Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

Chapter 358

Christmas is coming soon.The school was decorated with lights, as if all the teachers and students of Hogwarts seemed determined to show the best look of the castle this Christmas.

Their constant desire to impress the guests of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, meanwhile, the marble staircase's banisters are covered with never-melting icicles, the ones customary in the Great Hall Twelve Christmas trees, adorned with all kinds of baubles, from shiny holly berries to live golden owls hooting incessantly.The armor was enchanted so that it would sing Christmas carols whenever anyone passed by.

Early in the morning of Christmas, the teachers and students who were still staying in the castle to attend the ball were excitedly unpacking the piles of gift boxes under the Christmas tree.

Harry found that in addition to a large bag of Christmas candy from his Uncle Payne, he also received several unexpected gifts-Dobby the house elf gave him a pair of asymmetrical feet. Red and green hand-knitted wool socks; Professor McGonagall seemed to express his sympathy and encouragement for being selected into the dangerous Triwizard Tournament at such a young age, and gave him a water glass in the shape of a golden snitch.Whenever Harry wants to drink water, he only needs to point to the big pot filled with pumpkin juice or clear water in the distance, and the golden snitch cup will stretch out a pair of wings and fly over to fill itself up. Flying back - of course, Harry needs to use his agility as a Seeker to catch it in mid-air so that he can drink the water or pumpkin juice it holds.

Then he found a gift box with Lily Evans' name on the card.He sat up straight at once, and quickly opened the box.

Inside was a new pair of glasses almost identical to the ones he was wearing now.Attached to the card is an explanation of this gift: it is a pair of glasses that have been cast with a permanent "waterproof and moistureproof" spell, and can automatically adjust their degrees as the wearer's vision changes, so that they can always achieve the best vision corrective effect.And if the wearer is willing, it can also be firmly attached to the wearer's face, even if the wearer rolls on the head and feet in mid-air, it will never fall off——

Ron, Seamus, Dean, and Neville all exclaimed after reading the card, and they all thought that Professor Evans was so thoughtful—Harry still had two more games, according to his first game of Braving the Fire Dragon Look, the content of the next two matches won't be too easy—maybe they will have to fight other mysterious creatures or giants!A pair of glasses that casts so many beneficial spells is sure to help a lot in the game!

"Wow," Ron said in an envious tone, "Professor Evans is too careful. Brother, you have to give her back."

"Oops!" Harry was trying on the new glasses, and after he had ordered them, the glasses stayed docilely and firmly on the bridge of his nose, no matter how hard he shook his head, they would not move at all; hearing Ron's words, He hurriedly climbed out of bed, opened his suitcase, and rummaged inside.

"I didn't expect her to give me a gift...and Professor McGonagall's gift! Hey, what should I do? What should I give them?"

The boys all put aside the gift boxes they were unwrapping and gathered together to help out with ideas.After tossing and tossing for more than an hour, they finally selected two things.

Dean quickly dug out one of his latest paintings from his suitcase: it showed Harry flying around the Hungarian Horntail on a fire/crossbow/arrow, and this one passed Harry more smoothly The ones that hung in the Gryffindor common room on the night of the first game were even bigger and prettier—and Dean used the hour to quickly add to the corners of the canvas. The stands where the Gryffindors were sitting were covered with golden and red flags, banners and a group of excited lion cubs, and in the middle of them surrounded by McGregor who was looking up at the sky and clapping his hands encouragingly. Professor Ge.

"My God, this is so cute." Ron muttered as he watched Dean put the last strokes on the canvas, and at the same time wrote a line of "Go Gryffindor!" in fine art fonts. explain.

But the gift for Professor Evans was not so easy to decide.After the five boys chatted and whispered for a long time, Harry finally gritted his teeth and picked up the small model of the Hungarian Horntail on the bedside table, and put it in a gift box.

He was a bit reluctant to part with this little dragon, after all, it was a souvenir for him passing the first level, even if he graduated from Hogwarts in the future, he would be old and have his own children, he could still point to this little dragon to treat him The children said: Look, Dad used to take part in the Triwizard Tournament when he was at Hogwarts and beat a horrible Hungarian Horntail in the first pass!

However, he hastily did not prepare any presents for Professor Evans, and as a 14-year-old wizard, how could a boy of his age have something suitable for such a female elder.And compared with the golden snitch water glass given by Professor McGonagall, Professor Evans' new enchanted glasses are obviously prepared for his next two levels, which is more thoughtful.So Harry also thought that the gift for her should not be sloppy.

Reluctantly, he handed the box to Ron's little pig, watched the little pig fly out crookedly, and sighed.

But his melancholy disappeared unexpectedly at noon.Because Dobby reappeared in his bedroom with a bang, the gift box he'd sent out that morning.

"Professor Evans asked Dobby to come and give this box to Harry Potter!" it screeched, and Ron and Neville, who were still in their bedroom, looked taken aback.

Harry looked up from the British and Irish Quidditch Teams that Hermione had given him, and was instantly surprised to see that the box was the one he had given Professor Lily Evans that morning.He immediately became nervous, put away the book, took the box from Dobby and opened it, only to find that the small Hungarian Horntail model dragon that he was very reluctant to give away was bouncing around in the box, occasionally spitting out a small flower. flames come.

"Oh, what's going on here?!" Ron and Neville gathered around, staring at the little dragon in surprise, watching it struggle to climb out of the box and fall onto Harry's bed with a plop.

Dobby said sharply, "Here's a letter from Professor Evans to Harry Potter!"

Harry hurriedly took it over and unfolded the half-folded parchment.There are lines of neat and clear handwriting on it.

"Harry:

Thank you so much for your Christmas present.I gotta say I never expected to get this...it's pretty good, way better than I thought it would be.I didn't give you those glasses to ask you to give up, but to wish you the best, whether it's in the game or in life.This little dragon is a testament to your valor and resourcefulness as one of Hogwarts' champions, and you'd better keep it for your son as a memento, won't you?

As for Christmas presents this year?I think you might as well owe it first, and it doesn't matter.By the way, since I was a Hogwarts school, I have always dreamed of being able to get the golden snitch caught by the winning side as a public gift after a good Quidditch game.

Merry Christmas.

Lily Evans"

Harry let out a breath, not sure if he was feeling grateful, guilty, surprised, excited, eager to try, or something else.Ron and Neville were also so surprised that they didn't recover for a long time.

In the end, it was Neville who stumbled and said something as a summary of today: "Professor Evans is really kind, although sometimes she does things that people can't understand... But she has always been a real Gryffindor—"

Harry and Ron looked at each other and grinned.

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The long-awaited night has finally arrived.The doors of the great hall were slowly opened before the people, the walls of the hall were covered with glittering silver frost, the ceiling was a starry night sky, and there were hundreds of garlands of mistletoe sprigs and ivy. .Gone were the four house tables, replaced by a hundred small, lantern-lit tables, with a dozen people sitting at each table.

The four warriors lined up with their dance partners, entered the auditorium, passed through the students applauding warmly on both sides, and came to the front of the guest seat.

Dumbledore smiled happily, but Karkaroff saw Krum and Hermione getting closer, with exactly the same expression on Ron's face.Ludo Bagman, wearing a bright purple robe with big yellow stars printed on it tonight, clapped his hands as enthusiastically as his classmates.Madame Maxime had shed her usual black satin uniform for a flowing lavender gown.

However, Mr. Crouch did not come.The fifth seat at the table sat Percy Weasley, who, almost as soon as Harry was seated, was eager to tell Harry that Mr. Crouch had promoted him to be his personal assistant because he thought highly of him; Mr. Crouch was unwell tonight, so he was here as a representative to the ball.

In order to get rid of this tedious conversation as soon as possible, Harry quickly ordered the Hungarian goulash as the main course of dinner.

He noticed that Dumbledore had ordered pork chops for himself.Professor McGonagall seemed to be hesitating about his plate, and leaned over, separated by Snape, who was indifferent, cutting a new veal steak that appeared on his plate, and sitting on the other side of him—— It's Professor Lily Evans! —Discuss what to order as a main course.

Harry felt a little confused for a moment.

In his memory, the gloomy Snape and the bright Professor Lily Evans have basically never sat together—there is actually a certain pattern of seats on the long desk, and he remembered that Professor Lily Evans always used to sit together. It is to sit in an inconspicuous position and enjoy the food on the table quietly.

But today her seat is very conspicuous—maybe it's because of her more conspicuous outfit today!Harry swears that gown on her is more eye-catching than anyone can imagine - on the side of the Hogwarts professors at the long table, Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Snape, and then Lily Evans!Even Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout are still under her - what's going on?

Harry was sure Professor Evans wasn't a pushover, so that was the order for tonight?Why put her in such a position?Harry noticed that Headmaster Karkaroff of Durmstrang was also staring at the Hogwarts professor's seating arrangement, and kept a very surprised expression, both of his eyeballs were protruding from their sockets. Out.

Of course, Professor Lily Evans undoubtedly handled the situation much better than Harry himself, in this unprecedented situation.She sat peacefully on the seat next to Snape, calmly slicing the beef on the plate, and ate it gracefully in small bites.When Professor McGonagall was about to talk to her again, she put down the knife and fork in her hand, leaned slightly in that direction, bent her left arm to support it on the table, rested her chin with her left hand, and listened quietly Professor McGonagall's words, from time to time catch up with a few words, and occasionally smile slightly.

Harry thought she was doing really well.Of course, Snape, who was sandwiched between her and Professor McGonagall, was not so pretty.He finished the steak quickly, then glared at Lily Evans.However, she ignored his malicious gaze and enjoyed a creme brulee after finishing the main course with a very happy expression.

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