Chapter 1046： Snowy Christmas

Chapter 1046 Snow Christmas

"goodbye!"

 “Are you really not going to take the train with us?”

 “I have a more convenient way.”

“Well, it’s like what you would do, keep in touch at all times.” Lee Jordan dragged his suitcase towards the carriage, preparing to take the Yeqi carriage to the train station with a few acquaintances.

 “We’re not leaving school by train?”

After seeing off several of her friends, Katrina followed Albert towards the castle.

 Nowadays, most of the students have taken carriages to the train station, and the originally lively castle has become dead silent.

 “No, Dobby will see us off.”

Albert took Katrina to the agreed-upon empty classroom, where the house elf Dobby was already waiting for their arrival.

Katrina guessed what was going on when she saw the familiar suitcase. She looked sideways at Albert and asked in confusion: "You seem to like letting house elves take the Apparition?"

"Because it is safer, house elves can apparate into areas that wizards cannot apparate into, such as an area that has been banned from apparating, which means that other wizards cannot track their tracks." Albert walked into the leather Box, explained to Katrina, "Moreover, even the Ministry of Magic will not pay attention to the traces of a house elf. They and wizards always despise these hard-working little guys."

“Just say you’re afraid of death!” Katrina could understand, she was just not used to Albert’s excessive vigilance.

"Yes, I really don't want to die." Albert said seriously, leaving Katrina next to her speechless.

The two of them waited for a while at the entrance, because the trip was shorter than expected, and the house elves had to move in several areas where Apparition was prohibited.

Then, arriving at their new temporary home: Nico Flamel's safe house in Devon.

The two old men were about to come to the end of their lives, so they gave Albert the safe house they had left in England.

"this…"

Katrina looked at the open space in front of her. There was nothing there. She guessed what was going on. She turned to look at Albert and asked tentatively, "The Loyalty Curse?"

"Yes. This is somewhere in Devon. Nico Flamel and his wife once lived here." Albert took out a piece of paper and handed it to Katrina.

The latter took the piece of paper, glanced at the content on it, and after thinking silently in his mind, he discovered that an old house with a strong French style suddenly appeared in front of him.

 “Don’t be stunned, go in!”

 After Albert burned the piece of paper, he took the suitcase from Katrina and walked towards the entrance of the house.

The Fidelity Curse was cast here, and the secret keeper was naturally Dumbledore.

 In fact, the secret keeper of the safe house of Nico Flamel and his wife was Dumbledore, which was one of the reasons why he gave the safe house to Albert.

Even if you don’t give it away, only a few acquaintances will be able to get in in the end. This is the bad thing about being protected by the Loyalty Curse. This spell cannot be lifted and can only be inherited or completely forgotten by people.

“I heard you don’t want to come here for Christmas?”

Isobel heard the door open and walked out of the hall. She put her hands on her hips and glared at Katrina, with "I'm very unhappy" written all over her face.

"You know, if you want to get good grades in the final exam, it's best to stay in school and prepare for the exam." Katrina argued stubbornly.

“You can review while you stay here, and there are people who can teach you, and don’t you want to spend the Christmas holidays with your mother?” Isobel stared at Katrina: “Or do you not want to spend the holidays with us?”

 “No, no, I...”

“That’s good, come and help decorate the hall!” Isobel pulled Katrina towards the hall, and did not forget to turn back and say to Albert: “Come here too, I can’t do it alone.”

"coming."

“Dobby, help put the suitcase back into the room.”

 “Okay sir.”

Both wizards and Muggles like to use a lot of holly, mistletoe and gold and silver ribbons as Christmas decorations. There is a Christmas tree beside the fireplace, and Isobel is decorating it with ribbons and ornaments, making this place More of a Christmas atmosphere.

 “Are these packages real?”

Katrina is placing the Christmas gifts on the table under the Christmas tree.

“It’s true, Albert receives a bunch of Christmas gifts every year, but these are actually relatively few.” Isobel used a wand to conjure many shiny snowflakes and hung them on the tree.

 “What an exaggeration.”

“If you give out an exaggerated amount of gifts every year, you will naturally receive a lot of gifts in return.” Isobel helped prepare the Christmas gifts that Albert sent out every year.

 “Are we going to spend the Christmas holidays here this year?”

Katrina looked into the fireplace and asked doubtfully: "I've been curious about this smell since just now?"

“It should have something to do with the wood being burned. The wood here was all left by Mr. Nico, and some of them will have a special smell when burned.” Albert turned on the record player, played some light music, and started to help decorate the hall.

 “That’s pretty much it.”

 The three of them were sitting in the hall and resting, enjoying the French desserts and black tea brought by the house elf. The Muggle Christmas song was playing in the hall.

 “Why not let the house elves help decorate?” Katrina had been wanting to ask this since just now.

 “I’ll find you something to do so that you won’t be too busy, and decorating it yourself will make it more festive.” Isobel said with a smile that was heart-wrenching.

“I already helped decorate the castle when I was in school.” Katrina didn’t want to talk and tasted the food silently. Compared with the food at Hogwarts, Albert was always very particular about food.

She secretly looked at Isobel's figure and found no signs of gaining weight. On the contrary, she was more attractive than before. It was incredible.

 “What’s wrong?” Isobel raised her head and asked.

 “You eat so well at home?”

Katrina ate another piece of freshly baked meat floss, drank some black tea, and lay lazily on the leather sofa.

“Because I keep exercising every day.” Isobel said proudly.

“How enviable. How is the research on beauty potions?” Katrina asked.

“Have you thought about opening a beauty shop?” Albert asked with a smile.

 “No, just ask.”

 Katrina is indeed a little confused. She probably won't be able to work after graduation, because according to Albert, the first two years after graduation happen to be the most dangerous time in the magic world.

"By the way, I recently learned their healing magic from Firenze. Maybe you can put it to use." Albert took out a notebook from the deformed lizard skin bag and handed it to Isobel.

“Is this a Christmas gift?” Isobel took the notebook and asked with a smile and a kiss on Albert’s cheek.

"right."

 “What’s wrong?” Isobel noticed Katrina’s expression and asked in confusion.

"Fierenze is a centaur from the Forbidden Forest, and is now the new divination professor at Hogwarts." Katrina withdrew her gaze from Albert and reminded, "The magic of the centaur must be different from ours. Same."

“Their healing magic is more of a combination of herbs and magic.” Albert introduced.

 “Can also be used by wizards.”

 “I tried it and it worked.”

 “It’s incredible.”

Facts have proved that wizards cannot successfully use healing magic like centaurs by just using fresh white branches. The success rate of using wands is also extremely low. It requires the use of the extreme healing wand specially made by Albert to succeed, and All three tried in turn, but in the end only Mrs. McDougal succeeded.

So, under Isobel’s resentful gaze, Mrs. McDougal took away the notebook.

 That night, Albert spent a lot of time comforting his girlfriend.

 Christmas is here in the blink of an eye.

Albert and Isobel got up very late. After enjoying a sumptuous Christmas lunch, the McDougal sisters, at Albert's invitation, built a snowman in the yard and built a snow room that could accommodate three people. Inside, I felt what it was like to drink tea in the snow.

They don’t have to worry about Christmas dinner anyway, the house elves will prepare everything.

In the afternoon, Albert took out "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" given by Dumbledore and read it with Isobel, talking about the comments Dumbledore left on it, while Katrina went back to her room, probably Don’t want to stay and eat dog food.

 Mrs. McDougal was very busy at work and had to work overtime on Christmas Day. She did not come back in a hurry until eight o'clock in the evening.

 Luckily, they didn't bother roasting the turkey, otherwise it would have been harder than a rock when it cooled.

After enjoying the freshly baked delicacies from various countries and drinking a glass of eggnog with a Christmas atmosphere, everyone sat on the sofa in the hall and chatted. Initially, they talked about the wedding of Albert and Isobel. After all, none of Albert’s family members were in the UK. However, after confirming that someone had helped prepare for their wedding, Mrs. McDougal looked a little regretful, but also seemed She breathed a sigh of relief, because she didn't know how to deal with the list of guests that Albert needed to invite.

Later, the topic was led to the healing magic of centaurs. The effect of treating trauma is indeed very good, but wizards don't actually need it because most wizards can't use it at all, and white essence can actually achieve similar effects. .

Of course, if you can study it in depth, you may be able to make new discoveries, but the difficulty of using it also limits its upper limit, so Isobel successfully got back the notebook.

"Oh, by the way, your Defense Against the Dark Arts professor seems to have run into some trouble." Mrs. MacDougal changed the topic and talked about what she encountered on her way to Hogwarts today: "She seems to have drank a compound with toad in it. Potion.”

"Compound potion?" Katrina blinked curiously. Of course she had seen the appearance of a toad. She thought it was some kind of deformation curse, but she didn't expect that it was caused by the compound potion.

"Have you told her about it?" Albert was not surprised that Mrs. MacDougal had seen the toad.

"No, Madam Pomfrey said it was a skin disease. I think there may be some reason for it." Mrs. MacDougal shook her head and said, "Moreover, Umbridge is actually unwilling to go to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Maladies for further treatment." Formal treatment is inherently weird."

"Well, because Umbridge went too far in school, making all the teachers and students hate her, and she was retaliated against." Albert explained with a smile.

 “Did you ask someone to do it?” Katrina asked suspiciously.

 “Harry Potter did it.”

 Albert decisively passed the blame, and it was indeed Harry Potter and his friends who did this.

"It seems that Umbridge has indeed done a lot of bad things." Isobel raised her eyebrows.

"Yeah, the school's education order is almost over 100." Katrina complained, and she briefly told the bad things Umbridge had done recently.

"She actually used Veritaserum on students?" Mrs. McDougal was very surprised by Umbridge's audacity. Once Veritaserum is overdosed, it may cause irreversible harm to the user. She suddenly understood why Umbridge was like that. No wonder Madam Pomfrey hated her so much. The bad things she did in school were indeed so hated.

"Actually, it's not that bad." Albert passed a plate of shrimp fried dumplings to the crowd and said with a smile: "Although Umbridge did make Hogwarts a bit bad, she also brought it to everyone. There was a lot of fun and laughter.”

“She is almost becoming the laughing stock of the school by you now.” Katrina dared to say that those things were definitely related to Albert, “When are you going to drive her away?”

"I never did anything to her. It was always other people taking revenge on her." Albert shrugged and changed the topic: "I heard that Arthur Weasley was injured and hospitalized a while ago."

"Oh, you're talking about Arthur Weasley. He was bitten by a venomous snake. His life is not in danger at the moment, but we haven't found an antidote yet and can't completely heal the wound." Mrs. McDougal recalled: "You Why are you asking? He is also your friend?"

"A few days ago, two of my friends were called away in the middle of the night. I think it was because of this." Albert suddenly said: "The tears of the phoenix are actually the best antidote."

“That thing is too precious, and there’s no phoenix at St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Magical Injuries to provide tears for.”

Albert took out a small medicine bottle from the deformed lizard skin bag and placed it in front of Mrs. McDougal. "If you can't find the antidote, give him this thing."

"This is?"

Mrs. McDougal picked up the medicine bottle and looked up and down at the pitiful amount of transparent liquid inside, as if she had guessed what it was.

 “Tears of the Phoenix.”

 “Where did you get it?” Mrs. McDougal was surprised.

"Professor Dumbledore asked me to pass it on to you." Albert explained, "He is in a bad situation now. If he comes forward, it may lead to Arthur Weasley being expelled by Fudge. If after a while, you guys If you still can't find the antidote, use this thing. Well, this thing is actually an antidote."

"It seems that this matter is more complicated than I expected." Mrs. McDougal put away the crystal bottle and had no intention of delving into the matter.

 (End of this chapter)