Chapter 45: Farming and Professor Orren

Like a child who found a beloved toy, Kyle was having a blast in the Room of Requirement.

With a flick of his finger, the rain instantly turned into goose her feat snow, and with another flick, it transformed into a hail the size of eggs.

Honestly, the feeling of being able to change the surrounding environment with a wave of his hand was just too cool.

After having enough fun, Kyle suddenly remembered that he still had serious business to attend to. Reluctantly, he changed the room back to a sunny day.

"Forget it, there's plenty of time in the future."

Kyle squatted down and carefully took out two broad bean-sized seeds from his pocket, for fear of accidentally crushing them.

The main reason was that these seeds were too precious, and they were not even his. They were taken... picked up from Herbology class.

Picked up.

It just so happened that in the Herbology class, a Gryffindor student got so excited after successfully answering Professor Sprout's question that he threw the shovel in his hand at the Biting Cabbage opposite him.

Unsurprisingly, the shovel was instantly bitten into a ball of scrap metal, and the little wizard was deducted one point for it.

This incident should have ended there, but Kyle accidentally discovered that the Biting Cabbage spit out two seeds shortly after spitting out the remains of the shovel.

Professor Sprout was looking for a new shovel at the time and didn't see this scene.

As an excellent Hufflepuff, Kyle naturally had to help his Head of House share her worries, so he took the initiative to pick them up for her.

However, he later forgot about it because he was obsessed with Dittany.

Kyle dug two appropriately sized holes in the soil, put the seeds in, and then covered them with a thin layer of soil.

After doing all this, Kyle nodded with satisfaction.

"Very good, I'll keep them safe for now, and give them to Professor Sprout next time in class."

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After leaving the Room of Requirement, Kyle returned to the common room and then went to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom with the other Hufflepuff freshmen in the afternoon.

On the way, everyone was very excited, not knowing whether it was because they were looking forward to the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, or simply interested in the legendary "one-year professor".

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Maybe it was both.

The Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom was on the second floor.

When they pushed the door open and walked in, they found that the neatly arranged desks had all been moved to the wall, making the classroom look very spacious.

Professor Orren had already arrived and was fiddling with a covered cage behind the podium.

Kyle was a little surprised when he saw this scene. He didn't expect that their Defense Against the Dark Arts professor this year would also be a practitioner, just like Lupin.

"Good afternoon, everyone."

After everyone had arrived, Professor Orren looked at everyone and said gently, "Put your books away, we won't need them. Not just this lesson, but every lesson from now on."

With just one sentence, Professor Orren won the favor of many little wizards.

What could be more delightful than not having to bring books to class? If there was, it would be not having to bring books to every class.

Professor Orren just happened to do both.

"This professor must have real skills," one little wizard said immediately. "He will definitely be able to get tenure!"

"I appreciate your good wishes, Mr. Borg, but unfortunately I can't give Gryffindor points for that."

Professor Orren smiled and continued, "In my opinion, theoretical knowledge is always the easiest part of this course. You can learn it by yourself, there is no need to take up valuable class time.

In class, I prefer to teach you how to protect yourself when you are facing danger.

This danger may come from unknown Dark magic, or it may be some kind of dangerous magical creature. But either way, it could cost you your lives."

Seeing that the atmosphere had become a lot heavier, Professor Orren continued, "But for your age, it's still too early to be exposed to Dark magic, and the Headmaster wouldn't allow me to do that either.

So let's start with something simple, magical creatures."

With that, Professor Orren gently pushed the cage. A muffled buzzing sound immediately came from inside. The cloth cover of the cage was also shaken left and right as if it might fall off at any moment.

Some of the little wizards who were standing closer were so scared that they backed away repeatedly.

"Don't worry, although this little guy is very dangerous, you won't be harmed as long as I'm here." Professor Orren said seriously, "I only ask you to remain calm and carefully remember every word I say later."

With that, Orren lifted the cloth cover, revealing what was inside the cage.

...A blue insect, about an inch in size. The buzzing sound just now was the sound of it flapping its wings.

But unlike other insects, its wings were on top of its head. When it flew, it looked like it was wearing a bamboo dragonfly, and its body would also spin.

It looked quite cute.

Katie Bell couldn't help but let out a snort of laughter. "Professor, it doesn't look as... dangerous as you said."

In her opinion, what Professor Orren had just said was obviously exaggerated. She didn't even need a wand for such a small thing, she could slap it to death with one hand, how could it be dangerous?

"Is that so... I hope you can still be so confident, Miss Bell." Professor Orren smiled slightly and asked, "So, does anyone know what it is? The first one to speak can add five points to their house."

In the crowd, Michael suddenly heard a faint voice, which seemed to be a name.

Under the temptation of adding points, he blurted out without thinking, "Billywig!"

"Excellent, Mr. Michael." Professor Orren said happily, "Five points to Hufflepuff!"

"That's right, Billywig, a XXX-rated magical creature." Professor Orren explained, "Please pay attention, there is a long, thin stinger at the bottom of its body. Anyone stung by a Billywig will feel dizzy and then float up and down.

If you are stung many times, you will even float in the air uncontrollably for several days."

Professor Orren turned his gaze to Katie Bell, "Now, do you still think it's not dangerous?"

Katie Bell looked away and didn't speak. But from her expression, she didn't seem very convinced.

"Professor..." At this time, a little wizard asked tentatively, "So are we going to deal with this Billywig in this class?"

"Not exactly." Professor Orren shook his head. "Before that, you must first learn the spells to deal with it. I won't let you practice until I'm sure there's no problem."