Christmas Holiday

After Daily Prophet announced that Cornelius Fudge would become the next Minister of Magic, about two weeks later, Daily Prophet's betting reward was delivered to Owl Post.

It was still snowing outside, and Owl Post people crowded into the Great Hall as usual.

Among them, an owl threw the frost-covered envelope in front of Albert. After a moment, another owl dropped a heavy-looking Animal Skin Bag on the table in front of Albert. The dull metal sound suddenly attracted the attention of other people around him.

Albert reached out and picked up Animal Skin Bag, weighed it twice, and after listening to the crisp sound inside, he guessed what was in Animal Skin Bag.

He did not open Animal Skin Bag on the spot, but put it into his backpack. Then, he pulled out his wand and used Drying Charm to remove the frost on the envelope, then opened the envelope and read the contents inside.

The letter reads:

Congratulations, Albert·Mr. Anderson.

You won the 100 Galleon reward in the "Next Minister of Magic" guessing activity, please sign for it. ——Barnabas·Barnabas Cuffe

Note: Please do not open Animal Skin Bag before signing. It is enchanted to ensure that Albert himself receives this Galleon.

In the envelope, there is another piece of parchment, this one Magical Contract, to ensure that the money is signed by Albert himself.

If anyone else tries to take money that does not belong to them from Animal Skin Bag, they will get into trouble. As for what kind of trouble it is, the letter does not say. Albert speculates that it may be some kind of curse or some kind of tracking magic that allows them to find the thief who stole the money.

Albert wants to be as low-key as possible and keep this secret, but secrets always spread like wildfire.

Soon after, all the teachers and students in the school knew that he participated in the Daily Prophet betting activity and won a large sum of Galleon.

As for how much? No one knew the specific number. Some said 50 Galleon, some said 100 Galleon, and some guessed 200 Galleon. In the end, George couldn't help but tell the truth, which made a lot of people envious.

Every time someone talks about this, their tone is so sour that it almost corrodes a big hole in the ground.

"Now, everyone calls you "Lucky Albert."" Shanna sat in front of Albert, turned around and asked, "What do you think?"

"It's good. I like this title, and I hope I can continue to be lucky, and maybe I can win another big prize." Albert said with a smile.

"You can lie down on the table and sleep for a while. Maybe you can dream about winning the jackpot." Shanna couldn't help rolling his eyes.

"My luck has always been good." Albert took out his wand, waved it in front of a few people, and continued to cheat, "Mr. Ollivander told me that the wand made by Redwood can bring luck to the user. My wand is made by Redwood."

"Can Redwood bring luck?" Angelina looked suspicious, obviously not believing this.

"There is indeed such a saying. It is said that wands made of redwood can bring luck to users, so this kind of wand is very popular among wizards." Katrina looked Albert up and down with strange eyes. "Of course, some people think this is pure nonsense."

"Of course it's true. I guessed it right with the help of my magic wand." Albert looks like my magic wand can really bring luck.

Next to him, Li Jordan's face was twitching slightly. In their memory, that was really what happened. At that time, Albert just "placed the wand vertically on the table and let it fall freely to one side", and then inexplicably decided to put 25 Galleon on Cornelius Fudge.

Fred When he told everyone about the situation at that time, everyone was stunned and looked like you are fucking kidding me.

What kind of cool operation is this? Is this the correct way to win the jackpot? However, this matter did not allow everyone to discuss it for too long, Christmas Holiday has quietly approached.

After Albert packed his luggage, he took the school bus Thestral Carriage along the snow-covered road to the station Hogsmeade.

"What are you doing?" George asked in confusion. He saw Albert reaching towards the front of the carriage.

"Aren't you curious about what is pulling the carriage?" Albert pointed at the snow and said, "Don't you see the footprints on the snow?"

"Is there something pulling the cart?" The three of them looked shocked, but the footprints on the snow were indeed the best evidence, the invisible horses.

"Thestral." Albert said softly, "It is said that only those who have seen death can see Thestral."

"I've heard of these creatures. They are very unlucky." Lee Jordan tried to pull Albert away from Thestral and whispered, "I heard that these creatures will bring terrible disasters to those who see them. It is a bad omen."

"You are overthinking. Thestral is a kind of flying horse. Its bad reputation is related to the dead. Otherwise, do you think Hogwarts would use them to pull cars?" Albert couldn't help but roll his eyes at Lee Jordan, and pulled his luggage into Hogwarts Express, preparing to find an unmanned carriage to rest.

Looking at the leaping scenery outside the window, Albert was in a good mood. Along the way, a few people ate snacks and chatted about what Christmas Holiday was going to do.

When I was bored, I also played the Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans adventure proposed by Fred. This game is to close your eyes, randomly pick up a Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans and put it in your mouth to see who is unlucky enough to get a strange taste.

Li·Jordan was the most unlucky. He tasted like a piece of dirt. He once again claimed in front of everyone that he would no longer eat Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, which made everyone laugh.

When the train started passing through the town of Muggle, Albert took off his wizard cloak and put on Muggle's coat. Fortunately, Daisy carefully prepared his coat for him, otherwise Albert would have really forgotten about it.

In the afternoon, the train finally stopped at King's Cross Station.

Everyone was about to leave Platform 9 3/4, but was stopped by a wizened old guard at the ticket gate. He did not allow too many people to pass through at one time.

A large number of people came out of the solid wall at the same time, attracting the attention of Muggle.

However, Hogwarts's students still attracted the attention of Muggle.

When Albert just walked out of the wall, he found a man wearing inappropriate clothes standing guard near the wall, and there were several Ministry of Magic people around.

Among them, there was actually one who used Disillusionment Charm on himself. However, Disillusionment Charm's technique was not very good, and Albert vaguely captured his position.

Before mastering Disillusionment Charm, Albert might not notice the opponent, but now he still has some understanding of Disillusionment Charm, and it is not too difficult to find the flaws.

"Bye, Albert!"

"Goodbye, Albert!"

Lee Jordan and Shanna waved goodbye to Albert.

"Goodbye." Albert also waved to them.

"He's over there, mom, Albert is over there!" Nia ran towards here while waving his hand. Albert waved to his family with a smile on his face, then turned to Fred and George and said, "Goodbye, I'm leaving first!"

"Goodbye, my family is here too." Fred pointed not far away, and Albert saw the red-haired Weasley family, as well as Fred's brother Ron and sister Ginny.

"What are you looking at?" Nia complained dissatisfied.

"Okay, okay, I bought you snacks. But I have to wait until I get in the car to bring them to you." Albert reached out and touched Nia's head, but the girl turned her head and avoided it.

"Don't touch the lady's head, it's very rude." Nia complained seriously.

Herb couldn't help laughing, reached out to take Albert's luggage and asked, "How is life at Hogwarts?"

"Not bad, I learned a lot of useful things." Albert said without thinking.

"Welcome home." Daisy smiled and handed Tom to Albert.

"It's gotten heavier." Albert weighed Tom and said.

"A while ago, Tom stayed at my grandfather's house for a few days." Nia whispered, "Sansa's grandmother's character is something you also know."

Albert looked at his fat cat and sighed. After getting into the car, Albert put Tom on his lap, and while combing its hair, he murmured, "It's time to lose weight."