Chapter 352 Preparing Christmas Gifts

The Christmas holiday is getting closer, and Charles went to the principal's office again.

The atmosphere in the office today is different from the past. It seems a bit dull, and the principals on the wall are silent.

Dumbledore leaned back in his chair, looking very tired. When he saw the visitor, he slowly asked: "Charles, what's the matter?"

Charles smiled bitterly and said: "I was busy, but seeing you are so tired, it's okay."

Dumbledore responded softly. Charles could distinguish between the urgency and the triviality of things. Since it was okay, it was not a big deal.

Charles took out a few cans of Austrian Red Bull and put them on the table, and said to Dumbledore: "Principal, if you still want to spend energy when you are tired, you might as well get used to it."

Dumbledore smiled slightly and said softly: "Thank you."

Half an hour later, in Zonko's Joke Shop, Bilmes was about to close. The bell on the door made a sound, and a customer dressed like a Dementor walked into the store.

Bilmes frowned and said to the guest: "You shouldn't come here at this time."

Charles smiled and replied: "If you don't report me, no one will know I'm here."

Bilmes took out some blueberry cookies and put them on the counter, beckoned him to come over and eat, and asked: "Do you want to buy some prank toys to deal with someone?"

Charles ate the cookies and said: "I plan to ask you to help make something as a Christmas gift for Professor Dumbledore."

Bilmes saw that it was a big business and waited for him to say the next words.

Charles asked for paper and pen and began to draw the massage chair he wanted to order.

Magic massage chairs are not rare. There is one in the Oil Painting Association, but the function is not very good. It just extends a hand from the back of the chair to massage people. The technique is not very good, and it can't massage the back.

Charles wants a full-body massage chair that fits the whole body. When you lean back, the whole person can be supported and relaxed. It can massage the back, limbs, neck, head and eyes, and there is also music that relaxes the mind.

Dumbledore has helped him a lot in public and private over the years, which can be said to be a shelter from the wind and rain.

Charles could not do much to help Dumbledore, especially since the situation had changed after the old man joined the game, so he could only give him a massage chair so that he could have a good rest.

After reading Charles' request, Bilmes thought and said, "It's a very challenging job, which takes a little time."

Charles said, "I hope it can be completed before Christmas, using the best materials, and any problem that can be solved with Galleons is not a problem."

Bilmes looked a little embarrassed. He couldn't make such a massage chair, so he had to find someone to do it, but he also knew that it was not easy to realize so many functions.

Especially this massage chair was for Dumbledore, no one would make do with it, and it would take a lot of man-hours to make it meticulously.

"I'll try my best." Bilmes said to Charles, "If you can't make it in time, I suggest you try this one."

He used the flying spell to get a gorilla puppet, which was a little old and quite old.

Bilmes said, "This puppet can massage you while you sleep, and it's pretty useful. I've been using this one, and there's another one in the warehouse."

Charles thought about it and thought it was okay. He bought a spare one first, and gave this one to someone else if the massage chair was in time.

"I want some more gifts." He also ordered a few things, and this year's Christmas gifts are complete.

Bilmes said that the additional things were no problem and would be ready soon, so as not to delay Christmas.

Then Charles went to Honeydukes to buy some candy and drinks, and returned to Hogwarts through the secret passage of the Hog's Head.

He deliberately let Aberforth see it, so as not to be considered to have gone to Black if something happened.

"Want some blueberry wand?"

In the bedroom, Seamus lay on the bed like a dead fish, his eyes dull.

When he saw Charles handing over the candy, he opened his mouth like Ruby and waited for it to be fed.

Charles inserted the blueberry wand into his nostrils.

"I heard that you lost to Harry?" Charles asked Seamus curiously, "This shouldn't be."

He heard in the common room when he came back just now that Harry and Seamus were dueling in the duel club tonight, and it was clear who would win and who would lose.

Seamus held the blueberry wand in his mouth and ate it bit by bit, saying incoherently: "Harry is too fast. He just cast half of the spell and the wand flew away."

Charles asked: "Disarming spell?"

Seamus nodded, and after eating the blueberry wand, he said: "Professor Flitwick said that Harry's casting speed is the fastest among all the students he has seen. Many Aurors are not so fast."

He looked very depressed. The power of his spell was very powerful, but the wand was thrown away by the Disarming Curse before he finished casting the spell. No matter how powerful it was, it was useless.

Charles curled his lips and figured out why Harry said that he taught him the way to defeat Seamus that night. When he was learning boxing before, he talked nonsense with him like "The world's martial arts can only be broken by speed".

This is the right way of thinking, which just plays to Harry's strengths and restrains Seamus's weaknesses.

As for why Harry is so fast, it should be related to his natural athletic talent. Although he has four eyes, he has excellent dynamic vision and fast reaction speed.

Seamus asked Charles: "Do you have any idea to defeat Harry?"

Charles thought for a moment and replied: "It's a little difficult in the dueling club, you can't hide on the long table, it's much easier in the open field."

Seamus thought it made sense, so what if the spell was cast quickly, it wouldn't be faster than jumping to the side.

"But just dodging won't work." Simo thought about it. "We must find a way to counterattack as quickly as possible without giving him a second chance to cast the spell."

"Well, what would you do?"

Charles replied: "Get rid of his glasses."

Seamus thought it made sense.

The next night, Seamus used his pocket money to buy a bag of cream sandwich biscuits for Hermione, and then asked her: "Professor Granger, is there any magic spell that can quickly remove Harry's glasses?"

Harry was studying the homework next to Hermione, looked up at Seamus depressingly, and then looked at Charles depressingly, thinking that he should have come up with this harmful trick.

Hermione thought for a while and then said: "I think the Flying Charm can be done, but it is a very profound spell and difficult to learn."

Neville, who was sitting across from the long table doing homework, raised his head and said: "There is also a charm that will work, but that is only used by thieves. Anyone who knows it will be targeted by Aurors."

Seamus said: "I'd better see if I can learn the flying spell."

Harry turned to Charles and asked: "Charles, do you know how to prevent glasses from being taken away by the flying curse?"

Charles replied without looking up: "Glue on your face."

There was a burst of laughter all around.

Everyone wrote their homework for a while, and someone brought a registration form indicating whether they would stay in school during the Christmas vacation.

Harry asked Charles directly: "Where are you going this Christmas?"

Charles had just left school and replied: "Grandpa is abroad. I will be at Fallbarton Castle. Our company will have a meeting after Christmas."

Harry's eyes lit up and he asked, "Can I go to Farbarton Castle to play?"

Unexpectedly, Hermione said to him seriously: "Harry, this is a place of work, not a playground."

Harry thought the same thing and could only give up the idea.

He saw that Hermione and Ron had also filled out detentions and said, "I wonder if we can go to Hogsmeade during the holidays."

Harry asked this question when he handed the form to Professor McGonagall after breakfast the next day. Professor McGonagall thought for a moment that the three of them would need to work together to go.