Chapter 496 The Lost City of Giants
A branch planted in the soil may indeed take root and sprout, but a magic wand buried in the ground can turn into a tree, and even have miraculous healing effects...that would be too unscientific.
Hearing Tina's words, Rove couldn't help wondering whether the origin of the snake tree was exaggerated by later generations, deliberately making up stories and engaging in marketing to increase the popularity of Ilvermorny.
All major wizarding schools have done this, including Hogwarts!
In the site selection of Hogwarts, there have always been rumors that Ravenclaw dreamed of a warthog and took her to a cliff by a lake.
After waking up from the dream, Ravenclaw found the lake and the cliff according to the route in the dream... This story has been widely spread, and it has also added a lot of legend to Hogwarts.
When Rove went back to a thousand years ago, he specifically asked Hufflepuff about this matter. After she heard it, she said it was pure nonsense and laughed for a long time.
But in herbal medicine class the next day, Hufflepuff immediately told the story to the students without any changes.
In the end, he said with a serious face that Hogwarts is a heaven-sent place.
Since then, Rove has been insensitive to such rumors.
But then again, in the world of magic, whoever talks to you about science is the greatest science without science!
In short, that snakewood tree does have some tricks, and Rove will stop by to have a look when he plans to return to Ilvermorny one day.
Rove and Newt chatted for a while, and the dinner was finally ready. After the boy washed his hands, he walked towards the dining room.
On the ceiling of the dining room, hangs a dazzling Irish metal chandelier with multiple branches, and under the chandelier is a clean white dining table.
Shirley was standing at the dining table, with the silver tableware set, and she was wearing an apron embroidered with Xixiu... she looked like a virtuous little daughter-in-law.
Seeing Rove staring at her and smiling, Shirley asked inexplicably, "What are you laughing at?"
"I thought of something funny." Rove grinned.
"whats the matter?"
"I won't tell you!"
The ponytail girl looked at Rove suspiciously, and then looked down at herself. She thought it was the apron that didn't fit well that made the boy laugh, so she explained:
"This is grandma's apron, it's too big for me."
Rove walked to Shirley's side and said softly, "I'll take you to buy a smaller apron tomorrow."
Shirley nodded, seeing him helping her arrange the dishes, she asked crisply, "Have you washed your hands?"
This is more like a little daughter-in-law, Luo Fu held back his smile, stretched out a finger, and gently wiped on the side of her cheek:
"Washed... Look, there is still water."
As the boy said, he used the back of his hand to help Shirley wipe off the water on her face.
Such an intimate gesture caused the girl to look at the kitchen in a hurry. Seeing that Newt and Tina were both behind their backs and did not notice the dining room, she breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice:
"Be careful to be seen!"
"What are you afraid of?" Luo Fu pecked Shirley's cheek abruptly, and said with a smile: There are no nuns or nuns here, so it's okay to be seen, grandparents won't say anything. "
The girl with the ponytail was about to speak, when the cries of the three cats and lilies sounded at the right time.
Rove and Shirley turned their heads and saw Moller, Hobby, and Miri, sitting on the sofa not far away, staring at them curiously, as if they were watching a play.
Moller deliberately imitated Rove, put his nose close to Huobi's mouth, and pressed it lightly.
Shirley blushed, and fled towards the kitchen.
Luo Fu walked towards the three cats and raccoons speechlessly, nodded their heads, stared and said:
"When Shirley and I are alone in the future, you don't want to show up, you know? Otherwise, I won't give you snacks, especially you, Mo Le!"
Mo Le felt a little wronged, didn't he just imitate your human actions?
We cats and racists like to sniff each other's butts, and you are not allowed to imitate it!
Rove taught the three cats and raccoons a lesson, and a sumptuous dinner was served on the table:
Beef and barley soup, a plate of roasted quail and a nearly three-foot-long pike grilled with green vegetables and mushrooms, a plate of chicken in white sauce, a plate of roast goose, and a rich warm bread and butter.
Rove, who hadn't eaten anything good for a long time, immediately whetted his appetite when he saw the delicious food.
The four of them also drank some sweet cider, the alcohol content was very low, and even a guy like Shirley who can't drink well would not get drunk after drinking it.
During the meal, everyone also chatted about the big footprints in Dean Forest.
"Those footprints are indeed left by giants." Newt took a sip of the fruit wine and said, "But the strange thing is, judging from the traces of the footprints, they are all stepped on by bone palms, not real giant footprints."
"Bone palm?" Rove asked suspiciously, "Is the giant who can never die resurrected?"
"Could it be that someone is digging up the skeletons of giants." Shirley guessed, "Their skeletons can be used to brew potions, and they are also very valuable?"
"It's possible." Newt nodded, "But it's also possible that someone is digging the city of giants."
"Giant City?" Rove said in surprise.
"Well, when I was a child, I heard from my grandfather that there is a lost city of giants hidden near the giant tribe of Upper Barnton." Newt said slowly:
"This story has been passed down in our family for a long time."
"Back then, the giant hunter Gifford Ollerton came to the Fertile Land, but he also came to the Giant City."
"With the IQ of a giant, can you still create a city?" Rove was very skeptical.
"Of course." Newt said softly, "Giants, like wizards, centaurs, and goblins, had a brilliant civilization and a high level of construction.
During the Neo-Babylonian period, the giants helped King Nebuchadnezzar II build a tower about 1,000 meters high.
The Giants of Easter Island, the Nazca Lines on the land of South America, those giant paintings... are all masterpieces of giants. "
Newt sighed: "But as the giants continue to kill each other, those glorious civilizations have long been cut off.
The city of giants also slowly fell into disrepair, completely disappearing in the long river of history, becoming a legend that is difficult to distinguish between true and false. "
Newt slowly told the story of the city of giants he had heard from his grandfather, which also added a lot of flavor to the dinner.
After dinner, Newt and Tina were going for a walk together, and they asked Rove and Shirley if they wanted to go together.
The two refused at the same time. After all, the two of them couldn't eat this bowl of old-age dog food that had been boiled for decades.
Considering that the three cats and raccoons might disturb him and Shirley, Rove suggested that Tina take them all on the grounds of being fat.
Mo Le didn't want to go. After all, he was so fat that it would be too much trouble to go up to the second floor. It would be troublesome to go for a walk.
But this was a suggestion from her precious grandson, and Tina readily accepted it, and Moller couldn't help but refuse.
So, after the old man left, only the boy and the girl were left alone in the whole old house.
Rove held the ponytail girl's hand and said with a smile:
"Come on, Shirley, go to my room...I'll show you the big baby."
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(Thanks to "siiyet" for the reward.)