"I'm going to teach him a lesson," Ron said as he looked at Malfoy's back and gritted his teeth, "Harry agrees, we can take advantage of this opportunity to clean him up." ”

Harry was a little moved, and he wanted to clean up Malfoy again, saving himself from being annoyed by him all day.

"What are you talking about?" Hagrid asked.

"Nothing, nothing. Ron said in a panic, Hagrid couldn't let Hagrid know about the duel, otherwise Hagrid would definitely stop it.

"These two people are really annoying. Harry said.

Hagrid didn't really care, and he said, "Alright, it's almost Christmas, make yourself happy, and if you don't have anything to do, follow me to the auditorium, it's so beautiful now." ”

"I'll help you," Dudley refused Hagrid, he took out his wand and flicked it, "Float into the air!"

So, they went to the Great Hall with the fir tree floating in the air, where Professors McGonagall and Flitwick were busy arranging the Christmas decorations.

"Professor Flitwick, where is this tree?"

"It's you, Mr. Dursley, just put the tree in the corner over there. ”

Professor Flitwick was already surprised to see how proficient Dudley was with spells.

"Is there anything else Professor Flitwick can help with?" Dudley asked, after setting up the fir tree.

"Thanks, just join me in decorating these trees. ”

Dudley spewed strings of golden bubbles with his wand and hung them on the branches of the newly moved tree.

When everything is finished, the auditorium looks beautiful and spectacular. The walls are covered with weeping ribbons of holly and mistletoe, and twelve towering Christmas trees stand in all directions, some with shiny Xiaoice pillars, others with hundreds of candles.

"Hagrid, why are you alone, Harry?" asked Dudley.

"How could I say that!, Dumbledore believed me. Hagrid grimaced, and said, "They've gone to the library to see who Nicol Lemay is." ”

"Why do you have to go so far!" Dudley muttered.

Dudley was also going to take Harry to Hogsmeade to buy candy and snacks from the wizarding world to bring to Penny and Vernon, but now it seems that he is the only one left.

Taking advantage of the lack of space in the corridor on the fourth floor, Dudley quietly walked into the secret passage.

In the library, Hermione pulled out a list of topics and titles she had decided to find, "Take note of the books on this and look for them." ”

Ron grumbled, "We've been looking for The Great Wizards of the Twentieth Century, The Directory of Famous Magicians of Our Time, The Great Discoveries of Modern Magic, and A Study of the Development of Modern Witchcraft. Nicol Lemay is not recorded in these books. ”

The library is prohibitively large, with thousands of books (in fact, there are a lot of duplicates in the non-forbidden section), thousands of shelves, and hundreds of narrow passages.

This left Ron devastated.

"Why don't we ask Dudley, maybe he knows. ”

"There's no way he knows. Harry affirmed.

"Why?"

"You see that he slept in the history of magic class, and the homework on the history of magic was written by Hermione, so he obviously hated books like this, how could he know. Harry said with a serious analysis.

Hermione glared at them, and they stopped talking and honestly went to take notes.

Ron wandered in front of a row of books, aimlessly pulling some books out of the shelves and putting them back again, and he didn't really look for them at all, because the tedious search bores him.

Harry unwittingly found himself in the forbidden book section. In order to read books in the forbidden area, you must have a note signed by one of the professors.

"Did you get a signed note from the professor when you came to the forbidden section?" asked Ms. Pince, tapping her palm with a feather duster.

"No... No," Harry replied.

Ms. Pins, the librarian, waved a feather duster at him and kicked him out of the forbidden area.

A few minutes later, they met at a table, only Hermione holding a stack of books.

Hermione gave them a disgusted look, and she divided the book between Ron and Harry, "Read some by yourself, and quickly look inside for information on Nicol Lemay." ”

"Okay. ”

Harry had been looking for it with anticipation at first, but when he had quickly finished a book, he was discouraged.

"There are so many books, I don't know when I'll find them," Harry looked around, and Lady Pince had been staring at them for two weeks since they started looking for books, and he noticed that Lady Pins was not there, and whispered, "I suspect Nicol Lemay will be in the forbidden area." ”

"But we can't go to the forbidden area. Ron said.

Hermione snapped the book on, and she said, "Dudley can read books in the forbidden area." ”

"Then let's go find Dudley!" said Harry excitedly.

It's just that Dudley can't be found in the school at the moment.

"Hey, Mr. Froome, you're unloading it. As soon as Dudley exited the trapdoor, he saw Ambrosius Froome taking out various candies from the chest.

Froome twisted his waist and said, "It's almost time for the holidays, and you're sneaking out of school." ”

"It's because it's Christmas, so I have to go out and buy gifts. ”

"Stinky boy," Froome sneered, "go and get back quickly." ”

Upstairs, Mrs. Froome was looking at the shop.

"Hello Mrs. Froome, goodbye, Mrs. Froome!" Dudley playfully stuck out his tongue and ran out of the store.

The first stop is the Devis & Bans Shop, a magic equipment shop with all kinds of magic items and equipment, such as Quidditch match items, anti-demon eyes, memory balls, and more.

The first place to come here was because you could buy a magic item that cast the 'Stretch Without a Trace', and Dudley also had one, a suitcase, a magic item that every new Hogwarts student could buy at the Blotted Bookstore in Diagon Alley with a 50% discount on the admission notice.

It's about 45 inches high and 20 inches wide, and the box doesn't have much room to stretch in, and it can't hold too many things, and it's very heavy, so it's very inconvenient to use.

Originally, Dudley was going to make such a prop himself, but after some research, he found that it was not simple, this kind of prop could not be done by just using a chest that could store items and then casting the 'Traceless Stretching Charm', and there was also a lot of alchemy knowledge here.

What if you don't know alchemy?

Dudley thought so at first, but the reality is very backbone, and God doesn't seem to have opened the door to alchemy for him. He ruined the book "Introduction to Alchemy", and he didn't learn the most basic things.

The owners of the Deves and Bans stores are twins, and the name of the store bears their name. The elder brother Devis is in charge of making magic tools, and the younger brother Bans is in charge of repairing magic tools.

"Boss, I want to buy a magic item that casts the 'Traceless Stretching Charm'. The space should be large and easy to carry. ”

The twins are not as talkative as the Weasley twins, they are silent and try not to talk when they can.

Deves bent down and pulled out a parchment roll from under the counter, which he spread out on. In the parchment roll were large and small chests, all of which were made into pendant shapes, the largest of which was more than three inches long, and the smallest of which was about an inch in size.

Deves motioned for Dudley to pick his own, and then he sat down at the counter and watched Bans quietly as he repaired his magic equipment.

Dudley carefully selected the chests, all of which were cast with a shrinkage spell that made the object smaller, but the actual weight remained the same, and there was text on the side of each chest detailing the function and amount.

There are two types of chests, one of which can only be loaded with non-living objects (the price is basically around 40 gold Galleons), and there is one that can be loaded with both (the price is basically around 100 gold Galleons).

Dudley found a very good-looking box, the weight of which was barely noticeable in his hand. He was tempted to buy it, but the price made him feel pain.

"Boss!"

Deves slowly turned his head to look at Dudley.

"Your box is cheaper. ”

Stare at...

"How's it cheaper, I'll buy it right away. Dudley said.

Deves still didn't speak, just stared at Dudley.

Dudley was speechless, the boss had gone too far, he took out his bulging money bag from his pocket, counted out one hundred and two gold galleons, and put them on the counter with great reluctance.

When he went out, Dudley felt his deflated money bag and bought Christmas presents for everyone, and his heart hurt so much that he wanted to die.

Later, Dudley went to the Literati House Quill Shop, which sold a wide variety of quills, such as pheasant feathers and goose feathers. He chose for a long time, and finally chose a pure red phoenix quill, the hair of this quill pen is very soft to the touch. It was a Christmas present for Hermione as a thank you for helping him with his homework.

The penultimate stop is the Wizard Costume Store of the Feng Ya brand, a large chain of clothing stores with branches in London and Paris. The chain was different, with excellent service and high fees, Dudley tearfully bought a new dress for Ron to wear, and all sorts of weird wool socks to give to Dumbledore.

Harry's gift didn't need to be bought, Dudley had something else to do, and he returned to Duke Honey's candy shop.

"You kid, you just made fun of me. Mrs. Froome said angrily as she saw Dudley enter.

"How dare you. Dudley smiled and said, "I'm going to buy some candy and take it back to my parents to eat, and recommend some." ”

"Pink coconut sorbet, pineapple preserves, licorice wand......" Mrs. Froome quickly said all the sweets she sold, "do you want to buy them?"

Dudley clutched his heart in pain......

When he returned to Hogwarts, it was just in time for dinner.