Warm Scarlet

Xenophilius called several times from the doorway before Luna, who was having a great time, finally stopped, put her hands on her hips, looked at the elaborately dressed snowman, and nodded in satisfaction.

Both snowmen were chubby. One snowman had two coal eyes and was covered with a sky-blue blanket. His smile was restrained, but you could still feel his joy.

The other snowman has blue glass beads in its eyes and wears an obviously oversized colorful polka dot hat at an angle, which makes its head tilt slightly to one side, giving it a playful and energetic look.

Luna took off her scarf again, wrapped it around the necks of the two snowmen, and waved to the sky-blue blanket snowman. "Wizet, Dad is calling me back."

Wizet couldn't help but chuckle, looking at Luna's flushed face, and waved to the polka-dot snowman, "Luna, I should go back too."

"Then let's go back!" Luna smiled even more happily, squinting at the real Wizet. "It's a pity we didn't have time to build a dad."

"Mr. Lovegood?" Wizet murmured. "I have an idea..."

He grabbed a handful of snow, picked up his wand, and gently tapped it. The snow stretched and elongated, turning into a pink and white parasol, the color of which seemed to be...

Luna and he set up the parasol together, and with the parasol, the two snowmen had their own little world.

Besides buying new clothes, Xenophilius, at Luna's strong suggestion, also bought colorful battery-operated light bulbs, stickers with bells, ribbons, balloons, etc. at the department store...

These are some of the common decorations that Muggle use during holidays.

After several days of hard work, the decorations such as light bulbs and ribbons have been hung up. As the three of them walk around the room, the breeze will cause the bells on the stickers to make a crisp and pleasant sound.

On Christmas Eve, after everything was set up, the three of them took out the balloons.

"Ho!" Xenophilius picked up the air pump and pressed a button, but was startled by the airflow from the nozzle and jumped up. "It sprays air when I press it?"

Wizet took out her wand. "Mr. Lovegood, if you're not used to it, you can try the Water-Making Spell."

"Like this..." He poked the tip of his wand into the balloon's opening. "An air pump works similarly; you insert the air outlet into the balloon's opening and then push and pull."

"Water-making spell?" Xenophilius asked doubtfully, "Don't you want the balloon to fly? Why do you need to fill it with water?"

"The Water-Making Spell can be used for more than just holding water," Wizet replied with a smile. "The so-called water-making is actually more like a kind of transporting."

"Once we understand this principle, we can use it to release air through the Water-Making Spell, just like this... Water from the Fountain!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the balloon quickly inflated, becoming a round, bulging one.

"Water from the Fountain!" Luna chanted the spell in the same way, and after two breaths, the balloon was inflated.

Xenophilius his wand, pondered for a moment, and then tried it. "Water from the Fountain?"

Puff! Puff! Puff!

His wand tip sprayed out bursts of water, as if water and air were mixed together and then pumped out by the wand.

"Dad, you're amazing!"

"Mr. Lovegood, that's remarkable for your first time!"

Luna and Wizet said similar things at almost the same time.

"Uh..." Xenophilius, "You don't need to comfort me."

Wizet explained, "Mr. Lovegood, Luna and I have been trying to cast Water-Making Spell based on principles since the summer..."

"I only fully grasped it when I went home this time, but you only heard us explain it once and you already understood the principle. That's really amazing."

"Yes, Daddy!" Luna clung to Xenophilius's arm affectionately. "You're the best!"

"Hehe! I'll definitely be able to do it after I study it for a while longer!" Xenophilius grinned, shaking the air pump in his hand. "I'll stick with this for now! Let's see who's faster!"

Before the three could even compete to see who could cheer the fastest, they encountered a new problem.

"How did it fly?" Xenophilius popped up a balloon, and a silent balloon flew up, making a long series of "poof" sounds in the air.

"It also needs to be tied... like this." Wizet stretched the balloon opening around his index finger and thumb, pinched the opening with two fingers and pulled it back to finish tying it up.

"Wait a minute..." Xenophilius rubbed his eyes, "It was a bit fast, I couldn't see it clearly..."

Luna picked up the balloon and leaned close to Wizet. "I didn't see it clearly either. What should I do?"

She was afraid that even a tiny bit of air would leak out of the balloon and cause it to fly away, so she gripped it tightly with her fingers.

Wizet asked, "Shall I demonstrate again, holding your hand?"

"Yes!" Luna nodded repeatedly, her expression becoming focused.

"Look, it's like this..." Wizet stretched out her mouth, trying to avoid Luna's fingers.

"You've already squeezed it tight enough, just wrap it around once... cough! Grab the opening of the balloon in my hand..."

Nevertheless, the opening of the balloon was so small that their fingers inevitably touched.

Perhaps because of the Phoenix Mark, Wizet's fingers were much warmer. Every time Luna touched Wizet's fingertips, it felt like touching a warm and mellow cup of hot tea.

Perhaps due to her constitution, Luna's fingers were slightly cool, and every time Wizet touched Luna's fingertips, it felt like touching delicate and clear crystal.

Wizet raised her head slightly to look at Luna, Luna had the same thought. Their eyes met, and then they both lowered their heads to focus their attention on the balloon.

Wizet handed the balloon opening to Luna and continued, "You pinch it and pull it back, and that's it..."

"Oh... I see!" Xenophilius in sudden realization. "I've learned it!"

He moved quickly, stretching the balloon's opening long, and was just about to wrap it around his finger when, unexpectedly, the balloon burst with a "bang," and fragments splattered onto his hair.

Luna reached out to help remove the fragments, Xenophilius said somewhat embarrassedly, "Ahem! I've already figured out the principle... This was just a mistake!"

Wizet nodded. "Yes, it's normal for a few balloons to burst easily because they don't stretch well."

"That's right! That's exactly it!" Xenophilius said with satisfaction. "Wizet, you're pretty good at this!"

Perhaps it was because his fingers were rather thick that tying the balloon shut wasn't so easy for him;

After popping a few more balloons, he said he needed to prepare dinner and left the task of inflating the balloons to Wizet and Luna.

Luna's knot-tying technique was still a bit clumsy, but with more guidance, her movements gradually became more skillful.

As more and more balloons appeared around, the atmosphere in the room grew warmer, like the colorful balloons, the blush from earlobes to neck, and the warmth of the fire in the fireplace...