Chapter 4092 4094【Christmas Vacation】
The defeat in the first game made Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff Houses fall into sadness.
Slytherin students were all very proud and walked with a squeaky sound.
To this, Xiang Nan can only say, don’t worry about having a good time today, be careful about making a list in the future.
Many of them are Death Eater reserves. After Voldemort is defeated in the future, almost all of these people will be sent to Azkaban and handed over to the dementors to guard them.
Let’s see how happy they are when the time comes.
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Time soon came to December, and the school began to count the list of students who stayed in school for the holidays, and Xiang Nan signed the list.
He is not going home for Christmas. On the one hand, there are still so many books I haven’t read. It took him three months to read less than 10% of the books in the library, and there were thousands of books waiting for him.
The vacation lasted from mid-December to early January, almost half a month, which was really too long, enough for him to read more than a dozen books.
On the one hand, although his relationship with his parents has eased, Christmas at the Snape family is destined to still be chaotic.
And he hasn’t figured out how to help his parents out of poverty in a legitimate and fair manner. He has many ways to help his parents make money, but the key is that he has no suitable reason.
"Severus, do you really have to stay in school during the Christmas vacation?" Lily asked with concern.
“Yeah, I’m going home to watch my parents quarreling. 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 school in September and has not seen her parents and sister for more than three months. She really misses them.
"I'll give you some advice. When you get home, try to mention the bad things about school and less about the good things about 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 housing, can learn magic, and can ride a broomstick. Do you know how much this means to Muggles? Attractive?
Your sister is already jealous of your talent. If you tell her how great Hogwarts is, you are stabbing her in the heart. "
After hearing this, Lily suddenly realized, "Then what should I say? I really can't think of any disadvantages of school."
"You can tell them that magic is very dangerous. In Potions class, you need to deal with toad eggs and caterpillar mucus; in Herbal medicine class, you need to be careful of thorn grass and explosive mushrooms; in Charms class, you may accidentally injure yourself; in flying class, you often fall off. …
Another example is the school janitor who has a very bad temper and punishes students at every turn. The upper class students bully the freshmen, taunting them, even casting curses on them, etc. Xiang Nan suggested to her.
Everything he said was true, and there was no suspicion of fabrication or exaggeration. Hogwarts looks beautiful, but it's actually full of dangers.
In Charms class, if you accidentally cast the wrong spell, you may harm yourself. For example, when Neville practiced the transformation spell, he transformed his ears into cactus;
If you take a herbal medicine class, you will be easily killed by those herbs and poisonous bacteria. For example, the cry of mandrake can kill people. Thorngrass, Explosive Mushrooms, Bamboo Tubers, etc. are also dangerous.
Moreover, there are werewolves, basilisks, Boggarts, Acromantulas and other dark magical creatures in Hogwarts, which may harm people at any time.
Not to mention the bullying of freshmen by senior students. And not just Slytherin students, but students from other houses as well.
In the original work, it is clearly mentioned that the predators composed of James, Sirius and others often cast spells on students they did not like in the corridor. Luna Lovegood was also bullied by her Ravenclaw classmates because she was too maverick. Not only was she nicknamed "Crazy Girl", but she was also often asked to hide her shoes.
The professors at the school can be said to have turned a blind eye to these things and let them go as they please. So according to modern educational standards, Hogwarts is clearly failing.
When Lily heard this, she suddenly understood, smiled and nodded.
"But if you talk to people and talk to ghosts, don't be so miserable to your parents. 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 quickly again, "Don't worry, I know everything."
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On December 20th, the school officially closed.
Lily, Joey, Benjamin, Gregory and others all decided to go home for the holidays.
They will take the Hogwarts Express back to London, and then go home.
Xiang Nan had already written an owl letter home early, telling his parents that he would not be going back during the Christmas vacation.
Although Eileen Prince expressed regret for this, she also expressed her understanding. She also specifically asked her son in the letter to take care of himself.
December 24, Christmas Eve, Slughorn held a grand Christmas party in his office and once again extended an invitation to Xiang Nan.
Xiang Nan readily accepted his invitation and attended the party.
Like last time, it’s all about eating, drinking and socializing. However, Xiang Nan noticed that neither James Potter nor Sirius Black came this time.
I don’t know whether it was Slughorn who didn’t invite, or whether the two of them didn’t accept the invitation.
At the banquet, what everyone talked about the most was the current events in the magical world.
Ever since the Death Eaters under Voldemort 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 ferocious 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 havoc, 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, he was not only right, but also showed courage, and their support for him became stronger.
(End of this chapter)