A day at Hogwarts

On the first day of school, students were talking about the Triwizard Tournament. From the four common rooms to the cafeteria, all the topics were about this.

Many students gathered in front of the bulletin board. The first bulletin of this school year made many people excited.

Because Charles' fertilizer experiment continued, everyone had a place to work and earn pocket money.

At breakfast, Hermione sat next to Charles and said to him seriously: "Charles, when are you free? I want to talk to you."

Charles glanced at her, scooped a bowl of oatmeal from the table in front of him, and said calmly: "Is it about Viktor Krum? In principle, I have no opinion. You can do it yourself."

Simo, who was sitting on the other side of Charles, immediately asked: "What's wrong with Krum?"

Charles said while drinking porridge: "Nothing."

Simo looked at Hermione, and the fire of gossip burned in his eyes, but was glared back.

Hermione said to Charles: "I'm not talking about that matter, it's a more important matter!"

Charles frowned and asked: "Do you know who put the Dark Mark that night?"

Hermione was stunned for a moment and shook her head.

Charles said, "I thought you knew."

At this time, Neville on the opposite side said, "Hermione, Charles is very busy during this period, so don't disturb him."

"I heard from my father that the Ministry of Magic is preparing to have a big cooperation with Charles, which must be very troublesome."

Charles knew nothing about this cooperation. He thought that the company had received the order and was probably communicating, so he didn't report it.

Hermione pouted and whispered, "Huh, it must be slave labor."

After she returned to the bedroom last night, she thought that Harry said Dobby mentioned that there were house elves working in the kitchen of Charles' Dancing Grass Restaurant.

Charles turned his head and looked at her, without saying anything, and then continued to eat breakfast quietly.

Hermione shivered. She had never seen such a cold look in those eyes.

Just as she was about to say something, Harry pulled her sleeve and said, "Eat breakfast first."

Hermione hesitated, picked up the bread slice and started to spread jam.

Ron saw her start eating and said, "I noticed you eating."

Harry immediately whispered to him, "Stop talking."

Dean and Lavender, who were sitting opposite, found that the atmosphere between them was a little strange.

Harry also felt strange. Charles seemed to have changed after school started. Hermione became very excited after learning about the house elves from Winky. She scratched her head and didn't know why.

After breakfast, the students went to class one after another.

Today, Charles and his classmates had the first class of Herbology, and they came to the greenhouse.

Professor Sprout prepared good things for everyone.

The plant looked like a giant slug, as black as charcoal, and kept wriggling. There were many yellow-green glittering bulges on its body, which gave off a bad smell.

"Who knows what it is?" Professor Sprout began to ask, "Oh, Miss Granger, please go ahead."

Hermione recited as usual: "This is the Babo tuber, it only grows in the Forbidden Forest, and the pus can be used to make skin care products."

Professor Sprout nodded and asked again: "Can anyone else tell me about the Babo tuber?"

Hermione was shocked. Is there anything else she hasn't seen in the book?

At this time, Ron replied: "I heard from Charlie that the Babo tuber is also the food of the forest trolls."

Everyone couldn't help but look at the plants that were wriggling, thinking that only trolls would eat them.

Professor Sprout nodded and said: "Yes, Charlie also planted some in the Forbidden Forest a few years ago to avoid the war between the forest trolls and the centaurs who lacked food."

Then Seamus said: "Fleamont Potter used the pus of the Babo tuber to make a shampoo that can treat sores on the top of the head."

This is one of the products sold by his family.

Professor Sprout nodded and looked at Charles.

Charles just shook his head. He couldn't say that the old man helped a purple-haired girl pick five barbo tubers in the Forbidden Forest in exchange for a set of clothes for farm work. Later, the girl became a famous beauty potion master and died 28 years ago. Or, barbo tubers are the main product of centaurs in exchange for food. Professor Sprout said: "Today we are going to squeeze the pus of barbo tubers..." "What?!" Seamus hated this kind of creeping thing, "Do we have to squeeze it out with our hands?" Professor Sprout nodded and said, "Yes, but we have to wear dragon leather gloves. Undiluted pus will cause damage to the skin." "This pus is very precious. Everyone should collect it in a bottle. Madam Pomfrey needs it." The students began to take a barbo tuber each and squeeze it with frowning faces. Charles thought about it, took a few empty flower pots from the side, and then took out the wand. Professor Sprout did not stop him, but just watched him perform quietly. Charles thought for a moment and conjured up a strange glass container.

It was mounted on a stand, with a funnel at the bottom and a steamer in the middle, with only a few glass sticks supporting the Babo tuber, and a lid on the top.

Charles punctured every abscess on the Babo tuber with a needle, put them into the glass container, covered it with a lid, and cast a spell.

Professor Sprout heard that the spell was not from Western Europe, and he could not see the effect, but the abscesses of the Babo tuber suddenly spurted out yellow-green pus.

Charles cast a vacuum spell, and the area around the glass container became a vacuum, and the pus was sucked out.

"Great!" Professor Sprout was a little curious, "What kind of spell is this?"

Charles replied: "This is a vacuum spell, which can remove all the air around it."

Professor Sprout's brows suddenly frowned and said: "This spell seems very dangerous."

If you make a vacuum around a person, it will kill him.

Charles nodded and said: "Yes, this is their life-saving magic."

"Veela?" Professor Sprout's eyes were full of gossip, "I heard that you left with many veelas on the night of the Quidditch final. Did they teach you?"

This is a big melon, and I can't help but listen to it now.

Charles coughed twice and said seriously: "Professor, it's class time now."

Professor Sprout immediately said: "Don't leave after class, I will talk to you about the experiment this school year."

Charles was speechless, thinking that you are too gossipy.

But Professor Sprout's plan failed. When the get out of class was about to end, Filch was waiting outside the greenhouse with a message from Dumbledore.

When the bell rang, Filch walked into the greenhouse and told Charles that Dumbledore asked him to go to the headmaster's office for something urgent.

Charles left immediately, and Professor Sprout was very depressed.