To celebrate Christmas, the Great Hall of Hogwarts was beautifully decorated, with holly and mistletoe hanging on the walls.

There were a dozen towering Christmas trees in the room, some with tiny icicles hanging from them, and some with hundreds of candles flickering.

However, such a gorgeous decoration is not appreciated by many people, and everyone is still discussing things about the Black Lake.

Professor Quirrell disappeared, not at the dinner party.

It is said that when Filch found him, his clothes were messy, there were signs of violence all over his body, and his body was in a mess.

He was curled up in the corner alone, covering his neckline and crying.

Madam Pomfrey said she couldn't save it. It was traumatic and had to be sent to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries to be reviewed by specialists.

But Quirrell was nowhere to be seen when Dumbledore brought in the Healer.

Snape angrily asked Dumbledore to deduct points from William and the others, for the four of them had destroyed the great friendship between wizard and merman.

He also asked Cedric to hand over the merman's hair.

Dumbledore went to negotiate with the mermaid patriarch and easily settled the matter.

The next day, everyone packed up and prepared to take the Hogwarts train back to 9? Station.

Standing near Hogwarts station, full of people coming and going, William took Cedric and them on the train and took a walk along the road.

William held an ordinary umbrella in front of Hermione, and the two walked slowly in the wind and snow, leaving footprints in four rows side by side.

When she got to a place where no one was around, Hermione wondered, "How should we go to Mr. Lemay?

By train? Or some bus or door key? "

William shook his head: "None of these vehicles can reach Nico's manor."

Nicole Lemay has lived for more than six hundred years, and has seen countless wizards in these long years.

There are more dark wizards, greedy for his wealth and the Philosopher's Stone, so the most secretive and ancient guardian magic is cast around his manor.

Apparitions are forbidden there, not marked on the map, and impossible to find with regular transportation.

In fact, if there is no one to lead, outsiders can't find the location and entrance at all.

William took out two golden invitation letters from his pocket, with the names of William and Hermione written on them.

William said to the letter: "We are going."

Soon, the golden letter floated in the air, and a golden flame ignited, swallowing the letter.

The letter did not burn into ashes, but in the flames, it condensed into a golden toad the size of a palm.

The golden toad croaked twice, and its body suddenly swelled, about four meters high, and there was a wooden door on the side.

William unscrewed the wooden door handle and walked in quickly. A row of torches on the wall of the house suddenly lit up.

It was a large room, about the size of two Dumbledore offices.

A row of bookshelves is placed on the left wall, and various expensive red wines are placed on the right wall. The whole room is luxuriously decorated.

William and Hermione walked in, and a house elf with a dark suit on the upper body, a brown tie, leggings and beanie shoes on the lower body, stood respectfully to the side.

A house elf is a creature two to three feet tall.

They have slender arms and legs, a large head, large eyes, and large, pointed ears like bats.

House-elves usually don't wear clothing, but wrap their bodies in pillowcases or tea towels.

It was the first time William had seen such a "spiritual" elf in front of him.

He bowed gracefully to William and Hermione.

"Mr. Stark and Miss Granger, my name is Mercury, and I will serve you all the way."

William nodded kindly at him.

This wasn't the first time William had seen house-elves, there were hundreds in the Howarts kitchen.

But even the elf at Hogwarts is not as clean as Nico's elf.

Likewise, house-elves are servants of wizards, they must obey their masters, and when their masters clothe them, they are freed.

Not only is Nico's elf clothed, he even has a wand in his pocket.

This kind of "illegal" behavior is not illegal if it is placed here with Nico, no one can control him anyway.

People live for a long time on this point, wealth and status can be easily obtained.

Hermione stared curiously at Mercury, the first time she had ever seen the creature.

William and Hermione sat down on the comfortable and luxurious sofa, and Mercury pointed to the black tea on the coffee table and a large plate of biscuits.

"If you want to eat something, just say it."

Knock on the plate and say what you want to eat, and it will automatically appear, which is extremely convenient.

William sighed that just a means of transportation is so tall, it turns out that this is another person's way of life.

As expected of Nicole May!

Mercury took out a conch from his pocket and said softly, "Make sure the passenger gets on the bus."

He paused: "Mr. Lemay, your guest, I will deliver it at five o'clock in the afternoon, please tell me if you have anything."

"What is that?" Hermione asked curiously, pointing to the conch.

"Sound transmission snail." Hercules explained respectfully, "This is just a gadget made by Mr. Lemay using alchemy."

Don't look at Mercury's simplicity, but this product is expensive, similar to a double-sided mirror.

Mercury opened a door and walked in. That part was the toad's eye, and he would control the toad to go to Nico's Manor.

With Mercury's control, the giant toad suddenly jumped up, and it jumped to Hogwarts station in two steps.

"Look, what is that!" Lee Jordan yelled, pointing to the golden toad outside the window.

Everyone saw this four-meter-high monster.

I saw the toad jumping again, directly away from the train, and after a few jumps, jumped into the black lake.

Huge splashes rose on the water, the waves crashed against the damp lake shore, and the toads disappeared quickly~lightnovelpub.net~ The beating outside was completely invisible to the inside.

Hermione was very curious about everything, and she took William to visit the room.

"This is the restaurant."

"This is the toilet."

"This is the bathroom... wow, what a big pool!"

"Here..." Hermione suddenly closed the door, her face blushing.

Through the corner of the door, William just saw a luxurious queen bed.

In addition to these, the toad can also change color, and after jumping into the lake, its skin turns transparent.

In this way, William and Hermione sitting in the toad's stomach can easily see the scenery in the Black Lake, just like the aquarium.

Beneath the Black Lake lay a strange, dark, hazy landscape: a jungle of undulating, tangled black weeds, wide flat sands scattered with gleaming pebbles.

The toad swam deeper and deeper, toward the middle of the lake.

Soon, a large rock appeared in the turbid lake water.

On the rock were painted many mermen, with spears in their hands, led by a woman, chasing what looked like giant squid.

But that woman is not ugly at all, she is a real mermaid!

The mermaid had an enchanting and beautiful appearance, with a naked upper body showing a pair of huge twin peaks, and the blue silk scattered down to her waist, which made her body more and more beautiful.

In the right hand of the mermaid, holding a silver trident.

William stared at the mermaid, as if she was alive.

At this moment, a singing voice came from William's ear, and the voice... was like the sound of heaven.

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