dumb wizard

On Christmas Day, Xiu spotted a pile of presents under the bed and climbed down wrapped in a quilt to look.

Several familiar Ravenclaws gave him presents, and Xiu put them aside.Some of them were given by his professor, and Madam Pomfrey also gave him a bottle of healing potion. It seems that Madam Pomfrey, who was overwhelmed by motherhood because of Xiu Lao's injuries, was very impressed.

Xiu went back and forth to look for the gift he wanted several times but couldn't find the gift he wanted, so he pouted angrily and muttered in his heart: Nasty Snape, cheapskate!

The gifts Xiu received were not many, and the ones he gave out were even rarer, and they were all mail-order Honeydukes candies.He didn't want to bother with it.

Putting away the gift, Xiu lay back on the bed, rolled from the head of the bed to the end of the bed, and then from the end of the bed to the head of the bed, constantly slandering a certain black-haired man.

Fortunately, he washed his hands and made soup for him yesterday!

After an hour of tumbling, Xiu resigned himself to his fate and got up from the bed. After tidying up and washing, he took out a beautifully packaged small box from the drawer, left the Ravenclaw tower and walked to the cellar.

The cellar door was opened for him, and Xiu walked in. Snape was not brewing a potion, but was sitting comfortably on the sofa, with his slender legs crossed on the sofa pier.He held a thick book in his hand, resting his right hand on his forehead, looking relaxed and calm.

Perhaps because he sensed Xiu's familiar magic power fluctuations, he didn't make a vigilant gesture, and didn't even turn his head to look at him, but said in a cold voice: "Mr. White, I don't remember that I invited you to the cellar as a guest."

Xiu pouted, walked over, and handed him the box in his hand, along with the notebook with "Christmas gift" written on it.

Snape retracted his legs, glanced at him, restrained his habit of throwing dozens of detection spells on the box, took the thing and slowly opened it.

Inside the box is a delicate and elegant men's silver necklace.

Snape raised his eyebrows, "Mr White, do you think I need something like this?"

He pursed his lips and wrote in his notebook: "This is a defense necklace. There is a certain danger in your research on potions, and this necklace can avoid a lot of damage." What he didn't say is that this necklace can resist all spells other than the three Unforgivable Curses. jinx.

He found the necklace in the Room of Requirement where the Ravenclaw diadem stood.Of course, he didn't want to get rid of Horcruxes so much. He just thought that there must be a lot of good things in the hiding place of Hogwarts.And he is confident that he will not be tempted by the Horcrux in the crown. He doesn't want wisdom, power, or even any pursuit. What can the Horcrux use to tempt him?

He deliberately ignored the key crown, searched in that room a few times, and found a lot of good things. The silver necklace was just one of them, but it was considered the best.

Hearing what he said, Snape no longer resisted the necklace, but he had to wonder, "Where did you get it?" It was suspicious that a Muggle wizard with no background would have such a defensive item.

Xiu had expected him to ask this question a long time ago, but he made up his mind not to say more, and just wrote ambiguously: "I guarantee that the way of coming is normal, you don't have to worry."

How could Snape be fooled by such few words, his eyes became wary.

Xiu pouted.Even if you give a gift, you will be suspected. It's really kind of unrewarding.

"It's fine if you don't believe me, and I don't have to give it to you." Xiu wrote angrily, almost cutting the notebook with force.

Snape blinked a few times, holding the silver necklace in his palm, "I believe it."

Xiu felt that the area of ​​his left chest was swollen and aching, a little sore, but the never-before-seen fullness made him almost unable to restrain himself from sighing.

I believe.

It was just two simple words, but it made his eyes warm.

For a moment, Xiu felt that Snape seemed to have too much influence on him, which made him feel a sense of crisis.But this feeling just passed away, Xiu didn't think deeply, and lowered his head to write in his notebook: "Professor Snape, my return."

He stared into amber eyes and asked for the gift openly.

Snape raised his eyebrows, "Mr. White, are you asking me for a present?" Xiu nodded heavily.

Snape slipped the necklace into the pocket of his wizard's robe, got up and walked to the cabinet where he kept the finished potions.

He opened the cabinet, and Xiu saw that there were many bottles and jars of potions neatly placed inside, all of which were of the highest quality just by the color.

Snape took out a bottle of golden potion from the cabinet on the top floor and threw it over. Xiu took a few steps back and hurriedly caught it. After a closer look, he was pleasantly surprised, it was the ultimate Felicity Elixir!

Xiu's bright eyes made Snape look uncomfortable, and he said awkwardly: "Mr. White, I just don't want to brew healing potions and pain-relieving potions for you."

Xiu was not shocked at all, he put the Felix Elixir preciously into his pocket, rushed forward and hugged Snape's waist, his little furry head kept rubbing against his chest.

Snape froze, grabbed his collar mercilessly with his big hands, walked over to open the door, and threw him out. "You brat, big or small, go back to the Ravenclaw Tower!"

"Bang!" The cellar door was slammed hard, and the innocent snake on the doorknob was dizzy.

Xiu managed to stand up, rubbed his sore buttocks, and stuck out his tongue towards the closed door.

Although Snape threw him out of the cellar on Christmas Day, Xiu still came to disturb him frequently, sometimes with handmade delicacies, sometimes with a thick tome. Of course, it was always Snape who greeted him. Pu Hei's face was gloomy.

"Hugh White! Has your head been eaten by slugs so that you can't tell three drops from a whole bottle of wormwood infusion?" Snape roared angrily, emptying the container with a flick of his wand and presenting A crucible of weird black-purple liquid.

Merlin's hair!This kid has already wasted countless materials today!

Xiu was so yelled that his neck shrank, and he took a few steps back quietly.

Snape rubbed the space between his brows again and breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, Mr. White, if you want, tell you, the humble Potions Professor, what's so unsettling for you."

Xiu carefully looked at him, making sure his face was not so ugly, then lowered his head and wrote in his notebook: "Professor Snape, have you worn the necklace I gave you?"

Snape tried his best not to impulsively cast a jinx on the stupid boy, "Well, Mr. White, for such a trivial matter, you have ruined so many potion ingredients of mine?"

Xiu swallowed hard under his stare, looked at him eagerly, and nodded slightly.

Snape wanted to unscrew his head to see if it was really stuffed with slugs!

Xiu's eyes kept falling on his slender neck covered by the black cloth, and he almost wanted to smash Snape's clothes to pieces.

Snape turned slightly uncomfortably, swallowed the sarcasm on his lips, and said instead: "As you wish, I'm wearing it."

Researching potions is indeed potentially dangerous. The silver necklace Xiu gave him is an excellent defensive item. Even a noble like Malfoy keeps it as a family collection.

Xiu Deng's eyes lit up, his small face almost glowed, and he quickly wrote on his hand: "Can I see it?" Snape refused mercilessly, "No!"

Xiu pursed his lips, but Snape was unmoved, "If you talk nonsense again, get out!" Xiu quickly put a pen and paper into his pocket, expressing that he would stop talking nonsense.

Snape heaved a sigh of relief, and used the Flying Charm to summon some other potion ingredients, "Mr. White, I hope you don't make such a low-level mistake again. If you haven't finished dispensing powerful sleeping pills today, a ten-inch paper."

Xiu immediately bowed his head, took the narcissus root at the side, and ground it into powder.Snape stood beside him and watched, occasionally speaking a few words of guidance, and the atmosphere was rare and harmonious.

After the Christmas holiday, the little wizards returned to school collectively, and Hogwarts resumed its bustle.

"Xiu, thank you for the candy. It's very delicious." After the first class after Christmas, Ansair caught up with Xiu who was walking in front, and smiled gently.

Xiu gave him a short smile, then shook his head to indicate that it was nothing.

"Transfiguration and Charms are both taught on the fourth floor, shall we go together?" Ansair suggested, with anticipation in his eyes.

Xiu shrugged indifferently, and the two walked up the stairs together.

On the way, Ansair kept trying to talk, "Xiu, how was your Christmas?" Xiu shrugged again, expressing that he was so-so.

"It is said that the Hogwarts Christmas dinner is very grand, did you attend?" Ansair asked.Although he had studied at Hogwarts for five years, as a nobleman, he had to go home for Christmas and attend various banquets. He had never seen a Hogwarts Christmas banquet.

Xiu slowly shook his head.

"Why didn't you participate? I heard that all the professors and students at the school will participate." Ansair asked curiously.

Xiu ignored him because the classroom had already arrived.Ansair said goodbye behind him, turned and walked towards the Transfiguration classroom.