280 Fir trees and upcoming holidays
"We have a holiday tomorrow. What are we going to do today? Make potions? Or take a look at the baby bird?"
Lily asked cheerfully after the potions class was over.
Just like last year, Lily would be returning home this holiday, especially since neither Callan nor Snape planned to stay.
Moreover, the number of students who will leave school this year is obviously much higher than last year. This is obviously due to the impact of the secret room incident.
Seeing that Karan didn't answer, Lily couldn't help but asked suspiciously: "Are you planning to do something secretly alone again?"
"How could that be?" Karan shook his head and said. He ignored Lily's distrustful gaze and turned his head to the other side of the corridor.
"I was looking at the fir tree, and Hagrid came to decorate the Great Hall again."
“And there’s one more person this year.”
At the other end of the corridor, Hagrid was moving a large fir tree, and his loud snoring came from behind the tree.
Standing next to Hagrid was the fierce-looking Moody. He didn't seem to have any intention of helping. He just stared around with his intact eyes, scaring the passing students so much that they quickly clung to the wall. Those who recognized him only whispered and did not dare to speak loudly.
"Hey there, little guys!"
Hagrid greeted Callan and the others loudly through the fir trees, as if he was afraid they wouldn't hear.
"Hey, Hagrid." Karan had no choice but to walk over and said, "Here you go to decorate the auditorium again, right?"
"That's right." Hagrid said cheerfully.
"Was this cut in the Forbidden Forest?" Gespard asked curiously.
"Of course it is." Hagrid replied: "You can't find such a old fir tree anywhere else. How about it? Do you want to go to the auditorium and have a look? The other professors are decorating for Christmas. .”
It was obvious that Hagrid was eager to talk to others, and it seemed that he was not having an easy time being monitored by Moody.
Several people walked towards the auditorium together, and Steve asked about the placement of the animals after the Fire Crab Club was disbanded. Fortunately, they were all treated properly by Professor Kettleburn and were not affected too much.
Lily and Gaspard also walked quickly with Hagrid. They didn't seem to want to have too much contact with Moody, because he no longer looked at the students around him, but started staring at them instead.
Only Karan deliberately slowed down his pace. He couldn't help it. Moody stared at him for the longest time, obviously having something to say.
"Just a few of you?" Moody asked gruffly: "Where's that little Slytherin guy? I don't think you should ignore him. His academy status is a natural advantage for becoming a spy."
Karan listened silently, and he suppressed the urge to roll his eyes.
He still remembered Snape's extremely shocked expression and eyes when he first told Moody's speculation.
"Spy? Informer?"
At that time, Snape kept looking back and forth at several people, his eyes widening for the first time.
"I?!"
Now under Moody's gaze, Callan could only repeat once again: "Those things have nothing to do with Snape."
Then he quickly asked before the other party spoke: "Do you have any clues about the secret room, sir?"
Moody did not rush to answer this obviously out-of-bounds question, but asked Karan: "What, you care about the secret room and the so-called heir?"
"Because I am a Muggle-born." Karan answered seamlessly: "As we all know, Slytherin never likes students of my origin, and the heir must be the same."
"Then you should know that there is only one pure-blood student who has been victimized so far." Moody's tone was also tight, and did not let Karan say anything: "And my job is only to monitor Hagrid, other Everything has nothing to do with me.”
"Why don't you ask Albus yourself?" He finally tried: "I believe he will be very willing to answer your question."
Dumbledore?
Callan vaguely understood something. Although Moody seemed not to know anything, he had already doubted the relationship between himself and Dumbledore.
It's like his own talent as a born closed-brained person, and Dumbledore, the secret keeper.
"The principal must be very busy at work." Karan replied cautiously: "And I believe that if he knows something, he will not hide it from the students. After all, it involves our safety."
"That's not necessarily true." Moody muttered dissatisfiedly. He did not continue to test, and Karan did not say anything more to avoid getting himself into trouble.
In the large auditorium, Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall were busy decorating Christmas decorations. Not surprisingly, the Prewett brothers were also there. They were always indispensable in such lively occasions.
"The last tree, isn't it, Hagrid?"
Gideon asked as he walked over. He waved his wand, smiled at Hagrid and said, "I'm here to help you."
The fir tree immediately floated up out of thin air and landed in the corner of the auditorium.
Fabian took this time to greet them one by one.
"Hey, Alastor, don't keep such a straight face, it's almost Christmas, we should be happy, right?"
Moody's expression was still serious and he ignored Fabian who jumped away.
Fabian spread his hands helplessly, then turned to Hagrid and said, "Now I feel a little pity for you. If I had known earlier, I should have gone to work in the Ministry of Magic. Maybe I could be the one to monitor you now."
"Auror Fabian! How does that name sound?"
He quickly used his wand to create a beautiful sword flower, and beautiful fireworks continued to shoot out from the top.
Hagrid blinked aggrievedly, but Moody didn't accept this trick. His attitude towards Fabian was not as good as Callan's.
"Remember, always be alert!"
He shouted angrily, scaring Fabian into quickly putting his wand away.
"Okay, okay." Fabian said helplessly, but when he turned to look at Karan and the others, he showed a big smile.
"Hello my perfect actors, it's a pity that Dumbledore won't allow us to perform plays at the Christmas dinner, and there will be very few students attending this year's dinner, which is a real shame."
At this time, Gideon, who had placed the last fir tree, came over and said with a smile: "But fortunately Dumbledore agreed to give us an early vacation. At least we don't need to see that tragic scene with our own eyes." , plus the newly born little Charlie can also bring us a lot of comfort."