Chapter 65: Let's get a hand
When Carl arrives in the living room, he finds Grindelwald having a good conversation with Carlisle.
On the couch on one side of the living room sat several new faces.
Although it is a new face, in fact, Carl has seen it in the movies of his previous life, and they are more or less familiar.
Obviously, just a moment ago, the Carlisle family had a lot of helpers.
Several people were sitting on couches in the corner, and Carlisle's wife, Esmae, was greeting them.
However, one of them did not look at Esme, but at Grindelwald with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Alice didn't know where she went, but it seemed that she hadn't told Carlisle what had just happened in the room.
As soon as Carl appeared, Carlisle spotted him and beckoned, "Carl, your teacher is such an interesting person. ”
yes, not only is it fun, but you don't blink an eye when you kill someone!
Carl complained to himself.
"What are you talking about?" he asked, looking at Grindelwald.
The latter smiled and said, "Just talk about it." ”
"We just talked about World War II," Carlyle said, "and your teacher was very knowledgeable. ”
"He knew pretty much about the war, and if it weren't for the fact that he was a wizard, I would have thought he was personally involved in it. Carlisle complimented.
Hehe.
Karl didn't bother to complain anymore.
It is doubtful whether Grindelwald actually fought in World War II, but it was around the same time that he single-handedly started a global wizarding war.
Carl decided not to pay attention to any of this, asking, "Alice said, you are looking for me?"
"I was about to tell you. Carlisle pointed to a corner of the living room.
There is a huge Christmas tree that reaches the roof of the living room, and the tree is covered with shiny Xiaoice pillars and floating candles, which at first glance are not ordinary people's world.
At the same time, the trees are piled up with various packages wrapped in colored ribbons.
Crucially, Carl remembers that the tree didn't exist when he first arrived in the morning.
"Ten minutes ago, they appeared directly in the living room. And this-"
Carlisle handed over a letter.
The envelope bears the address:
USA, Washington State, Fox Town, Mountains, Villa, collected by Mr. Carl Cooper.
For him?
Carl looked at Carlisle and Jacob, who were also looking at him, waiting for him to open the letter.
The letter was opened, and there was only one sentence on it:
Dear Mr. Carl Cooper, due to the surge in business volume during the Christmas period, in accordance with international practice, the delivery of the Intercontinental Christmas Express business has been delayed.
As an apology, a medium-sized Christmas tree will be given, please pay attention to check.
Is it Christmas Express?
To put it this way......
Carl looked at the huge Christmas tree in the corner, and the mountain of colorful packages underneath.
These are his Christmas presents?
......
The Christmas express business in the wizarding world is different from other mailing services, using the method of pre-storage and instant delivery.
Instead of using owls, deliveries are made through the International Wizard Floo network.
The Flying Road Network Administration under the Department of Magical Transportation of the Ministry of Magic is responsible for the unified delivery on Christmas Day, and it will be delivered immediately.
Compared to owls, this is a very convenient and fast way to send it.
However, due to habitual issues, the sheer volume of work, and the lack of staff in ministries of magic, the Unified Office is not open during non-Christmas periods.
Carl thought that Christmas presents would be delivered to his house, but he didn't expect to chase him here.
Looking at the hill under the Christmas tree, it seems that there are many more gifts this year than last year.
But fortunately, this year he did not forget to send it back.
In order to save trouble, he gave everyone he knew an orange card.
Carl didn't deliberately cover it up, and Carlisle naturally saw the contents of the letter.
At the same time, Esme, who was greeting guests, also walked over.
With her eyesight, she naturally saw the letter as well.
"The wizard also has a Christmas Express?" asked Esme curiously.
"Yes. Karl smiled and nodded.
Next to him, Grindelwald was also standing there, watching everything in front of him with interest.
By this time, Carlisle had already come to the mountain of gifts, picked up one of the packages, turned back to Carl and said with a smile, "Carl, if you don't mind. ”
"Please. Karl nodded at him.
"I'm going to call the others!"
Esmay ran upstairs as fast as lightning.
Soon, the living room was full of people.
Except for Alice and Jasper, the rest of the Cullen family arrived, as did Bella and Jacob.
Several vampires who had been sitting on the couch stood up and looked curiously.
Even in the morning, when he clashed with Carl, the cousins of the Cullen family also appeared.
They hid around the corner on the second floor, sneaking a peek downstairs.
Even though there is a huge hostility towards wizards, each of them has seen a wizard's Christmas gift for the first time.
"Where did Alice and Jasper go?" said Bella, looking around, Alice was her best friend and Bella didn't want her to miss it all.
"Leave them alone, Bella, the two of them don't know where to go, it happens all the time!" said Emmett, her eyes fixed on the pile of presents under the Christmas tree, obviously interested.
"Yes, Bella, you don't need to worry about them. Carlisle said, and then he walked under the tree to pick up one of the largest packages and handed them to Carl.
"Carl, of course you'll have to be the first one. ”
Carl didn't refuse, took the package, and unpacked it in front of everyone.
Unsurprisingly, inside was a large packet of homemade toffee and a sweater with a capital K on it.
"That's ......," Esme stopped halfway through.
Out of politeness, she didn't continue.
But as you can see from her expression, she seems to be a little disappointed.
The same goes for everyone else.
It was Grindelwald, and the old man looked at the sweater with a capital K written on it, and seemed more interested.
Carl looked at them amusedly.
"Well, what else do you expect to see? a pack of magic bombs? or something else?"
"We thought it would, you know, be a little bit special. Esme said embarrassedly.
"This should be what you want to see, dear. Carlisle smiled and brought over a wooden box.
The box is delicate, covered in patterns, with a circular bump in the center engraved with a spiral circle that glows pale blue.
The unwrapped paper was held in Carlisle's hand.
"Carl, I hope you don't mind. He said again.
Karl shook his head.
He had just agreed.
Take the box from Carlyle's hand.
There was a note glued to it.
- Carl, you can't say that our gift to you is boring.
Merry Christmas.
Also: Jokowi's new branch in Diagon Alley has been on sale for the last few days, and we made a special trip to visit, seriously, you should really come and see that scene.
Then you will really understand the meaning of the word spectacular.
See you at the beginning of the school year!
Karl looked helplessly at the Hearthstone box he held in his hand.
He really couldn't say that the gift was boring.
However, the gift to its producer is really thanks to the two of them.
- This is the Christmas present that the twins gave him.
A set of the latest version with a Hearthstone box installed...... Hearthstone.
The box is more than just a wrapper, it serves as a daily quest and a record of quest coins.
Compared with the electronic version in the previous life, the real thing in front of him is almost exactly the same, and even the patterns engraved on it are exactly the same.
This is of course thanks to his powerful memory, which is far beyond the average person.
"Carl, what is this?" Bella, curious.
Equally curious were the others present.
The box in Carl's hand was clearly something that only existed in the wizarding world, as they had never seen it in the world of ordinary people.
Karl didn't answer immediately.
He pressed the bulge in the middle of the box, and the box split in half on its own, revealing a delicate table with small bridges and flowing water.
Then, he smiled strangely at the crowd.
"Just take a look and you'll know. ”