How to Draw a Circle to Open a Door

For Fred and George, it was the best day ever, as their idol Horatio would be staying with them for a while.

Although they had participated in Horatio's great battle last semester, they deeply admired him in their hearts. They had even formed a fan club exclusively for Horatio.

Horatio was naturally very pleased with these two little fanboys. Since it wasn't convenient for him to pull off any big stunts at the Weasley house, he helped the twins improve their props.

Ron saw the three of them hanging out together every day and felt a pang of unease, sensing that something bad was about to happen.

As expected, a scream shattered the morning tranquility. When Ron went downstairs to prepare breakfast, he found a swarm of spiders crawling all over the dining table.

"Mom, why are there spiders on the table?" Ron's face turned pale with fright.

Molly casually grabbed one and popped it into her mouth. "These are spider chocolate cookies made by Fred and George under Horatio's guidance."

Molly chewed on the spider and said, "They taste pretty good. Do you want to try one?" She then grabbed one and prepared to hand it to Ron.

Ron's eyes rolled back in fear, and he fainted.

"Hmph, coward." Molly carried Ron back to his room, then grabbed another spider and popped it into her mouth. "Mmm, delicious."

Upstairs, Horatio and the twins were secretly observing all of this. Seeing Ron faint from fright, "Yes, the first step of the plan is successful," George said.

They then sneaked into Ron's room and poured a bottle of potion into his mouth. Under the potion's effect, Ron began to grow red hair all over his body. Soon, long red hairs enveloped Ron, leaving only his eyes exposed.

"Holy crap, a red-haired monster. I'm getting the creeps," Horatio said, shivering as he looked at Ron on the bed. He grabbed George and Fred and quickly retreated from the scene, swapping Ron's shoes on their way out.

Ron slowly woke up, feeling an unbearable itch all over his body. He looked down and saw that he was covered in red hair. He then looked in the mirror and burst into tears, terrified by his reflection.

He put on his shoes, intending to go downstairs to find Molly, but as soon as he took a step, he felt something was wrong. The shoes had absolutely no grip.

"Plop." Ron executed a perfect split, crying out in pain on the spot.

Molly heard the commotion and went upstairs to check. She reached Ron's room and saw a red-haired ape clutching its lower body and rolling on the floor.

"Who are you? Why are you in little Ron's room?" Molly drew her wand, staring warily at the red-haired ape.

"Mom, it's me."

"Little Ron, how did you end up like this?" Molly quickly put away her wand and rushed forward to check on him.

"I don't know."

In Fred and George's room, Horatio and the twins watched everything unfold through the fly-on-the-wall surveillance they had set up.

"Hahahaha," the three of them clutched their stomachs, laughing uncontrollably. The moment Ron did the split and cried out in pain was particularly hilarious, almost killing them with laughter.

Naturally, the three were punished. Molly came to their room, scolded them severely, and confiscated all their prank props.

George and Fred were a bit dejected. Horatio comforted them, "Professor McGonagall confiscated a lot of my things last semester too, but what's the use? As long as my production speed exceeds her confiscation speed, she can't do anything to me."

The twins found this very reasonable and immediately started making new prank props with Horatio.

While making props with them, Horatio felt they had good talent in alchemy and potions, so he began to teach them basic enchanting and rune carving.

The twins were deeply moved and immediately pulled Horatio aside, proposing to become sworn brothers. Thus, the Sleeping Lice Duo, who would later shake Hogwarts and become Professor McGonagall's lifelong nemesis, was born.

A few days later, Hogwarts' admission letter arrived for Horatio. When Horatio opened the envelope, he exclaimed, "What the hell, so many books?" Books like "Breaking Up with Female Ghosts," "Traveling with Ghouls," and "Accompanying Trolls," all authored by the same person: Gilderoy Lockhart.

Horatio declared, "How awesome is this guy? I'll try out the feeling of looking a Basilisk in the eye this year."

Molly said that thankfully Dumbledore had given them a bag of Galleons earlier, otherwise, she wouldn't know what to do now.

That evening, Horatio received a letter from Hermione. After Dumbledore had sent him to the Burrow, Horatio had asked Nephthys to send Hermione a letter showing off how he had been praised by Mafalda, Head of the Office for the Misuse of Magic at the Ministry of Magic.

Hermione's letter cut straight to the truth, asking if he had gotten into trouble and been arrested by the Ministry. She then invited him to go shopping for textbooks together on Wednesday and to explain what he meant by wanting to see her family's helipad.

"Tch, you want me to come on Wednesday, so I'll come on Wednesday? I'll go on Thursday just because," Horatio muttered to himself.

"Horatio, Hermione just replied to my letter, inviting us to buy textbooks together on Wednesday. Ron and I have discussed it, and we've decided to go to Diagon Alley via the Floo Network on Wednesday," Harry said, pushing open Horatio's door. "Molly said to bring you along too."

"What's wrong with you?" Harry asked, looking at Horatio, who had turned ashen gray.

"I might be a little dead."

"???"

On Wednesday, Molly took a flower pot from the kitchen mantelpiece and brought it to the fireplace. Facing everyone, she said, "Harry and Horatio have never used Floo Powder before. Fred, you go first as a demonstration."

Fred pinched a pinch of powder from the flower pot, walked to the fireplace, and threw the powder into the flames, shouting, "Diagon Alley!" As green flames erupted, he instantly vanished.

"You have to say those words clearly," Mrs. Weasley told Harry and Horatio, and George also did a demonstration.

Harry mimicked Fred and George's actions, pinched a pinch of powder, walked to the fire, shouted, "Dye Jiao Xiang!" and threw the powder into the fire, then disappeared.

Molly turned back and asked, "Did you hear what he said?"

Horatio quickly raised his hand and said, "I know, I know, he said Dye Jiao Xiang."

Arthur grabbed a handful of powder and said to Molly, "I'll go find Harry. Molly, you take the children to Diagon Alley first."

He then threw the powder into the fire and shouted, "Dye Jiao Xiang!"

"Horatio, you go. Make sure you don't say it wrong," Molly said, extending the flower pot to Horatio.

Horatio nodded, threw the Floo Powder into the fire, and shouted, "Diagon Alley!"

With a dizzying spin, Horatio emerged from the fireplace, leaning against the wall, "Ugh~"

"Are all wizarding teleportation spells this terrible? Ugh~" Horatio almost threw up the sandwich he had eaten that morning.

[Detected host's dissatisfaction with the wizarding world's teleportation magic. The system has applied for a book from Kamar-Taj colleagues, How to Draw a Standard Circle to Open a Door, and is now issuing it to the host.]

"Buddy, you're the only one I can count on, ugh~"