Harry was very sure that this was the happiest holiday he had ever had in his life. Most of the students had left the school, and it seemed that Harry and his friends were the only ones left in the Hogwarts. Ron temporarily moved to Harry's dormitory. They completely threw their homework aside and spent most of their time exploring the castle and playing wizard chess. Harry had bought this set of wizard chess when he first tried the owl mail. Because there were very few people in the common lounge, they could occupy the more comfortable armchairs next to the fire. Harry had learned some things from Haig, so when they didn't want to go to the dining hall to eat, they would gather around the fireplace and roast all the food they could get from the twins — mushrooms, potatoes, flatbread, and so on.
Speaking of the twins, they had been a little unlucky recently. A few days ago, it snowed heavily, and the remaining students in the castle all ran to the open space in front of the castle to make snowmen and have snowball fights. The twins used magic to command the snowballs to fight. Harry and Ron worked together to roll a big snowball to make a snowman, but when they started to roll another snowball, the twins' flying snowballs accidentally hit Professor Quirrell, who was watching the fun from the side. Professor Quirrell, who had always been in poor health, fainted on the spot, causing a commotion.
Professor Quirrell was sent to the Medical Wing, and the twins were also harshly reprimanded by Professor Mcgonagall. However, points could not be deducted during the holidays, so Gryffindor escaped with his life. Although Professor Quirrell was not a popular professor, the experience of being hit by a snowball still caused some students to sympathize with him. So when he woke up in the afternoon, there were a lot of condolence gifts piled up in front of his bed, making him feel flattered.
Harry recalled the time when he had returned from the Forbidden Forest. Professor Quirrell had also comforted him by his sickbed, so he planned to invite Ron to visit Professor Quirrell. In the end, when they arrived at the Medical Wing, the twins were supporting Professor Quirrell on either side. Fred asked, "Professor, do you still have a headache? Are you still dizzy?" George said, "If you need anything, just let us know." This left Harry dumbfounded. Ron could not understand the twins' actions either. "Is Professor Quirrell paralyzed?"
Obviously not. No matter how frail Professor Quirrell was, he was still an adult. However, Professor McGonagall had given the twins a strict order to take good care of Quirrell. Thus, due to some sort of hidden mentality of not wanting to be disciplined, the twins served Quirrell to the point that he could not speak of his suffering. Even though he had already completely recovered, the twins still refused to let him get out of bed, saying that the professor's body was not good and that he should rest for a few more days.
Quirrell said, "I think I should return to the teachers' dormitory …"
George said, "The medical wing in the teachers' dormitory is too far away. What if you faint again and no one notices?"
Quirrell continued to struggle. "Then I still have to prepare for next semester's lessons …"
Fred said, "Please don't! Preparing for lessons is too tiring. It's too damaging to the brain. It's better to wait until you've completely recovered. "
Quirrell took a deep breath. "But I'm so bored lying here doing nothing …"
The twins looked at each other and smiled tacitly. "If you're bored, then you have to look for Brother Weisles ~"
Thus, they brought a bunch of mischievous toys to Quirrell's bed to demonstrate. In any case, there were only a few of them in the medical wing at the moment. Madam Pomfrey could not be bothered with what they were doing.
When Harry and Ron arrived, Quirrell was holding something that looked like a kaleidoscope in his hand. The twins urged him to "quickly take a look". Quirrell smiled weakly, squinted one eye, and moved closer...
Harry, who was standing at the door, was treated as a landing spot by a colorful spider that popped out. The colorful little thing bit Harry's robe, and soon a hollow snowflake was bitten out of it. Harry hurriedly picked it up.
There were about a dozen spiders that popped out. Most of them landed on the floor and aggressively gnawed on all the fabric they could find. Soon, the curtain hanging between the beds was gnawed into a snowflake design.
Ron tugged at Harry's sleeve and said in a trembling voice, "Let's go …"
Harry looked back and saw that Ron, who was afraid of spiders, was already sweating. Then, he looked at Quirrell, who was sandwiched between the twins. He suddenly thought, "Hehe, with the twins accompanying him, Professor Quirrell will definitely be in good health soon." Thus, he quickly and quietly left this magical place with Ron.
"What are the twins trying to do?" Ron only stopped after running 800 meters away, panting. "Are they trying to train Quirrell's mental endurance?"
Harry could only laugh. He felt that the twins were taking revenge on Quirrell for those dry and tasteless Defense Against the Dark Arts classes.
"But Professor Quirrell's body is too weak. He really should go to Mister Todd's class …"
"Mister Todd," Harry suddenly said. Ron looked at him in confusion. "What's wrong with Mister Todd?"
Harry did not answer. He gestured for Ron to look outside the window. Quirrell's accident did not dispel the children's enthusiasm for playing in the snow. Several snowmen that had been reinforced by magic had already been erected in the open space outside the castle. A few energetic students were even having a snowball fight there. However, what Harry wanted Ron to look at was not this, but rather two people who were slowly walking over from afar. One of them was obviously Haig. He was dragging a cedar tree as he walked over. And the young man walking beside him was actually Mister Todd?
"Mister Todd also did not return to America?" Ron asked.
"Let's go take a look." Harry only knew that Jean had not returned to America for some reason. He had even seen her a few times in the restaurant. However, Jason Todd was actually still in the Hogwarts? They did not even run into him.
Jason was quite popular among the students. As soon as he appeared in front of the castle, he was surrounded by the children who were playing in the snow. They all expressed surprise at his appearance. When Harry and Ron ran over, they happened to hear Haig say, "Haha, I saw that it was too lonely for him to eat alone in the Union Building, so I called him over."
It turned out that Jason had been holed up in the Union Building for the past few days. No wonder Harry had not seen him.
Jason was still as taciturn as ever. However, he did not seem to dislike Haig's enthusiasm. A student asked, "Mister Todd, is the Union Building still open during the Christmas holidays?"
Todd nodded. "It's always open."
The children immediately cheered up. Ron also happily high-fived Harry. They had thought that the Union Building had been closed. Harry was also very happy, but he was slightly distracted. Why did Jason Todd not go back?
No matter what, the news that Todd was still in the Joint Building quickly spread among the remaining students. Quite a number of male students ran to the Joint Building to pester him to learn how to fight. Perhaps it was because Baines was not there to mediate, but Todd's teaching method directly changed to one-on-one combat. Although he did not go overboard, the male students were still beaten black and blue every day. Thus, the Medical Wing became lively again. This indirectly promoted Professor Quirrell's discharge from the hospital. Firstly, the twins also ran to the Union Building to seek abuse. Secondly, the Medical Wing was no longer suitable for "recuperation".
Harry happened to meet Professor Quirrell in the corridor, who was carrying a bag of prank toys back to the office. He asked about his condition. Quirrell was still smiling shyly. "Thanks to the care of Mr. Weisles, I'm much better now." For some reason, Harry actually heard some regret in Quirrell's words. Could it be that Quirrell was quite satisfied with the twins' service these days? However, looking at the students who ran to the Union Building even after being beaten by Todd, Harry felt that Quirrell's resentment was justified.
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