Chapter 22 Christmas Presents
Mother Helen knew that Luke hadn't eaten for more than a day, so she got up early the next morning and prepared a hearty breakfast.
"Luke, aren't you planning to go to this year's Grammy and Oscar? There will definitely be no problem with the nomination." James, who was having breakfast, said, as if he was saying it was taken for granted.
"If I don't let my mother take Anna this time, I plan to spend more time practicing magic before entering school, and the remaining books have not been finished."
"Are you really going to go to that Hogwarts? Where is this school? Can we go to see you?" Mother Helen was obviously a little reluctant.
"It should be somewhere in Scotland. I can come back to see you during the holidays, and I can write letters at any time. Besides, isn't my grandfather going to move in too?"
Grandpa Zhang Hong was persuaded by Helen and Luke and resigned from his post in school. He moved to London after the Easter holiday. And grandpa Zhang Hong also planned to take Luke to meet some people from the Zhang wizard family.
"You happen to be going to the awards ceremony and you can also play in the United States with your grandfather for a while," Luke said.
"Luke, where are we going to play?" When it comes to playing Anna, he was most interested.
"Next year, let mom take you to the United States to play with grandpa." Luke said to Anna.
"Oh, that's great. I haven't been to the United States yet." Anna shouted excitedly.
"Dad, I'm going to go to Diagon Alley on Christmas to buy some materials." Luke looked at Helen again, "Mom, are you going this time?"
"I'm going, I'm going," Anna said anxiously.
"Anna is obedient. I will teach you magic and then take you to play. This time I'll just go shopping." He comforted Anna and said.
"Okay, then keep your word." Anna said worriedly.
Since Anna does not have the talent for wizards, there is no need to let her get in touch with the wizard world at such a young age, so she can't feel that she can't learn magic and is unhappy.
"Let mom accompany you this time, will Hermione go this time?" James asked.
"I plan to call her after school in the afternoon, but I guess she will definitely go there." Luke said with a smile.
This time he also plans to choose a second-hand magic wand for Hermione, and he can practice magic with Hermione's current mental control.
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When I got home from school in the afternoon, I called Luke and said nothing, but Hermione happily said that she had broken through her mental power and could go to Diagon Alley to buy a magic wand.
When asked Hermione whether to go to Diagon Alley together for Christmas, she immediately agreed and said that her father would go together this time.
I made an appointment with Hermione to meet at Kings Cross Street on Christmas. Luke came to the attic to continue practicing sword control. The sword he used was customized by his father James in a prop model shop. It was made according to the style of the Chinese ancient sword drawn by Luke. Although it is fine iron and sharp enough, Luke always felt that he lacked some spirituality and could only use it first.
Luke also discovered that sword control techniques, his mental exercises, and the control method of the Flame Curse, are indeed possible, but now there is still little practice, so he cannot master the key points, and he cannot rush it.
He also tried to fly with his sword, but found that he could not fly at all... He guessed that it might be because of insufficient realm and insufficient magic power.
After practicing for a while, he took out the Shennong Cauldron and began to refine a new pill recipe for the elixir. The first attempt was successful. He summoned Afure to feed one, and he obviously felt Afure to feed one, so he went to feed Bella and Garfield one, but there was no adverse reaction, so he started to refine a lot.
The three little beasts didn't know that they were treated as mice to try elixirs, and were still playing happily at this time.
The food problem of spiritual pets has been solved. You can give Hermione some at Christmas. After returning from Diagon Alley, he refined the spirit beast card, and the spirit beast cultivation is basically on the right track.
On Christmas Day, his mother Helen drove Luke to Kings Cross, and waited for a while in front of the broken cauldron bar and saw Hermione and Mr. Granger coming over.
"Luke, we're here." Hermione saw Luke running over immediately. Although she had been to Diagon Alley once, she was still very excited.
After greeting each other, Luke pulled his mother Helen and Hermione pulled Mr. Granger, and they saw the Broken Cauldron Bar.
Luke took the lead and walked in. Maybe it was Christmas today, and there were more people in the bar, but he didn't see the familiar faces in the plot.
"The hygiene here is really bad." As a dentist, Mr. Granger pays great attention to hygiene.
This time Luke had a magic wand, so he didn't need to go to the boss Tom anymore. He just said hello and took a few people to the backyard.
"Is this the entrance to Diagon Alley?" Mother Helen was also very curious, looking at the walls with nothing special.
"Yes, Aunt Helen, when Luke opens the mechanism with his wand, Diagon Alley will appear." Hermione answered first.
Luke used his wand to gently tap the brick he found, and the wall began to move slowly. After a moment, Diagon Alley appeared in front of them. Today, there were particularly many people in Diagon Alley.
"Hermione, you can take Uncle Granger to go shopping. I'll buy the materials first, and then meet you later, and take you to the place where I bought the wand last time."
"Okay, I'll take my dad to Gringot first to exchange for some Gallon." Hermione pulled Mr. Granger toward Gringot Bank.
Luke didn't use up Gallon last time, and the materials he wanted to buy today were relatively ordinary, so he didn't redeem them for Gallon. He took his mother Helen to introduce Diagon Alley while looking at the materials he needed to buy.
As noon approached, they bought all the materials needed and were about to look for Hermione when they found Mr. Granger coming with Hermione with two books in his arms.
"You have bought another book. Haven't we finished reading the book last time?" Luke asked. Hermione's enthusiasm for reading books is really not that strong.
"I found these two books quite interesting. I didn't have them in the last time, so I bought them." Hermione said with a smile.
"The Important Magic Events of the Twentieth Century, The Rise and Fall of Dark Magic, Well, I'll take you to buy a magic wand now. Mom, you and Uncle Granger can go to the next coffee house to wait for us first, and you'll be back in a while."
"Let's go, Dad, Luke and I will go buy a magic wand, and we'll find you later."
Luke took Hermione to the erotic shop that bought the wand last time, and there was still only one boss inside and no other customers.
"Sir, let's buy a second-hand magic wand." Luke said directly to the boss.
"Everything is there, go and choose it yourself." The shop owner didn't even look up and pointed to the side and said.
"Let's go, let's pick it. Many wands here cannot be used. You have to hold them in your hand and feel them, and check for damage." Luke told Hermione some of his selection experiences.
Hermione searched through many wands, and almost felt each spell in her hand.
"This one feels good, it's very smooth to use the magic, Luke, look."
The wear on the wand is not serious. You can see the traces of its previous owner's careful care, but for some reason it was sold in the end.
"Well, this one is pretty good."
"That's it, I'll pay." Hermione was very happy with the first wand he had obtained, and happily paid.
Luke looked around the store and couldn't find any unexpected gains. He accompanied Hermione to pay.
"The prices of all wands of 5 Gallon are the same." The boss said directly.
Without a bargaining, Hermione took out 5 Gallon and handed it over.
"Let's go, next time I'll buy utensils before entering school. These books are enough for us to read." Luke thought that Luna's mother died unexpectedly from the spell experiment, and then told Hermione: "You must be careful when you go back to practice magic. Although the mental training method has been broken, it is still very dangerous to make a spell error."
"Well, I will pay attention when I practice." Hermione replied seriously.
The two met at the coffee shop and their parents did not stay in Diagon Alley. After all, today is Christmas, so they went home.
When they parted, Luke gave Hermione a shorthand quill for Christmas. Unexpectedly, Hermione also prepared a Christmas gift - another shorthand quill for Christmas.
When the two returned home and opened the wrapping paper, they saw the gift. They thought they had taken the wrong one. They only found out by phone that they had prepared the same gift. After that, they often thought of this warm and interesting thing on Christmas.
Chapter completed!