Snakes at Hogwarts

The disintegration of the Soviet Union, a major historical event with far-reaching consequences in history, does not seem to have had much substantial impact on British wizards.

When Andros and his team returned to Hogwarts on the return train, he was a little surprised to find that most people in the castle either knew nothing about this matter, and even if they knew, they didn't care. .

The students' attention seemed to be all on the Christmas vacation that had just ended and the upcoming Quidditch match.Grab it

They gathered in small groups and chatted about their holiday life.

It seemed that no one except himself cared about the earth-shaking changes on the other side of the world, even the Slytherins who knew a lot of inside information.

Perhaps as Pansy and Zabini said, no matter what, it is too far away from the UK, and what happens on that land can hardly affect the UK mainland.

At best, they can only become the talk of the nobles after dinner.

And this is exactly the case. Apart from the uncontrollable skyrocketing prices of a small number of scarce magic materials, like dragon liver, there have been no new changes in the British magic world.

As for those scarce magic materials, to be honest, their original prices were ridiculously high, but now there is just one more reason to continue to raise their prices.

Most of these materials are used to make advanced alchemy props or extremely complex potions, and have little to do with Andros and the first-year wizards around him.

For the wealthy people in the wizarding world, it makes no difference whether a pint costs ten galleons or a hundred galleons.

And for those poor people, ten gold galleons and a hundred gold galleons are the same thing.

They can't afford it anyway, and they don't usually use it.

For the vast majority of ordinary wizards in the wizarding world who are doing nothing after graduation, these materials will never be used in their lifetime.

It is worth mentioning that among these magic materials whose prices have increased, the price of long-horned water snake horns has increased most outrageously.

In addition to being active in North America, this creature also has a small habitat in the Far East.

This seemed to mean that Andros's wand had become more valuable. After hearing Old Tom mention the price of these materials on the black market in his letter, even Andros couldn't help but be a little jealous.

Of course, even if it was valuable, he would not sacrifice the good and the bad and sell off this very easy-to-use wand.

He could still tell what was light and what was serious.

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After the Christmas holidays, the days are running like a wild horse on the loose.

In a blink of an eye, the time has arrived in January, the new year. The ice and snow outside the castle begin to melt, and the black lake that has been frozen for several months finally thaws. The temperature is slowly rising, and the original sky is full of snow and ice. The heavy snowfall gradually began to be replaced by bursts of rain.

Sometimes, it's hard for Andros to tell which one is more uncomfortable, the feather-like snow or the continuous rain.

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The cold weather made many people in the castle suffer from influenza, and unfortunately, Andros was one of them.

He must have been infected by Draco!

This damn guy was the first to catch a cold in the snake farm, and he has already infected many people.

"Aqiu!"

Leaning on a sofa chair in the Slytherin lounge, Andros was sneezing and cursing the damn little dragon in his mind.

He never expected that he would have nothing to do all winter, only to fall into the early spring when the warmth was still cold and the ice and snow melted.

There was a small brazier on the table in front of Andros. A blue flame was beating happily inside, and every beat of it would bring up a warm breeze.

Feeling this warmth, Andros felt a little better. He lowered his head and continued to read the book in his hand, which was the one Draco gave him before.

However, Andros is somewhat disappointed that most of them are prank-like magic spells, such as making people's toenails grow uncontrollably, or turning other people's nose hairs into strands. Leeks keep popping out.

In general, there are no powerful spells that can be used in actual combat.

Thinking about it, with Draco's current spell-casting level, Andros estimated that these spells were already very powerful spells in his eyes.

The current Xiaolong has not even touched the threshold of those powerful spells.Let's play.

Becoming a qualified dark wizard is even further away.

Overall, he is still very immature!

Andros closed the book and then stretched out of boredom.

Apart from regular classes, he now chooses to spend most of the rest of his time in Slytherin's underground lounge and his own dormitory.

He stopped going to the library because Mrs. Pince forbade any student with a cold to set foot there.

These cold students filled the quiet library with loud sneezes and the sound of steam rising uncontrollably from their ears after taking a pick-me-up.

Even if this is enough, Mrs. Pingsi can barely tolerate it even if she is dissatisfied.

However, when she saw several little wizards who had not controlled their noses accidentally throwing snot and splashing saliva on the books in front of them, Mrs. Pince finally couldn't help it.

This middle-aged wizard, who is about 40 years old, has no other hobbies except reading books.

She couldn't even tolerate students leaving a slight scratch on the books, let alone these.

After permanently expelling those idiots and slobs from the library, Mrs. Pince will never let any cold students enter this sacred area that she considers sacred.

She will even stand outside the library door to check the health of every student who enters, ensuring that they are completely healthy before students are allowed to study here.

After trying to sneak out several times but being caught by Madam Pince, Andros had no intention of continuing to study in the library.

It's all those idiots' fault!

Grab it. Grab it.Don’t they bring toilet paper when they go to the library to study?

If it weren't for them, he would be studying happily with Hermione in the library now, instead of being like this, sitting alone in the Slytherin lounge like a left-behind child.

Looking through the books in his hand, Andros thought angrily in his heart.

Forget it, if you can’t see it, you can’t see it.

This also saves her from infecting herself again.

Although this is just a common cold, these minor ailments are not a big problem for wizards at all, and can be easily cured with just a dose of refreshing potion.

But there are too many people suffering from colds, and unfortunately, the school hospital obviously does not have that many potions in stock.

Just two days ago, when Andros went to the school hospital, Madam Pomfrey told her that the stock of energizers in the school hospital had been completely exhausted.

"I'm really sorry. We can no longer find a bottle of refreshing potion in the school hospital. Please be patient for a few days. The new batch of refreshing potion will not be prepared until three days later."

"Can't this potion be purchased directly from Diagon Alley through Owl?" Andros asked reluctantly.

"Yes, yes, but the medicine itself is not cheap, and, you know, the prices of all medicines are rising crazily during this time."

"The price of a can of two gold galleons of refreshment has now doubled. Those black-hearted worms really deserve to go to hell!"

At this point, Madam Pomfrey couldn't help but curse.

"Think about it, how many students are in the castle who need a pick-me-up? If they were all purchased from the drugstore in Diagon Alley, how much Galleons would it cost?"

"Besides, don't you think I don't want to see that all students are healthy? But the school must pay for this money. When I went to ask Principal Dumbledore for instructions, he told me that the school's working capital is also very high. Struggle."

"And this is not a particularly serious infectious disease. Those refreshing potions can be prepared by Hogwarts itself. For this reason, he has entrusted Professor Snape to purchase raw materials and prepare potions."

"Okay~ okay, you go ahead and do your work. I'll come back in a few days."

Looking at Madam Pomfrey who was complaining about his bitterness, what else could Andros say?

He could only walk out of the campus hospital in dejection, and then waited in the lounge for a new batch of refreshing potions prepared by Snape, while cursing angrily in his heart.

Damn it Dumbledore, are you just going to do that?

Don’t you want to spend this little money?

Andros didn't believe Dumbledore's nonsense!

Will Hogwarts be short of money?

What an international joke!

The school directors alone didn't know how many galleons they had to give Dumbledore every year to maintain the school's turnover.

Strapped for money?

Could it be because you can no longer make money from the Potter family's coffers after Harry Potter enters school?

I really wonder where Dumbledore spent this money. Does it require so many gold galleons to maintain the Order of the Phoenix?

May Merlin bless his turkey club to be disbanded as soon as possible!

"Aqiu!"

damn it!

When will this damn cold end?

Of course, in addition to these bad things, there are also good things happening during this period.

As the weather gradually warms up, at least Ivar is more energetic than before.

Now it is finally no longer a social python that can sleep on the big bed in the dormitory from morning to night, and even the food needs to be fed by Andros himself.

This little snake has once again returned to its original energetic chatterbox mode.

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