The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

"jingle!"

The bellflower bell on the door frame is tilted and swaying lightly in mid-air. The copper bell core strikes the outer wall, making a clear and sweet sound.

There are such bells ringing everywhere in Hogsmeade, ribbons and green branches are hung everywhere, and the entire village is decorated in a Christmas-limited style.

Most of the shops along the street had their doors ajar, leaving only a few shop assistants to look after them. The rest reunited with relatives and friends in a lively atmosphere to prepare for Christmas and New Year.

In the alley of residential houses behind the commercial street, a figure was clearing the snow in front of the door. He didn't realize that the person behind him opened the door and stood at the door quietly watching.

The wizard who was cleaning up the snow was wearing a gray-brown robe. His face was not handsome, but his gentle and calm demeanor made him very attractive. He did not cast spells like other neighbors to make the snow fall on the roadside in a whirlwind, but carefully removed the snow. He shoveled it into a pile next to the drain, then waved his magic wand, and the melted snow dripped into the pipe.

The person at the door is tall and has beautiful pink hair. She is wearing a cashmere leather jacket and a close-fitting sweater that outlines her figure. She has a neat temperament, but her body is a little bloated. Her belly is slightly bulging, which adds a bit of motherly tenderness to her.

Lupine Remus put away the snow shovel, turned around and smiled gently:

"Why are you out here? Aren't you in there warming the fireplace?"

"I want to come out and get some air."

"Let me open a window for you." Lu Ping took her arm and walked inside, "This house was bought in a hurry. The windows, aisles, etc. still need to be repaired. We will repair them again after the child is born. Write down any needs. ”

Tonks sat on the sofa and looked around at the furnishings in the room, still in a daze: "This will be our home from now on."

"Yeah, this is our home."

Lupine spoke softly, with an equally emotional tone: "Actually, I would rather buy a house in London, which is closer to the Ministry of Magic and more convenient for you to travel back and forth."

"Don't mention it." Tonks waved her hand and frowned, "I shouldn't have told them the news of my pregnancy. At first, they just didn't let me participate in field activities. Now they don't even let me participate in training newbies. Staying in the office reading documents makes me suspect that the baby in my belly is going to get moldy. "

"You don't want to take your children to hunt down dark wizards, do you?"

"You can also participate in the containment operation, or let me train the new people."

"well……"

Hearing Tonks's thoughts, Lupine felt funny and helpless, but he didn't ask her to take care of her recuperation or anything. He just rubbed her swollen hands and said, "If you want to exercise, you can go out and do some activities. Just tell Kingsley and the others clearly. There are only a few months left. When Harry and the others graduate and enter the Auror office, you can train them."

"You've already given birth to a baby, who's going to train the newcomers..."

Tonks paused for a moment, feeling that her pregnancy had made her thinking a little slow. She had to think carefully before she could connect with her thoughts: "By then, the dark wizards will be almost driven away, and I will go find Mongottens and ask him to vomit some smuggled goods." Intelligence, beat those wizards who take advantage of the loopholes."

"OK."

Lupine's expression remained gentle and calm.

Voldemort and the Death Eaters had fallen, and there was not much danger within the entire country.

Tonks became an Auror during the most severe period of the situation. She had experienced those cruel wars and faced bleak and bloody scenes, but she was still tenacious and tenacious. Even if the two became husband and wife, he was not willing to let this kind of blossoming happen. Wild roses become greenhouse orchids.

"I wonder who this child will look like when he grows up?" Lu Ping murmured softly.

"oops!"

Tonks knew what he was thinking by looking at his expression, and slapped his palm away from his stomach: "Don't worry, werewolf disease is not hereditary. You know the research in New York best, and you have personally read the report. Yes, you are still hesitating and doubting here... The child should not be like you, indecisive.

"By the way, it was because of this that you didn't accept my confession. I felt angry when I talked about it. There was also the matter of the wedding. You still owed me a wedding..."

"..."

Lupine couldn't help but fall silent.

Witches are like this. They always start to unravel old scores inexplicably. The pregnant witch is even more unstable. She just sighs with emotion, but starts to get scolded inexplicably.

"jingle……"

The bell in front of the door rang again, this time it was a visitor.

Lupine and Tonks couldn't help but stop their conversation and turned to look at the door.

"Remus! Remus!"

Sirius's voice came from outside the door: "Open the door quickly! I'm bringing your goddaughter to see my godson."

Then there was a series of rapid knocks on the door. The bells shook too fast and jingled, which made people's heads hurt. What do you mean by his godson? The child hasn't even been born yet. And when did you say you wanted to recognize him as your child's godfather?

…

"It's so beautiful here."

The red-haired girl looked out the window, her fair cheeks stained with some dust, but it still did not affect the girl's pretty face. She placed her hands on the dusty window sill, leaned her upper body slightly forward, and looked out at the village outside the window.

The church in the distance is brightly lit, the stained glass windows are sparkling and translucent, and the warm yellow street lamps quietly illuminate the path. The feather-like snowflakes are falling, and there seems to be stars twinkling.

Next to him was a boy with a scar on his forehead. He was also leaning against the window sill and looking at the lights in the village. His green eyes were filled with nostalgia, and he didn't know what he was reminiscing about.

"Do you plan to live here after graduation?" Ginny turned to look at him, "Actually, mother has always wanted you to move to the Burrow. Bill and Fleur have moved out, Charlie went back to Romania to take care of the fire dragon, and Percy and dad leave early and stay late. Back home, George and Fred often stayed in the store and didn't go home at night. Mom always said it was so quiet at home that she couldn't find anyone to talk to. "

Harry smiled and comforted: "Loren said that parents are like this. They miss their children when they are not at home, and they feel bored when they are at home."

"..."

Ginny frowned and thought, and felt that what Loren said made sense. When she first came home during the Christmas vacation, her mother loved them very much. She cooked all their favorite dishes and had smiles on her face. Christmas had just ended, and the children at home were still Without going back to school or going back to work, my mother has become impatient and cursed all day long.

"Don't worry, there is still Ron. He will be at home with Mrs. Weasley after graduation."

"..."

Ginny lowered her head and was silent, mourning for Ron and her mother, hoping that they would not fight at home.

"Now I will simply clean the house, clear out the broken furniture, and replace it with new ones after graduation. From now on, this will be my home...my own home." Harry said softly.

"Your own home." Ginny repeated quietly, suddenly feeling sentimental.

"Well..." Harry nodded, "The sofas, tables and chairs in the living room need to be replaced, as well as the tableware in the kitchen, the wardrobe in the cloakroom... This is the bedroom, and the curtains are completely unusable and need to be replaced with new ones. Yes. "What color curtains do you like?"

"What are you asking me for?" Ginny spat softly and looked away calmly, "What does my favorite color have to do with you?"

"I think it has something to do with you, and it has a lot to do with it."

Harry stared straight into her eyes and slowly came closer. From this distance, he could feel each other's breath, which was warm and began to heat up.

"Creak!"

The old loose leaf suddenly made a shrill neighing sound.

Harry and Ginny were startled, and quickly turned around to look. The door was pushed open, and a furry head with a face covered with freckles peeked out.

The three of them looked at each other, Ron frowned, looked at their expressions back and forth, and shouted angrily: "That's too much! I'm working hard outside cleaning the house, and you guys are making out inside! What do you mean?" Talk!"

"..."

Harry suddenly felt regretful.

Why did you call Ron?

"Who is going to move into this house after graduation? It's you two! No, it's just you. Mom won't allow Ginny to move out..."

"The two of us..."

Listening to his noisy shouting, Harry's eyes by the window couldn't help but soften, revealing a bit of longing.

…

“Purchase price, repair costs…

"Property tax items, maintenance standards..."

Bates sat on the sofa with his back straight, looking down at the printed document in his hand, concentrating on every wrinkle. This is the information that the bank manager found for him, detailing the amount of money needed to purchase those castles.

"Grandpa Bates, are you looking at the house again?"

"Why are you back so early?" Grandpa Bates temporarily looked away from the information and said gruffly, "The Christmas vacation is coming to an end soon. Let's take advantage of these few days to go shopping with Hermione. , have fun, otherwise it will be closed again when you return to school, and the next time you come back will be half a year later."

"School is not a prison."

"..."

Bates lowered his head and continued to read the information, not bothering to pay attention to him. He paused and then warned: "If you have free time, go fishing with Wendell to relax. Hermione's parents will be happy, and things will go much smoother after graduation."

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"Don't mention this in front of him. It should be smoother for me."

"I don't know who knows how long you plan to push it. Today's young people..."

"Yes, yes, you are right."

Loren went upstairs perfunctorily, returned to his room, and got into the fantasy book.

With the help of Professor Babuling, the rune array has been optimized and improved, making great progress in the fine control of space magic and the stable output of the magic stone, so he can carve complex new devices into the interior of the pumpkin lantern, and smoothly The short-distance movement test was completed, but some defects were also discovered in this test.

The new space device can remain stable when a single object is moved and teleported. However, when multiple jack-o-lanterns are moved and teleported at the same time, there will be a deviation in the landing point. After careful observation and discussion with Flamel, it is initially believed that it is when multiple magic circles are activated at the same time. interfered with each other.

Loren has not yet found a way to eliminate this interference. He can only start from the stability of the magic circle and try to reconstruct the structure of the magic circle while maintaining the rune foundation.

It's just that neither he nor Flamel had much confidence in this method, and just had the attitude of giving it a try.

The wind and snow were blowing outside the window.

Next door neighbor's house.

Hermione held the hot tea in both hands and sipped it in small sips, pretending to be concentrating on tasting it. Perhaps the tea was too hot, which caused the girl's lips to be extra red. Her eyes were slightly lowered, covering her crystal gaze and white cheeks. Two blushes on my face.

Wendell was preparing fishing bait in the kitchen. The clinking and chopping sound was a little noisy, as if it was corn and frozen meat.

Monica pretended to be concentrating on making tea and tasting pink macarons, but in fact she was quietly looking at her daughter. Watching her daughter's round eyes turning roundly, she quietly smiled at the corner of her mouth.

Mom smiled a little strangely.

Hermione held the hot tea and took another sip. In fact, she couldn't taste the flavor of these teas. She felt that they seemed to be similar. Maybe adding some honey or sugar would be better.

"..."

It seemed that Loren had led her to a different taste.

Just as Hermione was hesitating whether to add another sugar, she saw her mother on the opposite side of the sofa put down her teacup, wiped her mouth, and then asked softly: "Where did you go to play just now?"

"Movie theater."

"During the holidays, there must be a lot of people?"

"There was no one else in our show."

"..."

Monica stared at her particularly rosy lips and fell silent.

Okay, now she understood.

The dentist lady got up and sat next to her daughter, put her arm around her shoulders, and began to whisper in her ear.

"..."

Hermione huddled in her mother's arms, listening to her talk about the love skills passed down by the Granger family, and silently reciting them in her heart.

Based on past experience, these skills are very useful.

…

Holidays always end unknowingly, and it is late January in a blink of an eye.

Winter is coming to an end, and the weather has not warmed up, but has become colder, and the snow around Hogwarts has frozen more solid.

As the countdown to the Christmas holiday began, Seamus was determined to stay in the library for at least three hours a day.

The days on holiday at school were too leisurely. In addition to playing board games in the common room, he went to the frozen Quidditch field to skate and play snowballs. Unfortunately, he lacked experience in staying at school and was not very adaptable to the venue. Anyway, he was always beaten in snowball fights. During this period, he even accumulated experience in snowball fights and figured out a few techniques to release strength after being hit by snowballs. He always lost in wizard chess and Gobstones, which was really a bit shameful.

Unable to compete with these experienced people who stayed at school in entertainment projects, Seamus decided to surpass them in learning and complete the accumulated homework.

It was just that Madam Pince didn't seem very happy.

Several excellent schools who loved to hang out in the library had left school and went home. During the holidays, there was basically no one in the library. Only he sat here facing Madam Pince's vigilant eyes, which made people feel uneasy.

Fortunately, Madam Pince didn't always stare at him, and occasionally chatted quietly with the portraits on the wall.

"Violet, thank you for coming to accompany me."

"..."

"Yes, the know-it-all lady and her boyfriend did not stay in school and went home for Christmas this year."

"..."

"I heard that Miss Granger plans to work in the Ministry of Magic, and her boyfriend will go to the Alchemy Research Center."

"..."

"You are right, it's really touching. It seems that their freshman sorting was just yesterday. In the blink of an eye, they will graduate."

"..."

"What, some students are still the same as when they were freshmen, oh Violet, you can't say that."

"Who are they talking about?"

At this time, Seamus held a quill pen and looked down at his homework. His eyes were not focused. He listened to the conversation of Madam Pince and others, and his mind was full of random thoughts.

"It shouldn't be me, right?"