Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty-One Night Talks Around the Furnace
- >>"Hey, Elena, you also received a sweater unique to the Weasley family?!"
At this moment, the Weasley twins who had just shaken off the snow on their bodies by the door came over, glanced at the bright red hand-knitted sweater that Elena was wearing, and stretched out their hands to bury it in the pile of gifts.
The white hairy dumpling was pulled out.
"Speaking of it, it's true! I didn't pay attention just now..."
Ron looked at Elena's clothes in surprise and saw a big letter "a" printed on the girl's chest. In terms of style and stitching, it was exactly the same as the dark purple sweater he was wearing at this time.
Not only that, Elena stood up and looked around. Everyone in the Gryffindor lounge seemed to be wearing a sweater knitted by Mrs. Weasley. It looked like it was a family gathering.
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Fred and George were blue, and thanks to the big yellow letters "f" and "g" on their clothes, the two brothers were finally able to be temporarily identified; although Percy, who was sitting in the corner reading a book, did not make a sound,
He was also wearing a sweater with the letter "p" printed on it; even Harry was now wearing a bright green sweater.
Fred touched Elena's clothes, curled his lips, and said sadly.
"Elena's sweaters are obviously better than ours. Girls are cuter in mom's eyes now."
"Don't say it's a girl. Look at Harry's, they are more meticulous than ours."
George Weasley echoed half-seriously and let out a strange cry.
"No, I..." Harry explained awkwardly.
But before he could finish speaking, George Weasley had turned his head to look at Elena and asked curiously.
"But speaking of it, why did mom knit a sweater for Elena?"
"Because I wrote to my mother and said that during this period of time, Elena has indeed taken special care of you...well, us."
Percy Weasley, who was sitting in the corner, closed his book, shrugged and explained with a smile.
"Elena, Mom said that we are very grateful to you for taking care of us during the submission of "The New Quibbler", and that if the two of them break the school rules, they will be listed on Mr. Filch's monthly list, and there is no need to complain.
They offered more gifts online, but you didn’t necessarily need them, so my mother knitted this sweater for you.”
"Well, I got a Christmas card from Mrs. Weasley."
Elena nodded sweetly, raised her hand and touched the beautiful and warm sweater on her body. Her eyes narrowed happily like a cat. The only flaw was that the letter A on her chest made her
My mood is a bit complicated.
Although she knew that it actually meant her initials, she still felt like something was being hinted at.
"Actually, I just set up a platform. I explained to Mrs. Weasley that the magazine chose to publish your manuscript and pay the royalties only because of your talent, not any other factors."
Elena added with a smile.
During this period of time, as the actual operator of "The New Quibbler", she had a lot of interactions with the four boys of the Weasley family. Under her careful care, Percy and others' submission pass rate was higher than
The salary is obviously higher than that of other students, and the remuneration is also given as much as possible within a reasonable range.
However, Elena does not intend to use these behind-the-scenes things to gain anything for her. She just wants to do her best to make this kind and warm family live a happier life than in the original work.
As Percy Weasley took the initiative to join the discussion, the Gryffindor lounge gradually became lively.
Ron also put away the chessboard and gave up two armchairs near the fireplace for the two brothers George and Fred.
Several children who stayed at school gathered around the warm fireplace, chatting without a word while eating various snacks and desserts that Elena brought down, as well as the sausage bread brought from the kitchen.
"By the way, Elena, Harry, I have a question."
Percy picked up a Ferrero Rocher chocolate set wrapped in a Christmas gift box, studied the words on the outside of the package (at first he thought it was some kind of spell), and then looked at Harry and Elena with some curiosity and asked.
"It is said that Muggles in the non-magical world also celebrate this festival?"
"Eh? You mean Christmas...isn't this a festival derived from the festivals of the Holy See? If I remember correctly, it is a festival to celebrate the birth of Jesus, the son of God in Christianity. I always thought this was
It stems from the incomplete fusion of customs from the two worlds hundreds of years ago..."
Elena blinked in confusion. As an "uncertified" trainee nun, although she was not particularly cold about this holiday, she still knew a little bit about the origin of Christmas regardless of past or present life.
Therefore, she has never thought about this issue for so many days.
After all, for Elena, this is just a conventional holiday celebration in the Western world. But people living here should happily decorate shiny Christmas trees, cook turkeys, potatoes, and then
Put a big sock next to your bed or in front of a tree, waiting for the old man with a white beard and red hat to come and give you a gift?
"Of course not, why would wizards celebrate the festivals of the Muggle Church?"
Percy Weasley glanced at Elena rather strangely and shook the big book he was reading in his hand.
Only then did Elena notice that the cover of the book read "The Origin of Magical Celebrations and Sacrifice".
"Christmas, perhaps as you said, is considered a Christian holiday in the non-magical world, but long before the Muggle religion sprouted, the wizarding world had already begun decorating Christmas trees and holding various events to celebrate this holiday.
"
Looking around at the curious little wizards around him, Percy Weasley cleared his throat subconsciously, opened the tome in his hand, pointed at a large paragraph of text on the yellowed parchment and read softly
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"Mithras (Mithras), these are a few illusory gods believed by a few wizards in the solar calendar period. They do not exist in real individuals, but are just a unified concrete description of certain phenomena and abilities by wizards, similar to
To the god of death. And Christmas is a celebration to celebrate the god Mithras.”
"In some ancient languages, such as Sanskrit and Avestan, "mitra-" can be interpreted as "contract" or "companion", so the original intention of Mithras was the god of contracts, but
Later he was also called the God of Light, the Sun God... and even the God of War, but his nature as a contract god has not disappeared."
After a slight pause, Percy glanced at Elena and the others, then lowered his voice somewhat mysteriously and said...
"The following content can only be seen by true wizards."
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