Dark Lord, please let go

Early the next morning, Draco got out of bed very early, today is Christmas.

He packed the half bottle of Felix Elixir that took six months to make successfully in a glass bottle, stuffed it into a dark green gift box, and handed the gift over when he saw Tom getting up in the living room.

Tom took the locket with a smile and said, "Merry Christmas, Draco. Is this... aging agent?"

Don't blame Tom for thinking this way, he remembered that Draco planned to make a bunch of aging potions and send them out, which was convenient and cheap.So Tom wasn't so curious about the present that Draco was sending over now.

"You can open it to make sure." Draco rolled his eyes. Tom didn't even look at the Felix Elixir that he had spent so long making, and Draco was in a bad mood.

He raised his eyebrows, not understanding why Draco, who was still fine just now, was awkward, but Tom still opened the gift.There is only a small glass bottle inside the box. The liquid in the bottle is like molten gold, shining charmingly. The liquid is not particularly large, and the small glass bottle is not even filled, only about two mouthfuls of dosage.

Tom looked at the liquid in the bottle and asked uncertainly, "Felix Elixir?"

He was Professor Slughorn's favorite student, bar none.He can also borrow Professor Slughorn's collection. Tom remembers seeing a similar introduction in an advanced potion book, like molten gold, with a fascinating effect, just a sip, no matter what you do will all go very smoothly.

This is not a potion that Draco's age can make smoothly, and it takes six months for this small bottle of Felicia, which means that Draco started preparing Christmas gifts for himself six months ago Yes, Tom narrowed his eyes at Draco.

And Draco also raised his chin as Tom thought, with a certain kind of pride in his tone, "Yes, Felix, this is your Christmas present Tom."

To some extent, I am afraid that the entire first year of Hogwarts cannot compare with Draco in potions.Now, Tom has no doubts about this, he put the Felicia in his hand into the box again, "I will make good use of your gift, Draco."

Tom also took out the gift he was going to give to Draco, a magic brooch that could cover the sound of footsteps, with a fake dark blue gemstone inlaid on it, but the workmanship was very delicate, and it was hard to tell that the gemstone was fake from the outside .

"Thank you for the gift Tom." Draco stuffed the brooch into his pocket.

Now in addition to second-hand textbooks, I've also gotten fake gemstone brooches, oh hell!Draco kept groaning inwardly.

Coming out of the living room, the two had a sumptuous breakfast with Abraxas and the Malfoys.

Mrs. Malfoy gave Draco and Tom new robes, old Malfoy gave two Defense Against the Dark Arts books, and Abraxas gave them brand new textbooks.

"How can I let you use second-hand textbooks, that's too bad." Abraxas stuffed the brand new textbooks into their arms.

Draco and Tom readily accepted, in fact, Draco could not stand his second-hand textbooks for a long time, and he was very satisfied with Abraxas's gift.Under the Christmas tree in the living room, Draco also received gifts from other Slytherin students. For the first time, even the unfamiliar Walburga and Herbert gave Draco gifts.

But Tom has more gifts. In addition to Slytherin students, some Ravenclaw students also gave him gifts.

In addition to the pile of presents, Draco also received a letter from Devlin.

Dear Draco:

My parents and I are spending Christmas at my grandpa's house and you must have no idea how sad I am this holiday season.Grandpa didn’t know where he got my grades. Not only did he watch me write papers every day, but he didn’t let me go out to play. Oh, I just finished writing a ten-inch paper before writing to you.

I heard Kassim say he went to Malfoy Manor and had a great time with a bunch of Slytherins, and I wish I could have gone instead of sitting at home writing a dissertation.Even seeing a serious Mr. Malfoy is probably better than looking at Grandpa.

Are you and Tom going to Diagon Alley after Christmas?I will ask for leave with my grandfather in advance to see if I can ask Kasim to visit you in Diagon Alley.This holiday gave me the urge to stay in school for future holidays.

I can only write here, Grandpa is calling me downstairs to check my papers, Merlin's stinky socks!

Finally, Merry Christmas to you and Tom, Draco.

Your Best Friend: Devlin Rolle

Draco raised his eyebrows, looking at the smooth cursive script on the parchment, he couldn't believe it was Devlin's handwriting, after all, Devlin's handwriting was terrible when he was in school, and it hurt his head just looking at him.

But now, the handwriting is neat and smooth, as if written by two people.

Draco stuffed the letter into his pocket and lazily wrote Devlin to reply.In the letter, apart from confirming that he and Tom would leave Malfoy Manor to work in Diagon Alley after Christmas, he also vaguely mentioned that he was puzzled by Devlin's sudden neat font.

Christmas was very peaceful, there were no social dances, and not many guests came to Malfoy Manor, only Draco, Tom, Abraxas and the Malfoy couple spent it together.They ate a sumptuous Christmas dinner, and played wizard chess with Abraxas for a while at night, and Christmas passed quietly.

During the time he lived in Malfoy Manor, Draco was with Tom and Abraxas all day long, nestling in the library of Malfoy Manor, facing the thick magic books, they will be the holiday All the time is spent on reading books.

Neither Tom nor Abraxas was talking about the Gaunts, just reading the Malfoys' books as if it had never happened.It's just that Draco never believed that they just gave up like this, maybe it's just not as urgent as before.

Time passed quickly, Draco and Tom had lived in Malfoy Manor for a whole week, and according to the original plan, they would leave Malfoy Manor tomorrow and go to work in Diagon Alley.

The day before they left, they bid farewell to the Malfoys.

Old Malfoy didn't say anything, but Mrs. Malfoy was not very willing as Abraxas said.She had just finished decorating Draco's bedroom, and she was thinking of surprising Draco.What's more, Draco is now a child of the Malfoy family, so why does he need to work outside.

But in the end Mrs. Malfoy did not persuade Draco, he followed Tom to Diagon Alley.

Boham Potion Shop is a two-story building with an attic. The first floor sells potions and potion ingredients. The second floor is the residence of the owner of Boham Potion Shop. kinds of sundries.

The boss saw that Tom was very enthusiastic. He left a large bedroom on the left side of the second floor for Tom and Draco to live in. There were two small iron beds in it. Although they were old, the bedding was clean and dried. The soft touch after the sun made Draco feel better.

He thought he would live in an orphanage again, with damp bedding and a broken bed that creaked when he turned over. At least the current environment didn't disgust him so much.

On the opposite side of their bedroom, there was a small cubicle filled with various empty glass bottles and various potion materials, and there were rows of potion books on the cabinet.This room would be used by Draco during the holidays, he could use it to make potions, and he could help out on the first floor when the shop was crowded.

However, Draco didn't have much enthusiasm for this job. When he left Malfoy Manor, the Malfoys gave Draco a lot of pocket money, which was enough for him to spend for a long time, not to mention his There were some Galleons left before.

Only Draco will work at Boham Potions Store. Tom will go to help out at the Ridge Bookstore not far from Bonham Potions Store. There are not many people in Diagon Alley during the holidays. Tom has already obtained the owner of Ridge Bookstore. I agree, when he is not particularly busy, he can read all kinds of magic books on the counter, which is a very good job for him.

Draco's enthusiasm for making money has subsided, so naturally he will not seriously make potions that are particularly difficult. He will make some simple potions every day to deal with the boss, and when he is bored, he will go to Lihen Bookstore to see Tom.

Devlin's letters have never been broken. Since Christmas, he has kept writing to Draco and Tom every two days, complaining about his stern grandpa and his grandpa's leftovers every day. In order to escape the paper, Devlin mentioned more than once in the letter that he also wanted to go to Diagon Alley to work.

Until a few days before the start of school, Devlin got rid of his grandfather as he wished, and took Kassim to Diagon Alley together.

Draco was making potions in a second-floor compartment when Kassim and Devlin barged in without even knocking.

"Draco, I miss you so much." Devlin was dressed very bulky, rushed in from the door, and hugged Draco who was making the potion.

"Damn it, let me go, Devlin, you're crushing me!" Draco rolled his eyes, and pushed the cauldron on the table to prevent Devlin from knocking it over.Although this pot is just an ordinary potion, he doesn't want to waste materials.

Devlin let go of his hand in embarrassment, with a blush on his face, "My father and mother and I finally came out of grandpa's house, you don't know what kind of life I live, I'm as miserable as a house elf .”

Kasim leaned against the door frame and laughed when he heard Devlin's complaint, "Stop complaining, baby Devlin, you've already said it all the way, my grandpa, my grandpa, my ears are getting callused. "

Kasim pointed at his ear exaggeratedly, and then greeted Draco, "I heard that when you followed Tom to work in Diagon Alley, you still suspected that you heard it wrong, and then I was shocked when I received your letter " He raised his eyebrows and said with a smirk, "What made you give up enjoying the blessings in Malfoy Manor and come to work like a masochist?"

"What do you want to say, Kassim?" Draco didn't stop stirring the potion, anyway, he had already been labeled as the younger brother of Abraxas Malfoy.

It's just that what Kasim wanted to express was obviously not what Draco thought, so he rolled his eyes and lowered his voice and said, "So, you and Tom are really a couple, right?"