Head of Teaching at Hogwarts

Christmas morning arrived. Russell woke up, got dressed, and walked out of the bedroom. He found that the desk in the office was filled with all kinds of gifts in strange shapes, just like a small pyramid.

After a rough count, there were probably several hundred copies.

And there are still owls flying in from the window, adding bricks and tiles to this pyramid of gifts.

Russell began to open the gifts with great interest while tasting the black tea sent by the house elf.

Most of these gifts came from his former classmates and cram school students. They were mainly greeting cards or small crafts. Russell sorted these things and piled them aside.

Others come from people Russell has been following recently.

Dumbledore gave Russell a research notebook, which mainly talked about the relationship between wizards' emotions and magic. Russell felt that Dumbledore might be reminding him not to study too much black magic. It seemed that Dumbledore There are still many misunderstandings about myself, but aside from these implications, this research notebook is still very valuable.

Russell gave Dumbledore a Muggle book called "From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea to the Moon" and a dozen thick wool socks, hoping that he would never complain about not having enough socks in the future.

Professor McGonagall presented a book titled "The Establishment of the Quidditch League and the World Cup", which introduced the development history of the Quidditch professional game and the process of forming a league.

It seems like she has gone from being an avid Quidditch fan to a fan of Wizards' League glory, apparently hoping that Russell can hold a more professional Wizarding League glory outside of the Hogwarts campus. Contest.

The gift Russell gave her was a Wizards League Glory competition model, which can use magic to control the characters in it to fight, a bit like a physical computer game.

Professor Flitwick gave Russell an ancient magic material and invited Russell to discuss research with him. In addition, he also talked about holding a more professional Wizards League Glory Competition.

What Russell gave to Flitwick was also a set of models from the Wizards League Glory Competition, but the colors and characters were different from Professor McGonagall’s.

Professor Snape gave Russell two small bottles of magic potion. After careful confirmation, he found that they were a potion to lift the curse and a potion to keep the brain awake.

What Russell gave Snape was a set of experimental equipment for a Muggle middle school chemistry laboratory. It also came with a "Code of Conduct for Chemistry Experiments", which was also an illustrated version for children, making it easier for Snape to understand.

There is also a book called "The Origin of Modern Chemistry—Starting from Alchemy".

Several of his study committee members also gave him gifts. Percy gave him a set of class notes and Q&A records that he had collected and summarized from Russell's past lectures.

Russell liked this gift very much. With the study notes of outstanding students like Percy, he could better grasp the students' learning rhythm when he taught other students later.

Sure enough, Percy is a very sensible child.

Cedric gave him a pointer that can be attached to the wand and extended freely, which is also very good.

What Hermione gave to Russell was a knitted scarf with the green, red, blue, and yellow colors of the four Hogwarts houses and the symbols of animals. It must have been done by hand, and it could be seen that it took a lot of effort.

Harry gave Russell a large box of snacks, including chocolate jumping frogs, strange-flavored beans, honey sizzling candies and various other small desserts.

Ron was unusually generous and gave Russell a set of beautifully crafted wizard chess. He also suggested that the pawns in Wizards Alliance Glory be the same as the chess pieces in wizard chess, adding more combat intelligence.

This proposal also made Russell feel that it had a lot of feasibility.

The Weasley twins gave Russell a large bag of miscellaneous things, including fake wands, magic ears, automatic answering pens, etc.

Russell gave them a Muggle book - "99 Great Inventions that Changed the World".

Malfoy and his father gave Russell a beautiful cane inlaid with gems and matching gloves.

There is also Hagrid. Hagrid gave Russell a small dagger that he sharpened himself, but in terms of value, this may be the most expensive gift Russell has ever received.

There is no other reason, because this small dagger is made from the horn of a unicorn, and the irregular red decoration on it is the scale of a fire dragon.

It seems that Hagrid has saved a lot of good things during his years as the warden of the Forbidden Forest.

Russell gave Hagrid a set of illustrated manuals on how to conduct animal cross-breeding.

It took Russell more than an hour to finish opening the gifts and replying to the letter.

He walked into the auditorium and saw many little wizards sitting scattered around the four long tables, talking and laughing. Although the secret room attack happened again, today was Christmas after all, so most of the little wizards were still in a very good mood. good.

Their faces were filled with happy and leisurely smiles. From time to time, someone came over to say hello to Russell, and Russell returned the same greeting.

The whole auditorium was filled with cheerful air.

Russell did not stay in the auditorium for long, but wandered around and searched, and came to the girls' bathroom near the scene of last night's crime.

The bathroom looked like it had been abandoned for a long time. It was dark and damp, with a lot of stains and water on the walls and floor. Russell used flash as a light source to look for possible breakthroughs.

"Who's outside?" A voice came from the innermost single room of the bathroom, and then a gray ghost with big glasses came out of it, looked at Russell, and clearly recognized him - a person entered The Headmaster of Hogwarts investigating the girls' bathroom.

"School...Mr. Principal?"

Then, before Russell could speak or ask about the situation, the whole ghost flew back into the toilet and splashed high with water. Fortunately, Russell blocked it in time.

Russell's voice was very calm: "Myrtle, I'm asking you if you saw anything about the attack yesterday."

"Ahhhh, no, I didn't see anything." Myrtle shouted loudly in the single room, making Russell feel like a voyeuristic pervert.

Forget it, we have found a place anyway.

In the next few days, under Russell's guidance, Professor McGonagall also discovered the suspicious point of Myrtle's bathroom when searching the school.

At the same time, many brave little wizards also investigated this matter.