The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 176 The joys and sorrows of people are not the same

The girls' dormitory was a mess on Christmas morning, with the floor covered with unwrapped colorful wrapping papers. They were not cleaned up until Ada washed and changed her clothes.

After half a semester of practice, Ada has become more and more familiar with the use of silent spells. Ada can cast many spells used in daily life silently. Ada can also use spells that can be used in actual combat silently, but the effect is slightly worse, and she still needs to practice diligently.

After changing her clothes, Ada walked out of the dormitory and went down the stairs to the common room. Because of the holiday, there were not many students left in the school, and Ada only saw a few Weasleys laughing and playing in the common room.

Fred and George, who were also wearing blue sweaters, were trying to put the sweaters on Percy. Without thinking twice, the twins forced the sweaters on Percy, knocking his glasses askew and making his hair look like a mess.

Ron, wearing a purple sweater, and Harry, wearing a bright green sweater, were watching the show. Sure enough, Harry also received a loving sweater from Mrs. Weasley, and he received it in his first year.

Ada sat in the armchair, and the twins came over and sat down. The two of them finally let Percy go. Percy, whose arms were bound by the sweater, had to ask Ron for help, and then he took off the sweater with the letter "P" on it and put it aside.

"Does that 'P' mean prefect or Percy?" Ada asked with a smile.

Seeing Ada asking this, Percy's face, which was already a little red, became even redder. He stammered, "Of course... Percy means the same as your 'E' stands for, both are names."

"Mom doesn't think you can forget your name." Fred pointed to the G on his chest and said, "So this is what the prefect means."

"Perhaps I should suggest to Madam that we change the one P into two, so that we have both 'Prefect' and 'Percy'," Ada said seriously, as if she would actually make this suggestion to Mrs. Weasley.

"Why not three?" George held up three fingers. "That would be 'Poor', 'Prefect', and 'Percy'. I'll write to Mum when she comes back from Romania!"

The three people sitting together teased the blushing Percy. They were all wearing blue sweaters. If Ada's hair was changed to fiery red, the three of them would look like triplets.

"Ada, what are you holding in your hand?" Harry asked curiously when he saw Ada holding a magazine in her hand.

Fred snatched the magazine from Ada's hand and turned to the page where Ada had bookmarked it. He read aloud: "The Vanishing and Apparition Spell, ... by Minerva McGonagall and Esmeralda Drizzt ..."

"So you just wanted to show off to us that your name appeared in the Transfiguration magazine you often read?" George asked, tilting his head. "We don't care whether you are in the magazine or not, we just want to ask if you have any royalties."

"The royalties are nothing compared to my name." Ada took back her magazine. "Maybe I'll be the author of your Transfiguration textbook in the future!"

Fred shook his head and said, "I don't think we'll make it, right George?"

"That's right." George walked up to Ron, patted his shoulder and said earnestly, "Ron, this task is left to you. If you can't do it, hold back a few grades. You must wait until the day Ada writes the Transfiguration textbook."

"No way, Mum will beat me to death!" Ron shook his head firmly. Between Mrs. Weasley and Ada, Mrs. Weasley was obviously more lethal.

A few people gathered together to chat about family matters. There was no Philosopher's Stone, Quirrell, or Snape. Harry, sitting next to Ron, enjoyed everything in front of him. This was the life he wanted.

Three red-haired boys rushed into the auditorium, mixed with a girl with long blond hair and a boy with black hair, as well as a red-haired boy who was dragged in.

The boy who was dragged in was naturally Percy. He was dragged into the auditorium by the twins on both sides, and he was still shouting things like "let me go" and "stop running and fighting in the corridor".

The professors sitting in the teacher's seat did not blame the Weasley family for breaking in. Instead, they all looked at them with a smile. Even the usually strict Professor McGonagall smiled happily. Ada stayed in school for Christmas again. Just like last time, before the Christmas party officially started, she went to the teacher's seat and bribed the professors.

Her robe pockets were bulging with candies of all kinds. She had packed all these candies in her dormitory before leaving the common room, and she had grabbed a handful from each candy box.

Professor McGonagall looked at Ada, who had bribed the professor, with a smile in her eyes. She was wearing a gold and red scarf given by Ada. Although the workmanship of the scarf was not very good, she still liked it very much.

You can tell at a glance that this scarf was knitted by a novice. Some places have more gold, and some places have more red.

The lion on the scarf looked nothing like it should, and if Professor McGonagall was not a Gryffindor, she swore she would never recognize what the pattern was.

This was Ada's most successful creation, and the remaining defective pieces were given to the twins. Ada originally wanted to give it to Winnie, but the house elves would not accept such "clothing", so Ada had to discard it and give it to the twins.

Although it wasn't as nice as anything she bought, Professor McGonagall valued the thoughtfulness more, so she wore this scarf to the party.

At first, the other professors were all very surprised that Professor McGonagall had such an ugly scarf and wore it outside. But when they found out that this ugly scarf was knitted by Ada herself, they became envious and jealous.

Among the envious professors, there were two people with very strange expressions. One was Snape, whose sallow face darkened visibly; the other was Dumbledore, who suddenly felt that the woolen socks on his feet were a bit prickly.

Ada's bribes were given to every professor, and even Quirrell received a handful of candy. She treated everyone equally, and was a model of a master of balancing things.

Seeing Quirrell's "flattered" look, Ada even said to her, "Come on!" It depends on what Quirrell thinks, whether to study hard or steal the Philosopher's Stone as soon as possible.

When Ada stood in front of Snape with disgust, Snape's expression was even more disgusted than hers, and both of them were frowning at each other.

Looking at the still greasy hair, Ada complained in her heart: I gave you shampoos of all scents, but you can't pick out the one you like from so many scents? Can I die from washing my hair?
Snape was also disgusted, but he didn't dislike Ada's act of giving gifts. He was very happy when he first received the gift. But when he opened the box, he was no longer happy.

Snape wanted to ask Ada: What does it mean for you to give her this box of shampoo?
Especially after arriving at the auditorium and seeing Professor McGonagall, Snape only took one glance to know what the scarf around the vice-headmaster's neck was, and then he became even more unhappy.

Snape, with a sullen face, accepted the candy, but neither Snape nor Ada noticed that Quirrell was secretly observing them at this time.

After seeing the disgust on the two faces towards each other, Quirrell shifted his gaze and looked at Harry who was among the students.

Ada put the candy down in front of Dumbledore and was about to leave when she heard Dumbledore muttering, "Maybe because I bought them, these wool socks are a bit prickly to wear..."

It looked like Dumbledore was talking to himself, but it was clearly for Ada to hear. Even though he was over a hundred years old, Dumbledore was still a good actor, unlike some people...

I'm talking to you, Quirinus Quirrell, learn this!
The last stop at the teacher's table was always Professor McGonagall's. Just like before, Ada put all the candies in her pocket in front of her.

Professor McGonagall pointed to the scarf around her neck and said, "I like this scarf very much, especially after learning that wool socks are prickly."

The old man and the young girl turned their heads at the same time to look at Dumbledore, who was calm and composed. Their laughter made Dumbledore feel particularly noisy...

(End of this chapter)