After a few days of real excitement, Christmas has finally arrived.
Many little wizards have signed their names in advance and want to go home for Christmas. Now there are only teachers and a few students left in the huge castle.
Some little wizards couldn't take their poor big roosters with them on the train home, so they chose to leave the chickens with Hagrid, who suddenly opened a chicken farm.
When spring comes next year, they will forget that they raised this rooster, and these roosters will soon become part of the mountain of roasted chicken legs, reunited with the little wizards at the dinner table.
So, on a cold morning, the castle was completely white, and Aaron got up early.
Last night, he gave everyone still in the castle an apple. Eating apples on Christmas Eve means peace and security.
This confused everyone. Aaron said it was a homophone, but how could Apple be a homophone to Christmas Eve?
On Christmas morning, Aaron received gifts from many people:
Snape gave him a bottle of absinthe, McGonagall gave him a precious quill, and Flitwick gave him a beautiful pointed wizard hat.
Dumbledore gave him a speculum modified by alchemy and a jar of tea - with a note on it saying: Maybe you know how to enjoy it better than me.
There was even a gift from Ginny. She made a handmade greeting card for Aaron. On the card was a Christmas tree covered with golden stars. It would light up at night and sing to the music. Dance.
In addition, he also received many gifts from outside, and Aaron returned gifts to them one by one.
But compared to these gifts, what really made Aaron happy was that his alchemy product was finally completed.
The 'mercury' that could fill the cauldron before has now shrunk to a drop the size of a fingernail, but even though it is only such a small drop, it weighs hundreds of pounds.
'Moon Spirit Essence Liquid', this is the name Aaron had given it long ago.
Aaron applied a deformation technique to it, using the 'projection of thoughts' to give it the ability to calculate independently like a super computer, allowing it to follow Aaron's orders and search for everything he wanted to search, fully automatically and without blind spots. A corner.
In the process, Aaron also discovered that there seemed to be a mutually reinforcing relationship between alchemy and transfiguration. Alchemy could effectively prolong the magical effects of transfiguration, allowing the wizard to maintain the deformation of objects for a longer period of time.
However, it is not forever after all, so the Moon Spirit Marrow Liquid needs Aaron to recast it regularly to ensure that its functions can operate normally.
"Sir, I still need to do one last check on it. After that, you can use it to catch the basilisk."
“Until then, you can think of a liberating spell for it and get it ready for Christmas dinner.”
With that said, Runas buttoned up Aaron's shirt.
…
The Christmas dinner was decorated very grandly. Twelve Christmas trees were erected in the auditorium, with little fairies covered in dust flying around them and covered with various Christmas trinkets.
Aaron waved his magic wand and conjured up beautiful golden eggs on the Christmas tree. The little wizards could smash them open and randomly select something like Bibi's flavored beans.
Harry got a large piece of chocolate from it, and Hermione got a few pieces of Lemon Olaf. Ron was unlucky. After opening it, there was only a burst of unpleasant smoke, but fortunately there was also a burst of cheerful Muggle songs. .
Hagrid also came to the party - he drank so much eggnog that the tip of his nose was red. He smiled and burped, and kept patting Aaron's shoulder with a big hand:
"I really should thank you, I really should thank you, Aaron... Come on, drink some more."
Everyone was happy, even if they were about to take the trio later. They enjoyed the Christmas joy to the fullest.
However, there is one person who is an exception.
Draco Malfoy.
In fact, Harry had discovered something was wrong with Malfoy several days ago. He was always taciturn and gloomy, and he often looked somewhere in a daze, as if he had something on his mind.
Malfoy was not like this before. He always walked around the castle arrogantly, with his two big and stupid followers-Goyle and Crabbe.
When encountering something new and interesting, the young wizards traveling with them would sincerely exclaim in amazement, but not Malfoy. He would first let out a short, disdainful snort from his nose, and then say "I" one by one. Dad said'.
"My father said that he was very optimistic about Professor Custer back then and thought he would be an amazing talent..."
However, he is completely different now.
Ron also noticed something was wrong with Malfoy, and he quietly said to Harry: "Let me guess, is it because his basilisk was too seriously injured by Professor Castle and died, so he That’s how it will turn out.”
However, it seemed that Malfoy heard these words. He raised his head and showed a smile that was so cold that it made people tremble.
"Potter, enjoy your last pleasure."
He spoke silently to Harry.
Harry didn't understand it - but he still felt a little shuddered.
So before the last pudding was served, he called Hermione and Ron.
"let's go."
…
After the dinner, Aaron and the professors gathered in the teachers' lounge. They were going to have a Christmas tea party.
Professor Sprout generously provided the tea for this party - Aaron had to admit that the tea she brewed was much better than Dumbledore's.
Hagrid also came. He knew that Aaron had defeated the basilisk and was very happy after finding the secret room. He kept thanking him. He felt that Aaron had cleared his wrongdoing.
Aaron smiled reluctantly. To be honest, although he did not open the secret room, he did not think that what Hagrid did back then was correct.
Snape stared at Aaron with cold eyes - this was probably because Aaron's Christmas gift to him this year was a set of experiment manuals for middle school students and some Muggle experimental utensils...
Just when everyone was drinking and chatting happily...
A loud noise was heard outside the door, and a figure hurried in.
The figure seemed to be a girl - except that her face was covered with short cat hair, her eyes turned yellow, and her two pointed ears stood up from her long hair.
"oh!"
The professors were startled - Flitwick nearly fell off his pile of cushions.
Aaron recognized it carefully for a while, and then he barely recognized it. He shouted with some uncertainty: "Hermione?"
Hermione was stunned for a moment. She also realized that something was wrong with her current situation, but she ignored her embarrassment and just said quickly:
"Harry and Ron - they were both captured by a basilisk!"
As she spoke, her yellow eyes filled with tears.
