The semester was finally over. The entire castle was so quiet that one could even hear the sound of snowflakes falling on the ground because of the students 'departure. On Christmas Day, Harry slept until noon before sitting up in bed. He squinted happily, stretched, and enjoyed the rare peace and quiet.
Harry jumped out of bed and sat down on the carpet, happily unwrapping the many gift packages piled at the corner of his bed.
Ron had sent him a copy of Ancient Egyptian Curses from Egypt; Mrs. Weasley had knitted him a waistcoat and given him a large cake; Hermione had given him an expensive eagle feather quill; Neville's present was a whole new broomstick repair kit-not a single tool was missing, and Harry suspected his grandmother had prepared it; Hagrid gave him a large chunk of treacle, which Harry examined carefully and decided to roast over the fire before eating; Ginny had given him a gold-and-red scarf, with Harry's name embroidered in gold thread in the corner, which she had apparently knitted herself, and he was a little distressed to put it on. Colin had given him a present too, an old camera very similar to his own. Harry suspected that the whole family might be photography enthusiasts, but now he didn't have to make one of his own-he had long since forgotten what he had decided at the start of the term.
Tom had given him a small bottle of potion. Harry shook it to the window, admiring its vibrant colors, then suddenly raised his eyebrows in surprise. Witch's tears?! This kind of highly toxic potion made of ivy leaves and other materials that combined hallucination, pain, curse, and death?! What was Tom thinking? Did he think he would need it at Hogwarts?
A few drops of cold sweat slid down Harry's forehead as an owl flapped past the window to his side. He carefully put down the glass bottle and removed the small package from the owl's feet. He first opened the letter tied to the package.
"Harry: Last time I was working late on Power Potions, I accidentally sent the wrong thing. This is your Christmas present. Give the original bottle to Chirp Chirp to bring back.
I wish you a merry Christmas!
Tom "
The corner of Harry's mouth twitched. He wrapped the glass bottle and tied it to Chirp Chirp's leg. After feeding him a small piece of mung bean cake, he watched it fly away happily. He opened Tom's new package and took out a small crystal bottle. His eyes lit up when he saw the golden potion in the bottle." Felix Felicitum?”
Well, it was a good thing. Then forgive him for the shock he brought on such a good festival. Harry thought cheerfully as he put the crystal bottle back into his bracelet.
Unwrapping his presents and packing up his things, Harry threw the packet of toothpicks the Dursleys had given him on the table, changed, and prepared for lunch. He was in such a good mood that he was still smiling when he arrived at the dining room, nodding slightly at Malfoy, who sat in front of him.
Ignoring Malfoy's sudden blank expression, Harry happily looked around at the beautiful decorations of the dining room. Two frosted Christmas trees were placed on the dining table, ivy crisscrossed across the ceiling, heavy ribbons hung down, and snowflakes kept falling from the roof, adding to the festive atmosphere.
There weren't many students left in school; Harry was the only Gryffindor; Malfoy was the only one left in Slytherin's entourage, Crabbe and Goyle; The Hufflepuffs had all gone home; Ravenclaw had also left behind three students, Mariette? Ackmore and Cho? Zhang and Roger? Davies, captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team.
Davis smiled at Harry and continued to talk to Cho. Maritta looked at Cho with amusement. Zhang looked embarrassed and annoyed as he winked at her. Although he felt a sense of familiarity with the first Chinese girl he had met in a long time, Harry still felt strangely distant from her. Now that he was sitting so close, he did not look over. Malfoy lowered his head and kept stuffing food into his mouth, while his two followers were munching on fat sausages. Dumbledore led a few of his favorite Christmas carols, Hagrid drank butterbeer after butterbeer, his expression growing more and more excited, Professor McGonagall was laughing and discussing something with Professor Flitwick, and Snape was cutting a piece of steak with an indifferent expression.
Harry stole a glance at Snape, then lowered his head to nibble at his tender beef patty.
Weird. He had prepared a Christmas present for that guy yesterday. There were feathers from the Sonic Bird, unicorn fur and its tears, some rare herbs, and even the venom of the Eight-Eyed Spider. He had gotten all of them from the Forbidden Forest. Why did he not look happy at all when there were so many precious materials? It was really hard to understand the mentality of a person with a strange and twisted personality.
Harry poked at the beef patty on his plate, shook his head, and began to eat.
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After the party, Harry went to the library alone, picked out a few unread books at random, found a seat by the window, and sat down, ready to spend the long afternoon with them. The library was very warm. After reading two books, he propped his chin drowsily and yawned. He decided to follow his heart and take a nap.
After a few minutes of slumber on the table, Harry heard the rumor of the blue shadow.
(Lan Xi, I'm back. I'm in the dorm now.)）
(I'll be right there.)
Harry put the book back on the shelf and jogged back to his bedroom. After setting up a barrier, he shouted happily,"Shadow!"
Lan Ying appeared and smiled faintly." Happy Christmas, Lan Xi."”
Harry jumped over and hugged him. I thought I was going to spend Christmas alone this year.”
"How could that be?" Lan Ying hugged him back with a smile in her eyes.
Harry released him and looked him up and down. Are you hurt?"
Lan Ying shook his head slightly." I'm just taking two things. I'm not risking my life."”He took out two items from his storage ring and placed them gently on the table.
A gold ring with a black stone and an exquisite ancient locket.
Harry looked at the blue shadow with sparkling eyes and said happily,"Thank you for your hard work."
" I found this in the Gaunt Mansion." The blue shadow pointed at the ring." It was buried quite deep. It took some time. As for the locket, there's a very powerful house-elf with it, and since I can't get it without alerting him, I've decided to do it civilly, so as not to tear down your godfather's house-"
Harry's lips curled up, waiting for more.
"I paid a formal visit to the house-elf named Kreacher, told him I was a friend of Regulus, and went to fetch a locket according to his last words.”
"Did it believe you?" Harry wondered.
" Not at first," said the blue shadow." Then I gave him the locket that I took out from the cave. He recognized it at first glance. It was what Regulus had left behind. I told him that his master had asked me to destroy the locket in his house before he died. I had been looking for a way to destroy it all these years.”
Harry nodded."Well, Kreacher would have believed you, considering that only the master and the servant knew what had happened. It didn't ask you how you met the dying Regulus?”
"It was very excited. It didn't think of this at that time.”Lan Ying frowned in disgust." Although I admire its loyalty, a house-elf wiping snot on you is not a good memory.”
Harry gave him a sympathetic look. Oh right, where's the potion in the cave?”
The blue shadow took out a white porcelain bottle and handed it to Harry.
Harry took it, opened the lid, studied it for a moment, and then closed it with satisfaction." As expected of the Dark Lord. I'm afraid it'll take me two years to make such a complicated potion, not to mention adding so many extra protection.”
"Alright, let's deal with these two Horcruxes.”
Putting away the bottle, he waved his hand to make the things on the table float. He snapped his fingers and a small ball of white flame appeared.
The flames fell upon the ring and locket, and Harry watched them wail, struggle, and disappear with a faint smile.
"Good," he began counting on his fingers."Diary, ring, locket, plus the soul shards I have on me, four down, the snake hasn't shown up yet, Hufflepuff's Cup is at Gringotts-it's too dangerous there, at least until I can teleport, well, Ravenclaw's crown's in some student's hands, Dumbledore's better off looking for it.”
Harry smiled at the blue shadow." Let's talk about that later. It's Christmas today.”He took out a lot of food from the bracelet and piled it on the table." Let's have a big meal…"
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