The Wizarding Journey of Hogwarts

Chapter 8 The Christmas Banquet
Time soon came to Christmas.

To celebrate Bell's freedom, his father William decided to hold a grand Christmas banquet in the castle.The patriarchs of the major pure-blood families, senior officials of the Ministry of Magic, well-known wizards, etc. are all invited.

Since morning, the house-elves have been busy preparing for the feast.

The hall, which had already been cleaned up, was thoroughly cleaned again.The brand-new dining table and tableware were taken out, and all kinds of luxurious-looking decorations were placed in the hall.

Bell and Shanna were also forced to put on formal dresses.To be honest, Bell doesn't want to wear this kind of clothes at all, it always feels a sense of restraint and it is inconvenient to move around.

In the busy preparations (Bell felt that he was completely busy), the time soon came to the afternoon, and the invited guests came to Bell's house one after another.

Seeing that the time was almost up, William took Bell to the high platform at the front of the hall, gave a short speech, introduced Bell to everyone, and then announced the official start of the banquet.

At the banquet, Bell was first pulled by his father William to greet each so-called big shot.

After a wave of business bragging and receiving a round of praise, Bell finally got rid of those troublesome adults and ran to find his sister Shanna.

Shanna is with her mother Elena.Then Bell went out of the tiger's mouth and into the wolf's den again, and was dragged by Elena to say hello to the wives of the so-called big men...

(╯#-dish-)╯~~╧═╧

'There is no end! '

Bell had a smile on his face, and MMP in his heart.

Finally, finally, Bell is free.He carried his sister and ran into the little wizard's circle.

Because the banquet was nominally a supplementary 5th birthday party for Bell (outsiders did not know the details of Bell), many families with children of a similar age also brought their children to the banquet.

"Sanna, is the banquet happy?" Bell asked while hugging his sister.

The little girl's face was flushed and she looked very excited.

(*/ω＼*)
Shanna covered her face and said nothing.

"?" Bell scratched his head, "Why aren't you talking? Shanna."

Shanna turned around and threw herself into Bell's arms, still not speaking.

'Well, it is probably the first time seeing so many people, this child is shy.No wonder it's been quiet since just now. '

Bell shrugged, and sat quietly listening to the bragging of the young wizards in front of him.

A little wizard is showing off a Christmas present he received this morning.

"When I got up this morning, I couldn't find where my clothes were. They were buried with presents. It took me a lot of energy to get out of the room. I didn't put my clothes away until lunch time. The presents are all opened. Guess what I found inside? A full set of chocolate frog cards!"

(ˉ▽￣～)Cut~~
A little wizard expressed his disdain.

"I have already collected all the pictures."

"Hmph! Don't think I don't know. You asked your father to buy you a lot of chocolate frogs. After you took out the pictures inside, you threw the chocolate to the house elves to eat. The pictures you collected like this have no soul!" Show off The little wizard of the gift said.

"You, how did you know!?"

"I heard from my dad. He said it was your dad who complained to him."

Looking at the little wizard with a flushed face, Bell couldn't help but mourn for his father, hoping that his father could sleep well tonight.

Another little wizard said that he had been skiing in the Alps a few days ago and met two snow monsters on the snow mountain.
"They're 10 feet tall, covered in white fur, and have fangs that long."

The little wizard talked and gestured.

"It's a good thing I snuck away my dad's wand. I yelled, pulled out my wand..."

Since the description is too long, to sum it up simply, after a large-scale battle in the United States, the little wizard finally managed to beat the snow monster away.

"Next summer, I'm going to ask my mother to take me to the beach in Venice for vacation. I heard that horse-shaped water monsters often appear there. I haven't beaten a horse-shaped water monster yet. When I defeat the water monster and prove myself, I will Write to Professor Dumbledore and ask him to allow me to enter Hogwarts early."

Another little wizard said: 'Fighting is what barbarians do, real men play Quidditch!'

"Let me tell you, my flying skills are slippery, and it never took me more than 5 minutes to catch a golden snitch. A few days ago, I suddenly felt that catching a golden snitch was too unchallenging, so I decided to go to the sky to catch an eagle and come back. "

"So did you catch it?"

"Just a little bit." The boy said regretfully, "At that time, my hand had already touched the eagle's tail feathers, but suddenly a Muggle plane flew over. In order not to knock it down, I had no choice but to let the eagle go."

"But who do you think is on that plane?" The boy whispered mysteriously, "It's the coach of the Scottish Quidditch national team! He jumped out of the plane excitedly after seeing my excellent flying skills. Want to invite me to the Scottish national team!"

"How could the coach of the Scottish Quidditch national team fly by plane?" Another little wizard looked disbelieving, "He must be riding a broom when he goes out."

The boy quit, and his anger burst out with an expression that if you don't believe me, I will beat you to believe it.So didn't he just say 'fighting is for barbarians'?
'Fight!fight! '

Bell didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement.

However, things did not go as Bell expected.After measuring the physiques of both sides, another little wizard asked weakly: "So have you joined the Scottish national team?"

"No." The boy said regretfully, "I told him that I am from England and cannot join the Scottish national team."

"..."

Bell listened with relish.Worthy of being a wizard, even though he is still young, the level and tricks of bragging are not comparable to Muggle children.

After a long time, someone finally noticed Bell who was happily hugging a little girl.

"Hey, what's your name? What are you good at?"

Bell thought about it carefully, and probably the only thing he was good at was reading... A group of little wizards gave a disdainful 'cut', and then ran to brag again.

Bell was happy to be quiet.After bringing a bunch of food for himself and Shanna, he started eating and drinking while teasing Shanna.Occasionally, I would share some of my food with other little wizards, or go along with the little wizard who was bragging.

Although he didn't even remember the names, but he was familiar with these little wizards.

Bell also met several little wizards who appeared in the book, such as Draco Malfoy, Hannah Abbott, Pansy Parkinson and others.He will not use the impression of his previous life to judge the person in front of him.At least for now, these little Zhengtai and little Lolita are quite cute.Of course, if you compare it with your own sister, it will be hundreds of millions of points.

After 9 o'clock in the evening, the banquet finally came to an end.

As the crowd dispersed, Menethil's castle returned to its usual calm.After the last guest left, William found Bell.

"Bell, are you sleepy? If you're not sleepy, I want to talk to you. Can you come to the small restaurant?"

'You have said that, can I still say that I am sleepy? Bell, who was already sleepy, thought helplessly.

"Okay Dad, I'll go find you after I take Shanna back to the room."

Shanna had fallen asleep smiling in Belle's arms.The little girl who experienced this kind of battle for the first time was very excited tonight, so she got tired very quickly.In addition, it was getting late now, and even the noisy sounds at the banquet could not affect the little girl's sweet dreams.

(End of this chapter)