Chinese New Year's Eve.

Hogwarts Astronomical Tower.

"You keep quiet, let the bloody Barrow find out, and we'll be finished!"

Anka stared at the two girls who were fighting in front of her, and her usually paralyzed face showed a little anger.

You know, it's late at night, and it's an astronomical tower that normally prohibits students from entering without permission.

Best of all, it's where Bloody Barrow walks!

If Barrow had seen a few bold students come here in the middle of the night for a party, he would have informed Professor McGonagall...... One of the people present couldn't run away, even if they didn't run away.

However, Anka's voice was immediately drowned out.

Not only Lutina and Elizabeth, but also the usually steady Arnos and Hope are finally like a normal little wizard at this time.

After all, this will be the first Chinese New Year's Eve that their group of outsiders has spent in so many years.

Drowning out Anka's voice was the sound of fireworks exploding.

As soon as Lutina's fireworks bloomed, everyone watched, and she touched her nose in embarrassment,

"Chinese New Year's Eve, let's be lively, rest assured, others can't hear it."

The others had no choice but to watch the fireworks together,

"Why are there fireworks in the style of my test scores?"

"Wait, why do I have fireworks?"

The crusade against Lutina came one after another, and only Hope silently remembered something,

"Do you have to wait for the countdown to zero o'clock?"

"Ah, that's right."

"But it doesn't matter, how can you do it without fireworks during the New Year, it's a big deal to put it again on New Year's Eve later." Lutina waved her hand absently.

“……”

A few young wizards looked at the sky speechlessly, but no one disturbed Lutina's interest.

"Okay, okay, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, what good food did you all bring?" Lutina rubbed her hands excitedly and looked at the few people in front of her with bright eyes.

"I brought syrup, fruit pie and pizza." Hope brought out the food he had just picked up on his way to the kitchen.

"Pumpkin juice."

"What about the two of you?"

Elizabeth rummaged through her pockets, "I didn't bring anything good, but I did bring pots and pans, flour and seasonings. ”

"......" looked at the lump in front of him...... and a vaguely quirky seasoning.

Janos pointed to these strange things and couldn't help but ask, "What is this?" ”

"Fried tail snail meat, the feathers of a winged beast on the body of a hippoise, the tears of a phoenix......" Anka looked at Elizabeth strangely, "Are you trying the medicine yourself?" Hogowarts Astronomical Tower Poisoning ??? ””

"Let's eat mine, the newly developed drinks and hot pot base of Ollivander Restaurant, Merlin said it was good after eating it."

Lutina took out the food in her pocket and was about to put it away, but a strange wind swept up in the Astronomy Tower.

"Suddenly, the wind was blowing, the demonic aura was blowing, and it was pitch black, and Lutina trembled and said, 'Quick, protect Master!' ”

"Smack!"

With a crisp sound, Hope felt himself slap the back of the head.

"Let you talk nonsense!" Lutina drew her wand and said in a huffing breath as she watched her surroundings.

The other three also looked around cautiously, but ......

The strange wind came and went quickly, and after waiting for a long time without response, Lutina took the lead in throwing her wand aside.

Hope and Elizabeth also put their wands back into their robes, going back to deal with the "ingredients" that someone had brought.

Ankka and Janos glanced at each other, and they both saw the same look of helplessness in each other's eyes.

Just as he was about to warn Anos not to drop his wand and stay vigilant, Ankka heard a scream from Lutina.

"Me! Target! Fire! Wok!!! ”

Turning around, the table they had used to stack their food was empty, whether it was syrupy fruit pies and pizzas from the kitchen, Lutina's fondue and drinks, or even Elizabeth's poison, all of them were gone.

Hope and Elizabeth immediately became vigilant, but unlike Anka, they were mainly trying to prevent Lutina from running out.

Looking at Lutina with an increasingly gloomy face, Hope began to consider whether it would be more effective to use the Stun Charm or the Binding Charm, or to directly drill the Heart Charm?

[Thank you for your hospitality.] ］

A large, one-horned creature suddenly appeared, and three wands were pointed at him at once.

Except for Lutina, who was about to explode, and Elizabeth, who desperately stopped her from going up to hand-to-hand combat, everyone else reacted immediately, and was able to break through Hogwarts' magical protection without alarming Dumbledore's people...... Fantastic Beasts, most of them are not good stubble.

After all, now is not as dangerous as before, there are so many traversers, everyone has their own main quest, the wizarding world is more than a hundred times more dangerous, and Hogwarts' magical protection has reached the highest standard.

"Excuse me, who are you? I remember we didn't send you an invitation? ”

Hope asked politely, but the blue flame that danced at the tip of his wand was less polite.

[Me?] I'm the year. The beast said, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a rather anthropomorphic smile.

Year?

Perhaps to the other students at Hogwarts, the name was nothing, but for the five people at the observatory at this time, it was like a bolt from the blue, causing an uproar.

[Looks like you all know me, that's easy.] Nian paced slowly, as if eating after a meal.

[I finished my annual work in China to visit Leviathan, which lives in the Norwegian Sea, and I saw that there were fireworks going off here, so I came down to take a look.] ］

[It's really unusual to meet people celebrating Chinese New Year's Eve far away from China.] ］

[How about we play a game?] ］

Lutina suddenly became interested, and left behind the hatred that the hot pot base had been swept away. But others remain wary.

"Play? How to play? ”

"Why should we listen to you?"

The two spoke at the same time, and Elizabeth glanced at Lutina disapprovingly, but when she caught a glimpse of the seemingly calm but irrepressible corners of Hope and Anka's mouths, she chose to shut up.

[Then you should say yes.] 】

"Eh! I'm not ready yet! ”

"Yay!"

Named Nian, a giant beast soars into the sky, carrying five young wizards with otherworldly souls, streaking through the silent night and bursting into a brilliant fireworks above the Forbidden City.

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Special thanks to:

"Hogwarts in the Wand" by Twenty Seven Bacteria - Lutina Funina W. Mortisona (Ollivanders)

"Hogwarts: The Mystery of Time" by Shallow Words - Elizabeth Potter, Anka Montgomery

"Hogwarts: Dusk Solstice" by Wanderer - Hope Rozier

《？？？ by Coincident Leaves - Anos