Christmas is coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts School woke up from a dream and found that the surroundings were covered with several feet of snow and the lake was covered with hard ice.
George and Fred Weasley were punished for enchanting several snowballs to chase Quirrell around and hit him in the back of his turban.
This scene was recorded by Tiera with a magic camera.
From the end of October to the present approaching Christmas, for nearly two months, by embezzling Harry and the Quidditch team's pharmaceutical funds, Tiera finally saved up money to buy a magic camera in addition to buying the medicine she needed.
In the past two months, in addition to her gradually filling wallet, Tiera's knowledge of potions, alchemy and transfiguration has also made great progress.
When Christmas comes and the final exams for this semester are over, Tiera can try to brew the Hydra potion.
Since winter has officially arrived, Tiera spends most of her time indoors... to be precise, she spends most of her time in a warm dormitory.
Only when the two factors of heavy snowfall and the Weasley twins appeared outside at the same time would Tiera step outside wrapped up like a thick bun.
Then this monumental scene was captured.
With the final exam over and Christmas approaching, only Tiera could still concentrate on studying.
Even Hermione has been a little distracted these days, looking forward to the holiday like everyone else.
Although there were roaring fires in the Gryffindor common room and the Great Hall, which were under a spell to keep them warm, the drafty corridors became bitingly cold, and the classroom windows were blown by the biting wind. Clicking sound.
"I feel really sorry for those people," Draco Malfoy said during the last exam, Potions. "They had to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas because their families didn't want them. them."
He looked at Harry as he spoke.
Crabbe and Goyle chuckled.
Harry was paying no attention to them as he weighed out pulverized lionfish vertebrae.
Tiera had already finished her exam and left early.
Otherwise Malfoy wouldn't have such a bad mouth.
As a gamekeeper, Hagrid was naturally responsible for decorating the Christmas Hall. After Harry and Ron finished their exams, they happened to meet Hagrid dragging a fir tree to the Hall.
So the three of them came to the auditorium together, where Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick were busy decorating Christmas decorations.
Hermione and Tiera, who had finished their exams early, were also there. The two of them were not reading a book, but were playing wizard chess.
"What you did was too bad." Ron walked over and took a look and said, "Tiera, you should..."
"Hey, don't talk, kid!" the knight 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 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 what outstanding achievements Lemay has that could be included in a book.
He is not in "The Great Wizards of the Twentieth Century", nor is he in "The Directory of Famous Contemporary Magicians". In addition, his name cannot be found in "Major Discoveries of Modern Magic" and "Research on the Development of Modern Witchcraft".
And, of course, the sheer size of the collection is daunting, with thousands of books, thousands of shelves, and hundreds of narrow passages.
Tiera also followed the trio and pretended to look for them.
Unlike Hermione, Tiera read fewer but better books. After one semester of school, Tiera only read "Principles of Potions", "Introduction to Alchemy", "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", and "Modern Times" in addition to textbooks. "Principles of Magic", "A Brief Discussion on Transfiguration" and the book "Potions in Detail" that Snape recommended him to read.
Although this amount of reading is considered rich in the eyes of other young wizards, it still pales in comparison to the more than fifty books Hermione read in one semester.
Therefore, Tiera knew every book she had read by heart, but every knowledge point in it was definitely fresh in her mind.
Tiera remembered that Hermione had borrowed a copy of "A Brief History of the Development of Alchemy" just to get angry with him.
Although Tiera has not read it, he is sure that Nicol Flamel is mentioned in that book. In any book that touches on alchemy, there are two characters that cannot be avoided. One is Merlin and the other is Nico. Flamel.
The only two alchemists in the world who have successfully refined the Philosopher's Stone.
This reflects the disadvantages of reading in general but not in depth.
But Tiera didn't mention anything about Hermione, 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 experience and cannot delve deeply into a certain knowledge point.
Therefore, it is better to read more books when you are young, so that when it is time to go to college...
Hmm...it seems wizards don't have universities...
Only then will you know what path you should take when you graduate.
As for Nicoléme…
Tiera thought it would be better to hide it for a while. These three little wizards were too capable of causing trouble.
And Tiera is waiting for Harry's invisibility cloak. After Christmas, Tiera can openly borrow Harry's invisibility cloak to go out on campus at night.
Tiera needs 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 Nicoléme, so she took Tiera to play wizard chess.
Tiera was happy to be free.
After Tiera and Hermione finished playing a game, Ron squeezed Tiera away and played several games with Hermione himself.
Different from Tiera's half-baked chess skills, Ron's wizard chess can be said to be a three-game winning streak in which the gods kill the gods and the Buddhas kill the Buddhas without any mercy.
Tiera noticed that Hermione's face had changed. She had been biting her lips since the second game, and by the end of the third game, her lips were bitten to pieces.
"No more playing, it's boring." Hermione said as she pushed the chessboard.
At this time, the Christmas Eve dinner just started.
The entire auditorium was decorated with bright lights by Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick.
The walls were covered with hanging ribbons of holly and mistletoe, and a dozen towering Christmas trees were erected throughout the room. Some of the trees were hung with shiny icicles, and some were lit by hundreds of candles.
Christmas dinner is even bigger than back-to-school and Halloween combined.
Pan-fried foie gras, smoked salmon, crab cakes, ham and melon rolls, herring salad, lamb tripe soup...
Ron was so addicted to the food that even Tiera ate a little more.
Even after it was over, Ron returned to the Gryffindor lounge holding a big chicken leg.
The day after the party, Tiera, Harry and Ron put Hermione on the train.
"You have to continue searching while I'm away, okay?" Hermione said, taking out a book list from her pocket, passing over Harry and Ron, and handed it directly to Tiera, "If anything is found, , just send an owl to tell me.”
"You can also ask your parents if they know who LeMay is," Ron said. "It's safe to ask them."
"Pretty safe, since they're both dentists," Hermione said, rolling her eyes.
