Hogwarts: Who uses a crowbar in wizard duels?

Gropp seemed to recognize Kevin and the others, giving them a shy smile.

With his enormous size, he looked rather simple and honest.

"friend..."

Grop stammered out two words.

Yay, it can talk now.

Kevin and the others looked at Hagrid in surprise. Hagrid looked cheerful, seemingly very proud of raising Grop into a civilized person.

Hagrid then happily told Draco about Gropp's background and introduced Draco to Gropp as well.

It seems that Gropp has become much more sensible and knows how to listen to Hagrid. Although it's a bit difficult, they can communicate normally now.

I heard that Mrs. Maxime also visits Gropp often, and the two of them are raising him together.

So even living in the Forbidden Forest, Gropp would not feel lonely.

Moreover, judging from this trend, it may not be long before Gropp becomes part of the Hogwarts ecosystem and can freely appear around Hogwarts.

"Let's have a barbecue together here tonight, and Gropp can come along too."

At this point, Kevin made a suggestion.

Everyone else thought the suggestion was great; dining with giants was a rare experience.

However, Hagrid suddenly remembered something and said to the others.

"Oh Kevin, that's a great idea, but I forgot to tell you that Dumbledore has invited all the teachers and students who are still at school today to a Christmas dinner."

"I was planning to inform everyone this afternoon, but your unexpected visit made me forget about it."

The group of people were taken aback upon hearing this.

After all, this wasn't a part of Christmas celebrations in the past.

However, they didn't refuse; it wouldn't hurt to do something different on the last Christmas.

After chatting with Hagrid for a while, the group said goodbye to Hagrid and Gropp and returned to the castle.

Draco said he was going to change into a cool outfit for the dinner party and dazzle them, so he rushed back to his dorm.

Upon hearing Draco's plan, Harry and Ron naturally didn't want to be left behind and also ran to the dormitory, saying that they couldn't let Draco steal the spotlight alone.

Kevin was speechless. It wasn't a dance party, why did they need to change clothes?

......

It was evening.

The Great Hall of the People was already decorated with two rows of Christmas trees and many colorful balls, creating a festive atmosphere.

When Kevin and the others arrived, they found that Dumbledore and several professors had already arrived and were chatting at the professors' table.

Several young wizards have also arrived.

Harry and the others didn't know him, but Kevin did, since they were all his students.

"Oh, you've arrived! Please have a seat. There are still a few young wizards who haven't arrived yet. We can start eating once they get here."

As soon as he saw Kevin and the others enter, Dumbledore waved to them and said cheerfully.

"Hey Harry, why are you guys dressed so extravagantly?"

Dumbledore looked at the formal attire worn by Harry, Ron, and Draco, and said something strange.

"..."

The three of them exchanged glances, unsure how to respond.

"If we're talking about being flamboyant, Principal, you're just as good as them."

Kevin, standing nearby, gentlemanly pulled out a chair for Hermione while complaining to Dumbledore.

He doesn't know how many times he's complained about Dumbledore lately, but Dumbledore still seems to enjoy it.

"My outfit is clearly very simple and unpretentious, okay?"

Kevin looked at Dumbledore's wine-red robe, with a thick white fur collar, making him look like a noblewoman.

If this outfit were on Professor McGonagall, Kevin would probably compliment her taste, but on Dumbledore, Kevin wouldn't even bother to criticize her.

Soon the other young wizards arrived, and the banquet officially began. Everyone sat around the professor's long table in a circle.

The young wizards were a little nervous at first, but they were quickly won over by the atmosphere and enjoyed dinner with everyone.

"Hey, Severus, look how interesting this hat is."

During this time, Dumbledore pulled out a... bird's nest from somewhere?

Above the nest is a large bird with an expression full of "wisdom".

"When you wear it, the bird on it will chirp once every fifteen minutes, just like an hourglass."

"Why don't you try it on and see how it is?"

Professor Snape, sitting next to Dumbledore, glanced coldly at the 'hat' and then slowly spoke.

"...Get that stupid hat out of my sight."

"Okay, okay."

Dumbledore shrugged; Snape's reaction was entirely expected.

But then Hermione said to Dumbledore, "Professor, could I borrow this hat for a moment?"

"Oh, of course, with a child."

Upon hearing that Hermione was actually interested in the hat, Dumbledore immediately handed it to her with delight.

Hermione reached out and took it, while Kevin, standing to the side, wondered why Hermione would be interested in this thing.

The next moment, Hermione picked up the hat and placed it on Kevin's head.

"Pfft, Kevin, this hat really suits you, hahaha."

As soon as she put the hat down, Hermione burst out laughing.

Immediately afterwards, the silly bird on the hat suddenly opened its beak and cawed.

This made the young wizards, who were originally afraid to laugh, laugh along with them.

Harry and his friends laughed even more unrestrainedly.

Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall watched the happy group with smiles.

Professor Snape, sitting opposite him, frowned and closed his eyes. He really didn't want to admit that such a fool was his apprentice...

"..."

Kevin was speechless for a moment, but seeing Hermione laughing so happily, he thought, "Oh well, as long as she's happy..."

The Christmas dinner ended happily amidst everyone's laughter.

......

After the Christmas holidays, everything returned to normal.

Everyone is waiting for graduation day.

Finally, that day is getting closer and closer.

"One, two, three, cheers!"

With a click, the camera's magnesium flash went off, sending up a wisp of smoke.

"Very good, perfect."

Colin put down his camera and gave everyone a thumbs up.

Since graduation was approaching, someone mentioned that we should take a group photo before graduation so we could keep it as a memento.

Then our young reporter Colin volunteered to take the job, saying he could take photos for everyone and then print out a photo for each of them as a souvenir.

So the Gryffindor graduates gathered in front of the main gate of Hogwarts Castle, intending to take a group photo together.

Some mischievous young wizards even dragged over their Gryffindor Headmistress, Professor McGonagall, to include her in the graduates' group photo.

Professor McGonagall naturally wouldn't refuse, but she also brought Dumbledore into the picture.

When Kevin saw that Dumbledore had come over, he pulled Professor Snape over as well.

Since even Professor Snape could come, they also brought over Flivion, Sprout, and a whole host of other professors they could recruit.

Then a group of professors sat in the front row, while students stood in the back row, vying to peek out.

Then, Harry and his Quidditch players rode at the very back on broomsticks, laughing triumphantly.

In the photo, some people have serious faces (Snape), some have kind faces, some have happy smiles, some are making funny faces at each other, and there is even a Quidditch player who suddenly loses his balance and hangs upside down on a broom, which is full of drama.

The camera captures this moment, extracting this frame from the long river of time and preserving it forever in the photograph.

And so, everyone took a lively, albeit informal, graduation photo.

But that's precisely why it's worth commemorating.