Chapter 176 Dumbledore's Gift

Chapter 177 Dumbledore's Gift

Lucius let go of his wife, shook off his black cloak, and strode towards the living room.

Pulling open his high-back chair and sitting on it, Lucius took a deep breath and said in a dry tone:

"The situation is probably what I told you before, so your decision is-"

Some people twisted in their seats uncomfortably, some buried their heads and pretended to be interested in the silver teacup in front of them, and some wrapped their robes tightly and murmured meaninglessly.

But no one spoke.

Lucius tapped the smooth marble floor with his snake staff, making a tap-tap-tap sound:

"Since no one has any objections, let's proceed as agreed before. Sign the impeachment letter of the headmaster of Hogwarts."

Everyone present couldn't help shaking, and became more and more uneasy. Impeaching Dumbledore was like a provocation.

But as Lucius said, no one could afford the price of discovering that they had rebelled if Voldemort returned.

The news that came out last semester almost scared these people. Voldemort was not dead, even though he was very weak.

To be honest, no one wanted to see Voldemort return. He was like a madman, and he was increasingly frightening the pure-blood families who followed him.

So after Voldemort lost power, no one wanted to find him, but chose to bury their heads in the sand like an ostrich.

In the dormitory, Zhang Xiao and Malfoy worked for a long time and finally cleaned up the gifts. Compared with the previous year, the number of love letters increased further, and the number of books was not small.

It can only be said that as I get older, the girls' intention to hook up with me becomes more obvious.

After finding an open place to sit down, Zhang Xiao took out the gift from Dumbledore, but after opening it, he found that there was an exquisite silver cube inside.

The cube was not big, about the same size as the Rubik's Cube that I used to play with. There were also complex and exquisite patterns on the surface.

What is this? Zhang Xiao looked through the box curiously for a while and found a note in the box, which read:

"This is something I asked my old friend to make. I hope it can help you go further in Transfiguration."

Looking at the silver cube in his hand and the dense and complex patterns on the surface, Zhang Xiao studied it for a while, but still felt confused.

"Zhang, we are going to the auditorium." After Malfoy packed up his things, he stood at the door and shouted loudly to Zhang Xiao. It can only be said that the pony who spent Christmas at school for the first time was very excited.

Zhang Xiao agreed, stuffed the silver cube into the Qiankun bag first, and hurried to the door.

When Zhang Xiao and Malfoy arrived at the auditorium, they found that it had changed a lot compared to yesterday.

The whole auditorium looked magnificent. Not only were there more than a dozen Christmas trees covered with silver frost, and thick ribbons made of mistletoe and holly crisscrossed on the ceiling, but there was also magical snow, warm and dry, gently falling from the ceiling.

The Christmas tree was full of small gift boxes and wizard firecrackers, which Zhang Xiao had played with last year. Only Malfoy was excited to play with a bunch of firecrackers.

Soon, the whole hall was filled with colorful smoke from the firecrackers, and Zhang Xiao had to use a whirlwind to sweep them away.

Dumbledore led them in singing some of his favorite Christmas carols, and Hagrid's voice became louder and louder as he drank cup after cup of eggnog.

Lockhart had a comeback before the start of the semester, and now he was obviously starting to feel proud again. He shook his golden curly hair, talked loudly in the middle of the professors, and even pulled Snape to have a drink with him.

He boasted loudly that the last time the duel club was "for the face of his colleagues", he let Snape win, and he would not let him win next time.

Snape looked at Lockhart for a while with a look like a fool, and finally decided not to bother with the fool, and drank alone with big gulps of wine.

Percy didn't notice that Fred had cast a spell to change the word on his prefect badge to "idiot", and he kept asking everyone what they were laughing at.

Because there were too few people, everyone simply sat at a long table. Malfoy and Harry were loudly mocking each other, mainly because of the Christmas gifts.

Hermione kept trying to discuss the Christmas holiday homework with Zhang Xiao, and Ron seemed to have heard something extremely disgusting:

"Please, Hermione, can you not mention homework on this happy day."

Hermione rolled her eyes and replied sharply: "We will have elective courses in the third grade! Shouldn't we take advantage of now to plan how to choose?"

Zhang Xiao smiled and watched the little wizards quarreling.

Malfoy and Harry sat together, arguing about something with red ears.

Percy had a reserved smile on his face and gave Hermione advice seriously.

Fred and George smiled evilly, and seemed to have some funny ideas again.

Dumbledore sat in front of the podium, holding up his glass and laughing. Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick seemed to be drunk and were talking about some interesting topic.

Snape's face was still gloomy. I don't know what he was thinking, but his eyes always drifted towards Harry.

It would be nice if time stayed at this moment.

Zhang Xiao happily picked up the cup, squinting his eyes and enjoying the good time.

In the afternoon, they originally planned to play snowball fights like last year, but finally they changed to making snowmen at Hermione's suggestion.

Fred and George built a strange-looking snowman with a mop as hair, and swore that this was Penelope.

They also cast a spell on the snowman, and it chased Percy around and made a sweet voice: Honey, kiss me!

Percy was about to go crazy, he pulled out his wand and roared loudly that he would show Fred and George some power.

So Zhang Xiao and the four children watched Percy chasing the twins all afternoon.

For the safety of the little wizards who stayed in school, they could only move around in the auditorium, and the professor would send them back to the common room at night.

Zhang Xiao conjured up a small square table and decided to teach them how to play cards.

The explosion rules of the crackling explosion card are variable. When Zhang Xiao threw out the king bomb, the deafening explosion directly collapsed the small table and turned all the little wizards on the card table into black faces.

The landlord plan had to be forced to stop.

After enjoying another sumptuous dinner in the bustle, the noise returned to silence, and the night covered Hogwarts Castle again like a curtain.

Malfoy played for a day. He had never had this experience of playing and fighting with his "friends" for a whole day. When he spent Christmas at home, the empty mansion would visit other families or accept visits from others after eating the sumptuous but deserted dishes.

Such a fresh Christmas made Malfoy excited almost all day. When he returned to the Slytherin common room, he immediately felt sleepy. After a long yawn, he walked towards the bed with a weak step.

Zhang Xiao shook his head and came to the soft armchair in front of the fireplace in thick pajamas. It was not until now that he had time to study what new things Dumbledore had given him.

The silver cube on the table shone brightly in the firelight, and the complex patterns on the surface seemed to have light flowing. It was not light, and it felt heavy in his hands.

He picked up Dumbledore's note and read it again: "This is something I asked my old friend to make. I hope it can help you go further in Transfiguration."

What's wrong with it? Can't you attach a manual or explain it more clearly?

Why do you always make people guess?

Zhang Xiao sighed, old friend, is it Nicolas Flamel?

Go further in Transfiguration-does it mean that this thing can help me practice Transfiguration?

After thinking for a while, Zhang Xiao took out his wand and gently tapped it on the silver cube. Along with the light of transformation, the complex patterns on the box seemed to be glowing in the same way.

In just an instant, the cube turned into a goblet, but the cup still had the complex patterns.

Zhang Xiao picked up the cup and looked at it over and over again. It was no different from the ordinary transformed goblet.

Put the cup back and support your chin with both hands. Since Transfiguration was mentioned, it must be related to Transfiguration, but how is it related?

After being in a daze for a while, Zhang Xiao couldn't figure out what was going on, so he just poked the silver cube with his magic wand and turned it into objects.

The water cup, wine bottle, box, and the things on the table changed their shapes quickly. Zhang Xiao tapped them absentmindedly. How about going to find Dumbledore?

The things that were transformed were becoming more and more complicated at this time, including delicate candlesticks, a dressing table with a mirror, and an alarm clock.

Zhang Xiao suddenly stopped and frowned. Something seemed to be wrong just now.

What did it change before?

Trying to recall the previous actions, he tapped the silver cube again to start the transformation. He could always find out.

"Tick-tick-tick" The silver alarm clock with complex patterns on its surface was running quietly, just like a normal alarm clock.

Zhang Xiao stared at it, his eyes wide open, and his heart was filled with "WTF".

He took the alarm clock in his hand, removed the cover on the back, and revealed the complex mechanical structure inside.

! ! ! !

What is this! Zhang Xiao swallowed his saliva and looked at the alarm clock in his hand in disbelief.

Transfiguration can indeed do many incredible things.

But it is definitely not like now. Many times, the things that are transformed can only be said to be "only in form, but not in spirit."

In other words, it is not impossible to transform an alarm clock, and even to make the hands of the alarm clock move, but it is absolutely impossible to transform the complex mechanical structure inside.

Because it is too complicated. This is not changing animals, which can be temporarily endowed with wisdom through the unreasonable "little tricks" of wizards.

Transfiguration is based on cognition-that is to say, this block can fill in some things by itself?

This. This thing is not scientific! No, it is not magic!

If it was not certain before who Dumbledore's so-called old friend was, but now Zhang Xiao is 100% sure that it must be Nicolas Flamel, and no one else has the ability to make such a miracle!

Zhang Xiao started to test this block frantically as if he had discovered some new toys. After several hours of testing, plus vague guesses, he finally figured out the function of this block.

Simply put, this block seems to be equipped with several commonly used objects, such as alarm clocks or locks, and it will automatically complete the original things inside, rather than just a fake.

Staring at the block on the table, Zhang Xiao was shocked by the magic of alchemy, but unfortunately his energy was limited, and alchemy was a subject that required full commitment.

Nicolas Flamel himself was a genius in alchemy, and it took hundreds of years of investment to reach the current level.

If I learn alchemy and magic at the same time, I will bite off more than I can chew.

Zhang Xiao pondered for a while. The magic of the cube should definitely be more than what he discovered. There must be other uses. He took the cube into his hand and threw it up and down.

Dumbledore's gift is not light. He gave me a handwritten letter from Slytherin last year, and gave me a cube this year. Why?

In Ron's words, the Christmas holiday is like Bibi's multi-flavored beans. You can eat it and taste it, but it's like you haven't eaten anything.

The sun began to shine faintly on Hogwarts again.

The little wizards returned to the castle after the holiday. The castle seemed to come alive again. After a whole holiday, the little wizards ignored the previous attacks again.

Madam Pomfrey was happy to report that the mandrakes became moody and taciturn, which means that they are rapidly leaving childhood and entering adolescence.

"As soon as their acne heals, they can be replanted." Professor Sprout told the young wizards, "Then, it won't be long before we can cut them off and make potions.

Those poor kids will come back intact. I'm so sorry for them. Oh my God, they missed almost a year of classes."

Fortunately, Sister Bird is in a much better mood and is even willing to go out for a fly when the weather is better.

The next semester's classes obviously accelerated a lot and began to involve some theoretical things. In addition to teaching spells, Professor Flitwick also began to talk about some purely theoretical things, and homework became an exploration of the relationship between gestures and spells.

The abstract course of Transfiguration is still a headache for the young wizards, but Zhang Xiao enjoys it. When he has nothing to do, he will take out the small silver cube to transform and explore other hidden functions.

Unfortunately, the progress is not too great.

During this period, Zhang Xiao has been working hard to become a real second-year student. He is not pursuing speed, but implementing his previous ideas and laying a solid foundation.

This shows the painstaking arrangement of the Taoist sect. Only teaching the Golden Light Spell and Talismans means that in the past two years, I have actually been strengthening the foundation, and it is impossible for magic to have an unstable foundation.

Compared with last semester, Lockhart's class suddenly became popular.

After two classes of jumping zombies, Zhang Xiao thought he would change to something like A Chinese Ghost Story, but he didn't expect to jump directly to dark creatures commonly seen in the West such as red hats.

The class was very interesting, and Zhang Xiao himself had to admit that the quality of these classes was indeed high.

Moreover, Lockhart himself changed his previous frivolity and became calm, and even stopped saying those disgusting sentences, which made the little witches who were originally disappointed in him fall in love with this handsome professor again.

Ron quietly told Zhang Xiao that Hermione framed Lockhart's class with a heart again.

Compared with this, the students paid more attention to Lockhart's public statement that he would open another duel club.

Is it to avenge the previous shame or continue to embarrass? The two groups were arguing so much that they waited until Tuesday afternoon.

The whole auditorium was filled with noise again.

I don’t know if it was 2 Yang, but I also had a fever and was vomiting and having diarrhea.