Chapter 15: Christmas- Act 1
It twas the morning of Christmas, and I got to work. I rearranged the shop to make room for a party space. I then planted a tree which I grew with magic and an evergreen tree was born. I had Ron, Harry, Neville, and Hermione help me put up the decorations on the tree using their magic, which took quite a bit of coaxing, and disabling of the trace which was stupid and unneeded.
The tree was about 20 ft high and the decorations were all in different colors like silver, gold, red, green, and blue in a spiral that flowed into a cohesive whole. I was proud of it, I have a feeling even the mothers round the world would find it hard to find fault with it.
"That looks amazing!" squealed Hermione as she jumped up and down in excitement. She betrayed the image of a bookworm that was in my head, and I had a hard time adjusting to the disparity between the two. Then again, this was the real world not a book anymore.
"It does look good" said Ron and Neville nodded along. Harry was standing near the coffee pot, having his second cup of coffee since the morning started. I couldn't blame the kid, I myself was on my fifth cup, and the sugar content was not for normal people. 'Thank God for potions' I thought as I took a sip of the hot drink.
Ron yawned as he sat down in the chair, his body seemingly drained of energy. "Come on Ron, wheres the christmas spirit?" asked Hermione as Ron promptly answered "Christmas spirit will arrive when I get myself some coffee". He reached for the pot and poured himself a cup, savoring the black taste, I could see his reaction to the bitterness, taking a liking to it.
I then summoned the presents for the guests, making sure the name tags were on the correct gifts to the correct people. "Harry, who all else is coming?" asked Neville, his nervous stutter was gone as Harry apparently got to work on that, deeming it 'Unbecoming of him' and set him straight.
"My aunts and uncles, the two professors, the Malfoy family" said Harry listing of the guests, and Rons eyes lit up at the mention of the malfoys. "Man, I thought you were joking" said Ron. "Nope, no problem though right?" asked Harry as Ron nodded.
I then heard the bell ringing, signaling the first guest to arrive. The first to arrive was Kofuku and Daikoku, along with three others known as Yato, Hiyori, and Yukine. "John-Chan!" said Kofuku as she ran up and hugged me along with a firm handshake with Daikoku.
The next to enter was the Malfoy's, and the lord and lady looked immaculately dressed in their fine fabrics of silk and velvets. Narcissa was decked out in a green cocktail dress, while Lucius was dressed in a very fine suit. Draco on the other hand looked cute, and I just wanna pinch his cheeks like an old grandma.
The next was Ainz and his enterage. Albedo was decked out in a white dress with a shawl that covered her delicate shoulders. Demiurge was dressed in a red suit with a white vest and red and white striped tie. Ainz himself seemed to wearing a holiday version of his usual clothes. Their presence invoked gasps and whispers but their voices remained relatively silent.
Then came Jesus and Buddha, the birthday boy and his enlightened room mate. They were decked out in holiday gear, and I could see Jesus was wearing a modified Shinsen-gumi set to match the festive air. "John!" shouted Jesus as he went for a hug as I congratulated him on his birthday and said his birthday presents were separated from his christmas ones. "Yeah!" he cheered and Buddha thanked me for celebrating his friends birthday.
The last to arrive was Milims group, and she was accompanied by Middray and Hermes, which seemed to be the most important of her subjects, considering their strength and attitudes in the hierarchy.
I then noticed three other guests behind her apart from her subjects. One was a muscular man who had red hair as crimson as blood. The other was a small pixie dressed in a black dress and was a glow with yellow lights. The other was a person with blue hair, gold eyes, and was dressed in a festive outfit that was Santa themed.
Milim was dressed differently, and it seemed as if she was dressed in a red dress with white cotton tailing. Her pigtails in platinum pink color were tied up with festive bells and such, and her servants seemed to match her in spirit.
"So this is the friend you kept talking about" said the red haired one as he looked around, and I could feel the power that was welling underneath his skin, it being difficult to hide even to the untrained eyes, and it looked even bigger according to my spiritual senses.
"Hi! I am John Mycroft, a pleasure to meet you" I said to him in a cheery tone, extending my hand towards him. "Sherlock?" I heard the blue one whisper and I could already tell he was from a version of earth with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
"Guy Crimson" said the red haired man who was now known as Guy Crimson. "Hello! I am the spirit queen Ramiris!" said the cheerful pixie as she landed near my hands and tried to shake my index finger, though I ended up shaking her instead. I could see dizziness swirls in her eyes after the event. "Rimuru Tempest" said the blue one and his shake was firm but his hands smooth.
"It's so nice to meet you guys" I said to them as I directed them inside, telling the vault to suppress their auras for the more 'weak' guest that were attending the party, not wanting a multitude of people to fall down to the floor in a coma.
I then saw we had a full house of guests, and I went towards the area full of tables with glasses of wine, champagne, and some grape juice for the kids of course. I went towards the center table where my house guests were sitting, grape juices in hand.
"welcome to my party" I said first. They were all in the seats they chose, and they were waiting patiently for me to finish. "While some of you are old friends, new friends, and fresh faces, lets all enjoy the party and celebrate the holiday of Giving!" I shouted as they all cheered and the party began.