Christmas Gift

Grafton Manor.

The morning sunlight illuminated the Christmas snow.

Lucien woke up in the soft bed, stretched gently, and then looked at the foot of the bed, where a small mountain of gifts and envelopes had appeared.

Yesterday I spent a full Christmas Eve with my Aunt Penelope. Apart from being hinted at about blind dates by my aunt, everything else was quite ordinary.

With a wave of his hand, the gift boxes lined up and floated in the air, waiting for Lucien to open them.

Lucien unwrapped his first Christmas present and found a surprise inside.

That was a Floo Network node contract given to me by Daphne. As long as you throw this magical contract into your fireplace and burn it, you can establish a connection with the Floo Network.

Afterwards, when paired with Floo Powder, it can enable long-distance teleportation or the creation of a partial body to communicate with others.

In fact, wizards from Muggle families who want to apply for Floo Network access must wait until they reach adulthood.

But Daphne's mother, the head of the Greengrass Family, is the current Director of the Department of Magical Transportation, and the Floo Network is under her department's jurisdiction.

Looking at the flickering green flame icon on the contract, Lucien smiled slightly.

"We now have internet access at home."

Continuing to unpack the gifts, most of them are books or candy, which are always good choices.

Qiu sent over a sky-blue scarf, which looked like she had knitted it herself, and it even had LG's name embroidered on it.

Hermione's gift was also a handmade item, a quill pen made of eagle feathers.

Harry gave a small Golden Snitch model, Malfoy gave a lifelike Fire Dragon model, Ron gave...

Lucien watched the owl float down in front of him; the gray owl had its eyes closed and remained motionless.

"Errol!"

Quickly taking out his wand, Lucien examined the Weasley family owl and found that it was simply too tired and had fallen asleep among the pile of gifts.

He couldn't help but exhale, and casually Transfiguration a soft bird's nest, maneuvering Errol to float inside and rest.

Shouldn't this owl retire?

After unwrapping the gift, Lucien discovered that Ron had sent a magic blind box that could randomly contain snacks.

Ron's alchemical tools, which he made himself, show considerable improvement. It seems he didn't slack off during the holidays. Oh right, the twins took Ron to buy a new wand. With a wand that truly suits him, Ron's spellcasting will be much smoother and more comfortable. Lucien subconsciously began to analyze the alchemical techniques used in it...

Hey!

Lucien's gaze then shifted to the fast-sleeping Errol. "How about designing an alchemical tool that can communicate remotely?"

Muggle have invented telephones and cell phones, while wizards are still using traditional letters. Luckily, there are diligent messengers like owls, otherwise the communication efficiency in the Wizarding World would be too low.

Lucien temporarily suppressed his newfound thoughts and decided to finish unwrapping the Christmas presents first.

Unpacking a large package and looking at its contents, Lucien's lips curled into a slight smile.

It was an exaggerated hat, resembling an eagle with its wings folded, and its eyes radiated a clear sense of wisdom.

You can tell this is Luna's masterpiece without even looking at the signature.

Just as Lucien put the hat on his head, a clear eagle's cry rang out, and at the same time, its wings spread out and gently flapped on either side of its head.

Lucien conjured a mirror, examined his reflection, and silently took off his hat.

Luna is quite skillful; she added animal sounds to the hat following his instructions, but...

How should I wear this hat out?

Shaking his head helplessly, Lucien continued to unpack the gift and discovered that the next one was a present from Luna's friend, Ginny.

He was actually quite curious about how the two girls got along so well, even though their personalities were completely different.

Ginny gave him a large, handmade hamster wheel, and Lucien's lips twitched.

No doubt, it's for Jinji; the little guy has already made some progress in losing weight.

"Niffler Accio."

The briefcase was opened, and the platinum-colored Niffler flew into Lucien's hand.

Lucien gently placed it on the running wheel.

"A Christmas present for you."

Jinji immediately looked at Lucien with her big, watery eyes.

"Squeak--"

Lucien understood the other's coquettishness, but remembering Newt's weight guidelines for the Niffler, he could only pat Jinji's bouncy body.

A new year, a new beginning.