They excitedly told Ethan that Hagrid told them that there was a treasure hidden under the trapdoor guarded by a three-headed dog in the room on the right corridor of the fourth floor. It was a secret between Dumbledore and a man named Nicolas Flamel.

In order to find out who this man named Nicolas Flamel was, Harry and his friends spent every spare moment in the library looking up all kinds of information, but it seemed like there was no progress.

"We have searched through all the modern history books and biographies, but we can't find this person's name anywhere." Harry made a bitter face and fiddled with the chess pieces next to the chessboard. "We have looked through all the relevant information for the past two hundred years more than once."

"Then why don't you try to look further back in time? Like five or six hundred years ago?" Ethan, who had memorized the script by heart, reminded calmly.

He originally thought that if Harry and his friends couldn't find the information, they would definitely try to expand the time range, so he didn't remind them. But he didn't expect that Harry and his friends really hadn't gotten around this bend until now, so he could only give them some pointers in person.

"How is that possible?" Ron immediately retorted, "Dumbledore is only over 100 years old. Since Nicolas Flamel and Dumbledore knew each other, how could he be a person who lived five or six hundred years ago?"

At the end, Ron looked at Ethan with a hint of pity for the mentally retarded person in his eyes: "Ethan, you are really something. How can you not understand such a simple truth? Aren't you too clumsy?"

Ethan: “…”

Hard, hard, fist hard.

I've said so much and you're still so stubborn. I won't serve you anymore. Just go and look for it on your own!

Ethan was silently clenching his fists again and again when he suddenly felt a black screen in front of his eyes.

Soft hands covered Ethan's eyes, and a light and pleasant voice came from behind:

"Guess who I am?"

Chapter 158 Guess who I am

"Guess who I am?"

"Ah, who could it be?" Ethan gently touched the boneless little hand, with an unconscious smile on his face, "If there is no dirt between the nails, is it Cassandra?"

"Eh……?"

The black-haired girl standing behind Ethan and covering his eyes was stunned as if struck by lightning. The smile on her lips quickly disappeared, and her originally bright eyes now lost all their brilliance like a pool of stagnant water.

"You...what did you say?" The girl's voice trembled slightly, and she confirmed again in disbelief. She couldn't help but increase the strength of her hands a little bit, and her fingers almost sank into her eye sockets, as if she would twist the neck of the person in front of her in the next second.

"Oh, it hurts, it hurts, I'm wrong, Alanna." Ethan felt the increasing force around his eye sockets, and knew that he had gone too far in his joke, so he quickly begged for mercy, "I'm not kidding you anymore, let go, you're almost pulling my eyeballs out."

"Who told you to say that?"

Alanna released her hand that was covering Ethan's eyes, glared at him angrily, and expressed her dissatisfaction with her hands on her hips: "Don't make such jokes again in the future!"

If she hadn't known Ethan's usual actions well and knew that he hadn't had anything to do with any girl other than her, just based on what Ethan had just said, she would have almost thought that Ethan was the kind of sea king who had ambiguous relationships with many girls at the same time.

And he is a sea king who would eat the grass in his own backyard while attacking his best friend.

If that was really the case, then she would have no choice but to have a fight with someone who had an ambiguous relationship with Mr. Aquaman, and then twist the scumbag's head off her shoulders, hold his head in her arms, sit on the boat and float away.

A certain blond tsundere who was packing her luggage in the dormitory suddenly shuddered for no reason.

Is this an illusion? I suddenly felt a chill on my neck and my heart was tense. Is something bad going to happen?

"Yes, yes, I won't dare to do it again." Ethan turned around and looked at Alanna, who looked half angry and half aggrieved. Suddenly, he felt his conscience twitch. He took Alanna's hand and shook it gently, and whispered to comfort her, "I'm sorry, I was wrong. Can you forgive me?"

"Well, I'll forgive you this time." The girl pouted slightly, and was very pleased with Ethan's surrender.

"But you didn't come here just to let me guess who you are, did you?" Ethan smiled softly, "Do you have something to talk to me about?"

"Yes, a little bit..." Alana hesitated and glanced at Harry and Ron who were craning their necks beside them. The two seemed to be concentrating on playing wizard chess, but in fact their minds were not on the chessboard. Their ears were erected like antennas, carefully capturing the movements here.

The girl pursed her lips, reached out and grabbed the corner of Ethan's clothes, and whispered, "Come with me."

"Okay." Ethan nodded, turned around and greeted Harry and Ron, "Sorry, I have to excuse myself for a moment."

"Go ahead and don't worry about us." Ron and Harry held the chess pieces in their hands and said together with gritted teeth, watching Ethan let Alana drag him away.

Just show your affection, why bother asking for their opinions? Do you think they are not sour enough?

Is there still any law? Is there still any law?

Too much! (Throws the wizard chess)

Ethan, you go ahead and do your thing, we'll eat lemons.

Ethan was pulled by Alana to a corner of the auditorium. He looked at the girl in front of him, who had let go of his hand, lowered her head with a naive look on her face, and asked with amusement, "So what do you want from me?"

Alana took a deep breath, raised her head and looked directly at Ethan's face: "I...saw that you signed the list of students who stayed in school. Aren't you going home for Christmas?"

"Yes, I'll stay in school." Ethan nodded and said with a smile, "After all, my hometown is quite far away from here, and it's not realistic to go back just to celebrate Christmas. Besides, we don't celebrate Christmas over there."

At least in 1991, the custom of celebrating Christmas had not yet spread in China. It was only popular in a small area such as Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, which had more contact with foreign countries.

However, even the Christmas that later became popular among young people in China has basically nothing to do with the traditional Christmas celebrated by the British.

After all, domestic festivals have been packaged by consumerism to the point that any festival can be turned into a day for couples to date, give gifts, shop, eat, and finally go to a hotel.

"I see..." Alana lowered her eyes, her heart slightly jumping with joy, then raised her head again, her eyes gleaming with anticipation, "Then Ethan, if you still don't go home next year, do you want to come to my house and spend Christmas with me?"

"Hmm?" Ethan leaned back tactically upon hearing that, and looked at the girl in front of him with the eyes of A Wei who was seduced by Brother Jie with a piece of bread.

Am I overthinking this? Is what you said what I thought it meant? Is it me or you who is wrong?

"That's not what I meant... I just thought that if it's inconvenient for you to go home, there's actually no need for you to stay in Hogwarts." Alanna knew that she had said something wrong, and her hands fought against each other unnaturally. She explained in a panic, "Anyway, my house is quite big, and there are many rooms, so it's no problem for one more person to stay."

Well, actually not having extra rooms is not a big problem. At worst, we can squeeze in...

"Is that so?" Ethan breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart finally settled down.

It seems that I was just thinking too much. She just wanted to take me in and didn't care whether my body development was normal or not... For now, it is.

This way, my chastity can be preserved for the time being...right?

"Ethan, why are you silent?" Alanna, who didn't wait for Ethan's clear answer, looked at him eagerly with a look of disappointment, "Or do you not want to come?"

"No, that's not the case." Ethan smiled and shook his head, "It's just that I'm not sure if I'll be free next Christmas. If I don't have anything to do, then I'll trouble you then."

Go, you can go! If you refuse after the girl has said this, are you still a man?

Anyway, no matter what happens, I won’t be at a disadvantage (crossed out).

"I don't mind the trouble." The girl's eyes were full of undisguised smiles, "Then it's settled, you are not allowed to default on your debt."

"Okay, it's settled." Ethan reached out to rub Alanna's head, but after thinking about it, he retracted his hand and smiled softly, "When have I ever lied to you?"

"By the way, there's one more thing."

The girl suddenly threw herself into Ethan's arms and hugged his waist and back tightly.

"Happy Christmas to you first, Ethan."

Chapter 159 What is the essence of human beings? (3/10)

"Happy Christmas to you first, Ethan."

Alanna buried her face deep in Ethan's chest, making the sound she made seem a little muffled.

"...Well, you too." Ethan thought for a moment, put his hand behind Alanna's back, and gently stroked the girl's soft short hair with his other hand. "I wish you a happy Christmas in advance, Alanna."

"Hmm~" Alanna moaned with satisfaction, buried her head in Ethan's arms and took a deep breath, then raised her head and looked up at Ethan's face with a bright smile on her face, "See you next year, I'll prepare a Christmas present for you."

"Okay." Ethan rubbed the girl's head, "I'm looking forward to it."

Alanna reluctantly let go of her arms around Ethan and walked towards the door, looking back every few steps.

"I'm leaving."

"Ah."

After taking only two steps, Alanna turned back again:

"I'm going to miss you."

"Alright, alright, I'll miss you too." Ethan smiled helplessly and pushed Alana's back. "Hurry up and pack your luggage and get ready to leave. If you delay any longer, you'll miss the last train today."

It's not like we won't see each other anymore, it's just a holiday. Why do you make it sound like we're going to be separated forever?

Alas, a woman's heart is like a needle in the sea.

Ethan finally escorted Alanna out of the auditorium door, then turned back to sit down at the long table. The black cat had landed on the long table since some time ago, and was now staring at Ethan with its eagle eyes in dissatisfaction, as if complaining that Ethan had made it wait too long.

Ethan stroked the feathers on the black cat's back, took a letter sealed with wax from its mouth, opened the envelope, took out the parchment and began to read.

"Ethan, who wrote this letter to you?" Ron came over gossipingly, "Is this another girl's love letter to you?"

"No, it's just a notification of arrival." Ethan glanced at the contents of the letter, took Harry's quill and wrote a reply at the bottom of the letter, while glancing at Ron, "Besides, at this time, which girl would still write me a love letter?"

Ever since he publicly reviewed his feelings in the auditorium that day, the ambiguous relationship between him and Alanna has become semi-public. Although it cannot be said that everyone knows about it, at least the love confession letters that were sent by public owls every now and then are almost gone.

After all, in the eyes of others, these two people are a perfect match, so how could they object?

"That's hard to say." Ron shook his head and said in a pretentious manner, "I heard a few Ravenclaw girls gathered together to talk about you a few days ago. They should be comforting another girl who likes you. Do you know what they said?"

"What did you say?"

"They said that as long as you haven't gotten married yet, you still have a chance." Ron laughed happily, looking gloating. "They also said that even on your wedding day, they will interrupt the track of your wedding car and snatch you away from the wedding."

呲~

"What did you say?" Ethan turned to look at Ron, with an expression that shocked my mother. The quill in his hand pierced through the parchment without paying attention and stabbed deeply into the long table.

Where did this Thunder Bluff warrior come from?

There is also this familiar sense of déjà vu, Jiangnan old thief, hurry up and speak on the big account.

Ethan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and pulled the quill out of the table with a little force. After finding that half of the quill tip had been broken off in the table, he sighed helplessly and handed the bare pen back to Harry: "Sorry, I'll compensate you with a new one when I come back."

"It's okay." Harry took the quill and said indifferently, "I have a few spare ones here, which will be enough."

"This is really..."

Ethan had a headache and pinched the bridge of his nose helplessly. He put the reply letter back into the envelope. A flash of fire flashed at his fingertips, and the solidified sealing wax melted slightly, sealing the envelope again.

The black cat, who was originally pecking at the wizard chess pieces, saw Ethan sealing the envelope, and walked over very sensibly, took the letter from Ethan's hand with its beak, rubbed its head on the back of Ethan's hand affectionately, and then flapped its wings and flew away from the small window in the dome.

Ethan watched the black cat disappear outside the window, then turned around and looked at Ron with a melancholy look on his face: "Are you sure you heard it right?"

"No." Ron shook his head and put on a serious look. "Although I really want to make up something to scare you, this is indeed true."

"Oh..." Ethan sighed, and rarely felt a little worried about the bumpy life he would face in the future.

I hope what they said was just the talk of youth.

"But Ethan, what is your relationship with Alanna now?" Harry was a little curious.

Although Ethan had been stubborn at first, saying that there was no special relationship between the two of them, they had become visibly intimate since the weekend in Hogsmeade. Not to mention Alanna, who had been sticking to Ethan from beginning to end, Ethan had not shown any rejection or impatience, and even started to interact with her.

As for the relationship between the two, Ethan himself has never expressed his opinion since then, so Harry took advantage of the fact that Ethan had just communicated with Alanna today and quickly tested the waters.

Although they said it was a test, they actually knew it clearly in their hearts. They just wanted to hear Ethan admit it himself.

After all, who doesn’t like to ship couples?

"Relationship..." Ethan thought for a while and asked, "In your opinion, what is the relationship between us?"

"Couple." The two said in unison.

"You two are seen walking on the street in the school every now and then, talking and laughing, it's almost as if you have the word 'date' written on your face." Harry looked at Ethan with dead eyes and chuckled.

"Not only that, you go to class together, do homework together, and hang out in the library together. You two are almost like conjoined twins. Only a couple would do such a thing," Ron added with a lemony look on his face.

"That's right," Ethan nodded in agreement, "After all, to outsiders they do look like a couple."

As the saying goes, if a man chases a woman, there are mountains between them; if a woman chases a man, there is a layer of gauze between them. Under the active attack of a girl, unless you completely hate her or are X-incompetent, it is hard not to be moved.

The same went for Ethan. After all, Alana had been actively trying to bring the two of them closer, and he had no reason to hate her. Over time, the two of them naturally became what they are now, looking like a couple no matter how you looked at them.

Maybe this is what they call love that grows over time. (No ambiguity)

As the saying goes, a hero is buried in a beautiful woman's hometown. With a beautiful woman by his side, Ethan's mentality has changed unconsciously. And his previous bold words have long been thrown out of the window.

What is copper smelting? Oh, I'm only fifteen years old, I don't understand what you are talking about~ (real)

All I can say is that the essence of human beings is that they love fragrance.

But...

Chapter 160: Days at Hogwarts

"What do you mean by 'like'?" Harry continued to ask, his mood of eating melons impatiently, "Our opinion is not important, what is important is what kind of relationship you have now?"

"Emm..." Ethan scratched his head, "It's hard to say."

"What do you mean it's hard to say?" Claire suddenly put her arm around Ethan's shoulders from behind and sighed in disappointment, "Yes is yes, no is no, what's there to be entangled about?"

"Claire? When did you..." Ethan sensed something was wrong, turned around and saw several prefects sitting in a row behind him, craning their necks to wait for the melon. His originally sunny face suddenly darkened, "How long have you guys been eavesdropping?"

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