The Admiral of Hogwarts

On Christmas morning, Hugo and his friends woke up early. It was then that they discovered many gifts placed beside their beds.

Naturally, there were gifts from the Granger couple to the children, but even more presents came from other ship girls or classmates from Hogwarts.

It has to be said that the logistics of the magical world are still very efficient. At least now, even with half the Earth separating them, Hugo and his friends were able to receive gifts from England.

"Looks like you received a pile of gifts too!" Soon, Hermione knocked on the door and walked in, then looked down at the pile of gifts on the floor. "By the way, did you notice Harry's gifts?"

"No, let me see." Hearing Hermione say this, Hugo immediately started searching and found several identical boxes of sweets.

"This year's situation is indeed a bit strange. At least in previous years, even if they bought all Honeydukes' Christmas gift boxes, they wouldn't be the same style, let alone the fact that this year the shipping locations for the gift boxes are all the same."

Frankly speaking, Hugo really didn't expect anyone to be bitten by a snake this year. After all, Nagini had already been found by Hugo and his friends, and was now serving as a pet in the lunar base.

But based on these gifts now, although Voldemort no longer has Nagini, he has found another snake to act as his henchman, or even a Horcrux.

Although it's not clear why neither the Weasley twins nor the members of the Order of the Phoenix notified them that something had happened, Hugo felt that he still needed to ask.

"Why don't we write a letter asking them what exactly happened? After all, they are our friends," Hugo said, because he also wanted to know what happened this year.

This suggestion was approved by Hermione. After all, now they were not only friends but also comrades-in-arms, so it was always a good thing to ask about this kind of situation.

So they wrote a letter to Harry and his friends inquiring about the specific situation, then put it in an envelope and walked outside the hotel where they were currently staying.

In the Philippines, the way to summon owls to deliver letters is to tap a hard object nearby three times with a wand. And when Hugo tapped three times, sure enough, only five minutes later, three owls of different sizes flew over from a distance.

"I need an owl that can go to England," Hugo said, taking out the letter and waving it in front of the owl. "This is an international mail, it has to fly very far."

As soon as he finished speaking, a large owl, bigger than a hen, squeezed out from the group of owls of different sizes. It was a large eagle-owl, the heavyweight among owls.

Unlike ordinary owls, the most conspicuous thing about this owl was a small leather bag hanging on its left leg, with the English letters written on it: Luzon Owl Post Office, Safe, Fast, Accurate.

"Let me think, right, I remember the promotional brochure said that next, you take a handful of coins and put them in front of the owl, and then let these guys take the postage themselves."

Hugo muttered, taking out a handful of copper and silver coins from his pocket. The owl in front of him really moved, gently tapping the coins with its beak.

"One sickle plus two knuts, not expensive." After counting the coins the owl had tapped, Hugo put the three coins into the bag on the owl's leg. After receiving the money, the owl raised its other foot for Hugo to hang the letter on, and then flew away.

"So troublesome, why don't wizards use stamps?" Hermione complained from the side, "What do we do now?"

"This kind of international mail probably takes a while to arrive, so today let's go to a private hotel in the nearby mountains with our parents and have some fun," Hugo said, packing up the gifts and walking out of the room together.

Being with family is always a very happy thing, so Hugo and his friends naturally had a pleasant day, and at noon the next day, they indeed received a reply.

According to what the twins wrote in the letter, their father was injured while working for the Order of the Phoenix. Fortunately, the venomous snake consumed a batch of snake venom when breaking the defensive magic, so it shouldn't be as serious as in the original text.

Even more fortunately, this time Mr. Weasley recognized what type of snake it was that bit him, so St. Mungo's also found a more suitable treatment plan.

"I didn't know Mr. Weasley actually understood snakes, being able to recognize the species of the snake that attacked him in that kind of panicked situation," Hermione said with some surprise after Hugo roughly read the contents of the letter.

"No, it's certainly not because Mr. Weasley understands a lot of knowledge in this area, but because the snake that bit him was a Runespoor," Hugo said, looking at the small print next to that line of words written by the twins.

"I think you know that even in the wizarding world, only Runespoors have three heads, so it's almost impossible to mistake them in this regard."

"How could such a precious creature like a Runespoor appear in the Ministry of Magic?" Hearing Hugo say this, Hermione felt even more surprised, because this was an obviously unreasonable existence.

"Who knows? But I think this thing should belong to the Death Eaters, or even Voldemort himself, so under the command of Voldemort's side, it attacked Mr. Weasley, who was acting as a guard."

"Now that you mention it, I remember, if I remember correctly, Voldemort himself should be a Parselmouth, and as a Parselmouth, he can control those snakes to act according to his wishes." Hearing Hugo's reminder, Hermione immediately reacted.

"It is very likely that the Death Eaters, or even Voldemort, wanted to obtain something, but Mr. Weasley was guarding nearby. So he controlled the snake to attack Mr. Weasley, who was acting as the guard."

At the end of the letter, the twins also explained why they didn't write to them: Mrs. Weasley felt that since Mr. Weasley's life was not in danger, then they shouldn't involve their friends so that they couldn't even have a good Christmas.

So she specifically told the children not to write letters to tell their friends about this matter. So this is why several people only told them the truth after Hugo and his friends took the initiative to ask.

"Really." Hugo gently shook his head, and once again felt that the Weasley family were all good people. But things were already like this, so visiting them was a must.

So after briefly discussing it, they quickly said goodbye to their parents and took a plane back to England.

This kind of intercontinental travel is naturally very tiring, so after returning to London, England, they had a good rest for a day. Fortunately, Shengwang arrived in time to help them handle all the housework, allowing them to completely relax.

"Looks like they're staying at Sirius's house again this time." Hugo said to Hermione when they were having dinner, after receiving the second letter.

"But this is good news for us, because Sirius's house is in London, which is much more convenient than taking a train and then a car for several hours."

"Indeed, and St. Mungo's seems to be in London too, so the next action will indeed be much simpler." Hermione nodded in agreement.