Huh? There's a magic school here.

Date: December 25, 2006 (Christmas Day) Location: Gryffindor Common Room, Hogwarts Castle, Earth

The heavy snow that had been falling for the past few days has finally stopped, but the weather is still gloomy.

The fireplace in the Gryffindor dormitory crackled and popped, and the warm, cozy bed made Catherine reluctant to get out of bed. But it was already nine in the morning, and she still had to get up to celebrate Christmas with everyone.

It's not just Chinese people who send messages and make phone calls to wish others a Happy New Year during the Spring Festival; Westerners do the same. Christmas is also a time for family reunions, and today, in addition to personally calling those important figures, she also wants to send messages to her subordinates to check on them.

However, the first thing she did after getting up was to get ready and open her gift. Catherine was very much looking forward to seeing what gift Principal Andres had given her.

A beautifully wrapped little box made Catherine's heart pound wildly. The gift was clearly an expensive piece of jewelry. What if the boss took a liking to her? Should she agree? Or should she agree? After all, her sister was in his hands.

Catherine mentally prepared herself with a hypothetical reason before opening the gift box.

Sure enough, a gold necklace inlaid with a deep blue gemstone appeared before her. Catherine picked up the necklace, put it around her neck, and stood in front of the dressing mirror, admiring it from every angle.

When I returned to pack up the box after I had finished looking at it to my satisfaction, I found a note inside. After opening the note, I found a line of small writing on it.

"This necklace is imbued with a protective charm that can block fatal damage. It triggers passively and can protect you three times."

Upon seeing this line, Catherine's eyes lit up. She hadn't expected her boss to be so thoughtful. With Catherine's net worth skyrocketing and the returns from the Magic Financial Investment Company soaring, her personal safety had become a pressing issue.

In fact, Catherine's bodyguard team has already been assembled. They will arrive after Christmas, consisting of two standard special forces teams, each with five people providing 24-hour protection.

Now that I have this necklace, I can be completely at ease about my safety. The only question is whether Principal Andres' necklace has any other meaning! Hmm, I'll wear it today and see what Principal Andres has to say.

Lost in thought, Catherine started looking in the mirror again, completely ignoring the scarf her sister Beretta had knitted for her. Yes, she really is her sister.

Andres woke up in the principal's office and began unwrapping gifts. Andres had given many gifts this Christmas, and had also received many in return.

He donated a large sum of money, along with clothing, food, toys, and other items, to his former orphanage. In return, he received a thank-you letter and expressions of concern from the former director. The letter thanked him for his help, inquired about his well-being, and invited him to visit often.

Finally, there was a child's doodle with dozens of children's crooked signatures. Andres laughed when he saw it because he had written something like that before. So he asked Dobby to find a frame to put it in.

Then came John. John's Christmas gift was a simple little present—a coffee machine—while John's return gift was a bottle of fine wine.

The gift given to Professor McGonagall was an obscure and difficult book on animal anatomy. Although Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration Charms were already at a master level, it did not prevent her from learning more about this kind of knowledge.

Professor McGonagall's gift was also very practical: a book she had written herself about her research and insights on Transfiguration Charms. The notes of a Transfiguration Charm master were of immense help to Andreas's understanding of Transfiguration.

The gift for Professor Flitwick was a beautiful top hat; I just don't know if he'll like it.

A set of wand care tools was a gift from Professor Flitwick, which he had carefully selected when he participated in a wizarding duel tournament.

Andres gave Mrs. Hodge a pair of goggles because he noticed that her own goggles were a bit worn out.

Mrs. Hodge gave Andres an old golden thief, which was part of Mrs. Hodge's personal collection.

The gift given to big Hagrid was a hair care kit, as Hagrid often neglected to groom his beard, which looked messy.

Hagrid gave Andres a barrel of ale, which Hagrid himself said was his carefully brewed and very delicious.

Stan, Ern, and the five house-elves, Andres, had all prepared thoughtful gifts. The gifts for the students were even more elaborate. He spent 680 system points to exchange for 68 magical weather bottles that could predict the weather.

This is the same as the weather bottle in the Muggle world, except that the magical weather bottle contains Hogwarts Castle. This magical weather bottle automatically adjusts the time of day or night within the bottle, and the lights in the castle switch on and off according to the alternation of day and night.

In addition, it predicts the weather for the next 24 hours; it could be windy and rainy or sunny inside the bottle. In short, it's a very interesting little gadget.

When the students opened the gift, it received unanimous praise, even from their parents. This thing was magical; its accuracy was far beyond what human weather forecasts could match.

Parents strongly urged their children to keep it at home, which solved the problem of whether or not they needed to bring an umbrella when going out in the future.

In addition, some people received special gifts, such as the interaction between old Rand and Jeannault.

Jean gave old Rand a new set of protective clothing. This set of protective clothing was highly breathable and provided much better protection than the old Rand's own set, which was made of some unknown leather.

Old Rand gifted Jeanne a piece of star iron, which was actually a meteorite. It was a relic from a meteorite that Old Rand's ancestor had discovered while observing the stars, and the relic had never been used to forge anything.

It has now been given to Jeanne as a Christmas present, and I hope Jeanne will find it useful in the future.

Beretta and Martha also interacted; they became friends after that visit. Beretta was always worried that her friend wasn't eating enough, so she would often arrange with Martha to bring her food.

Today, Beretta received a pendant made by Martha herself. Martha said it contains blessings from the centaurs and will protect Beretta and keep her safe.

Beretta gave Martha a pull-type juicer because she had discovered that Martha loved drinking freshly squeezed juice. So Beretta asked her sister to bring her a juicer. Although it was manual and required some pulling strength, that was no problem for Martha.

As for Bernhard and Joanna, they immediately opened the gifts that the other had given them.

Joanna received a beautiful photo album filled with pictures of herself. There were photos of her attending classes at Hogwarts, of her casting spells with her wand, and of her riding a flying broomstick.

Joanna was very touched; she had no idea that Bernhard had taken so many photos of her, documenting her every moment at Hogwarts.