You select
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. 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 69.

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