"Hello, my name is Xenophilius Lovegood, and this is my daughter Luna."
The man said, looking a little nervous, "Luna, go catch some more Plimpy. I'll take care of the guests."
The man's daughter simply raised an eyebrow and said, "Dad, you don't want me to know about the symbols? Okay, I'll pick some Gurdyroot first."
Immediately, she skipped away.
Xenophilius wiped away a bead of cold sweat. "My daughter always gets it right; I can't hide anything from her. I bet she'll get into Ravenclaw."
"Come in, everyone."
Harry and the others nodded.
It must be said that although Fred and George are mischievous, they are very polite.
Because the interior of this house is just as strange as the Lovegood family.
The kitchen is on the first floor.
The room was perfectly round, making it feel like being inside a giant pepper shaker.
Everything was made in curved shapes to match the walls: the stove, the sink, and the cupboard, all painted with vibrant primary colors depicting flowers, insects, and birds. In such an enclosed space, the effect was almost overwhelming.
Normally, they would have made fun of it.
Xenophilius looked around. "It would be best to go upstairs."
In the center of the room, a cast-iron spiral staircase leads upstairs, from which come clattering and clanging sounds.
He led the way.
Harry and the others followed quietly behind.
The room upstairs seems to be both a living room and a workspace, so it's even messier than the kitchen.
Aunt Petunia would go crazy if she saw this; it's a chaos she could never have imagined in her entire life.
Every surface was covered with piles of books and papers.
Detailed animal models, which Harry didn't recognize, hung from the ceiling, all flapping their wings or moving their mouths.
The source of those noises was a wooden contraption with many magically rotating gears.
It looked like a monster hybrid of a workbench and a pile of old shelves, but after a while Harry deduced that it was an old-fashioned printing press because it was spitting out newspapers.
Ron started a conversation, "Is this what 'The Quibbler' is all about? What's the news today?"
Harry and the others also came over.
Gilderoy Lockhart: Hero or Fraud?
An adventurer who solves dangers everywhere, or a shameless scoundrel who steals other people's stories?
Recently, due to Rita Skeeter's report, many people are convinced that Gilderoy Lockhart, the bestselling author and adventurer, is a fraudster who uses Memory Charm to erase the memories of real heroes and claim their deeds as his own.
Because Skeeter can provide a lot of 'evidence,' most people firmly believe this.
But is that really the case?
Surprising new evidence has recently emerged suggesting that Gilderoy Lockhart may not have committed the crimes that led to his imprisonment in Azkaban.
But no one would have guessed that this was actually related to Fudge.
"He's not that simple," said an employee of the Ministry of Magic. "He and his secret lover, Umbridge, both possess a wicked spell: to put the body into a deep sleep and communicate with their secret department through dreams."
"Those who follow them may have noticed that around the end of last year, around Christmas, they fell into a coma several times for no apparent reason and claimed that they were cursed."
"But as far as my friends in St Mungo's know, no trace of any spells was found on them."
Another Ministry of Magic employee was indignant. "Fudge wants to become the de facto Prime Minister of the British Ministry of Magic. To this end, he secretly established the Memory Police (the police are the Auror in Muggle) department, and obtained their support and funding by modifying the memories of wizards."
"Lockhart suddenly went from being a hero to a criminal because he realized something was wrong. As a result, his memories were altered, and he became a criminal."
Doris Perkis of 18 Thornleaf Road, Little Norton, said that the real Sirius Black was actually long dead.
The person who has now been exonerated is not him at all.
"People don't realize it," Mrs. Perkis said. "The guy people think is Sirius Black is actually Fat Boydman, the lead singer of the pop singing group Nifflers."
"He withdrew from public life after being hit in the ear with a carrot at a concert in the Little Norton Cathedral about fifteen years ago."
"I recognized him immediately when I saw his picture in the newspaper."
"Fatty couldn't have committed those crimes, because he happened to be enjoying a romantic candlelight dinner with me that day."
"But with Sirius's imprisonment, Fatty disappeared."
"I have reason to believe that Fatso was made into 'Sirius' and Fudge's memory police used this to seize Fatso's property and support."
"Because Fat Boy Bodman is very popular, our Nifflers fairies have fans all over the Wizarding World."
After reading it, the four of them stared at the article in disbelief.
Ron smacked his lips. "Mom will probably be very happy to see this. She has always believed that Gilderoy Lockhart is innocent."
Harry was questioning his existence. "Is this some kind of joke magazine?"
Fred and George, "It's funny." "Especially the part about the fat guy."
Xenophilius no attention to their conversation. He immediately went to a curved cabinet and began tidying up the busts on it.
She was a beautiful but stern-faced witch.
Her headdress was utterly bizarre, with a pair of curved, golden hearing aid-like objects extending from either side, a pair of Winky blue wings inserted into the leather straps of her headband, and a Dirigible Plum attached to another band on her forehead.
It took him a while to come to his senses.
"Ah, you've discovered my most adorable invention (Ron hides the newspaper behind his back and throws it away), modeled after the beautiful Rowena Ravenclaw's head, and it suits her perfectly. Extraordinary intelligence is mankind's greatest treasure!"
He pointed to the hearing aid-like object.
"This is the Wrackspurt Siphon —it can eliminate any area around the thinker that interferes with their thinking. This," he pointed to the small wings, "is the Radiance Booster, which can introduce higher states of mind. And finally," he pointed to the small orange radish, "Is the Dirigible Plum, which can enhance the ability to receive anomalous things."
"Excuse me," Ron snatched the apple from Harry's hand, "That's not what we're asking. You know this symbol, right?"
Xenophilius slapped his thigh. "I almost did it! I was going to discuss the Tale of the Three Brothers with you guys before Luna got back."
Ron frowned. "The Tale of the Three Brothers? No way, you won't let your daughter read the Tales of Beedle the Bard?"
"All the old stories were made up by Poet Bidou. Where can you hide?"
Xenophilius shook his head seriously. "Only the Tale of the Three Brothers."
"As you've probably noticed, all three props in this story are real."
"The invincible Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone that brings the dead back to life, and the Invisibility Cloak that evades death."
"But I don't want my little Luna to put her hopes on this until I find the Resurrection Stone."
Harry and his three friends exchanged a Shocker glance.
Harry: "Excuse me, I think we should go!"
Ron and the other two nodded in agreement.
Then they quickly ran down the stairs, out the door, and towards the Burrow on the other side of the mountain.
After running to a secluded place.
Harry said breathlessly, "The Resurrection Stone probably really exists!"
Ron nodded. "That's the secret to Voldemort's immortality! It's all thanks to that rock!"
Fred and George, "So—" "The Elder Wand and the Invisibility Cloak are real too!"
Harry looked at Ron. "Could you retell the Tale of the Three Brothers?"
Fred and George: "You know this best, little brother." "Yes, you're the only one in our family who believes in this besides Ginny."
Ron leaned on his broom, a look of reminiscence in his eyes. "I haven't read the Tales of Beedle the Bard since I was eight years old."
"Maybe if you ask me to recall it again in a few years, I won't remember it."
"But the one that impressed me the most was 'Babbitty the Rabbit and Her Froggy Tree Stump'."
"That's where I learned that magic can't bring the dead back to life."
"Even earlier, I thought that my parents could bring dead mice back to life with a wave of their magic wands."
"After all, Scabbers is a rat, and its lifespan isn't long. It kept surviving, and I thought we didn't need to know the outcome anymore. Turns out, it was a short, fat male wizard in disguise!"
"Just like the chubby, whiskered old rabbit with the magic wand in the end of the story, that's Babbitty in disguise."
"How come I never thought of that before! Its lifespan is so unusual."
"How disgusting! Ugh! I even kissed and rubbed Scabbers's little belly!"
Before even getting to the "The Tale of the Three Brothers," Ron was already in a state of emo.
Harry was speechless.
Fred and George began to cheer Ron on, "Isn't it exciting to think about it?" "Sleeping in the same bed with a Death Eater and playing with his body at will, I dare say even Voldemort didn't do that!"
Ron's ears turned red. "Enough! Shut up! Listen to my story!"
"There were once three brothers. They encountered Death. They defeated him with magic."
"The boss obtained an invincible magic wand from Death."
"As a result, he went around showing off, got drunk, was killed, and had his wand stolen."
"The second brother obtained the Resurrection Stone from the Grim Reaper."
"I resurrected my first love. But then I discovered that she hadn't actually come back to life, so I committed suicide and went to find her."
"The third brother obtained Invisibility Cloak from Death."
"He used it to prevent Death from finding him. After he had lived long enough, he passed the Invisibility Cloak on to his descendants, met Death, and went to the afterlife."
"That's it, it's over."
Harry stroked his chin, concealing his disappointment. "So, the Resurrection Stone can't really bring people back to life?"
He was originally hoping to find Voldemort, smash that old bastard's gold coins, get the Resurrection Stone, and resurrect his parents!
George nodded. "Indeed. Wizards still haven't found a way to reconnect the body and soul after death."
The famous philosopher of magic, Bertrand de Pansy -Profanders, in his renowned work An Inquiry into the Actual and Abstract Consequences of Natural Death, and Especially into the Reunification of Spirit and Matter, stated: 'Give up. Such a thing will never happen.'
Fred's mouth dropped open in astonishment. "When did you ever read this book?! We're inseparable except when we go to the bathroom!"
Harry and Ron were also very surprised.
Fred and George were hardly good students.
They were only popular because they were smart enough to keep up with their grades.
George coughed awkwardly. "Angelina Johnson is very fond of magical philosophy."
Fred: "You like her too?"
What Fred didn't know was that in the original timeline, he would have invited Angelina to be his dance partner at the Yule Ball, and they would even become boyfriend and girlfriend.
After his death, George and Angelina got together, married, and had a son and a daughter: Fred and Roxanne.
The eldest son's name was chosen in memory of George's deceased twin brother.
But right now, their relationships with Angelina are still in their infancy.
The atmosphere was becoming increasingly awkward.
Harry and Ron exchanged a glance.
They said in unison, "We're leaving now!"
He disappeared without looking back, leaving only Fred and George behind.
——
Meanwhile, Basil also encountered trouble.
Beneath the towering Redwood, beside the Granger family's burrow, lay countless "corpses."
He was originally resting in France.
He is excited about the creation of the new card, Lightning Storm.
Look at these figures.
Lightning Storm
[Level: 1]
[Mana Cost: 16 x 3]
[Note: Using Wizard Magic requires only 16 and lasts for 3 seconds. Also includes 3 other extraordinary energies.]
Creates a tornado and thundercloud. Deals damage to all enemy units within range.
[Tornado]
[Movement Speed: Medium]
The closer an enemy unit is to the center of the tornado, the more damage it takes.
[Center Damage: 300]
[Note: Damage decreases by 10 points for every 1m interval between the center and the point of attack]
Thunderclouds
[Movement Speed: Fast]
[Lightning]
Attack interval: 0.5s
[Damage: 35]
[Note: Upon impact, the enemy unit will be stunned. The duration of the stun depends on the enemy unit's physical strength.]
[Cold Rain]
[Damage: 16]
Attack interval: 0.8s
[Note: Continuous contact for more than 30 seconds will cause a stun effect. The stun duration depends on the enemy unit's physical strength.]
[Grimoire Level: 4 (1200/200)]
Basil finally discovered a better use for the [Grimoire], turning the ancient spells with their lengthy incantations into cards.
Cast spells without a staff or incantation using the [Grimoire].
But then, Basil discovered an uninvited guest.
Even though he was in France, his home in Devon was surrounded by uninvited guests, whether in burrows or treehouses.
But this time, he couldn't kill him as cleanly and decisively as he had with Fenrir.
He could only cast Stunning Spell to knock out all the uninvited guests.
Fortunately, Basil did not come away empty-handed.
Since he was already there, he looted the possessions of these 'corpses'.
Then, by referring to the wanted criminal list in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, find the corresponding faces and teleport them one by one to the office door.
As a result, they not only obtained all sorts of magical items, wands, and magic coins.
The tilt in the world line caused by so many wizards being imprisoned also earned 78,000 gems.