novelcrest Chapter 48 Christmas Gifts
Chapter 48 Christmas Gifts
When the spell was cast, Snape felt a tremendous force pulling at his body.
Upside down... a bell?!
As the inventor of the spell, he was intimately familiar with it; moreover, he had been cursed by it before...
The thought of his past self... Snape's face instantly turned bright red.
He will absolutely not allow history to repeat itself decades later!
Almost instantly, he waved his wand and shouted the antidote to the curse, "Golden Bell Falls."
Just as he was secretly relieved, he discovered...
His body hadn't changed at all, and his feet were even faintly off the ground.
The reason for this is that the spell Sean used far surpasses his invention, the "inverted bell," in other words, it's no exaggeration to call it an "enhanced version of the inverted bell."
Sean used an enhanced scroll, choosing one of the spells he was most familiar with, thus gaining an enhanced version of the spell's usage and a corresponding level of proficiency.
Even so, Sean's plan to hang upside down as a bat ultimately failed.
Because when the spell was halfway through, Dumbledore appeared between the two of them without anyone noticing.
With a gentle wave of his wand, a mild force instantly interrupted Sean's impending spell. At the same time, Snape lowered his wand and turned his gaze to the suddenly appearing headmaster.
Dumbledore smiled, but his eyes revealed seriousness and depth.
"Enough, you two." His voice was calm yet authoritative. "This is a friendly sparring match, not a duel to the death. We have witnessed your strength and wisdom. Now, it is time to end this duel peacefully."
Snape nodded, put away his wand, bowed slightly to Dumbledore, and then turned to leave. Sean also put down his wand and bowed slightly as well.
Both of them knew that any argument was pointless in front of Dumbledore.
Dumbledore then turned to the young wizards below the stage: "This duel is a draw. Thank you both professors for such a wonderful duel..."
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After returning to the office.
Sean breathed a sigh of relief.
Perhaps out of caution, perhaps out of the inherent humility of the Chinese, or perhaps out of the harsh reality, he always felt that he was still inadequate.
He was far inferior to Snape in terms of magic and combat experience.
If it weren't for that final curse... perhaps he would have already lost.
This is not surprising, though. He had only had the system for a few months, and the fact that he could improve from Lockhart's level to almost Snape's level was already gratifying enough.
It's important to know that in the world of Harry Potter, Snape, while not necessarily ranking in the top five, is certainly among the top ten.
This is like a poor student who, in the last hundred days before the college entrance examination, suddenly goes from scoring over 300 points to scoring over 700 points, becoming the top scorer in the province. What could he possibly be dissatisfied with?
Through this battle, he also clearly saw the gap between himself and Dumbledore, a top white wizard.
He felt that he was still powerless against Dumbledore.
However, if given some time to educate the witch, in due course...
Old Deng? Little Deng!
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As time goes by, Christmas is just around the corner, bringing a new look to Hogwarts.
One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts School awoke from its dream. When the students opened their windows, they were surprised to find that the surroundings were covered with several feet of snow, as if the whole world was covered with a pure white velvet blanket.
The lake was no longer a shimmering blue, but covered with a layer of hard ice, reflecting the pale winter sunlight.
The students were thrilled; such a snowy scene was a rare sight even at Hogwarts. Soon, the snow was crisscrossed with footprints as students had snowball fights, built snowmen, and some even tried to skate on the frozen lake.
The Weasley twins were punished for casting a spell on several snowballs, causing them to chase Quirrell around and eventually land on the back of his turban.
Several owls flew through the snowy sky to deliver mail. After a long and arduous journey, they had to recover their strength under Hagrid's care before they could take off again.
Everyone is eagerly looking forward to the holiday.
Although the Gryffindor common room and Great Hall were burning brightly, the corridors, with their drafts blowing through, were still bitterly cold, and the classroom windows rattled in the biting wind.
Worst of all, Professor Snape's classes were held in underground classrooms where students' breath created a cloud of white mist in front of them, forcing them to stay as close as possible to the steaming cauldrons.
During this period.
The Duel Club has already held several classes.
Because there were so many young wizards signing up, the fifth-year students were the most enthusiastic, hoping to achieve good results in the Defense Against the Dark Arts subject of the upcoming OWL exams.
However, due to the extremely weak teaching staff, only Sean and Tonks maintained the daily classes in the entire Duel Club, so Sean had no choice but to set a limited number of places for the pilot program.
Only the top students in each class are eligible to join the Duel Club.
Since the Duel Club started, Tonks, who had been idle, has suddenly become very busy.
She used to go to Sean's office every afternoon for afternoon tea, but she changed her habit to spending time in the library researching.
To facilitate timely communication with Sean, she moved her office to the one next to his.
This also meant that she often heard strange noises in the middle of the night.
It must be that nasty little devil.
As Christmas approached, the castle became increasingly deserted.
Last week, professors from various colleges compiled a list of students who would be staying on campus. Most students had already gone home to reunite with their families, and very few remained on campus.
This includes Sean, Tonks, and the two little ones.
As for Sean's class representatives, Zhang Qiu had wanted to go home long ago after the last flight training session.
Hermione also filled out a leave of absence application, preparing to go home.
Susan, who comes from a wizarding family, also returns to her aunt Amelia Bornes' side. During the First Wizarding War, her grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins were captured and brutally murdered by Death Eaters. Since then, no matter how busy the family members are, they will put aside their work and reunite on Christmas Day so that family ties will no longer be a source of regret.
Of course, to celebrate the arrival of Christmas, Sean carefully prepared many Christmas gifts.
However, when he was compiling the gift list, he was shocked by what was listed.
The densely packed names filled a full five inches of kraft paper.
This struck him as incredible.
You should know that last year, he spent Christmas alone.
After serving as a professor at Hogwarts for six months, he actually made connections with so many people.
Giving gifts is a troublesome thing.
Not only do we need to consider everyone's preferences, but we also need to carefully select and package the items, and even include a handwritten greeting card.
After racking his brains, he decided to go to Diagon Alley to find some inspiration.
After wandering around Diagon Alley and the Muggle world, he finally collected all the gifts.
First, he bought Zhang Qiu a Nimbus 2000 broomstick, hoping she could achieve good results in Quidditch.
I brought Susan some desserts from the Muggle world, hoping her life would be as sweet as desserts.
He carefully selected numerous ancient books for Hermione, including many rare and out-of-print titles. He believed Hermione would love these books even more than he did, treasuring them and keeping them safe.
As for the source of the ancient books, they came from the rich collection of books in the Black family ancestral home at 12 Grimmauld Place, London.
Some interesting things happened when Sean brought Bella back to the ancestral home, but we won't go into details here.
Dumbledore was given a pair of sunglasses that were currently trending in London, with lenses that changed color depending on the sunlight.
He prepared a bottle of mana-restoring potion for Snape, which he hadn't had a chance to use yet, and sincerely hoped that the potions master could decipher the recipe so that he could find a way to make a deal.
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And naturally, Tonks received one of these gifts as well.
Sean swore that he put in several times more effort than others in preparing Tonks' gift.
He based his measurements on the data taken during the massage that night.
She had a Christmas reindeer cosplay outfit and a matching Christmas lingerie set custom-made at the Madam Malkin's Robes boutique while wearing a mask.
Besides being sexy and soft in texture, this outfit has another major feature.
That's waterproof.
He was really looking forward to seeing how she would look in that outfit.