Chapter Seventy-Four: Christmas Gifts
After Seamus had used up all the ink, he made 5,700 bombs, and put them into the chain of bullets that had been prepared one by one, and it was late at night, and after a tiring day, they went to bed early.
The next day was Christmas, and Seamus prepared many gifts for his friends at Hogwarts. The gift to Harry was a night light that had the same effect as the Hand of Glory, emitting light that only he could see, perfect for night walks.
Hermione was a book, the foundation of the magic circle that he had put together himself, and the twins had a retractable pouch for each of them, which was sure to make their mischievous career go even better. Dumbledore had a dozen thick wool socks, who told him to keep saying he didn't have socks to wear, and gave Ron an extra Halo 2000, which was intended to be given to him, but he never found a reason.
Hagrid's beard care tools, Professor Flitwick's Raffi wine, who is also an alcoholic, Professor McGonagall's cosmetics, Sprout's multi-purpose shovel to help him take better care of those amazing plants, and of course, Snape, Seamus sent him a year's worth of shampoo.
Professor Snape must have an oily scalp, and although he could always smell shampoo around him, his hair always looked shiny. Seamus gave Daisy and Jack a double ticket to go skiing in Switzerland, hoping that the two of them would have a wonderful Christmas holiday and enjoy their own tandem world.
The little fat man next door, Seamus sent him a box of Bibi multi-flavored beans, yes, it is the family photo set that claims to have all the flavors, I believe he will definitely not eat candy again.
The family had planned to go to the Mediterranean for a less cold winter, but a gift from Seamus caused them to cancel the plan, and Daisy and Jack left Seamus behind and decided to go skiing in Switzerland until after today.
Seamus's biggest purpose for coming back this time has been accomplished, the bombs that have been made have been properly stored by him, and Daisy and Jack have prepared a larger suitcase for him.
Not only is the appearance bigger, which is convenient for him to get in and out, he has grown very fast in the past six months, the previous suitcase has been a little crowded, and the current suitcase is eleven inches, just one circle larger than his waist circumference, which is convenient for him to enter and exit.
This suitcase was made by Jack himself, an original costume designer, and his hands-on ability was not bad, the tanned leather covered the surface, and a logo was burned in the center, which was their family of three.
After this box was ready, Daisy found a special production staff and expanded the space inside, and now the space inside is about thousands of square meters, four meters high, and it has been divided into many rooms, and even a training place has been added to it, after being reinforced in a special way, as long as Seamus does not use the Vulcan cannon to fire inside, it will not destroy this suitcase.
After taking a closer look, Seamus realized that the leather on the surface of the box was a black dragon skin from Albania, and Jack must have suffered a little in the process of making it. The black dragon has extremely high magic resistance, even if it is not as good as before death is the first choice for many magic cloaks, but the black dragon skin is very troublesome in the production process, it is tough and refuses to give in, even if it is tanned.
"Jack, have a great tomorrow. Seamus walked down the stairs and greeted him with a smile.
Jack looked back, with a smile in his eyes, shook his head happily and said, "It's not your idea yet, or we'd have gone to the Mediterranean by now." ”
"What's the matter, you two have worked so hard this year, it's right to go out and enjoy it, I'll wait at home for you to come back. Seamus sat down on the couch, picked up a bottle of wine that Jack had just opened, and poured himself a glass.
"Drink less, you're not an adult. Jack saw him drinking and couldn't help but remind him, "Then why did you come back this time? because there is heating in the house?"
Seamus shook his wine glass, couldn't help laughing, and took a sip into the sofa, "How is it possible, although Hogwarts is very cold, the castle is still very warm, and wizards don't have a rule that minors are not allowed to drink." ”
After speaking, Seamus raised the wine glass in his hand, took another sip, and then said slowly: "Of course, there is a reason for coming back this time, I want to find a place to learn mathematics, this is simply self-studying, of course, the main reason is because I miss you." ”
"You also said that you miss us, do you think so? As soon as you came back, you arranged the two of us outside, and you didn't think about us at all when you came back. Although Jack said this, the smile on his face did not decrease at all, but smiled even brighter, "Then we will help you find someone to teach you math tomorrow, and drink less alcohol, after all, it is not good." ”
"Well, I will. "Seamus can only be perfunctory for the time being, everyone knows that drinking is not beneficial, but he always can't help it, sometimes to relax himself, sometimes to release his mood. The ancient sages were all lonely, only the drinker left his name, anyway, there are many ways for wizards to deal with drinking and hurting their bodies, so there is nothing to worry about.
In the evening, the living room was full of gift boxes under the Christmas tree, all of which had been given to Seamus by others, and what Jack and Daisy had received in their own rooms.
Seamus sat on the thick woolen carpet and unpacked the gift boxes one by one, the feeling was still very exciting, and there was an unknown pleasure. You don't know what someone is sending you, Seamus thinks that the greatest joy in life is in this place, you don't know what tomorrow or even the next second will bring.
Unpacking the gift box, the first gift was from Dumbledore, it said thank you for the woolen socks, I am really happy, I hope you will not lack socks to wear in the future.
How did Dumbledore know that I was going to give him wool socks, it stands to reason that we would get gifts at about the same time, could he have expected it, or did Dumbledore secretly use a time turner, it was too boring.
Inside the box was a notebook with nothing on the cover, just the entire notebook wrapped in cowhide. Flipping through the notebook, on the title page is a long name, Albus Percival Woolfrick Brian Dumbledore, a kind of flower-style character in a circle of circles, but it does not look illegible.
Dumbledore's notebook!Seamus was shocked in his heart, this is a treasure that countless people have dreamed of, a great wizard who can leave a great name in history, this is his notebook when he was in school. Fame aside, with Dumbledore's magical prowess in mind, this notebook is priceless.
The column of the course is filled in Transfiguration, although Dumbledore is a well-known all-round wizard, but his best skill is undoubtedly Transfiguration, and within a few years after graduation, he became the Transfiguration professor at Hogwarts with his absolute strength.
You must know that at that time, the wizarding world had been recuperating for three hundred years, unlike now, after two major wars, the British wizarding world can be said to be withering.
The first war was started by Grindelwald, and although he did not devote himself to killing wizards, the impact was so wide that countless people died tragically, and in order to fight him, there were groups of elite wizards who died in the war.
The second war was led by Lord Voldemort, although it was not widespread in England, with occasional spills to other countries in Europe. But he was brutal by nature, and would brutally kill anyone who opposed him, and the impact of this war on Britain was far greater than the first one, and even there are countless shadows left in it.
At that time, when Hogwarts recruited professors, it was like the current Muggle talent market, and there were as many elites as if they wanted to enter Hogwarts.
It was in such a situation that a student who had just graduated for a few years told everyone with absolute strength that I wanted this position. Dumbledore far surpassed most wizards when he was still in school, although over time he was at his most powerful at the age of 60.
But the importance of this note is also self-evident, and putting it down, Seamus eased slightly. Life is really a box of chocolates, you never know what the next taste will be, this surprise is too big.
Fortunately, the rest of the gift box was not so exciting, and Harry gave him a wooden golden snitch, which he could see had made himself, and he knew that Seamus had always loved these handmade things.
Ron sent a wood carving of the king of wizarding chess, saying that it had been done under the guidance of the twins, who sent him a box of toffees and a box of hard fruit candy, telling him that it would be useful sometimes.
Hermione had a large box of chocolate frogs, specially selected dark chocolate, the kind that wasn't too sweet, the same one she had given Harry. Professor McGonagall gave him a quill, Professor Flitwick's wand care, and Hagrid's gift was very special, a bracelet made of various hairs, but unfortunately it was a little big enough to fit around his neck.
The bracelet is woven from the hair of various magical animals, the tail feathers of the Thestrals, the hair of the unicorn, the feathers of the birds and snakes, the tail hair of the Hippogriff, and Hagrid, who has his back against the Forbidden Forest, gives away his favorite things.
The little fat man next door sent a ticket to the annual meeting of the game hall, but unfortunately he didn't have time to play the game right now. Professor Sprout gave him a bottle of mandrake juice, a powerful restorative that could help people who had been deformed or petrified to restore their original shape, and she could see that Seamus was constantly restless, hoping to give him a sense of security.
Seamus slowly unpacked all the presents, some of them made him happy, some of them heart-pounding, but they were all his long-time friends.