Chapter 309 A Quiet Christmas

Christmas is coming, but the atmosphere in the castle is not as cheerful as before.

Nearly Headless Nick and Bloody Baron were both attacked, which made the already tense atmosphere become truly panic.

Even ghosts cannot be avoided... What kind of terrible power can hurt the dead?

The students did not want to stay in school for a moment, and those who had decided to stay in school before also asked the professor to change their plans.

People rushed to book seats on the Hogwarts Express, hoping to go home for Christmas.

In the few days before leaving school, Harry had been completely isolated. No matter where he went, people would stare at him from a distance, neither approaching nor letting him out of sight.

Everyone was afraid that he would release the monster in the chamber again.

"Ignore them, Harry."

During a meal, Ron packed a few chicken legs and put them in his bag, saying, "Those people don't know anything. You have an invisible cloak. If you really want to do something secretly, they can only stand there stupidly."

"Yeah, maybe I can scare them with the invisible cloak." Harry pulled the corner of his mouth and forced a smile.

"That's a good idea." Ron said, "Especially that McMillan. If you suddenly appear behind him, he probably won't dare to follow you anymore."

"Don't give bad ideas, Ron, Harry is in enough trouble now." Hermione put a plate of pudding in front of Harry.

"Wait a few more days, the Polyjuice Potion will be ready, we can get words from Malfoy at any time, and then the truth will be revealed."

"I hope so." Harry took a bite of pudding.

The sweet and sour orange taste did make him feel better.

Next to him, Ron put another piece of toast in the bag.

"I was just about to ask, what are you doing with all this food." Harry asked in confusion, "If you're short of snacks, I have some candy here..."

"Not me, it's Scabbers."

Ron sighed, "It's lost a lot of weight these days, I want to give it some tonic."

"Don't you have rat tonic?"

"It was used up yesterday." Ron took out an empty bottle.

"Isn't this enough for a year?" Hermione frowned, "Is it really okay for you to use it up now?"

"Not only is it okay, it's not enough." Ron said, "Maybe Scabbers is old, and the effect of the tonic is obviously much smaller than last year."

He looked at Hermione and asked, "By the way, is there a method for brewing rat tonic in the book "Powerful Potion"? "

"No!" Hermione's face was a little stiff.

She really wanted to see what kind of structure Ron's brain was... Who on earth would think that the "Powerful Potion" locked in the restricted book area was about teaching people to make rat tonic.

But Ron didn't notice Hermione's eyes at all. He lowered his head and whispered, "Maybe we can go to the room on the eighth floor and take a look... There's everything there."

"Good luck..." Hermione replied perfunctorily.

...

Finally, the semester ended and the castle became much quieter.

On Christmas Day, Kyle got up early in the morning and unpacked a pile of gifts at his feet.

This year, many more people sent books, and the number of books was almost equal to that of candy and snacks.

Fleur Delacour sent a crystal music box from France, which contained all the songs of the Unicorn band.

This is a band from France, very famous in the wizarding world.

Dumbledore and Connor both sent gloves.

The headmaster continued the style of last year and made some embellishments with Fawkes' feathers, which just formed a set with socks.

But Kyle just took a look and put it together with the pair of socks that he had never worn.

It was too eye-catching...

Connor's craftsmanship has improved a lot, and the gloves are very comfortable to wear.

After opening the presents, Kyle walked out of the dormitory.

The entire common room was empty, with no one there.

This year, Connor was also taken back by Snape, and Kyle was the only one left in the entire Hufflepuff.

Cedric originally wanted to stay with him, but Mr. Diggory sent five letters in a row in one day, so he had to give up the idea.

But it was okay this way.

He stayed because he wanted to investigate the diary, and it would be more convenient with fewer people.

But Gryffindor was much more lively.

All the Weasleys chose to stay in school, including Ginny and Percy.

Mr. and Mrs. Weasley went to visit Bill, they didn't want to go so far.

It is worth mentioning that Mr. Weasley was promoted because of his excellent performance in the surprise inspection.

So a week before Christmas, he officially took office as the director of the Office of Prohibition of Abuse of Muggle Objects... Although the work he did did not change at all, his monthly salary increased by ten Galleons.

...

Kyle simply ate some sandwiches in the common room, and then got up and went to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor.

But the strange thing is that today the door seemed to be welded shut, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't open it.

Until ten minutes later, Hermione came out.

After seeing Kyle at the door, she suddenly became nervous.

"Kyle, you, why are you here?"

"Of course I'm going to use this Room of Requirement." Kyle said, "Aren't you the same?"

"So it's called the Room of Requirement?" Hermione was relieved when she heard that it was not related to the Polyjuice Potion. "It's a very appropriate name."

"You didn't know?" Kyle laughed, "Depending on the different needs, it will transform into a corresponding room, so it's called this name."

"We found it by accident." Hermione explained, "At that time, we were looking for a place to make... practice potions, and then a door suddenly appeared in this place, filled with cauldrons and potion books.

But all the books or maps about the castle have no records of this place... It took us a long time to find the pattern of its appearance."

"This is a hidden room in Hogwarts, protected by special magic and cannot be marked." Kyle said, "You will definitely not find it on the map."

"No wonder..." Hermione nodded, but she seemed to think of something and became nervous again. "But why are you waiting outside?"

"Are you also trying to practice potions, and you can't get in because I'm there?"

She couldn't help but get nervous. The Polyjuice Potion hadn't been brewed yet. If Kyle needed the potion room, wouldn't he be able to see it at a glance after entering?

"No, it has nothing to do with that. I'm not going to brew potions here." Kyle shook his head, "but because it only has one door, it can only correspond to one room. If someone is inside, others can't use it."