Hogwarts becomes host

For the British, Christmas is the most important day of the year. Just like the Chinese New Year, they will also spend a lot of money purchasing gifts and goods, prepare sumptuous food to celebrate happily, and visit each other's relatives and friends.

Slughorn did not plan to return to the Muggle world to spend Christmas. Just like in the original book, he held a Slug Club-only Christmas dinner at Hogwarts and invited several former students, intending to continue to expand. His influence.

After all, the Slug Club has not had a new member for a while, and Elaine and Hermione left school together to avoid this party--you need to wear a dress for that damn dinner.

Because Elaine refused to attend, Adair taught her a new magic that could record music into a certain item, and it could be played again after someone else inputs the magic power. In this way, even if Elaine stayed in the Muggle world, Silla would still be able to Ghorn heard Adair play.

This recording and playback technique is one of the unique skills of the Shafiq family. Elaine and the audience were stunned when they saw it, but Adair said that this was just an inferior gadget in the wizarding world, and no one cared about it. Shafi The Ke family didn't pay much attention to this magic, which left Elaine speechless.

Incidentally, this magic is proof of withdrawing money from Shafiq’s family treasury.

Elaine was even more pained by this, oh no, even more headache. If she had known this, she would have recorded a few songs for the goblin on her walkman, so as not to have to run down to get money every time─but Gringotts seemed to have something like this. The protective magic of Hogwarts will destroy any equipment driven by electricity. Whether it can succeed or not is another matter.

As for the songs to be performed, it would be much easier if they were not performed live. Since they are recorded, they can be post-produced.

Elaine thought about it, and based on the suggestions from the audience in the live broadcast room, she decided to choose Canon in D major by the seventeenth-century German composer Paca Bell for Adair to perform.

But the main reason is that the whole song of Canon is actually the same melody, which appears successively in each part with different pitches. This kind of polyphonic music emphasizes contrasting techniques. As long as the playing speed is slightly changed, it can easily arouse people's excitement. mood.

When the tempo is slow, it can make people feel sad, but when it speeds up, it can make people feel cheerful. Because the melody is the same, it is easier to highlight the change in the performer's mentality. It can also be regarded as meeting the requirements of being sad and happy as long as the performer can play well.

Adair once played the violin in the soul space. That performance made many viewers think deeply and became a very good subject for research and teaching. It was a normal melody, but it sounded like something was missing. , like a piece of music produced by a machine according to the music score and rules.

Elaine used the simplest and crudest method to solve this problem. When Adair borrowed his body to perform, he kept his consciousness and used music magic. On one hand, he used piano harmony to compensate for the flaws of the violin, and on the other hand, he used illusions to direct the speed and intensity of the rhythm. .

As for recording, Elaine can't prepare two kinds of magic at the same time. She originally wanted Adair to do it, but Adair said that the two minds can coexist, but they can't cast spells at the same time, so Elaine had to record the music on a CD first. Transcribed into a Christmas card for Slughorn.

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On Christmas Day, Elaine opened her eyes on Hermione's bed.

Well, we agreed to go to Hermione's house for Christmas, and since their house didn't have a guest room, Elaine could only live in Hermione's room and sleep on Hermione's bed. It was impossible to ask her to sleep in the living room.

It's not like they've never slept together before, and Elaine couldn't do anything, and Hermione was very interested in Professor McGonagall's extra homework, so on Christmas Eve, the two girls did their homework in bed.

This is so tragic that I can’t even bear to complain about it.

After getting up, it was natural to look at the gifts. Nott, who was recovering from his injury, dutifully delivered Elaine's gifts under the Christmas tree at Hermione's house. Compared with the less popular Miss Granger, the greeting cards Elaine received were and gifts significantly more.

What makes people speechless is Hermione's gifts. Except for the homemade milk candies sent by Mrs. Weasley and a cute bear doll from Elaine, the rest are all books. The height of 10 stacked books is almost as high as Elaine's. chest, but Hermione liked it very much

Mrs. Weasley sent milk candies and greeting cards to both Elaine and Hermione. Hermione thanked her for teaching Ron his homework, and Elaine thanked the Shafiq family for their generosity.

Compared with Hermione's single gift category, Elaine received a variety of gifts.

The Weasley twins presented a can of golden bubbling liquid, which was said to be a harmless homemade drink, but Elaine did not dare to drink it. Hermione did not want to drink it and did not let Nott drink it, so she could only save it until school and find a brave person to try it. Poisoned.

Lavender gave a chocolate frog, Tagore's poems and music scores were given by Parvati and her sister, Ron gave a wizard's chess, Neville gave a pocket speculum that can be pinned to his robe, and Lupin gave A new robe, Slughorn's gift was an age-enhancing agent, and even Dumbledore sent a handwritten magical note.

But the sexiest thing was definitely the gift from Harry and Daphne.

Harry, a naughty kid, didn't know what he had eaten wrong, so he actually gave Elaine a big flower hairpin.

This thing can not only change the flower variety at will, but also change the color. Whether you like red roses, white lilies, or blue peonies, you can pin them on your head, which makes Elaine very happy.

She was so happy that she wanted to insert this thing into Harry's forehead. Not every girl likes to wear a flower on her head, let alone she is not a girl. What kind of thing is this thing given to her? It's not as good as Hermione's book. Here are the 56 most beautiful witch hairstyles.

As for Daphne, Elaine even wanted to ask why she needed the twelve magic weapons to charm the witch.

If Daphne wasn't here, Elaine would definitely throw the book at her face. She can charm the witch without reading, okay?

In addition, Slughorn also sent an extra violin. Although it was not stated clearly, Elaine also knew who it was for-Adair's best instrument was the violin.

After opening the gifts, Elaine and the Granger family spent a traditional British Christmas: opening gifts and congratulating each other with the neighbors in the morning, secretly taking a sip of Mrs. Granger's spiced cider at noon, and watching the Queen speech.

In the evening there was a special Christmas dinner. In addition to roast beef, potatoes and carrots, there were parsnips and Brussels sprouts that Elaine had never seen before.

The former is like a white carrot. When roasted, it is even more unpalatable than roasted radish. It is like a potato that exudes the smell of essential oil.

The latter is acceptable. Although it tastes slightly bitter, it has a unique flavor. It is said that it also contains special anti-cancer substances. In addition, it is a rare green vegetable in the UK, so Elaine spent the entire dinner to eliminate it. I have supplemented my vegetable intake over the past three years.

For this reason, Elaine felt that it was better than spending Christmas at Hogwarts. At least Mrs. Granger's craftsmanship was obviously better than that of the house elves at Hogwarts.