With Christmas days to go, the professors began the important part of decorating the castle with great fanfare.

Considering that there are guests from other schools this year, the arrangement is particularly serious.

The first is the Great Hall, where Hagrid has cut down twelve stout pine trees from the Forbidden Forest for a Christmas tree.

Professor Flitwick cast a lot of magic on it, and it stood steadily in all corners of the auditorium.

At the same time, under Professor Flitwick's spell, the pine trees were further magnified.

At the top of each Christmas tree is a star carved with the emblems of different schools.

The Christmas tree is filled with candy, crystal balls and small toys.

Hallie also saw the cross hanging on it clearly, and wanted to ask, are the professors serious?

Thankfully, a Bloodline professor with a very weak sense of presence left Hogwarts because he was in a hurry after giving Harley one last alchemy lesson before Christmas.

Otherwise, I don't know how Professor Babling would have felt when he saw this scene.

Wait, this Kindred seems to be able to hang a cross made of pure silver as an ornament on his coffin board.

That's fine, Professor Barblin doesn't think there will be any dissensibility, and he's even happy to conjure up some bat motifs on the cross.

Directly below the wall where the banners of the houses were hung, Professor McGonagall conjured up four ice statues, corresponding to each of the four houses.

The statues resemble diamonds, which do not melt at all and sparkle in the auditorium.

Again, this is Fleur's suggestion. According to her, Beauxbatons always fills the auditorium with these ice sculptures at Christmas.

Hallie thought the suggestion was good and offered it to Professor McGonagall.

And Professor McGonagall seems to have awakened to some incredible attribute, and has an unusually positive attitude towards this matter.

She even took some precious materials from her collection, as if she had done something to the ice sculptures.

And when she admired these ice sculptures in the auditorium, her face was also relieved, as if she had fulfilled some wish.

In addition to the auditorium, all the other places have been renovated.

On the handrails of the staircase, the professors conjured up a large number of icicles that do not melt due to changes in the environment, but are very warm to the touch.

The armor in the hallway is also decorated with Christmas ornaments, and the tip of the spear held by the armor has small gifts hanging from it.

Although there are no more students going to the classroom, the professors still set up their teachers to make them more colorful.

The residences of other magic schools have also been redecorated.

For example, the lanterns on Beauxbatons' carriage were replaced with Christmas styles, and Ilvermorny's hut was painted as white as snow.

But Durmstrang's newly-repaired black ship looked unchanged, and even more eerie in this joyous setting.

This caused many Hogwarts students to sigh that the bastard headmaster named Karkaroff was really a boring person.

As for the Institute of Magic and Castrobusche, the two schools of magic are located in Brazil and the other in the island nation of the East.

They didn't have Christmas at all, so the station was the same as usual, without the slightest decoration or change.

On the last day before Christmas, students gather in the auditorium for breakfast.

Due to the existence of the Yule Ball, everyone else chose to stay at Hogwarts, except for some of the first and second year wizards who were very disciplined by the school rules and regulations.

Especially the little wizards in the first, second, and third grades, everyone is fighting the same idea.

Even if the school doesn't allow me to attend the Christmas Ball, but there are so many people, can you do it all?

Filch's squib, when the time comes, will definitely not be able to stop everyone, there will definitely be fish that slip through the net.

Based on this idea, the Great Hall at Hogwarts was as lively as ever.

Everyone chatted while looking at today's "Daily Prophet".

During this time, in response to the call of the Ministry of Magic, the Daily Prophet has been reporting on the Christmas spirit in the wizarding world, occasionally interspersed with the Christmas life of some foreign friends in Hogwarts.

But today, Rita wrote the article on the front page of the newspaper herself.

First, as usual, she continued to respond to the requirements of the Ministry of Magic, implemented the general strategy, and continued to render the beautiful atmosphere of Hogwarts.

But then, Rita turned her pen to the point that the good atmosphere of Hogwarts was only superficial.

At the deepest depths of the water, there are actually unknown dangerous waves.

To back this up, for the first time, she included the three pieces of parchment that had spewed out of the Goblet of Fire with Hallie's name written on them.

Professor Dumbledore was originally motivated by a number of reasons, for safety, while others agreed not to make a public announcement for their own interests and the school's perspective.

The Ministry of Magic also adheres to the principle that more things are better than less, and there is no tacit understanding that there is no speech.

And now, Rita has directly stabbed the matter in the newspaper.

Of course, this information was told to her by Harley, but Rita did not dare to directly write the specific source of the message.

She could only secretly say that she had collected relevant news through special channels.

At the same time, Rita also described in detail the fonts on the two extra parchments, including their specific contents, colors, and writing.

The descriptions were as specific as if she had seen them herself.

And considering that there are no photos, Rita can play as she pleases.

In her pen, the letters that make up the words written on the parchment seem to come to life.

In Rita's words:

"These words are like the tracks left by demons crawling through the world, and they are like the contracts signed between demons and humans."

"On the parchment with 'Azkaban' written on it, the word contains a wail from death;"

"On the other piece of parchment with only 'Harley Potter' written on it, the font was like blood, and I even suspect that it is real wizard blood."

"They exude an air of infinite fear, and when I see these words, I feel like my soul is going to be sucked in.

It has to be said that Rita has always been good at creating exaggerated news.

She racked her brains and used all her skills to forcibly create a more terrifying atmosphere this Christmas.

At the same time, she took advantage of this terrifying atmosphere to accuse someone of deliberately using a curse to make Harley have an accident in the Final Six Tournament.

At the same time, Rita also tied up Harley and Hogwarts, and the British wizarding world.

She put forward her own view that the unknown murderer used Azkaban as a prefix when Harry Potter signed up, and at first glance he was slandering the British wizarding world and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and wanted to tarnish his honor and reputation.

The Ministry of Magic is naturally a little unhappy, after all, the peaceful and beautiful environment I have worked so hard to create has allowed you to destroy it so much, who is responsible for this?

After seeing the newspaper early in the morning, many officials began to contact the editors of the Prophet newspaper and asked them to find a way to take the article down.

But the people of the wizarding world don't care.

As a group of wizards with high production capacity, so they are not busy, and they are usually idle at home.

Many people's daily life is to create new problems for themselves every day, so as to help St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries check the level of medical care.

Lockhart stole a few memories, polished them carefully, and wrote them into a book that caused a stir in the wizarding world.

And some singers have repeatedly sung "A Pot of Fiery Love", which has been canonized as a classic and sung for decades.

Now Rita has written this article, which contains a series of elements such as horror, suspense, and close to life, which is simply a new favorite of these wizards.

After the initial fear passed, the parents' reaction was left untouched.

Anyway, the wizards who didn't have children going to school wrote to the headquarters of the Prophet newspaper, asking Rita to update it quickly, and if she didn't, she would send a howling letter and a curse letter.

The parents, after sending a few yelling letters to Professor Dumbledore to question and express their attitudes, also joined the ranks of urging the change.

After all, these wizards belong to the big heart, and when the Slytherin Heir attack occurred in Hogwarts, many young wizards wrote letters to their families.

But their parents didn't react much, and at most they sent a few howling letters to the Ministry of Magic and Professor Dumbledore.

At that time, there was not much reaction to such a big danger, so where is the danger now?

Hurry up and update! What is the safety of children, I want to have fun!

Seeing that there was money to be made, newspaper sales, which had been almost stagnant, once again skyrocketed.

With a wave of his hand, the Prophet newspaper withstood the pressure from the Ministry of Magic for Rita.

Don't care about so many things that you don't have, it's true that you can make money now! In front of Jin Garon, Merlin is not easy to come!

And when the little wizards saw this report, they just saw it as a funny joke.

At Hogwarts now, whenever the three pieces of parchment are talked about, everyone agrees that the man behind them is going to be disappointed.

He probably didn't expect that Harley, a little witch who was only fourteen years old, would be so capable of fighting.

Not only was she not in danger, but she also took first place in the first event of the Final Six Tournament against the dangerous fire dragon, and was the favorite to win the title.

As for this conspiracy that was re-raised, everyone only discussed it for a while, and then left it behind.

Now the little wizards are most concerned about the Christmas presents tomorrow morning, and the most important thing tomorrow night, the Christmas ball.

…………

On Christmas morning, Hallie woke up early in the morning.

Hedwig stood at the head of her bed, rubbing her cheek with her little head.

By this time, Hallie's bed had been surrounded by gifts, and had even reached the head of Lavender and Parvati's bed on the other side of the room.

Harley didn't alarm her sleeping roommates, and she didn't even wake up Hermione, who was still sleeping under her own quilt.

She crept into Hermione's empty bed and began to unpack the present.

Needless to say, most of the gifts were sent by various inexplicable fans and Hogwarts classmates.

Now that Hallie is much more proficient, she won't think about returning gifts from these people.

After all, some people are not native wizards in England, and I don't know them, so how can I give you a gift in return?

Most of these gifts were chocolates and various sweets, which were specially packed and sealed in a special pocket by Hallie.

After all, the wizarding world is mixed, and there will always be some scum who deliberately put aphrodisiacs or various other potions in the candy before giving them to Harley.

What's worse is that the laws of the Ministry of Magic can't control this!

However, Harley will not throw away the candy directly, but will use it for experiments, trying to separate the various potions in the candy and try to break down the potions.

Switching to the potion that Harley brewed herself, she would definitely feel very sorry for Jin Gallon.

But change it to a potion made by someone else...... Hallie could only sigh that it was so cool to be a white prostitute!

And watch other people's potions return to their original shape little by little in their own cauldrons, fading the outer veil of mystery and showing the deepest and most true appearance of potions.

In a sense...... Isn't this a kind of bushi!

And the gifts from the masters I met were much more interesting.

They were given either brand-new handwritten notes, or half-finished magical items, spells, or potions.

Regardless of the fact that these are only half-finished products, their value on a magical level is probably higher than the value of all the previous candies combined.

In the professor's team, Professor Snape gave Hallie a big gift bag, which contained a large number of bottles and cans.

Magic is applied to those bottles, ensuring that the potions inside are always in the best condition to drink.

There were also labels attached to the walls of these bottles, and Harley couldn't help but gasp as she looked at the names on them.

These bottles contained either elixirs, polypotions, and many other precious potions.

And these potions have two notable characteristics, that is, they are extremely valuable and can be used for things related to combat.

Looking at the potion in front of him, Professor Snape was probably bleeding profusely.

Professor McGonagall gave Harley a magic book made of papyrus, all handwritten and in the oldest form of Latin.

Obviously, the book is a long time old and belongs to Professor McGonagall's collection.

Professor Flitwick gave Harley his fresh thoughts on the Weather Charm.

Apparently, Professor Flitwick was inspired by Hallie's magic against the dragon, and he developed more in this area.

He also wrote a handwritten greeting card to encourage Harry, and even made it clear that Harley hoped that she could make the most of her charms talent and return to Hogwarts as a Charms professor in the future.

Professor Sprout's gift was the most inconspicuous, a few small bags tied with a clean handkerchief.

But in reality, these inconspicuous handkerchiefs are packed with something that can frighten ordinary wizards.

Poisonous tentacles, fanged geraniums, strangled shadow vines...... It's all plants that are extremely deadly to the average wizard.

Harley couldn't help but sigh, sure enough, she should never underestimate any professor at Hogwarts...... Dean.

Looking at Professor Sprout, who is ordinary, dressed like an old farmer in the field, who would have thought that she could raise her hand to scatter the seeds of a killing plant, and be able to quickly grow and flexibly control these plants?

The gift that Sirius and Professor Lupin had given was given by Harley after a brief glance and then set aside.

The two of them were probably thieves, and sent Harley a set of pure lady decorations, and suggested that Harley bring them to the ball.

In this regard, Harley could only say: I took the things, and I would take them back.

Don't even say it, it's nice to bring my dance partner.

Fleur gave Harley a delicate silver necklace with the magic of the baby, and the companion vaguely smelled the unique fragrance of a half-breed baby.

After reading the greeting card, Harley took the necklace with her, and a black flame ignited in her hand, burning the package clean.

The card was stuffed to the bottom of Harley's pocket, determined not to be seen by Hermione.

As for Hermione, her gift had already been delivered last night, so Harley didn't have to open it.

Finally, there is Professor Dumbledore's Christmas present, which is pressed at the bottom of all the gifts on a daily basis.

However, this time the gift box is small and very flat.

When Harley opened it, it contained a ring, as well as a roll of parchment.

The ring had a black gem attached to it, but there was a crack in the gem that seemed to have been split by a sword.

It was the ring that Harley and Professor Dumbledore found in the Gaunt family mansion during the summer vacation at the end of their third year.

Harley remembered that the ring had been crafted into a Horcrux by Voldemort, and that it had a large amount of dark magic attached to it.

I sealed it with my own hands.

It seems that Professor Dumbledore has taken care of it thoroughly and gifted it to himself.

And there are a few words on the parchment:

"Hallie, I have two Christmas gifts for you this year, one of which is more special."

"So be sure to pick a good time to visit the principal's office during the Christmas season, and I'll give it to you myself."

After reading it, Hallie raised an eyebrow.

I really didn't expect Professor Dumbledore to be so mysterious this year, and the gift was so special.

This filled Hallie's curiosity instantly.

Harley suddenly heard a "rustling" sound on the bed across from her, and a head poked out.

"Good morning ~ Merry Christmas!" Hermione greeted sleepily.

"Merry Christmas!"

Harley responded, tossing the ring back into her pocket.

Regardless of the use of this thing, there is still a week to ask for yourself, so there is no rush at all.

Today, she has more important things to do.

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(Thanks to the "Nine-Tailed Yanhu" boss for the reward!) ）

(ps. writes and writes, and suddenly feels that the parents of the little wizards are so outrageous.) So big a deal happened in the second grade, and as a result, few people were clamoring to pick up the child? And in the end, such a major accident ended in such a muddle? I can only comment that this is a fairy tale. ）

(End of chapter)