Hogwarts: From Squibs to Greatness

Chapter 41 Christmas Eve and Idea Alchemy Workshop

Christmas is coming.

In the early morning of December 12th, Hogwarts woke up from a dream and found that the surrounding area was covered with several feet of snow, and the lake was covered with hard ice.

Also this morning, the Weasley twins were punished in the Great Hall in front of the whole school for bewitching several snowballs to chase Quirrell around and land on the back of his hood .

A few owls flew across the snowy sky and went through untold hardships to deliver the mail to the corresponding little wizard in the auditorium.

After that they had to recover under Hagrid's care before they could take off again, but now everyone was eagerly looking forward to the holiday.

Even though the drafty corridors are bitingly cold and the classroom windows are rattling in the bitter cold wind, everyone's enthusiasm has not diminished in the slightest.

After finishing his history of magic in the morning, John walked out of the classroom yawning.

Last night, Snape's teaching time was a little longer, and Professor Binns Cuthbert's hypnosis skills were too strong, so he couldn't bear it and fell asleep in class directly.

Ever since John met Snape when he came back from his trip to the Forbidden Forest last month, he accepted his invitation to go to the other party's office to have a small meal that night.

During this period of time, the other party would send notices to him from time to time, and under the unreserved guidance of the other party, John's potion level increased rapidly during this period of time.

At the same time, John also got his old textbook under the hint of Snape.

After a period of study, John successfully learned all the magic and potion techniques recorded above, including the famous Shenfeng Wuying.

Snape was not at all surprised that John was able to learn Shenfeng Wuying, so when he was teaching one day, he taught John Shenfeng Wuying's anti-curse and quick healing.

Although it is not clear why Snape wants to impart his knowledge, John will not delve into it.

If Snape is willing to say, he will take the initiative to inform, but if he is not willing to say, you can only respect his choice, and then concentrate on studying to live up to his teachings.

John walked slowly up the stairs to the Hufflepuff common room, but when he came to the only way to go underground, he found that it was completely blocked by a huge fir tree.

At this moment, Hagrid was struggling to pull the tree, wanting to pull it into the auditorium, while many students were standing here waiting for the fir tree to be entered by Hagrid, revealing the road again
Just as John took out his wand to help Hagrid, he heard Ron's voice from the other side.

"Hey, Hagrid, do you need help?" Ron asked

Then John saw a signature red hair protruding from those branches, it was Ron.

"No, I can do it, thank you, Ron." Hagrid smiled and waved his hand.

Just when Ron was about to say something, the familiar, disgusting, drawn-out voice came from behind him.

"Can you move out of the way? Or are you trying to earn some pocket money? Weasley boy"

"I guess, you probably want to guard the hunting grounds after graduating from Hogwarts? Hagrid's hut must be like a palace compared to your original home!"

John saw that Ron's ears turned completely red because of anger, and he retracted his head angrily, as if he wanted to do something to Malfoy.

Unfortunately, in the next second, Snape's unique voice sounded: "Weasley"

Hearing Snape's voice, John directly raised his wand and chanted the spell.

"Wingardim Leviosa"

Under the effect of the floating spell, the fir tree was directly suspended in mid-air.

At this moment, Malfoy was standing beside Snape with a proud face, Harry was pulling him to avoid Ron's impulsiveness, and Ron was looking at Malfoy angrily.

Hagrid saw the fir tree floating up, turned his head and saw John naturally.

"Thank you John"

Hagrid thanked John first, then walked up to Harry and Ron and pulled them behind him.

"It was Malfoy who humiliated Ron's family first, and it's not his fault!"

"It's against Hogwarts school rules to hit someone anyway, Hagrid." Snape said in a smooth voice, "Five points deducted from Gryffindor, Weasley, you should be thankful, No more deductions. Now, let's go, y'all."

After speaking, Snape glanced at Harry and Ron again, then waved his robe and disappeared in front of everyone.

The ground was strewn with strewn needles, and Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle laughed smugly as they deliberately kicked these at Harry and Ron.

It's just that when they saw John, their smiles quickly turned into fear. The three of them also looked at them when they saw John. In an instant, the three of them fled here as quickly as if they saw a scourge.

"I must teach him a good lesson if I have the chance," Ron said through gritted teeth, looking at Malfoy's back with hatred.

"I hate them both," said Harry, "Malfoy and Snape."

"Well, cheer up, it's almost Christmas," said Hagrid. "Guess what, come with me to the Great Hall and have a look, it's really wonderful."

After hearing Hagrid's words, the two stopped whining, so they saw John approaching.

"John!" Harry and Ron walked up to him, laughing.

So, under John's control, the fir tree slowly followed him.

Soon Harry, Ron and Hermione, who arrived later, followed Hagrid and John into the auditorium together.

Both Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick were there, busy arranging the Christmas decorations.

"Ah, Hagrid, and John, it seems that the last tree has also been brought in." Professor Flitwick looked at them with a smile.

"Put it in the corner over there, John, thank you for your hard work," Professor McGonagall said.

So under John's control, the fir was placed in a fixed position, and then Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick began to cast spells to decorate the tree.

Saw Professor Flitwick blow out strings of golden bubbles from his wand and hang them from the branches of the newly moved tree.

And Professor McGonagall turns needles into shiny balls and ribbons.

At this moment, the decoration in the auditorium has come to an end, and it looks beautiful and magnificent.

The walls were hung with holly and mistletoe festoons, and all around stood a dozen towering Christmas trees, some with tiny icicles glittering, others with hundreds of candles flickering.

"By the way, John, are you going back for Christmas?" Harry leaned over to John and asked.

Ron also looked at John: "George, Fred and I stayed in school, and my parents said they were going to Romania to visit Charlie."

But unfortunately, in their expectant eyes, John said: "I have to go back and deal with some things."

"Okay," Harry and Ron replied simultaneously.

At this moment, Hagrid, who was standing aside, suddenly asked, "How many days until the holiday?"

"It's only been one day," said Hermione. "Oh, that reminds me! Harry, Ron, we don't have dinner until half an hour, we should go to the library."

Speaking of Hermione, she walked out of the auditorium. Harry and Ron looked at each other and naturally followed her, as if realizing that Hagrid followed her.

"Library? Reading books when you're on vacation? You're working too hard, huh?"

"Oh, we're not studying," Harry told him cheerfully. "We've been trying to figure out who Nico Flamel is since you mentioned him."

"What?" Hagrid thumped in his heart, and it was exactly what he thought.

Then Hagrid's tone was full of panic: "Listen to me... I told you... just stop. What the big dog guards has nothing to do with you."

"We just want to know who Nico Flamel is, nothing else," said Hermione.

"Unless you're willing to tell us, so we don't have to go to such trouble?" Harry said again, "We've flipped through at least a hundred books, but we haven't even found him. Just give us a hint, I know I've seen his name somewhere."

"I won't say anything," said Hagrid dryly.

"Then we'll have to find it ourselves," said Ron.

They hurried to the library, leaving Hagrid standing there alone, looking angry.

John stepped forward and patted Hagrid on the arm, comforting the giant who felt he had betrayed Dumbledore's trust and revealed the secret.

As the days passed and the holidays approached, the little wizards grew restless.

Everyone is looking forward to how the Christmas holiday will be spent, but John is not among them.

He is now planning his own business plan. After all, he has been sitting on nothing for so long, even if the war wealth he earned is enough for him to squander for a long time.

But a normal economic system not only needs water outlets, but also water inlets, so he is thinking about how to make money.

For no reason, he thought of those talismans. Judging from Hagrid's reaction, they liked them very much.

Perhaps these amulets can be relied on to cooperate with the Auror department of the Ministry of Magic. After all, for these wizards and policemen who are always in danger of life, the alchemy props that automatically release the Iron Armor Curse are no less than a second life.

He remembered that the future Weasley twins had made similar alchemy props and made a fortune after cooperating with the Ministry of Magic.

And not only that, he can also make a batch of alchemy walkie-talkies based on the communication formula, as well as handcuffs that can suppress magic power. Presumably these can also help Auror to get alchemy props, and the opponent will not refuse.

Thinking of this, John is going to arrange the location for the construction of the alchemy workshop first. After the end of this school year, he can officially start construction after visiting Nick Flamel.

After sorting out the plan and letting Tom arrange it first, John entered the research mode again and began to study alchemy and new magic.

Soon, as John finally researched three brand new magic, the holiday also quietly arrived.

On the day of the holiday, young wizards left Hogwarts in droves.

But John needn't bother.

After saying goodbye to Harry and the others, John carried the suitcase and held Tom's hand, accompanied by apparition, and returned to the seaside villa in Portsmouth.

Back in the room, John took out all the things in the box and put them in the room one by one, and the holiday life officially began.

　In the previous chapters, the areas where everyone has opinions have been modified, such as the plan to be regarded as a babysitter, and the time spent communicating with the sorting hat is too long

　　
　
(End of this chapter)