In fact, the most important thing about the gift to the Malfoy family is not the gift itself, after all, in the eyes of the two families, that kind of thing can be measured by money, and what they really want to give out can't be measured by any money, it probably represents the meaning of the era.

A spell, and an intention to woo.

Mycroft wanted to get in touch with the world of magic, so he needed one to get in touch with a pure magical family, and there were two in front of him at that time, one was a pure-blooded Gryffindor family - Weasley, and their youngest son was in the same dormitory as Harry, so his friendship must have been relatively deep. The other option is the purebred Slytherin family - the Malfoys, they are even more expelling interests, and the reputation of the Malfoys is not very good, when the unspeakable person dominated the wizarding world, they used to be the right and left hands of that person, such a family seems to have a big stain.

But Mycroft chose this pure Slytherin family for the simple reason that as a politician McCroft prefers to divide interests clearly, and he knows what kind of person is the one who stabs the knife in the back the most. Mycroft thinks very far, everyone will change, if it doesn't work in one year, then two years, then ten years, people will always change. And if you owe too much favor, it will eventually become a favor debt that will never be repaid, and at this time, it is often more reliable to put the interests on the table.

So after much consideration, Mycroft chose to put his bargaining chips into the wizarding world on Malfoy's body, and in addition to the letters, Harry gave them a little temptation/temptation, such as Harry's magic.

Harry may not have understood what McCroft meant, but after the brothers' clicks, he almost figured it out, he didn't think that McCroft did anything wrong, just like Hannibal said, Mycroft is a politician, he represents the British government with supreme power, and it is normal for him to want to find out what the wizarding world has infiltrated. Moreover, Harry also thinks that Mycroft is the right choice of the family, and Harry actually prefers Slytherin with pure profit compared to Gryffindor.

Mycroft made an invitation, and now the Malfoys have given them an attitude back.

The Malfoys had received a Christmas present from the Lestrades on Christmas Eve, and when the house-elf brought the gift to Lucius, the man didn't take it seriously, the box looked so small, he thought it was a gift from someone.

However, Draco's eyes were sharper and he saw the inscription of the letter above, Lestrade.

He wiped the corners of his mouth, beckoned to the house-elf in his father's way, and said, "Give me the letter." ”

Lucius was curious about his family/baby dragon's decision, so he and his wife, Narcissa, put down their utensils and watched Draco read the letter over there.

"It's a gift from Potter, and there's a letter for you behind Daddy."

Porter?

There is only one Potter left in the wizarding world known to the Malfoy family, the boy who is often talked about by Draco and mentioned in letters, Harry Potter, or Harry Lestrade.

Lucius picked up the letter, which began with a polite statement of a small gift, a Merry Christmas, etc., followed by a shortened invitation or temptation from Mycroft.

Lucius let out a chuckle at the time, and to be honest, he didn't look like working with a Muggle.

It's just that at this time, Draco over there also opened his own gift, from Harry Potter, and after he saw the box brought by the house-elf, Draco complained in his heart that Harry Potter had only given him such a small thing.

He opened it nonchalantly, and who knew that Draco's world seemed to have changed.

He let out an exclamation.

As the little box in front of him began to grow in size, and seemed to be increasing in weight, Lucius frowned at the exclamation of his precious son and said, "Draco, what about your politeness." ”

"But Daddy, look."

I really can't help but surprise Draco, he knows the Harry Potter family very well, they are all interesting brothers, none of them are related, oh, you say that Thor, who always calls Loki his own brother? To be honest, even if you are a fool, you can see that the two of them have no blood relationship.

In such a family, except for the two Gryffindors who are attending Hogwarts, it is said that Loki will come to school, and the rest of the people are so-called Muggles.

He really couldn't think of anyone other than Harry Potter who could do such exquisite magic, but Draco gritted his teeth at the thought of Harry Potter's clumsiness before.

Lucius looked at the gift box in front of him that had stopped enlarging and raised his eyebrows, it was meaningful, such a precise magic Lucius could still make it, but he was already at this age, he was not a young wizard who had just entered school, thinking of those letters from Draco before, Lucius touched his chin.

"Interesting, it looks like Harry Potter is really hiding it."

Before that, Lucius Malfoy didn't believe it, after all, he had also come from that age, even if they were these little wizards from the big family, they liked to show off their magic, if they liked to hide it...... Anyway, Lucius didn't appear in that class, and everyone wanted to be affirmed by everyone.

So Lucius Malfoy began to examine the letter from Mycroft Holmes again, in fact, this extremely delicate magic was a gift from them, and it was interesting that a Muggle intended to befriend them without explaining why.

Narcissa saw her husband lost in thought, and she waved her hand for the house-elf to remove all the food, then she pushed away the stool and stood up to her husband's side.

Although Narcissa and Lucius's marriage is a family marriage, the two of them get along/fall in love, Lucius respects himself as the eldest lady from the Black family, and Narcissa's intelligence makes her a Malfoy wife. So if Lucius is having trouble with many things, he would be willing to talk to his wife.

And it was because of this respect that Draco chose Hogwarts instead of the wizarding schools of other countries.

"Do you remember the Harry Potter adoptive fathers we met earlier?"

Narcissa nodded, she remembered the family, especially the lovely little Muggle girl, whose name was, if she remembered correctly, Raven Lestrade.

"Lucius, of course I know who that family is, and where this gift came from."

Lucius took his wife's hand and slipped the letter into her hand for her to read, and Draco, who was sitting next to him, twisted his body, he was actually curious about what was in the letter that Harry's father had written to his father.

Narcissa looked at Lucius beside her and said, "You saw the magic just now, and it's nothing to us for, but you should know that there are three young wizards in the Lestrade family, one has not yet gone to school, and the other two have only been to Hogwarts for a year. ”

"So what they want is a good relationship that can develop into a good cooperative relationship in the future, and this magic is their way of showing goodwill?"

Lucius nodded, "Yes, it's interesting. Draco: Have you ever heard of what Harry Potter's adoptive fathers looked like? ”

Draco shook his head, to be honest, Harry often mentioned his father, but he didn't say what kind of people they were, he looked at his father and asked, "Does this matter?" ”

Lucius was a little unsure of what the two adults of the Lestrade family meant, but he was just courting to pave the way for Harry Potter, or was interested in the wizarding world and wanted to find a connection, or was it ......

Narcissa picked up the so-called gift for herself, a fan inlaid with green gems, she opened it and tilted her head to look at it carefully, this gift must be expensive, no matter what the idea of the Lestrade is, they have already invested a lot of money.

"Lucius, what's your opinion?"

"I don't think these Muggles must be so simple, there must be some secret in this, but it may be useful to make friends with a boy who will not die, Dumbledore's old fox takes Potter very seriously, if he knew that Potter's family was friendly with us, he would probably be angry."

Lucius smiled evilly, he didn't like Gryffindor very much, and he didn't like Dumbledore the old fox very much, so as long as he could see his angry face, Lucius thought it was worth it, Narcissa shook her head helplessly, and it seemed that her husband already had a plan.

Then the head of the Malfoy family stood up, took the letter in his hand, and turned upstairs, and Narcissa summoned her elves and told them to take out two of the snacks that the Lestrades had sent them, and save the rest.

She held out her hand to her son, "Would you be interested in giving me a specific introduction to Harry Potter and his brother Saul Odinson?" ”

Draco saw that the elf had already gone to prepare dessert, so he said happily, "Of course, Mommy. ”

Later, while Draco was enjoying the dessert brought by Harry Potter, he talked to his mother about what happened at Hogwarts in the past six months about the Lestrades.

For example, those boring exclusions, and the little secrets he saw Harry, etc.

Lucius also gave Mycroft a letter back, with a gift, which may not be of much value, but he had thought of every little Lestrade he had ever seen, and I must say that the care of this gift was quite sufficient.

So on Christmas morning, the Lestrade family received this gift from Malfoy's family.

Lestrade and McCroft had Lucius's reply in their hands, and the man said that he was happy to have a good relationship with them, and that he was happy that they were able to take good care of the Potter children.

Muggles like relationships, Lucius knew that well, so he briefly mentioned the relationship between Harry's godfather and his wife.

Lestrade narrowed his eyes as he looked at the word godfather in his heart, his precious son still has a godfather? But why did the Godfather never come to see Harry, knowing that the Godfather is equivalent to Harry's guardian and protector.

"There must be some secret in this that we don't even know, it seems that the wizarding world has a lot of secrets not only for us, but also for Harry."

Mycroft snorted coldly, since the wizarding world had been treating them like monkeys since the beginning when they signed a treaty with their government, then don't blame him for acting a little too much after that, no one likes the feeling of being hidden, especially him.

"I'd like to ask about Harry's godfather."

Lestrade was a little concerned, he complained that the godfather had never met Harry, and was worried that the godfather would fight with him for Harry's custody, Mycroft held his hand and gave him a kind of encouragement, "They just want to arouse our curiosity, Gray we will lose if we are curious first, if Harry really has a godfather, he will definitely do something if he is still alive, and you have to believe that Harry will always be your child." ”

Lucius did still have this secret in his hands, and of course he knew that those in the know would not tell the story of Harry and his godfather being locked up in Azkaban, because that Black was a traitor in their eyes.

However, Lucius, who used to be a Death Eater, and Narcissa, who is also the eldest lady of the Black family, know very well that Black probably will not be the one who betrayed the Potters.

If you want Harry Potter to be on their side, you have to give at least a little bait, and when Harry knows that his godfather is wished, he will probably be more separated from those people in the Order of the Phoenix.

In this cooperation, everyone has their own calculations, McCroft's, Lucius's, but Lucius is not like McCroft who has been in the political world all year round, so he is still a little immature in terms of means.

Mycroft is a typical human spirit, and there is probably nothing in this world that can hide from him, just like Sherlock's evaluation of him, only what he wants to know, and there is nothing he can know.

Although Lestrade was worried about Harry's godfather, he agreed with Mycroft that since the people in the wizarding world didn't say it, it must have a point, they just need to wait patiently, and one day they can tell the truth.

The bears got up one after another, and the first thing they did after washing up was to open their gifts.

After dismantling the gifts from Lestrade, Mycroft, and Sherlock, the bears' eyes were drawn to the remaining three gifts, one was a huge package from the Malfoys, and the other two were from the owls from before.

They chose the huge package first, from the Malfoy family.

The Malfoys probably have a good relationship, just like the gifts they sent, and the Malfoys focus on their children, because they know that parents actually care most about their precious children.

Among these gifts, the more distinctive is Raven's, her Christmas gift is Narcissa hand-selected, a very beautiful handmade custom dress from Mrs. Morkin's shop, and there is some simple magic on it, the dress can change color according to the mood of the owner.

The rest of the children didn't know exactly what they liked, so they were simple things that children in the wizarding world would play with at their age, such as magic flowers that could tell stories, and balls that could change shape according to their own wishes.

Loki looked at the gift with his name written on it, it was an interesting book with a lot of magic spells that some Slytherin first-year students would learn, as well as some trivia about Slytherin.

Loki raised an eyebrow, it looked like someone still had the eyesight to know that he would definitely go to Slytherin.

Harry looked at the letter in his hand, well, someone was angry and withheld his gift, he knew that it was a mistake to listen to Mycroft and perform magic, and now Draco had withheld his Christmas present because of his various concealments, and wrote a letter mocking him by the way.

Everyone was very happy with their gifts, after all, they were all things that children in the wizarding world played with, and they had not touched it, especially the storytelling flower, which Tony held in his hands for a long time.

Then there was the gift from Ron Weasley's house, which looked more thoughtful than the Weasley's, Harry took out his sweater, gestured at his body, shrugged and said, "Looks like I need to write a letter to Mrs. Weasley thanking her for the gift." ”

It's courtesy, although Thor also has one, but it doesn't seem to be the right size, the sweaters of both of them are red, and they look very Gryffindor.

Loki laughed, "Red? Thor, you're going to look even dumber when you put it on. ”

Thor immediately put down the sweater in his hand, joke, how could he like something that his brother didn't like.

The last one was for Harry alone, and when he opened it there was a letter, "Your father left me this cloak when he died, and now is the time to give it to you, use it well, and wish you a Merry Christmas." ”

Without a signature, Harry frowned and looked at the cloak, which gave him a different feeling, as if it were magical, the cloak was silver-gray and shiny.

"Father's stuff, James Potter?"

Although it was a little rude, Harry said to himself, he clutched the cloak tightly, no matter who the gift came from, this cloak was already considered a relic of his father, Harry liked it and was happy to receive such a gift.

"What kind of cloak does this look like? Harry! ”

Merlin is a curious baby who has a special affection for capes, especially the red ones. He looked up and down the shiny silver-gray cloak in Harry's hand, reached out and touched it, what a feeling it was, it was really amazing.

Harry smiled and said, "Would you like to put it on and try it out?" ”

Merlin looked at Harry with some caution, "Isn't that your own father's thing?" May I? ”

Harry didn't answer, just draped his cloak over Merlin's body.

Harry didn't even think about the magic effect it might have when he got the cape, but when he put it on his body, all the places under the cloak were gone.

Everyone looked at Merlin in amazement, this cloak can make people disappear?

It's just so weird.

Merlin unfastened his cloak and removed it from his body, looking very happy, "This is amazing! ”

It can be done with practical magic, but magic and this kind of item are two different things.

Harry smiled, no wonder the letter said to let him use it properly, it seemed that the gift was indeed very useful.

"Looks like it should have been given to you by someone your father trusted, Harry."

Lestrade pressed Harry's shoulder, Harry had never met his own parents, and such a gift might have warmed him. Harry looked at his Dad and nodded, "I think it's probably the professor." ”

Harry had a choice in mind, such as Professor McGonagall, such as Professor Dumbledore, but not Professor Snape.

Whoever Harry wanted to thank him, after all, it was something to remember.

Sherlock was excited to fly after seeing the gift Harry had given him, it was a very special gift, just like Harry had guessed, and Sherlock couldn't wait to go to Diagon Alley to buy the potions materials written in the notebook.

Lestrade pressed Sherlock, "Calm down, Sherlock. We've decided we're going to Diagon Alley, but not today. ”

When all the bear children had quieted down, Lestrade cleared his throat and looked at his precious children and said, "Actually, I have something to tell you, darlings. ”

All the bears looked at Reestrade, and Harry probably understood what Reestrade was trying to say, and he looked at the ring on Reestrade's right hand and sighed, "Okay, as long as Reestrade can be happy."

"Dad, what are you going to say? What's the good news? ”

Raven happily took Lestrade's hand and asked, Lestrade scratched his cheek and said, "I...... I agreed to McCroft's proposal, so ......"

"So there will be a wedding?"

Raven looked very happy, she took Lestrade's hand, looked at the ring on his hand, and reached out and touched it.

"No...... I just, we didn't say we were going to get married, I just agreed to the proposal. ”

Mycroft didn't feel any sad about it, he knew that Lestrade wasn't ready, so he stepped forward and took Lestrade's hand and touched his head and said to Raven: "Dear little princess, there is no wedding yet, but I promise that if I marry Gray one day, I will make you our flower girl." ”

"I'm going to be a flower girl too."

Merlin happily said to Reestrade and McCroft, and Reestrade nodded and got married...... Actually, it's a little far away.

"Okay, okay, and Little Merlin."

Sherlock looked at the little kid's Mycroft and snorted coldly, Harry's lack of objection meant that he had accepted this reality, it was really boring, he thought he could see Harry jumping out to object.

However, although Harry did not object, but stood with several more mature brothers in Hannibal's family, Harry meant that it was obvious that they could not make Lestrade sad, so they had to agree with his decision, but as before, if Mycroft dared to do anything to be sorry for their Dad, then they didn't care about letting a powerful person disappear into this world.

For the Lestrades, family is always above morality.

Harry called Mycroft aside after that, and Mycroft's expression was also very stern, after so many years, of course he knew who in this family had more weight, so since Harry didn't object just now, of course he wouldn't, he called himself probably just to say some words of warning.

Harry was smiling, and that shallow smile made Mycroft see a little bit of his shadow in Harry's body, and sure enough, everyone in the Lestrade family was a fuel-efficient lamp, even Harry Potter would show the other side of his hidden heart when he didn't have Lestrade.

"Mr. McCroft, while saying that makes Dad sound like a lady, I just want to say that if you dare to do anything to be sorry for Dad, our brother will make you ......"

Harry's words weren't finished, but Mycroft had already understood the meaning, and it would definitely make him worse off than dead, wouldn't he?

Mycroft crouched down and looked at Harry in the eye, and he unexpectedly sternly put his hand on his heart, "Harry, I have never seen you like a child, so I can swear to you that I will not leave him until the day Gray abandons me, otherwise this heart of mine will always be on Greg Lestrade." ”

It was an oath, an oath from Mycroft, and no matter how true or false he was, Harry chose to believe it.

Harry's smile deepened a little, "Okay, I believe in you, Mycrof. ”

Mycroft actually hopes that one day his own Mycroft will become a father or a father, and then it will probably prove that Harry and they have officially accepted their own existence.

Will looked at Hannibal beside him helplessly, they were all staring at Mycroft and Harry, "What would you do if Mycroft did something to hurt Greg?" ”

"Wow, dear Will, I didn't expect you to ask such a question." Hannibal smiled and tilted his head, saying, "If that's the case, there will be a delicious food on our table, and there will be a person in this world who will be erased with all his information, you should know that although I can't do it alone, we are the Lestrades." ”

This Lestrade Hannibal rarely says it, not that he doesn't admit his identity, but sometimes he feels it...... It's subtle.

"You're admitting that you're Lestrade."

"Will, I always have."

Hannibal turned his head sideways and gently bit Will's ear, Will's face immediately turned red, he was innocent in both his previous life and this life, and he couldn't bear this ambiguous ** way.

"You're blushing, my Will."

Will stomped on Hannibal hard, then retreated to a safe distance and said with a smile, "Hannibal, this is not good. ”

In fact, Hannibal didn't think about a problem, that is, Will can't always be so pure, and when Will began to adapt, it was actually himself who suffered in the end.

It was Lestrade's fourth Christmas with McCroft, and the penultimate Christmas before Sherlock and their parting, and the bears sometimes missed the days when Sherlock was still living in their house, but everyone had to have their own life and who they liked, didn't they?

After Christmas, a few days later, the new year arrived, and in the blink of an eye, it was 2009.

Harry didn't forget about Nicol Lemay, and when the New Year's spirit had faded away, Harry approached Harold, hoping to find him with modern technology.

Harold readily agreed, he and Tony are now slowly correcting the machine, and there have been some disputes between the two of them, for example, Harold thinks that the machine should be constrained, but Tony still thinks that the machine needs to develop freely, she is like a life, and she should get the opportunity to develop herself.

But after all, he is Harold's "child", and Tony still respects Harold's choice.

Ji Qì has gradually matured, she is like a little angel with a lot of ideas about the world, as well as a lot of questions, Harold is the one responsible for answering the questions. However, Tony also thinks that Harold is in love with his child, because when Harold is tired, all his dreams are full of whims.

When it came to finding Nicol Lemay, it was still a little difficult, after all, there were too many people with this name, and no one thought that this Nicol Lemay would have something to do with the famous alchemist of the 14th century who lived a long time ago, and when Harold confirmed the news, Harry was already shocked.

In the midst of all the bits and pieces of simplicity, it is said that Nicol Lemay and his wife were immortal because of the Philosopher's Stone, and that they had lived in seclusion among ordinary people.

Alchemists have always been associated with magic, and if you think about it, Nicol Lemay, who Draco Malfoy told them at the time, might really be the old man on the portrait.

"Philosopher's Stone? Eternal life? ”

Harry pondered the veracity of the question, but Harold pinched his fingers, "If it's true, this Mr. Nicol Lemay is probably about 680 years old." ”

Harry looked at Harold in embarrassment, 680 years old?! He thinks that people like this should be mummies, and there is no one in the world who can really live that long.

Later, Harry did get to know an immortal man, who had a well-known name, Merlin.

Together with the legendary King Arthur, he opened up Merlin in Great Britain, the god of the wizarding world, and his innocent and cute little brother Merlin.

"So the most likely thing at Hogwarts to help keep it is ...... Nicol Lemay's Philosopher's Stone? ”

Although he didn't know what Harry was talking to himself, Harold needed to tell Harry that this Philosopher's Stone was an extremely rare and important thing, and it would be normal if it became something that everyone competed for, after all, people want to live forever, or come back to life.

"Immorality? I don't think anyone wants to experience the feeling that everyone is leaving them......"

Harry smiled in a low voice, not everyone wants to live forever, immortality is actually a kind of sadness, when your most important people leave you one by one, your heart will probably die with it.

Merlin, who was sitting next to him playing with the magic flower, slowed down his movements, he covered his heart, and he didn't know why his heart was beating violently and aching a little as Harry said this......

Harry got the very important news that Hogwarts contains the Philosopher's Stone, which many people want to peep into, especially the Dark Wizard. This Philosopher's Stone used to be inside Gringotts' vault 713, and it only arrived at Hogwarts this year, and most importantly, there was a professor in Hogwarts who wanted to get it.

The professor was dangerous, and Harry looked at the wand in his hand, and it looked like they were going to have a hard time with the second half of the semester.

Harry, they're going back to school, and their Christmas holidays are over for good.

They had been to Diagon Alley before, and Lestrade not only gave Harry and Thor a lot of gold galleons, but also bought new clothes for his bear children, as well as some toys and so on.

Lestrade has always been a good father, a good father who is willing to spend money on his children, and he likes to buy the best everything.

Now that they were about to send their precious children to the Hogwarts Express, Harry pored over the letter from Draco after Christmas, and he noticed an interesting thing, that it was a hidden letter, and that if he had injected magic, he would reveal another letter.

Draco's second letter was simple, it was some ...... The recipes for potions, if Harry is not mistaken, these should be the recipes for potions that need to be done in Potions class, and the steps.

At the bottom of Draco's letter is a sentence, "Merry Christmas, Harry Potter." ”

Harry lamented that the bear children in the wizarding world were probably better than their own magic, and if he accidentally injected magic, he wouldn't have seen the formula for this potion.

"Dad, see you in the summer."

Harry hugged Lestrade and it would be another half a year since he left.

Lestrade pulled Loki back from Thor's arms, Loki's black hair had been ruffled by Thor, and now he exuded an unpleasant aura. After calming Loki, Lestrade said to his two babies, "Remember to protect yourself at school." ”

"We remember, Dad."

Yes, of course they will remember, and hopefully there will be a change in their attitude when they go back to Gryffindor this time, or they will know that Lestrade's anger will not be extinguished so easily.

"Harry, don't just believe what you see, sometimes it's not real."

Once again, Mycroft told Harry to pay attention to the so-called truth, the human eye will deceive itself, not what you see is the so-called truth.

None of them said anything about Gryffindor, because they believed that Harry and Thor could solve it, after all, it was nothing to Harry and Thor.

Harry and Saul stepped onto the Hogwarts Express, the two of them sat in the carriage and stuck their heads out, Harry was emotional, the picture he saw in his eyes and Saul's eyes was the same, Reistrade and Mycroft fingers interlocked, Sherlock stood awkwardly in the last one and did not speak, just looked at the nearby wizards with his own eyes, and their brothers stood in front of Reestrade and watched them.

Harry and Thor waved vigorously, and soon, soon they were back, no matter how far they went, only by the side of David and the brothers was their home.

Harry had no idea that the last six months were the beginning of everything that followed.

It can only be said that life at Hogwarts is still wonderful.