Different from the warmth of the Lovegood family's small Christmas party, there is only one word to describe the Hogwarts Christmas party, and that is - majestic!
There were exactly one hundred glistening roast turkeys, mountains of charcoal-roasted beef and salt-boiled potatoes, large plates of delicious sausages, bowls of green peas mixed with butter, and plates of thick and fragrant chicken. Braised meat and lingonberry sauce, the hearty dishes are mouth-watering.
Every few steps you take along the dining table, there are piles of wizard packets and firecrackers waiting for you. These fantastic colorful firecrackers are not like the shabby ordinary firecrackers that Muggle families usually buy - they only contain some small plastic toys and very flimsy paper hats.
Harry and Fred smoked a firecracker together. Instead of a dull bang, it exploded like a cannon, engulfing them both in a puff of blue smoke as it exploded from the inside. Take out a rear admiral's hat and some lively white mice.
Dumbledore, who was sitting at the guest of honor, put on a lace bonnet that he got from somewhere and was decorated with a cluster of brightly colored flowers. He was currently immersed in Professor Flitwick's little joke, laughing happily!
After the main meal, there was Christmas pudding as red as flames, with occasional crescent-shaped silver flakes in it. Percy hit the jackpot - he nearly chipped his neat front teeth.
"Albus, look at those Christmas trees. These are the little gifts Mr. MacLean left for us before he left." Professor McGonagall gently patted Dumbledore on the elbow. She giggled and disappeared. His usual stern look.
"Oh, yes, what a good boy." Dumbledore looked at the festive Christmas trees, nodded and praised happily.
Professor Flitwick also echoed Professor McGonagall's words, pointing out all the small decorations made by Maka to Dumbledore, obviously very satisfied with Maka, an outstanding student.
Snape, who was sitting at the end, still looked indifferent on this day of celebration. He looked at the Christmas trees shrouded in white mist and wondered what he was thinking.
Just when everyone was in high spirits, owls flew in from outside the auditorium carrying various packages and scattered in all directions.
"What's wrong?"
Even the professors didn't understand why the owl flew in at this time. Only Dumbledore smiled and looked at the scene in front of him, with a look of relief on his face.
It didn't take long for everyone who received the package to understand that it was a Christmas gift from Maka McClain.
"When did he learn this trick from the Weasley brothers?" Snape said coldly, but he didn't expect a small package to fall in front of him.
Snape frowned and tore open the sealed package, only to be fascinated by what was inside - it was a bottle of elixir.
Each successful preparation of Felixir usually only yields an amount as small as a little finger. The preparation process is extremely complicated, and its average preparation often takes half a year.
Maka got a lot of inspiration from the discussion with Snape and shortened the preparation time to two months, but the price was a sharp decline in the effect.
This Christmas, Maka spent a lot of gold galleons to buy this bottle of full-effect elixir from his partner as his Christmas gift to Snape. This is Maka's sincere thanks to Snape for his tireless guidance.
The gift that Maka prepared for Luna took the longest time; the gift from Snape was undoubtedly the most expensive one.
Snape pulled out the cork, put it to his nose and smelled it, then silently put the cork back in.
"Severus, am I right?" Dumbledore said to Snape with a smile.
Snape twitched his lips and replied expressionlessly, "I just know how to spend money."
Not to mention the situation at the guest of honor table, the students below also received gifts from Maka.
Take Hermione, for example. She is holding a cartoon lion puppet in her arms with a smile and reading a small note left by Maka on it - this puppet contains sleep flower seeds, which can improve the quality of sleep. , you must know how to rest after studying hard.
What Ron got was a set of the latest wizard war chess - this is Maka's practice of transformation. Different from ordinary wizard chess, this wizard war chess is a set of powerful magical creatures and various wizards. A battle chess board game that looks pretty cool.
But Harry discovered that the gift he received seemed to be the most peculiar among the three of them!
"What is this? Occlumency?" Harry looked at a notebook he took out of the package and read out the words on the cover word by word.
"Occlumency?" Hermione asked curiously, "What is that?"
Harry casually flipped through the contents, only to find that it was a note written in Maka's handwriting. The theories recorded in it were quite complicated, and he felt a little dizzy after reading them.
"Show me," Hermione snatched it away and looked through it carefully.
While Hermione was looking down at the notebook, Ron and Harry were speculating back and forth.
"Maka wants you to learn this... brain... secretion technique, right?" Ron said, "What is that for?"
Harry shook his head, how did he know what that was for? It seems that I have never heard of it.
"Then do you want to learn it?" Ron asked again, "Maka asked you to learn it, so that should be correct."
It seemed that Maka's previous guess was correct, Ron would never be angry with him for more than three days.
"Well, let's find out what it is first, right?" Harry said, looking at Hermione again with Ron.
After a while, Hermione raised her head, a little confused and spoke.
"According to what Maka described in the previous pages, this magic called 'Occlumency' is a defensive magic used to resist external spiritual penetration and prevent others from reading the user's thoughts." Hermione said , "It says that it is quite resistant to a spell called 'Legilimency'."
"But what's the use of this? Does anyone want to read my thoughts?" Harry asked in confusion.
"Who knows? I'm afraid I have to ask Maka himself." Hermione was also confused.
Only Ron didn't take this too seriously. He smiled and said, "Just do it if Maka says he wants you to learn it. He's never wrong."
Just as the Gryffindor trio were discussing this, a student on the Slytherin table not far away actually received Maka's gift.
"Little fool Blois is actually involved? What's going on?" The little snakes were talking about it, but no one wanted to talk to her.
The person who received the gift was none other than Willy Blois, a mysterious girl whose presence in the school was extremely low.
Willy opened the package expressionlessly, took out the gifts inside and laid them flat on the table. What she got was also a notebook, but it seemed thicker, larger, and sturdier.
She opened the notebook, which recorded the botanical history, ecological distribution, cultivation methods and application value of a variety of plants in a neat and concise style. Obviously, Maka also put a lot of thought into this gift - he re-extracted his notes and gave it to Willy.
There is still most of the blank space at the back of this notebook, obviously so that Willy, who is not good at summarizing, can continue to record in this format.
Willy carefully touched the cover of the notebook. Although her face still showed no emotion, it was enough to let people know that she really loved this thoughtful gift.
"Thank you." Willy's voice was so low that even she couldn't hear it, but this was the first time she had ever said a word of thanks. Unfortunately, Maka didn't have the opportunity to hear it.
There are too many puzzling things about this mysterious girl. Her emotions are so poor that it makes people feel frightened, her words are so sparse that it makes people confused, and her appearance is so delicate that it gives people the illusion of being inhuman. There are various signs that she hides too many secrets, but no one knows the truth.
And this is probably why Maka became interested in her.
Now, for the first time, this mysterious girl shows a gap in her emotional expression, but Maca is still at the distant Lovegood home.
This has to be said to be a pity.
When everyone returned their attention to the dining table, everything just now gradually faded away and melted into the once again heated Christmas atmosphere.
It wasn't until everyone had a whole afternoon of fun after dinner that the seemingly peaceful but undercurrent night was about to come.
This was the most wonderful Christmas of Harry's life. But the thing that was always lingering in his mind and never dissipated came back again after he lay on the bed.
He was thinking about the mysterious Christmas gift early this morning - the invisibility cloak, and the unknown person who gave it to him.
Giving Christmas gifts at a party like Maca's is an exception; generally speaking, you'll find them by the fireplace or bedside when you wake up on Christmas Day.
Harry didn't expect to receive gifts this morning, but when he woke up, he found that he had received quite a lot of Christmas gifts. The most surprising thing among them was an invisibility cloak given to him by an unsigned person.
There was a note inside, which read: Your father left this thing to me before he died, and it should be returned to you now. Use it well and wish you a Merry Christmas.
The beautiful squiggles looked pleasing to the eye, but the content left Harry confused for almost the entire day.
At this point, Ron's belly was full of turkey and cake, and nothing strange bothered him, so he fell asleep almost immediately as soon as he lowered the bed curtains. The speed at which he fell asleep almost made Harry a little jealous.
Harry tossed and turned on the bed, and finally leaned out from the bed and pulled out the invisibility cloak from under the bed.