The changes in the castle made the little wizards curious.

The senior students were the first to notice the truth behind this change.

High-level dark magic creatures rarely have obvious weaknesses, and those that are afraid of ordinary creatures are very few. The only one that is strongly restrained by the rooster is the basilisk.

As the most well-known "artificial" dark magic creature, there will be some related questions in the Newts exam.

They couldn't help but feel lucky for the two people lying in the school infirmary.

Fortunately, he didn't look directly into the basilisk's eyes and saved his life, but was petrified.

After knowing what the monster in the secret room is.

This did not put the little wizards at ease. Instead, they became even more anxious. They talked to their family members, hoping to get some comfort or protection from magic props.

Every dinner, a large number of owls could be seen catching red howlers and throwing them hard in Dumbledore's face.

Unfortunately, no one could hear the contents of the howling letter.

The principal had great magical powers, so the roar was heard only by him.

Pure-blood wizards are the most unscrupulous, or rather, the young wizards of Slytherin College are becoming more and more arrogant.

Rumors of the chamber of secrets were known.

When the heir opens the Chamber of Secrets, he will clean out the castle and drive out all those who should not be here - half-blood and Muggle-born wizards, led by Hufflepuff, and supplemented by Ravenclaw and Gryffindor.

Unlike other houses, they openly supported the "heir" who stole the scroll from their common room, hoping that he could secretly contact Slytherin House.

Slytherin will give him the greatest support.

The other three colleges would never listen to such words.

The conflict intensified.

Every day at dinner time, several fights would break out in the auditorium.

The scores of the four colleges were deducted again and again, hovering between increasing and decreasing to zero.

There was only one person in Hogwarts who was truly happy.

That was Lockhart.

He had even written part of the manuscript and couldn't wait to read it to the little wizards in class.

"In July 1992, Lockhart, who had just returned from a trip to Morege, could hardly imagine that he would receive a letter from the greatest white wizard of the century. Although they had known each other for many years, it was the first time that Lockhart heard Albus use such a pleading tone..."

He thought he wrote very well.

The response among the little wizards was also very strong.

Often, after he read for ten minutes, he would receive thirty-five minutes of praise. As long as he added enough points, the flattery would be even more enthusiastic.

The other deans seemed to have been impressed by his personal charm during their long time together and no longer prevented him from favoring certain "talented" young wizards. Some even hinted to him that he could go a little further.

As November wore on, the weather became increasingly cold.

As soon as December arrived, a heavy snow fell, covering the entire castle.

Professors collect information from students about their intention to stay on campus during Christmas break.

Not many people wanted to stay.

Even though the basilisk did not appear again in more than a month, it was not caught.

Almost all the young wizards filled in their names in the leaving school column. Only the Weasleys from Gryffindor stayed behind. Percy wanted to send Ginny back, but failed to persuade her.

Hermione also wanted to stay, but was persuaded to leave by Harry.

If you have parents, spend the holidays with them.

Ron was listening, clinging to Harry's sleeve and refusing to let go.

Harry still received many gifts.

What Dumbledore had was a note on the Patronus Charm. To change the form of the Patronus required an extremely high level of skill, and to transform into a physical body - this was already excellent for ordinary wizards, but on this path, it could only be said that they had just stepped into the threshold.

Snape brought Harry's mother's second notebook, carefully wrapped in sponge and placed neatly next to his pillow, unlike the other gifts piled on the floor.

It looked like it was sent by a house-elf.

Professor McGonagall sent him two Transfiguration notebooks from his father. He flipped through them hastily. The last page of the second one involved some Animagus theories.

This surprised him a little.

My father is also learning this kind of magic?

Professor Sprout sent over two Herbology notebooks and gently suggested that she would be happy to give Harry detention twice a week if he could spare the time.

Lockhart sent a whole album thicker than his fist, which was full of his photos, and each photo had his fancy signature.

Harry was grateful for the fuel.

Mrs. Weasley took Harry's advice and knitted him a gold and red one, with a handsome lion lying on a big "H" on the chest.

Ron was very envious.

His sweater was green with a single large "R" on the chest.

"Mom is so partial." Ron said sourly, and kept looking at the sweater Harry was wearing, making a sharp contrast with the one in his hand.

"You are her child, after all." Harry teased the lion that yawned when poked by him, "and I am an orphan without a father or a mother, so of course she will take better care of me."

"Harry, that's not what I meant," Ron stammered, clenching his sweater in his hands.

Harry nodded: "I know, I'm just afraid that you misunderstood. People who are loved usually find it difficult to feel loved. Your mother loves you very much."

Mrs. Weasley wrote to him before Christmas and asked about his physical data.

I didn't ask Ron, nor did I ask my other children.

But the sweaters they knit are very suitable for them.

Ron opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. Sometimes it was really hard for him to follow Harry's train of thought.

Harry continued counting the presents.

The photo album sent by the Dursleys contained photos of Aunt Petunia and his mother, which were untouched, from the age of six or seven to nineteen.

Dudley sent a thank-you letter, saying that the weight loss potion was very effective and he had lost weight to the level of a normal person. Also included in the letter were a few game cartridges, all of which he strongly recommended and were very interesting - but he probably couldn't imagine that there were no game consoles in Hogwarts.

Until noon.

Ron watched Harry count the presents eagerly before they walked out of the dormitory and towards the hall.

Apart from the professors, there were less than twenty students left in Hogwarts, six from Gryffindor, four from Slytherin, and three each from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw.

They ate at a long table.

The young wizards were also allowed to drink. Dumbledore took Harry and made him drink three bottles of vodka under Snape's gaze that seemed to wish he could skin them alive.

"Hogwarts~Hogwarts~" They sang the school song in a medieval tune with the Sorting Hat.

George and Fred soon joined in.

The Hufflepuff senior transformed into a drum set and played accompanying music for them.

Ravenclaw watched from the sidelines - although it could hardly be called "art".

The Slytherins left in a hurry after finishing their meal.

They were unwilling to celebrate Christmas with this group of people.

A cheerful atmosphere enveloped everything and everyone in the hall except Snape.