Kaisen stood in the corridor, looking at the office that barely had room to stand.
...I still overestimated the Ender Chest. Next time, I should get a bigger one.
He sighed, waved his wand, and began to organize the pile of gifts with magic.
The next day...
This time, the Alchemist Association's team-building activity is shopping in a Muggle city in France, so I didn't give you any magic-related gifts. After all, that would be as boring as an Englishman going to France to find an English restaurant. Now, Cedric, hand out these gifts.
Kaisen instantly placed the neatly stacked gifts on the podium, while he sat in the chair on the podium. He had already decided that if Cedric moved any slower, he could coast through the entire class.
However, Cedric's speed was somewhat excessive. In about two minutes, he handed everyone's gifts to them, then sat back in his seat, waiting for Kaisen to begin the lecture.
"Actually, you don't have to be so fast. Don't you want to enjoy more of the time during class?" Kaisen stood up with a somewhat awkward expression, picked up a piece of chalk, and asked.
And the Little Wizards below all shook their heads in unison.
"Alright, seeing as you all love my class so much, let's have a test."
...Ah?
After class, Kaisen returned to his office, satisfied, holding a stack of test papers. He had already distributed all the gifts belonging to the Little Wizards that morning.
Next, it was only the Professors' turn. He began carrying basin-sized gift boxes, going from one office to another.
Although he didn't know if his colleagues liked Muggle gifts, at least Snape, looking at the complete set of scales and weights he gave him, showed a rare smile.
Until he delivered it to Filch.
I've noticed that some Little Wizards in the Castle tend to dirty the Castle walls easily, so I made this for you. It has a built-in infinite magic circuit. This gift has a blue glowing strip inside, which contains the cleaning spell. When you use it, just press the red button on it and let the light from the glowing strip shine on the stain.
Filch tremblingly took the gift box.
"Thank you, thank you, Professor Kaisen."
You're welcome. If there's nothing else, I'll head back. I still have Dumbledore's wool socks; I bought him two hundred pairs at once.
"Oh, oh, of course, no problem, Professor Kaisen."
Dumbledore's gift was the last one he delivered. Well... it wasn't anything else; it was purely because his office had a terribly long staircase to climb.
Dumbledore, come see the socks I prepared for you. You can wear a different pair every day for over half a year... Where is Dumbledore? Kaisen stood blankly in the empty Headmaster's office.
"Alas... but if the Principal isn't home..."
He slowly turned his head to look at Dumbledore's usual liquor cabinet.
"Heh heh heh heh heh..."
He hummed a tune as he approached the cabinet and rummaged inside. Soon, he pulled out two bottles of what appeared to be expensive wine, along with a matching magic wine box that could simulate the required temperature and humidity for the wine.
"Good stuff." He removed the wine box and put it aside, as he didn't believe these two fine bottles of wine would survive until tomorrow in his hands.
And at the same time...
"We need to see Dumbledore! We have something very important to tell him!" Two of the Gryffindor four, Harry and Neville, appeared in front of the Headmaster's office gargoyle, asking anxiously.
However, the two dutiful gargoyles didn't seem to answer their questions, or perhaps the gargoyles couldn't speak through conventional means; who knew.
In short, the two were met with a closed door.
"Alright, it's confirmed this time. The portrait was right; Dumbledore really isn't at Hogwarts."
Soon, the other two Little Wizardss, Hermione and Ron, also came running: "Professor Kaisen's office, too... no one."
"Now what... The other Professors won't believe what we say... Wait, why do we have to let the other Professors do it? Can't we do it ourselves?" Harry suddenly realized.
"Do you agree?"
Professor Kaisen told us that when doing something, we must calculate its gains and losses. Between the Philosopher's Stone and our lives, which do you think he would want us to choose? Hermione reminded him in a timely manner.
"Then which would you choose? Even knowing that Professor Kaisen believes we should choose our lives," Neville asked.
"I choose the Philosopher's Stone. It's not because the Philosopher's Stone is so precious, but because I believe that if such a powerful Alchemy item falls into the hands of Quirrell, that Dark Wizard, absolutely nothing good will come of it!" Hermione stated decisively.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
The four ran all the way to the fourth-floor corridor. The classroom where Cerberus was kept was now wide open, and music was coming from inside.
Harry stood at the doorway, glanced inside, and breathed a sigh of relief: "That big dog is asleep. Let's go in quickly."
On the other side...
Wine? Oh, no wine, Kaisen. I've never liked drinking it. I find it too bland, not even like wine, more like grape juice, you know?
Hagrid, sitting on the sofa, politely declined Kaisen's offer to share wine.
"You'll want to try something new." Kaisen persuaded.
"In fact, I really don't appreciate this kind of wine, and it looks expensive. Honestly, for me to drink it like grape juice would be a bit of a waste. You should find someone who can appreciate it."
"No, no, no..." Kaisen quickly waved his hand: "The most important thing in such matters is happiness. If for the sake of so-called 'value,' any drink is not enjoyed, that is the true desecration of wine."
"Oh... hearing you say that, I'm a little moved." The sentimental Hagrid spoke with a thick nasal voice. Kaisen, with his sharp eyes, saw that the big fellow in front of him looked like he was about to give him a big hug, which scared him so much that he quickly waved his hand and summoned two wine glasses from a distance.
"Uh, uh, uh... no need for a hug. If you think red wine is tasteless, you can go get two barrels of wine."
"Oh, alright, perhaps I should find some time to properly train my strength control. I find that none of you want me to hug you..." Hagrid said as he walked out of the house.
"Because your hugs can literally kill people, Hagrid. Seriously, adult Wizards are one thing, but with Little Wizardss, you absolutely must not get hands-on; they're prone to bursting." Kaisen said.
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