Admiral of Hogwarts

On the morning of Christmas Day, Hugo and the others woke up early. It was at this time that they found many gifts lying next to their bed.

Naturally, there are gifts given to the children by Mr. and Mrs. Granger, but most of the things are gifts given by other ship girls or classmates at Hogwarts.

I have to say that the logistics in the Wizarding World are still very good. At least now, even though they are half a world away, Hugo and the others can still receive gifts from the UK.

"It seems you also received a bunch of gifts!" Soon, Hermione knocked on the door and walked in, then lowered her head and looked at the pile of gifts on the ground. "By the way, did you notice Harry's gifts?"

"No, let me see." After hearing what Hermione said, Hugo immediately started searching and found several identical candy boxes.

"This year's situation is indeed a little strange. At least in the past years, even if all the things they bought were Honeydukes Christmas gift boxes, the styles would not be the same. What's more, the delivery locations of this year's gift boxes are the same."

To be honest, Hugo really didn't expect that anyone would be bitten by a snake this year. After all, Nagini had been found by Hugo and the others before and was now acting as a pet in the moon base.

But judging from these gifts now, although Voldemort no longer has Nagini, he still found another snake to serve as his thug and even a Horcrux.

Although it's unclear why neither the Weasley twins nor members of the Order informed them that something was wrong this time. , but Hugo felt that it was better to ask at this time.

"We might as well write a letter and ask them what happened. After all, they are our friends." Hugo said, because he also wanted to know what happened this year.

This proposal was approved by Hermione. After all, they were not only friends, but also comrades-in-arms, so it was always a good thing to ask after encountering such a situation.

So they wrote a letter together asking Harry and the others for the specific situation, then put it in the envelope and walked outside the hotel where they now lived.

In the Philippines, the way to summon the owl that delivers messages is to tap the wand three times on a hard object next to you. After Hugo knocked three times, sure enough, after just five minutes, three owls, large, medium and small, flew from a distance. come over.

"I need an owl that can travel to England." Hugo took out the letter and waved it in front of the owl and said. "This is an international mail, it has to fly a long way."

As soon as he finished speaking, a large owl that was bigger than an old hen squeezed out from the group of large and small owls. It was the big eagle owl among the owls.

Different from ordinary owls, the most conspicuous thing about this owl is that there is a small leather bag hanging on its left leg, with English letters written on it: Luzon Owl Post Office, safe, fast and accurate.

"Let me see, yeah, I think the brochure said, the next step is to take a handful of coins and put them in front of the owl and let the guys collect the postage."

Hugo muttered and took out a handful of copper and silver coins from his pocket. The owl in front of me really started to move, tapping the coins with its beak.

"One siko and two kats, it's not expensive." After counting the coins that the owl had knocked, Hugo put three coins into the pocket on the owl's feet. After collecting the money, the owl raised its other foot and let Hugo hang up the letter before flying away.

"It's really troublesome, why don't wizards use stamps?" Hermione complained next to her, "Then what are we doing now?"

"This kind of international mail will probably take a while to be delivered, so today we and our parents will go to a private hotel in the nearby mountains to have some fun." Hugo said as he packed up the gifts and walked out of the room together.

Being with family members is always a very happy thing, so Hugo and the others naturally spent a pleasant day, and at noon the next day, they indeed received a reply.

According to what the twins wrote in the letter, their father was injured while working for the Order of the Phoenix. Fortunately, the poisonous snake consumed a batch of snake venom when breaking the defensive magic, so it should not be as serious as in the original text.

Fortunately, this time Mr. Weasley recognized the type of snake that bit him, so St. Mungo's also found a more suitable treatment plan.

"I didn't know that Mr. Weasley actually knew something about snakes and could recognize the species of snake that attacked him in such a panic." Hermione was a little surprised after hearing Hugo read roughly the contents of the letter. said.

"No, of course it's not because Mr. Weasley has a lot of knowledge in this area, but the snake that bit him was a rune snake." Hugo looked at the small words marked by the twins next to that line and said arrive.

"I think you know that even in the wizarding world, only runes have three heads, so it is almost impossible to admit mistakes in this regard."

"How could a precious creature like the rune snake appear in the Ministry of Magic?" Hearing what Hugo said, Hermione felt even more surprised, because this was an obviously unreasonable existence.

"Who knows? But I think this thing should belong to a Death Eater, or even the mysterious man himself, so under the command of the mysterious man, he attacked Mr. Weasley as a guard."

"When you said that, I remembered it. If I remember correctly, the mysterious man himself should be a Parselmouth, and as a Parselmouth, he can control the snakes to act according to his wishes." Hugo said As soon as she was reminded, Hermione reacted immediately.

"It's possible that a Death Eater or even You-Know-Who wanted to get something, but Mr. Weasley was nearby guarding it. So he manipulated the snake and attacked Mr. Weasley who was the guard."

At the end of the letter, the twins also explained why they did not write to them: Mrs. Weasley felt that since Mr. Weasley's life was not in danger, she should not involve her friends and make it difficult for them to spend Christmas.

So she specifically warned several children not to write letters to tell their friends about this. So that's why it wasn't until Hugo and the others took the initiative to ask that a few people tell them the truth.

"Really." Hugo shook his head gently, and once again felt that the Weasley family were good people. But things are already like this, so it is necessary to go and visit.

So after a brief chat, they quickly said goodbye to their parents and flew back to the UK.

This kind of cross-continental travel is naturally very tiring, so they took a good rest for a day after returning to London, England. Fortunately, Reputation arrived in time to help them handle all the housework, allowing them to relax completely.

"It seems they are staying at Sirius's house again this time." During dinner in the evening, Hugo, who had received the second letter, said to Hermione.

"But that's good news for us, because Sirius's home is in London, which is much more convenient than taking a train and traveling in reverse for hours."

"Indeed, and St. Mungo's seems to be in London, so the next steps will indeed be much easier." Hermione nodded in approval.