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[Silent Fear: Scarecrow Federico's signature skill releases a psychic shock wave, which can make the enemy see the most terrifying scene in their hearts.]
"Isn't this the Scarecrow?"
Magic that directly affects the mind or even the soul is relatively rare in the wizarding world. Most of such magic is black magic, for example, the three unforgivable curses, which have a certain relationship with the soul. If classified, Silent Fear should also be in the black magic category. The most important thing is that this magic is invisible, instantaneous, and cannot be blocked by the Iron Armor Curse. This is enough to make Wayne happy.
However, it is not without its flaws. The power of the fear spell is determined by the strength of the enemy's will. If the enemy is fearless, this magic will have no effect. At most, it can only harass and upset the enemy. But if you meet cowards or people with weak minds, it can be a miracle. A single spell can make them lose their resistance and become easy targets.
"Sleep."
Having gained so much, Wayne tucked himself into bed happily and quickly fell asleep. At eleven or twelve years old, the body grows. Although his body had been optimized by the system, he still needed sleep.
The next morning, Wayne didn't get up until half-past eight. His two roommates were even more difficult to wake; if he hadn't called them, they would have slept until noon. He went to the cafeteria, handed the quills he had promised last night to the twins, and told them to speed up their learning to make their magic quills.
Wayne ate a hurried breakfast and walked towards Greenhouse No. 2. After passing through the atrium garden and arriving at the greenhouse on the east side of the castle, Wayne found that all the little wizards were blocking the door. No one went in, and there were clanking sounds coming from inside the greenhouse.
"What happened?" Wayne asked Susan Bones in front of him.
"Wayne, you're here. Peeves is wreaking havoc in the greenhouse, throwing all the shovels and buckets around," Susan said with some worry. "Everyone is afraid of being hit, so we are waiting for the dean to solve it."
Pushing through a passage, Wayne arrived at the door. Sure enough, he saw Peeves holding a shovel in one hand and beating the iron bucket around like a Quaffle. The harsh clanking sound made many little wizards cover their ears.
Unlike ordinary ghosts, Peeves is an extremely special existence. It can even be said that he is not a real ghost. All ghosts were formed by the wizards before their death due to their nostalgia for the world and various mysterious reasons. At least they were once human beings. But Peeves has existed since the beginning of the school and was born together with Hogwarts Castle. There is no prototype for him as a human. Another point is that he can touch objects, which other ghosts cannot do. He is more like a special spirit formed by the naughty thoughts of the little wizards living in the castle.
Peeves, who was having fun, suddenly shivered, a chill rising out of thin air. It felt as if he was being targeted by Bloody Baron. Peeves quickly looked around for Bloody Baron, but he only saw a young wizard looking at him with interest. Peeves was furious. Usually, he looked at other young wizards like this. How dare today's wizard turn against him?
"Hey! That kid, what are you looking at!" Peeves put his hands on his hips and shook the hat on his head, which looked very funny.
"My name is not Hey; it's Wayne…" Wayne answered subconsciously, then realized something was wrong and changed the subject. "Peeves, if you continue to be naughty, do you believe I will bring Bloody Baron here?"
Hearing Bloody Baron's name, Peeves was truly scared, but after looking at Wayne's school uniform, he regained his composure. "You are just a little Hufflepuff wizard, and Bloody Baron has no business with you. If you dare to scare Uncle Peeves, see how I deal with you!"
With that said, Peeves flew up with an iron bucket filled with fertilizer, preparing to scare Wayne. He knew his limits; if he really poured fertilizer on the little wizard, Dumbledore would come after him. Seeing this, Wayne took out his wand, ready to teach Peeves a lesson. He suddenly remembered the spell he had drawn last night and felt a surge of excitement.
The Silent Fear spell is instantaneous and doesn't even have a visible light. Peeves, who had a smirk on his face, suddenly froze, sweating all over his body, and then screamed loudly. No one knew what scene he saw that could frighten Peeves, who is usually fearless, to such an extent.
When the effect dissipated, Peeves looked at Wayne with a completely changed expression. "Was it you?"
"Yeah," Wayne admitted. "Do you want to try again?"
As he spoke, he pretended to wave his wand again. This frightened Peeves so much that he immediately dropped what he was holding and ran away through the ceiling. Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff's little wizards all cheered, and Padma Patil looked at Wayne with bright eyes.
Just when everyone was happy, Professor Sprout arrived. After understanding what happened, she patted Wayne on the shoulder happily and added ten points to Hufflepuff. However, the greenhouse had been made a mess by Peeves. Originally, the lesson was to let the little wizards fertilize the evening primrose and prune the leaves. But now, plans had to change.
Sprout thought for a moment and then led everyone to the No. 3 greenhouse next door. At the door, she reminded them seriously, "The plants here were originally prepared for third-year students, so they are somewhat dangerous. Everyone, please remember that after entering the greenhouse, you cannot touch anything without my permission."
Upon hearing such a serious warning, the little wizards nodded obediently. Sprout felt much more relieved. Fortunately, there was no Gryffindor in this class; otherwise, she would not have dared to bring those ADHD little lions to Greenhouse No. 3. Everyone followed Sprout obediently into the greenhouse, then gasped in amazement.
"What's this?!"
"It looks so scary!"
In the cultivation field closest to the gate, there was a row of strange light yellow plants. Their mouths opened and closed, full of sharp teeth. "Biting cabbages. Stay away from them, children." Sprout reminded, "Their teeth are so sharp they can even pierce the skin of a fire dragon."
Some little wizards were so frightened that their faces turned pale, which was exactly the effect Sprout wanted. There are too many dangerous plants in the magical world, and curiosity can become very dangerous.
She led everyone to the innermost row of vegetable plots and held up a jar of plants. "Does anyone know what this is?"
In his dean's class, Wayne was more active than in other classes and immediately raised his hand after Sprout asked the question.
"Lawrence, tell me," Sprout called him up cooperatively.
"Sneezeweed is a poisonous plant that can easily cause encephalitis and make people reckless and impatient. It is the main material for making potions and sneezing powder."
"Very good, very comprehensive," Sprout added another two points for Hufflepuff.
"I hope everyone will remember what Mr. Lawrence said. This grass is poisonous. Don't add it to food just because it looks like coriander."
Hannah calmly retracted her hand from the sneezeweed, pretending as if nothing had happened.
Sprout knew the tendencies of his little wizards. His first reaction when seeing the plant was to put it in his mouth.
Generally, there was no risk, so she turned a blind eye. She let the little badger have a taste.
But sneezeweed is different. It is more dangerous and can easily damage your brain.
Sprout didn't want to see a bunch of giggling little badgers.
To ensure safety, Sprout was very detailed and repeated the precautions.
Then the students took out tools to loosen the soil of the sneezeweed, apply fertilizer, and use a liquid to speed up growth.
After these materials grow, some will go to Snape for Potions class.
The other part will be sold to shops in Diagon Alley to raise funds for the school.
Sprout paired Wayne with Hannah to keep an eye on the biggest foodie in the college.
Wayne's face twitched as he looked at the tears overflowing from the corner of the girl's mouth.
Wake up, girl. This is really inedible.
Wayne was very attentive during this class. It wasn't until Professor Sprout asked everyone to put the tools back that he finally took his eyes off Hannah.
After everyone left, Wayne remained.
"What's the problem, Lawrence?"
"Professor, can you give me some biting cabbage seeds?" Wayne looked at his dean expectantly. "I want to refine a batch of steel potions."
The seeds of biting cabbage are also a medicinal herb.
The steel potion can make a wizard's body as hard as steel for a period of time.
Biting cabbage is one of the main ingredients.
"Really?" Sprout was a little confused. "You can brew the steel potion? You don't want to grow your own biting cabbage, right?"
This kind of thing had happened before.
Hufflepuff's students are little badgers with a talent for farming. They often created strange potted plants in their dormitories.
When she was in school, someone had a piranha plant in the dormitory. Her roommate slept inside it every day, and every morning she worried about whether she would come out alive.
"Professor, how can you think so?" Wayne shook his head. "What I brewed last night was a potion of hatred, and the steel potion is not difficult at all."
"Even if I wanted to grow biting cabbage, there's not enough sunlight in my dormitory."
Sprout nodded in agreement. What biting cabbage needs most is sunlight and sufficient humidity. Hufflepuff's dormitory lacks these conditions.
After Wayne promised not to grow biting cabbage, Sprout gave him a bag of seeds.
She trusted Hufflepuff's honesty.
After leaving the greenhouse, Wayne immediately divided the biting cabbage seeds into two parts.
One part was for the steel potion. The other part was for planting.
But he is an honest Hufflepuff, and since he promised the professor, he will not break his promise.
So Wayne decided to find Hagrid.
The biting cabbage grown by Hagrid has nothing to do with Lawrence.
Inside the cabin:
After hearing Wayne's request, Hagrid waved his hands.
"No, this thing is too dangerous. Why do you want to plant it?"
"You planted it," Wayne corrected. "I just gave you the seeds, and you gave me the ripe, chewy cabbage."
The hybrid giant looked at him blankly. "What's the difference?"
"Of course," Wayne explained earnestly. "I didn't participate in the planting process, so I didn't violate school rules."
Hagrid was confused but still refused to agree.
Wayne used his ultimate move: "Hagrid, you don't want to not see Phoenix King in the future, right?"
"Out of sight, out of mind," Hagrid hesitated for a moment but maintained his position.
His favorite animals are powerful magical creatures like fire dragons. The phoenix... not so much.
If Wayne could pull out a fire dragon, Hagrid would agree to plant a whomping willow, not to mention biting cabbage.
Wayne thought for a while and made a decisive move: "Hagrid, you don't want me to beat up Lu Wei every day, do you?"
The hybrid giant was shocked: "How do you know Lu Wei?"
"Isn't he in the corridor on the fourth floor? I communicated with him twice, and we got along well."
Wayne blinked: "If you don't help, don't blame me if the dog gets kidnapped one day."
Now Hagrid was finally scared.
He knew Wayne had a fatal affinity for animals. Every time his hound Yaya saw Wayne, he forgot about his owner and just followed Wayne.
When Hagrid thought of Wayne stroking his dog, Lu Wei, with an expression of enjoyment, he whined.
"No!"
In the end, he agreed to Wayne's request and planted biting cabbage on the edge of the Forbidden Forest.
If planted in a vegetable field, when the biting cabbage grows up, it will likely clean out other vegetables.
Those steel-like teeth are not meant for use.
Fortunately, Hagrid also has a piece of cultivated land in the Forbidden Forest. The area is small but enough to plant a dozen biting cabbage seeds.
After burying the seed, Hagrid wiped the sweat from his head.
"I still don't know why you grow this stuff. It tastes terrible."
Wayne looked at the fertile land that had been turned over and nodded with satisfaction.
The season is not right now, but it doesn't matter. The teacher's world talks about magic, not science.
With the magic potion, this batch of biting cabbage will mature in two or three months next year.
He can also gain a group of thugs.
Hearing Hagrid's doubts, Wayne said without looking back:
"I'm a Hufflepuff. Is there anything wrong with liking farming?"
In the next few days, Wayne prepared many potions to speed up growth. He went to the edge of the Forbidden Forest to water the fields in the afternoons when he was free.
Hagrid turned a blind eye to Wayne's intrusion into the Forbidden Forest.
The two were now in cahoots.
Wayne also asked Hagrid if he could get a batch of moon-crazy beast excrement to use as fertilizer. Hagrid agreed.
There is indeed a tribe of moon-crazy beasts in the Forbidden Forest. Collecting some excrement is not difficult for him.
It's Friday again in a blink of an eye.
Quirrell stepped on the bell and walked into the classroom.
There were no students in the first three rows because no one could stand the smell of garlic on Quirrell.
Quirrell didn't care, silently opened the book and said in a stammering voice:
"Today... today... we are going to learn the classification of... magic spells."
"Charms are divided into... curses, hexes, jinxes, and spells."