Hogwarts Collector, I cast a spell with the Eye of God - Chapter 86
As the semester draws to a close, professors have adjusted their teaching methods.
Professor Flitwick enthusiastically took out the duel champion trophy he had treasured for many years, which was the glory of his youth.
He invited several young wizards to compete with him with the magic they learned this semester.
Although it was just a friendly match, the tense and exciting atmosphere made the students excited.
At the same time, Professor McGonagall took a group of young wizards to play snowman magic in the snow.
She not only taught the students how to make the snowman come alive, but also made a group of snowmen by hand and commanded them to launch a unique”snowman war”.
Ye Ting knew that this was a simplified version of the chess piece level.
In Professor Sprout’s herbology class, she introduced a magical plant to the students – the fire seed bush.
This plant has no leaves, but will grow a burning fire.
The seeds of the fire seed bush are a very important magical material, called the fire seed. This constantly smoldering seed can be used in potions to add fire elements and add spicy flavors.
Another popular use of the fire seed is to hatch eggs. Fire dragon scientists have discovered this use of fire since ancient times.
Now, it has become a hand warmer for young wizards.
“Fire can be used in some potions.”Before picking, everyone should make sure that the fire on the bushes is completely extinguished.”
However, when it comes to the most troublesome course for students, it must be Snape’s Potions class.
The classroom located underground was cold and damp, and Professor Snape was even reluctant to light the fireplace.
The classroom was as cold as a morgue, and the students could only huddle around the crucible and keep warm with the hot potion inside. The mist they exhaled condensed into a ball in front of them, intertwining with the steam rising from the crucible.
In this kind of weather, the Universal Shop just launched a series of accessories such as cold-proof badges, cold-proof rings, cold-proof necklaces, etc., and made a lot of money again.
The badges, which cost two gold galleons each, were sold out on the day of release, with sales of dozens of pieces. It is the fastest-selling product since the opening of the Universal Shop, which is even faster than robbing money! People can’t help but admire their business acumen.
After all, this is the essential difference between non-essential items of entertainment nature and daily necessities.
Fortunately, these cold-proof accessories are relatively simple to make compared to the difficult alchemical products such as the clockwork beetle.
This also gave other members of the Universal Shop the opportunity to participate in the manufacturing. While assisting Ye Ting, they can also learn some basic alchemy.
Therefore, the production speed of cold-proof accessories can fully meet the enthusiastic demand of the little wizards.
In fact, it is not that there are no other little wizards. Trying to imitate Ye Ting and sell some cold-proof products.
Hogwarts is full of hidden talents, and there are many senior wizards who can do alchemy.
But their problem is that they don’t have a stable channel to buy materials. Therefore, they can only produce works in small batches, but they can’t reinvest the money they earn into production. It’s completely a one-off deal.
In addition to technology, a stable source of raw materials is the core competitive advantage of Wanyou Shop.
During this period, Ye Ting also specially made a cold-proof ornament for the unicorn and put it on the neck of the little guy.
The days are getting closer and closer to Christmas.
On the last day before the holiday, Ye Ting and Susan finished the potion class and walked out of the dark underground classroom.
In the corridor in front, a towering fir tree stood, blocking the road tightly. The two huge feet exposed from the bottom of the tree, accompanied by heavy breathing, made it obvious who was behind the tree. Of course, it was Haijun.
“Hagrid, do you need help? Susan asked curiously, poking her head through the dense branches.
“No, I’ve got it all done.”Hagrid responded in a deep voice,”Let’s go to the restaurant.”
Stepping into the hall, a gorgeous and beautiful scene came into view. The solid wood seats and silk curtains were brand new, and the white walls were hung with hanging flower ribbons woven from holly and mistletoe, adding a festive touch to the entire space. The towering Christmas trees stood neatly, with a total of eleven trees, some of which were decorated with crystal clear icicles, and some were lit with hundreds of candles, shining brightly.
On the transparent magic ceiling, the gray sky outside was looming. Snowflakes fell like catkins, as if the ceiling really disappeared, making people feel like they were in a real snow scene.
With curiosity, Ye Ting stretched out his hand and tried to catch the falling snowflakes. Unexpectedly, the snowflakes actually fell into his palm on their own initiative, and the cold feeling was no different from real snowflakes. At this moment, it seemed as if snow was really falling in the Great Hall of Hogwarts!
“”Ah, Hagrid, you’re here at last! Is this the last tree? Come on, put it in the corner over there, aligned with the one opposite.”
Professor Flitwick’s sharp voice rang out, and Ye Ting realized that his college professor was standing next to Hagrid’s calf.
As he spoke, he sprayed strings of golden bubbles with his wand, hanging lightly on the branches of the fir tree like festive lanterns.
At the same time, Professor McGonagall was concentrating on transforming buckets of milky white liquid into magical snowflakes, which fluttered down among the branches of the Christmas tree.
Ye Ting finally knew where the snow in the auditorium came from.
He secretly stretched out a finger, and while Professor McGonagall was not paying attention, he gently dipped it in the bucket, and then tasted it carefully.
Well, it turned out to be milk! The snowflakes floating in the sky are milk snowflakes, it’s a fairy tale atmosphere.
Ye Ting unexpectedly discovered that the Christmas atmosphere at Hogwarts was even stronger than the atmosphere during the Chinese New Year in his previous life in the Celestial Empire.
He recalled the time before he traveled through time, when fireworks and firecrackers had been completely banned in big cities, and even related shops had been closed down, and the Chinese New Year had long lost its former flavor.
But here, the festive atmosphere is so strong that it makes people intoxicated.
However, at the same time, a confusion came to his mind.
Why do these wizards celebrate Christmas?
The previous history of magic class also said that in the wizards’ cognition, the gods in Muggle mythology, including Jesus, are actually just ancient wizards.
So why do they commemorate an ancient wizard? What?
This question lingered in Ye Ting’s mind, and he was puzzled.
It was exactly noon. After visiting the professors setting up the Christmas scene, Ye Ting ran away from the Gryffindor table and sat next to Hermione.
Not long after, Zhang Qiu also sat over.
Their group did not have fixed seats, and they always chose to sit at tables with fewer people.
As a Hufflepuff student, Susan often invited everyone to have lunch at the Hufflepuff table.
Ye Ting was even more casual, and he even sat at the Slytherin table.
Of course, no one dared to speak rudely in front of him now, let alone insult him as a”mudblood” or show the slightest disgust.
Especially when he held his wand in his hand and had a kind smile on his face, That majesty is intimidating.
Although Ye Ting is of Muggle origin, he is too strong. He made a great name for himself in Slytherin in the first week of school. Boys dare not provoke him, and girls are unwilling to provoke him.
After all, it is 9119, and the shadow of Voldemort has disappeared for eleven years.
The extreme pure-blood theory has long been abandoned by the times. At least on the surface, no one dares to publicize it.
What’s more, there are also mixed-blood wizards in Slytherin College.
At this time, at the Gryffindor long table, the twins are studying their homework.
The Christmas vacation is coming, but the professors don’t seem to have taken this into consideration – or rather, deliberately considered this – and assigned a lot of homework to the students.
“How can we have a good Christmas holiday!”
Looking at the homework that filled up eight inches of parchment with questions alone, George threw the quill in his hand on the table in anger.
Hermione snorted in dissatisfaction and mocked:”Come on, you should do your homework honestly. Otherwise, when you come back from the holiday, the professors will take turns to put you in detention.”
At this point, Hermione had to admit that the amount of homework for this Christmas holiday was indeed a bit huge, and even she herself felt a headache.
Fred covered his head in pain, leaned back in his chair and wailed:”They are going to force us to death!”
At this moment, Percy came over with a stack of notices and happened to hear their conversation.
He immediately frowned and said to the twins seriously:”George, Fred, you must complete your homework well during this holiday, and I will supervise you. If you are criticized by the professor for homework problems, I will write to tell Mom.”
When the twins heard this, they wailed even louder:”No, Percy! Please!”
Percy ignored their pleas, handed each student a notice and left.
Hermione picked up the notice and read it:”School Christmas holiday notice, students can choose to take the train home”
“Do I have to go home?” Harry, who was standing by, almost blurted out the question. Hermione was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized something and said,”Of course not. Students who want to stay on campus for the holidays can sign the application form. I think there should be a lot of people willing to stay.”
But after she said this, she herself was not confident.
She subconsciously glanced at Ye Ting, and an urge to sign surged in her heart.
Anyway, Harry signed his name without hesitation. (To read the exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)
The Weasley twins and Ron also decided to stay. After all, the Weasleys were going to Romania to visit Charlie, and there were not many people at home.
Zhang Qiu must go home, and she had already discussed it with her parents.
As for Susan, she originally planned to go home for a reunion, but after thinking about it, she signed her name on the list of people staying on campus.
“I really feel sorry for those who have to stay in school for Christmas.”
After seeing the notice, Draco Malfoy ran over and taunted Harry from a distance:”Look at these people, they can only stay in Hogwarts for Christmas because their families don’t want them at all.”
“”You shut up, Malfoy!” Three angry voices rang out almost at the same time.
Malfoy was just about to seize this opportunity to scold Harry, but he was suddenly scolded by everyone.
He looked and saw that it was Zhang Qiu, Susan and Hermione, and their faces were full of anger.
But how could this be?
He obviously didn’t offend them – after learning that Ye Ting was the big boss of the Wanyou Shop, he supported the Wanyou Shop as much as he could. A few days ago, he spent twenty Galleons to customize an exquisite cold-proof ring carved with a fire dragon and a snake.
Then, he saw the angry faces of the girls, and Ye Ting among them.
It seems that Ye Ting is also an orphan.
Damn, he accidentally offended someone he shouldn’t have offended.
Malfoy left immediately in disgrace.
“Oh my god, I can’t believe that someone like Malfoy will receive gifts on Christmas. Doesn’t Santa Claus do any qualification checks?”
After Malfoy left, Zhang Qiu couldn’t help but complain.
“Alas, Zhang Qiu, in fact, Santa Claus does not exist at all.
Hermione hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the truth.
“What? Santa Claus isn’t real?”
Zhang Qiu’s eyes widened, his face full of shock.”But my parents said they had seen him with their own eyes.……”[]
“This is not necessarily false.”
Ye Ting interrupted, trying to tease Hermione,”Muggles don’t believe in the existence of magical creatures such as dragons, magic, fairies or goblins. But look at the world we live in now, aren’t these all real?”
“But Santa Claus is not the same thing as these,” Hermione insisted.
“Hermione, think about it, how many things did you believe in when you were a child, but began to doubt them when you grew up, and then found out that they were actually true after you became a witch?” Ye Ting asked the key point.
Hermione fell into deep thought. After a while, she frowned and admitted:”There are indeed many such things.”
“But,” she changed the subject,”the whole thing about Santa Claus doesn’t make sense logically. How could he prepare gifts for all the children in the world?”
Ye Ting said casually,”What’s so difficult about that? He has a whole year to prepare. Maybe he owns a huge toy factory, which is full of busy Christmas elves, specializing in making all kinds of gifts for children.”
Zhang Qiu listened, and a hint of realization flashed in her eyes:”Yes, those Christmas elves, maybe they are what we call house elves. Aren’t there such elves in Hogwarts?”
At this point, she seemed relieved because the authenticity of Santa Claus was confirmed.
“House elves?”Hermione looked incredulous,”I didn’t even notice these little creatures in the school!”
“Remember Gamp’s Transfiguration Law?”Ye Ting spread his hands,”The delicious food we eat every day can’t be conjured out of thin air, right?”
Hermione still shook her head stubbornly:”Even so, I still can’t figure it out. How could he send gifts to children all over the world overnight?”
“You don’t understand this, right? Santa Claus must be a powerful spellcaster. He can cast a powerful time-stopping magic, so he can easily deliver gifts to every child in one night.”Ye Ting’s words became more and more real.
Hermione couldn’t argue with Ye Ting, so she said helplessly:”Okay, you win. It seems that I don’t have to bother preparing gifts for you, Santa Claus will definitely help you get it done.”
“Don’t be like this, Hermione.” Ye Ting shook his head,”Santa Claus is Santa Claus, we still have to send gifts to each other.”
