Chapter 391 The world of ice and snow
This year's Hogwarts Christmas holiday is completely different from previous years, and the school is filled with an unprecedented lively atmosphere.
Almost all students from grades 4 to 7 were retained, and their excitement was palpable as they wrote their names on the list.
As the holiday began, the campus seemed to be ignited, and every corner was filled with laughter.
In the auditorium, students gathered in groups, sharing holiday snacks and gifts sent from home. In the common room, the wizard chess board was filled with smoke, and the fierce game of Thunderbolt Explosion cards caused cheers from time to time.
The most surprising thing was that some students from Muggle families brought flying chess boards. This simple game quickly became popular throughout the school, and both pure-blood and half-blood students enjoyed playing it.
Students who like to exercise moved the battlefield outdoors. Under the heavy snow, the snowball fight became one of the most popular activities on campus.
The international exchange students initially just watched from afar, trying to figure out the rules of the game, but with the enthusiastic greetings from the Hogwarts students, they soon couldn't help but join the battle themselves.
In the snow, the students of Ugadu had the most fun, they happily used the Transfiguration Spell to create crystal clear ice sculptures, including agile cheetahs, majestic lions, and giant giraffes, these ice sculptures were lifelike, full of natural power and agility.
Seeing this scene, students from other schools were inspired and joined in this silent ice sculpture competition.
The students of Ilvermorny showed their love for magical creatures. Most of their ice sculptures were based on the theme of magical animals, including a thunderbird with its wings spread out, a pukaki holding a spear, a curled up cat-leopard and a sturdy horned water snake.
The students of Durmstrang used wildness and strength as the theme, and used ice sculptures to express their admiration for strength and fighting. The ice sculptures they created are tall and burly, including Viking warriors wielding giant axes and polar bears roaring to the sky. The lines of these ice sculptures are strong and powerful, and you can even see the texture of knives and axes on the ice.
The students of Beauxbatons used ice sculptures to convey a romantic and elegant atmosphere. Their ice sculptures are mainly human figures, including couples holding hands and princes proposing to princesses.
The most gorgeous one is an ice dancer who is frozen in a spinning dance step. The hem of her skirt rises like ripples of ice and snow, bringing an indescribable sense of fantasy, as if she will break free from the ice and dance gracefully in the next second.
After a heated discussion, the students of Hogwarts decided to work together to complete a super-large ice sculpture - a sleeping ice crystal dragon.
The giant dragon occupied a large area of snow outside the auditorium. Its entire body was made of transparent ice crystals, its huge wings half-folded, and its tail coiled and covered a large area of the ground. Its eyes were closed and its head was slightly lowered, as if it was immersed in a long dream.
A unique international ice sculpture exhibition took place on campus. Students shuttled among these masterpieces and took out their magic cameras to record this rare visual feast.
The campus became more and more lively. Even the little wizards in the castle and many professors came out of the warm castle.
Professor Flitwick uttered a shrill voice: "It's wonderful, it's really wonderful!"
He couldn't let go of these ice sculptures and happily cast anti-melting spells and solidification spells to ensure that these exquisite works could remain intact for a long time and prevent those naughty little wizards from accidentally destroying them out of curiosity.
As he walked, he admired the creativity of students from different schools and even stopped to applaud some ice sculptures with excellent details.
Sebastian took out a lot of magic lamps.
He waved his magic wand and skillfully embedded the lights into the ice sculptures. Some of the lights were dotted around the ice sculptures like stars, while others were hidden deep within the ice, allowing the ice sculptures to emit a faint glow from within.
The young wizards were very curious. After all, in broad daylight, these lights seemed ordinary. They couldn't understand the meaning of the professor's actions.
In response, Sebastian smiled slightly and mysteriously told everyone to wait until dark to enjoy the show.
Sebastian also discussed it with Professor McGonagall, and together they built a super long ice slide with seven side-by-side slides along the wall of Hogwarts.
When the slide was built, the little wizards went crazy. They screamed and ran towards the slide, eager to dive down from it, enjoying the pleasure of the wind whistling past their ears. Laughter and cheers echoed throughout the campus, and even the usually strict Professor McGonagall couldn't help but smile slightly.
However, this was just the beginning of Sebastian's plan.
He took Mia for a stroll among the ice sculptures. Looking around at the crystal clear works in front of him, a bold idea emerged in his mind:
He wants to build a super-large ice and snow world between Hogwarts and the new town of Hogsmeade, which will include ski resorts, ice sculpture exhibition areas, snow mazes, ice dueling arenas and other entertainment facilities.
He immediately gathered the students and posted a recruitment notice.
[Plan for the construction of Ice and Snow World!]
Young wizards who are good at Transfiguration spells, have stable spell-casting skills, and have artistic talent are welcome to join us!
Salary is used to pay for consumption vouchers in the new city of Hogsmeade. 】
In addition, Sebastian also announced an exciting news. He will invite Swan Media to conduct a special report on the Ice and Snow World and launch a referendum in the wizarding world to select the ten most popular ice sculptures.
The creators of these ice sculptures will receive super prizes ranging from one thousand to one hundred gold galleons.
As soon as the news came out, the whole campus was in an uproar.
Students with artistic talent are full of fighting spirit. Exchange students from Beauxbatons have begun secretly preparing their artistic counterattack plan in an effort to win first place in this competition.
The students of Durmstrang intend to highlight their unique wild aesthetics and amaze people with stunning visual effects.
As for the students of Ugadu and Ilvermorny, they also made use of their own school's specialties and prepared to perform various novel magic skills to make their works more eye-catching.
The students were eager to try and began to discuss how to create refreshing ice sculptures. Some students even spontaneously formed creative teams, working together to divide the work and strive to conquer the judges and the audience with the most unique design.
Even students who were not very interested in art wanted to get a piece of the action and began to learn basic Transfiguration spells and ice sculpture techniques from their classmates. Some students even went to ask Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall for help, hoping to get some professional guidance.
"This is a competition between magic schools," the students of Hogwarts were rubbing their hands, determined to win, "We must not lose to the exchange students from other schools!"
