Chinese students at Hogwarts

Lucius let go of his wife, shook his black cloak, and strode towards the living room.

Pulling out his high-backed chair and sitting on it, Lucius took a deep breath and said in a dry tone:

"The situation is probably what I told you before, so your decision is-"

Some people squirmed uneasily in their seats, some lowered their heads and pretended to be interested in the silver teacup in front of them, and some tightened their robes and murmured meaninglessly.

But no one spoke.

Lucius tapped the smooth marble floor with his snake staff and made a sound:

"Since we don't have any objections, let's proceed as promised. Sign the impeachment letter for the Principal of Hogwarts."

Everyone here couldn't help but tremble and became more and more uneasy. Impeaching Dumbledore seemed like a provocation.

But as Lucius said, no one can afford the price of betrayal if Voldemort returns.

The news that came out last semester almost frightened these people. Voldemort was not dead, even though he was very weak.

To be honest, no one wants to see Voldemort return. He is like a madman and increasingly frightens the pure-blood families who follow him.

So after Voldemort lost power, no one wanted to go to him, but chose to be an ostrich and bury his head in the sand.

In the dormitory, Zhang Xiao and Malfoy worked hard for a long time and finally cleared out the gifts. Compared with the previous year, the number of love letters has further increased, and the number of books is also quite large.

It can only be said that the older you get, the more obvious it is that those girls want to hook up with you.

After finding an open place to sit down, Zhang Xiao took out the gift from Dumbledore. After opening it, he found a delicate silver cube inside.

The cube is not big, just about the same size as the Rubik's Cube I used to play with. There are complex and delicate patterns on the surface.

What is this? Zhang Xiao looked through it curiously for a while and found a note in the box that read:

"This is something I asked my old friend to make. I hope it will help you go further in the art of transfiguration."

Looking at the silver cube in his hand and the dense and complex patterns on its surface, Zhang Xiao studied it for a while, but still felt confused.

"Zhang, we are going to the auditorium." After Malfoy packed up his things, he stood at the door and shouted loudly to Zhang Xiao. It can only be said that the pony who was celebrating Christmas at school for the first time was very excited.

Zhang Xiao agreed, stuffed the silver cube into the Qiankun bag, and hurried towards the door.

When Zhang Xiao and Malfoy arrived at the auditorium, they found that there was a big change compared to yesterday.

The whole auditorium looked magnificent. Not only were there a dozen Christmas trees covered in silver frost, and thick ribbons of mistletoe and holly criss-crossing the ceiling, but there was also enchanted snow, warm and dry, falling gently from the ceiling. .

The Christmas tree was hung with small gift boxes and wizard firecrackers. Zhang Xiao had played with these things last year, but Malfoy was the only one who happily held a bunch of firecrackers and played with them.

After a while, the entire auditorium was filled with the colorful smoke from the firecrackers, and Zhang Xiao had to use a cyclone to blow them away.

Dumbledore led them in singing some of his favorite Christmas carols, and Hagrid's voice became louder and louder as he downed glass after glass of eggnog.

Lockhart had made a comeback before the start of school, and now he was obviously starting to feel proud again. He was shaking his golden curly hair, talking loudly among the professors, and even pulling Snape to have a drink with him.

He boasted loudly that Snape won the last Duel Club 'for the sake of his colleagues', and he would not let it go next time.

Snape looked at Lockhart as if he were a fool for a while, but finally decided not to argue with the fool, and drank heavily alone.

Percy didn't notice that Fred had enchanted his prefect badge to read "Fool" and stupidly kept asking what everyone was laughing at.

Because there were too few people, everyone simply sat at a long table. Malfoy and Harry were laughing at each other loudly, mainly because of the Christmas gifts.

Hermione kept wanting to discuss the Christmas holiday homework with Zhang Xiao, and Ron seemed to have heard something extremely disgusting:

"Please, Hermione, could you please stop doing homework on this happy day."

Hermione rolled her eyes and replied sharply: "We have elective courses in our third year! Shouldn't we take advantage of now to plan carefully what to choose?"

Zhang Xiao smiled as he watched the little wizards making a fuss.

Malfoy and Harry sat together, their faces red and their ears red, arguing about something.

With a reserved smile on his face, Percy gave Hermione advice in a serious manner.

Fred and George smiled evilly, as if they had some funny ideas.

Dumbledore was sitting in front of the podium, holding a glass of wine and laughing. Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick seemed to have drunk too much and were talking about some interesting topic.

Snape's face was still gloomy, he didn't know what he was thinking, but his eyes always drifted towards Harry.

It seems pretty good if time stays at this moment.

Zhang Xiao happily picked up the cup, squinting and enjoying the good time.

In the afternoon, they originally planned to have a snowball fight like last year, but in the end they made a snowman instead at Hermione's suggestion.

Fred and George built a weird-looking snowman with a mop for hair, and swore that it was Penelo.

He also cast a spell on the snowman, chasing Percy around and making a sweet voice: Honey, kiss me!

Percy was going crazy. He pulled out his wand and roared loudly to show Fred and George something awesome.

So Zhang Xiao and the four little ones spent the entire afternoon watching Percy chase the twins.

For the safety of the little wizards who are staying on campus, they can only move around in the auditorium, and the professor will send them back to the common room at night.

Zhang Xiao conjured up a small square table and decided to teach them how to play cards.

The explosion rules of the crackle explosion card are variable. When Zhang Xiao threw out the king bomb, the deafening explosion directly collapsed the small table and turned all the little wizards on the card table into black faces.

The Landlord Plan had to be suspended.

After enjoying another sumptuous dinner in a lively manner, the hustle and bustle fell into silence, and the night once again enveloped Hogwarts Castle like a curtain.

Malfoy played for a day. He had never had this kind of experience of playing with 'friends' all day long. During Christmas at home, in an empty mansion, the family would eat rich but deserted dishes. Visit other families, or accept visits from others.

Such a fresh Christmas kept Malfoy in a state of excitement almost all day long. When he returned to the Slytherin common room, he immediately felt sleepy. After a long yawn, he walked towards the bed in vain.

Zhang Xiao shook his head and wore thick pajamas and came to the soft armchair in front of the fireplace. Only now did he have time to study what novelty Dumbledore had given him.

The silver cubes on the table shone under the firelight, and the complex lines on the surface seemed to be flowing with light. They were not light in weight and felt heavy in the hand.

He picked up Dumbledore's note and looked at it again: "This is something I asked an old friend to make. I hope it can help you go further in Transfiguration."

What's wrong with it? Can't you attach an instruction manual or explain it more clearly?

Why do you have to make people guess every time?

Zhang Xiao sighed, old friend, is this Nicoléme?

Going even further in Transfiguration—meaning this thing can help me practice Transfiguration?

After thinking for a while, Zhang Xiao took out his wand and lightly touched the silver square. Along with the deformed light, the complex patterns on the box seemed to also glow.

In just an instant, the square turned into a goblet, but the cup still had the complicated lines.

Zhang Xiao picked up the cup and looked at it several times. It was no different from the ordinary transformed goblet.

Put the cup back and support your chin with both hands. Since the art of transfiguration is mentioned, it must be related to the art of transfiguration, but how is it related?

After being in a daze for a while, Zhang Xiao couldn't think of a clue, so he had no choice but to poke the silver cube with his wand and turn it into objects.

The water glasses, wine bottles, and boxes on the table were changing rapidly. Zhang Xiao was lighting them absentmindedly. Why don't you go find Dumbledore?

At this time, the deformed things have become more and more complex, including exquisite candlesticks, dressing tables with mirrors, and alarm clocks.

Zhang Xiao suddenly stopped moving and frowned. It seemed like something was wrong just now?

What changed before?

Trying hard to remember the previous actions, he clicked the silver cube again to start the transformation, and he could always try it out.

The "tick-tick-tick" silver alarm clock with complex patterns on its surface runs quietly, just like a normal alarm clock.

Zhang Xiao stared at it, his eyes widened, and his heart was filled with shit.

Hold the alarm clock in your hand and remove the cover on the back to reveal the complex mechanical structure inside.

! ! ! !

What is this! Zhang Xiao swallowed and looked at the alarm clock in his hand in disbelief.

Transfiguration can indeed do many incredible things.

But it is absolutely impossible to be like now. Many times, the things that are conjured can only be said to be "merely in shape but without spirit."

In other words, it is not impossible to transform an alarm clock, or even make the hands of the alarm clock move, but it is absolutely impossible to transform the complex mechanical structure inside.

Because that's too complicated. It's not about changing animals. You can temporarily impart wisdom through the unreasonable 'little tricks' of wizards.

Transfiguration is based on cognition - does that mean this block can make up something on its own?

This... this thing is unscientific! No, it's not magic either!

If it was unclear who Dumbledore's so-called old friend was before, Zhang Xiao is now 100% sure that it must be Nicolas Flamel. No one else is capable of making such a miracle!

As if Zhang Xiao had discovered some novel toy, he frantically began to test the block. After several hours of testing and vague guessing, he finally figured out the function of the block.

To put it simply, this block seems to be equipped with several commonly used items, such as alarm clocks or locks. It will complement the original items inside, rather than being a replica.

Staring at the cubes on the table, Zhang Xiao was shocked by the magic of alchemy. Unfortunately, his energy was limited, and alchemy was a subject that required full concentration.

Nicolas Flamel himself was a genius in alchemy, and it took hundreds of years of investment to reach where he was now.

If you then study alchemy and practice magic, you will be biting off more than you can chew.

Zhang Xiao pondered for a while. The magical uses of the cube must be more than the ones he discovered. There must be other uses. He took the cube into his hand and threw it up and down.

Dumbledore's gift is not unimportant. Last year he gave me Slytherin's handwritten letter, and this year he gave me a cube. What is it for?

In Ron's words, the Christmas holidays are like Bibi's multi-flavor beans. You can taste them when you eat them, but it's like you haven't eaten anything at all.

The sun began to shine faintly over Hogwarts again.

The little wizards returned to the castle after their vacation. The castle seemed to come to life again. After an entire vacation, the little wizards once again ignored the previous attacks.

Madam Pomfrey was pleased to report that the mandrakes had become moody and taciturn, which meant that they were rapidly moving out of childhood and into adolescence.

"As soon as their acne is healed, they can be transplanted again." Professor Sprout told the little wizards. "Then, it won't take long before we can cut them off and brew the magic potion."

Those poor kids will come back intact, I feel so bad for them, oh my God, they missed almost a year of classes. "

Fortunately, Sister Bird is in much better spirits and is even willing to go out and fly around when the weather is nice.

The classes in the next semester have obviously sped up a lot and started to involve some theoretical things. In addition to teaching charms, Professor Flitwick also started to talk about some purely theoretical things, and the homework has become an inquiry. The relationship between gestures and spell casting.

The abstract course of Transfiguration is still a headache for young wizards, but Zhang Xiao enjoys it. When he is free, he will take out the small silver cube to transform and explore other hidden functions.

Unfortunately, not much progress has been made.

During this period, Zhang Xiao has been working hard to become a true second-year student. He is not pursuing speed, but implementing previous ideas and laying a solid foundation.

This shows the painstaking arrangements on the Taoist side. Only teaching golden light spells and talismans means that in the past two years, I have actually been laying the foundation. It is impossible for magic to have an unstable foundation for a third-level jump.

Compared with last semester, Lockhart's class suddenly became more popular.

After Tiao Tiao Zheng took two classes, Zhang Xiao originally thought he would switch to something like A Chinese Ghost Story, but unexpectedly he jumped directly to red hats and other dark creatures that are common in the West.

The classes were very interesting, and Zhang Xiao himself had to admit that the quality of these classes was indeed high.

Moreover, Lockhart himself changed from his former frivolity and became calm, and even stopped saying those disgusting sentences. This made the little witches who were originally disappointed in him fall in love with this handsome professor again.

Ron whispered to Zhang Xiao, and Hermione framed Lockhart's lesson with love again.

Compared with this, the students were more concerned about Lockhart's public statement that he would open another dueling club.

Is it to avenge past humiliation or to continue to be embarrassed? The two groups were so quarrelsome that they waited until Tuesday afternoon.

The whole auditorium was filled with people again.

I don’t know if it’s due to 2 positive symptoms, but I also have a fever, vomiting and diarrhea.