A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 645 Christmas Full Moon Night
The dinner ended in a relaxed atmosphere.

The invited guests left one after another. Felix scanned the crowd, but he didn't find Carlotta Pinkstone. He originally planned to find a chance to get in touch with this person, but Ms. Burns Judging from the expressions when they came back, it is estimated that the two of them had a bad chat, and Pinkstone left early.

Professor Slughorn was very satisfied with the party. He was standing in front of the gorgeous fireplace and seeing off every departing guest. verbal and physical responses.

"Elder, my dear student, you haven't published much work in recent years, I'm looking forward to reading your masterpiece—"

"McLaggen, say hello to Tiberus for me! And Scrimgeour, he should be free recently."

"Madame Chabini, thank you for the gift..."

"Oh, Frank and Alice, can I call you that? That's great... It's a pity I didn't send my congratulations on your opening day, I was hesitant to accept the teaching position... Neville? Hmm, He performed very well..." Slughorn took Frank Longbottom's hand enthusiastically, and spoke in a very intimate tone: "To be honest, I think your performance in this war is completely worthy Get two Medals of Merlin, but since you already have two first-class ones..." He patted Frank on the shoulder heavily, "Help me take it to Augusta."

Alice kissed Neville on the forehead, and disappeared into the emerald green flames with her husband.

"How are you going to get back?" Hermione asked her parents, and Felix looked over the shoulders of the Grangers to see Sirius and Ms. Burns saying goodbye to Harry.

"Of course it's the Floo Network." Mr. Granger said slightly excitedly. "That's how we got here, it's incredible! Professor Slughorn said he temporarily connected our fireplace to the magic, I guess maybe Similar to accessing network signals."

Hermione was taken aback.

"My God! How could you..." she said anxiously, "What if you call the wrong address? Harry once strayed into Knockturn Alley...Professor?" She looked at Felix for help. s.

"I can Apparate—" Felix said after a moment.

"Oh, don't worry!" Professor Slughorn came over with a big belly after seeing off the Weasleys, with walrus whiskers curling up between his lips, and he said happily, "Thanks to Amelie Ya! I made a passing mention when accepting the invitation, and she graciously agreed to help."

Ms. Burns nodded this way when her name was called.

"That's it." Slughorn said with a smile, they came to the fireplace, Sirius and Harry embraced, and left through the fire, Slughorn took out his wand and tapped on the fireplace.

"Okay, then no matter what you shout, it will lead to a place-only for today."

"Thank you for the hospitality. We had a great time tonight." Mr. Granger said to everyone, holding Mrs. Granger's hand. "You are welcome to be a guest at home, Mr. Haipu." Mrs. Granger said politely. "That's right," Mr. Granger looked at Felix, seeming to think of something, "Actually, I have collected tooth specimens of various styles, if you are interested..."

Mrs. Granger squeezed her fingers hard.

"Well, uh—goodbye."

The next morning, most of the students left school on the Hogwarts Express to go home for the holidays.However, there are still some people who choose to stay in school, and there are quite a few of them. Apart from the students in the 'Animagus' class, there are still some people who were punished to stay in school for abusing magic transformation.

Harry told Ron and Hermione what Sirius had said to him last night while they were having breakfast in the Great Hall.

They expressed their views one after another.Hermione looked worried, "Oh, I vaguely guessed it from Ms. Burns' letter." Ron responded flatly, "According to Sirius, it will be decades later, isn't it? We Let's think about it."

He frowned and said, looking around, the people who sat and ate with them all looked like they were eating slowly, which made people lose their appetite.According to Professor McGonagall, starting with the full moon, she will provide a special recipe for students preparing for practice.

"To prevent some of you from swallowing mandrake leaves carelessly."

After breakfast, Hermione went to the library as usual, "We've got twelve papers to write!" "It's eleven, Hermione," Ron pointed out her mistake, "Harry and I don't have Arithmancy and Divination. "

In the end, Hermione was the only one who went to the library.

Harry and Ron chose to go out for a ride on a broomstick. There was no one in the school now, so they could race around the Black Lake happily, but they accidentally bumped into Varun who was skating with the Snowman Sniffing Army, and the two grinned With a smile, we had a snowball fight with Warren.

Because they were too involved in the game, the ordinary blades of grass in Harry and Ron's mouths fell out several times. After they returned to the castle and calmed down, they expressed pessimistic views on their respective futures.

"I don't think so, I can't help but not talk." Ron said negatively, "Even if we did it, we still have to get up every morning and night to chant spells, and we have to wait for thunderstorms, and even Bill and Percy, who have the best grades, go to school." Never thought about the Animagus..."

"Don't be discouraged, Ron. We even made it past Voldemort's level." Harry said encouragingly, but when Ron pointed out that he would also preside over Quidditch training after school started, it would be impossible to do without talking loudly. Harry followed suit.

When she saw Hermione at night, she didn't show a good face either. Instead, she ridiculed the two of them for their irresponsible behavior, and went back to sleep early.It wasn't until the next day when Harry was unwrapping presents under the little Christmas tree that his mood improved.

Harry's gifts included, as usual, a sweater knitted by Mrs. Weasley herself, some sweets, and products from the twins, including a boxing telescope, which Ron threw aside angrily when he showed it to Ron.Because the twins were given to him for a test, he gave it to Professor Haipu to save trouble, but he was terrified when he remembered that it belonged to his two unreliable brothers.

Harry also unwrapped a gift from Ron - a tiger hat.

"Collins picked it. If you don't feel good, go to her." Ron said, and he himself put on a parrot hat and looked around in the mirror. "Where did she get it?" Harry asked interestedly. This seemed to be a series, and he wanted to ask if there was an antler model, which he planned to give to Ginny next year.

"Funga's Wizarding Clothing Store," said Ron, "that's the only way to go."

"Is Collins all right?" Hermione asked as they came downstairs. "Aren't she and Tonks keeping tabs on Carlotta Pinkstone? Turns out she was at the party last night."

"It shouldn't be a big problem." Ron thought for a while and said slowly, "Their mission ended at noon yesterday. Who would have thought that that woman would have something to do with Professor Slughorn, and she was even invited .”

On the other hand, Felix had just finished unwrapping the presents, which was a lot of work.

What Felix was most satisfied with was Luna's gift—perhaps because he helped to 'propose'—a portrait of himself, smiling brightly, and Felix didn't know when he would give it to him. This impression left by Luna, but he quickly solved his doubts.

A small note reads Luna's blessing:
Merry Christmas, Felix.Loved your gift, going to take it home to show Dad, plus – I was inspired by the enchanted portrait you hung in St. Mungo’s while Dad was in therapy on the [-]th floor.

Varun also received a painting, but—perhaps this one suited Luna’s taste—it was a stone painting.In the one-foot-square picture frame, hundreds of carefully selected small stones were painted and pieced together into the shape of a sniff. The green cloak behind it was cut out of palm-sized leaves, and the corners It also swings majestically.

Warren babbled and watched for a long time, seeming to both dislike and like it.

Until Felix said in a sour tone: "We can exchange." Varen immediately hugged the painting and looked at him vigilantly, and came back after turning around. The stone painting had been placed in Felix's room. Next to the blank magic portrait.If one day comes back to visit the portrait of St. Mungo's, you will be surprised to find that you have an odd-looking neighbor.

Felix was about to ask, what on earth did he and Luna talk about to make them laugh so happily, and then they were drawn and sent to themselves?
In the afternoon, a strong cooking aroma wafts into the house along the cold air.

Warren, who was nestled on the sofa watching cartoons, smelled the smell, and quickly reported a series of dishes. He and Felix looked at each other for a while, and agreed to turn off the projector and go downstairs to the auditorium.

The hall seemed very empty, with only one of the four college tables left, and a bulging wizard color bag firecracker was placed every few places-from which various styles of hats and weird gadgets could explode.They came too early for dinner, but there were already students there.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two consecutive sounds like cannon blasting echoed in the auditorium, a puff of purple smoke filled the air, the figures of the two students were looming, and there were bursts of coughing, accompanied by "It's all your fault", "Obviously you suggested of" a few words.

Felix couldn't help laughing. These are two Hufflepuff students. They were fined to stay in school for tarnishing the college's reputation. The professor mobilized half of the college's Hufflepuff students to search the lounge for a long time before they found the unlucky guy.

The number of people gradually increased, and Felix chatted with Valen in a low voice.

"Those four? I heard that they belonged to the same dormitory. They planned to secretly study the transformation of Animagus. For this purpose, they set up a secret study group, but they were discovered by the next door because of the uncontrollable roar of tigers. The other three people on the scene Trembling with fear..."

The four Ravenclaw girls glared at them in embarrassment as they passed by.

The professors gradually appeared, and they sat scattered on the long table. Dumbledore was wearing a moon-white robe with a happy expression on his face, "Merry Christmas!" He said enthusiastically, "There are a lot of people this year, and I added a batch temporarily." Color pack firecrackers, please sit down!"

Not many people are as happy as he is.Most of the students - were either punished (all four houses, mostly Gryffindors), or were members of the 'Animagus' class, with only a few actually staying voluntarily.

He glanced around, looked at the frowning students, and said, "Today is Christmas, I think—our task is to stuff our mouths with delicious food, not a small leaf... What do you think, Minerva? "

Professor McGonagall pursed his lips, "You are quite right, Dumbledore." As soon as the words fell, half of the students immediately took out the leaves from their mouths happily, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.Dumbledore struck while the iron was hot, grabbing a handful of wizarding bundles of firecrackers and stuffing them to everyone he could reach.

The others followed suit, and the long table was filled with bang bangs, and clusters of smoke of different colors exploded.Felix won an ordinary wizard hat, which was drawn with thin lines of four colors to outline the pattern. Harry and Ron offered two sailor hats, which Felix thought were far inferior to the ones they wore on their heads. Tiger hats and parrot hats came wonderfully, and Hermione picked up a women's wide-brimmed hat, which she played happily.

Then they looked at Snape out of the corner of their eyes - last time he opened a lady's pointed hat, what is it this time?Even Dumbledore watched him with interest, Snape pulled the firecracker expressionlessly, and when the smoke cleared, a buckhorn hat appeared in his hand.

This time it was Harry's turn to be unhappy.He looked at the pair of beautiful antlers jealously, and felt that the hat was a waste in Snape's hands. If no one wanted it after the dinner party, he might take it away quietly... Snape really didn't like it, so he slipped the hat To Professor McGonagall, but Professor McGonagall liked his feather hat very much, so it ended up in Dumbledore's hands.

"Eat!" said Dumbledore, in his antler hat, with a smile.

Everyone began to enjoy the food, and Varen was also allocated a seat, sitting opposite Professor Flitwick. Their chairs were all custom-made, and they seemed to have a strange sense of symmetry.

Harry was munching on the slippery and sticky mashed potatoes, Ron was tearing at the meat on the ribs, and half of the students were gobbling it with fierce eyes. Even Felix couldn't help but sympathize with the suffering.

However, that's all.Because tonight is the full moon.These students will undergo a more rigorous test. He has seen the special recipes that Professor McGonagall is preparing to give to the house elves in the kitchen. Most of them are tasteless but fast-filling things.

At the dinner party, everyone was busy eating, only Trelawney held a bottle of sherry and kept spreading rumors that 'six-legged creatures would bring misfortune to the castle', and Felix was wondering what it was At that moment, Professor McGonagall quietly turned his head and whispered in a strange tone, "Albus is going to recruit a centaur into the school."

Felix suddenly realized.

Just when Trelawney No. 12 mentioned this matter, and her tone became more and more certain, Dumbledore stood up.

"... More than one death, I saw—"

"Filch," Dumbledore asked cheerfully, "is that thing ready?"

Filch lifted his head from his plate and said stoopingly, "Yes, Headmaster, I put it in the corner, covered with a green sheet."

"Excellent." Dumbledore said, looking around, and others looked over.Dumbledore pointed with his wand, and a piece of green cloth flew up from an inconspicuous place in the corner, underneath which was an exquisitely shaped machine.

"The latest model projector—" he said happily, "I bought it and tried it myself, and I like the 'immersive' mode in it the most." He glanced at Felix, then pulled the machine closer to him.

With a "click", a large amount of dark golden smoke was sprayed from the magic projector, as if it was endless, and it seemed that it was just to fill the place where they were - that is, the auditorium. Soon there was a foot of smoke under their feet. Thick golden mist.

"Meow-"

Mrs. Norris jumped out from under Filch's feet and jumped onto his lap. "Don't be afraid, Mrs. Norris," Filch said hoarsely, but his bulbous eyes were still watching the machine warily. .

At this time, there was singing in the air, as if it was ringing in their ears, and the smoke rose and gathered into golden dancers one by one. They looked exactly like real people, dancing around the long table, and their skirts sprinkled fine mist like gold powder .

The eyes of the students were straightened. They seemed to be mixed into a lively party. They saw the performances of the Weird Sisters Group, the Skeleton Dance Troupe, and the rough dwarf dance. A strange, incomprehensible language is singing...

"Christmas was really worth it this year," said Ron, admiringly.The surrounding students silently nodded in agreement with his words.

As the dinner ended, the students sparsely pulled out their chairs and prepared to leave.Felix glared at Warren, because he sneaked around Grindelwald and brought him a very beautiful Santa hat.

Grindelwald leaned back reflexively and touched his chest.

Dumbledore froze for a moment, then continued to stand up - Harry captured this moment keenly, and felt a strange feeling in his heart. "What's the matter, Harry?" asked Hagrid, leaning over the two tables.

"N-nothing—" Harry fumbled suddenly, staring at Hagrid, who had a sprig of onion stuck in his bushy beard.

He remembered that Hagrid mentioned to them inadvertently that Dumbledore seemed to have known Professor Bagshot for a long time, and Bagshot was a follower of the dark wizard Grindelwald, and Harry happened to be in the letter of Lily sent to him by Sirius. Knowing that Dumbledore and Grindelwald were best friends when they were young... There is a vague clue in front of Harry, connecting the three of them.

What is it?

"The students of the Animagus class stay," Professor McGonagall said loudly at this time, "get dressed, and we are going to the courtyard."

(End of this chapter)