Save the Bachelor of Heaven

The defeat in the first match made Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff all sad.

The students of Slytherin were all very proud and walked with a rustle.

In this regard, Xiang Nan could only say that although they were running happily today, they would be on the list in the future.

Many of them were Death Eater backups. When Voldemort was defeated in the future, almost all of them would be sent to Azkaban and guarded by Dementors.

When the time came, we would see how they could be happy.

…

It was December soon, and the school began to count the names of students who stayed in school for the holidays. Xiang Nan signed the list.

He was not going to go home at Christmas. On the one hand, there were still so many books that he had not read. He spent three months and only read less than 10% of the books in the library. There were still thousands of books waiting for him.

The holiday was from mid-December to early January, which was almost half a month. It was too long, enough for him to read more than a dozen books.

On the one hand, although his relationship with his parents has eased, the Snape family's Christmas is destined to be chaotic.

And he hasn't figured out how to help his parents get out of poverty in a legitimate and aboveboard manner. He has many ways to help his parents make money, but the key is that there is no suitable reason.

"Severus, do you really have to stay at school during the Christmas holiday?" Lily asked with concern.

"Yes, if I go home, I will just watch my parents quarrel. It's better to stay at school and read more books." Xiang Nan nodded and said, "Are you going home?"

"Yes." Lily smiled and nodded. She entered the school in September, and now she hasn't seen her parents and sister for more than three months. She really misses them in her heart.

"Give you some advice. After returning home, try to mention the disadvantages of school and less the advantages of school." Xiang Nan said immediately, "especially in front of your sister."

"Why?" Lily asked puzzledly.

"Because she will be jealous." Xiang Nan curled his lips and said, "Hogwarts has good food, good accommodation, and you can learn magic and ride a flying broom. Do you know how attractive this is to Muggles?

Your sister is jealous of your talent. If you tell her how good Hogwarts is, you are stabbing her in the heart."

After listening, Lily suddenly realized, "Then what should I say? I really can't think of any disadvantages of the school."

"You can tell them that magic is dangerous. In potion class, you need to deal with toad eggs and caterpillar mucus; in herb class, you need to beware of thorn grass and explosive mushrooms; in spell class, you may accidentally hurt yourself; in flying class, you often fall down...

For example, the school's janitor has a very bad temper and punishes students at every turn. Senior students will bully freshmen, taunt them, and even release evil spells, etc." Xiang Nan suggested to her.

Everything he said was true, without any fabrication or exaggeration. Hogwarts looks beautiful, but it is actually full of dangers.

In the Charms class, if you cast the wrong spell by mistake, you may hurt yourself. For example, when Neville was practicing the Conversion Charm, he transformed his ears onto a cactus;

In the Herbology class, you are easily killed by those herbs and poisonous fungi. For example, the cry of the Mandrake can kill people. Thorn grass, explosive mushrooms, and Babo tubers are also dangerous.

In the Care of Magical Creatures class, you may be injured by magical animals. For example, Hagrid's Exploding Skrewt injured many students, and the key is that the thing has not been used yet.

And Hogwarts has werewolves, basilisks, Boggarts, Acromanthus and other dark magical creatures that may hurt people at any time.

Not to mention the bullying of freshmen by senior students. And it's not just Slytherin students, but also students from other colleges.

The original book clearly mentioned that the Marauders, composed of James and Sirius, often cast spells on students they don't like in the corridor.

Luna Lovegood was bullied by her Ravenclaw classmates because she was too eccentric. Not only was she nicknamed "crazy girl", but her shoes were often hidden by others.

The professors at the school turned a blind eye to these things and let them go. So according to modern education standards, Hogwarts is obviously not up to standard.

Lily suddenly realized it when she heard it, smiled and nodded.

"But you should tell people what you want to tell people, and don't tell ghosts what you want to tell ghosts. Don't tell your parents so badly. Otherwise, if they get scared and don't let you come back to class, you will be self-defeating." Xiang Nan reminded again.

Lily nodded again, "Don't worry, I know everything."

...

On December 20th, the school officially closed for the holiday.

Lily, Joey, Benjamin, Gregory and others decided to go home for the holiday.

They will take the Hogwarts Express back to London, and then go home separately.

Xiang Nan had already sent an owl home in advance, telling his parents that he would not be going back for the Christmas holiday.

Although Irene Prince expressed regret for this, she also expressed understanding, and specifically told her son in the letter to take good care of himself.

On December 24, Christmas Eve, Slughorn held a grand Christmas party in his office and invited Xiang Nan again.

Xiang Nan gladly accepted his invitation and attended the party.

Just like last time, it was all about eating, drinking, and socializing. However, Xiang Nan noticed that James Potter and Sirius Black did not come this time.

I don't know whether Slughorn did not invite them or the two of them did not accept the invitation.

At the banquet, what everyone talked about the most was the current events in the magical world.

Ever since Voldemort's Death Eaters committed a massacre on Halloween, his reputation and power in the wizarding world have grown.

On the one hand, the timid people were intimidated by him, and for the sake of self-protection, they did not dare to rashly oppose him; on the other hand, Voldemort's brutal behavior gave him the support of conservatives.

In the wizarding world, conservative forces are quite powerful. Most of them are composed of pure-blood families, such as the Avery family, the Malfoy family, the Black family, the Lestrange family, etc. among the twenty-eight holy families.

They originally belonged to the upper echelons of the magical world, possessing quite high status and power. However, in recent years, half-blood wizards and wizards of Muggle origin have accounted for an increasingly higher proportion in the wizarding world, and their power has also grown.

For example, the last Minister of Magic was the Muggle-born wizard Nobby Ridge, and he also died of a mysterious disease mysteriously. Lucius Malfoy's father, Abraxas, was said to have participated in his murder.

The new Minister of Magic, Eugenina Jenkins, who succeeded him, also has a tough attitude towards pure-blood wizards. In 1968, during the Squib Parade in the Wizarding World, some pure-blood wizards mixed in and caused damage, but she suppressed them with strong methods.

This further aroused the dissatisfaction of the pure-blood wizards, so although Voldemort killed so many people, in the eyes of the pure-blood family, not only was he right, but he showed courage, and their support for him became stronger.