Hogwarts: Who uses a crowbar in wizard duels?

"Merry Christmas!"

At the Order of the Phoenix, everyone raised their glasses and laughed loudly together.

The day after returning from the holiday was Christmas Eve, and the Order of the Phoenix, which hadn't done so in a long time, decorated with all sorts of Christmas ornaments.

The ceiling of the room was enchanted with snow, with glistening snowflakes constantly falling, adding to the festive atmosphere.

There's also a small Christmas tree in the corner, and tomorrow morning, it will be filled with gifts from Santa Claus.

Everyone was enjoying themselves at the dinner table.

"Wow, so Professor Lupin, you and Sister Tonks are already married?"

Hermione and Ginny, the two young girls, with stars in their eyes, clung to Tonks and curiously inquired about their relationship.

Tonks became a little shy from the two little girls' persistent questioning, scratched his face, and didn't know where to begin.

Harry and the others only just found out that Professor Lupin and Tonks were actually together.

"Hahaha, they got married a long time ago, but they didn't have a wedding. Remus has been making excuses, saying that Voldemort's crisis hasn't been resolved yet."

Professor Lu Ping kept his head down, pretending not to hear the discussions. He was quite embarrassed to be asked about his love life by younger people at his age.

Meanwhile, Sirius Black put his arm around Professor Lupin's shoulder and mercilessly mocked him.

"Cirias, I've already said this was a joint decision between Remus and me."

When Tonks saw Sirius teasing her lover again, she immediately turned into a fierce protector of her husband and unleashed a barrage of attacks on him.

"As for you, you're not getting any younger and still don't have a partner. Are you perhaps unwanted?"

Tonks's words were quite aggressive.

Sirius Black immediately blushed, his face full of resentment. He had been one of the most popular male students at Hogwarts back in the day, so how could no one like him?

"That's because no one is worthy of my untamed soul!"

Sirius Black proudly declared this with his hands on his hips, only to be met with ridicule from the crowd.

"Remus, if you two have a daughter, you promised to let me be her godfather."

Sirius Black didn't care about their jokes. He put his arm around Professor Lupin's shoulder and said in a cheeky tone.

"What if it's a boy?" Professor Lupin asked rhetorically.

"Then forget it, I still prefer the goddaughter."

Harry: "..."

"You have children?"

Hermione, who was standing nearby, noticed the blind spot and asked Tonks in a low voice with curiosity.

Tonks blushed slightly, placed his hand on his stomach, and nodded.

Hermione and Ginny covered their mouths at the same time, their eyes sparkling. At this age, they already understood how a child is born.

They all had boys they liked, so their first thought was that they would have children with their partners in the future.

Congratulations!

The two of them excitedly offered their blessings to Tonks.

People are always filled with goodwill when a new life is born.

The adults on the other side were still chatting.

"Once we've dealt with Voldemort, we can just have a grand wedding!"

Mrs. Weasley was also very happy; someone had gotten married, she said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, Professor Lupin, we'll be your best men!"

Harry Ron nodded in agreement.

Kevin was somewhat speechless; this was a rather ominous sign...

"Maybe we can get the newborn baby to attend the wedding too."

But since everyone seemed so happy, Kevin certainly wouldn't say the opposite, and he just smiled and said it too.

Everyone joked and laughed for a long time about Professor Lupin and Tonks.

Tonks couldn't take it anymore and suddenly noticed Hermione beside him had just cut a small cake, pushed it in front of Kevin, and was feeding it to him with a smile.

A flash of inspiration.

"Kevin, speaking of which, you and Hermione are living together now, right? Her parents have given their approval for you two to be together. Are you planning to get married after graduation?"

At this moment, Tonks, the female lead, suddenly steered the conversation towards Kevin and Hermione.

Sure enough, everyone's attention immediately fell on Kevin and Hermione.

Most people here have watched Kevin and Hermione's sweet romance unfold all along.

It would be truly outrageous if they didn't get married.

Kevin and Hermione blushed at the unexpected topic.

"Well, we're still young, we need to discuss this with our uncles and aunts."

Seeing Hermione's face steaming like a kettle, Kevin knew that Hermione was no longer able to speak and could only deal with the elders' teasing on her own.

But he didn't object at all to the idea of ​​marrying Hermione, as if it were a matter of course.

"Really? Well then, Kevin, you'd better be more careful. You need to propose to Hermione properly, or I won't allow you to marry Hermione so easily."

Tonks continued, teasingly.

"Of course, I will."

Kevin nodded very seriously.

Hermione, who was standing to the side, couldn't take it anymore. Her head was spinning, so she tugged at Tonks's sleeve and begged her to stop talking.

Even though she and Kevin were together, she was still incredibly shy about being discussed and teased like this at the dinner table.

Especially weddings and such, hehehe (inner monologue: covering face and screaming with excitement).

Seeing Hermione's expression, Tonks was speechless. He figured Kevin would be willing to pay her off if he said just a few words...

Tonks had no choice but to give up, and then turned his attention to the next victim, Harry.

Harry, who was happily watching the show, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. Oh no, they're coming for me.

......

The Ministry of Magic strongly condemns the Goblin Bank for embezzling wizarding vault funds from Gringotts!

Gringotts responds: Fairies never break their contracts!

In the days following Christmas, the Daily Prophet published some unusual reports.

How did the Ministry of Magic and Gringotts suddenly clash?

Both sides have their own version of events, but the gist of it is that when the Ministry of Magic was legally trying to recover the vault of a deceased prisoner, Gringotts informed them that the vault had already been emptied.

The Ministry of Magic believes that Gringotts embezzled the prisoner's money.

Gringotts responded that the contents of the vault had already been taken away by the prisoners beforehand.

Neither side was willing to concede to the other.

However, due to the legal constraints between fairies and wizards, no one could do anything about it. The Ministry of Magic had no choice but to strongly condemn Gringotts in the Daily Prophet, intending to damage Gringotts' reputation.

Gringotts simply gave a very calm response and then dropped the matter.

Our Gringotts reputation speaks for itself. You wizards can believe it or not; if all else fails, just come and break the contract.

The Phoenix Society also discovered this, but did not pay much attention to it.

According to Mr. Weasley, this kind of thing has happened in Gringotts before.

If the owner of the vault dies and there was no agreement in the contract regarding the disposal of his property after his death, then most likely it will be embezzled by some goblins from Gringotts.

If such a contract is made, the fairy will abide by it.

But those outlaws wouldn't make such a contract; they'd rather benefit Gringotts than the authorities.

Therefore, much of the property of death row inmates is embezzled by Gringotts, making it impossible for the Ministry of Magic to recover it.

And this is just another repeat of the same thing.