Chapter 49: The Wheatley in Distress (3)
Nothing happened, and the blue Ford drove Anna and Harry home without incident.
Anna's hand holding her wand stiffened when she got out of the car, not a car accident, so what exactly did the Weasleys mean by 'real critical moments'? And almost didn't let the Weasley children have a good childhood?
Saying goodbye to Harry and the Weasleys, Anna returns home puzzled, and the confusion soon ends in Lady Lena's stew—
Until Christmas Eve.
"Whew-" Anna curled up on the couch in front of the fireplace, reading "Basic Spells for the Busy and Irritable".
Look at this, the head shaving spell - the spell of shaving the hair, maybe it can be used by yourself and become a real 'head' shaving spell.
Anna quickly flipped through the pages, oh, the Tongue Curse, who could wish they had a tongue of steel to increase their combat effectiveness?
Closing the book and sighing, Anna turned on the system.
The 'Physics' section is developing rapidly, and I believe that by doing a few more tasks, 'Memory' will be upgraded - not only will I be able to memorize things, but I will also be able to remember more of the Harry I have read before. Potter details.
On the other hand, in the 'Magic' section, 'Precise mana control' has always been 0, and there is no trace of improvement, and it is difficult for Anna to follow her own ideas to control the output of mana.
"Anna!" Liana's voice came from the door, and Anna ran over quickly, and her younger brother Evan was lying on the couch watching them, waving happily to his mother.
"Honey, help me carry this bag to the kitchen, I'm buying too much if I'm not careful!" Lena hung up her coat and walked to the living room to touch Aven's little head, "This is our first Christmas here!" I'm going to prepare a big meal! ”
She saw the magic-smelling chocolate frog in Aven's hand, and suddenly remembered something, "Anna - shall we invite the Weasleys to spend Christmas together?" ”
"What?" Anna stopped stealing a soda from the fridge.
"Don't drink such a cold drink in winter!" Lena walked over and brought the soda back to the fridge, "—I mean we can have the Weasleys over Christmas?" ”
"Yes, of course, that's good! But why? Anna knew that Lena often used owls to contact the Weasleys and collect material for the novel, but the Christmas invitation was a bit abrupt.
"Mainly because of this," Lena said, holding out a copy of the Evening Prophet, "Mrs. Weasley introduced me to this newspaper before, and I can look for material on it—you come and see here." Lena pointed to the headline, which was a picture of a car that looked familiar.
'Ford Anglia cars fly, throwing objects from high to disrupt Muggle weddings'
Anna took the newspaper speechlessly, what is this?
'…… At least twenty Muggles in London were sure they saw a blue sedan flying over the church garden. Near noon in Norfolk, a Muggle wedding was taking place, and a sudden vomit in the air landed on the bride's wedding dress, causing Muggles to panic, and the wedding had to be suspended. Mr. Dursley's tough claim to the Muggle police that it was just birds flying in the sky that ate too much and vomited - greatly facilitating the Ministry's efforts to erase memories...... At present, the incident has been properly handled......
Dursley? Yes, Harry did say that day that the Dursleys had gone to the wedding and left him at Mrs. Feig's house—
'…… Arthur Weasley, director of the Office for the Prohibition of the Misuse of Muggle Items, was fined two hundred Galleons for applying magic to a Muggle car......
Two hundred Galleons! That's not cheap! Anna remembers that in the plot, she was only fined fifty Galleons!
But looking at 'Twenty Muggles', 'Interrupting the Wedding', 'Throwing Objects from Heights' also seems to understand why fines have quadrupled.
It was clear that this might be the mission—to protect the Weasley children's childhood.
But how does this help? You can't help it directly, can you?
"Baby Anna, the Weasleys are in crisis, Mr. Arthur works for the Ministry of Magic, up to a few dozen Galleons a month - to support a large family's expenses, Mrs. Weasley mentioned in the past when she was collecting materials that their treasury is not visible at all," Lena pointed to the newspaper where Mr. Arthur was fined.
"The eldest child hasn't graduated yet, so many children are going to school, and as far as I know, the books and school supplies aren't cheap......," she patted Anna's head, "Out of kindness, it would be nice to help their family—and I know that bloodlines are valued in the wizarding world, and the Weasleys happen to be a friendly pure-blood......"
"I hope you don't get bullied at school, and get on good terms with the Weasleys, and they'll be able to help you when the time comes."
Although it is unlikely that being bullied will happen, Anna is still very touched by Lina's love-
Moreover, I was also involved in the London Flying Car......
"Okay mom, what are we going to do?" Anna pulled out a packet of potato chips from her bag.
"Mrs. Weasley decided to also go to the Ministry of Magic to find a temporary job to alleviate her financial difficulties, so I wrote to her and told her that she could stay with the children in our house for a while and let them go to the community elementary school with you......"
Lena was a little distressed, "Mr. Arthur is interested in this attention, but Mrs. Weasley is hesitant, she plans to put the children with their aunt, Aunt Muriel?" ”
That's so bad, no wonder it ruined childhood.
"I wrote to them to come with them for Christmas," Lena said, putting the contents of her pocket in the cupboard, "to hear what the children have to say." ”
"Then we'll have to clean up the house, the 'kids' will agree, it's better for them to rob Gringotts than to follow their aunt!"
Anna ate the chips, slice after slice, "That room upstairs!" We can go buy two beds for the twins, Ron will live with Aven, and I can squeeze in with Ginny. ”
In this way, the task can be completed, and when the Weasley twins go to school, and the Weasleys' eldest son, Bill, also graduates, the burden on the family can be reduced, and the Weasleys' financial situation should be eased by then.
Harry must be super happy to be able to play together, and speaking of Harry, the Gryffindor development plan is almost complete, and there is only one additional task left - to get Harry a room, and Anna has already thought of a way.
Christmas morning, in the exquisitely decorated Dursleys cottage.
"Knock-knock-" There was a quick, knock on the cabinet door.
Harry opened his eyes.
"Hurry, hurry! Clean up and go to the omelette! Aunt Penny was anxious, "Maggie is coming!" ”
Aunt Maggie, the chubby humanoid cannon, Harry didn't want to see her at all.
"Yes—Aunt Penny," Harry reached for his grope at the head of the bed, a furry thing handing over his glasses, "Oh, thank you, Mr. Mighty. ”
Hiding the spellbook he had borrowed from Anna in his pillowcase, Harry glanced at the neatly arranged red bandana in the corner and turned to open the cupboard door.
It's been nearly a month since the Hogwarts adventure, and it's Christmas in the blink of an eye, and Harry is looking forward and nervous, hoping to receive Christmas gifts from his friends, but fearing that the gifts he gets will be snatched by Dudley-
Of course, Harry had already given Anna a pile of plant specimens that he had worked so hard to make at school, hoping that she would pass them on to Liana and the Weasleys at Christmas, and this year's Christmas was the first time to prepare Christmas presents for his friends, and Harry had a smile on his face.
"Fry an egg and giggle what? Sharp! "Aunt Petunia came over and gave Harry a strange look, in the past two months, her nephew has been a lot more 'ordinary', and he has done things in a regular manner, but there is no 'magic trouble'.
That's best—
"Didi!" The car's horn sounded outside the door.
Aunt Petunia took off her apron, and she patted Dudley on the couch staring at the TV, "Dada baby! ”
Harry looked up and looked, baby? Whose 'little' baby? Trolls?
"Aunt Maggie is here! She's got a great gift for you! ”
Harry rolled his eyes secretly, silently fried the eggs, and followed Dudley behind him who had almost filled the hallway to meet Aunt Maggie.
He had a calm complexion, and had used to be jealous of the Dursleys' love for Dudley, but Harry had been relieved to learn of his parents' love for him that was so great that the entire wizarding world knew about him, not to mention that he had made friends like Anna and the Weasleys, and had learned that he would be able to go to school of witchcraft and wizardry after graduating from elementary school, and Harry felt hopeful.
"My lovely Dudley! Come to Auntie! "Aunt Maggie got out of the poor silver-white car, with a stout, purple face and an uncleaned mustache under her nose—she put her thick arms around Dudley's neck and gave him a terrible kiss.
Harry rubbed his hand at the sudden blow of the suitcase, feeling inexplicably lucky.
The kiss of death was over, and Dudley wiped the lipstick marks from his face, holding a brand-new twenty-pound check in his hand.
Aunt Maggie walked past Harry, took her fierce ugly dog, kissed and greeted Penny loudly, and then looked at Harry unkindly.
Harry wasn't as nervous as he used to be when he wanted to flush himself down the toilet, perhaps because his courage had increased by 50.
In the process of getting along with Anna, Harry subtly underwent changes, with beautiful foreign words, subtle lockpicking skills, excellent language art and smooth attitude.
Before Aunt Maggie could speak, "What a look, Aunt Maggie!" Looking at the purple face, Harry opened his eyes and said nonsense.
"Merry Christmas!" He gave a smirk that was as fake as it could be.
Aunt Maggie was stunned, perhaps because she didn't expect this little cumbersome distant relative to be able to say such a pleasing thing, and stretched out her hand not to hit the smiling person, so she held back the sarcasm that was about to be exported, "Finally said something human." ”
Reach for a pack of dog biscuits from a small cloth pocket.
"Your Christmas present."