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This time, her mouth was replaced by Ginny's.
Throughout Gryffindor, Ginny was probably the girl closest to Hermione.
These words were like a bucket of cold water poured over Harry and Ron's heads.
They then realized how cruel reality was.
Hogwarts only has one spot, so who can snatch the Warriors spot from Levine?
At this point, Dumbledore spoke again: "I know you all yearn to win the Triwizard Tournament trophy for Hogwarts, but the participating schools and the Ministry of Magic have agreed that an age limit should be set for this year's competitors. Only students who are seventeen years of age or older will be allowed to register for consideration. We think—"
Dumbledore raised his voice slightly, his tone extremely serious.
"This measure is necessary because the competition remains very challenging and dangerous. No matter how many precautions we take, students below grades six and seven simply cannot compete. I will join forces with the principals of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang to implement sufficient restrictions on top of the existing measures to prevent..."
Underage students deceived our impartial referees and became warriors in the Triwizard Tournament.
From a distance, Levin and Dumbledore's eyes met. Dumbledore showed no intention of looking away. "Therefore, if you are under seventeen, I request that you not waste your time applying."
Chapter 295 Babo Tubers and Bomb Tail Snails
The storm had subsided by the next morning, but a somber mood still hung over the auditorium ceiling.
As Levin, Hermione, and Cho Chang ate breakfast and studied their course schedules for the semester, large, thick, bluish-gray clouds churned overhead.
Despite Dumbledore's strict explanation of the selection process for the Warriors last night, the persistent young wizards, such as Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, were still enthusiastically discussing what magical method they could use to age themselves and thus slip through the cracks to participate in the Triwizard Tournament.
Just then, a rustling sound came from above their heads, and a hundred owls flew in through the open window, bringing them the morning mail.
Ever since everyone mastered the "Mansion Technique," Jaina and Tonks stopped sending their beloved younger brother Levin all sorts of snacks.
If they wanted to bring anything to Levin, they would simply leave it in the tower's living room.
Levin will see it immediately once he returns to the tower.
Now, Levin's owl, Hammer, has become a newsboy.
However, quite a few young wizards still received large and small packages of mail.
Neville Longbottom's luggage was huge, and he almost always forgot things when packing.
In wealthy families like the Malfoys and Greengrass, there are always doting elders who occasionally send candy and cakes, which arouses the envy of others.
During this holiday, the Malfoy family and Levin's side developed a very close relationship.
As soon as Draco Malfoy got the package, he scurried over to Levin as if he wanted to show it off.
However, Draco was disappointed to find that...
Even jobs like licking people are in high demand.
"Aba aba aba!" Astoria handed Levin a large bag of cookies, her face flushed, but she spoke exactly like Hermione.
Hermione isn't the only one who wants to become an Anima 08 Guts this semester.
If Hermione learned this to become stronger, then Astoria did it to save her life.
Fortunately, her older sister Daphne translated: "Astoria means that Mom asked her to give this to you. Mom asked us to thank you on her behalf."
It was the first time she had tried to please Levin in public, and she was a little embarrassed.
"Oh, please thank her for my kindness, Astoria. Mrs. Greengrass is so kind." Levin didn't stand on ceremony, took the package, opened one of the packets, and started eating.
Astoria's face immediately lit up with joy, and she skipped and hopped back to the Slytherin table with her sister.
“And a gift from my mother, Levin,” Malfoy said, arriving late.
Levin nodded to him, "Thank her for me too."
Wow, this perfunctory attitude is a world of difference compared to the treatment Astoria received.
Is that extra bit of difference really that big?
Malfoy walked back dejectedly.
Logically speaking, it should be a good thing that Levin Ken accepted his gift in public.
But people are afraid of comparisons.
On the first day of school, the young wizards felt a strong sense of malice:
In herbal medicine class, Professor Sprout taught about barbo tubers.
This thing, though called a plant, actually looks more like a large, black, sticky slug, emerging straight out of the soil, each one wriggling slightly, with many shiny bumps on its body, seemingly filled with liquid.
“You need to squeeze it with your hands to collect the pus,” Professor Sprout told everyone.
The sap from the babo tuber is a thick, yellowish-green liquid that looks like a giant blob of snot and has a pungent gasoline smell. It is the best medicine for treating stubborn acne and can be used to remove pimples from young wizards.
Even Levin found this disgusting plant unbearable.
Levin has recently become quite interested in magical plants.
But if all the plants he came into contact with were things like barbo tubers, Levin wouldn't think that way.
Levin's recent achievements are not only new research on Animagus transformation—which, in the Druid class, should be called Wilderness Transformation.
In fact, his druid abilities have improved overall, reaching LV9 level.
The ability to transform into a wild creature is expanded, but that's purely incidental.
In addition to learning partial body transformation, he also learned the [Enlightenment Technique].
This druidic spell granted Levin the ability to enlighten plants and animals, endowing them with intelligence.
In other words, he can now summon treants.
However, tree-men are ugly and clumsy, which doesn't fit Levin's aesthetic at all.
Until Levin got his inspiration from the Bowtruckle,
This creature is born from a plant, possessing characteristics of both animals and plants. It has an innate instinct to protect trees, making it a natural gardener and forest ranger.
Essentially, the Bowtruckle belongs to a plant spirit named "Leshy".
Its scientific name should be "Lassie the Tree".
Levin plans to do the same thing, creating new Lessie on other plants, even magical plants.
However, the Bapau tuber dealt a huge blow to his ideas.
It's hard to imagine what it would be like if Bapau tubers were transformed into "Bapau tuber Lacey".
A group of little creatures, looking just like potatoes, with pockmarked green skin and covered in pus, were running around happily in their garden.
The thought of this scene made Levin instinctively want to set up a pot in the garden and cook something...
No, no!
He's just a druid, not the Father of Life, so he doesn't want to turn his garden into that horrible mess!
Levin was disgusted by the herbalism class in the morning, but the magical creature protection class in the afternoon was even worse.
Last semester, at Levin's suggestion, Hagrid's reputation among the students was greatly improved by using various adorable and magical creatures.
But when the new school year started, he began to show his true colors again. This half-giant hadn't brought any new magical creatures with him.
Instead, there were several open wooden crates on the ground at his feet.
As Levin approached, they could hear a strange crackling sound, interspersed with faint explosions.
"good afternoon!"
Hagrid smiled at Levin and said, "You're here really early. You'd better wait for the Hufflepuff students; they certainly won't want to miss this adorable little guy—the Blasttail!"
Levin had heard of this hybrid organism in the original work.
This is the offspring of a fire crab and a lion scorpion, which shows that Hagrid has quite a talent for research.
But when he actually saw the Bombtail, Levin immediately regretted his assessment of Hagrid.
His opinion on the tadpole was summed up in just two words: "Disgusting!"
Almost every young wizard agreed with this view.
Those fried-tailed snails have a unique appearance, resembling deformed, shelled lobsters. They are whitish-gray and slimy, and look quite terrifying.
Many feet are sticking out haphazardly, and you can't see the head.
The conch shells were all kept in boxes, with about a hundred in each box. They were about eight inches long and were crawling around on top of each other.
They slumped against the box wall, emitting a very strong smell of rotten fish and shrimp.
Levin restrained himself from casting fireballs on them.
Is this the "cute little guy" that Hagrid was talking about?
Upon hearing Hagrid's assessment, Levin had truly lowered his standards, completely imagining the Blast-tailed Snail based on the appearance of an eight-eyed giant spider.
But these ugly things in front of me...
This is completely pushing the wizard's physical limits.
“They’ve been hatching for several days now, look how fast they’re growing!” Hagrid said proudly. “You can raise them yourselves and enjoy the fun of being parents.”
Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions turned even more disgusted, especially the witches.
Ravenclaw's pet, Aw, often begs for food from other little witches, and all the little witches in the Ravenclaw common room adore Aw.
When they play with Aiwu, they joke that Levin is her father and she is Aiwu's mother.
This is a common mindset among pet owners... Of course, there's also the idea of taking advantage of Levin.
But this statement should never be applied to the frizzy-tailed snail.
"Who would want to raise such an ugly child!" everyone cried out in their hearts.
You have to consider looks when choosing a pet!
“Our lesson today is feeding them; you’re going to try feeding them a few different things,” Hagrid said.
"The young wizards of Gryffindor and Slytherin have discovered that they don't like ant eggs and frog livers... Let's try something else this time."
However, the eaglets and badgers scrambled for the ant eggs and frog livers, preferring to let the snails with their tassels starve.
As for Levin, he searched for a long time, but still couldn't find the mouth of the Bombshell.
Finally, he discovered that these frizzy-tailed snails used the same organ for eating, drinking, and defecating.