Chapter 142: Theories and changes

Chapter 142: Theories and changes

Nick took it easy for the entire day as well as christmas eve itself which actually proved to bother his friends as by now they were used to him being who knows where whenever he had free time. The fact that he was actually lazing about all day was such a change from normal that it caught them totally off guard. Not to say that they weren't happy to hang out with him , merely that they found it strange is all. They weren't the only ones either as Dumbledore had also noticed this irregularity but saw it as Nick simply enjoying his holidays and left it alone.-

It wasn't all relaxation however as after his public appearance at Fudges ball Nick received even more letters from various pureblood houses looking to try and take advantage of his young age and inexperience. Nick simply ignored these people entirely and burned their letters after reading them as he had no time to entertain fools. What bothered Nick the most however was the complete lack of action on Voldemort's side during the holidays when the castle was nearly empty. 'I would have used this opportunity to try and decipher the rest of the defenses around the stone , but maybe he's waiting for a better time.' Nick thought with a shrug.-

It honestly didn't matter in the end since Nick had already deduced that the stone in the castle was likely a fake. The reason he thought so was due to both how easily it was destroyed as well as the fact that the Flammels were said to die after this year. A fun little fact about the famous alchemist was that he had faked his own death no less than seven times in his long life before resurfacing a few decades later.-

Ron sighed "Sure they're comfortable but my sweater is always bloody maroon of all things!" he said exasperated. "Cheer up mate , that's a noble color in muggle culture." Nick said comfortingly. Ron looked surprised "Really?" he asked clearly curious. Nick nodded "Yep muggles long ago had a great deal of trouble getting cloth the color blue , purple or maroon so any clothes made with those colors were only used by the nobles or royalty hence making them noble colors." he explained honestly. Ron seemed happy to know this fairly useless piece of information as it served to make him less uncomfortable at the idea of wearing such a horrible color.

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