Chapter 47 - Vacation (2/2)
As everyone disappeared, Li Su looked at the building at far away distance and mumbled, ”the philosopher's stone has been destroyed. I can only prolong my death for a few years more. I hope I'll stay alive to see Llama's prophecy becoming true”. Then he thought, ”should I also send a gift to the boy?”.
The next day morning, as Neal went downstairs, the innkeeper looked at him and asked, ”excuse me, you are the ones who checked in last night, right?”. Neal looked at him in confusion as he doesn't understand what he is saying.
The innkeeper then realized that the guests don't know Chinese and spoke in his broken English, ”You, Neal Slytherin?”. Neal nodded, ”yes, I am”. The innkeeper gestured him to wait for a second and went inside and later returned with a package.
He pushed the package towards him, ”this, yours. package came. morning”. Neal thought for a while to arrange the words, ”oh, someone sent this package in the morning for me?”. Neal didn't know whether he understood or not as the innkeeper just put it in his hands and went away.
Neal looked at the package. ”From Li Su, headmaster of Yoniam, School of magic”.
”Hmm, strange. How did he know me?”. As a cautious person, he didn't opened the package and went straight to Edward's room and knocked on the door. After a while, the door opened and Edward came out and asked as his eyes laid on Neal's hands, ”what is that package in your hands? Is it a gift for someone you want to send?”.
Neal shook his head, ”no, I got this package from the headmaster of Yoniam, Li Su, this morning. I guess we're under their watch for a while”. Edward was taken aback in surprise, ”did you just say, Li Su?”. As Neal nodded, he replied after calming down, ”I guess it's expected. Dumbledore must have asked him to look after you”.
After hearing Dumbledore's name, Neal sighed in relief and thought the sender is not an enemy. He immediately went to his room and opened the package to find a glossy green egg inside the box and a small letter.
He opened the letter and read, ”consider this as a present from this old man. Take care of it, well”. He looked at the egg once again, ”hmm, this color and little patches around the broader end is familiar. I think I read it in some book in the restricted section. After returning to Hogwarts, I should look over it, again”.
A couple of weeks later, they returned to London and saw their mailbox has some letters. After reading letters from Draco and Daphne, Neal wrote back to them. Then he opened the letter from Hogwarts and looked at the contents of the letter, ”Hmm, oh, a consent form”.
Then after Edward signed both of their forms, they went to Diagon Alley together to buy the books. They weren't able to meet Draco and Daphne to shop at Diagon Alley together because of their trip to China.
As they went to Flourish and Blotts, Neal asked Tracey, ”what electives did you choose for the upcoming year, again?”. Tracey replied, ”Muggle Studies and Divination. Yours is Magical creatures and Study of Ancient Runes, right. Can't believe you have chosen that boring subject”.
Meanwhile, the British Ministry of Magic is in chaos as Sirius Black, the betrayer who handed over the Potters to Lord Voldemort, escaped from the jail to finish the job he failed to do last time.