The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 175 Christmas is a day of harvest
Since the pit is already blocking the way, I have to jump, so I can only move forward. Since I have to jump, I will choose a posture I like, at least it will look good on my face.

Just when Ada was considering whether to use a three and a half somersault or a two and a half somersault backwards, and whether her splash into the water would win applause, Dumbledore spoke again, and without waiting for Ada to respond, he left directly after he finished speaking.

"If Harry wants to suspect Severus, let him do so, as long as he doesn't get involved with Quirrell. That's what I want to ask of you, Ada." Dumbledore walked out of the classroom with his hands behind his back, leaving Ada alone in the classroom with her mind full of diving moves.

Ada was left alone in the classroom, feeling helpless and furious. She could only feel helpless and furious. She wanted to grab Dumbledore's white beard and ask him, but she had to be brave enough!
Esmeralda Drizzt, a strange woman who is both reckless and cowardly.

But Ada really wanted to ask Dumbledore if he knew what grade she was in and what grade Harry Potter was in, and how she could prevent him from getting involved with Quirrell.

Ada couldn't gather her friends to beat Harry up so that he couldn't go to Defense Against the Dark Arts class, right? Or could Ada go to the first grade classroom to listen in on the class herself, and if Quirrell dared to talk to Harry, she would just go up and interrupt him?

Compared with these two ways of stopping, Ada felt that it would be more reliable to beat Quirrell and prevent him from teaching students. However, Dumbledore probably didn't want to see this scene. If three consecutive Defense Against the Dark Arts professors were all medicine baskets, it would be even more difficult for him to recruit next year.

Not allowing Harry and Quirrell to have too much contact will make Harry further away from the truth, and he will be more convinced that Snape is the one who wanted to steal the Philosopher's Stone.

In this way, as long as Harry does not personally protect the Philosopher's Stone, he is safe, and Snape will not harm the lives of students. Snape's harm is verbal and mental, which Harry has already experienced.

Ada actually felt a little envious of Harry again. No one had protected her and kept her away from danger. Ada touched her smooth forehead in front of the Mirror of Erised. It seemed that no matter how shiny her forehead was, it still needed a scar to decorate it.

If Snape knew of Ada's idea, he would probably prepare a whole row of cauldrons for Ada, causing her to have a mental breakdown.

This is not the way to forget. Snape had protected her in the past. But Snape's protection was a little obscure, and some people didn't understand it. Even if they understood it, they didn't listen, and they were still determined to find out the truth.

Snape, the scapegoat, was really wronged. Not only that, but the blame he had to bear was getting bigger and bigger.

The Christmas holiday officially began, but Ada felt that it was better not to have this holiday. She was more tired than usual. Wizard chess and cards were far away from Ada. She didn't even play a game of Gobstones. Her Christmas holiday was divided equally between Professor McGonagall and Snape.

In the morning, Ada went to Professor McGonagall's office to receive private instruction in Transfiguration and to write her own paper on the Vanishing Spell. Ada's mind was almost filled with Gamp's Transfiguration Laws and various supplementary laws.

In the afternoon, Ada had to report to Snape. The Pot King was worthy of being the Pot King. He received many potion orders, which Ada had to complete before Christmas. Probably to retaliate against Ada's previous "sarcasm", Snape would always whisper in her ear, 3D surround spray, who could stand this!

After finally making it to the evening, she still had a pile of holiday homework waiting for her, which could almost bury her. Where was the happy education she had promised? Why did she have to leave so much holiday homework? After school started, would the professors really be able to handle it? As far as Ada knew, there was no junk collector around Hogwarts, and she didn't know who to sell so much parchment to.

Under the care of the two professors, Ada not only lost the desire to trouble Quirrell, but she felt that it was a luxury for her to live to Christmas in one piece. However, Ada did not need to worry at all, as long as she did not die suddenly, Snape and Madam Pomfrey would be able to save her and continue her unfinished work.

On Christmas Day, Ada slept in, which was a rare occurrence. If she hadn't been woken up by hunger, she would probably have slept until the afternoon.

The morning sun was a bit dazzling, so Ada had to block it with her hands. After drinking a large glass of water, Ada got out of bed in a daze without even opening her eyes, and closed the curtains that she had forgotten to close last night. The light in the dormitory suddenly became softer. Ada sat back on the bed to wake up, eating a small cake from the bedside table while playing with her long hair, thinking again whether she had forgotten to give a gift to anyone. She didn't want to see Cedric's embarrassment happen again.

Ada didn't give Cedric a gift last Christmas, so the first gift she prepared this year was for the boy from Badger Yard. I heard that the boy had grown up and started to have feelings for the girls around him, so Ada gave Cedric a book about love. Whether it would be useful or not depended on his own performance.

In fact, with Cedric's handsome face, it makes no difference whether he has this book or not. As long as he doesn't do anything stupid, he can win over the beauties around him with just a glance.

The gifts Ada prepared for her three roommates were similar, all of which were peripherals of their favorite Quidditch teams, new posters, game collections, and the like.

This year, Lee Jordan finally received candies that were not perfunctory from Ada, because the candies were given to Ron and Harry. Ada prepared a lion head for him, not the lion head of Maru, but a hat in the shape of a lion head, which could also make the sound of a lion roaring. When Lee Jordan was commentating on the Quidditch game, he would wear this hat. This kind of support was what Gryffindor should have.

Ada prepared a set of work clothes for each of the twins. The work clothes were mainly made of dragon skin, which could protect them when they were studying fireworks. The twins' research on fireworks had been initially successful. Now they needed to add some new patterns to the fireworks so that people would buy them in the future.

In addition to these, Ada also prepared three extra gifts, namely, a special shampoo for Snape, a scarf knitted by Ada herself for Professor McGonagall (it was not very good-looking), and fudge and thick wool socks for Dumbledore.

In fact, Ida originally wanted to give away fudge and Bibi Every Flavour Beans, and the wool socks were not an idea until after that night. She also wanted to knit them herself, but she was too busy during the holiday and didn't have time, so she simply ordered a pair. Ida thought that compared to knitting socks that she might not wear, the ones she ordered would be more comfortable.

Ada, who had just dozed off on the bed, sat there for about ten minutes before she finally came to her senses and began to open her presents.

The one on top happened to be Dumbledore's gift, a big box of candies of various brands. These candies should all be his favorites. What an inexplicable desire to win.

Further down was a whole set of new clothes sent by Professor McGonagall, and a copy of Transfiguration Weekly. Ada flipped through the magazine and saw Professor McGonagall and her paper. Ada decided to show off the magazine to the twins later.

Angelina and Alia each gave Ada an expensive quill pen. Ada had seen this quill pen in the Hogsmeade shop. It not only had automatic error correction, but also had an associative memory function.

Ada received a lot of snacks this year, from Katie, Lee Jordan, Cedric, Harry and Ron, all of whom gave her snacks. Looking at the bed of candies and chocolates, Ada suddenly had a toothache. What magic potion could cure toothache?

Because Ada lost one of her gloves when she was making a snowman a while ago, Fred and George gave her two pairs of gloves, the same style in two colors, one black and one blue. The gloves also have heating function, and wearing them is as warm as holding a hand warmer.

At the bottom is the heart-shaped sweater sent by Mrs. Weasley. Unlike last year, the sweater Ada received this year has a heart-shaped collar, and the red color has changed to blue. The only thing that remains unchanged is Mrs. Weasley's concern for her.

I feel like I've been a bit lazy lately, and my mentality isn't very good, so I've set a goal to update three times tomorrow...

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