Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 32 Christmas

It is already mid-December. Winter came very early in Hogwarts, and it started snowing from the end of November. Now, the entire Hogwarts campus has been dressed in silver.

Because of Christmas, most of the little wizards have gone home for the holiday, which is indeed good news for Filch. Because of the snow, many naughty little wizards like to play snowball fights in the snow, which makes them often wet.

When these naughty ghosts returned to the castle, they left their dirty wet footprints all the way, which greatly increased Filch's workload. The poor old Squib had to spend half a day cleaning the place with those outdated cleaning tools, even though it was a task that could be solved by just cleaning it up.

One day, when our Mike woke up, he found many owls gathered in front of the window. When they saw Mike open his eyes, they immediately pecked at the glass with their beaks, signaling Mike to open the window.

Mike quickly got up and opened the window for the owls. He forgot that last night was Christmas Eve. The Christmas customs of the wizarding world are completely different from those of the Muggle world. In the eyes of wizards, Christmas was originally just an excuse for them to be lazy, and then it became a grand festival. So naturally there is no such legend as Santa Claus entering your home through the chimney and putting gifts in the socks at the head of your bed.

Therefore, on Christmas Eve in the wizarding world, every household will leave a gap in the doors and windows to make it easier for owls to deliver gifts quietly at night, so that they can see the Christmas gifts in the room as soon as they wake up in the morning.

But our Mike apparently forgot.

Mike didn't receive many gifts, only seven. Among them, Franklin gave the gift to Mike in person yesterday. He was not used to sending things by owl. Mike opened it and found it was a bag of Zizi Bee Candy, which surprised Mike.

You have to know that first-year wizards have no way to go to Hogsmeade. If they want to get this exclusive candy of the Duke of Bee, they can only ask smugglers like the Weasley brothers to bring it. Of course, you also know the price.

Mike also gave a gift in return, his own study notes.

This was the most valuable gift he had ever given out. He had chosen the Dolphin Magic Drink over all the other gifts.

Mike has already regarded Franklin as his confidant, and Franklin's talent in magic has not disappointed him, so Mike decided it was time to give Franklin some cheats.

Continuing to look through the Christmas gifts, Harry gave him a big box of Beebe's Every Flavour Beans, and Ron gave him an old Gryffindor scarf with a big stain on it, which Mike threw into the trash can after taking a look at it. Hermione gave him a Lockhart novel, and she didn't expect that this little girl had fallen in love with Lockhart so early.

The Weasley brothers jointly gave a gift, a large bag of dung bombs.

Mike was shocked when he opened their gifts. You know, these dung bombs are not very stable. If so many dung bombs exploded in his dormitory, his dormitory would become uninhabitable.

Professor Flitwick gave me a set of combat wand sets. Unlike ordinary wand sets, this set of combat wand sets has the word "combat" in it. Okay, this is nonsense.

The combat wand sheath is one of the Auror's equipment, and it is installed on the forearm. Its structure is actually somewhat similar to the hidden blade in Assassin's Creed, but it is driven by magic. When fighting, you only need to think about it to make the wand pop out and enter the combat state instantly.

In addition, the set given by Professor Flitwick also comes with a flying spell. In the future, even if Mike's wand is hit by the disarming spell, he doesn't have to worry about it. The flying spell attached to the wand cover will automatically release the wand back to the user's hand. Mike put on the wand cover and moved his arm. He found that it did not affect his movements and nodded with satisfaction. Professor Flitwick is really worthy of being a fighting champion. The gift he gave is simple and violent, which directly improved Mike's fighting power.

The next step is the highlight. Miss Penelope gave Mike a notebook as a gift, a study notebook for senior pure-blood graduates on the Disillusionment Spell. On the cover of the notebook was written "To my beloved, Penelope."

However, apart from this paragraph, there is nothing else, and there is not even a signature. It seems that this is a Christmas gift from a dog to Penelope, and Penelope sent it to herself overnight after receiving it.

Mike opened his notes and found the spell of the Disillusionment Charm and the way to wave the wand, and tried it out. The result was just as Mike expected, there was no reaction at all.

Mike put the notes in his drawer and didn't read them any further. Today was Christmas, and Hogwarts was holding grand celebrations throughout the day.

Perhaps because the professors were afraid that the students who stayed on campus would feel lonely, Hogwarts was decorated very gorgeously today.

As Mike walked along, he discovered that not only was the Ravenclaw common room decorated in a festive manner, but the corridors were also decorated with new decorations. Even the usually cold armors were wearing Santa Claus' red hats, which looked very cute.

Not to mention the hall, a tall Christmas tree was placed in the center of the hall. This Christmas tree reached into the sky. If you stood under it and looked up, you could not see its top at all.

There were a lot of Christmas decorations on its trunk, shining brightly under the magic ceiling. The branches and leaves must have been cast with some magic, and crystal snowflakes kept falling from them. Unlike the snow outside, these snowflakes formed a perfect hexagon as described in fairy tales. These snowflakes slowly fell, but disappeared when they hit the ground.

In such a magical scene, Harry and the others who arrived early were already having a lot of fun. They chased the snowflakes, caught one and watched it slowly disappear in their hands, and after a moment of distress, they continued to catch the next snowflake. They looked like they wanted to take one back as a souvenir.

Even though Mike's mental age was much older than the young wizards present, he couldn't help but be stunned. This was much more real than any 3D movie in his previous life.

The young wizards were brought together by professors from various colleges. Dumbledore did not give any speech. With his command "Eat!", all kinds of delicious food appeared on the plates in front of the young wizards.

The young wizards cheered and threw themselves into the battle to finish the food. Dumbledore sat on a high place and watched with a smile the young wizards who were feasting on the food below the stage.

Driven by the surrounding atmosphere, Mike's appetite also increased greatly. After the Weasley brothers snatched a chicken leg from his plate, a food-grabbing war got out of control.

The professors were not angry. Professor Flitwick even joined in. Even Professor McGonagall, who was usually the strictest, had a smiling look on her face.

On this day, everyone was immersed in the joy of Christmas and put aside all their worries.

(End of this chapter)