Professor of Pharmacy at Hogwarts

"Are you going to stay in school for Christmas?"

Ron asked quietly in the Herbology class.

"Are you a fish? Didn't Mr. Alexis promise to take Harry to Nurmengard?"

Hermione on the other side slapped Ron on the back with her dragon-skin-gloved palm, causing him to grin.

"When are you leaving?"

Hermione asked in a low voice as she pushed past Ron.

"Mr. Alexis has something to do on Christmas Day."

Harry said slightly irritably.

Ron quickly glanced at Sprout. They were studying an herb called Baixian in this class. This herb has a very good healing effect and can effectively heal wounds.

Seeing that Sprout didn't pay attention here, Ron asked in a low voice

"So where are you going for Christmas?"

"You're not really going to Malfoy's house, are you?"

Seeing that Harry remained silent, Ron exclaimed exaggeratedly.

"What are you thinking?" Harry scolded Ron. He felt that Ron's idea was too outrageous. "I won't go."

Ron breathed a sigh of relief, hesitated, and asked coyly, "Maybe, I mean, maybe you can come to my house and spend Christmas together."

"No, I think it's better for me to stay in school."

Harry shook his head in denial.

Ron sighed in disappointment and said nothing more.

Harry didn't notice the change in Ron's mood. At this time, he was a little irritable. He didn't understand, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas, why is Christmas being discussed everywhere in the world?What can you do for Christmas?What makes Christmas different?There are 48 hours on Christmas Day?

In the past 11 years, Harry has only found Christmas Day to be particularly difficult. Maybe it does take a few hours longer than other days.

Alexis invited him to spend Christmas together in Nurmengard before. Harry was very happy at first. He also thought that he would be able to experience the difference of Christmas this time, but now this plan has been cancelled. .

His 11-year-old Christmas will be like the previous ten, alone.

Ms. Sprout announced that get out of class was over, and Harry took off his dragonhide gloves and walked towards the Gryffindor common room with his head hanging down.

Behind her, Hermione grabbed Ron who was about to scream and shook her head at him.

"What's wrong with Harry?"

Ron could tell something was wrong with Harry, but he didn't understand why.

"Leave him alone for a while, he needs some quiet time."

Hermione looked at Harry's disappearing back and said softly.

……

Christmas is approaching day by day, and Hogwarts is gradually getting into the festive atmosphere.

Hogwarts has two plans for students' Christmas holidays. One is to allow young wizards to go home for Christmas, and the other is to spend Christmas at school.

Harry was "snatched" from the Dursleys by Alexis. Harry himself did not want to return to the Dursleys. Obviously, he would most likely stay at school to spend Christmas Eve.

As Christmas approaches, the faces of the little wizards are filled with happy smiles. Even the fifth grade wizards who are about to face exams can't help but be happy about the upcoming short holiday. They can finally take a breather. It’s time. It’s rare to have a vacation to adjust yourself during intense review.

Harry walked in the corridor with people coming and going, and all he heard were people talking about Christmas. Some were talking about their Christmas vacation plans, some were speculating about the Christmas gifts they were about to get, and some were showing off Christmas at home. A big meal - at least to Harry's ears, this felt like showing off.

"There are at least a dozen house elves at Hogwarts cooking up a feast!"

Harry muttered under his breath, walking faster into the Gryffindor common room.

In the common room, the little lions were still discussing Christmas.

Christmas!Christmas! ! !

Harry covered his ears, ducked into the dormitory, and covered his head with the quilt.

In the common room, Ron, who was sitting in the corner, put down his raised hand and looked at Hermione.

"Are you sure he still needs to be alone?"

Not only did Harry not get better in the past few days, but he became more abnormal. He became taciturn - even more silent than when he first started school. He became unsociable and even ignored Ron and Hermione.

"I think we should go talk to Mr. Alexis."

Hermione stood up solemnly and said.

"Wait for me!"

Ron quickly caught up.

The two soon arrived at the door of Alexis' office.

"Are you sure?" Ron asked nervously. "Maybe we should think about it again."

Alexis's super transformation on the Hogwarts Express was still deeply imprinted in Ron's mind, and he always had an inexplicable fear of Alexis.

"yes, I'm sure."

Hermione knocked on the office door without hesitation and pulled Ron into the office who wanted to escape.

"Ms. Granger, Mr. Weasley, what's the matter?"

When they came in, Alexis had just finished writing the observation record and was sorting out the recorded data. After looking up at the two of them, he asked while continuing to copy the data one by one.

"Mr. Alexis."

Hermione closed the door, walked to the table with a serious face, and said loudly

"Harry needs your help."

Alexis paused, put the quill and paper back on the table, and looked up at Hermione.

"What's wrong with Harry?"

Recently, he has been busy preparing for the Christmas trip to Azkaban. He doesn't know who the enemy he is about to face and how many there are. For this, he must be fully prepared.

In addition to the potions prepared by himself, there are also some Muggle methods, which in his opinion are very necessary.

For example, when there is no time to use the magic spell, you can directly take out a pistol from your arms and shoot the enemy in the head. This is absolutely unexpected by the enemy.

But recently, he had indeed been neglectful of Harry, but wasn't there Lupine as well?If something happened to Harry, Lupine would have informed him in time.

"Harry feels like you've abandoned him."

Alexis' nervousness eased somewhat, and he glanced at Hermione with a dumbfounded look, feeling that Hermione's permanent magnet was somewhat inappropriate.

What do you mean he abandoned Harry?

"Harry has become withdrawn since you told him you couldn't spend Christmas with him. He doesn't even want to talk to Ron and I now."

"Mr. Alexis, you should fix it."

"How should I solve it?" Alexis asked with interest.

"Take him with you to where you want to go." Hermione had already thought about it. After hearing this, she immediately replied, "What Harry wants is your company, not compensation after a year."

"That doesn't make sense."

Hermione was still talking, but Alexis's thoughts were already drifting away.

Taking Harry to Azkaban?

This idea startled Alexis when she first came up with it.His instinct was to deny it.

Are you kidding? He doesn't even know who the enemy is or what its scale is. Why would he take Harry with him?To die?

But then he became excited again.

This seems like a good idea.

Taking Harry to Azkaban would give him some exercise - Alexis didn't know exactly what - he instinctively felt that this idea suited his liking.

——Take a first-year freshman to Azkaban and face an unknown enemy. Is this what a normal person can think of?

But Alexis was very excited, he even couldn't wait.