Chapter 74: Christmas Eve
Chapter 74 Christmas Eve
“Kyle, let’s build a snowman together!”
Fred and George greeted him warmly and invited him to come over.
But Kyle refused without hesitation.
Their art is too advanced. The abstract modeling style, combined with free and flexible lines, all reveal an intriguing and mysterious atmosphere.
Kyle is just a layman with average ability and limited level. How can he dare to participate in such a great project without overestimating his abilities?
He is not worthy.
…
Not far ahead, several Hufflepuff wizards were gathered around the Black Lake.
Heavy snow has caused a thick layer of ice to form on the Black Lake. They are discussing whether to open a hole in the ice and catch some fish to make a delicious starry sky pie.
Beside, there were several students having a snowball fight. Kyle saw with his own eyes an upperclassman from Gryffindor secretly stuffed a rock into the snowball and threw it at a Slytherin.
His accuracy was just a little off. The specially made snowball drew an arc in mid-air and almost hit Professor Oren who was passing by.
“Sir, you must be more careful when having a snowball fight and don’t mix any more rocks.”
Professor Oren flicked the snowball aside with his wand, "Since you may have been careless, I won't deduct your points this time, but it won't happen next time."
The Gryffindor nodded repeatedly.
Everyone was having a good time, except Filch who was very annoyed.
Because the little wizards are not in the habit of cleaning their shoes, when they return to the castle after the snowball fight, they will leave a series of dirty footprints on the ground.
This undoubtedly greatly increased Filch’s workload.
Later, he simply moved a chair and sat at the gate of the castle. Only the little wizards were allowed to enter the castle after they cleaned their shoes.
In the History of Magic class, it only took Kyle thirty seconds to fall asleep, and the quality of his sleep was even better than when he was in the dormitory.
Had it not been for Kangna pushing him when get out of class was over, Kyle estimated that he would have slept until noon.
“Everyone in both colleges is sleeping…”
Kanna rubbed her red eyes, as if she had just woken up, "Why can't the school change a history of magic professor?"
"Probably Professor Binns doesn't need a salary." Kyle shrugged.
There is no need to worry about anything else. For this reason, Professor Binns' position is irreplaceable.
Not to mention that he works all year round and does not have various personal matters like other professors. His attendance rate remains at 100% all year round, which is very stable.
In addition, the exam questions for the History of Magic are also very simple. As long as you read the textbook carefully before the exam, you will have no problem getting an "E".
So let alone the school director, even the principal Dumbledore would not agree to replace this chosen worker.
“This stingy old bee.”
Kyle curled his lips and expressed his shame at Dumbledore's ruthless behavior of squeezing the older professor.
…
After entering December, the weather is getting colder and colder, but the little wizards have changed from the sluggishness of last month and are very excited every day.
Because the Christmas holiday is coming...
This means they are about to have a full two weeks of vacation.
In this atmosphere, it is difficult for students to concentrate on class and they always start to feel dazed during class.
The professors will deduct a few points at the beginning to make them feel a little nervous, but the effect is not big.
It probably only worked for a few minutes. After a few minutes, they returned to their previous distracted and unlucky appearance.
After discovering this, the professors simply ignored it. It is like this every year. They have long been accustomed to it. Anyway, they won’t talk about anything new before the holidays. As long as it is not too excessive, they will turn a blind eye and pretend that they have not seen it.
Of course, except for two professors.
Professor Binns doesn’t care about Christmas. In the History of Magic class, he still uses his requiem-like tone to describe the invention of the automatic stirring crucible.
"The automatic stirring crucible is a crucible that is enchanted to stir potions automatically. It was invented by Gaspard Singleton at the end of the 20th century. He also..."
As for the other one, it’s Professor Snape.
He doesn't care why the students are distracted, and he won't be merciful like other professors. As long as they are not from Slytherin, they will get three points if they are caught once.
With his unremitting efforts, by the day before Christmas, Slytherin's house points were already far ahead, even nearly a hundred points higher than the second-placed Ravenclaw.
Professor Snape expressed great satisfaction with this result.
Slytherin’s sixth consecutive championship this year is solid!
The night before leaving school, Kyle met a somewhat panicked Hagrid in the auditorium.
This was the first time he saw Hagrid since that night trip to the Forbidden Forest.
Mainly because of their guilty conscience, the five of them have been avoiding Hagrid in the past month.
But now that we have encountered it, it’s hard to pretend we didn’t see it.
Kyle walked up and waved his hand and said, "Hagrid, how are you doing lately?"
"It's Kyle." Hagrid lowered his head, "I'm sorry, I don't have time to chat with you now, there are still many things I haven't prepared.
Merlin's beard, I actually forgot that Hogwarts is on holiday tomorrow. I always thought that Halloween had just passed a few days ago. "
As he spoke, Hagrid strode towards the outside of the castle without stopping.
Kyle had to jog all the way to barely keep up with him.
“Need any help?” Kyle asked.
"If you're not busy..." Hagrid thought for a while and said, "Can you get me some mistletoe for decoration? The dinner is coming soon, and I'm worried that I won't have enough time."
"No problem at all."
Kyle and Hagrid arrived at the wooden house next to the Forbidden Forest.
Not far away were two fir trees about 60 to 70 centimeters in diameter, as well as a small pile of holly and mistletoe.
“Just take the decorative plants and leave the rest to me.”
After saying that, Hagrid leaned down and picked up the two fir trees with great difficulty.
By the time Hagrid stood up, his face was red. It was obvious that it was very difficult for him to hold two trees at once.
At this moment, Hagrid suddenly heard a voice coming from behind him.
“Yingardim Leviosa!”
The next second, he felt a sudden lightness on his body, and it was as if the two fir trees no longer existed.
Hagrid turned his head to look at Kyle in surprise.
"Levitation spell...amazing!"
“You are exaggerating, Hagrid.” Kyle shook his head and said, “Everyone can do this kind of thing.”
“Yes...is it?”
Hagrid blinked in confusion. He remembered that this was not the case when he was in school.
It has only been a few years, have all the new students at Hogwarts become so outstanding?
(End of this chapter)