Hogwarts: I Am Such a Model Wizard

Chapter 190 Snape with good intentions

Just as a sniffer can steal away shiny objects silently, an owl seems to have the same ability.

On Christmas Day, when Kyle opened his eyes, he saw a mountain of presents piled high beside his bed, but what was outrageous was that he didn't even notice that so many presents were being sent in.

Kyle rubbed his eyes and couldn't help but said curiously: "Laton, do your owls have any hidden abilities..."

Ladon, who was resting on the wooden frame with his eyes closed, raised his wings and called out feebly.

Although Kyle delivers most of his Christmas gifts to the Owl Post Office, he still delivers them to Raton for those he wants to give to family, friends, and professors.

 It’s just that Kyle has a little more friends.

In order to rush for time, Raton flew almost at full speed all night last night. He had just returned and was so tired that he could hardly lift his wings. He was not in the mood to respond to Kyle's boring questions.

 “Sorry, thank you for the hard work.”

Kyle walked up to it sheepishly, poured a bottle of owl tonic into the bowl, and added a small piece of braised dragon liver to it.

Dragon liver is more suitable as a pet snack than Motla rat jerky, but it is too expensive. A piece as big as a Felixir bottle costs sixteen Sickles.

 It is simply faster than robbing money.

 The piece of dragon liver prepared by Kyle was a Christmas gift he gave to Raton, and it cost ten galleons in total.

 To be honest, he himself has never eaten such a luxurious thing.

Laton took a few mouthfuls of dragon liver and drank some tonics, and finally felt a lot more energetic.

 Afterwards, Kyle returned to the bedside and began to open the gifts. Most of them were candies and chocolates, and the amount was more than last year.

 “Kyle, it’s bad!”

Ten minutes later, a scream suddenly came from the common room.

　　is Kangna’s voice.

Kyle quickly put down the half-opened chocolate in his hand and rushed out of the dormitory.

In the common room, Kangna was standing there anxiously, holding a freshly opened box in her arms.

"What...what happened?" Kyle asked quickly.

Kanna bit her lip and said at a loss: "I...I lost Galleons again. Could it be Poch..."

 Because of what happened last year, after finding out that she had lost Galleons, Kangna immediately thought of the witch who turned into a mouse.

 “What are you thinking, this is impossible.”

Kyle waved his hand and comforted: "She is probably making breakfast for the dementors at the moment, but she doesn't have time to come to Hogwarts.

Maybe you just forgot where you put your galleons. "

 “That’s it…”

Hearing what Kyle said, Kangna also breathed a sigh of relief, patted her chest and said, "Then I'll look for it again. Galleons are not important, but I quite like that crystal hairpin."

 “Wait...crystal hairpin?”

Kyle was suddenly stunned for a moment, frowned and said, "Is there anything else missing?"

 “It’s nothing…”

Kanna tilted her head and thought for a while and said: "Some Galleons, a crystal hairpin... Oh, by the way, and a silver brooch. That was a gift I just opened, but it disappeared in the blink of an eye."

 Gallons…crystal…silver brooch…

Kyle's eyes twitched twice, as if he already knew what was going on.

 “Just wait a moment.”

Kyle took a deep breath and took out the "Magic Stone".

The next second, a black fur ball pounced straight over from the corner of the common room. Kyle saw the opportunity and grabbed the collar of the back of its neck. Then he quickly reached out and scratched its belly twice.

With a jingling sound.

 Galleons, hairpins, brooches, stones, flower pots... A lot of things fell out of Xiu Xiu's pocket like rain, making it howl in excitement.

 “Is this a sniff?” Kangna said in surprise.

 She had seen this magical animal several times before. It was covered in black down, with a flat mouth like a duck, plus that pocket...

　　It must be Xiu Xiu.

"its not right."

Kanna wondered: "Isn't Sniff supposed to live in the Forbidden Forest? Why does it appear in our common room?"

 “Um...his name is Jerry, and I raised him.”

Kyle gathered up the pile of things on the ground and said sheepishly: "Maybe I didn't watch it carefully last night, and it sneaked out of the dormitory on its own."

It was really time to meet Merlin. Kyle remembered that he had put the little guy back into the box before going to bed last night. How on earth did it escape.

 Is it possible that the box is not closed tightly?

 But no matter what, fortunately it was discovered early. If it had been a little later, I'm afraid more than this would have been lost.

This was the first time for Kangna to come into contact with Niffler at such a close distance. She walked over and asked expectantly: "Can I touch it?"

"Of course." Kyle handed the Sniff to Kangna casually and reminded: "But you have to look at something reflective on your body, and be careful not to be stolen by it."

“Okay, okay.” Kang Na responded perfunctorily, and then carefully rubbed Xiu Xiu’s head.

The soft, furry touch made her involuntarily squint her eyes.

Kyle returned to the dormitory upon seeing this and continued to open the gifts.

 It is worth mentioning that this year, apart from candies, the most received items he received were various books.

Whether it is a very professional academic theory of magic, detailed technical explanations related to Quidditch, or biographies, it is all available in a very rich variety.

There was even a copy of "Xiu Xiu's Postpartum Care" among them. Kyle took a closer look and discovered that it was a gift from Newt.

Dumbledore gave him a pair of hand-knitted wool socks, which not only had beautiful gold-red patterns, but also had Kyle's initials on them.

Kyle squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully for a long time, and then determined that the material of those lines was Fox's feathers... and it was also tail feathers.

 Using precious phoenix tail feathers to knit socks... I really don’t know what Dumbledore thinks.

It would be nice to knit it into gloves, at least others can see it.

As for the gift he gave to Dumbledore, it was much more affordable, "Three Hundred Ways to Knit Wool Socks"

Belonging to last year's advanced version, there are a full 200 more types, which is enough for him to learn for a while.

But what surprised Kyle the most was that he actually received a Christmas gift from Snape this year.

 A piece of moldy parchment.

Kyle knew that he must be using this method to remind himself that he must study hard and take more notes in class.

 If you don’t have any knowledge in your mind, it will become as useless as parchment over time.

Kyle couldn't help but sigh in his heart at Professor Snape's good intentions...

 Only such a good professor deserves two gifts from him.

In addition to the regular shampoo, there is also a book he carefully selected, which was also the most popular book among wizards and has been ranked No. 1 in sales several times...

 《Walking with Trolls》

 (End of this chapter)