Snape was furious for more than a week after the theft of his private collection, and it was not until the Christmas holidays that his crazy deduction of points for Gryffindor came to an end.

The little lions were used to it, Snape had targeted Gryffindor in the past, and when Harry enrolled, it became even more aggressive. This wave of deductions, in the eyes of the little lions, is more like a surprise deduction before the holidays, to ensure that Slytherin maintains a halfway lead over Gryffindor in the house points.

Even if they only secured the penultimate position, as long as they crushed the stupid lions underneath, the little snakes were happy enough to keep them happy for the whole holiday.

On December 19, there were not many people left in Hogwarts Castle.

In the morning, Ike woke up from his empty dorm room, and he was not used to it. For a year and a half, he had become accustomed to Stewart's wake-up call every morning, a routine "good morning" from Terry, and then the three of them had a joking meeting with Michael and Anthony in the next dormitory for a delicious breakfast in the auditorium.

Walking through the equally empty common room to the auditorium, Kazuaki nodded to each other, and Ike casually flipped through the "Detailed Explanation of Ancient Magical Texts", took a sip of hot milk as he read it, and then forked a piece of waffle, and put his attention into the book.

The more I read the book, the more Ike felt that his understanding of ancient magic scripts was too superficial, and his use was really rigid and crude. The third time I revisited it, I already had a lot of new inspiration for the magic that made Comrade Xiao Fu half dead.

Ike believes that if there is still a chance next time, he will definitely not give Comrade Xiaofu a chance to escape.

This Christmas holiday, in addition to continuing to learn ancient magic texts, Ike also plans to revamp the Traceless Stretching Charm box that he bought at a great price, and try to make a smaller and more convenient to carry around.

Like a pocket watch, or a ring.

As an old bookworm in the past, Ike is very greedy for this kind of thing in space equipment. The ring is the inspiration for the fantasy novel, and the pocket watch is the equipment of the fandom character.

Of course, with Ike's current level of alchemy and the Traceless Stretching Spell, these are still a bit far away for him, and the box is very reliable.

Back in the dorm room after breakfast, Ike emptied the contents of the box and went straight inside. Three cubic meters of space is just enough for Ike to stand up straight and move his hands and feet slightly.

Taking out his wand and aiming it at a wall, Ike accurately released the Traceless Stretching Charm, and saw that the wall slowly retreated under the power of magic, and stopped after retreating about seventy centimeters.

Ike kept casting, casting spells on the walls around him, and the space in the box grew larger and larger until it was the size of a house.

Then he walked quickly to the wall, and using his wand as a pen, he wrote ancient magic words on the wall that shimmered with soft white light.

Stable, sturdy, dusty, ancient scripts were written on the wall, and then quickly disappeared. After all four walls were written, Ike moved his left hand slightly, his body floating horizontally in the air, and with the wave of his right wand, a complex magic circle gradually emerged. Once the circle melted into the ceiling overhead, Ike drew another circle on the ground.

After the last stroke, the whole space seems to have a soft light like a ripple, and it disappears in a blink of an eye.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Ike nodded in satisfaction.

The reason why the Traceless Stretch Charm is prohibited by the Ministry of Magic is not only because it easily increases the risk of wizard exposure, but also because the spell is not stable.

Many wizards are keen to modify their purses and chests with the Traceless Stretch Charm, but they ignore the upper limit and time limit of the spell. There are often wizards who suddenly burst open their handbags when they are shopping, and all kinds of things are scattered all over the place. If it's fine in the wizarding world, it's going to cause a lot of trouble in the Muggle world.

In order to avoid this, the Ministry of Magic prohibits the use of the Traceless Stretch Charm to make spatial objects, and the formal sale is limited to suitcases and family tents.

Of course, many wizards don't care about this rule of the Ministry of Magic, and in fact, as long as they don't find out, no one will bother to check it.

Ike found the way to solidify the Traceless Stretch Charm in the Forbidden Books section, the ancient scripts written on the wall, which would have kept spells dead over time. As for the two circles, they were from the Ravenclaw manuscript, and they worked the same way, but were more reliable, and could even cast magic without causing the Traceless Stretch Charm to collapse.

For example, casting a Shrinking Charm on a regular Traceless Stretch Charm item may cause the Traceless Stretch Charm to collapse. With these two circles, even if they are reduced to the size of gravel, this will not happen.

Using the levitation charm to float out of the box, the things were put back, and Ike directly shrunk the box to the extent that it could fit in his pocket, and then went straight to the room on the eighth floor.

Silently saying "I need a place to hide things" three times, Ike pushed open the door that appeared on the wall and plunged headlong into the massive pile of debris.

It's full of Hogwarts items that have been discarded by the students for hundreds of years, enough to meet Ike's needs. Although most of them have varying degrees of damage, they can be used normally as long as they are repaired.

Sofas, ladders, tables, cabinets, and all kinds of decorations, Ike moved them into boxes one by one, placed them in the expected positions, and worked for a long time before finishing.

At this time, the inside of the box has completely changed, it is no longer empty, but more like a well-decorated house.

Entering through the box and down the stairs, a worn Ravenclaw rug with a leg missing was on his feet, and a long couch was placed beside it. Originally, the sofa had three legs, but it was cut off by Ike with a cutting charm, so it looked a little short, but it didn't hinder its use.

In front of the couch was a coffee table with broken alchemy toys on it. About a meter inside are tall cabinets containing books bought and looted from the Room of Request. The cabinets were neatly arranged in a row, and Ike used them as partition walls.

Inside, Ike used the same method to separate a bedroom, a potions room, and an alchemy lab. The pattern is like a "Tian" word, ugly is a little ugly, but it is enough.

Ike also placed a lot of magic lamps on the walls and tables, all of which were easy to use, and they only needed to cast a lighting spell on the lamp, and they would stay bright for a long time. It had been found in a broken cabinet, along with a number of dirty glass bottles, just enough to hold the brewed potion.

A cleansing spell thing, not troublesome.

Next, as long as Ike goes to Diagon Alley during the holidays to buy all the materials and everything, the potions room and alchemy lab will be officially available.

Of course, Ike also had the option of picking up Professor Snape and Professor Sprout's wool and raiding their private collections.

Professor Sprout is okay, he only needs to sneak around the greenhouse at night, and with the title of "walking plant", Ike can easily get what he wants without attracting Professor Spurut's attention.

But Snape's private collection was a little more troublesome.