wands "alive" in an instant like Nick Flamel, and could command the purifying fire like Nick Flamel. But she found Cassino's notes,

Try to find practical solutions.

The trophy of the Three Wizards Cup was originally an ordinary trophy. After Albus took out a blue flame from the Goblet of Fire, it became a "branch" of the Goblet of Fire. In addition to emitting a faint blue light, it

There doesn't seem to be anything special about it.

"Professor." Just as Pomona was deep in thought, she heard Alastor Moody's voice.

"What's wrong with you?" Pomona asked.

"Spring is coming, and I want my bees to come out and collect honey," Moody said.

This is where Moody becomes more and more strange. When did he get into the habit of keeping bees as pets?

"You want to put them here with me?" Pomona asked.

"I always thought the design of Hufflepuff's Lounge was unreasonable. It shouldn't be cylindrical," Moody said. "Did you notice the honeycomb? It's hexagonal."

"I think I know what a beehive looks like," Pomona said calmly.

"You see, if you use cylinders, there will be gaps between them, and the hexagons will be completely filled. Such a honeycomb is not only regular and beautiful, but it also has the largest capacity when consuming the same amount of building materials."

Moody said happily.

"You want to talk to me about bees?" Pomona asked.

"This is a magical animal, isn't it? They know how to build a hive without anyone teaching them." Moody said seriously, "And they are as hard-working as ants, but ants only steal our sugar.

They move it into their own nests instead of making honey for us to eat like bees.”

"What exactly do you want to say, Alastor?" Pomona asked.

"I've already told you, Hufflepuff's lounge is like a crowded beehive. If the original design is unreasonable, why not make reasonable use of the space?"

"No one has changed the founder's design," Pomona said.

"This is what you think, what's going on with those pipes all over the school?" Moody said, "I heard there are monsters living in them."

"Who told you?" Pomona asked.

"You still don't understand what I'm telling you, right? Just like before." After Moody finished speaking, he suddenly stuck out his tongue and licked it.

Goosebumps stood up all over Pomona's body. She felt as if the person sitting in front of her was a snake.

Then Moody limped out of the greenhouse on crutches.

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It was precisely because of Moody's appearance that Pomona discovered the elctuary in Cassino's notes. The common method is to boil the medicinal materials in water, remove the residue, then add sugar or refined honey.

Made into a thick semi-liquid, it is usually given to children who don't like to take medicine.

Harry's bone-building water was a bitter version specially prepared by Severus, and the pain was doubled, in order to make him remember this lesson.

Gryffindor had been losing for seven years before Harry entered school. Even if they continued to lose, it would just be Oliver Wood graduating with regrets. Is it necessary to work so hard for a school-level competition?

The devil's net likes darkness and does not like light. The fire bush does not have this avoidance response. After all, it is just a tree and cannot move like the devil's net.

Slytherin's common room is very large and empty, and one person can stay in a room. Unless they have a good relationship, they will share a dormitory, while Hufflepuff's common room is like Moody, no, it's Barty Crouch Jr.

That said, it has been squeezed into a honeycomb. If it is not widened, the structure needs to be rationalized.

Even at close range and talking face to face, Pomona could not tell that the voice was not Moody's. There is a syrup made of hellebore syrup, volubilis, that can change or regain a person's voice that has been lost due to a silencing spell.

.

It is classified as a magic potion, but its brewing process does not require a wand or stirring. It only requires adding medicinal materials and increasing the heating temperature of the potion. It can also be classified as a herbal medicine.

Pomona determined that he had not taught Barty Crouch Jr., so where did he learn it?

A pale, noseless face appeared in front of her eyes. He looked like a snake, and his former handsome appearance was completely gone.

But rather than this answer, Pomona would rather believe that Barty Crouch Jr. learned it from his own library. After all, the Crouch family is also one of the Twenty-Eight Holy Families.

Francis Bacon said that knowledge can be used for entertainment when you are alone, for decoration when talking to others, and for increasing your talents when judging and handling affairs.

If a person spends too much time on learning and too little time on social activities, he is actually evading social responsibility and is a kind of laziness.

“Pomona!”

She heard the old bat's impatient roar.

"What are you doing!" she replied loudly.

"Where's my stirrer?" he asked loudly.

"Why don't you just leave it there?" she said impatiently.

"Where is 'there'?" he said carefully.

"It's really messed up." She muttered in a low voice, left their shared study room, and walked towards his private laboratory.
Chapter completed!