Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 705: Outside the competition
Chapter 706 Outside the Competition
It's more like a botanical garden than a village.
As far as everyone can see, except for a few houses, the rest are greenhouses, which are planted with a wide variety of magical plants.
Before everyone came here, they were told that the magic garden was actually a forest, which is why they had such a weird expression on their faces.
As for the two wizards at the entrance of the village, they were directly ignored by everyone. There was no way, most people could not understand what he was talking about.
Okay!
In addition to the three from Hogwarts, plus Karkaroff.
The wizard actually speaks English, but his tone is a little weird.
"I'll take you to the temporary shelter here to rest." The wizard repeated three times in English, French, and Bulgarian.
needs a freelance translator and guide, and it's not easy for him.
Actually, the most annoying part of the Magic School Potions Tournament is the translation problem. Most wizards come from different countries and have different languages, so they can't communicate well at all. Wizards like Dumbledore who are proficient in multiple languages and can speak with everyone are only a few.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is dominated by English, Beauxbatons is dominated by French, and Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is dominated by Bulgarian.
Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is located in Scandinavia. The use of Bulgarian in the school is actually related to Nelida Vokanova, the founder of Durmstrang Academy.
That was a Bulgarian witch.
Therefore, if European countries want to enter the Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry or the Durmstrang School, they need to learn the official language of the two schools first.
Otherwise, students from all over Europe would not be able to speak or understand, and even life would be a problem, let alone taking classes. Getting an eleven-year-old to master another foreign language is a pain in the ass.
Of course, the advantage is that most of the wizards from these two schools are proficient in two languages.
Everyone was taken to a bar, and the wizard Bobby who led the way introduced the bar owner Selina, who seemed to be an Englishman, who is said to have been here for 23 years.
"In the next time, everyone will live here and eat here." While introducing everyone, Bobby led people to their respective rooms on the second floor of the bar.
The rooms of the respective colleges are connected in a row.
From the outside, you can see a relatively thick wall. There is a door installed on the wall. After opening, there is a fairly spacious room inside, which has undoubtedly been expanded by the Traceless Stretching Charm.
Beauxbatons' room is opposite Hogwarts, and Durmstrang is next door. He seems worried that everyone will not be able to find their own room. Write the name of the owner of the room in the language common to each school.
After putting away their luggage, Professor Slughorn knocked on the door of the two of them, intending to take them downstairs for a drink, and by the way, take someone to say hello to the bar owner Selina.
The bar owner Selina is actually a part-timer, and her job is a herbalist.
This bar is actually a place for herbalists and pharmacists living here to relax and chat, and is usually managed by house elves.
Mrs. Selina and Professor Slughorn seemed to know each other, and the topic of the two quickly shifted to Albert and Isobel.
She stared at Albert for a long time, and finally enthusiastically recommended a green healthy drink to the two of them, but was declined by Albert, and only had a cup of hot cocoa with milk.
Although the town is semi-isolated from the outside world most of the time, the house-elves take care of the wizards who live here.
Selina whispered to them that the potion competition would be the day after tomorrow, and they would be taken to visit the greenhouse here tomorrow.
Selina reminds them to pay special attention to greenhouses where dangerous plants are grown.
As for the magic garden, according to Selina, the only entrance to the magic garden is hidden somewhere in the village.
After drinking the hot cocoa, the two went back to rest, while Professor Slughorn stayed to catch up with each other and inquire about some other news.
Before going to bed, Albert went to Isobel's room, and the two sat on the bed chatting while slowly playing wizard chess.
After getting tired of playing, he was tired of whispering in a whisper, and Albert quietly returned to his room to rest until both of them felt sleepy.
The next day, at eight o'clock in the morning, after a hearty breakfast, Poppy and two other wizards came over and took everyone to visit the village greenhouse.
Only eight teams came.
The other three schools didn't show up for some reason, which meant they dropped the Potions Championship.
Professor Slughorn was not surprised at all, and even secretly told the two of them that if there were no outstanding students in this school, they would not come to participate in the potion competition, so as not to embarrass the school.
Hogwarts has also given up on the Potions Tournament more than once.
"Are you worried that you won't be able to pass the first round of selection?" Albert and Isobel both guessed the reason.
"That's right." Professor Slughorn nodded.
If you can't even pass the first round of selection, that's a real shame.
After all, the first round of selection is actually based on the potion level of each school's players. If you can't even match the potion, it means that the foundation is not solid enough.
When the time comes, even if the jury intends to release water and give them a chance to participate in the second round, they don't know what excuses to make.
So, instead of being someone else's joke after dinner, it's better to give up from the beginning.
Anyway, everyone has had similar cases, and no one will laugh at anyone.
After being taken around the village, the feeling that this place is actually a botanical garden is more obvious. There are many strange magical plants and fungi planted in the greenhouse.
If you tell others that this is a magic garden, those who don't know it will probably believe it.
Actually, this was originally the entrance to the magic garden. Later, some herbalists lived here temporarily to study the precious herbs in the magic garden, and gradually formed this village.
Planting a large number of magical plants is actually a helpless move. Wild magical plants cannot meet the supply and demand of pharmacists, so herbalists have to cultivate those precious but rare plants in the greenhouse to supply those potion masters, Avoid a wizard taking the risk.
The scarcity means it is valuable, which means that some people will go crazy and take risks because of this, and even lead to the extinction of some particularly precious magical plants due to human destruction and picking.
Such cases are not uncommon.
Along the way, Albert saw many rare plants that he had never heard of.
Unfortunately, they are not allowed to approach. You can only glance at it from a distance, and then listen to the people around you introduce the uses of these plants.
The young wizards who can come to the Potions Tournament are all leaders in the field of potions in various schools, and they are all potential customers in the future.
Moreover, it can be regarded as a reminder to everyone to prevent them from destroying the environment inside the magic garden at will, or especially some precious magic plants.
Because wizards who enter the magic garden will be closely monitored.
On the one hand, it is to protect the magic garden from damage, on the other hand, it protects the safety of the contestants, and at the same time provides the basis for the judges' scoring.
Finally, everyone was taken to see the greenhouse of dangerous plants.
Actually, it is a reminder.
"After entering the magic garden, you will most likely have to face these dangerous plants." The herbalist explained to the already impatient students, "The magic garden is not what you think it is. Be safe, you need to be vigilant at all times, any carelessness could cost you your life."
"Has anyone died in the Potions Tournament?" a man in a golden school uniform with an oriental face asked curiously.
"Dead, most recently at the beginning of this century, a hapless man was bitten by a poisonous tentacle, and died before he could be rescued."
The wizard glanced at the oriental-looking man and said to the contestants behind him, "There will always be one or two unlucky wizards who have participated in the Magic School Potions Tournament through the ages and have been poisoned because of their carelessness. The plant was injured and sent to the hospital, I hope you don't become the unlucky one.
Next, he explained the dangerous plants and precautions in the greenhouse in detail.
Most are Class C prohibited trade items. These plants are undoubtedly dangerous, but they are also extremely valuable.
Suddenly, Albert heard the sound of falling to the ground, and everyone turned back to see a black guy lying on the ground with a gorgeous and enchanting golden trumpet-shaped flower beside him.
"Idiot, is his head full of mud?"
The faces of those wizards were ugly, and even one of them even yelled at the headmaster of Vagadu with a fiery temper, and did not forget to send people to the village hospital for temporary first aid~IndoMTL.com ~ This boy from Vagadu School simply sent himself to the village medical room because of his cheap hands.
Vagadu's headmaster looked very ugly. He didn't expect his students to do such stupid things. What are you doing picking flowers?
There are quite a few guys gloating about this, which means they have one less potential competitor.
"You'd better be vigilant. Although there are not many dangerous plants in the magic garden, if you encounter them, it is not worthwhile to save your life and lose your life." The herbalist looked at the sideways The man who carried him away said helplessly: "His luck is good. There are a lot of experienced pharmacists and herbalists here, but I hope you learn this lesson and don't make such stupid mistakes."
After a tour of the greenhouse, everyone was talking about the hapless Waggardo student.
"I see."
Isobel said to Albert privately, "The unfortunate student of Vagado, in fact, couldn't resist the charm of Miss Veela, and probably wanted to pick a flower for her, so..."
was stunned by the enchanting magic, so he was accidentally hit and carried away.
(end of this chapter)