At Luna's House

To this day, a folk song still circulates in Britain: "For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; for want of a horse, the king was lost; for want of a king, the war was lost."

This story comes from Richard III, the last king of the House of York in England.

Initially, this was used to remind people to pay attention to details.

Now, it is more often used to illustrate the butterfly effect—that is, a seemingly insignificant little thing can have a big impact.

In Ryan's eyes, Ron's story of rescuing the Ravenclaw Phoenix and the Demiguise was like that missing nail.

"That 'iron nail' almost killed my little Luna!" Ryan couldn't help but think, and began to wonder if he should bring Ron along next time he messed with Harry.

"Ryan, what are you thinking about?" Luna puffed out her cheeks and poked Ryan's waist.

No, I'm just worried about one thing.

"What is it?" Luna asked quickly after Ryan replied.

She always felt that Ryan was thinking about that nasty Granger.

"Some unscrupulous merchants always like to use the horn of the Erumpent instead of the horn of the Crumple-Horned Snorkack."

"I'm worried that your dad might have bought the wrong one, after all, the Crumple-Horned Snorkack is very rare."

"I suggest you be careful on your way back, and test it out." Ryan patted Luna's head with a worried expression.

"You have to promise me that!" Seeing that Luna didn't seem to care, Ryan pinched Luna's cheek hard.

"Okay, okay, I understand!" Luna nodded hesitantly, indicating that she had remembered it.

Just as Luna nodded, Ryan reached his left hand into the air and made a virtual tap.

It was on a breezy hillside, and in the distance, one could see the beautiful scenery of the Ottery St Catchpole —the village looked like a cluster of toy houses scattered among the clouds in a huge beam of light that slanted down to the ground.

A slender, white hand appeared in mid-air, but disappeared the next second, leaving only a wisp of white smoke.

The wisp of smoke was carried by the gentle breeze, drifting and drifting for what seemed like several miles.

It slowly stopped in front of a huge, black cylindrical house, and a pearly white, transparent phantom appeared in the spot.

"Is this the ghost's body?" Ryan asked curiously, stroking the now cold body.

After regaining his senses, he looked at the strange house again.

Its entrance is a gate overgrown with weeds, with three hand-painted signs nailed to it.

First item: Editor-in-Chief of * the Quibbler *: X. Lovegood

The second piece: Please choose a bunch of mistletoe yourself.

Third piece: Don't touch the Dirigible Plum

Ryan walked through the gate and was greeted by a winding path.

Both sides were covered with all sorts of strange plants, and a clump of shrubs was covered with small, orange-red, radish-shaped fruits.

Without a doubt, this is the Dirigible Plum.

Logically speaking, Ryan, who consciously didn't learn about Herbology (for the sake of novelty), shouldn't recognize it, but it also has another identity— Luna's earring.

When Ryan was playing with it, Luna explained that it would hang upside down on the bushes, and she also said that it could enhance one's ability to perceive unusual things.

When her father was trying to replicate Rowena Ravenclaw's lost Ravenclaw's Diadem, he added this plant as part of the headdress.

To be honest, this garden looks like the work of a Hufflepuff House student.

Besides the Dirigible Plum, there was a Gurdyroot on the withered roots not far away. At the end of the garden, which is also the entrance to the house, there were two old crabapple trees bent by the wind. Their leaves had all fallen off, but they were still covered with small red fruits and large canopies of mistletoe flowers adorned with white beads.

This made the Ravenclaw- style gate, studded with iron nails and featuring an eagle-shaped door knocker, seem out of place in the garden.

As Ryan's illusory figure began to slowly emerge, dense white mist began to swirl around the garden.

Thus, images of Luna playing in the garden in the past were recreated and entered Ryan's mind one by one.

Luna happily picking Dirigible Plum, Luna reaching into the hole in the stubble vine to pull out the Gurdyroot that looked like beating hearts, Luna covered in red marks, Luna hiding under the tree with tears on her face.

This is a girl who grows wildly like weeds, lonely yet independent, neurotic yet adorable.

The girl was so charming that Ryan even forgot why he had come here.

Ryan only came to his senses when the last ray of sunlight disappeared.

The white mist, invisible to others, returned to Ryan's body, and with the last rays of sunlight, Ryan passed through the door.

Luna's house was indeed strange. The kitchen was right inside the door. The room was a perfect circle, making it feel like being inside a giant pepper shaker.

Everything was made in an arc shape to fit the walls: including the stove, sink, and cupboard, and all were painted with flowers, insects, and birds in bright primary colors.

In the center of the room, a cast-iron spiral staircase led upstairs, from which came clattering and clanging sounds, presumably from Luna's father's workroom.

However, it's a pity that Ryan was actually prepared to meet Mr. Lovegood long ago.

Although Luna's father can't see him now, meeting Luna's father face-to-face beforehand is completely different from using his senses.

But it seems that at this time, Luna's father was not yet ready to eat and was still working hard upstairs.

Strangely, the horn of the Crumple-Horned Snorkack that Luna mentioned was supposed to be in the living room was nowhere to be found.

It's worth noting that Ryan was the first to discover the horn of the Crumple-Horned Snorkack in Luna's house; at that time, the horn was on the cupboard.

It almost startled Ryan.

"Luna, do you mean the room that smells like a pepper shaker as soon as you walk in?" Ryan suddenly asked Luna in his arms at Hogwarts.

"Ryan, are you sick?" Luna stood up and touched Ryan's head.

"The entrance must be the kitchen!" Luna said seriously.

Kitchen?

A flash of inspiration struck Ryan, and he suddenly realized something.

Like Ron's family, their house has a kitchen right inside the entrance.

Does the entrance to a wizard's house always lead to the kitchen?

Or is this the style of decoration for all the houses in the Ottery St Catchpole?

"How do you know what my kitchen looks like?" Luna blinked her big eyes suspiciously.

"You said it before."

"Oh right, Luna, the horn of the Crumple-Horned Snorkack." Sure enough, as soon as Luna heard Ryan mention the Crumple-Horned Snorkack, she forgot everything else.

Ryan finally guessed what Luna meant by "living room"—that is, the upstairs workroom.

Ryan floated up, and sure enough, a huge gray spiral-shaped beast horn was attached to the wall, somewhat similar to that of Unicorn.

Without a doubt, that is Ryan's goal today.