Chapter 43: Christmas Gifts

Based on Dumbledore's observations of Lovell, he felt that the cute little wolf cub really needed a storage tool, a tool that could help him carry more things.

If Lovell had a backpack, he wouldn't have left the gift for Hermione in Dumbledore's office.

That's why Dumbledore decided to make a small bag for Lovell, a small bag that can hold things, which can bring a lot of convenience to Lovell's life. However, due to Lovell's size, the bag was not destined to be very large. If you want to pursue practicality in the case of small size, then you need to use the very practical spell of the Traceless Stretch Charm.

The Traceless Stretch Charm is a useful spell that increases the size of an object, but the only drawback is that it is difficult to cast and is tightly controlled by the Ministry of Magic. Neither was a problem for Dumbledore, though.

Dumbledore cast a Traceless Stretching Charm on the small bag he gave to Lovell, making the thumb-sized bag as large as a backpack.

Looking at the Christmas present that Dumbledore had prepared for Lovell, Fawkes smashed his mouth, thinking about whether he should also give Lovell some gifts?

After thinking for a moment, it chirped softly. Dumbledore, who was in touch with Fawkes, turned his head, looked at Fawkes with a smile and said, "You want to give him a gift too?" Not bad idea, what do you want to send it? ”

Fawkes didn't bother muchβ€”in fact, it didn't have much choice, as a penniless phoenix, all it could give away was the by-products of its own body. It chirped again, telling Dumbledore to fetch it a small crystal bottle.

"Huh? You're actually going to give it this! Dumbledore was a little surprised, he had expected Fawkes to give Lovell a feather of his own, but he chose to give a tear of his own.

The Tears of the Phoenix is a good thing, it has strong healing properties, allows wounds to heal and banish curses.

As the name suggests, the Phoenix's Tears must only be produced by the Phoenix, so it is also an extremely precious and rare potion material in the wizarding world, and it is difficult to obtain it. This tear was exchanged for a fifty points that Snape would willingly add fifty points to Gryffindor.

It looked like Fawkes and Lovell's relationship was even better than he had imagined, Dumbledore thought to himself. He casually conjured up a very miniature crystal bottle and brought it to Fawkes's eye.

Fawkes blinked a few times and squeezed out a crystal clear tear from the corner of his eye. Tears slipped from the corners of its eyes and fell right into the small crystal bottle, filling it up.

Dumbledore carefully sealed the mouth of the bottle, and then stuffed the vial into the bag he had made earlier. On Christmas morning, they'll all be under the Granger family's Christmas tree.

"I'm really looking forward to Christmas." After doing this, Dumbledore crossed his hands on his chest, and he looked at the ceiling of his office as if staring at the stars.

"I'd love to see how that little wolf reacts when he receives the present." After a while, he chuckled softly.

Lovell's time at the Granger family was very happy. The Granger couple were almost always responsive to the cute little wolf cub, much to the jealousy of their own daughter.

In just a few days after arriving at Hermione's house, Lovell had gained nearly a pound, and Hermione felt that if she stayed like this, she might not be able to hold the wolf cub after Christmas.

In the past few days, Mr. Granger has also offered to take on the responsibility of walking Lovell, but Lovell has refused. It's cold, and he doesn't really want to go out for a walk, he just wants to stay at Granger's house, not to mention that Granger's house has a garden, and it would be nice to go to the garden twice when he feels bored. Mr. Granger, though very sorry for this, is not in a position to say anything.

In addition to eating and drinking, Lovell also touched on some Muggle entertainment. Hermione tried to teach him board games such as backgammon, flying chess, and checkers, and Lovell picked it up quickly, but lost interest after a few games.

On Christmas Eve, Lovell climbed into bed with a slight uneasiness: Dumbledore should be able to deliver the presents on time, right? Worried with that, it coiled up on the side of Hermione's pillow and quickly fell asleep.

Lovell fell asleep quickly and soundly, but Hermione next to her didn't fall asleep at the first time. She tilted her head sideways, looked at the white ball next to the pillow, listened to its steady breathing, and smelled the fragrance of talcum powder from its hair, and a sense of happiness welled up in her heart.

This is her little wolf.

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The next morning, Lovell and Hermione opened their eyes in almost no particular order.

"Merry Christmas, Lovell!" With a smile on her lips, Hermione greeted Lovell with her first Christmas greeting.

"Whew......" Lovell rubbed his eyes and whimpered quietly, apparently still awake from his sleep. It took two seconds for its sanity to catch up with the awakened body, and then it happily wagged its tail and responded to Hermione, "Happy Holidays!" ”

After saying hello, the wolf cub remembered his gift, so he hurriedly looked at the foot of the bed, and sure enough, there were three packages piled up there.

"Yay!" Lovell's hanging heart finally let go. It grabbed the largest package in its mouth and struggled to bring it to Hermione, asking her for credit.

"Hermione, this is a Christmas present for you!" Lovell looked at Hermione expectantly, and at the same time a little nervous inside: he was afraid that Hermione would not like the book he had picked.

"Gifts? For me?! Hermione suddenly rolled over from the bed and sat up, and because the movement was so intense, her pink silk pajamas slipped straight off her shoulders, revealing a large patch of white flowery skin.

Hermione didn't care, though, and pulled her dress back up, tightened the belt on her pajamas, and took the package from Lovell.

Outside the package was a thick layer of brown paper, on which was written in beautiful floral letters: "Lovell to Miss Hermione Granger, Merry Christmas"

Hermione's hands trembled slightly as she opened the package, and then the red cover, the very heavy book, appeared in her eyes.

"Hogwarts, a piece of school history," Hermione's eyes lit up as she whispered the title of the book on the cover, "This is a book about the history of Hogwarts?" You actually bought me a book as a gift! ”

Hermione set the book aside, picked up Lovell, and kissed it several times on the head before easing the excitement in her heart.

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The first more is offered~

The second watch is at 8 a.m.