Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty Invisible Christmas Gifts
"What do old radish and old potato mean?"
Elena looked around at the dazzling array of snacks, as well as various quill pens, crystal potion bottles scattered on the ground, a few daily spell books, and weird greeting cards and replies between the lines. In her lake-blue eyes,
Somewhat suspicious.
Forget it, she had never expected to receive any Christmas gifts from the beginning, and now she was quite happy. However, this would mean that she would have to reciprocate the gifts every Christmas in the future.
What a headache.
Elena shook her head and stopped thinking.
…
A moment later, the Gryffindor common room.
If the girls' dormitory is completely dominated by Elena, then it can be said that almost half of the Gryffindor lounge is now occupied by red - looking around, almost everywhere in the lounge is filled with Weasleys
boy.
Percy Weasley, the eldest, sat at the square table against the wall, quietly reading a heavy book.
Near the door, the twins who had just returned from the snow outside were standing at the door shaking their wizard robes. Judging from the pile of white snow scattered beside the entrance, it seemed that the two had just experienced an extremely exciting experience.
Snowball fight.
As for Ron Weasley, he was currently occupying the most comfortable armchairs by the fire with Harry, playing wizard chess and eating all the food that could be poked with a barbecue fork——
Bread, mushrooms, sausages, chicken legs...
As the first-year wizards who are at the bottom of the food chain in the entire academy, it is difficult for them to occupy the best seats in the common room so leisurely. This is usually a privilege reserved for senior students.
Crash--
In this leisurely atmosphere, a small figure staggered down the girls' spiral staircase on the right, holding a pile of snacks that were taller than she was, and then buried himself in the lounge with a clatter.
The very center position.
"Merry Christmas, everyone...this is the gift I received. Let's eat it together!"
Elena pushed the snacks away from her head, popped her head out of the candy pile, looked at the little wizards around her and said with a smile.
"Eh?! Sister Elena, you finally showed up."
Harry, who was staring at the chessboard in deep thought, suddenly stood up and looked at the white-haired dumpling that suddenly appeared with a look of surprise on his face.
"Hey! Harry! The game isn't over yet!"
"Even if it's a draw, we still have about the same number of chess pieces left."
Harry, who was finally freed from the chess game, waved his hand and said quickly - as a child who was new to Wizard Auto Chess, these days, he was almost pressed to the ground by Ron and rubbed against him, without any retaliation.
room.
Now that he finally saw Elena, who had been so elusive these past few days, Harry naturally would not miss this rare rest time.
"A draw?! How dare you... Even if I give you another knight and a bishop, we still can't draw."
Ron curled his lips contemptuously, with a look of pride on his face.
"Okay, Ron. Don't bully Harry. It's wrong to abuse people. Eh? This is..."
Elena glanced at the look of help in Harry's eyes, smiled and shook her head. Just as she was about to say something, her eyes fell on the chess pieces in Ron and Harry's hands, and suddenly she let out a strange sigh.
If she remembered correctly, although Ron had brought wizard chess to school, it was already a very old set of chess pieces. It looked tattered and was particularly impressive - according to Ron
This is the wizard chess left behind by his grandfather.
But now it has been replaced with a brand new set of black and white marble chess pieces, which look particularly exquisite and beautiful. At this time, Ron's queen is standing next to Harry's shivering soldier, gearing up to kill him.
"Oh, this is what you gave me, eldest sister! It's so great. I'll be so jealous when Seamus comes back!"
Following Elena's line of sight, Ron nodded happily, then scratched his cheek in embarrassment.
"I'm sorry, Sister Elena, you gave me such an exquisite and expensive gift, but I accidentally forgot your Christmas gift. I will make up for it next year - otherwise, I can bake some chicken wings for you.
Apologize?"
"By the way, there's also the Quidditch manual you gave me, sister. It's also great." Harry on the side also looked a little embarrassed.
"……It doesn't matter."
Elena was silent for a moment, raised her eyebrows, and responded with a smile.
"As long as you like it..."
She suddenly understood what Dumbledore and Grindelwald had given her as a Christmas gift.