One morning in mid-December, Luke woke up to no sunlight.
Looking along the window to the top of the black lake, he saw something white.
Snowing.
And when Luke walked to the auditorium, he saw the cheerful twins.
The two of them were telling Luke about how they had enchanted some snowballs so that they would chase Quirrell and hit him on the back of the head.
Of course, they were as secretive as possible. Nor did he tell more people the news.
Things like this made Luke lament the twins' boldness, and at the same time, he also thought deeply about the corrective power of the original plot. This is true. I originally thought that the twins had realized the danger of Quirrell, but I didn't expect that they would still do such a thing.
But yes, if they don't dare to do this kind of thing, they won't be twins.
After all, Quirrell is said to be dangerous, but the twins still haven't seen how dangerous he is. Quirrell had repeatedly failed in those confrontations that existed in the dark, and now he was almost at the end of his rope.
He wasn't crazy yet, and he didn't immediately burn out. In Luke's opinion, he was already extremely calm. But when will you be forced to the point of a last-ditch fight? Luke himself didn't know that he could only prepare to fall out and take it one step at a time.
"Let's go tomorrow, Luke, will you stay in school?"
George asked with some expectation.
"We can't go home this holiday. Mum, Dad and Ginny are going to see Charlie."
Fred said with a smile. He clearly said he couldn't go home, but he didn't seem unhappy at all, but rather a little excited.
After all, it's cool for kids this age to be separated from their parents like a big kid.
As far as they knew, Luke didn't have any more relatives, so the two of them expected that Luke would stay at school and spend this Christmas holiday with them.
They have even thought about entertainment projects such as 'Dense Forest Adventure', 'Depths of the Castle', and 'Late Night Kitchen'.
But things won't always go as planned.
Luke slowly shook his head in the expectant eyes of the two and said, "I'm sorry, although I want to spend a wonderful Christmas holiday with everyone. But... I still have some things to deal with during this holiday."
"I have received invitations to banquets from several pure-blood families. Of course, I don't plan to contact them now. But I want to review the Lance family's property, and there are some other personal matters, so I want to stay in school. Will not work."
Luke's face was filled with regret.
After so many years since he came to this world, it was his first time to spend Christmas with others, but he didn't expect that such a lively Christmas vacation would come to nothing again.
As for whether he will still be alone this year...Luke himself is not sure.
But no matter what, he will accept it calmly.
I have been alone for so long, and I am not used to being alone just because I have been with everyone for two more days.
In other words, he still enjoys loneliness.
The disappointment on George and Fred's faces was clear, but they adjusted their mentality after a while.
"It doesn't matter! It's business for you to be busy."
But after saying that, Luke frowned as if something suddenly occurred to him, and after a moment he asked: "Do you two want to come with me? Go and see your future store. And I remember you two. There should be a lot of small things now. Are some of them ready for production?"
In fact, Luke had almost forgotten about this money-making business.
Even Gemini didn't pay too much attention to this matter. Because they haven’t used up the preliminary research funds given by Luke. They finally realized one day what it means to be rich and wealthy.
For the first time, the two people felt that they were not short of money, so they subconsciously put aside the matter of opening a store. I haven't forgotten it, but I'm not in such a hurry anymore.
George and Fred looked at each other again
"We're not in a hurry, Luke." Fred sorted out his thoughts and said, "Although we have a few things, it's not much. We can't even support a store."
"If we were short of money, we might just import currency and sell our own things at the same time." George added, "But now we are not short of money, and you don't expect to make money from this, so we want to make more money." Invent something so that the whole store only sells our own stuff!”
What George said was quite impressive, and it did sound a little bit ambitious.
But all this is based on the fact that the two of them are not short of money at all. Of course, it’s not a waste of money. In fact, although the living expenses provided by their parents are still very tight, as long as the two of them don’t invent and add the money they get from various channels, the two of them can still survive. Very moisturizing.
It is temporarily impossible to provide back-feeding to the family, but they can do it and even do it well without involving too much experience in the family.
And all of this is indispensable without the help of the young man in front of him.
The twins looked at Luke with burning eyes.
They felt sorry for Luke. Be truly grateful.
"In that case, that's fine. Anyway, the store is reserved for you."
Luke didn't care. Since the Gemini made this choice, he wouldn't refuse it. After all, these trivial matters are not worth his persuasion.
Wes comes home and is short of money? It’s better to be short of money. He wished that Mr. Weislai could come to him directly to borrow money, or just ask for money directly.
As long as Wes can join his own camp, that's enough.
Even on the surface, there are enough benefits.
"Okay, I won't say much more. Just make your decision. I have something else to do here, so I'll go and do it first."
After speaking, Luke walked towards the auditorium without saying any more nonsense.
When he walked in, he saw Harry, Ron, Hermione, Taylor, and Malfoy in the auditorium, helping Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick decorate the Christmas decorations.
And Hagrid was also putting the fir tree he was dragging into the corner.
I don’t know what others think, but when Luke saw the rather small fir tree, Hagrid dragged it easily to the corner of the auditorium with one hand, then picked it up with both hands and stood it up. When we were in the corner, I still couldn't help but sigh.
Human beings do have their limits.
Moreover, there is not one Christmas tree in the auditorium, but a total of 12... There were none of these things last night...
"Luke! Don't be idle when you come here. Decorate the tree over there with the same decoration as the other trees!"
Professor McGonagall saw Luke with sharp eyes, and of course he would not let Luke idle. Such a helpful labor force should not be used in vain. In terms of work, Professor McGonagall no longer regarded Luke as the same student as the other students around him.
Luke didn't refuse. After nodding, he walked towards Hagrid and took out his wand.
"Hi! Luke, how did you sleep last night?"
Seeing Luke coming over, Hagrid enthusiastically started to chat with little nutrition.
This is normal. Although the relationship between the two is not bad, it has not reached the level of mutual trust like Hagrid and Harry.
He and Hagrid would occasionally patrol the Forbidden Forest together. In a sense, everyone gets what they want, but there is no greater emotional connection.
Now Luke and Hagrid are acquaintances and friends. But that's all.
"Not bad, what about you? Are you still patrolling the forest intensively these days?"
This semester, the Forbidden Forest has basically never stopped.
Almost every day when Hagrid patrols the forest, he can find the remains of some magical animals that obviously died due to abnormal causes.
The crazy contractions of the horse people are not normal at all. After all, professors cannot always keep an eye on the Forbidden Forest. When they saw that the unknown thing never left the Forbidden Forest to cause destruction, the professors withdrew their energy from the Forbidden Forest.
Of course, this does not mean giving up the defense of the Forbidden Forest.
On the contrary, Hagrid's patrolling intensity further increased, which brought Hagrid's research on magical animal hybridization to a certain level of stagnation, but he was not unhappy. Because patrolling the Forbidden Forest is a very happy and fulfilling job in itself.
That’s what he thinks.
And Luke never stopped getting news, from Hagrid and the Rune Snake.
The unicorns hide well, but it's not a solution after all. The other party's search is obviously very organized, but the pattern is difficult to grasp. So it can be said that it is only a matter of time before the unicorns are found.
All Luke and Runes can do is delay this time.
If it can't be delayed any longer, neither of these two guys will take the initiative to protect the unicorn.
Because it's not worth it.
Voldemort was really driven into a rage, and Luke himself would face a level of danger beyond normal circumstances. This is not what they want. Not to mention Luke himself, even the runes would not agree.
"The intensity is still very high, but there are still no more clues."
Hagrid sighed helplessly. However, the other party obviously did not follow the goal of destroying the ecology of magical animals in the Forbidden Forest.
Although the situation in front of him was difficult, it was within Hagrid's acceptance range.
Because more Acromantulas died.
Hagrid is not a fool. If the Acromantula tribe is not restrained, it will really get out of control. The current situation may not be a bad thing for the entire Forbidden Forest.
"It doesn't matter, things will eventually calm down. If the other party really goes too far, the professors won't watch. After all, the Forbidden Forest is also an important property of the school."
Luke pointed his wand at the Christmas tree, looked at the decorated one over there carefully, and then waved his wand gently.
A little halo emerged from the tip of the wand, and then Hagrid saw the needles turn into ice cubes, and merged at a super fast speed into small, beautifully shaped icicles.
There are also some ice crystals that have been fused in the past and turned into Q-version images of various magical animals.
When looking at the Q version of the fire dragon, Hagrid not only admired it, but also felt something in his heart.
It would be a beautiful thing if you could raise a fire dragon!
While he was thinking about it, he gave Luke a thumbs up.
When Luke completed the transformation of the last Phoenix's Q version, he could feel the consumption of his mental power. But it's still within the acceptable range.
Turning around, I saw Tyler and Hermione.
"Luke, are you spending Christmas break here?"
Hermione didn't waste any more words and asked straight to the point.
"There's something to take care of. Gemma and I will go outside together."
Luke didn't hide anything from the two people in front of him.
Although they knew that these two people must be doing business when they went out, for some reason, both Taylor and Hermione felt a little bit offended.
"Senior Gemma, are you going with you?"
Taylor asked confused.
Luke nodded and said: "The Lance family is going to hand over the property. I'm not good at this, so I let Senior Gemma take charge of this matter. This was agreed from the beginning."
With that said, it becomes even more difficult for the two of them to say anything.
"What about you? Going home?"
Luke felt the somewhat dull atmosphere and picked up the topic very calmly.
Hermione nodded and said, "When I get home, my parents also want to ask me about my life at school. They are still very curious about the life of wizards."
Luke nodded, this situation was not unexpected.
"I also have to go home and spend Christmas with grandma."
Of course Taylor didn't finish her words, so she gave Luke a meaningful look, and Luke naturally understood. When Taylor went home, she still had to tell her grandma what she saw about Luke.
Originally, they were planning to refuse admission to Hogwarts, but grandma still let her come, just to see if Luke was worth relying on.
For now, Luke rarely hides anything in front of Taylor, so Luke's strengths and weaknesses have basically been presented in front of Taylor. Although this is not all, it is enough for people to make a certain judgment.
Luke nodded, and after thinking about it, he took two pine needles from the Christmas tree behind him, then turned them into two notes and handed them to the two girls in front of him.
"Although it is not recommended, if you have anything during the holidays, you can send the letter here. I can reply in time as long as I am at home."
Both girls nodded and put the note into their pockets.
Then Hermione took out a pen and paper from her other pocket. After writing her address, she handed the thing to Taylor, but Taylor didn't take it. Instead, he fumbled for an inconspicuous little ball from his pocket.
After handing the ball and the address to Luke, Taylor said: "If I contact you, I will use this directly. I don't know my home address yet. I have to wait until I ask my grandma."
Not knowing is of course an excuse, it cannot be said to be true.
But for such a trivial matter, Luke is willing to accept it depending on his relationship with Taylor and the grandma's abilities.
"no problem."
After saying that, he put the things into his belt.
And just when they were about to chat about trivial matters, Malfoy also ran over.
"Luke! My dad invited you to our house for Christmas dinner!"
