#218 - Harry's Gift
“Squeak, squeak,” was the name given by the little snow raven's parents.
Muen thought the name was very fitting, so he didn't plan to change it.
This book is first published on the entire network by 𝚝 𝚠 𝚔 𝚊 𝚗 . 𝕔 𝚘 𝚖
After Muen and Bump both agreed to help Snow Raven find its parents, the little guy finally agreed to come down from the tree branch.
Looking at the small room that had been added to Bump's tree nest, Ai Ai could be considered to have settled down with Muen.
On Saturday morning, the little wizards were excited to get up early.
Even though Ron and Harry weren't leaving school this morning, they both got up early to check out the gifts.
Many packages were placed at the foot of each little wizard's bed, even Harry's.
“Merry Christmas!”
After noticing the gift packages at the foot of his bed, Harry excitedly began to greet everyone.
“Merry Christmas to you too!”
“Merry Christmas to everyone!”
Seamus and Neville were packing all their packages, as they and Muen were going to catch the Hogwarts Express at nine o'clock.
Noticing that the three of them were packing their luggage, Harry couldn't wait to pull everyone over to open the gifts.
“Come and see, I never thought I would receive Christmas presents.”
“If you don’t receive gifts, what will you receive, cabbage?”
Ron said, then turned to look at his pile of packages.
His small pile was far more than Harry's, but less than Muen's.
After discovering this special situation, Ron curiously approached Muen.
“Don't you only have one uncle? How can you have so many gifts?”
Most of the gifts Ron received came from older members of his family, so he subconsciously thought Muen's gifts were the same.
“These were all sent by my new friends, such as Cedric, Hagrid, Sprout, McGonagall…”
“Wait!”
Muen had only picked up four packages when Ron immediately called him to stop.
“Are you saying the professors are your friends too?”
Seeing Ron's brow furrowed and his mouth wide open, Muen casually raised his chin to help him close his mouth.
“Don't be surprised, that's just how it is.”
Muen said, stuffing the gift packages into his suitcase one by one.
“Wait, Muen, aren't you planning to open them and let us see?”
Noticing Muen's actions, Ron immediately held down the suitcase.
From what he knew, very few first-year wizards received Christmas gifts from professors, so Ron was very curious now.
“Forget it, I'm in a hurry.”
Muen had just explained when Harry exclaimed in surprise.
“What is this?”
Harry had never seen anything so beautiful.
Holding it in his hand felt like holding a liquid, easily slipping through his fingers.
But when this thing fell on the ground, it seemed completely invisible, with only a few starlight spots to distinguish that it was indeed on the ground.
“I've heard of it, this thing is very precious.”
Ron had just finished speaking when Muen also put down his suitcase and looked over curiously.
“If I'm not mistaken, this should be an Invisibility Cloak.”
Ron threw away the Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans Hermione had given him and looked enviously at the treasure Harry had picked up again.
“You might want to try wearing it.”
After approaching, Muen discovered that the Invisibility Cloak Harry had received was very similar to his, but definitely not the same one.
Because he had just seen the one he received in his suitcase.
Besides this, Muen also noticed that Harry's Invisibility Cloak was larger, with more starlight on it, and the overall material was much better than his.
Harry was also intrigued by Muen's words, so he took the Invisibility Cloak and went to the mirror to try it on.
“It really can turn invisible!”
Seamus and Neville had packed their things early and went to the school gate to wait, so there were only three people in the dormitory.
After Ron and Harry played for a while, the two little wizards remembered that they hadn't checked who sent the gifts yet.
They opened the card that was placed with the Invisibility Cloak and read it aloud.
Your father left this to me before he died.
Now it should be returned to you.
Use it well.
I sincerely wish you a Merry Christmas.
The note also didn't leave a signature, but Muen had already recognized the handwriting.
“It's Dumbledore again~”
Muen complained in his heart, then looked at Harry, who was still in a daze.
Although he hadn't met Dumbledore many times, Muen was very clear that this wizard, praised as the greatest, wouldn't give gifts casually.
Giving him an Invisibility Cloak meant he had a request to help Harry.
And now it was an even higher-quality Invisibility Cloak, so it was conceivable that the things Dumbledore wanted Harry to do were definitely not small.
“I really wish I could get an Invisibility Cloak, I would give up anything for it.”
Ron's gaze never left the Invisibility Cloak.
In his opinion, neither his pile of gifts nor the professors' gifts that Muen received were as valuable as the Invisibility Cloak.
Just as Ron wanted to try the invisibility effect again, the dormitory door was pushed open.
George and Fred rushed in excitedly.
“Merry Christmas, what did you all receive?”
Before the twins could finish speaking, Harry had quickly put away the Invisibility Cloak.
He didn't want more people to know about this thing's existence yet.
“Hey, look, Harry even has a sweater.”
The Weasley twins were both wearing blue sweaters, except one had a blue “M” embroidered on it, and the other had a blue “G.”
Harry's sweater didn't have any letters, and the color was bright green.
“Is there any significance to this sweater?”
Muen curiously looked at the Weasley twins. He had also found a sweater of the same style when he was rummaging through his gifts.
“There's no significance, it's just to keep warm, oh, you have one too!”
“It's even sky blue! I told Mom a long time ago that making a sweater of this color would definitely look good, but she didn't listen.”
The twins' words quickly resonated with Ron, although he was the one who introduced Muen to his family.
But he never thought that both of his good friends' sweaters would actually look better than his.
“This is so unfair, I don't want the dark red one.”
Ron had just complained when Muen immediately stopped him.
“Don't say that, Ron, thank Mrs. Weasley for me, and I also wish her a Merry Christmas.”
Muen said, handing Ron a small pouch, which was his return gift for Mrs. Weasley.
“Wait, what is this!”
Before Muen could turn around to continue packing his luggage, Ron grabbed him.
“This seems to be some kind of glowing stone.”
“Don't talk nonsense, Fred, rubies, diamonds, gold, emeralds are all stones, but none of them are as beautiful as this.”
The twins were also attracted to the thing in Ron's hand, staring at it intently, as if they were deeply trapped in it.
The stone in Ron's hand was very beautiful. Its overall color was close to the deep blue of the night sky, but it was covered with starlight.
If you only looked at the appearance, this stone was much more beautiful than the Invisibility Cloak.
“This is Stardust Sand, a specialty of my hometown, it's not very precious.”
Muen didn't want his friends to return the gift to him because it was valuable.
And to be honest, Stardust Sand wasn't very precious to Muen.
There was a fist-sized piece of Stardust Sand in Bump's tree nest.
As for this stone the size of his little finger, it wasn't particularly useful to him.
“Why are you still here? Everyone is gathering at the school gate.”
Ron wanted to refuse, but Percy pushed the door open and walked in.
He was also wearing the same sweater, but it had a “P” embroidered on it, representing Prefect.
Noticing that Muen hadn't left yet, Percy immediately urged him.
