"Going back to school today?"
"Yeah. Tomorrow's Christmas, so I need to head back early."
Nia picked up the remote from the table and casually flipped through the channels. Distractedly, she said, "You haven't forgotten to prepare a Christmas gift for me, have you? You know I've been looking forward to it."
"I already prepared one for you." Albert smiled and reminded her, "Didn't you like it too?"
"The photo album and the dragon?" Nia suddenly understood, then curled her lip. "So those bottles of Beautification Potion Isabelle brought over were Christmas gifts too."
"You can see it that way." Albert casually opened a packet of dried fish for the family cats. That was the Christmas gift he had prepared for them: a huge bag of dried fish.
"It just feels like Christmas gifts ought to be received on Christmas itself for them to really feel like gifts," Nia muttered.
"After Christmas, I should come back and stay for a while." Albert intended to spend more time with his family.
"You're making it sound as if we won't see each other for ages." Nia fell silent after saying that. If they went to the Far East, they really would not see each other for a long time.
"Don't worry. In a few years, once England settles down, you can still move back." Albert had lost count of how many times he had said it.
"I'm worried about you." Nia turned her head and solemnly said to Isabelle, "I'm leaving my unreliable big brother to you. Don't let him do anything reckless."
"I'll keep a close eye on him." Isabelle smiled.
After saying goodbye to everyone that afternoon, the two left one after the other and returned to the house in Hogsmeade.
"I really don't understand why you didn't just Apparate