Early the next morning, Ryan woke up early. When he opened his eyes, he saw Hermione open his eyes and look at him as well.

"Good morning and Merry Christmas. After greeting each other, the two got up and washed. Of course, both sides put their gifts in the pile at each other's bedside while the other was washing.

Praise for the owls of the wizarding world here, even if they closed their doors and windows when they went to bed yesterday. But the gifts were still present at their bedside this morning, and the miraculous situation could only be explained by magic.

Hermione's Christmas present to Ryan this time was an old-looking men's necklace, like the one that ancient nobles hung over their dresses. Ryan took a closer look and saw that the necklace had a rune on it that would make the mind clear. Unfortunately, this enchantment failed over time. However, judging from the degree of loss of mana, this necklace has a history of nearly 1,000 years.

After flipping through the necklace's largest red spinel, Ryan finally found the source of the necklace: the gem's gold tray was engraved with Richard I. This inscription is the meaning of Richard I, and if you take into account the year of the necklace, then the identity of its owner is revealed: Richard the Lionheart, one of the most famous kings of England nearly a thousand years ago.

"Thank you. Ryan thanked Hermione as he held the necklace. "It's really a very valuable gift. In particular, even if the alchemy rune above has been invalidated, it still has a high reference value. ”

"If you like it, this is what I found in the room from the pile. When I first took it out, it was still a little deformed, and it took me a lot of experience to clean it up and repair it. Hermione said as she unwrapped the gift Ryan had given him. Soon she opened the gift box that Ryan had given her and pulled out a baseball-sized crystal bottle filled with golden liquid.

"This is—" Hermione looked at the bottle in her hand earnestly, "Elixir?" but the bottle wasn't so bright. But it's not like the elixir, after all, the elixir is not so transparent, and the viscosity is not as high as this. ”

Looking at Hermione, who was a little distressed, Ryan revealed the answer: "You don't have to guess, this potion is not outside, it is a potion that I invented myself." It is made from the blood of the Ryam Cow that was last taken from the vampire, and after drinking it, it can increase the drinker's strength permanently and maximally. The only flaw is that it can only be drunk once, and the effect cannot be cumulative. ”

"The blood of the Ryam cow? I've seen a profile of this animal in the book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Their blood is extremely popular, and as far as I know, it is expensive, not to mention that it has always been in a state of price. ”

"It's not something that can't be done to the old vampire family. Ryan continued to unpack the packages containing the gifts, "I suggest you hurry up and drink this bottle of medicine, this kind of thing only makes sense if you drink it." ”

"Hmm. Hermione pulled the cork from the bottle, then tilted her head and drank all the potions in the bottle.

"I felt a little hot in my fingertips. After drinking the potion, Hermione sat on the couch for a while, but it didn't feel as strange as she had imagined. "I thought it was like in the movie comics, after drinking it, my whole body would ache and I would struggle desperately, and then my body would immediately change. ”

"Do you think this thing is Captain America's super-soldier human body modification potion?" Ryan cried and laughed. "Even if we are wizards, we have to talk about the fundamentals, and if we don't want too strong side effects, then this change must not be done immediately in a short period of time. And you said that, why just opened the bottle and drank it?"

"Don't you believe you won't hurt me? Hermione raised her eyebrows mischievously. "By the way, why does Harry's gifts this year feel like they came wholesale from somewhere, why are they all Duke Honey's Christmas candy gift packs!"

"I guess something might be going on with them?" it was then that Ryan remembered that Harry had been connected to Nagini's Voldemort ghost piece in his sleep just before the Christmas holiday. I also saw the scene where the snake bit Mr. Weasley. It was no wonder he hadn't seen Harry and the others when he had left the school by train, and they should have gone to 12 Grimmauld Place.

Originally, he remembered this incident, but recently he was busy dealing with the giant's affairs and suddenly ignored it. And because of Lane's relationship, Hermione and Harry are not as close as the original, and for Dumbledore, Hermione and Ryan are now more like members of the Order of the Phoenix after being inspired by him. So Dumbledore didn't inform Hermione about this as he did in the original text.

Although they didn't know why the members of the Weasley family, who had a good relationship with them, didn't tell the two of them about it, it was now clear what it was all about, and it was not appropriate to ignore it afterwards.

"We simply wrote a letter and asked them what the hell was going on, after all, they were our friends. Hermione agreed, as she was also a little worried about what was going on with Ginny and Percy, whom she usually talked to.

After writing letters to the twins and Ginny in envelopes, the two of them went to the open-air garden on the roof of the hotel. Looking at the dry outdoor swimming pool and empty flower pots, Ryan knew it should be popular in the summer. But it's winter, and there's no one here.

"Alright, now I'm going to summon the owl. Ryan took out his wand and struck it three times on the wall next to him, then paused for a few seconds and then tapped three times. "This is what Percy told me, and he said that here in Europe you can use this method to summon owls in the wild, but the owls summoned in this way cost more money. ”

Sure enough, not long after Ryan put away his wand, the sound of flapping wings could be heard in the distance. And then seven or eight round-looking fat chickens, oh no, owls, were huddled together on the railing of this open-air garden.

"I need to deliver two long-haul mails to the UK, which is an international piece of mail that needs to fly a long way. Ryan said and took out the two letters and waved them, "Can any of you help me with this?"

As soon as the words fell, a large owl about the size of Hermes of Hermione squeezed out of the group of owls, large and small, it was also an eagle owl, the most conspicuous was a small leather bag hanging from its left leg, on which was written in gilded Russian letters: Coo Owl Post Office, safe, fast, accurate.

"Let me think about it, by the way, Percy said the next thing is to take a handful of coins and put them in front of the owl. Ryan muttered and pulled a handful of Nat out of his pocket, and the owl in front of him moved, tapping the copper coins lightly with its beak.

"Twelve nats, not too expensive. Counting the coins that the owl had struck, Ryan put 12 nats in the pocket of the owl's feet. After collecting the money, the owl lifted his other foot and let Ryan hang up the letter, and then flew away.

"It's troublesome, why don't wizards use stamps?" Hermione complained beside her, "So what are we going to do now?"

"This kind of international mail is estimated to take a day to arrive, so let's just go to the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts and the Nikulin Circus today, and we can't wait in the hotel. I guess the letter will arrive when we get back in the evening. ”

The two of them had a great time shopping that day, and when they returned in the evening for dinner, the reply from the twins and Ginny arrived. Sure enough, their father was seriously injured by a snake attack, but unlike in the original text, Mr. Weasley was only seriously injured by snake venom after being bitten on the arm, and the injury was less severe than before.

At the same time, the twins also explained why they did not write to them: Mrs. Weasley felt that since Mr. Weasley's life was not in danger, she should not implicate her friends and not even have a bad Christmas, so she did not allow the children to write to tell them about it. So it wasn't until Ryan took the initiative to ask that several people told them the truth.

"Really. Ryan shook his head slightly, once again feeling that the Weasleys were good people. In this case, it is necessary to pay a visit. Anyway, the mission to Russia this time has been completed, and there is nothing important left. The only regret is that the trip with Hermione was shorter.