A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 55 Christmas Gifts (Third Update)

William was woken up early the next morning by Anne.

The little girl, wearing the wizard's robe William bought for her, lay by William's bedside unwrapping her gifts.

A mountain of gifts was piled up beside the bed.

Most of them are chocolates, in all sorts of flavors; you'd think it was Valentine's Day if you didn't know better.

Clearly, Ravenclaw's genius still holds some appeal.

To William's surprise, he received quite a few chocolates from the Slytherin girls, which suggests that his reputation in Slytherin wasn't so bad after all.

Anne skipped downstairs to tell Roy and Lyanna that William had received many chocolates and love letters from girls.

Lyanna was making breakfast when she took a moment to look at a few Christmas cards and nodded in satisfaction.

"Not bad. The girls at Hogwarts have good taste. I was worried that the school wouldn't have any girls."

Roy smiled slightly and remarked, "It wasn't so bad. I was even more popular than William back then. The chocolates the girls gave me could fill a whole room. A few female classmates even got into a fight over me..."

Roy quickly shut up because he saw that Lyanna was holding a kitchen knife.

After William got dressed and washed up, he went to open his Christmas presents.

Hagrid's gift was the largest, and it was beautifully wrapped in a wooden box.

Upon opening it, William discovered that Hagrid had given him a large box of candy, containing all of his favorite flavors: Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, Bubblegum Super Bubble Gum, and Bubblegum Bee Candy.

It was common knowledge that William didn't eat Chocolate Frogs, and Hagrid remembered this habit and didn't send any Chocolate Frogs.

William gave Hagrid a complete set of photographs, which showed various kinds of fire dragons.

William knew Hagrid liked dragons from the first day they met. He couldn't actually masturbate him, so he could only send him a set of photos to satisfy his visual cravings.

Cedric gave William the complete collection of "The Quibbler" magazines, all of which were Cedric's favorite series, although William wasn't particularly interested in them.

William, on the other hand, gave Cedric a very practical gift. He gave him a set of "Five Thousand Years of Chinese History," and the bookstore also included a Xinhua Dictionary as a bonus.

William hopes that this set of books will help Cedric learn Chinese, so that he and Qiu can have more common topics to talk about!

Autumn gave William a miniature viewing mirror. If there was anyone untrustworthy nearby, it would light up and spin.

Although Qiu claimed it was imported from Egypt, William saw "Made in England" on the packaging!

William gave Cho a Quidditch tutorial book. He remembered that Cho had read Quidditch books on the train, and he thought she would like them.

George gave William a set of wizard chess; Fred gave him a lightweight pencil sharpener with some gadgets that could open all sorts of locks and untie all sorts of knots.

William gave the twins a Nintendo Famicom, which also included Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a game that had just been developed the previous year.

However, electronic devices are not allowed at Hogwarts, so if the two wanted to play video games, they would have to go to Hogsmeade.

To William's greatest surprise, Dumbledore also sent him a gift: a model of Hogwarts Castle.

The entire castle was built of wood without a single screw; it was all constructed with magic. The staircase was also modeled after Hogwarts and could rotate and change automatically.

William was particularly pleased until he saw Anne's gift.

—Dumbledore gave Anne a set of two-way mirrors.

A two-way mirror is a precious alchemical artifact, a pair of mirrors that can be magically linked. It allows people in different locations to communicate quickly with each other.

This is practically a video call from the magical world!

William said he could use the two-way mirror when he was dating, so he offered to trade all his chocolates for it.

But the little girl refused outright.

William settled for second best, exchanging his money for just a mirror.

He spends all his time in the dangerous Hogwarts. Doesn't his silly sister Anne miss her brother?

Anne refused, and instead had Drogon give the other half of the two-way mirror to Dumbledore.

William immediately felt sour, and he was extremely envious during Christmas.

Anne gave William a homemade doll so he could take it to school and keep it by his pillow.

Anne also gave Dumbledore a gift: a pair of thick wool socks.

According to Dumbledore, even wearing fleece-lined wool socks, he still felt cold in the summer.

But Christmas came and went, and he didn't receive a single pair of socks; people always gave him books instead.

The old man sounded pitiful, so Annie chose a pair of thick wool socks for him.

William immediately understood; wasn't this the legendary rheumatism?

He had originally intended to give Dumbledore a book on woodworking, but after listening to Anne's words, he changed his mind and decided to give him a pair of Quanjian insoles instead.

That thing is expensive, but the key thing is that it cures all diseases!

Unfortunately, William could not find any shops selling insoles in London.

So he had no choice but to give Dumbledore a bottle of calcium tablets, hoping to solve Dumbledore's osteoporosis and rheumatism!

William also planned to have a bottle of Brain Gold smuggled from China to give Dumbledore a boost.

He's so old, he must have a lot of health problems. Taking more brain-boosting supplements should improve his memory and prevent Alzheimer's disease.

William realized he was truly thoughtful.

Given how thoughtful he is, shouldn't Dumbledore send him something nice next Christmas?

Bobo Tea also received many gifts, mostly dried fish and cat food.

Following Bobo Tea's instructions (meow), William picked some of its food and gave it to Mrs. Lorris.

William also remembered Filch and sent him a set of mop care equipment.

William even remembered Snape, sending him a set of shampoo and conditioner.

Since they didn't know where the professor was, the items were temporarily sent to Dumbledore for him to deliver.

I wonder if Professor Snape would be moved to tears upon seeing the shampoo in Dumbledore's hand.

As William walked down the stairs, Roy was sitting on the sofa, holding a cup of black tea and reading the newspaper.

—The Daily Prophet.

Since William entered Hogwarts, Roy has begun to take notice of national affairs in the wizarding world.

His primary source of information was the Daily Prophet.

"Professor Snape from your school is going to be on trial these next couple of days," Roy said, glancing at William.

William picked up the newspaper and glanced at the contents. The headline read: "Hogwarts' Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor."

However, the person introduced was not Tywin Lannister, but the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor from all previous eras.

According to the Daily Prophet, Hogwarts hires one professor every year, but these Defense Against the Dark Arts professors are all bastards, beasts, animals, parasites, and Professor Robert is no exception.

He was illegally hunting magical creatures from the Forbidden Forest and selling them on the black market.

According to the latest investigation, Robert also swindled a large amount of precious magical materials from Hagrid, the key keeper, such as unicorn hair, centaur dung, mermaid scales, and octopus venom...

These are all very valuable.

At the end of the article, it was also stated that Professor Snape spent the summer investigating Robert's background and was not involved in the Ministry of Magic attacks.

As for Snape, who appeared at the Ministry of Magic, he was most likely a wizard in disguise.

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