Chapter 46: Intersection of Magical Subjects

"Ah, warm sun, breeze, and new shoots again..."

Professor Sprout tilted her head slightly, speaking with enthusiasm and joy.

The young wizards immediately focused all their attention on this short, stout witch,

who had a patched hat on her fluttering hair, and her clothes were stained with quite a bit of mud.

"I heard—"

Michael spoke in a low voice,

"Professor Sprout is the most popular professor at Hogwarts,

she is also the Head of Hufflepuff, and encountering any problem, seeking help from this professor will never be a bad choice."

Amidst a scent of damp soil and fertilizer, mixed with a rich floral fragrance, the professor continued:

"Welcome everyone to learn Herbology, to learn how to cultivate these strange plants and fungi and understand their uses."

She tapped a pink pod gently, and a shiny bean immediately jumped down, blooming into a bright flower.

Immediately, "Wow" sounds were heard everywhere.

"Is this magic?"

Michael muttered to himself, and he suddenly thought of something,

"Sien, do you know..."

"It's the magical plant Bubotuber, it appears on page sixty-two of *One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi*.

Bubotubers can grow chubby pink pods, inside which are shiny beans.

These beans will bloom immediately upon contact with solid objects."

Anthony and Terry, who pricked up their ears, almost simultaneously recorded Sien's explanation,

while Michael said:

"Hmm, I guessed it."

The content Professor Sprout told was no different from what Sien had learned the first time,

it is worth mentioning that,

whenever the chubby professor couldn't find anyone to answer a question, Sien was always called upon.

"Does anyone know what plant this is?

Hmm, you do it, Mr. Green."

"Dittany, a plant with healing and restorative magical properties."

"Very correct, Ravenclaw adds one point.

Then which young wizard can tell me, how should we process Dittany?

Oh well, it seems no one knows, then Mr. Green?"

"Generally speaking, Dittany extracted into essence has more outstanding curative effects, but eating it raw can also heal shallow wounds."

"Completely correct, Ravenclaw adds one point.

The last question, what is the effect of Dittany? How should it treat werewolf bites?

My dear shoots, carefully recall your Defense Against the Dark Arts class."

But unfortunately, the professor's expectations were destined to be disappointed, because no one could focus on listening to Defense Against the Dark Arts,

and Professor Qiluo's progress was significantly behind; the content that should have been finished in the first Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Professor Qiluo only stuttered through a start.

"Oh! What a pity... then..."

"Wizards once used a mixture of Dittany and silver powder to treat werewolf bites, to prevent the victim from dying of excessive blood loss."

Sien was so proficient it made people's hearts ache.

"A perfect answer, Ravenclaw adds two points!"

Professor Sprout swept across the young wizards who were hanging their heads; she wasn't discouraged at all, still leading the young wizards to process herbs with full enthusiasm,

"Alright, shoots, since you didn't learn it in Defense Against the Dark Arts, then don't be distracted next..."

Professor Sprout asked everyone to take a pair of gloves, observe Dittany carefully, and then continued to teach how to process mature Dittany.

"Sien, you aren't some distant relative of Professor Sprout, are you?"

Michael suddenly asked in a low voice.

Sien shook his head.

"Could you be the professor's private... mmm mmm mmm—"

Anthony covered Michael's mouth, and the brief loss of oxygen also allowed his IQ to re-occupy the high ground.

He scratched his head, put his hands together, and made an apologetic gesture.

What terrible imagination.

Sien shook his head speechlessly.

After teaching the processing of Dittany, the professor added some knowledge about dried nettle processing.

This made Sien lost in thought,

the education in the wizarding world might not be as unbearable as imagined,

for example, in Defense Against the Dark Arts, one would learn about Dittany for treating werewolf bites,

and in Herbology, not only would it involve knowledge of Dittany, but it would also explain the identification and processing techniques of dried nettles, which were exactly the materials needed for brewing the Boil-Cure Potion.

Looking at it this way, Hogwarts' teaching system must have been carefully designed.

Sien thought while processing Dittany.

【You processed a Dittany plant completely at the apprentice standard, proficiency +1】

【You processed a Dittany plant completely at the apprentice standard, proficiency +1】

【You processed a Dittany plant completely at the apprentice standard, proficiency +1】

Although his technique remained at the apprentice stage, he was much more at ease than other young wizards.

Just like the difference between Senior Bruce and him.

After class, Professor Sprout assigned an open-ended assignment on distinguishing mature Dittany,

and when leaving, the chubby professor even winked at Sien.

In the corridor outside the greenhouse.

Sien stopped beside a suit of armor,

in the portrait in front, the lady wearing a ceremonial gown was smiling and nodding at him, and he also nodded politely in response.

At the same time, he opened the panel:

【Herbology Cognition: Unlocked (80/90)】

By processing Dittany, Sien gained 21 proficiency.

【Apprentice-level Herbology Cognition, can unlock the Herbology field apprentice-level title】 ===== CHAPTER 47 =====