Hogwarts Raven

Chapter 135 134: Christmas Horror!
The gift that Pandro "stole" from Santa Claus is really mysterious. It looks like just a paper box, but for some reason it has the characteristic of being "invulnerable to all kinds of attacks".

No wonder Pandro had that mean look on his face at that time, as if Ian would have no chance of opening the gift box unless he asked for his help. The little wizard really felt helpless about how to open the gift box.

"What the hell is in here?" As the saying goes, the more unattainable something is, the more obsessed one becomes. At this moment, Ian felt as if there were ten thousand Animagus-transformed Professor McGonagalls scratching at him.

however.

No matter his hands or magic, they were useless in front of Santa Claus's gift box. Ian even tried the big chainsaw that could achieve equality for everyone on the road. However, it was still as solid as new, and even the colored strips on the gift box were as smooth as new. The silent mockery was the answer given by the gift box to him.

Ian is no longer eager to get what's inside, he just wants to know what's inside.

"Do I really have to ask Pandro for help?" Ian threw away the bucket of sulfuric acid in his hand with sweat all over his forehead. A bucket of strong sulfuric acid still failed to corrode Santa Claus' gift box.

The sulfuric acid is fuming.

That's a chemical reaction with the floor.

Santa Claus' gift box was like a box that had been splashed with water. The surrounding floor was full of potholes and smelled bad, but it still stood there quietly, beautiful alone.

This gift box seems to fully illustrate that things that do not belong to this world are not affected by the rules of this world. If there are enough of them, they can be used to build a space elevator.

"I don't need your gift!" Ian kicked Santa's gift box away, hesitated for a moment, and ran forward to pick it up, cleaned it and put it back in his purse. His current mentality is probably a bit like having three thousand beauties in his harem, and Santa's gift box is the white moonlight that he can't get.

In fact, the room was also filled with various other gift boxes, all of which Ian had moved from the head of his bed in the dormitory. Even though there were not many people staying on campus, many people still sent him gifts.

The belated Christmas did not disappoint the little wizard's expectations and hard work. The gifts piled together were spectacular, and it was not an exaggeration to describe their size as a hill.

At least it's bigger than three or five Ians put together.

"This is the best proof that I'm popular." Ian counted the gifts he had received. Not only from Ravenclaw, but also from little wizards from other colleges.

This was probably because Ian liked to casually point fingers at his classmates during class. He even received mutant biting cabbage seeds from that daring witch from Hufflepuff.

obviously.

The advice given by Ian really made the little witch's experiment successful. Who said there were no other geniuses in Hogwarts? He thought that Hufflepuff was really going to produce another plant version of Newt Scamander.

of course.

The prerequisite is that the Hufflepuff witch with a wild imagination, who could not be persuaded by Ian, did not become olive stew in the dragon's mouth when she graduated and went to challenge the dragon.

"Slytherin only has one gift! They are all bad! My compensation hasn't been given to me by Christmas!" Ian secretly made a note in his little notebook and continued to open the box.

The Christmas gift box is definitely the inspiration for the blind box design. Regardless of whether there is anything missing or not, the sense of anticipation before unboxing really makes Ian experience the joy of the holiday.

The largest gift box came from Hagrid. He did not choose to use traditional packaging, but placed the gift for Ian in a huge wooden barrel.

"Could a magical creature jump out of it?" Ian opened the barrel with trepidation. Fortunately, Hagrid didn't like giving surprises as much as he had imagined.

The wooden barrel contained a bunch of simply processed materials, including the extremely precious unicorn feathers and even the frog brains that Ian had gone to Hagrid for help many times.

The half-giant's gift looked as rough as his image, but it was obvious that Hagrid had put a lot of thought into the gift. It was not an easy task to collect so many materials in the Forbidden Forest.

Ian seemed to see Hagrid going into the Forbidden Forest every now and then to help him collect things.

"I hope he will like my gift, too." Ian carefully stored each material. The gift he gave to Hagrid was a complete series version of the Alchemical Fire Dragon figurine.

Although each fire dragon figure is only the size of a palm, they can not only move but also breathe fire and interact. He even added a few giant dragon models that do not exist in reality out of personal interest.

There is a frost dragon that can spit out frost, a bone dragon that can spray blue flames, and a very cute little fire dragon named Momoko. I believe this can be considered as something that pleases Hagrid.

"Once I have perfected my skills, I will sell wizard combat pets in Diagon Alley and completely change the future combat system of wizards!" Ian gave gifts to almost everyone he knew. His gifts were for any little wizard who had had more than three "acquaintances" with him.

It’s not that the young wizard is so rich, but some simple alchemical works are of zero cost to him. It allows him to practice and get along well with his classmates, which is a win-win-win situation.

He won twice and his classmates won once. Compared with Hagrid's bucket of expensive gifts, the gifts from other little wizards were almost small gifts but great thought.

Ian had a lot of fun taking it apart.

The gift box the twins gave him contained a bunch of candies, but Ian didn't dare to eat any of them. He placed this gift and the [Sister's Original Underwear] given by the little wizard in the night class in the hidden room of the Room of Requirement. Perhaps in the future someone with a destiny will discover this room and find the things he "forgot" here.

"It's not that I dislike them, it's that I have a strong sense of crisis."

Ian continued to open the presents. Compared with the two gifts of uncertain danger level, the whole set of collection cards given by the chocolate baby boy made him feel that he was worthy of being the second generation of the factory.

It seems that he is usually tight on money and can only use Chocolate Frog as tuition for small classes, but this precious deck can be given away at will. It is definitely the magic version of the spicy prince's family background.

"The most common gifts given by the little wizards of Ravenclaw are books, which I like." Ian has opened the seventh book, and the one given to him by the enthusiastic senior Penelope is "The Legend of Merlin".

The two roommates also gave me books, but one was "Fantastic Beasts in the Pot" and the other was "Secret Wars: Following the Man's Struggle".

These are all good books that you can't buy in Knockturn Alley.

Maybe it was God who was reminding Ian, but in the next gift box he opened, he found the "Fantastic Beasts and Their Locations and Sentences" given to him by Qiu Zhang.

"..."

Ian felt that his friends in the college might have some misunderstandings about him. Fortunately, the professors did not misunderstand him, and his excellent interpersonal relationships even allowed him to receive gifts from four deans.

Professor McGonagall gave Ian an exquisite brooch with the symbol of Transfiguration in the magical field on it. Perhaps this gift also contained her expectations for Ian's achievements in the field of Transfiguration.

Professor Flitwick also gave Ian a book of Charms that he had been looking forward to. It was his own experience and results, which had not been published but was definitely full of valuable information. Professor Sprout gave Ian a tool maintenance kit as a gift. Ian's helpful behavior to Hufflepuff students also won her favor.

"What my good uncle gave me was not a potion." Ian opened the gift from the last Hogwarts dean and saw an alchemical tool with the Shield Charm in it.

It must have been bought.

Ian felt that Snape was worried that the threat from Hogwarts would affect him. Obviously, Snape didn't know that Ian was still planning to burn Voldemort again. His worry was like Ian's worry that overly greasy hair would cause Snape to lose his hair prematurely.

"I hope my good uncle will like the shampoo I gave him." Ian certainly wouldn't buy ready-made Potter brand shampoo and use it on his face. He made a lot of magical herbal shampoo for Snape himself. He added a lot of precious ingredients, all of which were recycled from Snape's collection.

I wonder if Snape would be so scared after receiving the gift that he would immediately check his cabinet.

"Let me see what my best friend gave me!" After Ian opened everyone else's gifts, he placed the last gift box in front of himself.

This is a gift from Aurora.

As the earliest and best friend, Ian gave Aurora a gift of "The Book of Parseltongue" and a work made from the original embryo of the Resurrection Stone.

It certainly cannot allow Aurora to communicate with other souls in the hazy fantasy, but this [Guardian Ring] can definitely deepen the connection between Aurora and her patronus.

after all.

The existence of the Patronus itself is closely related to the illusion. And Ian also remembered that Aurora had practiced for a long time, but it was difficult to really cast the Patronus spell and establish a connection with the Patronus.

This gift was definitely more time-consuming and labor-intensive than the ones he gave to Dumbledore and Grindelwald - the gifts he gave to the two selfless elders were both a set of wizard chess that he had designed uniquely.

He covered all the chess pieces with skins that were definitely much cooler than the 2000-yuan League of Legends Hall of Fame skins, and even the soldiers were turned into green-skinned orcs and tall elves from World of Warcraft.

The magic version does not stop there.

The knights' mounts were replaced with Thestrals and Unicorns, one holding Frostmourne and the other holding Firedelight, the king of the red side was Dumbledore holding the Elder Wand and the king of the black side was Grindelwald. Ian even added special effects to the battle scenes, which is definitely a very thoughtful gift.

of course.

It is not as time-consuming and labor-intensive as the [Guardian Ring].

"The Resurrection Stone is made of that kind of stone, and my ring is also made of that kind of stone. If you round it up, it's like I gave my best friend a Deathly Hallows!"

Ian opened Aurora's gift box with great anticipation.

He remembered that when he and Aurora were digging for eggs in the Forbidden Forest, Aurora said that she had prepared a Christmas gift for Ian, and it was a treasure stolen from Grindelwald.

"Let me see what the baby is!"

Ian violently unpacks the box.

however.

He thought he would see some cruel black magic props, but he only saw a very small and exquisite thing with a metallic luster in the gift box.

"What does this mean? Giving me a house?"

Ian took something out of the gift box.

It has exquisite patterns and a somewhat hollow design. It is obviously quite old. In his hands, it looks like it has a patinaed texture under the light.

That's a key.

……

The corridors of Hogwarts were quite quiet.

One could even say it's a bit deserted.

Since most little wizards chose to go home at Christmas, there were not many little wizards left in the school, and most of them preferred to stay in the extremely warm lounge.

Ian exhaled a large puff of white mist when he came out of the Room of Requirement.

At this time, without the usual bustling students, without the laughter coming from the classrooms and corridors, and without the flying training and competitions over the Quidditch field, the halls, towers and lawns outside Hogwarts Castle seemed particularly quiet under the soft winter sun.

On days like this, not many young wizards would go to the auditorium to eat. However, Ian still ran into someone he knew at the entrance of the auditorium.

"Ms. Greengrass! Where's my Christmas present?" Ian followed the principle of three nods to an acquaintance and sent a gift to Daphne Greengrass, who was afraid of him like a tiger.

However, he received no gift in return.

"Do you want me to put my hot face against your cold butt?" The little wizard was very unhappy, making Daphne Greengrass and her little friend Gersha Selwyn shiver a little.

"I... I did give it to you. It's in Qiu Zhang's box." Daphne Greengrass explained hurriedly, leaving Ian stunned in confusion.

"Is the Christmas card inside your gift?" Ian's eyes widened after he recalled the past. "As a descendant of a pure-blood family, you only gave me a Christmas card?"

His tone was somewhat indignant.

"Is there a possibility... my father no longer gives me money..." Daphne Greengrass forced a smile, but she looked more miserable than crying. To prove that she was telling the truth, she took out her purse. The contents were indeed a bit shabby, with only a few copper knuts and not even a silver Sickle.

"I can't even afford a gift box..."

Daphne Greengrass' tone was very sincere and helpless. This little witch, who had been in bad luck for a whole semester just because she had mocked Ian as a mudblood, was really miserable.

"Doesn't she want to lend you money? Fake best friend?" Ian looked at Gesha Selwyn who was burying her head and trying to act like an ostrich. The little witch immediately responded by taking out her wallet.

Due to the panic, the purse fell to the ground without making any sound. When Gersha Selwyn picked up the purse and opened it, the contents were even worse than those of Daphne Greengrass.

Empty.

"Really, we are all out of money, and my family doesn't give me any money at all." Both Gesha Selwyn and Daphne Greengrass revealed a sense of desolation.

"So you are the two broke girls from Hogwarts." Ian was also a little emotional. He took out two copper Knuts from his purse and gave one to each of the little witches.

"This is a reminder fee. Remember to remind your family to send me the compensation as soon as possible." After saying that, the little wizard left the bankrupt sisters and walked into the auditorium.

“It takes time to liquidate assets…”

Daphne Greengrass replied.

It was just that her voice was so soft that Ian probably didn't hear it. If he had heard it, he probably wouldn't have wondered why they were cut off from food at home.

Obviously, Dumbledore wanted the pure-blood families to bleed heavily.

"Did he also give you a Christmas present?" Gersha Selwyn asked after Ian's back had completely disappeared, looking at Daphne Greengrass with a somewhat strange look.

It was like seeing a fake friend who secretly joined the party but did not bring himself with him.

"I heard that he gave gifts to many people... maybe to win people's hearts?" Daphne Greengrass's way of thinking was very typical of a pure-blood family.

"Then why didn't he try to bribe me? Our family is no weaker than yours..." Gesha Selwyn didn't want Ian's attention, she just felt that her family might have been looked down upon.

Daphne Greengrass didn't know how to answer.

"What did he give you?"

Gesha Selwyn continued to speak with great curiosity.

Daphne Greengrass sighed, "I didn't dare to open it. Little Grindelwald looked at me strangely. I was afraid that if I opened it, I would be hit by the Killing Curse in the face."

Her words made Gesha Selwyn's eyes widen and she even gasped.

"This guy hid a killing curse in the gift he gave you? Oh my God! The Dark Lord back then was definitely not as scary as him!" Gesha Selwyn's sigh and opinion came completely from the heart.

"..."

Daphne Greengrass was silent for a long time when Gersha Selwyn tentatively asked whether she should take the gift box to complain to the relatively neutral Hufflepuff Headmaster.

"I didn't say the killing curse would come from his gift..."

Daphne Greengrass finally had no choice but to respond.

"?????"

Gersha Selwyn was stunned for a moment before she understood. It turned out that Daphne Greengrass was worried about the killing curse from Ian's good friend.

"You must be overthinking it. If little Grindelwald really had that kind of relationship with him, you wouldn't be the first one to be blown up. People in the academy have always said that he was in love with the Ravenclaw knocker."

obviously.

Some rumors really never spread.

"This is too much. It's even more ridiculous than what was made up in the storybook that Professor Lockhart asked me to spread." Daphne Greengrass might have been a rumor spreader in the past.

She now has some ability to distinguish rumors.

"Who can tell... I also heard from my father that the Dark Lord liked to sleep with snakes. The thoughts of these wizards must be different from those of ordinary people like us."

Gesha Selwyn spoke with some emotion. An adult wizard walked by her side, which made her, who always liked to establish a good relationship with professors, immediately greet him subconsciously.

"Hello, Professor Quirrell."

Gertha Selwyn had even bowed with perfect etiquette, but when she looked up she still found that the Muggle Studies professor's gaze was quite cold and made her feel a chill down her spine.

"You look fine, too."

Professor Quirrell's response made Gesha Selwyn even more nervous.

She could only quickly recall when she had offended this Muggle Studies professor. Before she could ask, Quirrell had already walked into the hall to prepare for dinner.

"Are we still going in to eat?"

Daphne Greengrass looked towards the hall. Ian had already sat at the Slytherin table and was talking to Aurora while eating.

"Just skip a meal and consider it as losing weight..." Gesha Selwyn was unwilling to get close to the Slytherin table at this moment, and she was also unwilling to eat at the long tables of other colleges.

"you're right."

Although Daphne Greengrass's stomach was growling with hunger, she still walked decisively towards the direction of leaving the auditorium. Following closely behind her, Gesha Selwyn looked worried.

"He won't occupy our long table for dinner during the entire holiday, right?" Gesha Selwyn thought this was definitely a very likely thing to happen.

Daphne Greengrass was equally worried.

"If all else fails, we can go steal some herbs to chew."

She gave a "genius" suggestion.

can only say.

2 Broke Girls may be really penniless.

Poorer than many of the poor students they had mocked - while the two of them were planning to spend the holidays eating grass roots, Ian was feasting at the Slytherin table.

of course.

While eating, he would look at the ceiling from time to time.

"What are you looking at?"

Aurora tried to hold it in for a long time but still couldn't suppress the doubts in her heart.

“I’m looking at the losses I’ve incurred.”

Ian's tone was slightly melancholy. Yesterday he arranged a little Christmas surprise here, but he didn't expect that not only did he not get back the gold Galleons he had hidden, he didn't even see a single copper Knut.

"So it was you who caused what happened last night..." Aurora immediately got the truth of the incident from Ian's words, which made her eyes widen.

"Who got the gold galleon?"

Ian wondered if there was any chance to salvage his losses.

"I don't know. I don't think anyone knows, because at the dinner party yesterday, everyone was hit so hard that they ran away in panic. The professors thought it was a prank by Peeves."

Aurora touched her forehead, which might be where she was hit.

"..."

Ian was silent for a moment.

"Yes, that must be Peeves's prank. I just secretly witnessed his bad behavior." The little wizard spoke loudly with a strong critical tone.

"?????"

It was Aurora's turn to be silent.

Seeing this, Ian immediately changed the subject.

"Where is the key you gave me? A mansion in Austria? Can I choose the decoration style myself?" The reason he came here to eat was obviously not only because there were few students in school and a large area of ​​the long table was empty, but also because he was quite curious about the key gift Aurora gave him.

"It's not a house key. You can't open any mansion with it...but you can go to the Goblin Bank over in Northern Europe and use it to open the bank vault where my grandfather hid it."

"I don't know what's inside, but this must be my grandfather's treasure. He hid it very secretly. I used my talent to find the hiding place."

Aurora explained slowly.

Ian, who was sitting opposite her, had a visibly terrified expression on his face.

"What? You don't like it? I thought you should like it very much... After all, you like gold galleons so much?" Aurora tilted her head and looked at Ian in confusion.

"No... this thing..."

Ian quickly took out the key. He had several guesses about this key, and even wondered if it might be the key to the door of the Slytherin girls' dormitory.

however.

The truth was even more frightening than what he had imagined.

"It's you again! The King of Courage!" Ian felt like a yellow-haired man at this moment. He looked at the classroom seats in the auditorium with a slightly panicked look. Fortunately, Grindelwald did not come to lunch, which made the young wizard feel relieved.

how to say.

You certainly can’t blame Ian for overreacting.

after all.

This is more than just stealing Grindelwald's treasure?

This is simply Aurora copying Grindelwald's past!
[ps: Today, I have a day off. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I will meet my brothers and sisters. This is my limit]

(End of this chapter)