Including but not limited to physical properties, mental, and sexual—"
"What?" "Wait?"
"Oh, oh, oh!" Professor Sprout immediately interrupted him, stifling a laugh and nodding with feigned seriousness, "Correct answer, mm... but the latter part is a bit beyond the scope. It's not in the textbook. Five points to Slytherin."
Harry nodded awkwardly, only then realizing what he had just said.
What he had just said was basically the exact words Howl had spoken when he first taught him how to brew an Energy Potion.
He had spoken too quickly this time...
After sitting down, he looked at Hermione and said, "Hermione, thank you."
Hermione's ears were a bit red. She said unhappily, "You need to make up all the points from before you withdrew from the competition; I know that.
But if you mess around like that again, I won't put my hand down next time."
"A small accident, and what I said wasn't wrong, was it?" Harry smiled helplessly.
He was truly grateful to Hermione.
For her to give up answering was simply incredible!
Afterwards, Sprout explained the precautions, then it was demonstration time, and she motioned for them to put on their earmuffs.
"Wait, Hermione." Harry stopped her.
"What's wrong?" Hermione asked, confused.
Harry raised his hand, "Don't move."
As he spoke, his hand landed near Hermione's ear.
"Muffliato—"
"Oh, thank you, Harry." Hermione nodded, then put on her earmuffs.
After doing all this, Harry turned to look at Draco.
"Do you want one?"
"You don't have to buy candy for the whole class just because you want to give one person a piece, Potter!" Draco gritted his teeth, then put on his earmuffs.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Harry looked bewildered, not understanding what Draco was up to now.
As he was thinking, Professor Sprout was already preparing for the first demonstration.
She first put on a pair of pink furry earmuffs herself, rolled up her sleeves. Then, after confirming that all the children's gazes were on her, she firmly grasped a clump of leaves and pulled it out with force.
Immediately, screams rose and fell.
Not just from the Mandrake, but also from many Little Wizards.
Nothing else, the Mandrake's light green, baby-like appearance was truly too ugly.
And the scream seemed to contain some magic; the earmuffs couldn't completely block it, making people dizzy and disoriented.
In front of Harry and to his side, a body slowly toppled over.
"Wingardium Leviosa—Muffliato—" Harry's reaction was extremely quick.
Immediately, many people's gazes were drawn to these two figures.
Professor Sprout's gaze also wavered between the two for a moment, then she nodded, shook the Mandrake in her hand, and drew the Little Wizards' attention back to her.
She quickly took out a large pot, handled the Mandrake, and then tamped down the soil.
Only then did she instruct the Little Wizards to remove their earmuffs and go observe Neville's condition.
Looking at the noisy Greenhouse, Draco pouted, "He's really stupid enough."
At the end, he suddenly took a turn, "Sigh, maybe the earmuffs were too old."
"...It's good he's not hurt." Harry looked at Draco in surprise.
For Draco to hold his tongue and simply say the other person was stupid was surprising enough; now he even added an extra remark...
Soon, the class came to an end.
Neville immediately came up to Harry and sincerely thanked him.
"It's nothing, just a small favor." Harry nodded.
The group walked towards the Castle.
On the way, Draco immediately showed concern for the little dragon, Norbert.
Two things about the Christmas holidays made him most unhappy.
First, that something happened at school right after he left.
Second, that the little dragon, Norbert, was injured.
"We'll go at noon, don't rush," Harry said, "It just so happens I also want to go see Hagrid about something."
Transfiguration class ended quickly. If there was any difference from before, it was that Ron received praise from Professor McGonagall.
After getting a suitable wand, his spellcasting ability was clearly stronger.
At noon, the three of them ate some food casually and then hurried towards Hagrid's hut.
"Oh, you're here." Hagrid's face was beaming with smiles as he led the three into the house.
"Hagrid, what's making you so happy?" Harry asked curiously.
"Oh, nothing." Hagrid smiled, "Big news."
As he spoke, he even started tidying up his old pink umbrella.
"What made you decide to come?"
"We wanted to see Norbert," Harry said, "Uh, also, there's something else I wanted to ask you, Hagrid."
"What is it? If you want to see Norbert, let's go now." As he spoke, he put down his umbrella and put on his overcoat.
The three of them quickly followed him into the forest.
On the way, Hagrid was in high spirits, humming a little tune all the way.
The last time Hagrid hummed a tune was because of Norbert.
Thinking of this, Harry immediately felt a little worried: "Hagrid, you haven't secretly gotten hold of some very dangerous magical creature again, have you?"
"Oh, no, absolutely not." Hagrid waved his hand.
"Really not?"
"Absolutely not, I've already learned my lesson," Hagrid said, "Besides, now is not a good time to raise magical creatures. Aragog's children even had to bring back their dead kin from yesterday to use as food."
"What kind of animal is Aragog?" Harry immediately became alert.
Then, Hagrid told them about Aragog, and also mentioned what happened yesterday.
He wasn't too sad; it was best that Aragog was fine. As for his lost descendants...
He was even glad Howl was there, otherwise that Little witch might have been in danger.
He didn't know about the Unicorn appearing later.
The three children exchanged glances, all sighing helplessly. Hagrid's attitude towards magical creatures truly made them feel a sense of danger.
"By the way, Harry. You just said you had something to ask me, what was it?" Hagrid asked.
"Oh, I wanted to ask about my mom and dad, and Snape," Harry said.
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