As the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, Twelve Grimmauld Place rarely has such a lively time.

Every place has been cleaned, even the frames have been wiped down and decorated with colorful decorations.

Although Mrs. Black's shrill scolding was harsh, it still did not stop Fred from attaching a certain red pointed hat to her frame, and even Kreacher pretended not to see anything, and struck his head with a broom while walking upstairs with his eyes closed.

The house is full of spired hats of various colors, the walls and windows are decorated with latte ribbons, and the ceiling is full of unicorns and phoenixes blown out of balloons.

When Kyle pushes the door open, he sees Fred and George laughing and throwing out several fireworks.

Fireworks exploded on the ceiling, and seventeen golden elves with wings flew happily, encircling him in the middle.

"Don't play with fireworks in the house...... Mrs. Weasley said to the two of them lightly.

Then she stepped forward and gave Kyle a big hug, "Good thing you're back, it's a big day...... Happy birthday, dear. ”

"yes, it's important." Fred said with a smile.

"After today, you'll be an adult wizard." George said.

The wizard is seventeen years old, and today happens to be Kyle's seventeenth birthday.

Starting tomorrow, all restrictions on young wizards, especially those prohibiting underage wizards from using magic outside of school, will be completely useless.

It also means that he can use magic as he pleases without any constraints...... Although he did the same now, such as the Death Eater attack this morning, and the previous attack on the Dementors, no one mentioned him using magic outside of school, including Scrimgeour, the head of the Auror Office.

But that's just that everyone knows that he is about to turn seventeen years old, and he chooses to turn a blind eye.

If it had been last year, Fudge wouldn't have allowed him to deal with the Dementors at all.

However, from tomorrow, the problem will be completely solved.

"Don't be stunned at the door, come in." Fred and George dragged him to the restaurant.

Dinner was almost ready, and Mrs. Weasley was still hanging two bright red banners above the sumptuous table, which read.

[Happy birthday to Kyle and Harry]

【Celebrating Kyle's Coming-of-Age】

Yes, it's not just Kyle's birthday, it's Harry's as well, it's just his sixteenth birthday.

The two of them had their birthdays on the same day, which was a big day, and almost everyone who could come in the Order of the Phoenix came.

The first to come back were Lupin, Mr. Weasley, Tonks, and Kingsley, who seemed to have made an appointment, and the Ministry of Magic returned together after work.

And Moody, and Mondongues, too, and although Mrs. Weasley didn't like the thief very much, she didn't say anything after all, because it was a special day.

With so many people gathered around, the scene was very lively, and everyone didn't discuss the issue of Voldemort and the Death Eaters for a long time, and they got together to talk and laugh.

It was almost eight o'clock when the door was pushed open again, and Diana and Chris walked in from the outside.

"Oh, Diana, I'm so glad to see you, I thought you were going to be in the Ministry of Magic again." Mrs. Weasley trotted over, "It's Kyle's adult days, and it would be a shame to miss it." ”

"yes, Molly, you're right." Diana smiled and said, "So no matter what, I'm definitely going back." ”

"But won't there be a problem over there?" Mrs. Weasley was worried.

Diana naturally knew that she was talking about the Department of Mysteries.

"Don't worry, my colleagues are very talkative."

……

By eight o'clock, everyone was seated at the dinner table, and Mrs. Weasley was in a good mood, she had not been so happy all the holiday.

"Before eating, I think we have one more important thing to do." She pulled out two beautifully wrapped boxes and handed them to Kyle and Harry.

"It's a gift, happy birthday."

"Thank you." Kyle smiled and took the box, which contained a watch with a golden planet motif on the dial, and the strap fit perfectly on Kyle's wrist when he put it on.

Harry's was also a watch, but it was of a different style, resembling a golden snitch, apparently carefully selected by Mrs. Weasley.

After that, others also sent their own gifts.

Fred and George's gift is a big bag of joke store hottest products.

Moody was sending a speculum, and he thought that both of them should be vigilant and keep an eye out for the Dark Wizards or Death Eaters hiding around.

Lupin gave him a tie, the latest in Madame Morkin's robes, and in order to buy these two gifts, he had to advance his own salary for a month's salary.

There's also Mondongues, Kyle isn't very familiar with him, but he's met a few times before, and his gift is two pieces of silver, it's hard to say if they were stolen from somewhere.

Still, Kyle expressed his gratitude.

After spraying the hair dye on the hair, you can freely change the color of your hair according to your mood for a period of time...... It's a simplified version of the disguised Magus.

Harry used it on the spot, turning his hair red and excitedly asking Ron if he looked good.

However, Kyle felt a little ashamed and sneaked the hair dye into his pocket...... This made Diana look disappointed, and she wanted to see what Kyle would look like after changing his hair color.

When everyone was almost done, she also took out her own gifts.

A photo album, and a few pieces of parchment.

"I've put all the pictures I can find of Lily in there." She handed the album to Harry, "Seventeen from the time she went to school, to the time she graduated, to the time she married Jaime." ”

"Thanks, thanks......" Harry excitedly took the album.

I could see that he wanted to open it, but he felt that it was out of place, so he just hugged it tightly in his arms.

Diana then gave the parchment to Kyle.

"The content on this will disappear tomorrow, remember to read it quickly." "Also, if a second person sees it, the content will disappear instantly," she instructed. ”

Kyle was a little confused, and he felt the touch coming from his hand, which was just ordinary parchment, the most common kind in Diagon Alley.

Until he saw the top line of the parchment:

Merlin's Codex

The corners of Kyle's mouth twitched sharply, and then he quickly closed the parchment, as the others tacitly turned their heads to the side as they heard Diana's words.

Mundungus seemed a little hesitant, and Sirius, who was sitting next to him, reached out and wrapped his arms around his neck.

After Kyle had completely put away the parchment, they started talking again like they were all right.

"Haha, it's finally me." Sirius rubbed his hands together.

As a well-known loser, Sirius's gift was as unoriginal as ever, and what he gave to Kyle was a pure gold ghost flying ball.

Solid, a heavy lump of gold.

When he took out the gifts, the entire restaurant seemed to be dyed golden.

"Sirius......" Lupin couldn't help but rub his forehead, "you've been struggling for three days, that's what you said...... Surprise? ”

"Isn't it good?" Sirius blinked, and said solemnly, "Kyle is a chaser, I think it's fitting to send this...... Oh, and it has other features. ”

Sirius slammed the Golden Ghost Flyball down, and a loud roar suddenly resounded through the dining room.

"Kyle, score!"

For a moment, the entire restaurant was silent, and everyone sat there looking at each other, and the scene was a little awkward for a while.

Kyle looked at the golden bump in front of him, and he didn't know how to get it, he suddenly didn't want it very much.

"Kim's...... It's golden...... As long as you don't shoot......"

Kyle struggled to convince himself, struggling to pull out a smile, "Thanks, Sirius. ”

"You're welcome, if you like it."

"Huh." Kelgan laughed twice.

"Oh, by the way, Harry, I have a gift for you too." In order to change the subject, he took out a suitcase and said:

"There's a Traceless Stretching Charm in this box, it's about the size of a broomroom, it's not too big, but it can hold a lot of things, and it's a lot easier for you to go to school."

"Thank you." Harry happily took it.

He's always been envious of Kyle's luggage that he doesn't have to carry wherever he goes, unlike him, who has to push a cart full of things every time school starts or has a holiday, but now with this suitcase, it's much easier.

But embarrassingly, he suddenly found that compared to the box of the Traceless Stretch Charm, the Quidditch model he had prepared was somewhat unreachable.

Fortunately, Harry reacted quickly enough to quickly take another item out of his pocket and use the Transfiguration Charm to conjure up a beautiful package.

"This is a gift for me."

Kyle takes the box and opens it.

There was another burst of golden light, and inside was a pile of Galleons, about a hundred, and a few silver Sicos in the middle.

Kyle raised an eyebrow, sometimes wondering if Sirius's personality was influencing Harry, or if he had done something to be sorry for Lily.

In short, Harry is becoming more and more like his godfather in some ways.

"I really don't know what you like...... Harry said embarrassedly, "don't dislike it." ”

"Of course not." Kyle said with a smile.

Although there is nothing new about the gift, he just likes this vulgar thing, and he really likes it.

Seeing Kyle smile and put Garon away, Harry breathed a sigh of relief.

He just took it out of Gringotts yesterday, and it's gone before it gets hot, but that's okay, just go back before school starts.

After the gift session, the atmosphere became more lively, and everyone began to enjoy the delicious food and chat at the same time.

As we chatted, the conversation naturally turned to some recent events.

"Sirius, I see a lot of people have been running to the Ministry of Magic lately, how much do you have left?" Fred asked curiously.

"I don't know." Sirius was drinking brandy when he looked up and said, "You'll have to ask Remus about this." ”

Fred looked at Lupin again.

"There should be more than 3,000 Galleons, I didn't look at the specifics carefully." Lupin said casually.

"Why are there so many?" Sirius was stunned for a moment.

He donated a total of five thousand Galleons, and one-fifth of it was returned to the Auror Office, and one-fifth to the Department of Magical Beasts Management and Control.

"It's all thanks to the people in Tumbledown Alley." Lupin couldn't help but laugh and explained:

"Almost every day, people from Tumbledown Alley came to collect bounties with fake cloaks, and we arrested them all according to the rules.

"Unable to bear to be locked up with Dementors, most of them chose to buy their own fakes with Galleons, which were then used for bounties."

"Every day?" Hermione asked curiously, "But won't anyone in Tumbledown Alley warn each other?" ”

"Actually, no." "There are even people who, after spending money to go back, even make a big deal about how they cheated Galleon to lure more people over." ”

"What?" Hermione stared, a little puzzled.

"It's not hard to understand." Mr. Weasley said, "I don't have any friends in a place like Tumbledown Alley, only profits, and when I suffer a loss, I naturally don't want others to have a good time."

"This is especially true for people who have already been fooled, and they will try harder to fool others."

"That's it." Lupin smiled and said, "In the past few days, they have almost surpassed Sirius in their contribution of Galleons." ”

Hermione didn't know what to say, and she had a hard time understanding the behavior, but the others didn't look weird.

It's normal to tip over the alley.

……

Everyone was happy to eat the meal, and the whiskey and brandy were opened one after another, and even Kyle drank a lot, and when he became an adult, he could drink these spirits too.

It wasn't until it was almost ten o'clock that the adults put down their cups and staggered to their feet.

Because there is still a lot to do tomorrow, most people did not choose to stay here for the night and left.

Diana is also going back to the Department of Mysteries.

Kyle had expected her to say something to herself, at least to ask about the attack, but Diana didn't.

She just smiled and hugged Kyle as she whispered, "I know everything, you're doing a great job, sometimes magical beasts work better than wands."

"But next time you'd better not just use the fire dragon, it's safer to use the basilisk, and besides, remember to read what I gave you as soon as possible."

"Okay." Kyle nodded.

By half-past ten, the guests were almost gone.

Mrs. Weasley and Bill, Charlie tidy up the table in the kitchen.

Lupin, Sirius, Chris, and Mr. Weasley got together and opened a new bottle of brandy, chatting and drinking slowly.

"Kyle, what's going on with Cedric?" Fred walked over and whispered by his shoulder.

"How do you know he's hurt?" Kyle asked.

"I heard it from the Ministry of Magic, of course." George said, "Don't forget, we're also members of the Ministry of Magic now, and we've got to know a lot of people. ”

"But Mom doesn't know yet." Fred turned his head to look in the direction of the kitchen, "It's your birthday, we thought it would be better not to tell her." ”

"That's right." Kyle laughed and said, "Cedric should be fine." Kyle said, "Didn't you go see him?" ”

"Go." "But we ran in vain, and St. Mungo's therapist said he had been discharged home." ”

The three of them came to the living room outside, ready to go upstairs,

For some reason, I guess I wanted to talk to Mr. Weasley, Chris and Kyle stayed here for one night and came home tomorrow.

But just as they walked to the stairs, they found that there was an extra person in the living room at some point.

Dumbledore stood there, smiling at them.

"Professor Dumbledore?"

"It's a big day to be a wizard coming of age, and I feel the need to make a trip." Dumbledore pulled out a box.

"Thank you, Professor."

"Nope." Dumbledore shook his head, "Actually, I forgot to prepare a gift for you, people are getting older, and your memory is getting worse and worse, I hope you don't mind, I'll make it up later." ”

"What about this ......"

"It's a gift from Miss Prince." Dumbledore smiled and said, "I happened to see a seagull wandering around aimlessly around the neighborhood when I came, and I guessed it was here to give you a present, but I couldn't find a place. ”

"Seagulls?" Fred wondered, "Shouldn't it be an owl?" ”

"There are more than owls in the Messenger." Dumbledore explained, "In other countries, seagulls are also messengers, and they are better at crossing the sea than owls. ”

"Oh, Dumbledore!"

At this time, Sirius and the others also came over after hearing the movement, and they were also surprised to see Dumbledore.

"I'm glad you're here, Professor Dumbledore." Mrs. Weasley said, "Have you had dinner?" If you don't mind, eat it here and I'll make you another orange syrup pie. ”

"As much as I'm tempted to say that I don't have to go through the hassle, it's really hard for me to say no to a hot pie."

Dumbledore followed Mrs. Weasley into the kitchen.

"Professor Dumbledore, would you like a glass of brandy?" Sirius held up the bottle, "Authentic fire dragon brandy." ”

"Oh, let's have a drink."

……

(End of chapter)