You decide to be
extra careful and put the earmuffs on your ears before selecting the choice
that says “Mandrake”.  The magical
barrier shuts down and you see a plant resembling tobacco. That’s good; it
means you’re safe from the mandrake’s cries, unless you decide to uproot it of
course. So you take off the earmuffs.

Your
mandrake is a small one at fifteen centimetres, but it could grow up to forty
centimetres.

You have
read that the under the leaves, the plant is shaped like a parsnip with
wrinkled roots in the shape of a being. You also know that the Mandrake can
cause hallucinations, comas and put people into dreamlike states. Uprooted
mandrakes also have the ability to cause death with their screams; hence why
you need to wear earmuffs when handling them.

If a person
slips into coma after contact with a mandrake, the area of contact should be
washed and a healer should be immediately sent for in order to administer a
tandisu injection.

You also
recall that mandrakes can be used in sleeping potions, love potions and in a
potion to revive petrified people.

You follow
with your exploration and stop in front of the next plant. This one however
does not have a riddle, but a warning.

“This plant
likes to squeeze and strangle you until you stop moving. It may very well try
to leave its enclosure, keep your wand ready.”

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If you
prepare yourself to cast a Lumos Maxima, go to Chapter 72.

If you prepare yourself to cast a Reducto, go to
Chapter 71.