Hogwarts: Harry's Path to Witches

Chapter 105 Magic School Potions Championship

Although she knew the cruel reality, Hermione did not remain depressed for long.

After lying on the table in silence for half an hour, Hermione became energetic again:

"I figured it out! Only when I become stronger can I change everything! I decided to study hard and my goal is to become the Minister of Magic!"

"Then keep going." Harley responded lazily, turning back another page in the book "Fifty Rare Plants About to Be Extinct".

She didn't believe that Hermione could accomplish this almost impossible goal unless she could really find various materials for the Disaster Witch.

Then Harley could use a war, a disaster against purebloods to complete the ritual.

Only under such circumstances will Hermione have the opportunity to completely break the shackles of the pure-blood family and become the Minister of Magic.

As for other situations... Harley thought it was better to choose to sleep, after all, there was everything in the dream.

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The Christmas holidays were pleasant because there was almost no one in the library, so Mrs. Pince no longer minded the students talking loudly.

In fact, Harry and Hermione were the only two permanent residents in the entire library.

The twin brothers Percy and Weasley also come occasionally.

Percy came here to study books about the Ministry of Magic system and prepare for his goals after graduation. After all, he has always been an ambitious man.

Fred and George, on the other hand, looked at all kinds of partial transfiguration and potions, and often muttered something.

Harry felt that he had the opportunity to communicate with them a little bit, after all, the potion books they read were not low.

As for students from other houses, the few who stayed apparently preferred the warmth of the fireplace in the common room and never showed up in the library.

The night before Christmas, Harley, who had gained experience, left a small crack in the window.

Although it was cold, she had to leave a path for the owl.

"It's really freezing to death." Hermione complained before going to bed.

"Last year the owls threw Christmas presents right at my door, I didn't need a window."

"If you feel cold, you can come over, I don't mind." Harley had already wrapped herself in the quilt.

"Forget it, the quilt monster has tied me to the bed and I can't get up." Hermione turned over on the bed and wrapped herself a little tighter.

The next morning, when Harley opened her eyes, she found a pile of gifts piled beside her bed.

Many of these gifts were sent by magic masters, and most of them were their favorite works, which also contained the signatures and annotations of the masters.

This came as no surprise to Harley. A few days ago, when Harry specifically asked Professor Dumbledore what gifts to send to these old people, Professor Dumbledore hinted at this result.

Harry, on the other hand, followed Professor Dumbledore's suggestion and sent greeting cards written by himself and items about their little hobbies to the elderly.

For example, the former head of Slytherin, Horace Slughorn, the Christmas gift he most hoped to receive was not some new discovery or major progress in potions, but the best candied pineapples.

Professor Dumbledore gave Harry a small homemade alchemical device, a looking glass.

Although the looking glass is small, it is made of precious magic metal. It has the ability to detect dark creatures and is valuable.

Harry couldn't help but sigh that Professor Dumbledore was really rich, which made Harry feel a little embarrassed when he only gave him a handmade woolen sweater.

Professor McGonagall gave Harry a Transfiguration book and stated in the greeting card that he had a Transfiguration Club and this was the club's teaching material.

Professor Snape gave himself several precious potion formulas and mentioned a very important thing in the greeting card:

He wants to take Harley to participate in the Magic School Potions Championship during the summer vacation.

This is a very important game, but Hogwarts has been absent for decades.

On the one hand, it was because Voldemort was at his peak at the time and was threatening the entire British wizarding world, leaving no time to consider such an international event.

On the other hand, it is also because Hogwarts has not had suitable potions talents for a long time.

Professor Slughorn originally believed that Snape and Lily would be the most promising people to win this competition for Hogwarts.

But in those years, Voldemort's power reached its peak, so other schools refused to bring Hogwarts to compete.

And now, Voldemort has disappeared for so many years. As long as there are suitable talents, other schools will no longer refuse Hogwarts to join this event.

It's a pity that in the first two Hogwarts, there was no one who could play, and no one could even match one-third of Professor Snape's skills when he was a student, so he could only regret his absence.

Now, after discovering Harry's super potion talent, Professor Snape has renewed hope.

Since I can't win the Magic School Potions Championship myself, it's not bad that the students I teach can win.

These potion recipes were prepared by Professor Snape for this tournament.

He asked Harley to familiarize herself with the recipe over the holidays.

After school starts, Professor Snape will provide a large amount of materials for Harry to practice at his own expense.

Looking at Professor Snape's parchment greeting card, Harry was also a little moved.

Naturally, Harry didn't want to miss this kind of event where he would definitely be exposed to the Potion Master.

So she solemnly put away these volumes of parchment containing potion recipes, and prepared to spend the rest of the holiday studying them carefully.

The classmates once again provided Harley with a lot of candies, which were similar to the gifts Harley gave them in return.

Hermione gave Harry a set of teeth-cleaning tools from Muggles, because wizards only have the magic of straightening teeth, and no one seems to have developed the magic of cleaning teeth.

Fleur gave Harry a book introducing Beauxbatons and invited Harry to play during the holidays in a greeting card.

Harley was a little excited, but thinking that she had to participate in the Magic School Potions Championship, she suddenly felt that she might not be able to go.

At this time, Hermione was also awakened by the sound of Harry opening gifts.

Her gift wasn't much, so she opened it quickly.

Hermione happily put on the red scarf that Harry gave her: "Harry, is this hand-knitted by yourself?

You actually know this technique! This lion is so lifelike! "

As she spoke, Hermione studied the gold trim and golden lions on the edge of the scarf.

Harley's face turned slightly red.

This time, the gifts she gave to many people were homemade knitted clothes, especially those magic masters who had no heirs. Harry even sent a complete set, and inadvertently mentioned in the greeting card that they were handmade by herself.

But this didn't actually take her much time. After all, it wasn't that troublesome to manipulate the spider silk and hair at the same time to control the needle and thread, and weave clothes at the same pace.

The two had breakfast with candies and had a hearty snowball fight with the Weasley brothers and sisters.

At noon, the auditorium was decorated as usual and looked magnificent.

There are more than a dozen Christmas trees covered with silver frost and ribbons hanging from the ceiling, with snowflakes solidified through magic.

All the long tables have disappeared. After all, most of the students have left. The total number of remaining students from the four colleges is less than twenty-five.

So Professor Dumbledore simply used magic to move all the tables and chairs to the side, and replaced the long table with an oversized round table.

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(Thanks to Jiuwei Yanhu for the tip!)