Harry Potter: Transmigrated Detective Link

After time entered late December, the weather became colder and colder.

Not only did Hogwarts Castle put on a silver covering, but even the flow of people inside the castle also became much more sparse.

Of course, the real cause of this situation was not the cold wave, but Christmas.

This Christmas, Link chose to stay at Hogwarts.

This was both to continue relying on Skar and the others to monitor Harry and the rat Scabbers, and also to continue his closed-door practice of Occlumency.

After continuously undergoing about a month of high-intensity Occlumency training, Link's Occlumency experience bar had already risen from its original 30% to 70%.

This was already a fairly remarkable achievement.

After all, in the past half year of regular use, it had only increased by 30%.

The only thing that made Link feel a bit regretful was that Emily had gone home this Christmas.

This was Mr. Victoria's strict demand, and if Emily had insisted on staying at school, Mr. Victoria would definitely have come straight to Hogwarts to snatch her away.

If converted to his past life's terms, Link's current situation would be like spending New Year alone in a foreign place.

Very lonely.

Fortunately, Link didn't have much real feeling toward a holiday like Christmas.

And Emily and Madam Flamel had not forgotten him.

For example, on Christmas morning, just after getting out of bed, Link found the area by his bedside already piled high with gift boxes.

Most of them were snacks and greeting cards gifted by classmates, as well as chocolates sent by admirers.

After opening them, Link barely touched any of it and placed them all to the side.

After all, since these were things that go into the mouth, if someone had mixed in something like a love potion, that would be terrible.

This wasn't Link being overly worried, incidents of poisoning like this had occurred many times in Hogwarts history, to the point where every Christmas, the professors would repeatedly remind the students to be careful.

Madam Flamel gave Link a customized potion utility belt this year.

This utility belt was much more well-fitted and comfortable than the one Link had made himself the previous year.

And according to the greeting card attached to the gift, each slot on the belt was enchanted with a Summoning Charm.

This meant that during combat, Link would only need to lightly channel some magic, and the potion would automatically appear in his hand.

Emily's gift was a bit more interesting.

It was a teardrop-shaped potion pendant, and based on Link's identification of the potion inside, it could almost certainly be Felix Felicis.

At first, Link was a bit puzzled about why Emily would give him this gift.

But very quickly, he remembered.

Back in second year, it seemed he had also given Emily such a Felix Felicis pendant.

And Emily had worn that pendant around her neck ever since, never taking it off.

'So Emily wants us to wear couple pendants? Or maybe it's a declaration of ownership, like how in my past life some girls tied hair ties on their boyfriends' wrists?'

Thinking this way, Link very straightforwardly put the pendant on, letting it squeeze together with the Yoyo.

After that, Link continued to dig through the gift pile, searching for the gift from Snape.

That was the gift he looked forward to the most.

As one of the top potion masters in Europe, Snape was highly likely to gift him some rare and unique potion book or some strange and rare potion.

Of course, if Snape sent another Felix Felicis, he wouldn't mind either.

But even after Link had opened all the presents, he couldn't find Snape's signature gray gift box.

There was only one possible reason for this situation, Snape didn't send him a gift this year.

And the reason was very likely that he was mad at Link.

"Tsk! What a petty guy!"

After complaining twice, Link, who had already gotten up late, noticed that it was already afternoon.

On Christmas Day, he didn't plan to keep drinking those tasteless nutrient potions. He planned to go to the kitchen and find something flavorful to eat.

But just as he left the Hufflepuff common room, he unexpectedly found a familiar figure squatting in the corner reading a book.

"Hermione?"

Link frowned and called out, and upon hearing him, Hermione, who had squatted so long her legs were numb, stood up and lost her balance, falling to the side.

"Wingardium Leviosa!"

Link seized the moment, waved his wand, and only then did Hermione regain her balance.

"Th-thank you."

Hermione said timidly, but there was a bit of disappointment in her eyes.

Compared to using a spell, she'd rather Link had rushed forward and caught her with his arms.

Link waved his hand and said, "What are you doing here?"

'I've wanted to talk to you for days! But you've been holed up in your dorm and never came out! What else could I do but squat here waiting for you!?'

Hermione complained in her heart, her face slightly flushed as she took out a lunchbox.

"I saw that you didn't eat lunch, so I specially brought this over for you."

"Ah this... well, thank you very much then."

Receiving the lunchbox, Link's expression was a bit awkward.

But the truly awkward situation was still to come.

After giving the lunch, Hermione showed no intention of leaving. She just stood there straight in front of Link.

This left Link a little unsure of what to do.

"Phew! How about I give you a tour of the Hufflepuff common room?"

After thinking for a long time, Link finally asked tentatively.

Upon hearing this, Hermione's eyes lit up, and she nodded repeatedly.

Link seemed surprised by Hermione's straightforwardness and was stunned for a moment before finally reopening the passage and entering the Hufflepuff common room with Hermione.

Afterward, the two of them sat down at the long table opposite the painting of Lady Hufflepuff. Link ate his lunch while casually chatting with Hermione.

Of course, it was mostly Hermione talking. Link had no intention of explaining or introducing the Hufflepuff common room to Hermione.

After all, through reading Hogwarts, A History and other references, Hermione's understanding of Hufflepuff might even be deeper than that of some actual Hufflepuffs.

She just hadn't had the chance to visit in person.

And the lunchbox Hermione brought was enchanted with a warming charm, and the steaming hot food inside had a strong appeal to Link, he focused entirely on eating.

Hermione didn't seem to mind at all. She kept chatting away, and her feet hidden under the long table bounced happily with her mood.

"...Harry received a Firebolt this morning! It made all the boys super excited. Unfortunately, their excitement didn't last long because Professor McGonagall came and confiscated the Firebolt."

"She said that broom of unknown origin might've been sent by someone with ill intentions to harm Harry. What do you think?"

Hermione spoke slowly, and when she finished, her eyes fell on Link's face, watching carefully.

"Professor McGonagall's concern is well-founded."

Link swallowed his food and said, "That Firebolt was very likely sent by Sirius Black. You know, the Black family has been a pure-blood family with a long history, and their gold in Gringotts is like the sea.

And the goblins wouldn't care whether Black is a wanted criminal or not. Black could've easily written a check to buy a Firebolt and send it out."

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