#54 - group photo

While Anduin was still feeling troubled, the group of onlookers seemed to have had enough fun. Sirius saw Anduin come out, and holding a child, he said to him with a smile, "Hey, take a look, this is my godson, Harry. Read М"

Then he brought Harry closer to Anduin and said to the clueless Harry, "Hey, Harry, this is Anduin in front of you. You must remember this in the future, and don't be as vain as this guy." The mischievous Sirius held Harry, saying things that deserved a beating, not caring whether little Harry could understand him or not.

Anduin couldn't help but roll his eyes, looking at the ignorant Harry, he also took Harry's hand, teasing him and saying, "Hey, little Harry, your godfather looks annoying, but he's actually even more annoying. Don't be as sloppy as him in the future."

Sirius immediately became unhappy when he heard this, took Harry away from Anduin, and said, "What are you doing? Don't teach my little Harry bad things."

When holding Harry, Sirius didn't look like his usual carefree self at all, but was full of love, one would think he was his own son.

Anduin played with Sirius and little Harry for a while, then James called out to Sirius, looking for him for something. Sirius handed Harry over to Anduin and went to find James. →

Anduin held little Harry, looking at the little guy who was still sucking on his hand, unable to see any resemblance to the savior.

After a while, Sirius came back and said, "Anduin, James suggested that we take a group photo together, come over here."

Anduin agreed, holding Harry and went to the fireplace. James and Lupin had already moved the furniture in the living room away. Alice Longbottom also called Lily and Augusta out of the kitchen. Several people stood in a row, James and his wife and the Longbottoms stood in the middle, Sirius, Lupin, and Peter stood on James's side, Augusta stood on the other side. In order to make the photo symmetrical, Anduin stood next to Augusta. Soon James adjusted the camera and signaled everyone to smile at the camera. Soon the camera in front of everyone flashed.

But after taking the photo, Anduin felt something was wrong, and looked down at his arms. It turned out that Harry was still being held by him!

Everyone was busy taking pictures and forgot to let Lily and James hold Harry. Similarly, little Neville was not held in the arms of the Longbottoms, but was held by his grandmother Augusta. The group photo was taken in such a muddle.

"I say, did you guys forget something when taking the photo just now? Are you two not even taking care of your own children?" Anduin looked at the young couple speechlessly. →

At this time, everyone noticed the abnormality, and then burst into laughter. Lily then took Harry from Anduin and said to Anduin, "It seems Harry likes you very much. He didn't cry after being held by you for so long. I didn't even notice it for so long."

"Do you want to take another photo? Is it still a family portrait if neither of your children is being held by you two?" Anduin said.

"It's okay, as long as you have each other in your heart, you are still a family even if you are not together." Lily said with great open-mindedness, saying philosophical words, and James and the Longbottoms did not intend to retake the photo, but flocked to the restaurant to enjoy the Christmas dinner.

As if fate was using the photo to foreshadow something, little did they know that the future of everyone would reflect reality like this photo today.

At this time, Anduin didn't think much, and joined the ranks of enjoying the Christmas dinner with everyone.

Everyone tasted the Christmas delicacies in laughter, and after tasting Anduin's craftsmanship, everyone generously sent their praise.

After the dinner, the well-fed people gathered in the living room and exchanged Christmas gifts together. Anduin also took out the prepared gifts. The gifts for Lily included children's books and a music box, and he gave James a beautifully packaged Pepperup Potion. At the same time, he also took out other packaged Pepperup Potions, almost one for each person.

Everyone saw that Anduin had prepared gifts for everyone, and their impression of him was greatly improved.

Augusta saw that Anduin was so polite, but she did not prepare a gift for Anduin in advance, and then took out a silver chain from her body and gave it to Anduin. This was originally a semi-finished jewelry she had asked a craftsman to make. She originally wanted to make another hinged pendant, put a photo of her grandson on it, and then string it into a necklace with the chain, and leave it to herself, but now she didn't have anything to take out, so she represented the Longbottom family and gave this as a gift to Anduin, anyway, it wouldn't take much effort to make another one later.

The Potters gave Anduin a set of "Mysteries of Defense Against the Dark Arts" series. There were also blessings written by Lily and James on the book. Lily knew that Anduin was very hardworking, and learned from Professor Flitwick that he had extremely strong potential in spells, so she copied this set of magic books from the Potter family's vault. This set of series is rarely circulated on the market and is a rare and valuable academic book.

Anduin was overjoyed when he saw this, and kept expressing his gratitude to Lily and James.

Sirius also mysteriously took out the gift he had prepared. Anduin originally thought that a carefree person like Sirius would probably just send a bag of gold Galleons, but when he took out the gift, Anduin was still surprised.

Sirius took out a small bag made of linen material. Anduin took it and found that it was an alchemical item with an 'Undetectable Extension Charm' applied to it. There were about three or four square meters of space inside, which was a very good space item.

"How about it? This thing is not bad, right? The effective time limit of this magic bag is about four or five years, which is basically enough for you to use until graduation. I saw you holding so many things that day, and I thought about what to give you." Sirius said to Anduin triumphantly.

Anduin was also very excited to receive this surprise. He had also thought about whether to buy a space item before. After all, he often had to prepare a lot of luggage when traveling, but he knew that an 'Undetectable Extension' item with a magic shelf life of only one or two years would cost twenty or thirty gold Galleons. After hesitating for a while, he still hadn't decided whether to buy it. He didn't expect Sirius to be so considerate.

For a while, Anduin rarely didn't ridicule Sirius, but instead said a lot of good things to him, and Sirius laughed triumphantly.

In this way, everyone was immersed in laughter.

"I guess the Death Eaters won't show up today. I don't know how the Weasleys are doing." Sirius whispered beside Anduin. It seemed that although he was having a lot of fun before, he was always on guard.