After the decision was announced, Hopper began actively adapting the novel he had written.
The time came to afternoon unknowingly, and Hope didn't stop writing until Teresa knocked on the door.
Hope hurriedly put away the notebook, and then opened the door. At this time, Teresa had returned to her original glorious appearance.
"What are you busy with in the bedroom?" Teresa asked after waiting outside the door for a while.
"Um..." A somewhat panicked Hope quickly made an excuse and said, "I'm practicing the spell I learned before."
Teresa didn't care and said, "Stop practicing now. Go and clean up the living room first. Your grandparents and grandparents will be here soon. We didn't spend Christmas Eve together yesterday, so we'll make up for it today."
"Okay mom." Hope agreed quickly.
"By the way, thank you for the Christmas gift. I like it very much." Teresa said with a half-smile, "But I have to remind you that love potions cannot buy love."
Then Teresa rubbed Hope's little head and said, "However, my good son is still very charming. Attracting a little girl is not easy."
Hope: (o__)ﾉ, do we have some misunderstanding?
Without giving Hope a chance to explain, Theresa went to the kitchen to prepare dinner without looking back.
As you like, Hope came to the living room and arranged the tables, chairs and benches, and the tableware on the dining table one by one. After finishing all this, the doorbell rang.
Hope went to open the door. It was his grandparents. He quickly led his grandparents into the house.
"Grandpa and Grandma, Merry Christmas!"
"Merry Christmas to you too. It's only been a few months since we last met and you've grown taller again."
"How about it? Are you getting used to living in Hogwarts? Can't you keep up with your studies? Your father was very naughty when he was in school. There was a professor named Minerva McGonagall in your school who used to be his Dean, you have sent us many letters, and I still keep them. They all say naughty things about your father. Is she still teaching there?"
Well, his father's dark history made Hope interested.
He answered patiently: "Life at Hogwarts is very good, and the professors are also very kind to me. Professor McGonagall is still teaching, and she is still the Head of Gryffindor. Can I read those letters?"
"Of course. I'll show it to your grandparents when you have time. But don't let your dad know. Joey is thin-skinned." Grandma said kindly.
Hope thought to herself: What are you afraid of? At worst, he will be beaten by his angry father.
Afterwards, the grandparents talked about some things about his father, Joey, such as when they learned that Joey had joined some association to maintain peace in the wizarding world. The two of them were frightened. Fortunately, the matter was resolved in the end.
Later, grandma went to the kitchen to help Teresa cook. Not to mention one using magic and the other manually, there was an indescribable tacit understanding.
Soon after, Grandpa and Grandma also came. As soon as Grandpa saw Hope, he gave him a bear hug and asked him when he would go to the manor again to play. Since the ivy had recovered, he would like to go in again.
Hope said he would wait until the end of the term. He wanted to stay in there for a while this time. It would be better to stay at home during the Christmas holidays.
After greeting each other for a while, grandma also went to help in the kitchen, and grandpa and grandpa started chatting. The two families hadn't seen each other for more than ten years. They were like two old brothers, chatting happily.
Although it was still early, with the efforts of my mother, grandma and grandma, a sumptuous dinner was prepared, and of course the person who took the lead at the table had to roast the turkey.
But Hope really felt that the meat of the turkey was not very tasty.
After the whole family was seated, Grandpa asked: "Where's Joey? Are you still busy? Are you going home for dinner tonight?"
Teresa looked at the time and said, "We should be home soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, the doorbell rang, and Hope quickly went to open the door.
Joey stood at the door. When he saw that it was Hope who opened the door, his eyes immediately turned evil.
Hope, who was about to say Merry Christmas, felt a murderous aura. He remembered the special gift for Joey. It seemed that Joey had already tried it, and the effect must be great.
Now that his grandparents are here, Joey shouldn't be able to do anything to him.
Obviously, Hope still underestimated Joey's resentment. Before Hope could turn around and rush to the living room to seek shelter from his grandparents, Joey grabbed Hope's back collar and lifted him up.
Pushing the door with his heel, he closed the door and said to Hope through gritted teeth: "You little bastard, you have embarrassed me today."
Hope quickly shouted for help and was rescued by her grandparents who rushed over.
Joey was also scolded by his grandparents. The aggrieved Joey talked about today's experience with sadness and anger.
In the past few months, smugglers have provided many storage addresses for smuggled goods, and more and more smuggled goods have been found. It has reached the point where everyone can tell that this is not the work of one person. There must be a gang, and Fudge has also noticed it. It was unusual, but for the sake of credibility among the masses, he still did not admit it, but he also secretly gave Joey a lot of rights.
So he has relaxed a lot these days.
Then today he was in a good mood and received a Christmas gift from Hope. Inside the exquisite gift box lay a bracelet. The shape was the same as the defense bracelet, but the material was completely different. This one looked much more advanced than the defense bracelet. .
Joey also took it for granted as an advanced version of the defense bracelet and wore it without any precautions.
It didn't matter if he didn't wear it. Once he put it on, the bracelet was immediately firmly tied to his wrist and he couldn't take it off. Then the bracelet glowed red, and his body floated up unconsciously, and he couldn't get it off.
Then when his big-mouthed man came to report, he noticed something strange about Joey. In an instant, the entire Auror office knew about it and came to watch him.
Joey was so ashamed that he wanted to knock the ceiling open and fly out. With the help of everyone talking and laughing, it had no effect at all.
He floated like this until the red light of the bracelet stopped shining, and then he fell off. He didn't realize it and made a mess in the office when he fell.
Hearing Joey's narration, everyone's eyes unconsciously turned to Hope. Hope quickly suppressed the raised corners of his mouth and showed an aggrieved expression, but he was thinking in his heart: I deserve it. Who told you to confiscate my ruby? Yes, even beat me up.
In fact, that bracelet is not a prank prop, but a new alchemy item that Hope has made in the past few days, a flying bracelet. Since his flying spell is a bit too mentally demanding, Hope thought of a way to use other items to replace his mental energy. consumption.
However, compared with a flying broom, it does not fly fast, high, or for a long time. Its only advantage is probably that it is compact and has more freedom of movement.
Of course, the flying bracelet also needs to be operated like the flying broom, but Hope forgot to write it out for Joey.
When his grandparents saw Hope's aggrieved look, they immediately said to Joey forcefully: "It's a good thing for your children to give you gifts. How can you blame Hope if you are not careful?"
Hope also said aggrievedly at the right time: "It's all my fault. The bracelet is an alchemical item I made that can make people fly like a flying broom. As soon as I made it, I couldn't wait to share it with my father. I didn't expect this to happen. Look. It’s because I’m not good at studying.”
Theresa was very curious when she heard that it was an alchemy tool made by Hope, and said to Joey, "Do you still have the bracelet? Show it to me."
Although Joey wanted to throw it away, he thought it was a gift from his son, so he kept it. Teresa wanted to see it, so Joey took it out of his pocket and handed it to her.
After Teresa got it, she observed it carefully. Joey, a layman, couldn't see the doorway inside, but Teresa, an expert, could see the clues at a glance.
This is indeed a flying bracelet, and the operation is surprisingly simple, and protective measures have been added to prevent the bracelet from accidentally falling off during flight.
Seeing this, Teresa directly put the bracelet on her wrist. As the bracelet glowed red, Teresa floated in the air, like a fish in the water, swimming in the air. Joey watched. He was stunned for a while.
Joey thought in confusion: Is this the bracelet that made me embarrassed today?
