Chapter 36 of Christmas

Joe carefully took the invisibility cloak again, looking back and forth.

"What a magical item, a masterpiece!" exclaimed Joe.

The silver-white invisibility cloak was soft and smooth, more comfortable than silk to the touch, as light as air, and was simply woven with water.

"This invisibility cloak is really, how to say, okay for me a little hard to describe. Joe was even a little incoherent. Harry and Ron, who were accustomed to seeing Joe's calm attitude like this, were amazed. "Can I be careful and quiet?"

After receiving an affirmative reply, Joe took out the magic tools from his backpack and began to examine them comprehensively along with some of the aids he had made.

It is truly worthy of one of the Three Hallows of Death, the legendary invisible cloak of the god of death, and its exquisite skills are simply unparalleled in the world.

The invisibility cloak in this world is generally woven from the fur of the invisible beast, or the cloak with the illusion spell cast, such an invisibility cloak has a flaw, that is, the invisibility effect will gradually fade over time, and there are no additional functions.

And this invisibility cloak is not only beautifully made, but also unique in quality. It can continue to be invisible and permanently effective, not only has its own dust-proof, anti-fouling, and waterproof functions, but also has a tough texture that can hardly be damaged (even if it is damaged, it can be automatically repaired.) It's really a must-have artifact for home travel, murder and arson. What's even more perverted is that this invisibility cloak also has the function of hiding the breath and defending perception, which is not known how many times stronger than mastering the "Phantom Body Spell". In the original book, Harry relied on the invisibility cloak to sneak and escape many times, as long as he didn't take the initiative to leave a flaw, then neither Snape nor Lucius could do anything about him. Only Luna Lovegood, who has the ability to ignore all delusions and reach the truth, can spot Harry under the cloak of invisibility. But that girl's perverted sixth sense is not something that common sense can measure at all.

After inspecting the cloak, Joe almost had the urge to take it away. But the thought that the invisibility cloak was arranged by Dumbledore's perverted old man made Joe relent. The original book tells us that you should never offend this kind-looking white-bearded old man until you are short of strength, because you never know what kind of game awaits you.

Compared to the invisibility cloak, life is more important.

"The gift also comes with a note. Harry said as he handed him the note. I saw that it was written in a thin and round familiar font: 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.

"Looks like it's your Potter family heirloom. "You have to cherish it, it's definitely the best invisibility cloak in the world, there's no one." ”

"Great!" said Harry, overjoyed when he heard Joe's words.

Then twin brothers Fred and George came over, "I heard you've been studying magic all day!" "It's Christmas, so let's be happy together, and you can't play and disappear. Another said.

Qiao couldn't resist a few people, and finally had to agree to play with them today and not study it.

They came to the restaurant together. Even though he had been prepared, Joe was stunned by Hogwarts' generosity. A hundred roasted turkeys, mountains of potatoes, plates of small fat sausages, bowls of sea and buttered peas, a few large silver boat-shaped dishes with nutritious lingonberry sauce, piled up foot-tall magical firecrackers, not like the ones Dursley usually buys, contain all sorts of small plastic toys and tissue paper hats. Harry and Fred broke open a magic firecracker, and instead of cracking with the usual "la", it exploded with a loud bang and emitted a blue smoke screen. An admiral's hat and several lifelike little white mice burst out of it. Dumbledore wore a flower hat that he had traded for his pointed magic hat, and Professor Feliwick told him a joke that made him laugh.

After the turkey is eaten, a pink Christmas pudding is followed, and Percy is almost knocked out of his teeth by the sickle coin hidden in his share of the pudding. As Hagrid continued to drink the liquor, Harry noticed that his face was getting redder and redder, and he was so drunk that he kissed McGonagall on the cheek. To Harry's surprise, McGonagall was not angry, but blushed and giggled so much that her hat was tilted to the side.

When Joe finally leaves the table, he is covered with a large pile of things he has gotten from the firecrackers, including a pack of shiny balloons that don't pop, a potion, which will make him laugh for 5 minutes, and a hat that can conjure a guinea pig (though the guinea pig will disappear soon). A group of people had a happy afternoon in a fierce snowball fight on the snow without magic. Eventually, Joe cast a drying charm on everyone to dry their cold, wet clothes, and then everyone went back to the Gryffindor common room to bake the fire, Harry and Ron played a game of wizarding chess, and Percy chattered about ideas. Joe also tried to play it, but unfortunately his talent in this area was not high, and he lost badly.

After eating the turkey sandwich, baked dough, muffin pastry, and Christmas cake refreshments, everyone felt full and thirsty and fell asleep, and they all sat there and watched Percy chase the brothers Fred and George back and forth as the two of them stole his prefect badge.

Ron's belly was filled with turkey and cake, and there was nothing mysterious to disturb his thoughts, so he closed the curtains, collapsed on the bed, and fell asleep. Joe knew that Harry was thinking about the Cloak of Invisibility, and that he would venture out alone tonight to discover the Mirror of Eris, so Joe simply didn't bother him. He slept for two hours with the help of the energy ring to recover from the fatigue of the day, and then went back to the Room of Requirement to study magic.

The next day, Harry came running over and told Joe about his findings during the night's night trip. As in the original book, he "accidentally" (arranged by Dumbledore) in order to avoid Snape in the room where the Mirror of Eris was stored. Then they made an appointment to go together in the evening.

Harry and Ron huddled together in an invisibility cloak, Joe took out the cloak he had prepared earlier and had been spelled with the illusion (he didn't want to reveal that he could do it), and the group of people led by Harry groped their way to an abandoned classroom.

Here, desks and chairs were pushed into the corners, revealing a large number of dark shadows, and an upside-down wastepaper basket on the floor—and against the wall was something that seemed to belong there, but did not need to be placed there for the time being.

It was a magnificent, gold-framed mirror with ornate decorations. Hung straight up to the ceiling, placed on two claw-shaped feet, on the upper part of the mirror was engraved an inscription like this: Ensedstraehruaytcafru Oytonwohsi.

"See?" Harry whispered, standing in front of the mirror.

"Nothing. Ron was confused.

"Look! look at them...... "A lot of people......" Harry said.

"I only see you inside. ”

"Stand here with me and keep taking a good look. Harry walked away, leaving Ron standing in front of the mirror, staring at his image in amazement.

"Look at me. He said.

"Can you see your family standing around you?" "No, I only see myself. But I seem to be a little different, a little older, and I'm like a leader. "What?" "I...... I wear Bill's badge now,...... Holding a Quidditch trophy,...... And I'm the captain of a Quidditch match!" Ron reluctantly looked away from his mighty image in the mirror and looked at Harry excitedly. "Can you show me?" Joe interrupted the excited Ron. "Okay, let you see it too!" Ron said.

Joe looked up and read the inscription from right to left. "I don't show your face, but the desire of your heart. “

What does my heart desire?