I earned 100 million Galleons at Hogwarts

Chapter 85 Christmas Presents
On Christmas Day, John stretched comfortably, got up and looked at the packages piled up by the window.

After taking off all the wrapping papers on them, John was surrounded by a lot of strange things.

What Dumbledore gave him was a pack of candy that made people frown just by looking at it.

It will squeak when pinched, and will struggle violently in the hand, just like a wriggling big white worm.

Not to mention eating it, John was terrified as he held it in his hand!

I don't know why his old man's taste is always so unique.

The gift Ian gave was a jade pendant that was broken in half, with some wonderful patterns engraved on it.

John studied for half a day, his eyes were blurred, and he didn't see any tricks.

What Hermione sent was a pack of sugar-free biscuits, which looked good, but tasted like chewing gum.

The slightly more normal ones were presents from Mrs. Weasley and Harry.

A sky blue sweater and a book about the Quidditch team that can be moved by flipping the pictures on it.

The latter, if given to Ron, would probably sit on the bed giggling all day.

John sorted the gifts and left the dormitory.

Walking past the man's portrait, John said: "Merry Christmas"

He froze for a moment before realizing that after talking with the man for so long, he still didn't seem to know the man's name.

"Merry Christmas, John!"

The man happily replied that his mood seemed to be infected by the festive atmosphere and became very good.

John scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "I don't seem to know your name yet"

"Victor Roach." The man said with a smile, "You can also call me Victor, to be more affectionate."

John looked at this figure of unknown age, and said with a smile, "Okay, Mr. Roach."

Roach shrugged and said, "We all have a Christmas present for you, too."

"You? Gifts?"

John looked at Roach in surprise.

Does the portrait also prepare gifts for strangers?
It is estimated that no one will believe this matter.

It is also very likely that he will be taken to St. Elizabeth's Hospital for examination.

Roach nodded: "Well, it's a gift from all the portraits in the Ravenclaw tower. The gift has been placed in the dark compartment under the portrait of the Ravenclaw girl. You tap twelve times with your wand, and it will be gone." will open."

John didn't move, but asked suspiciously: "How did you do it? I mean, it seems that you can't make a portrait?"

Roach said with a smile: "The longer you exist, the more you will naturally meet some friends."

"Who? Can you tell me?"

Roach spread his hands: "Obviously not."

"Then why do you want to prepare a gift for me?"

"Oh?" Roach said with a smile, "Aren't we still friends?"

"Okay," John said, "but I can't seem to give you a present."

"Just as long as you have this intention, go and see if you like the gift." Roach urged.

"Thank you."

John walked into the Ravenclaw common room.

Apart from him, several Ravenclaw students stayed in school, but they were not in the lounge at this time.

John crouched in front of the statue of Rowena Ravenclaw, and tapped the base twelve times with his wand, as Roach said.

Click.

Something seems to be working in the base.

The entire statue began to shake, and the dust accumulated on it fell downwards.

John quickly took a few steps back.

After a while, the statue stopped shaking.

The base below is like opening a drawer, and a part sticks out.

It appears to contain a wooden box.

John summoned a gust of wind with his wand, blowing the dust from the air.

He stepped under the statue and looked at the wooden box in the stone drawer.

The surface of the wooden box seemed to have been painted with blue dye before, but it has faded now, leaving only some mottled marks and exquisite patterns on it.

Is this really what Roach and the others prepared?

John was skeptical because the box looked so old.

If someone told him that it was an ancient relic, he would believe it.

John carefully took out the box, for fear of breaking it.

But it seems that the lines drawn on it have wonderful magic power. The box looks old, but it is very strong.

Lifting the lid off, John looked around.

Inside is a blue and yellow intertwined scarf, which is soft and comfortable in the hand.

Now John some believe that the gift was prepared by Roach and the others.

Because the color and texture of the scarf are very new, there is no trace of time washing.

Maybe it's just that their friend is a rich man, so the packaging is so grand!

John wrapped the scarf around his neck, and it moved suddenly, adjusting the tightness of the wrap by itself, making John's neck feel very comfortable.

"Thank you, Mr. Roach and other friends!"

After John waved his hand, he turned and walked out of the lounge.

Christmas is meant to be with family and friends, it can be lonely alone.

Although Ian is not there, there are Fred and George.

After passing through the empty corridor, John and the fat lady said hello, and walked into the Gryffindor common room.

There were only Fred, George, Ron and Harry.

Fred heard footsteps, got up and looked at it: "The scarf is good, but you made a serious mistake!"

"Very serious, enough to help you get an admission ticket to Azkaban!" George added.

"what?"

Listening to their threats, John asked suspiciously.

"Where's your sweater?" Fred pointed to the clothes on his body. "It's impossible that Mom didn't prepare it for you!"

Only then did John realize that all four of them were wearing the same sweaters, except that Fred and George had an extra letter "f" and "g" on them.

"Yes, I received it too!"

John quickly took out the sweater and put it on.

"That's right." Fred nodded. "Now, on behalf of the Wizengamot court, I acquit you!"

John rolled his eyes: "Do you all like the present I gave you?"

"Of course I love it so much, it's literally the best Christmas present I've ever been given!"

Ron said happily that he was playing wizard chess with Harry, using brand new pieces.

Wizard Chess was a gift from John, and it was a deluxe version, with more moves and more obedient chess pieces.

Harry also showed a satisfied smile. John gave him a whole set of Quidditch models, and he could even control those players to play a simple mini ball game.

What John gave Fred and George was an advanced version of the space leather bag, the same one he used.

It not only satisfied the needs of the two of them to dress up various things, but also freed himself.

In the future, I will never have to help those two guys pack things again!
(End of this chapter)