The Admiral of Hogwarts

“This is…” As Hugo was examining the Christmas presents one by one, Hermione suddenly picked out a gold bracelet inlaid with gemstones from a very pretty silver box.

Hugo recognized at a glance that this was a protective bracelet made by the ship girls using branches and leaves from the Golden Oak tree, as well as scales from the Red and White Twin Dragons. So he asked, knowing full well, “Is this gold?”

“Oh, probably not.” After a quick examination, Hermione relaxed and said. After all, she was just a teenage girl, so she would naturally be wary when seeing such an expensive gift.

“The whole thing feels very light, but it also feels a bit like metal. So I think it might be made by plating a lighter metal like aluminum with gold.”

“As for the gemstones on it, they don’t feel like stones, but rather like plastic. I’ve seen this kind of jewelry in Hogsmeade before, and they said it was made artificially from some kind of resin.”

Clearly, humans have an innate love for various precious metals and jewels, so Hermione had thoroughly explored the wizards' jewelry when she visited Hogsmeade before, and thus had some understanding of the wizards' specialties.

“This was sent by Veneto, and it is indeed a nice Christmas present.” After glancing at the sender on the wrapping paper, Hermione nodded and put the bracelet on her wrist.

It must be said that after acquiring a large amount of information about alchemy and Ravenclaw's diadem, the ship girls had mastered powerful alchemical techniques. Therefore, even with a large number of alchemical effects, this protective bracelet had almost no magical leakage.

As a result, Hermione didn't realize the preciousness of this bracelet at all, and simply wore it on her wrist as a pretty little ornament with wizarding characteristics.

In addition to Veneto, Firefly also gave Hermione a sharp, sheathed dagger. According to the attached note, this dagger had multiple enchantments and could easily cut through most things.

“Why do I feel like you have so many more Christmas presents this year than in previous years?” Hermione suddenly looked up and said as they were both nearly done unwrapping their gifts.

Compared to the gifts Hugo received in previous years, this year's pile of gifts was visibly much larger, even several times larger just in terms of volume.

“I think it might be related to me getting second place in the alchemy competition last time.” Hugo said, stuffing the last box of powdered Mandrake root into his space-expanded trunk.

Hugo wasn't lying to Hermione on this point, because after the alchemy competition during the summer vacation, he, as the youngest participant, had achieved the good result of second place, and was naturally valued by many people.

Therefore, after the competition, he received a large number of letters of exchange, and even several famous alchemists expressed their willingness to take him as a disciple.

In this situation, Hugo naturally maintained contact with many alchemists and their students. So, they would naturally exchange gifts at Christmas.

Of course, the gifts from the alchemists were just for outward reputation. The real bulk of the gifts came from the ship girls, who had finally found an opportunity to give things to Hugo while concealing their identities.

“It’s a good thing we sent a return gift with every present, otherwise it would be too rude.” After putting away all the gifts, Hermione breathed a sigh of relief and said. “I just don’t know if the others will like the gifts we sent.”

“I can't believe it.” As Hugo was talking to his sister, Harry, far away at Hogwarts, unwrapped a beautiful flying broomstick from a long package.

This broom was his old Nimbus Two Thousand, which had been broken into several pieces by the attack of the giant squid in the Black Lake. However, after Hugo repaired it, at least the broom had been restored in appearance.

However, unlike the original broom, in order to repair the fatal wounds on this flying broomstick, Hugo used a lot of precious metals to reconnect the damaged alchemical structures so that the internal structure of the broom could be restored.

At the same time, with the help of the ship girls, the appearance of these newly connected alchemical structures was redesigned, and bas-reliefs were added to match the exposed metal wires and metal pieces, giving the entire broom a gorgeous Rococo style.

“It seems that Hugo’s level in alchemy is more powerful than we thought. No wonder my two brothers have been making something with him all the time.” Ron also exclaimed in surprise as he looked at the broomstick floating in the air.

“After this modification, this broom has become a work of art. If you take it to Diagon Alley to sell, someone would definitely be willing to pay the price of a new Nimbus 2000 to buy this broom. That way, your new broom…”

“I will never sell this broomstick. After all, this is my first broomstick, and it’s also a gift from a friend.” After hearing Ron’s suggestion, Harry shook his head vigorously and said. “As for the broom, I’ll always find a way.”

At the same time, Enterprise in Hogsmeade brought Sirius, who had turned into a dog, to the jungle on the outskirts of the town, and then Sirius turned back into a human.

“I want to buy my godson a broomstick.” The first thing Sirius said to Enterprise after turning into a human was about Harry. “His old broomstick is broken, and the first game for the Gryffindor team is after Christmas.”

“Calm down, Black.” Looking at Black, who was much better than before but still had some mental problems, Enterprise stared at him intently. “How are you going to buy Harry a broomstick? Don’t forget that you are still wanted…”

“I can completely buy Harry a broomstick through a Gringotts transfer.” Sirius said with a nonchalant expression. “For high-level clients of Gringotts Bank, the goblins will take the money as long as they see the mark, and they will also strictly maintain the client’s confidentiality.”

“This confidentiality procedure is very strict. Even the Ministry of Magic cannot trace the economic flow of high-level clients. So no one will know that the new broomstick was given to Harry by me.”

“And then, what name are you going to use to give it to Harry?” Enterprise asked with a helpless expression. “Don’t forget that you are still suspected of wanting to kill Harry, and I even think you might tamper with this broomstick to carry out a murder.”

“Damn it, damn it…” Because of this period of recuperation, Sirius’s condition had improved somewhat. So after being told this by Enterprise, he immediately reacted.

“If I anonymously… no, I can’t do that. Anonymously, it would look more like something a dark wizard would do, but borrowing someone else’s name won’t work either…”

Sirius paced around in place while muttering to himself, becoming more and more anxious.

“If that doesn’t work, I have a plan here.” Enterprise also knew that Sirius had been impulsive all his life, so to prevent him from making any bad moves, Enterprise quickly thought of a solution.

“What plan?” Hearing Enterprise say this, Sirius immediately stopped. Then he looked at Enterprise expectantly with a pleading expression. After all, now he could only send gifts to his beloved godson through Enterprise.