Whiskey Chocolate

Albus rejected Dorje's Christmas invitation again. He didn't want to watch other people's families spend Christmas together. After roasting the last turkey, Albus once again admitted his poor grasp of life magic and could do Producing simple and edible food does not mean that it can support the skill of roasting a turkey. He wrote a letter to Nicole May in a bit of depression, and complained to him that he could accurately control the heat when brewing potions but could not roast it. Good turkey facts.

Christmas without a turkey sucks, and Albus spends most of the night writing to all his friends because he's found he hasn't been in contact with them since returning to Godric's Hollow.

The next morning Albus was woken up by the long-lost sound of knocking on the window. He fell asleep on the desk last night. When he rubbed his sore neck and saw the unique golden eagle outside the window He thought he was dreaming.

Fox dropped the package on the desk, and rubbed it on Albus's shoulder affectionately.Feeling the warmth from Fawkes, Albus was sure that he was not dreaming, he hesitated for a moment and decided to live up to Fawkes' labor and opened the package.

The only thing in the package was a large jar full of Lemon Olaf. Thanks to Grindelwald's tireless efforts to force him to eat, he still remembered the name of the candy.

No letter, no card, no signature, but Fox and Lemon Olaf both identified the sender.

Of course Albus remembers those lemon sherbet kisses in the middle of summer, and Grindelwald's joking remark after his disapproving protest that every Christmas present would be sweets every year until he fell in love with Grindelwald and hated him stuff so far.

Albus thought that there would be no more contact between them, and Grindelwald gave him such a gift that he didn't like but was full of their sweet memories.

In the end Albus decided to accept the gift but he didn't intend to return the gift. Fox stayed by his side for a whole week and kept urging him to send something, but he ignored it. In the end, Fox chose to give up first. The last day of Fox left Albus after a long cry.

Albus stood at the door and looked at Fox who was fading away, and softly said "Thank you." With Fox, at least his Christmas was not as deserted as he imagined.

He turned around and went back to the house to pack his things. In the new year, he would leave here and start his plan to visit various places. Of course, he would bring that big jar of Lemon Sherbet with him.

1901, winter.

It took Albus two years to complete this project, during which time he also made many friends, which made him seem to know the world.

He was in France conducting research on the uses of dragon's blood with Nicolas May, where he spent Christmas.As in previous years, Fox sent Albus the first Christmas gift. Nicole May, who didn't know it, also expressed his appreciation for Albus, a friend who was "so affectionate". There are very few people who insist on giving friends Christmas presents.

This year's gift was a box of toffee finger cakes and a box of Bibi's multi-flavored beans. The taste of the finger cakes was very bad. Albus wondered if it was made by someone himself. He decided to share Bibi's flavored beans only with Nicolas May. After all, the elderly cannot be allowed to eat something that tastes so bad after not eating for many years.

Nicole May expressed his interest in this kind of interesting food. He was lucky enough to get a butterbeer flavored one. Albus was obviously not as lucky as him. It was put into the mouth and immediately spit it out, holding the cauldron and spit it out in the dark.

After throwing up, he picked up the newspaper that he hadn't had time to read a few days ago, and planned to take a break. Most of the content was the same as the previous few days. It was approaching Christmas and the world was peaceful, and even the newspaper was in a festive atmosphere. It was basically a trivial matter, but The location of the front page made Albus unable to look away.

The newspaper used a whole page to publish a vicious incident in Germany. A local anti-magic organization in Germany planned an illegal gathering on Christmas Eve and incited dozens of Muggles to be tortured and killed on the spot. The name of the leader of the Anti-Ministry of Magic is Gellert Grindelwald.

Albus spent three days in a state of disorientation, his mind was full of photos of Muggles being tortured and killed, he despised himself who had supported Grindelwald, and felt extremely remorseful for his contribution to this cruel cause.He needed someone to talk to, so he had a long talk with Nicolas.

"There's nothing wrong with wanting to change the world. Your friend's radical character led him to take such an extreme approach. But Albus, I've known you since your school days. You have a gentle personality. Maybe a gentle approach suits you better." , I remember you mentioned before you graduated that you wanted to be a teacher, that would be a good choice."

The long life experience has made Nicole May a very good life mentor. After listening to his words, Albus calmed down and thought about it carefully. Even he himself didn't realize that he wanted to be a teacher instead of a teacher. The decision of a scholar is actually a deep-seated desire to change the world.

I should go back to school, teach those children, and gradually change the world fundamentally. Doing so may not necessarily lead to a big improvement in his lifetime, but step by step will eventually achieve his goal.

And he also wants to use his way to tell Grindelwald that their dreams can still be realized without coaxing and violence, and they have a chance to stand on the same front.

So Albus interviewed for the position of professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts under the recommendation of his friend Dorje, the current professor of herbalism at Hogwarts.

Dorje said with regret that only that position is vacant now, and the school should hire him as a professor of transfiguration based on Albus's achievements in transfiguration.Albus thought it was a good idea, and it might indirectly allow him to help stop Grindelwald's crazy plan.