harry potter book of crimes

Different from the warmth of the Lovegood family's small Christmas party, there is only one word to describe the Hogwarts Christmas party, and that is - majestic!

There were exactly one hundred glistening roast turkeys, mountains of charcoal-roasted beef and salt-boiled potatoes, large plates of delicious little sausages, bowls of green peas mixed with butter, and plates of thick and fragrant meat.

Pork marinade and lingonberry sauce, the hearty dishes are mouth-watering.

Every few steps along the dining table, there are piles of wizard firecrackers waiting for you. These wonderful firecrackers are not like the shabby ordinary firecrackers that Muggle families usually buy - there are only some small plastics inside.

toys and very flimsy paper hats.

Harry and Fred smoked a firecracker together. Instead of a dull bang, it exploded like a cannon, engulfing them both in a puff of blue smoke while exploding from the inside.

Take out a rear admiral's hat and some lively white mice.

Dumbledore, who was sitting at the guest of honor, put on a lace bonnet that he got from somewhere and was decorated with a cluster of brightly colored flowers. He was currently immersed in Professor Flitwick's little joke and was enjoying himself.

He was laughing out loud!

After the main meal, there was a flaming red Christmas pudding, with the occasional crescent-shaped silver flake in it. Percy hit the jackpot - he almost chipped his neat front teeth.

"Albus, look at those Christmas trees. These are the little gifts Mr. MacLean left for us before he left." Professor McGonagall patted Dumbledore's elbow lightly. She giggled and disappeared.

His usual stern look.

"Oh, yes, what a good boy." Dumbledore looked at the festive Christmas trees, nodded and praised happily.

Professor Flitwick also echoed Professor McGonagall's words, pointing out all the small decorations made by Maka to Dumbledore, obviously very satisfied with Maka, an outstanding student.

Snape, who was sitting next to him, still looked indifferent on this day of celebration. He looked at the Christmas trees shrouded in white mist and didn't know what he was thinking about.

Just when everyone was in high spirits, owls flew in from outside the auditorium carrying various packages and scattered in all directions.

"What's wrong?"

Even the professors didn't understand why the owl flew in at this time. Only Dumbledore smiled and looked at the scene in front of him, with a look of relief on his face.

It didn't take long for everyone who received the package to understand that it was a Christmas gift from Maka McClain.

"When did he learn this trick from the Weasley brothers?" Snape said coldly, but he didn't expect a small package to fall in front of him.

Snape frowned and tore open the sealed package, only to be fascinated by what was inside - it was a bottle of elixir.

Every successful preparation of Fuling Elixir usually only produces an amount as small as a little finger. The preparation process is extremely complicated, and its average preparation time often takes half a year.

Maka got a lot of inspiration from the discussion with Snape and shortened the preparation time to two months, but at the cost of a sharp decline in effectiveness.

This Christmas, Maka spent a lot of gold Galleons to buy this bottle of full-effect elixir from a partner as a Christmas gift for Snape. This is Maka's sincere thanks to Snape.

Nap, thanks for his tireless guidance.

The gift that Maka prepared for Luna took the longest time; the gift from Snape was undoubtedly the most expensive one.

Snape pulled out the cork, put it to his nose and smelled it, then silently put the cork back in.

"Severus, am I right?" Dumbledore said to Snape with a smile.

Snape twitched the corner of his mouth and replied expressionlessly, "I just know how to spend money."

Not to mention the situation at the guest of honor table, the students below also received gifts from Maka.

Take Hermione, for example. She is holding a cartoon lion puppet in her arms with a smile and reading a small note left by Maka on it - this puppet contains sleep flower seeds, which can improve sleep.

Quality, you must know how to rest after studying hard.

What Ron got was a set of the latest wizard war chess - this is Maka's transformation exercise. Different from ordinary wizard chess, this wizard war chess is a set of powerful magical creatures and various wizards.

A chess board game played together, it looks very cool.

But Harry discovered that the gift he received seemed to be the most peculiar among the three of them!

"What is this? Occlumency?" Harry looked at a notebook he took out of the package and read out the words on the cover word by word.

"Occlumency?" Hermione asked curiously, "What is that?"

Harry casually flipped through the contents, only to find that it was actually a note written in Maka's handwriting. The theories recorded in it were quite complicated, and he felt a little dizzy after reading them.

"Show me," Hermione grabbed it and looked through it carefully.

While Hermione was looking down at the notebook, Ron and Harry were speculating back and forth.

"Maka wants you to learn this...brain...secretion technique, right?" Ron said, "What is that used for?"

Harry shook his head, how did he know what it was for? He seemed to have never heard of it.

"Then do you want to learn it?" Ron asked again, "Maka asked you to learn it, so that should be correct."

It seemed that Maka's previous guess was correct, Ron would never be angry with him for more than three days.

"Well, let's find out what it is first, right?" Harry said, and looked at Hermione again with Ron.

After a while, Hermione raised her head and spoke a little doubtfully.

"According to what Maka described in the previous pages, this magic called 'Occlumency' is a defensive magic used to resist external spiritual penetration and prevent others from reading the user's thoughts," Hermione said.

, "It says here that it is quite resistant to a spell called 'Legilimency'."

"But, what's the use of this? Does anyone want to read my thoughts?" Harry asked in confusion.

"Who knows? I'm afraid I have to ask Maka himself." Hermione was also very confused.

Only Ron didn't take this too seriously. He smiled and said, "Just do it if Maka says he wants you to learn. He's never wrong."

Just as the Gryffindor trio were discussing this, a student on the Slytherin table not far away actually received Maka's gift.

"Little fool Blois is actually involved? What's going on?" The little snakes were talking about it, but no one wanted to pay attention to her.

The person who received the gift was none other than the mysterious girl whose presence in the school was extremely low - Willy Blois.

Willy opened the package expressionlessly, took out the gifts and laid them flat on the table. What she got was also a notebook, and it seemed thicker, larger, and stronger.

She opened the notebook, which recorded the botanical history, ecological distribution, cultivation methods and application value of a plant in a neat and concise style. Obviously, Maka also put a lot of thought into this gift.

——He made another excerpt of his notes and gave it to Willy.

There is still more than half of the blank space at the back of this notebook, obviously so that Willy, who is not good at summarizing, can continue to record in this format.

Willie carefully touched the cover of this notebook. Although her face still showed no emotion, it was enough to let people know that she really loved this thoughtful gift.

"Thank you." Willy's voice was so low that even she could not hear it, but this was the first time she had ever said a word of thanks. Unfortunately, Maka had no chance to hear it.

There are too many puzzling things about this girl who is full of mystery. Her emotions are so poor that it is frightening, her words are so sparse that it is confusing, and her appearance is so exquisite that it gives people the illusion of being inhuman. All kinds of signs indicate that

, there are too many secrets hidden in her, but no one knows the truth.

And this is probably why Maka became interested in her.

Now, for the first time, this mysterious girl shows a gap in her emotional expression, but Maca is still at the distant Lovegood house.

This has to be said to be a pity.

When everyone returned their attention to the dining table, everything just now gradually faded away and melted into the once again heated Christmas atmosphere.

It wasn't until everyone had a whole afternoon of fun after the meal that the seemingly peaceful but undercurrent night was about to come.

This was the most wonderful Christmas in Harry's life. But the thing that had been lingering in his mind for a long time only came back after he lay on the bed.

He was thinking about the mysterious Christmas gift early this morning - the invisibility cloak, and the unknown person who gave it to him.

Giving Christmas gifts at a party like Maca's is an exception; generally speaking, you'll find them by the fireplace or bedside when you wake up on Christmas Day.

Harry didn't expect to receive gifts this morning, but when he woke up, he found that he had received quite a lot of Christmas gifts. The most surprising one was one given to him by an unsigned person.

Invisibility cloak.

There is a note inside, which reads: Your father left this thing to me before he died, and it should be returned to you now. Use it well, and I sincerely wish you a Merry Christmas.

The beautiful cursive fonts looked pleasing to the eye, but the content made Harry struggle almost all day.

At this time, Ron's belly was full of turkey and cake, and there were no strange things bothering him, so he fell asleep almost immediately as soon as he lowered the bed curtains. The speed of falling asleep made Harry a little bit nervous.

envy.

Harry tossed and turned on the bed, and finally leaned out from the bed and pulled out the invisibility cloak from under the bed.