Hogwarts Card System.

Chapter 152: Ghost Tiger and Gift
The start of this holiday was not very good. No one knew what happened in the school. Maybe it was because the temperature dropped too suddenly and too sharply, a fierce flu broke out among the students.

Two-thirds of the students who stayed on campus were infected and were sneezing and having fever.

However, the wizarding world has its own special medicines. Madam Pomfrey's special cold medicine takes effect within minutes of drinking it, and the minor side effects are not worth mentioning - just smoke coming out of your seven orifices.

So throughout the school you could always see some little wizards with white smoke coming out of their heads, nostrils and ears, like human chimneys.

Ted and Neville were not hit. They were in good health and didn't feel anything at all.

However, Neville has been in a very low mood these days because of the Parseltongue incident.

And Ted, he's also pretty gloomy.

Ted: I get a little scared when I hear about colds and coughs, probably because I have post-traumatic stress disorder after those years.

Because there are not many students staying on campus during the Christmas holidays, the house-elves in the kitchen can show off their cooking skills more.

Various dishes were served, including some that were not suitable for making in a large pot.

For example, spicy shredded chicken~
George was sweating profusely from the spicy food, but he still ate with all his might.

Fred next to him complained: "What the hell, I thought you were having a Parseltongue attack!"

The little wizards nearby laughed when they heard this.

You know what, the twins' funny behavior of telling jokes about Parseltongue and the heir these days is quite useful.

Now the students are not as wary and cautious about things like Ne'vi Parseltongue and the Chamber of Secrets as they were at the beginning.

These two guys still have some ideas.

The next day was Christmas. In addition to Neville and his two companions, there was also a little black boy named Dean in his dormitory.

Seamus went home for the holiday, but Dean stayed at school because of family reasons.

The boy was so nervous that he secretly called for his mother and only dared to sleep at night after Neville fell asleep.

Whenever Neville stood up or spoke, he was like a mouse meeting a cat.

This really pissed off Ron. The two had a fight over football last year and had reconciled.

As a result, this year Ron had another big fight with Dean because of his attitude towards Neville.

Neville advised: "Ron, you don't have to be like this. It's okay."

Ron waved his hands and said angrily, "It's not all because of you. I get angry when I see him like that. It's as if someone wants to eat him!"

In the evening, Ron was writing something at his desk. He scratched his head after writing a few sentences, as if he had a headache and didn't know how to start.

Jerry leaned over quietly: Diudiudiudiu~It’s me!

"Ron, you've been working really hard lately! What are you writing? Let me see!"

Ron quickly covered the notebook: "Brother Jie, please don't do that~"

But Jerry still saw it, and he read it out: "Slug made 6 Galleons and 12 Sickles, and sold the amulet and made 3 Galleons and 13 Sickles! George gave me 2 Galleons less, saying that my contribution was not enough! I will remember him, I will no longer have such a brother!"

"Good boy, you made a lot of money!"

Jerry was tempted - how about I also vomit two buckets of slugs? !
……

The next day was Christmas Day, and Merlin blessed us with fine weather.

When Ted opened his eyes, he saw that he had received a task:
"Ding~ Triggering the task:

【Shining Smile (Green)】

On this day of great celebration, you must also be cheerful. As Professor Lockhart's favorite student, you have the obligation to promote his bright smile.

Goal: Show your bright smile to everyone 30 times while holding a toothpick in your mouth.

Reward: 250 experience points, card [Shaking Tiger (Green)].

Hey, if you have good teeth, you will have a good appetite, everything you eat will taste delicious and you will be healthy! "

Wow! This card looks pretty cool!
This reward card is actually a ghost tiger? !
Ted sat up in bed. During the holidays, it was just him and Ansu in the dormitory, so it had become a one-person room.

Ted saw the floor at the foot of the bed was piled with gifts. He suppressed his joy and went to wash up. Then he came back to open the gifts.

The first thing opened turned out to be Hagrid’s gift, which was a bundle of unicorn tail hair!

Because Ted was very interested in unicorn hair during their previous communication.

Hagrid has a shaggy cushion at home that is made of unicorn hair, but the best unicorn hair is the tail hair.

In order to get a bundle of unicorn tail hair, Hagrid went to the Forbidden Forest every day in the middle of winter to pluck unicorn hair.

Mrs. Weasley gave Ted a hand-knitted scarf with a letter T on it this year, as well as a large piece of raisin cake, which was very sweet.

It seems that after seven years of studying, Ted should be able to put together an "Aunt Molly suit". And the Christmas gift that Ted gave to Aunt Molly was "Classic Knitting Patterns 101" bought from a Muggle bookstore. It was just right.

Hermione gave me a pair of woolen gloves, which she knitted herself! You can tell from the craftsmanship that there are many wrong threads, and one is bigger than the other.

But a gift of goose feathers from a thousand miles away is worth more than just a token of sentiment.

Harry gave me a book called "Black Alchemy Secrets", a book about alchemy, which is a collection of books in the Black family~
……

For breakfast in the morning, Ted was waiting for his friends in the auditorium.

He was holding a toothpick in his mouth, wearing a scarf, with feathers shining on his shoulders. He grinned at every classmate he met as handsomely as Xiao Ma Ge, so bright that people couldn't open their eyes.

"Fuck, which one is it? Hurry up and complete this task while there are few people around!"

Ted took the opportunity to show off his little white teeth, hoping to end it as soon as possible without letting more people know.

Then the friends arrived, starting with Hermione.

"Ted, thank you for your gift, I like it very much. Ansu, Merry Christmas~"

Hermione looked at Ted and asked curiously, "Ted, what's wrong with you?"

"No, it's okay. I just remembered something happy." Ted quickly put away his smile. There are only a few more to go. Come on!
For the Ghost Tiger card, I absolutely cannot give up halfway.

Fortunately, Hermione didn't delve into it and excitedly talked to Ted about the Christmas present.

"The magic comb you gave me is very useful." She shook her head left and right to show Ted her hair. "It's very smooth and saves time."

Miss Xueba’s time is precious and she doesn’t spend too much time combing her hair, so her hair always looks fluffy and messy.

But with Ted's invention of smoothing shampoo and his Christmas gift - a magic wooden comb that automatically combs hair, it can be done in minutes, and things are much better now.

It was a comb carved from ebony, and Ted had specially carved a cartoon-style Miss Beaver pattern with flowers on it. Very thoughtful~
Hermione didn't notice Ted's "evil intentions" and laughed: "Do you know my first reaction when I got the magic comb? It reminded me of the story of Snow White! I thought, will I faint after combing my hair with it?"

In the story of Snow White, there is a scene where she is murdered by the queen using a wooden comb.

First the belt, then the wooden comb, and finally the poisoned apple.

But speaking of Snow White, Ted has an idea - should he tell his friends a dark fairy tale?

At this time, the four Gryffindors also came. Ted gritted his teeth, picked up the toothpick, and smiled brightly at the four people.

Jerry quickly covered his eyes: What is that? It's so blinding!
The four were confused: Is this some weird Christmas ritual?
Ron said in a serious voice, "Oh no, Ted seems to be possessed by Lockhart!"

Hermione asked curiously, "Ron, what are you doing?"

Jerry shrugged. "Ron's old owl really can't work anymore. It lost a lot of feathers. It came to deliver a package this morning and bumped into Ron's bed. It almost died."

Hermione gave Ron a clean-up, clearing the stray feathers off him.

Anyway, Ted was relieved. He finally completed the task!

If you continue laughing, your classmates will force you to go to the school hospital.

Friends said Merry Christmas to each other and thanked each other for the gifts.

The gift Ted gave to Neville was still a book - "The Alchemist's Adventures", a Muggle book published in 1988.

This is a book about dreams, destiny and choices. It is like a fairy tale and also like chicken soup.

Ted wrote a sentence on the title page of the book: When you really want something, the whole universe will unite to help you achieve it.

Ron was given an amulet made of unicorn hair that the guardian Muga got from Hagrid.

The Guardian Tree is a magical mountain pear tree that protects anyone who touches its trunk from attacks by dark creatures. Unicorn hair can also be channeled to suppress dark forces.

Ted has added a calming psionic power to the amulet, which prevents nightmares.

Ted heard from Jerry that Ron had been having nightmares recently - some of the damage would take a long time to heal.

There is also a prank toy for Harley. When you open the box, a boxing glove will pop out and punch you. Harley has already tricked several people this morning.

A pair of Muggle-made Nike sneakers for Jerry.

In addition to his friends, Ted also gave Luna a copy of "One Thousand and One Nights".

Give Professor McGonagall a Quidditch Seeker figure - a Q version of Professor McGonagall riding a broomstick chasing the Golden Snitch.

He also anonymously sent Snape a large bottle of his own soft shampoo, hoping that he would pay attention to personal hygiene.
Ted also spent pounds to buy a bearskin coat for Hagrid at a Muggle fur shop.

At this moment in the hunter's cabin, Hagrid just opened Ted's gift and took out this specially made large bearskin coat.

He was extremely happy: "Look, Yaya! How smooth it is! It's much better than the moleskin coat I packed myself."

(End of this chapter)