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Chapter 423: A complete vacation is impossible
"This is my first time spending Christmas in the hospital..."

Andrew climbed up from the spell book and stretched.

Rose on the side didn't realize what was going to happen yet and was playing happily with Andrew.

"There are still three days left to send... well, these gifts, there shouldn't be any problem, right?"

He glanced at the piles of gifts - they had been stored in the part of the box that was cast under the traceless expansion charm, and now that they were taken out, they were piled high.

"Rose, it takes a thousand days to raise an army but only a day to deploy it," Andrew opened a large bag of owl food and stuffed a few mice into it. "You'll have to work hard these days. I will try my best to make use of the owls they sent to you and reduce your burden as much as possible."

"Fortunately, there are still a large number of people living on campus who can be packed up and sent to Hogwarts to wait for the elves to deliver them. Otherwise, this time it would be too much of a burden."

"I'm going to create a magic spell to lose weight, but it won't work if you use it secretly. It's okay to use it on a package, but it's too blatant..."

He took the trouble to pack a gift for Hogwarts and tied it to Rose - the package was cast with an invisibility spell, so it would be easy to find otherwise.

"Go ahead, Rose."

Andrew waved his hand, and Rose flapped her wings and flew away with a cooing sound, soaring into the sky.

"I didn't have time to study it carefully afterwards - but I did get some results," Andrew flipped through his notebook, thinking about the contents with some nostalgia.

'Judging from the strong Latin connection of the spell, the fast spells used by wizards today must have been finalized during the Roman Empire. It's really ancient history. At the same time, what the professor said is also correct. Runes and the like are more suitable for ritual magic.'

'And the spell itself is actually a strong expression of related words in Latin - it can even be considered as reverse hypnosis for the wizard.'

'In fact, pronunciation is not the only way to determine the spell. For example, how could the magic institute use Latin spells? And the gesture casting in Uganda is even more telling. Spells are just a way to anchor magic.'

"That is to say, mistakes, yes, the mistakes that Professor Snape mentioned, and the mistakes that the dean mentioned, are not just mistakes in magic spells, but also mistakes in judgment."

"Silent spellcasting is a classic example of using the mind to achieve magic... All spellcasting methods are actually using special methods to leverage magic power in the end to achieve the magic form you need..."

Andrew wrote carefully in his notebook, but finally crossed out the passage.

"I can't prove it. My accumulation is still far from enough. Apart from anything else, I need to at least complete the magic reserve of seven grades of knowledge."

Without sufficient experience, it is too difficult to perfect one's spellcasting knowledge. It is like a fifth grader hearing the rules of Transfiguration and trying to figure it out on his own. It is not impossible, but the probability is almost zero.

"Da da da…"

There was a gentle tap on the glass.

Andrew looked up and found a very beautiful owl standing on the windowsill with a small package on its body.

"Hermes?"

Andrew opened the window and called softly, then saw it nod, and naturally turned his gaze to the food bowl on Andrew's table - Rose did not finish her meal, and ran away when she was almost done.

"Don't worry, let's eat first, and then you can help me take the gift back."

Andrew nodded. Anyway, the owl magic of his name was blocked, leaving only two nicknames known by very few people.

'Wait, nickname?'

He suddenly thought of something that made him feel extremely sorry for his owl.

"I can't get a ride. I'm afraid they'll have to send me to school... Qiangwei, hold on. I can't find that many owls here..."

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"Gu..." Qiangwei collapsed in the cage, shrinking into a medium-sized fat chicken.

The good-looking appearance that I had worked so hard to create was completely destroyed during the days of delivering packages - although there was no snowstorm, the flights were frequent and I had to carry a package every time.

"There is still some good news. We don't need to cast spells to vilify ourselves when school starts..."

Andrew muttered to himself but didn't dare say it out loud - he was really feeling guilty. If it were any other owl, it would have been eating finger biscuits by now. But Rose could just feed it some dried mice and it would be coaxed. It was really precious.

"The main thing is that I brought it with me, and Qiangwei became a free rider..."

He stared at the pile of presents he had and finally stuffed them into the box - he would just open them all together after returning to school, otherwise it would be awkward to open any one of them first.

'At worst, I can just not take the school bus when I go back to school. I can go back earlier. If anyone asks, I will unpack everything on the same day. If there is food, it will be my bad luck.'

He finally touched the head of his owl and left the room - there was also a Christmas celebration ceremony in the courtyard, and the festive atmosphere was even more intense.

After all, although Hogwarts celebrates the holidays, there will be no Santa Claus decorations, let alone Santa Claus impersonators delivering gifts to the rooms - although Andrew likes those firecrackers very much.

"It's a pity that there are no magic fireworks this year."

Andrew sighed and shook his head, "Next one, eh, you guys work hard."

It becomes a habit - although there is suspicion of beating children, it is still a pleasure to eliminate the children next to you while looking down on others.

It was the regretful look of the nanny next to him that made him sit a little unsteadily.

Even Mrs. Camille looked at him doubtfully for a moment, but in the end she said nothing - the results were there and couldn't be faked, especially since they had been assessed, and you couldn't say you didn't study just because you were good at playing video games, right?

It was lively all day long, but at night, everyone was driven to go to bed early - you can't wait for Santa Claus, otherwise he won't come.

So, Andrew received his new Christmas present at the door the next day.

This time it was a set of thick books about computers.

There is no doubt that it was prepared a few days ago, just to let him know about this cutting-edge and promising thing.

"I know that, ma'am, but there is no electricity in Hogwarts. The electrical laboratory has not produced any output this semester. Light bulbs are not made with electricity. I don't know what kind of energy they can produce..."

But Andrew still kept it. Although he couldn't use it, it might be of some reference value. At least it couldn't be bought at Hogwarts. He might get some ideas by flipping through it occasionally.

"Today is the video game open day, are you still going to bully the noobs? Never mind, I'm not happy, let them have fun, I'll go to the old books donated to see if there's anything that can inspire me."

Some books that are not related to study will be sealed up, and then the useful ones will be slowly selected out. After all, Mrs. Camille has strict requirements.

A pleasant day of immersion in books, and Christmas is over.

Then the next day, Professor McGonagall came - and for some reason, Andrew felt that Mrs. Camille was relieved.

"How was your Christmas, Taylor?"

The professor's expression was not very serious, but Andrew knew what it meant - speaking of which, he finally remembered what the professor said before the holiday.

'Go back and have a good Christmas...'

"So, Professor, you really will return to school right after Christmas!"

(End of this chapter)