A day of learning magic at Hogwarts

In herbal medicine class the next day.

Professor Sprout, the headmaster of Hufflepuff, took the students to the First Greenhouse.

This greenhouse is inhabited by the most harmless plants she has ever grown (while the plants in the second and third greenhouses are relatively more dangerous).

Professor Sprout introduced them to a total of seventeen different kinds of mushrooms and described their different properties and uses in herbal medicine.

To be honest, it is quite troublesome to distinguish these mushrooms because they almost all look the same.

Many people are overwhelmed by the difficulty.

However, relying on his outstanding memory, it only took half an hour for Ian to recognize them all and successfully classify them.

"Well done, Drizzt!" Professor Sprout praised him with a smile and gave Hufflepuff five points. .

……

After the herbal medicine class ended, Ian did not leave with the large group.

"Drizzt, what's the matter?" Professor Sprout asked while packing up the mushrooms.

"Professor, it's the magic you used last night!" Ian quickly walked over and helped Professor Sprout pack the herbs, while explaining, "The magic that makes your face appear in the fire... It’s really amazing, can you teach me something?”

If it were a more stern professor, he would definitely refuse Ian's slightly rude request, which has nothing to do with the course.

But Professor Pomona Sprout is almost the most mild-tempered and talkative professor in the entire Hogwarts.

"That's quite simple!" she said softly, "just use the floo network; after I finish collecting these herbs, I can take you to the office and teach you."

"I'm here to help, too." Ian said quickly.

What Professor Sprout had to pack was not just the mushrooms used in this class, but also some things left over from before.These included a variety of rare herbs that Ian either knew or didn't recognize.

When they passed by a group of dark, snake-like vines, Professor Sprout quickly reminded: "Be careful, Drizzt! Don't touch it casually."

Ian quickly retracted his hand and carefully looked at the vines in front of him: "This is a devil's net, right?"

"That's right!" Professor Sprout's face showed a smile again, "It seems that you did not desert in my class... Then let me test you again, how to deal with the devil's net?"

Ian replied almost without thinking: "The devil's net likes a dark and humid living environment, and light and warmth naturally become its natural enemy. Therefore, once it is attacked by the devil's net, igniting a fire is a very effective method."

"Exactly right!" Professor Sprout gave a thumbs up.

The two masters and apprentices spent more than ten minutes collecting all these herbs and plants.

Then, Professor Sprout brought Ian to her office.

……

Professor Sprout's office is a low cabin next to the greenhouse.

The decoration of the hut is very simple, but it is not dirty, and you can smell the fragrance of earth coming from inside.Rows and rows of plant specimens were placed on shelves on one side of the cabin; on the other side, there was a huge fireplace.

Sprout waved his wand gently, and a blazing fire instantly ignited in the fireplace.

Then, she held a flowerpot and handed it to Ian.

"What's inside is Floo powder, a material for traveling with the help of a fireplace." Professor Sprout explained, "If it's an ordinary fireplace, you can use this thing to teleport between any two fireplaces... But whether it's using Floo powder travel and Apparition are strictly restricted within Hogwarts; therefore, we cannot complete the transmission within Hogwarts..."

"But there's a little trick to get around this limitation a little bit. It's to just teleport an image of yourself, rather than your whole person. Like I did last night."

Professor Sprout took out a handful of sparkling Floo powder from the flower pot, and then sprinkled it on the fireplace in front of him.

The flame in the fireplace quickly turned green and burned high.

"If you want to Floo powder and use the fireplace to travel... then just walk into the flames and tell your destination!" Professor Sprout said unhurriedly:

"And if you want to be like me yesterday—"

Professor Sprout took out her wand and pointed it at the green flame. She softly chanted:

"VisumFlammae!"

The green flame changed color instantly, turning into an extremely clear red.

Then Professor Sprout yelled, "Hufflepuff common room!"

In the red flames, a scene that was quite familiar to Ian began to appear——

On the other side of the flames was the scene across from the fireplace in the Hufflepuff common room.That row of sofas looked extremely familiar.He even saw Hannah Abbott chatting happily with her good friend Susan Bones.

"You can put your head over it, and it will be like what I did yesterday!" Professor Sprout continued, "Put your head into the flame, don't be afraid, it won't burn you."

Ian did as he was told. He was a little worried that his hair would be burned by the fire, but Professor Sprout would not deceive him.

When Ian stuck his head into the fireplace, Hannah and Susan on the other side of the fireplace were startled.

"E...Ian..." they pointed at the human face appearing in the flames of the fireplace and exclaimed.

"Don't yell!" Ian quickly shook his head at them, but it was too late.

Their shouts attracted many people in the Hufflepuff common room, and everyone pointed at their faces in the fire.

Ian had to retract his head from the fireplace.

"How do you feel?" Professor Sprout asked with a smile.

"Awesome!" Ian was very excited. He looked at the dean with longing eyes:

"Can you extinguish the fire and let me try it...that spell..."

"No problem!" Professor Sprout just waved his magic wand, and everything in the stove disappeared.

"Remember, the spell is VisumFlammae! The letter F is silent, and the stress must be in front," Professor Sprout taught very patiently:

"Also, after you learn this, don't abuse it... not many wizards would like to see a strange face appear in their fireplace."

"Of course!" Ian nodded repeatedly.