Every place was cleaned thoroughly, even the picture frames were wiped and decorated with bright colors.

Although Mrs. Black's sharp curses were harsh, they still did not stop Fred from sticking a red pointed hat on her picture frame. Even Kreacher pretended that he saw nothing and walked upstairs with his eyes closed, hitting himself on the head with a broom.

Pointed hats of various colors can be seen everywhere in the house. The walls and windows are decorated with colorful ribbons. On the ceiling, unicorns and phoenixes blown up by balloons are flying around, making the house very lively.

When Kyle opened the door, he saw Fred and George laughing and throwing some fireworks.

Fireworks exploded on the ceiling, and seventeen golden elves with wings flew happily, surrounding him.

"Don't play with fireworks in the house..." Mrs. Weasley came over and said to the two of them in a light tone.

Then she walked over and gave Kyle a big hug, "Luckily you're back, today is a big day... Happy birthday, honey."

"Yes, it's very important." Fred said with a smile.

"After today, you will be an adult wizard," said George.

Wizards become adults at the age of seventeen, and today is Kyle's seventeenth birthday.

Starting tomorrow, all restrictions on young wizards, especially the rule prohibiting underage wizards from using magic outside of school, will be completely ineffective.

This also means that he can use magic as he pleases without any restrictions... although he is doing so now, such as during the Death Eater attack this morning and before against the Dementors, no one mentioned his illegal use of magic outside the school, including Scrimgeour, the head of the Auror Office.

But that was just because everyone knew he was about to turn seventeen, and they chose to turn a blind eye.

Last year, Fudge would never have allowed him to deal with the Dementors.

But starting from tomorrow, this problem will be completely solved.

"Don't stand there at the door, come in." Fred and George dragged him to the restaurant.

Dinner was almost ready, and Mrs. Weasley even hung two bright red banners above the extremely sumptuous dining table, which read:

Happy birthday to Kyle and Harry

【Celebrating Kyle’s Coming of Age】

Yes, today is not only Kyle's birthday, but also Harry's, except that it is his sixteenth birthday.

Two people had their birthdays on the same day. It was a big day, and almost everyone who could come from the Order of the Phoenix came.

The first to come back were Lupin, Mr. Weasley, Tonks and Kingsley. They seemed to have made an appointment to come back together after get off work at the Ministry of Magic.

Moody and Mundungus were also there. Although Mrs. Weasley didn't like the thief very much, today was a special day after all, so she didn't say anything.

With so many people gathered together, the scene was very lively. It had been a long time since everyone discussed the issues of Voldemort and the Death Eaters. They gathered together to talk and laugh.

When it was almost eight o'clock, the door was pushed open again, and Diana and Chris walked in from outside.

"Oh, Diana, I'm so glad to see you. I thought you were going to stay in the Ministry again." Mrs. Weasley trotted over. "Today is Kyle's coming of age day. It would be a pity to miss it."

"Yes, Molly, you are right." Diana said with a smile: "So no matter what, I will definitely come back."

"But won't there be any problems over there?" Mrs. Weasley asked worriedly.

Diana knew, of course, that she was talking about the Department of Mysteries.

"Don't worry, my colleagues are easy to talk to."

…

By eight o'clock, everyone was seated at the table. Mrs. Weasley was in the best of spirits, the happiest she had been during the entire holiday.

"Before we eat, I think we have one more important thing to do." She took out two beautifully packaged boxes and handed them to Kyle and Harry respectively.

"Here's a gift, happy birthday."

"Thank you." Kyle took the box with a smile. Inside was a watch with a golden planetary pattern on the dial. After Kyle put it on, the strap fit perfectly on his wrist.

Harry's was also a watch, but a different style, shaped like a golden snitch, and obviously carefully selected by Mrs. Weasley.

Afterwards, others also presented the gifts they had prepared.

Fred and George's gifts are a big bag of the Joke Shop's hottest products.

Moody gave them a looking glass. He believed that both of them should be vigilant and always pay attention to dark wizards or Death Eaters hiding around them.

The gift Lupin gave was a tie, the latest model from Madam Malkin's robe shop. In order to buy these two gifts, he had to advance one month's salary.

There was also Mundungus. Kyle was not very familiar with him, but had met him a few times before. His gift was two pieces of silver jewelry, and it was hard to say whether they were stolen from somewhere.

Kyle expressed his gratitude though.

The hair dye given by Tonks, after spraying it on the hair, can change the hair color freely according to the mood for a period of time... It is a simplified version of Disguisemagus.

Harry used it on the spot, turning his hair red, and excitedly asked Ron if it looked good.

But Kyle felt a little ashamed, so he secretly put the hair dye into his pocket... This made Diana look very disappointed, as she really wanted to see what Kyle would look like after changing his hair color.

When everyone had given their gifts, she took out her own gift.

A photo album, and some parchment.

"I put all the photos of Lily I could find in it." She handed the album to Harry, "From her school days to her graduation, and then to her marriage to James. There are seventeen photos in total."

"Thank you, thank you..." Harry took the photo album excitedly.

You can tell he really wants to open it, but he feels it's inappropriate, so he just holds it tightly in his arms.

Then Diana gave the parchments to Kyle.

"The content will disappear tomorrow, so remember to read it quickly." She warned, "Also, if a second person sees it, the content will also disappear instantly."

Kyle was a little confused. He felt the touch of his hand and it was just ordinary parchment, the most common kind in Diagon Alley.

Until he saw the top line of the parchment: [Merlin's Notes]

The corner of Kyle's mouth twitched violently, and then he quickly closed the parchment. Because they heard Diana's words, the others also turned their heads to the side tacitly.

Mundungus seemed a little hesitant, and Sirius, who was sitting next to him, put his arms around his neck.

After Kyle completely put away the parchment, they resumed chatting as if nothing had happened.

"Haha, it's finally my turn." Sirius rubbed his hands.

As a well-known prodigal son, Sirius's gift was as unoriginal as ever. He gave Kyle a pure gold Quaffle.

Solid, a heavy lump of gold.

When he took out the gift, the whole restaurant seemed to be dyed gold.

"Sirius..." Lupin couldn't help rubbing his forehead, "You've been struggling for three days, and this is what you called... a surprise?"

"Isn't it good?" Sirius blinked and said seriously: "Kyle is a chaser, I think this is a suitable gift... Oh, it has other functions."

Sirius slapped the Golden Ghost Ball hard, and a huge roar suddenly resounded throughout the restaurant.

"Kyle, score!"

For a moment, everyone in the restaurant fell silent. They sat there looking at each other, and the scene was a little awkward.

Kyle looked at the gold nugget in front of him, and for some reason, he suddenly didn't want it so much anymore.

"Gold...it's gold...just don't shoot it..."

Kyle tried to convince himself in his heart and forced a smile, "Thank you, Sirius."

"You're welcome, as long as you like it."

"Haha." Kyle laughed dryly twice.

"Oh, by the way, Harry, I have prepared a gift for you as well." In order to change the subject, he took out a suitcase and said, "This suitcase contains a Traceless Extension Charm. It's about the same size as a broom closet. It's not very big, but it can hold a lot of things. It will be much more convenient for you to go to school."

He had always envied Kyle for not having to carry any luggage wherever he went. Unlike him, he had to push a cart full of stuff every time school started or the holidays came. Now with this box, it was much easier.

But the embarrassing thing was that he suddenly found that compared with the box with the Traceless Stretching Charm, the Quidditch model he had prepared was somewhat inferior.

Fortunately, Harry reacted quickly enough and quickly took out another thing from his pocket and used a Transfiguration spell to create an exquisite package.

“This is a gift I prepared.”

Kyle took the box and opened it.

There was another burst of golden light, and inside was a pile of Galleons, about a hundred in total, with a few silver Sickles mixed in between.

Kyle raised his eyebrows. Sometimes he really wondered if Sirius's personality had influenced Harry, or if he had done something to let Lily down.

All in all, Harry was becoming more and more like his godfather in some ways.

"I really don't know what you like..." Harry's face became hot, and he said embarrassedly: "Don't be disgusted."

"Of course not," Kyle said with a smile.

Although the gift was nothing original, he just liked this kind of tacky thing, and he liked it very much.

Harry breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Kyle putting away the Galleons with a smile on his face.

He had just taken this out from Gringotts yesterday, and it was gone before it could even get warm. But it didn't matter, he could just go there again before school started.

After the gift session, the atmosphere became more lively and everyone started to enjoy the delicious food and chat at the same time.

As we chatted, the topic naturally turned to some recent major events.

"Sirius, I see a lot of people are heading to the Ministry of Magic lately. How much donations do you have left?" Fred asked curiously.

"I don't know either." Sirius was drinking brandy. Hearing this, he looked up and said, "You have to ask Remus."

Fred looked at Lupin again.

"There should be more than 3,000 Galleons. I didn't look at the details carefully." Lupin said casually.

"Why are there still so many?" Sirius was stunned.

He donated a total of 5,000 Galleons, and one-fifth of it was given to the Auror Office and one-fifth to the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. How come after so many days, there was still more?

"We have to thank the people in Knockturn Alley for this." Lupin couldn't help laughing and explained, "Almost every day, people from Knockturn Alley come to claim the bounty with fake cloaks, and we arrest them all according to the regulations.

"Because they couldn't stand being locked up with Dementors, most of them chose to buy their fakes with Galleons, which were then used to pay for the bounty."

"Every day?" Hermione asked curiously, "But won't the people in Knockturn Alley remind each other?"

"In fact, no." Lupin said, "Some people even spread the word that they had cheated Galleons after spending money to lure more people over."

"What?" Hermione stared, somewhat confused.

"That's not hard to understand," said Mr. Weasley. "There aren't many friends in a place like Knockturn Alley, there's only profit. After you've suffered a loss, you naturally don't want to let others have an easy time.

"This is especially true for those who have already been deceived, who will work even harder to deceive others."

"That's right." Lupin said with a smile, "The Galleons they contributed in the past few days are almost surpassing Sirius."

Hermione didn't know what to say. She found this behavior hard to understand, but everyone else seemed to be used to it.

Knockturn Alley, that's normal.

…

Everyone enjoyed the meal very much. Bottles of whiskey and brandy were opened one after another. Even Kyle drank a lot. After he became an adult, he could also drink these strong liquors.

It was almost ten o'clock before the adults put down their cups contentedly and stood up unsteadily.

Because there were still many things to do tomorrow, most people did not choose to stay here overnight and left one after another.

Diana also has to return to the Department of Mysteries.

Kyle thought she would tell him something, at least ask about the attack, but Diana didn't do that.

She just smiled and hugged Kyle, whispering, "I know everything, you did a good job, sometimes magical animals are more useful than wands.

"But next time you'd better not just use the fire dragon, the basilisk is safer. Also, remember to finish reading what I give you as soon as possible."

"Okay." Kyle nodded.

By half past ten, most of the guests had left.

Mrs. Weasley and Bill and Charlie were in the kitchen clearing the table.

Lupin, Sirius, Chris and Mr. Weasley gathered together, opened a new bottle of brandy, and drank it slowly while chatting.

"Kyle, how's Cedric?" Fred came over, put his arm around his shoulders and asked in a low voice.

"How did you know he was injured?" Kyle asked.

"Of course I heard it from the Ministry of Magic," said George. "Don't forget, we are also employees of the Ministry of Magic now, and we know a lot of people."

"But Mom doesn't know yet." Fred turned his head and glanced in the direction of the kitchen. "Today is your birthday. We thought it would be best not to tell her."

"That's right." Kyle said with a smile, "Cedric should be fine now." Kyle said, "Didn't you go to see him?"

"Yes," said George, "but we made a wasted trip. The healer at St. Mungo's said he has been discharged and is now home."

The three of them came to the living room together and prepared to go upstairs. For some reason, maybe they wanted to chat with Mr. Weasley, Chris and Kyle stayed here for one night and would go home tomorrow.

But just when they reached the stairs, they found that there was an extra person in the living room.

Dumbledore stood there, watching them with a smile.

"Professor Dumbledore?"

"It's a big day for a wizard to come of age, I think it's necessary to come here." Dumbledore took out a box.

"Thank you, Professor."

"No." Dumbledore shook his head. "In fact, I forgot to prepare a gift for you. I am getting old and my memory is getting worse. I hope you don't mind. I will make it up to you later."

"Then this..."

"It's a gift from Miss Prince." Dumbledore said with a smile, "When I came here, I saw a seagull circling aimlessly nearby. I guessed it was here to give you a gift, but it couldn't find its place."

"Seagull?" Fred asked doubtfully, "Shouldn't it be an owl?"

"Owls are not the only messengers," Dumbledore explained. "In other countries, seagulls are also messengers, and they are better at crossing the sea than owls."

"Oh, Dumbledore!"

At this time, Sirius and others came over after hearing the noise. After seeing Dumbledore, they were also surprised.

"I'm so glad you're here, Professor Dumbledore," said Mrs. Weasley. "Have you had dinner? If you don't mind, you can have it here and I'll make you another orange treacle pie."

"As much as I'd like to say don't bother, it's hard to say no to a hot pie."

Dumbledore followed Mrs. Weasley into the kitchen.

"Professor Dumbledore, would you like a glass of brandy?" Sirius held up the bottle. "Real Dragon Brandy."

"Oh, have a drink then."

…

(End of this chapter)