Haylis's gift was wrapped in sky blue colored paper, the size of a palm, and looked cute and cute.
Joel untied the gift paper intact and placed it in the drawer under the desk. What was revealed in front of him was a small square black box. When he opened it, he found that inside was a three-inch mirror with an instruction manual.
There was another card, and Hailis wrote blessings on it in neat handwriting.
Dear Joel, when you see this card, I am sending you my sincere Christmas wishes at Selwyn Manor, 293 kilometers away. I wish you all the best and peace.
This year's Christmas gift is a double-sided mirror, a pair of two pieces. One piece is in my hand, and the other piece is given to you. If you want to see me, just read my name into the mirror.
ps: I will always carry a double-sided mirror with me.
Double-way mirror, Joel knew that Sirius once gave Harry one in the original book. Later, this mirror helped him find Aberforth and successfully escape from Malfoy Manor.
Joel opened the instruction manual and followed the instructions above to inject a bit of his own magic power into the lens. The light blue magic power engraved Joel Taylor's cursive name on the back of the mirror, and the double-sided mirror was officially activated.
"Hailes?" Joel said to the two-way mirror. He felt that he was a little silly talking to the blank mirror.
The mirror heated up slightly, and then trembled slightly. It no longer reflected Joel's handsome face, but instead revealed a slender white neck.
"Good morning Joel," the picture in the mirror turned, and Haylis's face appeared in front of Joel, "Do you like this gift?"
"It's great," Joel praised sincerely. The double-sided mirror made him feel like a Muggle video call in later generations. The effect was outstanding and there was no sound distortion. "This double-sided mirror is not cheap, isn't it?"
"It's a little expensive..." Hailis covered her mouth and yawned, her eyes filled with water.
The price of a pair of two-way mirrors was 250 galleons, which was close to half a year's salary of an ordinary Ministry of Magic employee. It was quite expensive. Haylis used the pocket money she had saved since the beginning of school to purchase this pair of mirrors.
"But I think it's worth the money, so I can see you during the vacation." Hailis didn't tie her hair in a ponytail at home, and her long black hair was spread over her shoulders. The black robe and pajamas she wore made her body look even better.
Thin.
"Have you seen the Christmas gift I got you?"
Haylis put her fingers into her black hair and smoothed it, "No, I just woke up and I haven't opened the gift yet."
She moved the mirror and pointed it at the gift under the bed.
There was a mountain of gifts there, yes, it was a hill. Joel roughly estimated that there were about sixty or seventy gifts. The colorful boxes were stacked together, which was particularly eye-catching.
Is Hailis so popular? Joel cursed in his heart.
Haylis saw through the mirror that Joel's face looked not quite right, and she quickly explained: "These are gifts from various pure-blood families. My brother also has one. It is like this every year."
She got up and got out of bed, took off her slippers, took out the scissors from the desk drawer, and opened the gift.
As Haylis said, most of the gifts are the same desserts and small accessories. Even the Malfoy family sent a piece of Italian chocolate candy.
"What did you give me?" Hailis opened the gift package from her boyfriend and found a thick notebook inside.
"The Occlumency Notes contain some of my own experiences," Joel narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I see you have always wanted to learn, so..."
"Thank you Joel!" Haylis' pretty face flushed with excitement.
The two chatted for half an hour, and then at the urging of the house elf, Haylis turned off the double-sided mirror and went downstairs to have breakfast.
The Christmas holidays passed by in a flash. Joel has been thinking about the World Tree in his head recently. He bought a lot of Nordic mythology stories for this purpose. The black dragon - Nidhogg is still gnawing tirelessly.
The roots of the tree were visibly damaged. The golden combed rooster on the top of the tree was already looking around, as if it had noticed some kind of abnormal situation.
Not two days after returning to school, it was Haylis's birthday. Joel specially prepared a birthday gift and cake for her. On the afternoon of January 9th, he took Haylis to the hillside outside Hogwarts Castle.
Liz had a smile on her lips, waiting for the surprise that Joel had prepared for her.
"Dang, dang, dang..." The two sat on the lawn. Joel took out a piece of strawberry cream cake from his newly purchased traceless stretch spell item, a blue satin bag, opened the box and inserted a candle, and then
Tap the wand lightly, and the sparks will ignite the candle.
Hailis looked at the cake carefully. On the top layer of cream, there was a Q version of a little black-haired girl dancing gracefully. It cleverly avoided the candles inserted on the cream layer and drew beautiful arcs on the cream. See
Haylis was staring at it and smiling brightly in return.
This cream cake was ordered by Joel from a pastry shop in London, and the Q version of Hailis was made by him using black and white chocolate.
"Is this a smaller version of me?" Haylis laughed, "How did you make it?"
Joel replied, "Just a transformation spell, it's not difficult for me..."
Having said that, this is based on Joel's outstanding talent for magic and transformation. He dares to pat his chest and guarantee that there are no more than five students in Hogwarts who can master this skill.
"Hurry up and put on this birthday hat," Joel pushed the cake in front of Haylis, "then close your eyes and make a wish."
Hailes put on her hat obediently, clasped her hands together and made a wish, pursed her lips and blew out the candles.
"Here, this is my birthday gift to you," Joel took out a small gray bag from the bag, "open it and take a look."
"Is this a Russian matryoshka doll?" Haylis couldn't help but vomited.
Complaints are complaints, Hailis' hands did not stop, she opened the gray bag, and there was a greeting card inside.
"I wish you health and happiness, that all your dreams come true, that you work hard all your life and be loved all your life, that you have everything you want and let go of everything you can't get. I wish you always have a childlike heart. I am immersed in looking for thousands of stars in your eyes...
…”
"Hiss..." Hailis glanced at the greeting card again and quickly buttoned it up.
"How do you feel?" Joel was a little worried.
"Do you want to hear the truth?"
Joel nodded.
"To be honest..." Haylis hesitated for a while, "I'm disgusted."
Joel breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, I thought you would like this extremely embarrassing thing."
These words came from the Internet in Joel's previous life. He translated these languages into English and copied them onto the greeting cards. At that time, Joel was so embarrassed that he almost had cancer while transcribing.
"Take a look at the gift, you might like it."
Haylis put her hand deep into the brown bag again and took out some seeds.
"Aren't you able to control plants? These are some rare plant seeds I bought," Joel explained to Haylis. "They can all adapt to the British climate. You can plant them with confidence. Maybe they will have a great impact on your own abilities."
help."
"...There are still a few poisonous tentacle seeds inside, you'd better be careful." Joel reminded.
"That's great," Haylis said with a surprised expression, "This suits me very well. Maybe I can summon poisonous tentacles to fight for me in the future?"
Joel thought about it carefully, a girl waving her tentacles and playing with her to tie her up... that scene was unbearable to watch.
After accepting the gift, Joel and Haylis had a disagreement about what to do with the cake.
Haylis thought this scaled-down Q version of herself was so cute that she was reluctant to cut the cake open with a knife. After some coquettish arguments, she was finally able to control the cake as she pleased.
"After dinner, this little person will melt." Before the two left the lawn, Joel gave kind advice. He knew that Haylis liked this little object. Once he returned to the dormitory, he found Joel attached to it.
After all the magic power is consumed, the Q version of the little girl will turn into a puddle of chocolate water, and she will probably be sad for a while.
"I know," Hailis just stared at the laughing little girl on the cake, "Don't worry, I have my own idea."
Joel didn't know how Haylis handled the birthday cake, but seeing her smiling face in the next few days, he knew that she was in a good mood, so he gave up the idea of going to comfort her.
Since returning to school at Christmas, students have relaxed their vigilance again. There has been no attack time for a long time. Hogwarts Castle is joyful and peaceful. Hogsmeade Village is open again.
The inspection was extremely strict, and he held a dark magic item detector in his hand and patted the students hard.
February 14th, Valentine's Day, is also Joel's birthday.
Early in the morning, Professor Lockhart began to act like a monster.
He used the deformation technique to cover the walls around the auditorium with pink flowers, and heart-shaped confetti flying in the air. The students had to brush off the confetti covering the food in order to eat. The boys became psychologically attached to this decoration.
However, many girls think that school is quite humane and Valentine's Day should be like Valentine's Day.
The professors at the teachers' table looked unhappy, and Professor Flitwick, who was always optimistic, could not laugh at this time because the bacon sandwich, which he thought was the most delicious thing, was covered with confetti.
"Happy Valentine's Day to all my colleagues and my dear students!" Lockhart said loudly. "So far, ninety-nine people have sent me greeting cards. I would like to express my gratitude to them! But I don't
Satisfied, I want to see who is the hundredth student who sends me a Valentine’s Day card, and I will reward her as appropriate!”
"Yes, that's right." Lockhart saw the surprised expressions of Harry and Ron on the Gryffindor table. "The auditorium in front of you is the result of a night of careful decoration by me. I have arranged this small
Surprise – and that’s not all!”
He clapped his hands and strode into twelve dwarfs with gloomy faces from the doors leading to the foyer. Moreover, they were different from ordinary dwarfs. Rohatchi had them all wear golden wings and carry harps on their backs, like
It is a low profile facial paralyzed version of Cupid’s Angel.
Joel felt that Lockhart had begun to behave inexplicably. As expected, he happily said to the people in the hall: "Let me introduce to you, these are my friendly little cupids. They will be wandering around the school today.
Sending you Valentine’s Day cards!”
"You can send an anonymous letter and let these twelve dear little cupids help you express your love. If you like someone, take advantage of today's great time to express your love as soon as possible! Maybe it will lead to a new marriage!"
Lockhart showed his white and shiny teeth, "If any of you successfully confess your love, please remember to record the entire confession process and send it to me, and you will get a copy of my new book - "Teaching Life at Hogwarts"
"!"
The students in the audience were quite satisfied with this activity. They were in adolescence and were full of hormones and had nowhere to vent. Who doesn’t have a few crushes in their hearts?
The expressions of the professors were as uncomfortable as eating shit. Professor McGonagall bit her cheek tightly, and her cheeks protruded like Hollywood star Brad Pitt. Snape's lips pursed into a straight line. Joel felt that he had been
He was suppressing his anger, but he seemed to have no other way. After all, Snape lost to Professor Lockhart in the Duel Club. In terms of personal image, he could be said to be a complete defeat.
Dumbledore was not at school. He had gone to Eastern Japan to attend an alchemy seminar. The little cupids were like fish swimming into the sea, scurrying around in various classrooms at Hogwarts, delivering confession cards and conveying their wishes.
The professors who take classes seriously are very annoying.
Joel's outstanding physical condition finally brought him trouble. In the morning potions class, the little cupids came and went in and out of the classroom wantonly. The stack of Valentine's Day cards on Joel's desk was as high as a crucible. Snape used it with a sullen expression.
With a death glare, Joel had no doubt that if these little cupids continued to be allowed to act, he would not survive today's noon - Snape would not mind poisoning his lunch.
After class, Joel escaped from the classroom despite Snape's low pressure. There were two little cupids standing outside the door. The moment they saw Joel, they both rushed towards him.
Joel saw a very resentful look on Haylis's face beside him. He finally couldn't help it anymore, pulled out his wand and cast a spell.
"Armor protection!"
The two little love gods were ejected and hit the corridor wall, falling to pieces.
"Ten points from Ravenclaw," Snape's sinister voice came from behind, "No spells are allowed in the corridors, Mr. Taylor."
"Don't you think these dwarfs are too annoying?" Joel retorted, "I'll help you solve two problems."
Snape didn't say anything more. The implication was very obvious. The points were deducted.
After solving the two dwarfs, the problem could not be solved. During lunch in the auditorium, two more little cupids sent four greeting cards, and Hailis's face became even darker.
She has been in love with Joel for half a year, and they didn't shy away from it at school. It stands to reason that most girls know that this outstanding Ravenclaw boy is already married, but now these girls are taking advantage of the opportunity of anonymous confession to send Valentine's Day cards.
What does it mean?
Haylis was extremely unhappy. She had specially prepared many surprises for Joel's birthday, but they were completely disrupted by the twelve little cupids arranged by Lockhart.