Chapter 220 308 Harry's Christmas

Apart from the corpses that were being cleaned up, there were also some bonfires that existed in the tribe and were later lit by the house elves.

Some tents like yurts are used as residences for the horse people.

There are still a few fruit trees that have not been cut down in the tribe's yard, which must have been specially reserved by the centaurs.

This kind of creature is not good at farming and is better at hunting. However, as an omnivore, they also need some fruits, so fruit trees are a very good choice.

There are several rows of wooden racks on both sides of the yard, with some unknown meat hanging on them. There are also some wooden spears, bows and arrows and other weapons in the corners.

It seemed that this tribe was completely different from the tribe near Hogwarts that knew Hagrid. That tribe was closer to humans and kinder, while this tribe, including the environment and their previous behavior, were all cruel and warlike.

"Puffs,"

Feeney opened his mouth and shouted,

"Have you found any clues among this tribe? Paintings, stone tablets, or anything else that can record their history."

Puff shook his head and said to Feeney,

"I haven't found any, young master. This tribe should have been established by them not long ago. The wood used in the construction of the tribe has not been completely dried, and the meat hung to dry has not been dried."

Feeney turned to look at the wall of the tent, stretched out his hand and touched it. Sure enough, there was still moisture on the wood, and it was indeed built recently as Puff said.

Thinking of this, he turned back to look at Puff and asked,

"Did you find their previous tribe location?"

Puff bowed, shook his head, and said,

"Young master, it's useless for you to have puffs. You haven't found their previous tribe location."

Feeney waved his hand and said nonchalantly,

"Forget it if you can't find it. Just take me to the cave nearby."

Puff nodded, took Feeney's hand, turned around and disappeared.

The next time he appeared, he was already outside the cave.

Feeney looked at the cave carefully. As he had guessed before, it was somehow connected with the centaur tribe.

Because this cave is not naturally formed, but has artificial traces. Although these traces are very rough, they also prove from another angle that it is the work of the centaurs.

After all, if it is a human or a wizard, it can be done in a less rough situation. Under the magic of the wizards, it can be done without any trace, as if it has been like that from the beginning, which is obviously not the case here.

Feeney gently waved his gloved left hand, and a wisp of blue flame appeared out of thin air in his palm.

It is the Fairy Fire of Gubulai, a flame that will never go out unless interfered by external forces. It is also very suitable for lighting.

The glove that Finny used to perform magic just now was the magic item he obtained during the Gryffindor explosion. When he was dealing with the vampires' ambush, he used the Enchantment Charm and the item was damaged. Now, after spending a holiday, it is finally restored.

However, this time Feini no longer regards it as a tool for storing magic power, but as a tool for casting spells, so that it will not cause harm to it under normal circumstances.

After all, it is quite laborious to repair such a magic item. If it is an alchemy item, it is easy to find that Alchemy Black to make a new one, or repair this one.

However, it is not an alchemy tool, but a magical tool that has been soaked in magic due to long-term use by Gryffindor. In addition, Finny used the personality-giving magic invented by Gryffindor on him, forming Unique magic props,

This is really difficult to fix. Therefore, even Feeny doesn't want it to be damaged again, because if it is really damaged, he will not repair it again.

At the same time, Feeney also took out the wand in his right hand, always on guard.

The reason why I did not use a wand to cast lighting magic but magic gloves was because the situation in the cave in front of me was unclear.

Finny always has to take some precautions. Compared to magic gloves, the magic wand is more powerful in casting spells. Magic gloves are more suitable for use in some daily magic spells, such as the Gubuli Fairy Fire just used, fighting You should still use a wand if you can. Of course, if the wand is disarmed, you can use magic gloves as an emergency.

Although Puff is with Puff at this time, no one can guarantee that Puff will not be in danger with Puff's protection. Puff is not omnipotent after all, and you still need to be strong in order to forge iron.

Feeney and Puff walked into the cave under the light of Gubulai's fairy fire. The fairy fire was not so bright and could only dimly illuminate the scene in front of them. However, it seems that it is still Enough.

The vague light was like another layer of mist covering the eyes of Feeney and Puff, faint and looming.

The cave is huge, much larger than it appears from the outside. The cave itself was built against the mountain. Most of the cave body is in the mountain. From the outside, it looks like it is only the size of a small hillside. However, in fact, the terrain inside the cave is getting lower and lower, and the whole cave is downward.

In other words, the deepest part of the cave is underground in the mountain, so the area is naturally much larger.

The cave was not as cold as Finny imagined, perhaps because there was no cold wind blowing inside at this time.

However, although there is not the dry cold outside, there is still some coldness brought by the humidity.

The stone walls on both sides of the cave are also due to the ice cones formed by the condensation of dew droplets and the cold air. Combined with the ice stains formed by some water stains on the ground, they look beautiful under the light of the Fairy Fire, which is not very bright. Huan, like a fairyland.

However, in Feeney's opinion, such a beautiful scene is indeed extremely dangerous.

As the saying goes, the more beautiful something is, the more dangerous it is. This is true for animals and plants. Feeney believes that the same is true for the environment.

Brightly colored venomous snakes must be highly poisonous, and brightly colored mushrooms must also be poisonous mushrooms. In the forest with lush flowers and bright colors, there must be many poisons hidden under the blooming flowers, waiting for the opportunity. A fatal blow to the prey.

At this time, any danger appearing in this cave is not unexpected.

However, it turns out that Feeney was overthinking it. Until the end of the cave, he and Puff were not attacked. In other words, there was no breath of life in this cave.

The entire cave is made of ice and rocks, with no plants and no animals. Naturally, there is no danger or attack.

Looking at this empty cave without anything, Finny was still very disappointed. He did not expect that such a cave specially built by the centaurs would have nothing. Not only did there be no clues about the centaurs, but there was also no Hufflepuff. clues, not to mention the so-called Hufflepuff treasure.

However, Feeney was still a little unwilling and ordered Puff,

"Puff, go tell the popsicles and call some house elves to clean out this cave for me. I don't want any piece of ice or extra rocks here. Also, insert them all for me." Put on the torch and notify me if there are any objects, statues, or inscriptions that should not be in this cave. I don't believe it. This cave is just a useless, ordinary cave. "

Put aside the incompetent rage on Feeney's part. This Christmas gave Harry an experience he had never experienced before.

This is the first time Harry has spent Christmas in the wizarding world, and also the first time he has spent Christmas with relatives other than his aunt and uncle.

Not to mention that this relative is a good friend of his parents, and his good friend Ron is also celebrating the festival.

Under Finny's arrangement, they spent the holiday on a private island near the UK. It was a private manor with pretty good scenery. The building was not a castle commonly used by wizards, but a Muggle villa. It has an artificial hot spring and many entertainment facilities commonly used by families in the magical world to enjoy unique facilities.

Harry had never seen these things before, and he had even never heard of many of them.

You can wash your own iron pot, wash your own dishes in the sink, and have a kitchen where you can cook without the control of a wizard.

It can even make sounds to automatically read its own books, a teapot that will produce milk as long as you pour hot water into it, a waving wand that can change the room's brightness, environment, temperature, decoration, etc. It's just that when Harry and the others first came here, it could be seen that few people came here.

Not to mention, Sirius also brought a house elf over to serve them specifically.

On Christmas night, Harry even saw a grand dinner that he had never seen before.

Sirius even got three broomsticks and took Harry and Ron to fly around in the yard of the manor. He even got a set of equipment used by the French Quidditch national team to help Harry train.

In his spare time, he would also use the books in the villa's study to teach Harry and Ron some commonly used and simple magic, expand their spell reserves, and the use of magic.

After all, in fact, although the little wizard will learn some magic in the first few years, it is more related to the control of magic power. Even most of the exams are about this aspect.

Household magic, or daily magic, can be said to be the magic that requires the most precise control of magic power. They are often the kind that only require a small amount of magic power to achieve the desired effect.

Harry had never thought that he would be able to receive gifts on Christmas. As a result, on the morning of the second Christmas day, he was particularly surprised when he saw his name among the small pile of gifts placed in the hall. .

"Merry Chrismas,"

Harry put on his coat in confusion and walked out of the room to greet Ron.

Ron was sitting next to the Christmas tree, opening his own gifts, and said to Harry,

"Merry Christmas, what do you think you will receive?"

Ron's gifts were much larger than Harry's. After all, he had many more friends and relatives than Harry.

Harry picked up the paper package on top of the chess piece casually, and opened the thick kraft paper on the outside. Hagrid's congratulations were written on it. Inside was a flute made by Hagrid himself. Although it was a little rough, it was still Full of heart.

The second paper packet was much smaller. It was a gift from Harry's aunt and uncle. It contained only a fifty-pence coin.

“Quite friendly!”

Harry said with emotion that he never thought that his aunt and uncle would give him Christmas gifts.

Ron had never seen a Muggle coin, so Harry gave it to him,

Harry looked at the remaining gifts and said doubtfully,

"Hagrid gave it to me, and my uncle and aunt gave it to me. What about these?"

Ron's face was slightly red and he said shyly,

"I think I know who this is from,"

He pointed to a bulging paper bag and said,

"It's my mother. I told her that you thought you wouldn't receive any gifts, so she knitted you a unique sweater from the Weasley family. Me, George, Fred, and Percy all have one, Oh, by the way, Feeney has one too."

Harry tore open the paper bag and looked at the bright green piece of business and a large box of homemade candies inside.

"She knits a sweater for us every year. After Qian Qian and Fini got to know each other, she would also knit one for Fini. Mine is always dark purple."

The next gift was from Feeney, which was the photo album. When he saw this gift, Harry's eyes couldn't help but turn red.

At this time, Sirius also came out. When he saw the photo album in Harry's hand, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked,

"Is this a gift from Feeney?"

Harry nodded and asked doubtfully,

"How do you know, Sirius?"

Sirius touched his head and said,

"He wrote to me a few days before Christmas asking for my old photos at Hogwarts, well, these are the ones."

He said and pointed to the photo of him, James, and Lupin together in the photo album.

"Later, Lupine told me that Finny also asked for some photos from him,"

Harry nodded and pointed to the first picture in the booklet, which was a picture of his parents holding him when he was just born, and asked doubtfully,

"What about this one?"

Sirius was stunned for a moment when he looked at this photo. They had indeed taken a similar photo before, but it was not in this environment.

"I'm not very sure. There are a lot of photos here that I haven't seen before. Feeney should have other contact information for people who know Lily."

Ron nodded and said,

"He has always been in contact with many wizards, and he calls Harry's mother, senior sister. It's like they have a very close relationship."

Sirius secretly recorded this matter in his heart, thinking about asking him carefully later. He was indeed a prodigal before, but now he has turned back. Sirius still feels very guilty for his youngest brother. I have always wanted to make up for him, but I couldn't find the opportunity.