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Chapter Thirty-Three: Christmas Gifts, Snape Arrives

Of course, Zicomo was unaware of these things.

He is currently enjoying dinner with the Granger family.

The Grangers were very impressed with the ingredients that Zicomo brought out.

Zicomo and Hermione occasionally recount some amusing incidents that occurred at Hogwarts.

This caused them to gasp in amazement again.

During the conversation, Mr. Granger also teased Hermione, saying that she looked much rounder than when she started school.

They must have eaten a lot of good food at school.

Zicomo responded, "How can it not be round?"

Every few days, she would pester him to go to the kitchen for a late-night snack.

His spider legs, and the giant squid that he later managed to catch after diving into the bottom of the Black Lake.

Hermione ate quite a lot.

These are all top-quality ingredients.

He was inspired by her to stir-fry herbs like vegetables.

She initially thought that eating meat every day was too greasy and would easily lead to weight gain, so she asked Zicomo to find a way to get some vegetarian options.

They're still complaining about why there's no magic pill for weight loss.

Inspired by her, Zicomo tried it many times in his own garden.

Finally, using more than a dozen special herbs, they created a magical soy sauce with an extremely delicious flavor.

This soy sauce has a certain weight loss effect; it breaks down fat and excretes it through sweat and other means.

The herbs that could be eaten as vegetables were an unexpected bonus of this experiment.

Well, the Weasley brothers' store will have another hot-selling product in the future.

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The next morning, Zicomo woke up to find his room piled high with gifts.

This was the first time he had ever celebrated Christmas in such a grand way.

If Hermione hadn't reminded him, he probably wouldn't have realized that Christmas in England is about giving gifts.

Looking at the gift in front of him, Zicomo's eyes flashed with emotion.

I've been in this world for almost half a year now without even realizing it.

He developed many ties here.

I doubt that all the gifts I received in my past lives combined equaled this many.

Unpack the gift.

Mrs. Granger gave him a new suit, a deep blue color, which he liked very much.

Mr. Granger gave him a mechanical watch in return.

He had complained in a letter that all electronic devices were unusable due to the magic within Hogwarts.

He has difficulty even checking the time.

I didn't expect Mr. Granger to still remember this.

To express his gratitude, Zicomo specially made two necklaces with cold-proof properties and gave them to them.

Harry and Ron each gave him a book, a travelogue-style novel from the wizarding world.

Zikomo doesn't have many books on this subject.

Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick both gave books as gifts.

One is a transfiguration notebook, and the other is a spell-based reflection.

Zicomo was somewhat amused and exasperated; when did he become known as a book lover in everyone's eyes?

Dumbledore gave him a jar of candy, knowing his sweet tooth, but Zicomo kept his distance from it.

You don't even need to try it to know it's cloyingly sweet.

Snape, however, unexpectedly gave him a small bottle of Felix Felicis.

As for the little witch Hermione, she gave him a scarf and a book about alchemy.

I don't know where she got it from.

In fact, Zicomo doesn't really like scarves. He thinks the fur on them scratches his neck and makes him feel itchy and uncomfortable.

Since he was physically stronger than most people, he didn't feel cold, so even though it was snowing heavily, he didn't wear a scarf.

Unexpectedly, Hermione assumed he didn't have a scarf and gave him one.

Zicomo returned the favor with two gifts.

The small bottle of Felix Felicis was something he had bought in Diagon Alley. He wanted to try making it himself, but the ingredients were hard to find.

There's also a 'Blue Amber Pendant +2', which he found while scavenging the Lake Lienia region.

The effect is to increase the maximum magic power by 11%.

The reason they gave each other two gifts was that one day they asked each other about their birthdays and then realized that their birthdays had already passed.

So they agreed to make it up to each other at Christmas.

As for the return gifts for the others, Zicomo thought for a long time and came up with the anti-curse products for the twin Weasleys' future.

The effect is that if someone tries to curse you, staring into their eyes will cause the curse to bounce back.

In the original story, the Weasley brothers made two products: hats and gloves.

Zicomo made a set of necklaces, bracelets, badges, and other designs.

He then gave these things back to people he was close to as a return gift.

Especially Snape, who was given a string of Buddhist prayer beads by Zicomo.

Hopefully, he won't be so short-tempered in the future and will learn to control his temper.

I wonder if Snape could understand Zicomo's good intentions.

In addition, Zicomo also gave him some very interesting information.

Snape will probably have some interesting thoughts after reading this information.

After unwrapping the gifts, Zicomo went downstairs to have breakfast.

Mrs. Granger, who was in the kitchen, heard the noise and came out with breakfast.

"Merry Christmas, Zicomo. Thank you for your necklace, we won't have to wear so many heavy clothes in winter anymore."

Mr. Granger, who was sitting at the dining table reading the newspaper, also nodded his thanks.

Christmas greetings were sent.

“Merry Christmas, Uncle and Aunt. Has Hermione come down yet?” Zicomo asked.

“Yes, she’s probably still unwrapping her gifts. Could you go and call her? Breakfast is ready,” Mrs. Granger instructed.

"Ok."

Upon arriving at Hermione's room, Zicomo gently knocked on the door.

"Hermione, it's time to come downstairs for breakfast."

"Here you are, cousin."

Just then, Hermione finished packing the gifts and left the room.

"Cousin, thank you for the gift, I love it so much. Especially that pendant, after wearing it my magic power increased by a tenth, it's amazing."

"I'm glad you like it." Zicomo smiled and patted Hermione's head.

The two went downstairs, where a family of four was having breakfast.

Suddenly the doorbell rang.

"Who is it? Visiting so early in the morning?" Mrs. Granger asked, somewhat puzzled.

"I don't know, I'll go check."

Zicomo stood up and walked towards the door.

He opened the door, and an unexpected figure stood before him.

"Professor Snape? What brings you here?"

This middle-aged recluse, who rarely left his home and spent his days at Hogwarts brewing potions, finally decided to venture out.

That's really novel.