After Ron's queen once again waved a small stool to smash Hermione's knight to pieces, little Lori pulled the chessboard in frustration and ended the game angrily, "Don't play, don't play." ”

Ever since the end of the dueling club that day, Hermione had been in a strange state of irritability, and her already messy hair had been rampled by her and looked even more messy.

Now in her second year at Hogwarts, Hermione chose to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas, along with the homeless Harry and the idle Ron Weasley.

Ron said that there were so many children in his family, one less and one Mrs. Weasley, probably not even noticing, and he also wanted to feel Hogwarts during Christmas.

Hogwarts during the Christmas holidays is empty, and although the castle is full of Christmas style due to the Christmas decorations built by the professors, it lacks some life.

Sitting at a long table in the tallest tower of Ravenclaw, flipping through a heavy magic book larger than his school bag, the crackling sound of a fire burning in the background.

and the slight sound of someone's breathing......

Penelope Qingshui said that he really couldn't understand what Xiwen had to sleep on, except for class time and meal time, he basically spent his day in sleep, and sometimes even omitted meal time.

Whew, time is really pressing, Penelope gently pushed the book into the table, his thoughts were flying, he was already in the sixth year, and next year would be his last year at Hogwarts, and it would be his last year with Xiwen.

Although she received eleven of the highest ratings in the O.W.L.S, next year's Ultimate Wizard Ranking Exam needs to be taken seriously, and now, she is a little confused about her future path.

Going to the Ministry of Magic as a 9-to-5 job, running around her lodgings and the Ministry of Magic every day, burying herself in larger-than-human documents and revising reports every day? Sounds comfortable but doesn't seem like her choice.

To be an Auror in the Auror office, and to run every day to maintain the rule of the Ministry of Magic and pursue wanted warrants?It may seem more challenging, but where in the world are there so many dark wizards to catch?

"I've slept until this time. Siwen grunted a few times, "It's Christmas Eve, right? Let's go, throw the book aside, and go to Hogsmeade today." ”

Ignorant of being pulled by Sivin to Hogsmeade, Penelope exhaled softly, forming a mist in the air, and you could see how cold it was.

Sivin untied his scarf and put it around Penelope, the blue scarf and the golden iris emblem looked like a good match for the girl.

"Thank you. Penelope whispered as if to herself, and the two men walked along the already snow-covered road in Hogsmeade, leaving behind two trails of footprints and the creaking sound of snow.

The two of them left their footprints in front of Duke Honey's colorful candy spots, and left them next to the bizarre props they had developed with George Fred in Jokowi's Magic Joke Shop.

"My quill always grinds bald quickly. Penelope grumbled as she walked towards a quaint stationery store, the literati's quill shop, where she bought her quills.

Oh (-ω-')

Follow Penelope as you walk through the village of Hogsmeade, the evening lights seem a little dim, and the fluttering snowflakes look particularly beautiful.

"It's a little cold, do you want to ...... Something to drink?" Penelope sighed slightly, the wood in front of him, it was simply extravagant to expect him to do anything.

Xiwen tilted his head to look at the girl's eyes, which were still bright in the dark, and the expectation hidden in the depths of the eyes, "Listen to you, let's go, where are you going?"

"There's a teahouse over there, which I heard is very nice, or if you like, we can go to Three Broomsticks, and I've heard that Mrs. Rosmerta's butterbeer is very good. The brightness in the girl's eyes instantly increased several times, and the fiery anticipation made Xiwen almost dare not look at each other.

"Let's go to the teahouse, minors are not allowed to drink. Sivin patted the snowflakes above Penelo's head and walked with her to a fork in the main road at the village level, where softly lit billboards guided them.

【Lady Padiff's Teahouse】

Pushing open the door, the wind chimes of jingling bells made a crisp sound, and a room that looked warm appeared in front of the two of them, and there were almost no empty tables in the room, all of them were a pair of x men and women whispering.

After finding a comfortable position to avoid the streamers scattered by the fat angel floating in the air, the two people who had just taken their seats saw a fat woman who looked like a ball on the side of the circle, and the height of the distance and the distance squeezed open a table and walked over.

"What do you two drink?"

"Two cups of coffee, thank you. Penelope replied softly to Madame Padif.

You know, it's the Christmas holidays, and there are still so many people here, I'm afraid that the entire Hogwarts students who are in their third year are here?

Maybe it would be a little cold by the window, but they got this table, and through the foggy window they saw the snow sprinkling outside, and the ground was already covered with a thick layer of snow.

"Xiwen ......" Penelope's eyes swept over the misbehaving guys around her, reasonable, if it was at school, huh! she looked at the guy opposite her.

Gently turning the cup in his hand, "Xiwen, next year will be my last year at Hogwarts." Penelope's eyes looked forward a little unfocused, his hand still turning the cup.

Xiwen listened quietly, looking at the girl's hazy face through the heat emitted from the cup, has another year passed, time is already very urgent.

"I'm ......," Penelope was about to say when he was interrupted by Sivin.

"Do you have any plans for graduation?"

"Not yet. He gave Sivin a reluctant smile.

"I'm wondering, if you don't mind, would you like to accept my employment, what about the mission, which is to go to Azeroth and continue to learn magic with Sindragosa, Kael'thas, and Gianna, and at the same time improve their actual combat ability?"

"Do you really want me to do this?" Penelope seemed to return to his former cold appearance, no longer hazy, "There are indeed many questions to ask Teacher Sindragosa. ”

The rest of the time was more in silence, Penelope never said what she wanted to say, she silently drank the coffee in her hand, and watched Sivin pay the bill.

Stepping on the thick snow back to Hogwarts' Ravenclaw Tower, the melting snow above his head was wet and running down his hair, cold hitting his cheeks.

A white handkerchief rested on the girl's head, and the handkerchief that Siwen had just taken out of the pocket of his robe brought dryness to the girl's wet hair.

"Penelope ......" grabbed Penelope, who was about to turn away, and Sivin lowered his head, "I'm just a scumbag, a scumbag who has lived for I don't know how many years." It's not worth it. It's not worth it. ”

"But......" Siwen smiled like a standard scumbag, "I'm a scumbag." ”