Harry Potter: Don't Touch the Badger's Plants

As soon as Ciel finished speaking, everyone was stunned for a moment. Then Malfoy's face suddenly turned blood red with anger. His head was buzzing as he looked at Ciel as if he wanted to devour him.

"You! How dare you!"

Ciel sneered coldly. "You dared to make up stories about our Sprout family bloodline. What wouldn't I dare to do?"

Malfoy gritted his teeth tightly. But before he could utter his harsh words, the slow-reacting little badgers finally understood what Ciel meant. Then the badgers burst into laughter together.

After the little badgers laughed for a while, Crabbe and Goyle, who had been looking confused beside Malfoy, suddenly seemed to be electrified. They laughed so hard they bent over backward.

"Malfoy, Ciel means he's your daddy! Hahahaha!"

Their loud voices echoed far down the corridor, attracting countless strange and gossiping looks. This made Malfoy want to kill someone. He glared viciously at Crabbe and Goyle.

"Don't speak! And don't laugh!"

But even though Crabbe and Goyle's faces turned red, they still couldn't stop their goose-like laughter.

Just as Malfoy was about to draw his wand, Professor Flitwick's voice rang out in the corridor. "Class is about to start. What are you all doing blocking the way here? I can't even get into the classroom."

Professor Flitwick's arrival finally suppressed the conflict that was about to erupt. The crowd finally dispersed.

Malfoy showed a humiliated expression. He looked at Ciel, lowering his voice but with words full of malice. "Today Slytherin and Hufflepuff have Charms class together. Just wait and see. I've already found out. Giant bloodline may have brute strength, but Half-giants can't learn the Levitation Charm."

His voice dripped with venom. "I'll be watching you. No matter how you disguise yourself, it's useless. You'll soon be exposed. When that time comes, just wait to be expelled from Hogwarts. Oh right, I almost forgot... there's still a half-giant at the gamekeeper's hut. Maybe you two can huddle together for warmth!"

Then Malfoy walked into the Charms classroom with a smile on his face.

Ciel looked completely bewildered. Honestly, he didn't quite understand where Malfoy's confidence came from. The Levitation Charm? He had learned it from the Half-Blood Prince's textbook just last night. His mastery had already reached Bronze Tier.

Forget it. If I could understand Malfoy's thinking, wouldn't that mean being dragged down to the same level? Better not.

Then Ciel put this small drama behind him. Rather than arguing with a self-righteous brat like Malfoy, it would be better to listen to class. The former would only make you stupid. The latter could increase knowledge.

Shortly after Ciel and the little badgers entered the Charms classroom and sat down, the class bell rang.

Professor Flitwick said with a smile, "For a long time before, we've been talking about the Lumos Charm and some basic spell fundamentals. I know that children your age must be eager to learn some new things. I'm sure you've heard that in the Charms class before Halloween, Gryffindor students already learned the Levitation Charm. Starting from this class, you'll also learn how to make objects float."

This filled all the students' eyes with desire. Undoubtedly, the Levitation Charm was much cooler than the Lumos Charm! And most people's Lumos Charms might not even be as good as flashlights. But the Levitation Charm... this magical spell couldn't be replaced by other means!

Even though it was the first class in the morning, the students' drowsiness had completely disappeared.

Seeing this scene, Professor Flitwick nodded with satisfaction. Then he began explaining knowledge about the Levitation Charm.

"Let's start with the history of the Levitation Charm. Then we'll cover the important significance of the Levitation Charm. Representative events where the Levitation Charm played a role in magical history. Which wizards made outstanding contributions to the creation and development of the Levitation Charm... Of course, at the end of class, time will be set aside for your initial practice of the Levitation Charm."

Hearing that they had to learn theory first, the young wizards all showed disappointed expressions. But soon, with Professor Flitwick's witty narration, everyone became immersed in the class.

Ciel's eyes showed a trace of emotion. Previously, he hadn't had a deep appreciation for Professor Flitwick's teaching. But now he could feel it. Professor Flitwick seemed to be narrating, like telling stories, but he had broken down and mixed in some profound principles of the Levitation Charm.

Even the less clever little badgers could remember this knowledge through the stories. Worthy of being a Charms master... he truly made the difficult seem effortless.

This level was far beyond what Snape could achieve when he wrote the Half-Blood Prince's notes. If the young Snape had taught these students with ordinary talent, probably no one would have understood his lessons. Snape himself would have exploded on the spot!

At this time, Ciel was cross-referencing Professor Flitwick's explanation with his own understanding. The principles of the Levitation Charm gradually became clearer in his mind.

"It's different from the Levicorpus spell. Levicorpus creates an upward force that pulls the affected object up. As for the Levitation Charm, it's more like making the object itself lighter, even making it like a feather that can float in the air."

Thinking of this, Ciel suddenly had an inspiration. "My mastery of Levicorpus has reached Silver Tier. But limited by my own magical strength, the effect improvement of Levicorpus isn't that obvious. But what if I first cast the Levitation Charm on an object to reduce its weight? Wouldn't that be equivalent to indirectly reducing the burden on Levicorpus?"

His mind raced with possibilities. "Originally I could only lift objects weighing dozens of kilograms, but now if the object becomes as light as a feather, the hanging height would probably become extremely exaggerated."

Then Ciel's eyes burst with brilliance. "What if I use the Levitation Charm, Levicorpus, and Liberacorpus in combination? The enemy is hung lightly in the air, then restored to their original weight and dropped directly to the ground. With such a fall, let alone flesh and blood... even an iron block could probably be smashed!"

However, while he had the idea, there was still a long distance from concept to implementation. For example, the premise of this idea was that the enemy could be hit consecutively by the Levitation Charm and Levicorpus. How weak would they have to be? Against such a weak enemy, why go through all this trouble? Ciel's bat might be much more useful than his wand!

So it would be best to simplify these steps as much as possible. Complete it in one step.

Ciel pondered hard in his mind for a long time. His brows were tightly furrowed. Finally, his furrowed brows relaxed. He already had the feeling of facing the last big math problem on a college entrance exam in his previous life. Everyone knew that if you could solve it, you'd be amazing. But the problem was you just couldn't do it!

"Forget it. This probably isn't something I can accomplish at this stage. I'll try again when I have the chance in the future."

Ciel decisively chose to give up. After all, his foundation wasn't spells. It was cultivating magical plants. There was no need to get stuck on topics beyond his ability.

But while Ciel was frowning in thought just now, Malfoy had been watching his contemplative expression the entire time. His eyes showed excitement.

"I knew it! Ciel must be half-giant, no doubt! Just look at how troubled he gets during Professor Flitwick's Levitation Charm lecture. Why else would he struggle so much with something so basic? Everyone knows half-giants are notorious for having difficulty with delicate spellwork like that!"

Then fighting spirit began rising in Malfoy's heart. He had always been suppressed by Ciel. Today he was even humiliated by Ciel like that. Now he finally had a chance to step on Ciel!

Feeling Malfoy's burning gaze, Ciel was bewildered.

At this time, Professor Flitwick waved his wand. A piece of chalk lightly hit Malfoy's face.

"Malfoy, is the blackboard in the direction you're looking?"

Professor Flitwick's words immediately caused laughter in the classroom. Malfoy's face flushed red as he clenched his fists. Damn it. Why was he so unlucky today!

Fortunately, after reminding him, Professor Flitwick turned the topic back to the Levitation Charm.

"Alright, the theoretical explanation of the Levitation Charm is about finished. But I have one last thing to emphasize again. Although the most famous user of the Levitation Charm is the wizard Baruffio, because he made a mistake while casting and ended up with a buffalo standing on his chest, the inventor of the Levitation Charm was Sir Elber."

Professor Flitwick's voice carried reverence. "He drew inspiration for the Levitation Charm from an extremely rare magical plant named after him. Remember this point... it's very important."

Speaking of this, Professor Flitwick also took out a transparent bottle. Inside the bottle floated a very peculiar small tree. It was actually suspended upside down, as if growing in the air!

Professor Flitwick smiled, "As I mentioned earlier, this magical plant is precisely the source of Sir Elber's inspiration for the Levitation Charm... the Elber Tree. It was very rare even back then, and now it's probably nearly extinct. I happened to obtain one during my travels years ago and have preserved it until now."

He chuckled warmly. "Professor Sprout has asked me for it several times, but I couldn't bear to give it away. However, today, if someone can be the first to learn the Levitation Charm in this class, I'll give them this precious Elber Tree."

Upon hearing this, everyone's gaze turned to the Elber Tree with intense interest.

When Ciel saw the Elber Tree, his breathing suddenly stopped.

"This reward is...!"

[Chapter Complete]

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