Chapter Seventy-One: The Gift
Leaving Snape's office, Ike still frowning.
Comrade Xiaofu's purpose is already clear, that is, to use life-sustaining medicine to extend his life. After the battle with Ike, his current situation is far more serious than that of Comrade Lao Fu last year.
It was a split soul, and it had suffered a devastating blow, and if it hadn't been for the fact that he couldn't hold on, Comrade Xiao Fu would definitely not have taken the risk of stealing materials from Snape.
Of course, there is good news, at least in the last few months, Ike no longer has to worry about his own safety, and the whole person is really a lot more relaxed.
Ever since it was confirmed that Comrade Xiaofu was still alive, Ike had been worried and tensed his nerves all day long. Now, I can finally have a wonderful Christmas holiday.
It was the 25th, and Ike woke up in the morning with a pile of presents piled up on the bedside table. Compared to last year, there has been a huge increase in numbers.
Julianne still sent a new sweater full of festive spirit, which was worn directly by Ike. Stewart sends a snowflake crystal ball with Hogwarts castle inside. One of Terry's bottles full of turtles, Jimmy took it out and hugged it, and Ike struggled to get it down.
Professor McGonagall is still a year's Transfiguration Today, and Professor Flitwick is a notebook with innocuous mischief spells, such as making a person's nose lengthen, their ears rabbit ears and emitting white smoke.
Hermione sent the "Ancient Demon Script Sound Table", and Xu saw that he was holding this "Ancient Demon Script Detailed Explanation" all day long. Harry and Dumbledore gave it to Ike's favorite, two large bags of cockroaches, enough for him to eat for a long time.
Put on your robes and shoes, wrap a blue Ravenclaw scarf, and warm up your body, even if it's snowy outside, you won't feel cold.
The common room has a Christmas tree draped with various decorations, the work of Ike and a few Ravenclaw seniors who stayed in school. Professor Flitwick has always had a great interest in setting up holiday decorations, and has cast a weather spell on the lounge, where magic snowflakes will constantly fall from the ceiling, and occasionally a small snowball will fly from somewhere, and it won't hurt to hit his body, but it will just turn into snowflakes and scatter.
Perhaps because of the two attacks, this year's castle is exceptionally richly decorated compared to last year. Corridors, staircases, and classroom doorways are adorned with friezes made of mistletoe and holly. Even the portrait on the wall is wearing a red Christmas hat, and I don't know where I got it.
The auditorium is even more magnificent. A dozen silver-covered Christmas trees are placed in the corners, and the ceiling is also adorned with mistletoe and holly criss-cross friezes. The ceiling is in the shape of white clouds, and the snow is fluttering, and it is warm in the palm of your hand.
All the decorations will emit a faint soft white light from time to time, and the Christmas tree will even shake a little, as if shaking off the snow on the tree, scattering small spots of light on the ground.
The little wizards gathered in twos and threes, and from time to time owls flew in to deliver late gifts, causing a cry of envy or amusement.
Xu is because of the chaos between the three houses, Ike and Qiu, who is a year high in his senior year, have become familiar with each other a lot, at least there will be topics when chatting, so as not to be embarrassed. After a few brief conversations, Autumn was called away by the other Ravenclaw girls, and Ike was so happy.
Or rather, he's used to it.
In contrast, the Gryffindor long table is much more lively. The Weasleys were all staying, and the twins were teasing Ron with each other, occasionally bringing a smirking Harry. Hermione, along with her little sister in the dorm room, and Padma running past the Ravenclaw table, didn't know what they were talking about, and there was a burst of laughter like silver bells.
After a little scanning, there were only two people at the Ravenclaw long table who were alone for breakfast. One is naturally Ike, and the other is a mad girl in the first grade:
Luna Lovegood.
However, when Ginny walked into the auditorium, Luna was pulled away. In the end, Ike was the only one left.
After breakfast, I went to the library to kill the rest of the time, and soon it was time for the dinner.
This year's dinner was even more substantial, and Ike even saw a French dish or two. I tried to taste the French foie gras, it was not big, but the flavor was very strong, more like it was made with duck liver.
Just a few bites are enough, and Ike still prefers steak and lamb chops to delicate French dishes, and the barbecue is also very good, with a special chocolate milk, which is very powerful.
Of course, as Ike was making the chocolate milk, the people around him naturally moved to the side, leaving a large piece of space. Dumbledore was also disliked, and even more so than Ike. Professor McGonagall was fine, but she leaned her seat towards Professor Sprout, and Snape was noticeably more remarkable, her face full of disgust and disgust.
Dumbledore, who had no success in recommending it, was still smiling, and like Ike, he didn't care about other people's opinions at all, and the two of them even raised their glasses from afar, showing the same meaningful smile.
This move made Professor Snape's face cold again.
The most active person at the dinner was Professor Lockhart, even though almost everyone at Hogwarts knew that he was a straw bag, but he still showed off his gorgeous robe like a peacock, constantly talking about his glamorous history, annoying Professor Flitwick on the side enough, and his hands trembled, as if he would send a curse to shut up this guy in the next second.
After the main meal, many desserts appeared on the long table. Picking up a mango pudding, Ikeme ate it. Among the many desserts, Ike loves mango pudding, with a vanilla ice cream at most.
After all, these things were a bit expensive in Ike's previous life, and a pudding that could be eaten in one bite cost more than ten yuan, so he could only buy a few occasionally to satisfy his cravings.
Maybe it's the wrong brand?
Ike suddenly thought.
Soon, Ike had eight more empty boxes in front of him. Struggling to look at the pudding still piled high on the table, Ike took several deep breaths before he suppressed the urge to take another one, and instead poured himself a glass of lemonade and took a small sip.
A glass of lemonade after a meal is already a habit.
Glancing at Gryffindor's long table, the three Hermione didn't know when they had left. Ike did the math in his heart, knowing that it was the polyjuice potion that had been boiled, and that they were going to visit the Slytherin common room tonight, which was also the time when Hermione was transformed into the real Cat Lady.
After thinking about it again, more things are better than less, not to mention that Ike also wants to see what Hermione, the cat lady, is like.
After drinking the lemonade and saying hello to the others at the long table, Ike left the auditorium. He needed to digest and digest, and there was a small party in the Ravenclaw common room a little later. Roger also prepared a lot of magic fireworks, two large boxes.
The loss is not to pull out the fireworks, otherwise you have to blow up the common room.
He played around with the other eaglets for a while, and it wasn't until it was almost midnight that Ike yawned and returned to the dormitory.
As soon as I entered the dormitory, I saw an owl shivering from the cold standing outside the window, clutching a small box in its talons.
Ike hurriedly opened the window and let the poor little creature in, thoughtfully put on a warm-up charm, grabbed a handful of nuts, and then took the box.
The box is an ordinary cardboard box with Ike's name written on it, and it doesn't sink at all in my hand, and I don't know who gave it to me.
With a wave of his right hand, the seal was pulled open. When he opened it and looked inside, Ike's face turned blue in an instant.
That's Blackie's corpse!