Hogwarts Card System Chapter 059

Ted received a socially embarrassing task, but he didn’t expect to have to prepare the mission props himself. This was outrageous! Even capitalists weren’t as exploitative as this!

Ted was about to get up and prepare his “Santa Claus costume” when he suddenly noticed many gift boxes of various sizes under his bed.

Ah, the system distracted me, and I almost forgot about my Christmas presents.

He picked up one first and found it was a Christmas gift from Ron’s mother, Molly Weasley.

Ron had written home earlier, telling his family about Ted and Jerry.

At that time, Molly had expressed how pitiful the two little darlings were and welcomed them to visit anytime.

She even prepared gifts for Christmas.

Ted opened it and found a white-striped sweater with a large “T” on the chest.

Ted tried it on; it fit perfectly and was very warm. He had to thank Mrs. Weasley.

Later, he learned that Mrs. Weasley had also given Jerry a sweater, a yellow-striped sweater with a “J.”

She gave Harry and Neville a large box of homemade fudge. According to Harry later, it tasted quite nice.

Coincidentally, Ron’s gift to Ted was his mother’s homemade fudge.

Oh, right, Hermione didn’t receive a gift from Mrs. Weasley.

Ted, on the other hand, gave Ron a box of various Muggle candies, with over twenty varieties, from gummy candies to fruit hard candies. Ron had definitely never tasted them before.

He also gave George and Fred a Muggle joke book. The two brothers counted as one person.

Ted opened the gift boxes one by one, covering the entire bed. In total, there were:

A book from the Longbottom family’s collection, “ 16th Century Wizard Legends,” given by Neville, which recorded the legendary stories of over a dozen wizards.

Coincidentally, Ted’s gift to Neville was also a book, but it was handwritten by himself—“Braveheart.”

The protagonist was a blacksmith named Wallace, and it told the story of how his wife was persecuted and killed by the lord, leading him to rise up against tyranny and ultimately die heroically.

Ted also wrote a sentence on the flyleaf: “When you have something to protect, you become brave.”

The movie “Braveheart” wouldn’t be released until four years later, if it even existed in this world.

What he didn’t know was that Neville cried with excitement after reading the book.

His grandmother, Madam Augusta, asked him what was wrong, and then saw the handwritten book. She said, “If I get the chance, I want to thank this child in person.”

Hermione’s Christmas gift was a magically enchanted self-inking fountain pen.

Ted smiled, holding the sapphire blue pen. No wonder Hermione had been secretly pondering something before the holidays; she was researching how to enchant a pen.

Before the holidays, they had signed the Ministry of Magic’s “Prohibition of Underage Sorcery Act.”

After signing this, their wands would be traced, and any magic performed nearby would be detected by the Ministry of Magic.

Later, after school started, Ron learned that Hermione had given Ted a pen as a Christmas gift and expressed great incomprehension, comforting him: “Ted, don’t be sad, I believe Hermione didn’t mean it.”

In Ron’s impression, such a gift was truly terrible.

Hermione immediately got angry, “Don’t talk nonsense, that pen is very good, Ted doesn’t like candy!”

In reality, Hermione’s gifts to her other friends were almost all candies.

She gave Harry a large box of Chocolate Frogs, Ron Licorice Wands, Neville a Chocolate Cauldron Cake, and Jerry Super Bubblegum.

And what Ted gave Hermione was a small notebook, on which he recorded his “invented” spell—Arcane Wisdom.

What could be more suitable as a gift for Hermione than something that could increase her wisdom?

Harry’s gift was a copy of “The Book of Curses,” supposedly a Black family heirloom that her godfather, Sirius, had once loved—used to learn how to deal with Snape.

And what Ted gave Harry was a timed magical clock, a brass-cased wind-up mechanical alarm clock bought for 3 pounds, on which he cast a small spell to make it run around and dodge attacks when it rang.

Because Ted heard that Harry always overslept.

Jerry gave him a thick cloak, which was said to be hand-stitched by his mother.

Ted’s gift was a large box of Italian cheese, as big as a human head!

In addition, Ted also received a gift from Professor Slughorn, a copy of “Potions Tips.” And a copy of “Wizard Adventure Stories” from Old Tom of the Leaky Cauldron.

The fact that people he had spent time with remembered him and gave him gifts showed that Ted was quite successful in his interpersonal relationships.

Ted’s return gift to Professor Slughorn was a bottle of his self-brewed Pimple-curing Potion. He also wrote a letter thanking him for two months of teaching, which had laid a solid foundation for his potions skills.

Otherwise, Snape would have bullied him to death!

The gift for Old Tom was a small bottle of Firewhisky, quite potent, hoping he wouldn’t drink too much.

In addition, Ted also gave Old Tom’s granddaughter, Iron Hat Hanna, a blue quill as a gift.

What surprised him was when he saw Professor McGonagall’s gift.

And there were two items: a new wizard’s robe.

Ted looked at the secondhand robe he was wearing; never mind the wear and tear. He had clearly picked a large size when he bought it, but he didn’t expect it to be a bit tight after only a few months.

He was growing a bit fast!

Professor McGonagall’s gift was thoughtful.

In addition, there was also a book—“Quidditch Technical Analysis”?!

Ted thought about it. Perhaps Professor McGonagall thought his flying skills were good and wanted to cultivate his interest in Quidditch? Well, she was going to be disappointed.

Speaking of which, without the Savior, the Gryffindor Quidditch team was no match for the unscrupulous Slytherin team.

Fortunately, Ted hadn’t forgotten Professor McGonagall’s kindness in picking him up from the orphanage, and besides, he had “milked” her twice to complete his task, so he also prepared a gift—an off-white wool scarf.

Ted had also considered giving Professor McGonagall a cardboard box; maybe she would really like it!

But he was afraid of being turned into an animal and imprisoned in the Forbidden Forest, so he didn’t dare.

Ted also gave his Head of House a gift—a silver chain monocle he found at a Muggle flea market.

He even gave Snape a gift, though he didn’t know if Snape would like it.

In addition, Ted also remitted 50 pounds to the orphanage through Ansu, which caused significant damage to his pocket money.

Ted: Couldn’t Lady Ravenclaw’s inheritance have left a few dog-headed gold nuggets?

After dealing with the gifts, it was almost nine o’clock, and Ted quickly went to look for his Christmas costume.

If you want to find any daily necessities at Hogwarts, you can’t go wrong by finding house-elves.

Ted came to the kitchen, “Excuse me, which gentleman can help me get something?”

As soon as he entered, five or six house-elves had already looked over, and before he finished speaking, he was surrounded by seven or eight house-elves.

“Me! Me, me!”

“Choose me! Choose me, Mr. Epiphany!”

“I can find anything for Mr. Epiphany. Anything!”

“I can find twice as much as you!”

…

Ted never expected to be so popular.

“Don’t worry. It’s nothing strange. I mainly want to dress up as Santa Claus to bring some festive atmosphere to the castle. I need clothes, a hat, and a beard. After all, today is Christmas!”

He suddenly slapped his forehead, “Oh, I almost forgot. These are Christmas gifts for you all. They are different flavored candies I bought from the Muggle world. Please try them!”

As soon as they heard that Ted had prepared Christmas gifts for them, and candies from the Muggle world at that, the house-elves’ big eyes immediately started to “well up”!

“Oh, don’t be like that. Let’s try the candies first, okay? Please don’t cry, I beg you!” Ted pleaded.

Soon, the castle kitchen was filled with a happy atmosphere, and Ted also got his Santa Claus costume.

Although it didn’t look quite right, he had Transfiguration.

So, before the Christmas feast began at noon, the students who stayed at school found an old man with a red hat with white trim, a big white beard, a red cotton coat with white trim, and a large, black, shiny raven perched on his shoulder, standing under the largest Christmas tree in the Great Hall.

The Muggle-born wizards immediately called out his name: “Santa Claus!”

Santa Claus was a concept that evolved from traditional European folk tales in modern times. How would the wizards in the magical world know about him? They didn’t even know who Jesus was!

So, it was incredibly novel.

But Ron, Jerry, and others had already recognized Ted through Ansu!

The two looked at each other, Ron: What is Ted going to do?

Jerry: I don’t know~

And Ted had already picked up his guitar and started singing, first with “Jingle Bells” to liven things up.

“Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way~” As Ted sang, he almost veered off into the “Mixue Ice Cream & Tea” jingle.

After a simple song, the students who had gathered in a large circle applauded thunderously.

Ted put his street-performing skills to use and sang another song, this time the lively “Rabbit Dance.”