Chinese students at Hogwarts.

Chapter 177 Dumbledore's Gift

Lucius let go of his wife, shook his black cloak, and strode towards the living room.

Pulling out his high-back chair and sitting on it, Lucius took a deep breath and said in a dry tone:

"The situation is probably the same as I told you before, so your decision is—"

Some people twisted anxiously in their seats, some lowered their heads and pretended to be interested in the silver teacup in front of them, and some wrapped their robes tightly around their bodies, murmuring meaninglessly.

But no one spoke.

Lucius tapped the smooth marble floor with the snake stick, and made a sound:

"Since there is no objection, let's proceed with what was agreed before. Sign the impeachment letter of the headmaster of Hogwarts."

Everyone present couldn't help shaking, and became more and more uneasy. Impeaching Dumbledore seemed like a provocation.

But as Lucius said, no one can afford to find out that they have betrayed if Voldemort returns.

The news that came out last semester almost scared these people stupid. Voldemort is not dead, even though he is very weak.

To be honest, no one wants to see Voldemort return, he is like a madman, and he is more and more frightening to the pure-blood families who follow him.

So after Voldemort lost power, no one wanted to go to him, but chose to bury his head in the sand like an ostrich.

In the dormitory, Zhang Xiao and Malfoy worked hard for a long time, and finally cleared out the gifts. Compared with the previous year, the number of love letters has further increased, and the number of books is also quite a lot.

It can only be said that the older they get, the more obvious it is that those girls want to hook up with them.
Finding an open place to sit down, Zhang Xiao took out the gift from Dumbledore, but after opening it, he found a delicate silver cube inside.

The cube is not big, just about the size of the Rubik's Cube that I used to play with.There are complex and delicate patterns on the surface.

What is this?Zhang Xiao flipped through it curiously for a while, and found a note in the box, which read:

"This is something I asked an old friend to make, I hope it can help you go further in Transfiguration."

Looking at the silver square in his hand and the dense and complicated patterns on the surface, Zhang Xiao studied it for a while, but still felt puzzled.

"Zhang, we're going to the auditorium." After packing up his things, Malfoy stood at the door and shouted at Zhang Xiao. It can only be said that Xiao Ma, who was celebrating Christmas at school for the first time, was very excited.

Zhang Xiao agreed, first stuffed the silver cube into the Qiankun bag, and hurried towards the door.

When Zhang Xiao and Malfoy rushed to the auditorium, they found that there was a big change from yesterday.

The whole auditorium looked magnificent.Not only were there a dozen frost-covered Christmas trees and thick friezes of mistletoe and holly criss-crossing the ceiling, but there was also enchanted snow, warm and dry, falling softly from the ceiling. .

The Christmas tree was full of small gift boxes and wizard firecrackers. Zhang Xiao had played with these things last year, and only Malfoy was playing with a bunch of firecrackers happily.

After a while, the entire auditorium was filled with colorful smoke from the firecrackers, and Zhang Xiao had to use a whirlwind to blow them away.

Dumbledore led them in a few of his favorite Christmas carols, Hagrid getting louder as he downed glass after glass of eggnog.

Lockhart, who had turned around before the start of the term, was clearly enjoying himself again, shaking his golden curls, talking loudly among the professors, and pulling Snape to have a drink with him.

Loudly bragging that the last duel club was 'for the face of his colleagues' and let Snape win, and he won't let it go again next time.

Snape looked at Lockhart like a fool for a while, and finally decided not to argue with the fool, and drank heavily alone.

Percy, oblivious to the fact that Fred had bewitched his prefect badge to read "Dummy," kept asking what everyone was laughing at.

Because there were so few people, everyone simply sat at a long table, and Malfoy and Harry were taunting each other loudly, mainly because of the Christmas presents.

Hermione wanted to discuss with Zhang Xiao about homework during the Christmas vacation, and Ron seemed to have heard some extremely disgusting topic:

"Please, Hermione, can you stop doing your homework on this happy day."

Hermione rolled her eyes, and replied sharply: "We are going to take elective courses in the third grade! Shouldn't we take advantage of this time to plan carefully how to choose?"

Zhang Xiao smiled and watched the little wizards making noise.

Malfoy and Harry sat together, arguing about something red-faced.

With a reserved smile on his face, Percy gave Hermione serious advice.

Fred and George smirked, and seemed to have some funny ideas.

Dumbledore was sitting in front of the rostrum, holding a glass of wine and laughing. Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick seemed to be drinking too much, and they were talking about some interesting topic.

Snape's face was still gloomy, he didn't know what he was thinking, but his eyes always drifted towards Harry.

If time stays at this moment, it seems to be fine.

Zhang Xiao cheerfully picked up the cup, squinting her eyes to enjoy the good time.

In the afternoon, they planned to have a snowball fight like last year, but at Hermione's suggestion, they changed to make a snowman.

Fred and George made a weird-looking snowman with a mop as hair, and they swore that this was Penello.

He also cast a spell on the snowman, chasing Percy around and making a sweet voice: honey, kiss me!

Percy was going crazy, and he drew his wand and growled loudly to give Fred and George a bad look.

So Zhang Xiao and Si Xiaozhi watched Percy hunt down the twins all afternoon.

For the safety of the little wizards staying at school, they can only move around in the auditorium, and the professor will send them back to the common room at night.

Zhang Xiao conjured up a small square table and decided to teach them how to play cards.

The explosion rules of the crackling explosion card are variable. When Zhang Xiao threw out the king bomb, the deafening explosion directly collapsed the small table, and blasted all the little wizards on the card table into black faces.

The Landlords plan had to be suspended.

After enjoying yet another sumptuous dinner, the hustle and bustle fell silent, and the night shrouded Hogwarts Castle like a curtain again.

Malfoy played for a day, he has never had this kind of experience of playing with "friends" for a whole day. During Christmas at home, in an empty mansion, the family will be happy after eating rich but deserted dishes. Visit other families, or accept visits from others.

Such a fresh Christmas made Malfoy excited for almost the whole day, and when he returned to the Slytherin common room, he was immediately sleepy. After a long yawn, he walked towards the bed in a nonchalant way.

Zhang Xiao shook his head, and came to the soft armchair in front of the fireplace in his thick pajamas. Only now did he have time to study what novelty Dumbledore gave him.

The silver cube on the table was shining under the firelight, and the complex lines on the surface seemed to be flowing with light. The weight was not light, and it felt heavy in the hand.

Picking up Dumbledore's note and looking at it again: "This is something I asked an old friend to make, I hope it can help you go further in Transfiguration."

What's wrong with it, can't you attach an instruction manual or explain it clearly?

Why do people have to guess every time?

Zhang Xiao sighed, old friend, is it Nicolas May?

Going further on Transfiguration—meaning this thing will help me practice Transfiguration?

After thinking for a while, Zhang Xiao pulled out his magic wand, and lightly tapped it on the silver cube. With the deformed light, the complex patterns on the box seemed to be shining likewise.

Just in an instant, the cube turned into a goblet, but the cup still had the complicated lines.

Zhang Xiao picked up the cup and looked at it over and over several times. It was no different from the ordinary deformed goblet.

Put the cup back and put your hands on your chin. Since Transfiguration is mentioned, it must be related to Transfiguration, but how is it related?
After posting like this for a while, Zhang Xiao really couldn't think of a clue, so he poked the silver square with his magic wand casually, turning it into objects one by one.

The water glasses, wine bottles, and boxes on the table quickly changed their postures. Zhang Xiao lit them absent-mindedly. How about going to Dumbledore?
At this time, the deformed things have become more and more complicated, such as exquisite candlesticks, dressing tables with mirrors, and alarm clocks.
Zhang Xiao suddenly stopped moving, her brows furrowed, as if something was wrong just now?

What changed before?

Trying hard to recall the previous actions, pointing at the silver cube again began to deform, and it was always possible to try it out.

"Tick-tick-tick" The alarm clock with complex patterns on the silver surface walked quietly, just like a normal alarm clock.

Zhang Xiao stared at it, his eyes widened, and his heart was already filled with shit.

Holding the alarm clock in your hand, remove the cover on the back to reveal the complex mechanical structure inside.

! ! ! !
What is this!Zhang Xiao swallowed, and looked at the alarm clock in his hand in disbelief.

Transfiguration can indeed do many incredible things.

But it is absolutely impossible to be like this now. In many cases, what is conjured can only be said to be "just a shape, but no spirit."

That is to say, it is not impossible to conjure up an alarm clock, or even move the hands of the alarm clock, but it is absolutely impossible to deform the complicated mechanical structure inside.

Because that is really too complicated, this is not changing animals, you can give wisdom for a short time through the unreasonable 'tricks' of wizards.

Polymorph is cognitive-based - does that mean the block can fill in something on its own?
This... this thing is unscientific!No, it's not magic either!

If it was not possible to be sure who Dumbledore's so-called old friend was before, but now Zhang Xiao is 100% sure that it must be Nicolas Flamel, and no one else has the ability to make such a miraculous thing!
Zhang Xiao seemed to have discovered some novel toy, and frantically began to test this cube. After several hours of testing and vague guesses, he finally figured out the function of this cube.

To put it simply, this box seems to be set with several commonly used objects, such as an alarm clock or a lock, and it will complete the original things inside by itself, instead of just looking like one.

Staring at the squares on the table, Zhang Xiao was shocked by the magic of alchemy, but unfortunately his energy was limited, and alchemy is a subject that requires full dedication.

Nicole May himself is a genius in alchemy, and it took hundreds of years of investment to reach the current state.

If you learn alchemy and also practice magic, you will be greedy for more than you can chew.

Zhang Xiao pondered for a while, the magic function of the cube should definitely not only be the ones he discovered, there must be other functions, he scooped the cube into his hand and threw it up and down.

Dumbledore's gift is not insignificant. Last year he gave me a letter from Slytherin, and this year he gave me a cube. What is it for?
In Ron's words, the Christmas holidays are like Bibi's multi-flavored beans. You can taste it in your mouth, but it's like you haven't eaten anything.

The sun was beginning to shine faintly over Hogwarts again.

The little wizards returned to the castle after their vacation, and the castle seemed to come alive again. After a whole vacation, the little wizards ignored the previous attacks again.

Madam Pomfrey was pleased to report that the mandrakes had become moody and reticent, which is to say they were rapidly moving out of childhood and into adolescence.

"As soon as their pimples are healed, they can be replanted," Professor Sprout told the young wizards, "and then, before long, we can cut them off and make potions.

Those poor kids will come back unharmed and I feel so sorry for them, oh my god, almost a year off their classes. "

Fortunately, Sister Bird's spirit has improved a lot, and she is even willing to go out for a flight when the weather is better.

The class in the next semester obviously accelerated a lot, and began to involve some theoretical things. In addition to teaching charms in the Charms class, Professor Flitwick also began to talk about some purely theoretical things, and the homework became an inquiry. The relationship between gestures and casting spells.

The abstract course of transformation class is still the focus of headaches for young wizards, but Zhang Xiao enjoys it. When he is free, he will take out the small silver cube to transform and explore other hidden functions.

Unfortunately, not much progress has been made.

During this period of time, Zhang Xiao has been working hard to become a real second-year student, not pursuing speed, but implementing the previous ideas and laying a solid foundation.

This shows the painstaking arrangement of the Taoist school. Only teaching the golden light spell and talismans means that in the past two years, I have been laying down the foundation, and it is impossible for the third-level leap of magic to be unstable.

Compared with last term, Lockhart's class suddenly became more popular.

After Tiao Tiao froze for two classes, Zhang Xiao originally thought that he would switch to a Chinese Ghost Story or something, but he didn't expect to jump directly to a dark creature that is common in the West, such as a red hat.

The class was very interesting, and Zhang Xiao herself had to admit that the quality of these few classes was indeed high.

Moreover, Lockhart himself changed from his previous frivolity and became calm, and he even stopped saying those disgusting sentences, which made the little witches who were disappointed in him fall infatuated with this handsome professor again.

Ron quietly told Zhang Xiao that Hermione framed Lockhart's class again with love.

Compared to this, the students were more concerned about Lockhart's public statement that he would open another dueling club.

Is it a shame or continue to lose face?The two factions were arguing, so they waited until Tuesday afternoon.

The entire auditorium was once again full of voices.

　I don't know if it's 2 yang, I also have a fever, vomiting and diarrhea.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)