Hogwarts: Don't call me the Staff Maker

Chapter 43 Galian and Lila

Before this, Xilun had never known that Ron's voice was so penetrating, and could be heard clearly even several dorm rooms away.

It seems Hedwig did not disappoint Harry, flying back just in time for Christmas.

That way, he could accept the seven Galleons from Harry without feeling guilty.

Strictly speaking, this was Harry's second wand, so it wasn't eligible for a discount. However, since Ron was going to use it, Cyrus didn't mind. He only mentioned it briefly in a letter to his grandfather, asking him to credit Ron Weasley for the wand.

That way, it will be easier to ask the Ministry of Magic for wand subsidies later.

Anyway, they won't lose out.

Five minutes passed, and Ron was still shouting and yelling. Siren ignored him and continued unwrapping his gift.

The second long box was a gift from his grandfather. Inside was a piece of yellowish-brown wood with a layer of brown, net-like scales on the surface, which looked just like snake scales.

Xilun took the branch in surprise. It was tree fern, also called snake fern. Although it looked like a tree, it was actually a type of fern.

It is precisely for this reason that it is almost impossible to find Bowtruckle on snakewood. Only a very few trees may be favored by them by chance and become magical wood that can be made into wands.

It's worth mentioning that Salazar Slytherin's wand was made of snakewood.

And what his grandfather sent as a Christmas present could not possibly be ordinary snakewood.

Xilun stroked his chin, it seemed that his grandfather had found something good again while he was at school.

After school lets out for break, I'll have to find another excuse to go to the warehouse.

As he thought about it, Xilun opened the third package...

It was a big bag of candy that Hermione gave her, not the Honeydukes kind, but Muggle candy, with five or six different flavors.

There were also the five Galleons that Harry gave (a truly simple yet heartfelt gift).

In addition, Ron gave him a quill pen, Neville gave him chocolate frog cards, and Seamus gave him dried pet fish chips with a cat drawn on the packaging (Sirlen suspected that Tom would never eat such junk food).

Professor McGonagall also sent a gift: a full twenty issues of the "Transfiguration Today" magazine.

Siron was puzzled as to how the professor was able to return the gift so precisely.

He didn't ask beforehand when he gave Professor McGonagall the wand as a gift, but Professor McGonagall reciprocated, becoming the only professor to give him a gift.

House-elves? Or name magic?

Xilun didn't think much of it, casually picked up a magazine and left the dormitory.

Outside, Fred and George were arguing about making their brother wear a dark purple sweater, while they themselves wore the same style, only in blue with two extra letters on the chest.

George is a yellow "F" and Fred is a yellow "G".

It was probably Mrs. Weasley's design to distinguish them.

But clearly, this design is useless; they deliberately wore the sweaters inside out.

Siren walked past the group and went to the common room. He planned to check with Hagrid first to see if anyone was there, and then go to the Great Hall.

However, just as Xilun stepped down the spiral staircase, he suddenly froze, staring incredulously at the bespectacled middle-aged man sitting in the armchair.

At that moment, Siron thought he hadn't slept well last night and was seeing things, otherwise how could he have seen his father in the Gryffindor common room?

This must be fake...

"Hey, Siren, what are you standing there for!" The man waved with a smile.

"No, it's true!"

"What's true?" Garian Ollivander chuckled, adjusting his glasses. "What, are you surprised to see me?"

"That's strange," Siren said. "Wait, with you here, what if my mother also...?"

"He keeps it in the girls' dormitory," Garian said with a smile.

"Alright..."

Xilun took a deep breath and it took him a while to accept that his Christmas present was suddenly seeing his parents at school. Afterwards, he couldn't help but recall what he had done recently, and only after confirming that there was no possibility of his parents being called in did he breathe a slight sigh of relief.

"Why are you here?"

"It's kind of making up for it, since we weren't there when you started school," Garian said. "It's rare for us to come back to England, so we had to come see you. Since you're on holiday and not going home, it's the same as us coming to the school. Oh, and your mother is here too."

As they were talking, Celen's mother, Lila Ollivander, walked over from the direction of the girls' dormitory and gave Celen a hug as soon as they met.

"Darling, don't worry about what your grandfather, that old fogey, thinks." Lila kissed Celen's forehead. "I've heard that Gryffindor is pretty good."

She still remembers the letter Xilun sent her when school started.

"What do you mean by a school of reckless brutes? That was so many years ago. Not everyone is Godric Gryffindor. Does that mean Minerva is reckless too?"

"My grandfather wasn't actually that bothered by it," Xilun said, offering a few words of explanation.

"But how did you get in?" Siren couldn't help but ask, voicing his biggest question. "I remember Hogwarts usually doesn't allow parents to come and go as they please."

“It’s not allowed, but we have other ways,” Garian said. “We’ve been friends with Pomona Sprout for many years, and Dumbledore certainly won’t refuse to visit an old friend during Christmas.”

"Of course, I can also come and see you while I'm at it," Lila said. She glanced at the layout of the common room and whispered to Garian, "You're right, this place is a million times worse than Beauxbatons."

"I heard you." Xiren smirked.

In fact, before he decided to attend Hogwarts, his schooling was always the focus of his family's arguments.

His grandfather was definitely on Hogwarts' side, his mother Lila thought Beauxbatons was the best school, and she rallied Garian and Celen's grandmother to form the largest force, and finally there was his aunt, Ilvermorny, who was a supporter.

Every time the three parties discussed this topic, they would argue endlessly. In the end, it was Sheren who chose Hogwarts, bringing an end to this war without bloodshed.

"I've already started school, I can't possibly transfer to Beauxbatons," Celen said, shrugging, not wanting to continue the topic.

Just then, several Weasley children and Harry arrived at the common room.

They were equally surprised and puzzled by the fact that Siron's parents were in the common room.

But the clever Weasley didn't ask any questions. Fred and George even greeted the two warmly and offered to act as their guides.

However, this suggestion was rejected by Garian and Lila, who instead presented everyone with Christmas gifts they had prepared in advance.

A dried bubble pod.

This thing bounces and rolls uncontrollably when it falls to the ground, like a magical version of a bouncy ball. It's considered a rather fashionable toy in the Wizarding World.

Xiren also received a bouncy ball as a Christmas present, showing that they treat everyone equally in this respect.