Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

Chapter 47 Gift - Book of Friends
The time at school is heartbreakingly short. In the blink of an eye, it’s time to leave.

When the first-year students lined up and left behind Hagrid, the few students who chose to stay stood by the window and looked at them enviously. But in fact, Wade also envied these students - they could stay in school freely for two weeks, almost monopolizing the library and potions classroom, and ask professors for advice at any time, which was almost one-on-one tutoring.

Vader sighed.

If Fiona hadn't been looking forward to the day when he would come home a month ago, Wade would have really wanted to stay in school.

Of course, it feels good to be home.

Having been away from home for half a year, the longing and love that his parents had accumulated almost burst out the moment they saw him. Fiona would hug him at least ten times a day and kiss his forehead lovingly from time to time. Ferdinand was a little more reserved, but he would touch his hair and pat his shoulder from time to time.

In the few months at school, Wade grew three centimeters taller. Because he climbed stairs all day and sat for a long time, he would exercise for about ten minutes to half an hour. After a period of time, his body became stronger and he could even see more obvious abdominal muscles.

But Fiona only saw two words for all these positive changes: "thinner."

The mother touched Wei De's face and said distressedly: "Did you not eat enough at school? Wait, I will prepare a big table of delicious food for you today!"

She rubbed her hands and got to work.

Wade looked in the mirror - the eleven-year-old boy in the mirror still had some baby fat on his face, which made him look a little round, rosy, and in good spirits.

Ferdinand sat next to Wade and asked in a serious tone, "Wade, you have always only reported good news in your letters, not bad news. Now tell me the truth - is anyone at school giving you a hard time?"

Wade also said seriously, "No - this is true. Ravenclaw itself is a peaceful college. Most of the students only look at their abilities, and not many people care about their bloodline. I am the top student in several subjects. Professor Flitwick, the dean of our college, likes me very much. There is also Professor Murray. He takes out two hours every week to teach me alchemy, and even invited me to his private party before the holiday."

"That's good. It sounds like you've met some good teachers." Ferdinand smiled. "Are you happy at school?"

"Of course," Wade smiled, "very happy."

……

Before Christmas, Wade mailed out all the presents. When he woke up the next morning and went downstairs, he saw a pile of gift boxes under the Christmas tree.

Fiona came towards him, hugged his head and kissed his forehead hard, and said happily: "Thank you, dear. I like your gift very much."

Wade gave her a bottle of beauty potion that he had made himself, a finished product that had been approved by Professor Snape.

Ferdinand nodded as well. "Great magic razor. But is there any special use for the parchment you put in the gift box?"

"This is an alchemical work I completed independently - the Book of Friends." Wade said with some pride.

He took out a bound book from his pocket. On the cover was written "Friends' Account" in Chinese and English. When he opened it, he saw the word "Family" written on the top of the horizontal line of the first page. On the right side was written "Name" in smaller font, followed by a horizontal line.

Wade took out a feather pen and gave one to each of his parents, then wrote his name on the right side.

"Our three friend books are linked together. Write down your name like this, and then I'll write what I want to say here—"

He wrote in the blank space below the horizontal line: "Merry Christmas."

Fiona let out a small cry of surprise, and saw a line of words appear on the parchment in her hand:

[Vade: Merry Christmas.] "Oh, I see."

Fiona quickly wrote her name in the upper right corner, and then wrote a sentence below: [Merry Christmas, baby.]

The same words appeared on the parchment of both father and son.

Ferdinand understood: "Like a forum?"

Home computers had been around for many years and cost only a few hundred pounds, so the Gray family naturally bought one early on, as they were no strangers to computers.

"Yeah, it's like an Internet forum." Wade spread his hands. "It seems a little magical because the carrier is just a piece of paper. It can't transmit video and sound, and it's actually not as good as the Internet, but it is not affected by magic magnetic fields. This way, even if I'm at school, you can contact me at any time."

To be more precise, "Friends' Book" is a magic version of WeChat. However, nowadays, similar apps like MSN Messenger, WhatsApp, QQ, WeChat, etc. have not been developed yet, so Wade's "Friends' Book" seems to be very advanced.

"I have to say, this is the best Christmas present I've received this year, Wade." Ferdinand's eyes sparkled: "But what's even better is that you really learned something at Hogwarts - I'm proud of you, kid."

Fiona soon became addicted to "online chatting" like most people who first came into contact with communication software. Even though Wade and Ferdinand were less than two meters away from her, she still used the friend list to communicate.

Soon, words began to appear on other pages of Wade's Friends Book.

The second page is associated with SSC members.

【Michael: Hello?】

[Padma: Merlin, I really saw what you wrote. ]

[Hermione: Can you see what I wrote too? Oh my god, it really appeared! How did you do that? I didn't see a similar spell in the book! ]

[Padma: Don't mention books, Hermione. Today is Christmas. You should be happy.]

[Michael: Wade, I thought you were just starting to learn alchemy! You should have told me earlier that you had made something so amazing!]

[Theo: I read the instructions and just figured out how to use it—this is amazing! This is the best magic item I've ever seen!]

[Lian: ...I'm so shocked, I don't know what to say. I'll just write a sentence to prove that I saw it.]

[Neville: I accidentally fell off the sofa, and my grandma thought I received some dark magic item and almost confiscated it. ]

【Vade: Merry Christmas, everyone.】

His words seemed to ignite the oil pan, and everyone's messages kept popping up. They soon discovered that the space each line of text could occupy was limited, and each sentence would disappear after about one or two seconds after reading. At most, only fifteen lines of text could be displayed on the page at the same time. The "online chat" was forcibly limited in speed, so there would not be a situation where "999+" unread messages appeared in just a few minutes.

Within a few minutes, they quickly learned how to send emojis without any instruction, and it seemed that they couldn't stop for a while.

Wade flipped to the back, and the third page was the house-elves page. The house-elves who were close to him all received one. They carefully wrote words on the parchment and wrote many words of gratitude to Wade.

Professor Murray, Professor Flitwick, Professor Sprout, Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape followed. Except for Snape who gave a "barely usable" evaluation and Professor Murray who reconfirmed the invitation in two days, everyone else praised his wonderful ideas and said that they could also tutor him during the holidays.

(End of this chapter)