Ancient wizards return to Hogwarts.

There are far fewer students in the school over Christmas, which makes it easier to get the best seats by the fire. With his back against the fire, Les prepared Christmas gifts for the little wizards he had known and got to know well over the past few months.

At Hogwarts, you only need to place the gift in the common room before going to bed at night, write the name of the giver on it, and the giver will receive the gift early the next morning, which is much more convenient than in the Muggle world.

When Les woke up the next morning, he saw a small pile of gifts piled outside the curtain.

"I haven't received any gifts for a long time. Let me see what they have." Les opened the bed curtain and sat on the bedside to open the gifts.

Giving gifts is a skill, and Les put a lot of thought into preparing them.

The first is Lupet. Les prepared a pot of sunflowers for the first wizard he met after waking up. This flower looks a bit like a sunflower, but it can emit a faint sunlight after blooming, which is very suitable for night lighting. . More importantly, it is said that sunflowers can reduce the pain of werewolves when they transform on full moon nights. Although Rupet no longer needs to bear this curse, it is always pleasant to have a pot in the bedroom. .

Of course, Daphne will also receive gifts. He prepared a sterling silver necklace for the girl. A snake-shaped pendant hangs at the end of the necklace. The snake's body curves into a capital letter "G", which represents the Greengrass family's surname. The snake's eye sockets are inlaid with two emeralds.

For the Greengrass children, wearing a sterling silver necklace around their necks seemed to be out of character, but the necklace Les gave was not just a necklace, it contained three spells he had carefully prepared for Daphne. Two actively triggered spells that can be used multiple times, and one passively triggered spell that can only be used once.

An actively triggered spell can release an attack or deploy a defensive barrier once a day. Passive spells are more technical. After being triggered, a shield will be deployed. The shield can absorb the spells from the opposite side and bounce them back. However, due to the ordinary texture of the necklace itself, this high-level magic spell will cause the carrier to collapse even if it is released only once. Les will get the news, too.

This necklace is an alchemy tool that Les prepared for Daphne to prevent her from unexpected death while growing up. This has been a tradition since the founding of Hogwarts, and several other founders would occasionally give this type of gift to their favorite apprentices.

For Hermione, he compiled his notes and reading insights over the past few months into a booklet and gave it to her. Rhys was sure the studious little witch would like it, and he hoped Hermione would learn something from it.

In addition, for young wizards like Neville who we don't have much contact with but are still familiar with, Les also prepared gifts, focusing on being comprehensive.

Christmas morning is the time for opening presents.

After Les opened the gifts in the corner, he took stock of them and found that he had received several greeting cards and several packages of candies, all of which were gifts from friends he did not know very well. The thing Neville gave him was very simple, but very interesting. It was actually a packet of herbs. It was said that hanging on the bedside could repel mosquitoes.

Hermione sent a large box containing a set of manual dental irrigators that could remove dental plaque. In addition, there is a box of sugar-free lollipops. This is a new product that Mr. Granger asked his classmates in the United States to get. It is said that it can prevent tooth decay.

Daphne's gift pleased Les so much that she gave him a palm-sized sterling silver snake sculpture! The carving of the sculpture is very good. At first glance, it looks like a living snake. From the details, it is still carved by human hands and not shaped by magic. The more Les looks at it, the more he likes it.

Lupet's package was bulging. When he opened it, he found it was a hand-woven scarf with a silver-green base and a pattern of a wolf's head woven on it, with a big snake coming out of the wolf's mouth.

Walking out of the dormitory, Les saw Daphne walking out wearing the necklace he gave her.

"Thank you for the necklace!"

"The snake you gave me is also very beautiful."

"By the way, your necklace has two special functions." Les told Daphne about the two magic spells attached to the necklace that can be actively triggered.

She covered her mouth in surprise: "This, this is too expensive, no, I can't-"

Les waved his hand and didn't care at all. The material of this necklace is not worth much money, but it is a bit labor-intensive. In his opinion, it is a trivial matter not worth mentioning.

The suit that Helga prepared for her favorite student was outrageous. Her set of alchemy tools could make the wearer's defense and escape capabilities reach an astonishing level. Even the other founders found it difficult to concentrate on it. The fleeing wearer remains. The equipment I gave you is really nothing.

When the two came to the auditorium together, the Christmas dinner was already on the table.

Hundreds of fat roasted turkeys, mountains of roasted meats and boiled potatoes, platters of delicious little sausages, bowls of buttered peas, and plates of thick meat stew and jam. In addition to the mountains of delicious food, there are also piles of wizard lottery packets and firecrackers beside the table. Les and Daphne smoked a colorful firecracker together, and exploded out of it a millinery decorated with flowers and a brand new wizard's chess set.

The most people from Gryffindor House stayed in school, Harry, Ron, and Ron's three older brothers all stayed.

After eating, Les found a sheltered corner to sit on the edge of the corridor on the second floor of the castle and watched Harry and the others having a snowball fight on the playground. When he saw Ron's twin brother controlling several snowballs and chasing Professor Quirrell, he couldn't help laughing.

Quirrell, you deserve this. People with ulterior motives deserve to end up like this, even if you teach them seriously? !

He used the snow by the window to make a solid snowball the size of a fist, and then controlled it to hit Quirrell's turban hard, making him stagger.

"Good shot!" There was a burst of cheers from the playground, and Les laughed happily.

"Pay a little interest first, Quirrell."

Rice would not be merciful to a guy like this who had malicious intentions towards Hogwarts. He hadn't cleared the door yet. He was mainly thinking about Dumbledore's development plan.

He felt that this kind of teaching project was very good, and his students should also participate in it - it was considered a cross-department cooperation project between Gryffindor House and Slytherin House.

While Les was teasing Quirrell, Daphne was a little worried: He had given her such a precious necklace, and she had been accepting his contributions and owed him a favor without repaying it. This was not a correct interpersonal relationship.

Her desire to help Les became more and more urgent, and finally she couldn't help but ask this question.

"Les, can I help you with something?"

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Thoughts came to me while I was typing, so I will publish the next chapter as soon as possible!