Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 354: The Defense Against the Dark Arts Classroom Explodes
In order not to expose the existence of Freemasonry, Mike did not mention anything about Freemasonry when making a deal with Umbridge. The Weasley brothers were not members of the Freemasonry, so the Weasley brothers were not actually in the category of "protected".

It can even be said that due to the relationship between Ron and Harry, the Weasley brothers may be the ones who need to be "strengthened" in Umbridge's eyes!
This means that if the Weasley brothers take the initiative to cause trouble, the punishment they will receive will most likely be heavier than Harry's. After all, Harry is also a celebrity, and the punishment must take his reputation into consideration and cannot be too obvious, but the Weasley brothers are just small fry.

This is why Mike advised the Weasley brothers not to make trouble. However, the Weasley brothers obviously did not come to seek Mike's opinion. Their attitude and tone at this moment were telling Mike that they were sure to get this vote!

Finally, after a fruitless conversation, the Weasley brothers walked away arm in arm, laughing, while Mike looked at their backs and shook his head.

In the end, they did not accept Mike's proposal.

A few days later, the fifth year Ravenclaw class that Mike was in was taking Professor Sprout's Herbology class with the fifth year Gryffindor class that Harry was in.

The location is in Professor Sprout's huge glass greenhouse.

The content of this lesson is the box carnivorous plant. As the name suggests, it is a kind of carnivorous plant that looks like a box. They generally grow in the rainforests of Australia. Under normal circumstances, they will disguise themselves as ordinary trees, but once small animals or even medium-sized creatures step into their territory, they will instantly transform into predators and trap the small animals firmly inside their bodies.

At the same time, it will quickly secrete a highly corrosive liquid, quickly turning its prey into the nutrients it needs. It is worth mentioning that the corrosive liquid they secrete is very strong, even steel is vulnerable to it.

Generally speaking, boxweed has only two uses. One is to serve as a biological trap to guard the house, and the second is to extract their corrosive liquid to be used as raw materials for other potions.

What Mike and his classmates need to do in this class is to collect the corrosive liquid without harming the box-shaped carnivorous plants.

Since the box plant will only actively secrete corrosive liquid when it catches prey, Sprout taught everyone that they must insert a hammer with a spherical head into its "mouth" to make it box-shaped, and then pry open its "mouth" to let the corrosive liquid flow out.

This work is somewhat dangerous, so everyone wears dragon leather gloves. However, even with the protection of dragon leather gloves, this is not an easy job, because this carnivorous grass is too sensitive. Once hit hard, they will madly spray corrosive liquid outward, thus injuring the collectors.

Even Mike burned his robe while operating it, which made Neville feel terrible. He was trembling all over, and his red eyes made people want to laugh.

Fortunately, Sprout is not Snape. She is an excellent professor who inherited the will of Ms. Hufflepuff (this is one of the reasons why she could become the head of Hufflepuff). So, with Sprout's encouragement, Neville finally reached out his hand bravely and picked up the box-shaped carnivorous plant that was gnawing on the special sledgehammer.

As it was filled with corrosive fluid, Neville moved very carefully.

"Come on, you can do it!"

Sprout was talking nearby, and under her leadership, many classmates also joined in encouraging Neville.

Encouraged by the crowd's cheers, Neville gritted his teeth, and with trembling hands stretched out his hands to pry open the gap in the carnivorous plant's 'mouthparts'.

At this moment, a loud sound of fireworks explosion came from above everyone's head!

Neville, who was in a state of high concentration, was startled by the sudden sound, and the carnivorous plant in his hand fell to the ground.

Now that was a problem. The carnivorous plant that was thrown down immediately went into frenzy mode and kept struggling on the ground. As it moved, the corrosive liquid in its body splashed everywhere.

Neville, the instigator, was the first to be splashed all over his head and face, and the rest of the onlookers also suffered, with some splashes all over their bodies.

Suddenly the whole greenhouse was filled with screams of terror!

"Everyone, calm down!"

Professor Sprout covered her face (she was also splashed) and shouted loudly, and at the same time waved the wand in her hand. An unknown plant behind her immediately grew wildly and turned into countless vines that tightly bound all the students.

"Everyone calm down. Being splashed by corrosive liquid is no big deal. This injury is nothing to Pomfrey!"

Perhaps Sprout's explanation worked, and gradually the students quieted down.

It was not until this time that everyone raised their heads and cast their eyes towards the Hogwarts Castle not far away.

I saw that at the top of the castle, several connected windows had been broken long ago, and thick smoke and the sound of fireworks exploding continued to pour out.

"That's the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom!"

Someone quickly recognized the identity of that room.

Harry and the others were delighted when they heard this, and Ron couldn't help but shout:

"There must have been a fire there, Merlin's beard, Umbridge is even more incompetent than Lockhart, she can't even use a water purification charm!"

Ron's words immediately aroused reactions from the students around him. Although their bodies were still tied up, everyone burst into laughter, even those who were injured.

Just when everyone was gloating, there was another louder explosion, and then everyone saw a blazing fire suddenly erupting in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. The fierce flames even spread out of the window, burning the already dark walls of Hogwarts Castle even darker.

The smiles on everyone's faces disappeared instantly. Harry swallowed his saliva and said to Ron in a daze:
"Well, I don't think a fire could do that. It's more like someone cast a powerful flaming spell in there, like Mike's."

Ron's expression didn't look very good either, he just nodded blankly.

At this moment, the vines that bound everyone suddenly loosened, and then Professor Sprout at the side suddenly picked up the fork used to clean fertilizer in the greenhouse and rode on it swiftly.

The next moment, a scene that made everyone drop their jaws occurred.

Professor Sprout, riding on a fork, flew up like a broomstick, and her anxious voice came over:
"Students who are not injured, hurry up and send the injured to the infirmary. Quick, everyone, get moving!"

Sprout's orders were not fully executed. Although she rarely used a blunt command tone, there were still only a few students who took action on the spot. Everyone looked up, wanting to see what she was going to do.

Ron opened his mouth wide, staring intently at Sprout, who was riding the Fenx in the sky, and murmured:

"Am I seeing right? That's... a fennel? That's also a kind of flying broom?" "I don't know either," Harry's expression was similar to Ron's. Hearing this, he instinctively cast his gaze towards Mike beside him, "Maybe Mike knows."

"Don't make a fuss," Mike replied without turning his head. "It's not that only broomsticks can fly. The Arabs don't like to use broomsticks. They prefer flying carpets. Russia is even more special. People there can just pull up a tree and ride on it to use as a broomstick."

The expressions on Harry and Ron's faces became even more stunned, and at the same time Sprout finally flew to the window of the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

I saw her quickly take out a flowerpot from her dirty robe (don't ask me how she put it in), and then poured something into it. Then the plant in the flowerpot began to grow wildly, and in the blink of an eye, it grew from a small sapling into an extremely large strange plant.

This plant consists of an enormous green 'belly' and a thick vine, and at the end of the vine there is a flower bud similar to a nozzle.

Mike guessed that it must be a plant used to put out fires.

Sure enough, just as Mike had that thought, he saw the vine of the plant suddenly bulge, and then a large amount of clean water spurted out from its flower bud, forming a rainbow in the air before spraying into the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom that was ablaze with fire.

The plant produced a huge amount of water, and the thing burning in the classroom didn't seem to be gasoline or something like that.

In short, after just a few minutes, the fire in the classroom completely disappeared.

Suddenly, applause broke out in the greenhouse downstairs. Everyone was cheering for Professor Sprout's heroic act. Only Hermione and a few other students were transporting the wounded according to Sprout's instructions.

But the hateful thing was that not only did Harry, Mike and the others not come to help, even some of the wounded refused to cooperate with their work, saying that they wanted to stay and watch the fun.

This made Hermione mad!
At this time, Professor Sprout in mid-air also noticed the movement in the greenhouse. A bright smile first appeared on her face, but after seeing the scene in the greenhouse clearly, the smile immediately disappeared. An extremely rare roar appeared on her face, and she roared:
"Why are you still standing there?"

Mike and others finally reacted and hurried to transport the wounded according to Sprout's previous instructions.

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When Mike and his classmates brought the wounded to the infirmary, Madam Pomfrey did not give them a good look.

"What are you doing?" Madam Pomfrey put her hands on her hips and pointed at Mac, who looked the most like a leader, and shouted, "You can hurt so many people in the last Herbology class..."

All kinds of sharp words kept spewing out of Madam Pomfrey's mouth, while Mike had a wry smile on his face.

"It's not our fault," a Ravenclaw girl said in tears, "It's Neville..."

Mike covered the girl's mouth before she could finish her words. However, Madam Pomfrey on the opposite side obviously knew Neville's name and tragic experience. After hearing the name, the anger on her face immediately turned into heartache.

"Oh! Neville, that poor child..."

Madam Pomfrey muttered something inaudible as she walked into the ward, ignoring Mike and the others.

"You shouldn't put the blame on Neville. You clearly saw that it was the explosion in the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom that caused the accident!"

Mike frowned and scolded the girl in a slightly harsh tone, while Harry and others beside him also cast unfriendly looks at the girl.

The girl, who was already feeling extremely aggrieved, could no longer bear it. Tears rolled down her cheeks, but she did not bother to wipe them away. She just kept repeating her apology over and over again.

Now Mike was scratching his head, as he had never been able to resist women's tears.

Harry, Ron and others nearby were also a little at a loss. Originally, they were also very dissatisfied with this girl, but the other party's current appearance made them unable to get angry.

At this moment, Hermione finally came to the rescue. She hugged the girl who was still crying, and helped her walk out of the infirmary while comforting her. Before leaving, she glared at Mike and the others fiercely.

Mike and Harry Ron looked at each other, then both burst into laughter.

The accident that happened in the greenhouse was not that serious. Except for Neville who was shot in the head because he was too close, the injuries of the others were not serious.

This reduced Madam Pomfrey's workload a lot, and naturally, her attitude towards Mike and others also became much better.

Unfortunately, this state did not last long. When Professor Sprout and several senior students sent the dusty Umbridge and the Weasley brothers to the infirmary, Madam Pomfrey exploded again.

"Damn it! Why is there someone here again? What the hell is going on this time?!"

"It was a teaching accident." Sprout said calmly, "By the way, give me some Gel Toad skins, I was also injured by the corrosive fluid of the box carnivore plant."

Madam Pomfrey and Professor Sprout were good friends, and upon hearing this she immediately stepped forward to examine Sprout.

Umbridge, who was wearing a black body and had an afro on her head, was unwilling to do so. She pointed at the Weasley brothers who were laughing and whispering to each other and shouted:
"You're lying! It was these two little pigs who attacked me!"

"Yes, we can testify!" The two Slytherin students who were supporting Umbridge echoed, "The Weasley brothers attacked Professor Umbridge with a magical firework!"

Hearing this, everyone around frowned. Compared to the Weasley brothers, who were naughty but kind, they obviously hated Umbridge more.

"Oh, you misunderstood me." Professor Sprout replied expressionlessly while accepting Madam Pomfrey's examination, "I was talking about what happened in the Herbology class. As for what happened in your class, I'm afraid we need to investigate before we can come to a conclusion."

Umbridge was so angry that she was shaking all over, her eyes blinked and she fainted.

The two Slytherin students who were supporting her were obviously lacking in exercise, and they did not even support Umbridge.

Then, there was a muffled "bang" sound, and Umbridge's short and fat body fell to the ground.

There was even a cloud of pitch-black ashes floating around her body!
(End of this chapter)