The days of hanging out at Hogwarts

In the Hogwarts principal's office late at night, the portraits of past principals hanging on the wall have fallen asleep. Two figures, an old one and a young one, appeared out of thin air, and the warm yellow lights in the office gradually brightened.

"You go back first, I will take care of it first." Dumbledore took off his hat that no longer fit well and placed it on the table with the brim upwards.

"Goodbye Principal!" Loren couldn't wait to take a good bath. He was exhausted these days in Albania.

Nagini was sleeping in a hat with her jewels on her pillow. Fox leaned his head over and took a look. He suddenly became alert and cursed at Dumbledore: "Squeak!"

It seems to be talking about you, a guy who likes the new and hates the old.

Dumbledore combed its feathers while avoiding Fox's pecks, and comforted him with a smile: "Okay, okay...".

Paid some snacks and spent some time letting Fox cool off. Dumbledore slowly took out a book with an old white cover from the bookshelf and opened it. There was a portrait of a character on each page.

After flipping through an unknown number of pages, I stopped at a portrait of a man with silver hair and a thin body.

Dumbledore waited for a while, and the image of the person above gradually became more vivid, colors began to appear, and the portrait moved.

"Albus?"

"Nico."

The two had a conversation, and Dumbledore recounted the experiences of the Albanian party and asked Nico if there was a way to save the blood-cursed orc.

"There's nothing I can do, but maybe the Philosopher's Stone can..."

In Nico's telling, the effect of the magic stone on each person's hand is different from person to person.

"In my hands, I can turn stone into gold and refine the elixir of life, but Loren may have other options."

"Judging from his request, it may be made from living things, to restore snakes to humans, and to fix werewolves in human form."

Nico's voice came out of the book through magic, like an old man telling a vague legend, "Revealing the mystery of life, this is not a smooth road..."

There seems to be no reproductive isolation among magical creatures. Before this, a large number of wizards bred strange creatures for various purposes, causing many disasters.

The most famous is Herbo the Despicable, who created a basilisk by using toads to incubate rooster eggs.

Some are out of curiosity, some are out of profit, and some have bad intentions. The contents of many Defense Against the Dark Arts textbooks are artificially created by wizards.

It was not until 1965 that the "Prohibition of the Feeding of Magical Creatures for Experimental Purposes" bill proposed by Newt Scamander was passed. This ban effectively curbed the prevalence of the creation of new untameable animals in Britain.

Aurors from the Ministry of Magic have spent a lot of energy investigating many wizards who illegally gave birth to dangerous creatures. In the following years, the Ministry of Magic in other countries also introduced similar bans.

This is only done on magical animals. Loren will be involved in the human body. Anyone who hears about such behavior will think that Loren is a dark wizard.

If Loren were to take the path of biological refinement, even if the outside world didn't know about the Philosopher's Stone, just the biological refinement itself would be enough for him to attract the attention of all kinds of people, whether it was the Ministry of Magic or the dark wizards.

"When he found this snake in the Albanian forest, he had already pulled it out of the abyss of despair." Nico talked about the prerequisites for using the magic stone.

"Cough cough cough."

His voice sounded weak, "Maybe we don't have to rush to destroy the magic stone. After what you want to do is over, let Loren try it with my magic stone."

Dumbledore sat on the chair and looked at the portrait in the book, "Are you ready to face death?"

When Nico heard this question, his old face showed a smile, "Albus, you already know that death is not the end, but a greater adventure."

"I still have some medicine in storage. When I take care of some things, I will return to Paris with Perenelle."

"Come on in the summer. There is another opera in the spring. I will leave after watching this one."

"I won't say goodbye to you then."

"Ahem, cough, goodbye."

Hearing the word goodbye, Dumbledore's wrinkles unfurled and he smiled, "Goodbye, and I wish you a pleasant journey."

After saying that, Nico's portrait gradually faded and became motionless.

Loren carried his small suitcase and ran to the Gryffindor lounge.

Returning to Hogwarts, whether it was the dusty stone pillars, the polished armor, or the moving stairs, Loren felt a sense of familiarity and security at home.

At least there won't be any dark wizards mugging here, except Voldemort.

In the Gryffindor common room.

The four little wizards of the Weasley family gathered around the table and played chess, with the twins and Percy playing three against Ron.

The twins were able to withstand Ron's offensive, but after a few moves in the middle and they believed Percy's words, they were defeated.

On the chessboard, the knight on horseback scolded as he walked: "Are you two trolls? Why do you listen to others?"

Percy blushed a little and looked away, pretending not to hear.

When he saw Loren who had just come in from outside, his eyes lit up, "Look, Loren is back."

George and Fred also raised their heads, and when Ron was not paying attention, they overturned the chessboard, and each of them shouted in surprise:

"Our savior, Loren is back!"

"We don't have to play chess with Ron anymore!"

Finally, they both raised their hands and shouted, "Long live Loren!"

It can be seen that in the past few days when Loren was absent, several people were really tortured by Ron.

The twins walked around the table and ran to Loren. Fred took his small suitcase. George pulled Loren to Ron and pressed him on the seat. "It's all up to you!"

Loren tried to struggle, "I haven't showered yet."

"We'll wash it later. We agreed that if we can beat Ron tonight, he will never play chess with us again."

"But I can't beat Ron in wizard chess," Loren said.

Ron raised his chin with a very disgusting expression, "I can beat you in backgammon too."

When Loren first taught Ron how to play backgammon, he almost overturned with a coping attitude. Ron reviewed the original game after being influenced by Go. He thought he had already surpassed Loren and was full of confidence.

So arrogant?

Loren looked at the other Weasleys and said, "Did you break his head during the few days I was away?"

George thought about what he had experienced these past few days and said, "I would rather break his head."

Fred nodded aside, "But he really seems to be powerful."

After Loren taught Ron how to play Go, he has been playing it with him these days. Ron does have a talent for playing Go, and his computing power and layout have improved a lot.

When playing other chess games, Ron naturally brings a Go-chess mentality. He can look at several moves after one move, and he can also analyze the chess game from the overall situation. A stalemate will open up another battlefield.

Sometimes before the stalemate begins, Ron can foresee the stalemate situation and lay the groundwork in another place in advance.

The moves were so wild that the twins couldn't resist it, so they pulled Percy over, and they lost even faster.

If Ron's chess playing was purely based on talent before, now with the help of Loren, he seems to have found a way to explore a further path.

"Then let's play backgammon. I'll take a shower first." Loren didn't refuse. He wanted to see if Ron was bloated.

Lorenzo washed himself carefully and wanted to soak for a few hours if possible. When he came out, Ron was playing backgammon with three people.

"Get down here." Percy pointed out a point.

"You're still a prefect."

"You'll lose if you go there."

Although George and Fred had learned their lesson long ago and no longer listened to slander, they were ultimately defeated.

Ron couldn't suppress the smile on his lips and pretended to be calm, "It's better to do it with Loren."

The sight of this stinky fart made Loren's hands itchy, wanting to give him a little shock.

The rules of backgammon itself are incomplete. Regular backgammon games usually have hand bans to put both sides on the same starting line. There are many sure-win openings when there are no forbidden hands.

For example, the Flower Moon Set. Loren once relied on this skill to dominate Xiaochu Gao, and he never faced an opponent since he was a child. Now, it's time to teach this Ron a lesson.

Neither side thought much about the first few moves, one was attacking and the other was blocking.

As more and more chess pieces appeared on the chessboard, Ron's original relaxed expression gradually disappeared.

As a result, Ron has been unable to take the initiative from the beginning. The more moves you make, the clearer the chess picture becomes.

Finally, Ron could no longer block it, and the battle ended with one finger.

"Oh, that's it." Loren said nonchalantly, imitating Ron's indifferent attitude before.

Ron paled when he heard this.

The twins cheered, "Finally I don't have to play chess with Ron anymore."

Ron ignored the cheers of several people, stared at the chessboard with wide eyes, and said in disbelief: "How is that possible?"

He recalled each move in his mind, and gradually realized that Loren's layout was very clear from the beginning.

"That kind of start..."

Ron did not indulge in the disappointment of losing the chess game, and his eyes became brighter and brighter. His fingers kept dropping several chess pieces on the chessboard that had the same start as Loren.

The opening moves were played over and over again, deriving them constantly. In just a short while, Ron seemed to be about to come up with the pattern of Huayue.

Loren's mind was no longer on the chessboard. He came back from the forest all the way and felt empty in his stomach after taking a shower.

The first reaction was to go to the kitchen to find something to eat, but when he went to the kitchen, he would meet Xiaomai. Loren felt uncomfortable thinking about the last scene.

Looking at the hilarious twins and Ron who was addicted to the chessboard, the flames in the fireplace illuminated Loren's eyes.

"It's the last day of the year, let's do something special."

The twins stopped and looked at Loren expectantly:

"Want an exciting adventure?"

"How about a night trip, to the Forbidden Forest!"

Loren shook his head violently when he heard this, "I just started the engine, you just step on the accelerator." When it comes to breaking school rules, you two are still professionals.

"How about cooking meat on the fire in the fireplace?"

George and Fred were a little disappointed, but they were also very interested in the barbecue and went to the kitchen to move things with ease.

Percy hesitated, but didn't stop the twins.

Soon, all kinds of meat were brought into the lounge by the twins using levitating spells. Spells were not allowed to be cast in the corridor. Who called them George and Fred?

The house elves cut the beef, mutton, and pork into small pieces, and the little wizards poked them with the forks lengthened by the transfiguration spell and roasted them in the fireplace. Their barbecue technology is not very good, but the fat still gives off a delicious aroma under the flames.

Ron toasted the bread until it was burnt, then ate it and said it was delicious.

The twins laughed so much that they wanted to bake two more pieces of brown bread for Ron...

Their laughter changed to a weird tune, and the words they sang changed again and again, until they simply repeated Happy New Year, Happy New Year.

Many Gryffindors who stayed in the castle for the holidays also came out of their dormitories and joined in.

Such a banquet is far less rich than Christmas, there are no gorgeous decorations, and even the food is not as delicious. But on the last day of 1991, the fire in the fireplace in the Gryffindor common room burned in everyone's hearts.

Many years later, they still remember this warm feeling.

The next morning while having breakfast, Loren received a letter from Hermione.

[Mr. Morgan:

I hope everything goes well when you receive this letter, and Happy New Year!

I still can't understand why you forgot to write to me. Hanhan appears at the window on time every morning. He is such a conscientious postman. You probably don't know that Hanhan likes to eat white mice the most.

Our whole family loves Hanhan. My father always tried to talk to owls, and he figured out from somewhere that owls could talk. My mother tried to make Hanhan hoot, so that he could understand the owl that conveyed the news of King Duncan's death in Shakespeare's Macbeth, but I didn't think Shakespeare was writing about a spectacled owl.

Our family went camping in Dean Forest during the holidays. Hanhan seemed to like it very much. The mist was like clouds, hiding the trees and the camp. When the bonfire lights up, it's like the sun shining through the clouds. I really want you to see this scene, maybe it would be better in summer, but it's a little too cold now.

…

How about Hogwarts over the Christmas holidays, I hope you don't get jam on the lounge seats.

Say hello to Ron for me and look forward to hearing from you.

Hermione Granger]

A very ordinary letter, an ordinary complaint about Loren's behavior, an interesting story about the family, and an ordinary greeting at the end.

Loren noticed something extraordinary from these ordinary things.

[Dear Hermione:

Goodbye, happy new year.

When I received the letter, I fed Hanhan the cheese and bread I was eating, and he seemed to like it too.

The Christmas banquet at Hogwarts is very sumptuous, with hundreds of roasted turkeys. When you leave, the Christmas tree you see is bursting with flames, and candles hang on the tree like stars...

Dumbledore and I went to the Albanian forest and saw a bright light there. The specific situation will be discussed in detail when you come back...

I think you might want to say hello to Louie more, but don't worry, everything's fine.

sincere regards

Loren Morgan]

After writing the letter to Hermione, Loren also wrote a letter to Grandpa Bates, using the Hogwarts owl.

I asked Grandpa Bates how his New Year was and how the trip went. At the end, I asked if I could eat his roast lamb when I went back during the summer vacation.

After several days, Loren walked in Hogwarts Castle again, enjoying the atmosphere here.

While walking on the road, I received frozen fruits from the little Hufflepuff wizards one after another, including various frozen apples, frozen yellow peaches...

Loren felt that if he ate these frozen fruits alone, he would probably go to the school infirmary and receive a scolding from Madam Pomfrey. In order to have a pleasant holiday experience, he shared these things with a few close friends.

In the lounge, Ron had three chessboards in front of him, one for wizard chess, one for backgammon, and one for Go. He was lost in his own world.

Loren placed the fruit next to him and sighed.

Probably because Harry was away and he was too bored. When Harry came back, Ron would probably come out of the chessboard.

At the same time, he hopes that Harry's return to school will promote Nagini's redemption and allow him to cure Grandpa Bates as soon as possible.