Harry Potter and the Old Ones

Christmas is coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts woke up from a dream to find that the surrounding area was covered with several feet of snow and the lake was covered with hard ice.

George Weasley and Fred Weasley were punished for bewitching several snowballs so that they chased Quirrell around and landed on the back of his hood.

This scene was recorded by Tierra with a magic camera.

From the end of October to now approaching Christmas, in nearly two months, through embezzling Harry and the Quidditch team's pharmaceutical funds, Tierra finally saved up money to buy a magic camera in addition to purchasing the potions she needed.

In the past two months, in addition to the gradually filling wallet, Tierra's knowledge of potions, alchemy and transfiguration has also made great progress.

When Christmas comes, Tierra can try to brew the Hydra potion after the final exam of this semester is over.

Due to the official arrival of winter, Tierra stayed indoors most of the time... To be precise, most of them stayed in the warm dormitory.

Only when the two factors of heavy snowfall and the Weasley twins appeared outside at the same time, would Tierra step outside wrapped up like a thick bun.

Then this monumental scene was filmed.

With the end of the final exam and Christmas approaching, only Tierra could calm down and study.

Even Hermione was a little absent-minded these days, and like everyone else, she was looking forward to the holiday.

Although the Gryffindor common room and the Great Hall had a raging fire and were under constant spells to keep warm, the drafty corridors became bitingly cold, and the windows of the classrooms were blown apart by the icy cold wind. rattle.

"I'm really sorry for those people," Draco Malfoy said of his final exam, the Potions exam, "who had to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas because the family didn't them."

He looked at Harry as he spoke.

Crabbe and Goyle snickered.

Harry, who was weighing out the powdered lionfish spine, ignored them.

Tierra had already finished the exam and left early.

Otherwise, Malfoy wouldn't have such a foul mouth.

As a gamekeeper, Hagrid was naturally in charge of decorating the Christmas Hall. Harry and Ron happened to meet Hagrid dragging a fir tree to the hall after their exams.

So the three of them came to the auditorium together, where both Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick were busy arranging the Christmas decorations.

Hermione and Tierra, who finished the exam early, were also there, and the two of them were not reading books, but playing wizard chess.

"You guys played too badly." Ron walked over and took a look and said, "Tierra, you should..."

"Hey, don't talk, brat!" The knight piece standing on the chessboard looked up and said.

Ron shrugged, pulled Harry to sit next to Tiera and Hermione, and watched them play chess quietly.

Ever since Harry, Ron, and Hermione learned of the name Nicolas Flamel from Hagrid, they had been looking for Flamel's name in the books.

But the trouble is, it's hard for them to know where to start, and they don't know what Flamel's outstanding achievements can be included in the book.

He is not in Great Wizards of the Twentieth Century, nor is he in The List of Famous Contemporary Wizards. In addition, his name cannot be found in "Great Discoveries of Modern Magic" and "Research on the Development of Modern Witchcraft".

And, of course, the sheer size of the library alone is daunting, with thousands of books, thousands of shelves, and hundreds of narrow passages.

Tierra also followed behind the trio and pretended to look for it.

Unlike Hermione, Tierra reads fewer but better books. In the first semester of enrollment, Tierra only read "Principles of Potions", "Introduction to Alchemy", "Where to Find Fantastic Beasts", "Modern "Principles of Magic", "An Introduction to Transfiguration" and "Explanation of Potions", which Snape recommended him to read.

Although this amount of reading is considered rich in the eyes of other young wizards, it is still a bit small compared to the more than 50 books Hermione read in a semester.

Therefore, Tierra does not say that he has memorized every book he has read, but he definitely remembers every knowledge point in it.

Tierra remembered that Hermione had borrowed "A Brief History of Alchemy" in order to get angry with him.

Although Tierra hadn't read it, he was sure that Nicolas Flame was mentioned in that book, but there are two characters that cannot be avoided in any book that is more about alchemy, one is Merlin and the other is Nicolas. Flamel.

There are only two alchemists in the world who have successfully refined the Philosopher's Stone.

This reflects the disadvantages of general but not refined reading.

But Tierra didn't mention Hermione, whether it was Nicolas Flamel or reading.

It is a good thing for children of this age to read more books, because children of this age are limited by their age and knowledge, and cannot delve deeply into a certain knowledge point at all.

Therefore, it is better to read more books when you are young, so that when you go to college...

Hmm... wizards don't seem to have universities...

In this way, when you graduate, you will know what kind of path you should take.

As for Nicolas...

Tierra thinks it's better to hide it for a while, these three little wizards are too capable of causing trouble.

And Tierra is waiting for Harry's invisibility cloak. After Christmas, Tierra can borrow Harry's invisibility cloak to go out to visit the campus at night.

Tierra needed a quiet place to brew the Hydra potion.

As the holiday was approaching, the little witch Hermione, who was eager to return home, was not in the mood to continue looking for Nicolas, so she took Tierra to play wizard chess.

Tierra was also happy to be free.

After Tierra and Hermione played a round, Ron squeezed Tierra away and played a few rounds with Hermione himself.

Unlike Tierra's half-baked chess skills, Ron's wizard chess can be described as a god-blocking god, a Buddha blocking a Buddha, winning three games in a row without any pity.

Tierra noticed that Hermione's complexion had changed, from the beginning of the second round she was biting her lip, and by the end of the third round, her lips were bitten bald.

"Stop playing, it's boring." Hermione pushed the chessboard and said.

At this time, the Christmas Eve dinner just started.

The entire auditorium was brilliantly decorated by Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick.

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

The Christmas dinner was even bigger than the start of school and Halloween combined.

Fried foie gras, smoked salmon, crab cakes, ham and melon rolls, herring salad, lamb tripe soup...

Ron was so addicted to eating that even Tierra ate a little more.

Even after it was over, Ron returned to the Gryffindor lounge holding a big drumstick.

On the second day of the banquet, Tierra, Harry and Ron put Hermione on the train.

"While I'm not around, you still have to keep searching, okay?" Hermione took out a book list from her pocket, passed Harry and Ron, and handed it directly to Tiera, "Once you find anything , send an owl to tell me."

"You can also ask your parents if they know about Flamel," said Ron. "It's safe to ask them."

"Pretty safe, because they're both dentists," said Hermione, rolling her eyes.

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