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Chapter 217 Christmas Holiday Trivia
“Wood needs secondary storage?”

The day before the Christmas holiday, Andrew looked at the report and felt a little dizzy.

"Divination revealed that this winter will be particularly cold? So we need to stock up on more wood?"

...

Who did the divination?
Ah, a fortune teller who is well-known outside...

Okay... it's just one more cut of wood in the Forbidden Forest, but this time the trouble is that I have to bring the professor along - the growth of the Forbidden Forest is controlled, and if too much is cut down, some trees will need to be replanted.

Although it sounds unrelated to herbology, the management work in this area does require the assistance of a professor of herbology - in fact, if it is not used, it would be fine to change this subject to botany.

Andrew submitted the report to Professor McGonagall and soon received an order of approval - although divination was not very reliable, it seemed to be of some use after all.

"You should go check it out, too, Taylor."

Professor McGonagall nodded and said, "Although the principle is different, it might be helpful."

"Okay, Professor."

It was for this reason that Andrew joined the logging team, and the professor sent by the Herbology Office was naturally the young and strong Professor Adams.

"Happy holidays, Mr. Taylor - a walk in the Forbidden Forest is a great way to spend the day."

Professor Adams, dressed like a giant Siberian hamster, looks extremely secure - but Andrew knows the professor's true colors, which are fully exposed when he goes to pick up Percy during the summer vacation.

"That place is really good, but it costs a lot of college points."

Andrew smiled and said, "I'm not a Gryffindor. If the students in my house see that the funnel is missing a section when I come back from the holidays, they will send me to the school hospital."

"You won't lose points for coming to the Forbidden Forest - no one cares anyway."

...

That's quite true, but I have no need for the Forbidden Forest, Professor Adams. The most important thing is, no one knows what level of magical creatures are in the Forbidden Forest.

Andrew thought he was not good enough at Transfiguration and couldn't cope with it.

"Hagrid!"

After Adams had bewitched Andrew, he waved towards the distance. Hagrid, who was standing over there in a fur coat, responded enthusiastically, "Come here!"

Andrew and the others walked quickly and then met up with Hagrid. A thick-haired, majestic-looking dog ran over to Hagrid's feet and started playing around them.

Unfortunately, Andrew knew its character very well - this was a dog that was forced to be extremely timid.

Well, it was forced. With the things Hagrid played with, it took a lot of courage for it to stand.

"Ya Ya, come here!"

Andrew squatted down, rubbed the dog's head angrily, let out a wicked laugh, then stood up and approached Hagrid, and the ravaged Fang followed timidly.

"Let's go, we can't delay too long."

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"It's this way. I'll send a signal and the elf will come over."

Walking on the light snow, they soon reached a place on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, and then Adams began to call the elves.

"Here? Okay, I'll call someone right away."

The Apparating elf saluted Professor Adams, then disappeared with a bang, and returned with a team of elves.

They moved quickly - trees were marked by Professor Adams, then knocked down by magic, split up, and brought back using Apparition.

The whole process was so smooth that Andrew regretted not coming to see it last time.

But he soon saw someone more interesting.

He sneakily took out his wand and began to cast a range spell on the snow on the ground.

The snow melted quickly and then began to freeze - the two figures trying to approach from a distance were trapped by the ice almost instantly.

But it was no use, the ice melted instantly and then prepared to escape.

But it was too late... The elves almost cheered as they stepped forward, and then a bunch of spells flew over.

Then, two screams were heard at the same time, one of the people on the opposite side fell down, one of the elves fell down, and the armor spell appeared on the body of the other person.

"it's me!"

A familiar voice—the Disillusionment Charm lifted, revealing Harry and Sirius lying on his side.

"Attacking the professor... he will definitely faint..."

Andrew rolled his eyes - if it weren't for the bug, both of them would have fallen here.

"what happened?"

Andrew took a small step forward. "Are you guys here to study the history of magic?"

Harry's face seemed to be a little red, but Professor Adams, who came running over, interrupted Andrew's questioning and quickly woke Sirius up.

I’m afraid of this—what will the professor do in this matter?

Did the professor bring his students to play in the forbidden forest?

Wouldn't Professor McGonagall scold me to death if I said this?

Andrew sighed and could only ignore it. The Forbidden Forest had no effect on professors, and detention was fake - damn it, didn't Gryffindor conduct an inspection before recruiting professors?
"Ah... I just heard some noise in the forbidden forest and was worried that there might be some bad guys."

Sirius tried to explain a little awkwardly after waking up - but the only person who violated the rules was the one he brought with him.

What's even worse is that the person who collected the money for the job didn't get the money, and he already made trouble!
"Thank you very much for your concern for school affairs, Professor Black." Andrew tried not to show his helplessness. "But it is still too dangerous to sneak into the Forbidden Forest with a second-year student. I hope to bring Hagrid, an excellent guide, or another suitable professor with me next time."

"Can we take a look?"

...

Did you hear what I was saying?
Andrew sighed.

"Of course," Adams said enthusiastically, obviously unaware of the trouble.

This time it’s just outside, it would be strange if I don’t go in and take the risk next time!

But he couldn't get rid of the two curious Gryffindors, so he could only watch and wonder what this thing had to do with area casting.

About half an hour later, most of the trees along the border were cut down, and Adams then took out a large bottle of seeds soaked in potion from his thickly wrapped chest.

"It has been brought back to life by the magic potion. Now we just need to plan the growth environment."

...

After that, it was also extremely boring, there was nothing new. I used magic to treat the tree stump, then buried the seeds and potions, and then cast a spell to ensure that the seeds would not sprout in the winter and accumulate enough magical energy.

"They will start to grow rapidly in March. Before that, they will just assimilate the original tree roots under the effect of magic, making their growth more stable next year."

Adams explained as he cast the spell.

"assimilation?"

"Yes, assimilation. Since they are the same kind of trees, they can be assimilated with the help of magic. The same principle applies to herbs, but its roots are not so comfortable to handle with magic."

……

assimilation?

But what does this have to do with area casting?
Andrew looked puzzled, but this method and rhythm of casting spells...

I don't understand it either.

Taking a look at the advanced content of herbology, how could a student like him, whose level was just enough to be in the upper second grade, master it?
It can't be that assimilation is used for range transformation, and then he uses the new transformed grass to assimilate the old ones? It doesn't make sense in principle!

More importantly, he can't master this skill in a short time...

...

Go back and think about it, he thought.

(End of this chapter)