Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

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No matter how you look at it, Ivan is taking advantage.

For example, in the dead of night, ask Elaine to cast or write the vampire-specific magic she knows for Ivan to study.

This is a spell that the outside world cannot obtain at all, and it is very precious.

For another example, the wand left by Salazar Slytherin is now here with Ivan.

Ivan has studied for a long time, he is not a wand maker, and all the knowledge about wands he knows is from books.

But you can be sure, this wand is not simple.

Even a novice like him could feel that, despite its special historical significance, the power of the wand itself was beyond imagination.

For example, I originally wanted to conjure a flame that lit a candle and input weak magic power, but using this magic wand, I can conjure a fireball with this magic power.

Ivan has never used Dumbledore's old wand, but he feels that Slytherin's wand should be similar to the old wand.

No matter how you look at it, it is a legendary magic item.

Not to mention, the red pattern on the wand is the same as that of Slytherin's locket, and it is in the same line. From this, Ivan speculates that the Slytherin guy must have left some information, engraved on his wand and pendant respectively On the box, ring and double snake staff, the information must be related to the evil god.

Come to think of it, The Fiend didn't want to cooperate with Voldemort originally, but it changed its stance as soon as Keresis appeared.

Harry said that it wanted something that Keresis had, something that could make the evil god feel, what exactly was it?

Referring to the items on Aiwen's body that interested him, they should be items of the same level as the Philosopher's Stone and the "Book of Abraham". Could it be this magic wand? !

In addition, there is a force inside Slytherin's wand that Ivan does not understand, which hinders his further investigation, making it impossible for him to know what the core of the wand is without destroying the wand. Perhaps he can only find Mr. Ollivander Such experts can figure it out.

Chapter 1027 Christmas gift

Before Christmas, the atmosphere at 12 Grimmauld Place became more lively every day.

After Voldemort's escape, there was no bad news, and everything was going in a good direction.

Elaine is also familiar with everyone. Leaving aside her identity as a vampire and her tendency to bite Ivan at every turn, she herself is very easy-going and easy to get along with.

And her mood is getting better and better, Keressis's injury is gradually stabilizing, and Dumbledore said that he is out of danger.

This took Elaine's biggest worry away, and besides, she was going to Hogwarts soon!

Imagine the feelings of those first-year students who received their acceptance letters and were about to go to Hogwarts school.

How are they, how is Elaine now, even more excited.

She only stayed in a Muggle school when she was in elementary school before, and then returned to her family's castle, where her uncle taught her how to use magic. She rarely had contact with outsiders, and being able to enter a magic school to study with everyone has always been a her dream.

More importantly, in her family, there are many stories about the ancestor Salazar Slytherin.

Among them, the most colorful part is that Slytherin and the other three founders jointly created Hogwarts.

Elaine has long wanted to take a look. As a descendant of Slytherin, she has no reason not to go to Hogwarts.

The only regret is that she did not enroll through normal procedures, but as an exchange student.

For the convenience of taking care of her, she can't go to Slytherin College, but to Gryffindor where Ivan is.

Although everyone told her how bad Slytherin house was, Elaine had a special feeling for that house.

From the perspective of blood purity, Elaine is the most qualified student to enter Slytherin.

In terms of inheritance relationship, Slytherin House belongs to their family.

She is probably the most orthodox one among the descendants of the four founders of Hogwarts, and she still keeps her own surname.

Ivan is also not worried that she will be bullied by other Slytherins, because the longer I get in touch with her, the more I find that she is actually quite dark-bellied. Cuteness and confusion are just appearances. Except for not having too much ambition, she is in line with Slater in every other way. The requirements for the selection of students by the Forestry Academy are worthy of the descendants of Salazar himself.

Now, Elaine surrounds Ivan, Hermione or Ginny every day, asking them about Hogwarts.

Maybe because of the last incident, she didn't dare to approach Harry.

Ron didn't know what to say to her, he was nervous and speechless when he saw Elaine, which was his habitual reaction when he saw a beautiful girl.

As for Fred and George, they were still indulging in their prank research, which was a joke that Elaine didn't quite understand.

Like Elaine, there is another person who is happy in this old house, and that is Sirius.

And, Sirius' joy is contagious.

He hadn't spent Christmas with everyone since his return from Azkaban.

Therefore, this year's Christmas has a particularly unusual meaning.

This seemed to bring great satisfaction and joy to Sirius, who was determined to make everyone as happy as they were at Hogwarts.

He worked tirelessly to prepare for the holidays, cleaning and decorating the house with everyone's help.

Last summer vacation, everyone cleaned under the guidance of Mrs. Weasley, but it was nothing compared to the cleaning that Sirius was doing. This time he cleaned up and threw away all unsightly things. Replace it with a new one.

And the things he couldn't see included almost all the items in this house.

Now, Kreacher is crying every day, stealing things from garbage bags and hiding them in his residence, scolding Sirius for being a shameful prodigal son, and begging to Ivan, Harry and Hermione, asking them to persuade Sirius not to dismantle it. drop here.

Hermione was willing to help him, she would not pass up any chance to help the house-elves, and Kreacher's request was not without reason.

Finally, under the joint efforts of Hermione and Kreacher, Sirius restrained himself.

Even so, when they went to bed on Christmas Eve, they were barely recognizable at home.

Instead of cobwebs hanging from rusty chandeliers, holly and gold and silver streamers hung, conjured snowflakes glistened on the ragged carpet, and a big Christmas tree Mundungus had brought blocked Sirius's view. Family tree, decorated with living elves.

Even the elf heads on the foyer wall have Santa hats and beards on them.

On Christmas morning, Ivan woke up and found a pile of presents at the foot of the bed, as did Harry and Ron.

Ron, who has always been used to sleeping in, woke up early to open the presents, and he had already opened half of them.

"Big harvest this year!" Noticing that Alvin woke up, Ron said in a pile of wrapping papers, "Harry sent me a broom compass, which is amazing! Better than Hermione's, she gave a family Homework planner, and yours, Alvin, I'm taking it apart, thank you for your, um, a quill?!"

"It can automatically correct errors!" Ivan said, stretched his waist, and found out Hermione's Christmas gift, "Hermione thinks you and Harry need one, there are too many wrong words in your homework, She helped you decide for me, you know, this kind of quill is not cheap."

"Well, thank her for me!" sighed Ron. "She's right, I do need one."

Next to it, Harry got up, and he found a gift bag with Hermione's handwriting on it.

She also gave him a small notebook like a diary, but every time he opened a page, it would say something like "I'm done today!"

Since they were going to take the OwLs exams this year, Hermione thought they all needed such a planner to help them revise.

You know, after the Christmas holidays, the time for the exam is very close.

The same is true for Ivan's gift from Hermione, which is a little different, maybe a little special, and Hermione chose it with the most care.

At the same time, she also suggested that Ivan give Harry and Ron an error correction quill each.

Ivan knew all of this, and he didn't have much expectations. What he was looking forward to was the time to be alone with Hermione at night.

Maybe this Christmas, one gift he could get from Hermione was Hermione herself.

After reading the homework planner given by Hermione, Ivan began to unwrap the Christmas present that Elaine gave him.

Elaine has no money on her body. Except for the dragon blood she eats every day, the textbooks, clothes and other things she needs to study at Hogwarts are all paid by Ivan. This guy is really not polite to her, she has no sense of money.

But it is a bit unreasonable to buy a Christmas present with Ivan's money and give it to Ivan in turn.

Even Elaine has no idea about money and knows that she can't do this, so she said she has to prepare by herself.

Ai Wen doubted whether she would also give herself to him.

Chapter 1028 Kreacher's Nest

But no, she sent Ai Wen a picture album, all of which were drawn by herself, recording the things between her and Ai Wen.

It was only then that Ai Wen realized that Elaine's paintings were so good that they were at a professional level.

There are many pages in the album, with miscellaneous contents, and the paintings are very detailed.

The first one is the night two years ago, when she and Ivan met.

Looking back, and the time she went to Ivan's room in the Quidditch World Cup final, what happened between the two of them.

Ai Wen stopped suddenly, and stared at the painting with a reddish face for a long time. The style of this painting is too realistic. Doesn't that girl know how to be more reserved?

He raised his head and looked carefully. Harry and Ron were unwrapping presents and didn't pay attention to him.

Ai Wen immediately put the picture album together and put it in his pocket. This kind of commemorative picture album should be carefully preserved and not taken out casually...

Aiwen decided to hide this picture album and the things that Elaine left with him that day in the deepest place and keep it forever.

Anyway, there is no way to deal with it, let alone show it off, it is better to hide it.

Dobby also sent Ivan an ugly picture, only he and Harry received it.

Ivan looked at it for a long time, but he didn't guess what this guy wanted to express. It was too abstract, like a gibbon with a distorted face.

In the end, Aiwen found his name on the back of the picture, and realized that Dobby painted his portrait...

Also, a gift from Gabrielle, some French baubles and a greeting card.

This guy actually said that she might also come to Hogwarts next year to exchange and study, because Mrs. Maxim said that there is such a connection between the schools.

Britain is so dangerous now, what are these guys doing here one by one...

With a snap, Fred and George Apparated at the foot of the bed.

"Merry Christmas!" said George cheerfully. "Don't go downstairs just yet."

"Why?" asked Ron, looking with satisfaction at the broomstick deluxe maintenance kit Sirius had given him.

Sirius collected everyone's wishes in advance, figured out what everyone wanted most, and as always, showed that he was very rich, fulfilled all their wishes, and picked the most expensive one to buy, so this year he gave The best Christmas gift is also the most precious and the most satisfying.

"Mum's crying again," said Fred heavily. "Percy sent back his Christmas jumper."

"Not even a note," said George. "It's heartless!"

"We're trying to comfort Mum," said Fred, walking over to see Harry holding Dobby's drawing in his hand, "and telling her that Percy's just a bunch of rat shit..."

"It's no use!" George said, taking a chocolate frog and eating it, "so Dad took it, and it's better to wait for him to persuade her before we go down to breakfast."

"Hey, what is this?" Fred looked at the painting of Dobby in Harry's hand and asked, "A troll with four eyes?!"

"It's Harry!" said George, pointing to the back of the painting. "It's written on the back."

"Very similar!" Fred giggled.

Harry threw the new homework planner Hermione had given him at him, and Fred dodged it.

After hitting the wall and landing, the notebook happily said: As long as you add a dot to the i and a horizontal line to the t, you can do anything!

A few minutes later they got up and dressed and went downstairs, meeting Hermione on the stairs.

"Ginny was in the house writing back to Michael, and Elaine went to see her uncle." She explained, then smiled, "Thank you, Alvin, for the quill, that's just what I needed. Harry, Your "New Principles of Numerology" is also good, I have been wanting to buy a copy since I saw it in the library. And your bottle of perfume, Ron, is really special."

"You're welcome." Ron said angrily, "Thank you for your homework plan book, and the quill you suggested to Ivan."

He sent perfumes to Hermione, Ginny, and Elaine this year, and Ivan suspected that it was Lavender's suggestion.

He must have consulted her on what girls would like.

It's a pity that Hermione, Ginny, and Elaine are not very good at using this thing, and only Lavender can wear perfume every day.

"What's that in your hand?" Harry asked.

"Christmas present!" said Hermione, holding a beautiful gift bag in her hand.

"Who is it for?"

"Kreacher!"

"It's best not to wear clothes!" Ron immediately warned, "Although his attitude has been better recently, don't forget what Sirius said before, Kreacher knows too much, we can't let him go!"

Hermione had tried to persuade Sirius to release Kreacher before, and this was the answer she got from Sirius.

"It's not clothes!" said Hermione. "I don't understand why you're calling that a dress, though I'd say he'd have changed that rag he was wearing. It's just a flowered quilt, I think." Can brighten up his bedroom."

"What bedroom?" The others looked at her before they remembered where Kreacher lived.

"Oh, I asked the night before, and Sirius said the grate doesn't go into the bedroom, it's just a den," said Hermione. "He seems to be sleeping under the boiler in the kitchen cupboard."

Mr. Weasley had gone to work, and Mrs. Weasley was alone in the basement.

She sounded like she had a bad cold as she stood by the fire wishing them a Merry Christmas.

What happened to Percy must have made her very sad, and everyone subconsciously looked away.