Malfoy Rise at Hogwarts

Chapter 27 The first day of school

First day of school.

Schelling's first class was herbal medicine.After having a sumptuous breakfast in the auditorium in the morning and admiring Mrs. Weasley's howling letter to Ron, Schelling walked out of the castle with Daphne and Meredith and came to the Hogwarts greenhouse.

"Two naughty students injured a very precious Whomping Willow, and I spent the whole morning treating it!" Professor Sprout's voice was very gentle: "I hope you will not do such a thing in the future!"

"Okay, come with me now, to the third greenhouse!" She led the way, followed by the Slytherin and Ravenclaw second years.The plants in the third greenhouse are more interesting and certainly more dangerous than those in the first.Professor Sprout stood behind a bench in the middle of the greenhouse. She clapped her hands to attract everyone's attention and said, "We are going to repot the Mandrake today. Can anyone tell me what the Mandrake has to offer?"

Maury McDougal of Ravenclaw pushed his glasses, raised his hand, and replied under Professor Sprout's gesture: "It is a powerful restoration potion that can help people who have been changed by potions, spells, or polymorphs return to their original shape."

"Very good, Miss McDougal, Ravenclaw is very good." Professor Sprout nodded with satisfaction. "So, who can tell me why we prepare this thing?" She nodded at a large pile of fluffy earplugs piled up in the corner.

This time she chose Sherin from Slytherin to answer this question. Generally speaking, Slytherin students are not very good at herbal medicine. These noble young masters and ladies think that this kind of heavy work of turning the soil and watering and changing pots that will make them dirty is the responsibility of the servants.

But Schelling was an exception.Schelling's philosophy of magic is to use any tool that can be used-whether it is a spell, transfiguration, potion, herb, magical creature, or even a Muggle tool.

He replied: "The cries of adult mandrakes can kill people. The former Minister of Magic, Venusia Crickerly, died on the spot because of an accident while handling the mandrakes in her garden. Later, the Ministry of Magic set up a series of regulations for this plant. Wizard families must obtain special approval to grow mandrakes. Of course, young mandrakes will only make people unconscious for a few hours."

"Exactly, it's an appropriate addition to the deadly record of the Mandrake. It's even more perfect than I expected. Slytherin has [-] points. As Mr. Malfoy said, the Mandrake is deadly, but the Mandrake here is still very young. Hearing its cries will make you unconscious for a few hours at most." Professor Sprout said calmly.

Professor Sprout demonstrated it first, and then asked the little wizards to change pots in groups of four. Draco originally wanted to be in a group with Schelling (Scheering was obviously the most reliable teammate in Slytherin), but was forced by Pansy to go to the Slytherin girl group to work as a coolie, and Goyle, Crabbe, Nott and Blaise Zabini were in a group.

Schelling has Daphne, Meredith, and one person short. Schelling walked to Ravenclaw and politely offered an invitation to Murray McDougal. Murray was a little surprised by Schelling's sudden invitation, but nodded and agreed to join Schelling's group.

Pulling a mandrake out of the soil is a physical job, not as easy as Professor Sprout's.It's harder than pulling turnips in a field, and mandrakes don't want to be pulled out of the soil.

Daphne tried her best but failed, finally it was Meredith who helped to pull it out, the worst thing was that this guy didn't want to go back after he came out, he twisted his body, kicked his feet wildly, waved his small fist, blocked the mouth of the basin with his feet, desperately unwilling to be stuffed into the basin.Daphne competed with the Mandrake for more than half an hour, and finally completed the task with the assistance of Schelling.

Schelling usually paid much attention to physical exercise. During the summer vacation, Lucius gave him and Draco the Strengthening Solution. This potion can improve a person's physique and increase their physical strength. With Schelling's current physical strength, he can easily knock down an adult Muggle in close combat.

With one hand, Xie Lin firmly grasped the rhizome of the Mandrake, pulled out the whole Mandrake with just one pull, and even knocked the Mandrake out due to too much force, and completed the repot without encountering any resistance.

After Meredith successfully completed the task with the help of Schelling, Murray was left alone.She and Xie Lin were in the same group for the first time, and the two had never communicated before. Although she had heard that Xie Lin was approachable, the reservedness of a woman made her embarrassed to ask Xie Lin for help.She is a typical Ravenclaw girl, with a quiet personality and a relatively delicate physical fitness. After reading the lessons of others, she is really not sure that she can complete today's class tasks alone.

Schelling saw Murray's difficulty and offered to help in a gentlemanly manner.With the help of Schelling, Murray pulled out the Mandrake slowly, but she didn't catch the frantically struggling Mandrake, and let it break free from her hands, and sprayed mud on herself and Schelling.

Seeing that the mandrake was bouncing on the ground quickly and was about to run far away, Murray stood there at a loss and let out an "Ah", but Schelling suddenly swiped past Murray like a cheetah, pounced in the direction of the mandrake, grabbed the little guy with incomparable precision, and then roughly stuffed it into the flower pot.

At this time, Schelling and Murray's bodies were covered with mud, and the two couldn't help laughing when they saw each other's embarrassment, and the original sense of alienation between them was instantly broken.Schelling took out his wand and cast an Unscaling Charm on each of them, and the sludge disappeared instantly, and even any smell of sweat disappeared.

Murray couldn't help but exclaimed: "Your spells are really good. Even Ravenclaw, who is good at charms, can't control the descaling spell so thoroughly. Let alone the dirt, I can't even see the dust on my body now..."

Schelling smiled modestly and said, "Miss McDougal won the prize. I just practiced harder than others. When it comes to the theory of knowledge of spells, you Ravenclaws must be better."

Murray gave Sherin a blank look, "Hey, too much modesty will make you look hypocritical! Also, don't call me Miss McDougal anymore, you should call me Murray!"

The group of four was the first in the class to complete the task, and Professor Sprout happily awarded each of them five points for their respective houses.Many of the other students—especially Ravenclaw, who are mostly weak scholars—are still struggling with mandrakes. Although Slytherin's performance is better, most of them also have disheveled hair, sweating profusely, sore backs, and dirt on their bodies.

After lunch was Defense Against the Dark Arts class. For some unknown reason, Slytherin's Defense Against the Dark Arts class this year was changed to take Gryffindor together.

(Note: For the needs of the plot, Defense Against the Dark Arts classes after the second grade are all with Gryffindor)
Like the Potions class, the two colleges that disliked each other sat on both sides of the classroom clearly.Everyone showed up early in the classroom, waiting with bated breath for the lesson to begin, showing how much everyone looked forward to Professor Lockhart's class - Harry and Schelling were perhaps the two exceptions.

"Hello, children!" Lockhart, dressed in a turquoise robe, walked in with an impeccable demeanor. Almost all the girls subconsciously straightened their bodies and raised their heads. "Gilderoy Lockhart, [-]rd Class Order of Merlin, honorary member of the Defense Against the Dark Arts, five-time Witches Weekly's most charming smile award - but I don't talk about that, I didn't drive away the Bandon Banshee with a smile!"

Lockhart took out a stack of parchment, "I see that you have all bought my complete set of books—very good. Let's take a quiz first to see how well you read and how much you comprehend..." After handing out the papers, he returned to the podium and said, "I'll give you three and ten minutes, let's start now!"

The test paper consisted of three pages full of questions about his personal preferences.These questions were not at all difficult for Schelling, who had a photographic memory. Schelling filled the test paper with answers, and Hermione did the same. As for the other students—Harry and Ron looked at the test papers in a daze, Draco and Nott showed disgusted expressions, Goyle and Crabbe were in a daze and drooling...

Half an hour later, Lockhart took away all the test papers and started grading them in front of everyone.The answers on most of the test papers didn't seem to suit him, making him keep making "tsk tsk" noises.

"Beautifully written, Mr. Sherin Malfoy! You actually remembered that my favorite color is lilac." Lockhart said excitedly, "This paper can get 100 points...Slythering 100 points!" Then he turned to Hermione's test paper, "Miss Hermione Granger knows that my secret ambition is to rid the world of evil, and sell my own series of hair conditioners. This paper is also [-] points...Gryffindor [-] points!"

He took out a large cage covered with a cloth and put it on the table. "Now—be careful! My mission is to teach you to defend yourself against the worst things in the wizarding world! You will face the most horrible things in this classroom. But as long as I am here, you will come to no harm. All I ask is that you remain calm."

Harry poked his head out from behind a pile of books to get a good look at the cage, Neville flinched back, and Pansy moved a few steps closer to Draco.Daphne and Meredith broke through the devil's net and defeated the troll under the leadership of Schelling last year. They have cultivated the courage to not be afraid of actual combat, and they seem eager to try at this moment.

"I must ask you not to scream," Lockhart said under his breath, "that would piss them off!" and lifted the cover.

"That's right," he said as if acting, "the little green fairy from Cornwall just caught." The little green fairy is not a creature unique to Cornwall. It is mainly found in Cornwall and Devon in southwestern England. It is famous for its mischief. The Cornwall little green fairy is bright electric blue, while the Devon little green fairy is a more earthy steel blue.Schelling looked carefully at the cage. These little green fairies were about eight inches tall, with small pointed faces and very shrill voices. They were jumping up and down, shaking the cage bars, and making all kinds of weird faces.

A male student couldn't help a sneer, and Lockhart said angrily, "Be serious! They're devilishly crafty little destroyers!" and opened the cage door.

It was a mess - the little green fairies flew around, two of them grabbed Neville by the ears and picked him up, a few rushed out of the window, scattered broken glass in the back of the classroom, and the rest wreaked havoc in the classroom.

Harry showed the courage of a Gryffindor and tried to protect Ron and Hermione, but he was not strong enough-his glasses were taken away by the little green fairy, so he couldn't see anything, so he could only shake his hands randomly, trying to catch a little green fairy by luck;

After a few minutes, half the class had ducked under the desks, and poor Neville was dangling from the chandelier.Seeing that it was almost done, Schelling winked at Daphne and Meredith, and shouted, "This is the first lesson Professor Lockhart taught us—don't underestimate any enemy. Now, Slytherin—come with me!"

Schelling was the first to shoot a raging fire with the Flame Curse, manipulating the flames to drive the little green fairies to a corner. Daphne and Meredith stood tacitly on the left and right sides of Schelling, and used the body-binding spell to beat one after another of the little green fairies so that they fell to the ground stiffly.

At this time, Draco, Pansy, Nott, and Zabini also stood up to help, and the spell flew for a while.In just a few minutes, all the little green fairies were stuffed into the cage.

At this time, the chandelier couldn't hold back and fell down. Sherin used the Levitation Charm to catch the falling Neville, and then used the Restoration Charm to repair the damaged windows, tables, chairs, and chandeliers one by one, and finally reported to Lockhart respectfully: "Professor, we understand what you mean. What you want to convey is that even the humble little green fairy should be treated with caution, and never underestimate any enemy, right? And you also gave us a precious opportunity to practice—of course I have no doubt at all, if we can't do it in the end." , you will definitely make a move to let us see your true ability. I must say, this is really a rare and precious lesson."

Lockhart stood up with high spirits, "Yes, Mr. Malfoy completely understood what I meant, he is really a very good little wizard! Everyone in Slytherin has done a very good job too! Now, let me think... Slytherin plus sixty points!"

(End of this chapter)