Chapter 63: Cold winter

　　Perhaps Matthew Wickfield has no chance to get the answer to this question again.
　　Because after that, whether it was in Polymorphism or Defense Against the Dark Arts, he never found an opportunity to talk to Professor Troka alone.
　　 However, Matthew has not forgotten Professor Troka's warning at the time.
　　Since even Professor Troka thinks Hogwarts is dangerous now.
　　 Then, Matthew naturally has to be more cautious.
After 　　, except for eating and class, he rarely left the Slytherin common room at other times; at the same time, he avoided walking alone in the corridor of the castle as much as possible.
　　 Despite the entire Hogwarts Castle, this time is still peaceful.
　　 Everything is safe.
　　……
　　 The weather is getting colder and colder, and their clothes are getting more and more thick.
　　 Because of December, it has come.
　　 This winter, it seems very cold.
　　 Although the common room, classroom, and auditorium are full of blazing bonfires, it is warm; but the glass of the classroom is still rattling by the freezing cold wind. There was also a bitter cold wind in the corridor, especially on the way from the basement to the castle, they would form a cloud of white mist in one breath.
　　 This also gave Matthew Wickfield more reasons not to leave the common room.
　　 One morning in mid-December, when they woke up from their sleep, they were surprised to find that the castle was covered with snow almost several feet thick.
　　 And on the surface of the Black Lake, there was also a layer of hard ice.
　　Professor Keitelburn will go to the black lake every morning and evening to make a hole on the ice, and then put some fire gray snake egg shell powder into the lake to prevent the precious fish in the black lake from freezing to death this season.
　　Everyone is naturally very happy, because it means they can have a snowball fight happily...
　　Draco Malfoy was punished because he tried to sneak a snowball into Harry Evans's collar. Professor Sinista saw the process.
　　 Then, the students who were happily playing in the snow outside the castle were all driven back to the castle by Mr. Pringle, and they left countless footprints at the gate.
　　 Mr. Tang sat down by the oak gate with a look of malaise, and seemed to have no intention of stopping those students who violated the school rules.
Since the Ronald Weasley attack, this previously energetic Golden Retriever has become decadent... Even if Mr. Pringle commissioned Professor Slughorn to dispense a potion or two, it seemed right It doesn't work.
　　 In every class of the first-year students, the teacher has assigned a lot of homework...One of the most important classes is undoubtedly Professor Rozier's Defense Against the Dark Arts class.
　　 Yes, Professor Rozier returned to school and her body was fully recovered, just a week after the Christmas holiday.
　　 Of course everyone was disappointed with this news. Undoubtedly, they all hope that Professor Rozier's illness will be better "late" one week.
And Matthew also noticed that just a few days before Professor Rozier’s return, President Grindelwald, who had appeared in the main guest seat, also disappeared again... This also further verified Hermione Granger. The original view.
　　 But none of this can stop everyone, desperate for a holiday.
　　 Yes, the semester is about to end, and the Christmas holiday is approaching.
　　……
　　 However, there is also a bad news.
　　 That is, with the advent of the Christmas holidays, the number of remaining students at Hogwarts began to decrease.
Even in the wizarding world, Christmas is the most important holiday of the year, although their purpose of celebrating this holiday is not the same as that of Muggles (Why do wizards spend Christmas? I wrote the book "The Study of Harry Potter" The thirtieth chapter of "The Legend of Overlord" has a detailed explanation, interested readers can go and see).
　　 But they still care very much about the family reunion at this festival.
　　 And because of the impact of the previous attacks, Hogwarts still has a little panic.
　　 The students almost scrambled to reserve seats on the Hogwarts Express, hoping to go home during the holidays.
　　 And Matthew and the young wizards who came from Muggle families are in a state of homelessness.
　　 Therefore, they had to stay in Hogwarts, which was getting more and more deserted.
　　 Especially at Slytherin College, this situation is even more obvious. Because of the admissions standards of Slytherin College, there are few students from Muggle families.
　　 During the Christmas holidays, this is almost the same as that there will not be a few students left here.
　　……
Waiting until the first day of the Christmas holiday, when Matthew left his dorm alone (Malfoy, Crabbe, Gore, and Knott have all gone home) and came to the Slytherin common room again
　　 It was unexpectedly discovered that it was a big college, and now there are only three students left with him.
　　 One of them is a girl in seventh grade, reading a book by the fireplace~EbookFREE.me~ preparing for the N.E.W.Ts exam in a few months.
　　 There is another one, Agnes Lestrange, who is in the same grade as Matthew.
　　 "Why did you stay?" Matthew found her curiously, and asked, "Don't you go back to reunite with your family?"
　　 Lestrange raised his head, with an expression of disgust on his face.
　　 "I have no family!" she said coldly, and then left the common room.
　　 But before walking out the door, she turned around and reminded: "You better look at the bulletin board!"
　　……
　　 "Bulletin board?" Matthew came to the bulletin board with a little surprise.
　　 In addition to the new password during the Christmas holidays, there is also a notice.
　　 The content of this notice is to tell everyone that during the Christmas holidays, the passage between Hogwarts and Hogsmeade will always be open, and students can come and go freely.
　　 Hogsmeade is said to be the only village in the UK that is full of wizards and no Muggles. It is also a famous place in the wizarding world.
　　 "What does this have to do with me." Matthew spread out his hands and muttered to himself: "Don't Hogsmeade only students in third grade can pass?"
　　 Not right... Just when Matthew was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly realized something.
　　 He quickly lowered his head and read the notice again from beginning to end.
　　 In the entire notice, there is no mention of a single sentence, which is limited to the free entry and exit of students above the third grade.
　　 "This is not bad!" Matthew grinned and smiled.
　　 At the same time, he touched his pocket, which contained dozens of gold coins.
　　These Garons were also given to Draco Malfoy when he left school.