Chapter 17: Christmas Gifts

Time flies by like a white horse, and I see that Christmas is coming. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

One morning in mid-December, the ground at Hogwarts was covered in snow several feet deep, the frozen waters of the lake were frozen and the owls were struggling to fly into the blizzard, and Hagrid had to take care of them to keep them from rushing into the snow.

All the students are eagerly anticipating the holidays.

A warm fire had begun to burn in the school hall, and the ventilated corridors outside had become unusually cold, and the biting cold wind was rattling the classroom windows. The worst of all was Snape's classroom in the dungeon, where the students' exhaled breath formed a mist in front of them, and they tried to keep warm as close to the steamer as possible.

"I feel sorry," Malfoy said, "that all those who had to stay at school for Christmas were abandoned by their families." He said, squinting at Harry.

In fact, Malfoy had been sullen since Slytherin's defeat to Gryffindor in the last Quidditch match, and he was even more jealous at the thought of how much praise had been given to Harry's brilliant performance. As a result, an angry and jealous Malf had no choice but to taunt Harry again about his lack of a home, trying to find some sense of superiority in this regard.

However, he misestimated Harry's family situation, and in Harry's opinion, not going back for Christmas was the right choice.

So when Professor McGonagall counted the students who were on vacation, Harry immediately signed up. To be honest, he didn't feel bad at all, and he was confident that he was going to have the most enjoyable Christmas of his life at Hogwarts.

And since the plans have changed, the Weasleys are going to Romania to visit Charlie, and Ron has nowhere else to go, so he will stay as well. Harry was even happier now.

After the potion class, everyone returned to the hall, where Hagrid and Professor Flitwick were busy decorating for Christmas.

The hall looks spectacular, with holly branches and mistletoe flowers hanging on all four sides of the walls, and a dozen tall Christmas trees, some of which are hung with twinkling icicles, others with hundreds of lit candles.

"Hagrid, do you need help?"

"Oh, thanks, I think we're done. ”

"Let's have a drink?"

“OK!”

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In the blink of an eye, the holidays have arrived, and all the students who are going home have already prepared their luggage and headed to the station, so there are only a few people in the entire hall, which seems to be extremely deserted.

Chunan, Harry, and Ron sat next to each other.

On the table is a game of wizard chess, which is said to be wizard chess, but in fact, it is a chess game that follows the wizard's instructions and the chess pieces can move on their own.

If they played Chinese chess, Chu Nan could still play the game, but if it was replaced by chess that he didn't know anything about, Chu Nan could only watch from the side.

"The knight goes to one five!"

"The queen (the most powerful chess piece in chess is the queen, highlighting the status and role of the queen in Western feudal society. Go to one five!"

Following Ron's order, the queen's pawn automatically advanced to the side of Harry's knight's pawn, and then smashed it directly.

"It's just barbaric!"

Hearing this familiar voice, Ron didn't have to look back to know who was coming.

"It's wizard chess, what I'm best at!" said Ron, his face full of pride.

Chu Nan glanced at Hermione, who was the only one in the trio who could go home.

"Have you packed your bags?"

"I've packed up, I'm here to say goodbye to you. ”

"Then I wish you a smooth journey. ”

"Oh, by the way, you can go to the library during the holidays. ”

Although Hermione didn't say it explicitly, Chu Nan also knew what they wanted to do there, but it was rare to be confused.

"Library? I think you should relax during the holidays. ”

"Oh, we have nothing to do anyway," Harry said wisely, "and we've been investigating who he is since the last time Hagrid brought up Nicolame. ”

"What?" Chu Nan pretended to be very surprised, "Listen, you'd better forget about this, what needs to be guarded by a three-headed dog must be very dangerous!"

"We just want to know who Nicolame is, isn't Professor Chu Nan interested?"

Hearing this demagogic tone, Chu Nan was impressed by Hermione's girl.

But how could Chu Nan be defeated by this little girl, he had to try his best to show an expression of nonchalance, "I'm not interested in Nicolemel at all." ”

However, Hermione didn't care about Chu Nan's denial, but instead leaned on the long table and whispered, "I think you must be able to find clues in the forbidden book area." After saying that, he straightened up and said with a smile on his face, "Merry Christmas!" Then, regardless of the reaction of the three of them, he walked away with the steps of a tsundere queen.

Chu Nan snorted his teeth, "I think, she learned badly from you." ”

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The next day, Christmas.

Harry got out of bed and put on his dressing gown.

"Merry Christmas! Ron said hello downstairs.

"Merry Christmas! Oh, your new sweater?"

Ron tugged at his oversized brown sweater, looking ashamed, "Oh, this is my mom's knit." ”

There was no way, Mrs. Weasley had to knit the sweater a little bigger for the sake of frugality. (I'm sure there are a lot of friends who have experienced this as a kid.) )

"By the way, you also have a gift. ”

"I... I have a gift?!"

Harry looked incredibly excited and rushed down the stairs.

"Right there. ”

Following Ron's finger, Harry pounced on several packages.

He picked up the top package, wrapped in thick brown paper, with the scrawl on it: "To Harry Hagrid." "Inside was a somewhat rough wooden flute, which Hagrid had cut with his own hands.

Harry blew into the flute, and it sounded like an owl's call.

Another small package contained a note that read, "Merry Christmas!" - Chu Nan. PS; It's best to carry it with you!" Inside was an exorcism talisman for wandering ghosts like Voldemort.

Seeing Harry's gift, Ron also took out a talisman seal, which was a golden armor talisman and a defenseless talisman.

"This is also sent by Professor Chu Nan?"

Ron nodded.

"Wait, I remember!"

With that, Harry began to rummage through the cabinets.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Harry didn't answer, and two minutes later, he finally found the golden armor talisman that Chu Nan had given him last time in his suitcase. Looking at the crisp look, you could tell that Harry had kept it well.

"You see, this is the last birthday present that Professor Chu Nan gave me. ”

"This one seems to be the same as mine. ”

So the three sigils were put together side by side.

The two looked at each other, because no matter how they compared, they were not clear.

"What's the use of that?"

"Who knows? Why don't we ask at dinner?"