Chapter 140: Christmas Gifts
On the third floor of 12 Grimmauld Place, Harry had just woken up, and last night's Christmas party had ended a little late, causing Harry to still want to lie in bed for a while, but the fluttering Hedwig (Harry's owl) outside the window forced him to get up and open the window to welcome the poor messenger into the warm room.
Hedwig had brought a small, small package, which looked like a Christmas present, and although it was supposed to be delivered to the hall in the evening, Harry decided to let his pet be petty for a while given the cold weather.
Harry lost the hope of sleeping because of the cold wind outside the window, and walked out of the room to the hall on the first floor, where in the center was a Christmas tree with a human face, decorated with flowers and stars made of various gemstones. Underneath the tree is a hill-like pile of gifts.
After the Christmas party, Harry followed Wang Yi here, because he didn't sign the list of staying in school, so he couldn't go back to school, of course, Harry would definitely not go to Dursley's house, and it was impossible to stay at Malfoy Manor, although Draco was expected to be happy, but compared to the Lucius couple who spoke with a literary tone, it was still Wang Yi who was more casual, and the age gap was not so big that the professor was easy to get close to, although the latter's course had nothing to do with Harry for the time being.
"Kreacher!"
Harry exclaimed in a low voice, compared to being called at the Dursleys, Harry easily liked the life of being able to call "people", of course, he would not bring malice, but it would definitely be more comfortable to be served by someone than to do it himself, Harry was still a child, and his nature would make him like a more comfortable life.
The house-elf with a somewhat old face appeared in front of Harry, and compared to the time when Wang Yi had just returned, Kreacher was much more energetic and had regained his professionalism as a house-elf.
"Master Harry, what do you command?"
"Bring me some breakfast."
"Okay young master, I'll be here soon."
"Smack~"
"Smack~"
Almost at the same time, Kreacher disappeared and reappeared, only to appear with a large plate on top of his head, on which were traditional foods such as bread, fried eggs, and ham.
Placing the plate next to the Christmas tree, Kreacher disappeared with a "snap".
After secretly sighing about why the Dursleys didn't have a house-elf, Harry first opened the small package in his hand, which contained a small note, and a fifty pence coin on the note, even without looking at the signature on the note, Harry could easily come up with the gift from the Dursleys at this time.
"It's friendly." Harry said, then unpacking the other gifts, including a box of chocolate frogs from Hermione, dragon bone crystal glasses from Draco, and a packet of homemade sweets from Sakura, and suddenly Harry found a silver-gray silky thing in a box, overlapping the ground and shining.
"The Cloak of Invisibility, judging by the situation, it is still the oldest Cloak of Invisibility, it seems that Dumbledore has high hopes for you."
A young voice came from behind Harry, none other than the current owner of the house, Sorenwell Black.
"I've heard before that this ancient cloak is a family heirloom of the Potter family, and now it seems that it is, it is your father's relic, put it away, don't let anyone else know, not everyone has the confidence to be tempted/confused when facing the treasure."
"Good morning, Professor."
"You're early, too, why don't you sleep a little longer? Sakura is still in bed! β
Wang Yi quipped.
"I wanted to sleep, but I was woken up by Hedwig." Harry was a little embarrassed and tried to change the subject, "Do you know this cloak?" β
"Of course, this cloak has an ancient legend in the wizarding world, and almost every wizard has heard a story about it."
Wang Yi said in the tune of singing an epic: "A long, long time ago, three brothers met a strange man......"
"In the end, the boss who asked for great power from the Grim Reaper was assassinated, and the [Elder Wand] that brought him great power was stolen and disappeared."
"The second child who wants to resurrect his lover throws himself into the arms of death with his lover who is neither alive nor dead."
"Only the third child who prayed for the invisibility cloak lived to the last moment of his life, laughed and greeted the god of death and entered the arms of the god of death."
Wang Yi looked into Harry's eyes and said seriously, "The invisibility cloak in your hand is the one in the third child's hand in the story, and the Potter family is also the descendant of the third child in the story, and it is also considered one of the families with the longest history in the wizarding world. β
Harry's mouth was wide open, "Professor, you...... Is it serious? β
"Hahahaha!" Wang Yi laughed, "If you think it's real, then it's more real than Jin Garon, and if you think it's fake, then it's no more precious than a piece of waste paper." β
"You don't have to think about it, when you need to know, you know everything you want to know."
"Look at the gift I gave you, you're not in your third year yet, and you're not sure if you'll take my classes, but I think you need to know a little bit more about the wizarding world."
Harry retrieved a black package from the "hill" that shone with the brilliance of gems, and when he opened it, he found a hardcover book that was neither thick nor thin, with the words "Fantastic Creatures Illustrated" written on it.
"This is the information I compiled when I was in school.,It collects the information of all the magical creatures found at that time.,Including the origin.γHabits.γUseful parts for wizards, etc.,It was originally used as the internal information of a study group I organized.,But it was well received by most of the members.,So I simply published it.,This is the first batch of books to sell after publication.,There's a spell on it.,A total of more than 17,000 pages of content will only show a hundred pages of thickness before you open it.,This is my special design.γ
"Thank you!" Harry said that he did have an interest in all kinds of magical creatures, but when he heard that there were close to 20,000 pages, he decided that it would only be used as extracurricular reading when he was bored.
"My gift to Hermione is another book I published, "The Legendary Treasure Book", which introduces all kinds of magical items in the wizarding world, including natural minerals and man-made items, your invisibility cloak can be found on it, if you are interested, you can borrow it from Hermione, or exchange, I am sure she will be interested in the book in your hand."
"Okay, you go ahead and open the gifts, the enthusiasm of those wizard nobles is enough for you to use until adulthood."
Wang Yi looked at the pile of gifts that looked like a small mountain and smiled meaningfully at Harry.
"I'm going to call Sakura down." ββ
The first two days were busy, sorry, but there was a change in the evening. In addition, although it is a little late, however, happy May Day/Youth Day everyone~