Chapter 75: The Burrow
In a flash, the Christmas holidays came again.
This year's Christmas holiday, Coven did not intend to go back to the wand shop.
There were many reasons.
First, he had not been able to get the relevant alchemy tips from the professors.
When he mentioned this to the twins, the twins suggested that Coven to go to their house for the Christmas holidays because their father, Arthur Weasley, knew a lot about alchemy.
Second, this year, Ollivander planned to go to France to celebrate Christmas and New Year with his son. —there was not enough time for two weeks of vacation, so Coven declined Ollivander's invitation to go abroad.
The third point was related to Penelope.
The two of them had known each other for a year and a half. After School life, Penelope's thoughts had become more mature, and she no longer regarded Coven as her only 'bestie' like before.
Penelope had made many friends in school, so the relationship was divided. Now, she only regarded Coven as her best friend.
This year, several of Penelope's friends decided to stay in school for Christmas, so Penelope also chose to stay in school for Christmas to experience the atmosphere of Hogwart's Christmas.
Therefore, this year, Coven did not receive Penelope's Christmas invitation.
After three reasons, Coven simply agreed to the twin's invitation and went to Weasley's house for Christmas. He also wanted to ask their father about alchemy.
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Through the public fireplace in Hogsmeade Village, Coven and the Weasley brothers directly returned to their house.
This was the first time Coven used 'Floo Powder Fireplace''. After a round of dizziness, Coven was vomited out by Weasley's fireplace.
Fortunately, Coven's reflex nerves were very strong. He spun in the air and successfully landed on his feet.
Unlike the twins who were spat out by the fireplace, he rolled on the ground several times.
"Welcome, child."
As soon as Coven stood firm, a man and a woman, who had been waiting for a long time, warmly welcomed him.
Mrs. Weasley was a short and fat witch. She had messy long curly hair and a thick sweater and skirt with knitted edges. She looked like a woman who loved flowers because her clothes were all covered with woolen flowers.
Ron looked younger than in Coven's memory. He had messy red hair and a face full of freckles. It was unknown which elder brother had eliminated the clothes on his body. The clothes on his body looked very loose and did not fit him.
Ginny was much better. She had a baby-fat face, soft red hair, and her clothes were very neat.
"Hello, Mrs. Weasley." Coven greeted politely and then said awkwardly, "Sorry, please let me..."
As he spoke, Coven took out his wand and cast a 'clean up' on himself.
"A beautiful Silent Mantra!" Mrs. Weasley praised.
"Thank you." Coven thanked her politely.
"Coven." Weasley's second son, Charlie, introduced him with a smile. "This is my younger brother, Ron. He is nine years old this year. This is our younger sister, Ginny. He is eight years old this year."
"Hello, I am Coven Quinn." Coven greeted the two little kids with a smile.
Ron and Ginny seemed a little afraid of strangers. Ron was fine, he just stammered and introduced himself. Ginny Weasley simply hid behind her mother, only poking out half of her face to look at Coven.
"Mom." George looked around and asked, "Where's Dad?"
"Where's Bill?" Fred asked, "Why didn't I see them?"
"Your father has something to do in the Ministry of Magic. He will be back in a while." Mrs. Weasley replied, "Bill has gone to the interview. He won't be back today."
After the response, Mrs. Weasley turned to Coven and greeted him warmly, "I have already prepared lunch. Come and try my cooking."
After saying that, Mrs. Weasley instantly changed her face. Her enthusiastic expression disappeared and she urged her other children, "Don't just stand there like a fool! Hurry up and wash your hands and eat!"
"Okay, mom."
In addition to the older Charlie, Percy and the twins seemed to be a little honest and obediently went to the sink.
"Child, come here with me." Madam Weasley changed her face again and her face was full of enthusiasm again. She raised her hand to hold Coven's shoulder and walked to the dining table.
Weasley's family was called 'The Burrow'* by them. Perhaps it was a kind of enjoyable self-mockery. After all, the family looked very simple and old.
[*TL Note: The Burrow was the family home of the Weasley family, located on the outskirts of Ottery St Catchpole in Devon, England. It was a thoroughly magical dwelling that became a second home to Harry Potter.]
However, even though all kinds of household utensils were scattered and crowded everywhere, the whole house gave people a warm feeling of home.
Coven simply looked at the environment on the first floor, his gaze passing through all kinds of automatic running magical household products.
Just a simple look made him unable to help but raise a feeling of anticipation in his heart.
Because there were many alchemy items in the entire room, it could be seen that Mr. Arthur Weasley had indeed made a lot of achievements in alchemy.
This made Coven, even more, look forward to meeting Mr. Arthur Weasley.
The lunch prepared by Mrs. Weasley was certainly not as sumptuous as what Hogwarts had prepared. After all, the Weasley family in Coven's memory had always been poor.
However, although lunch was just some regular English dishes, there was no dark cuisine, and the taste could also be considered good.
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After lunch, the twins led Coven upstairs to see where he had lived for the past few days.
The room Mrs. Weasley had arranged for Coven was on the second floor. Because there was no empty room in the house, she could only let Coven and Percy sleep in the same room.
This room should be the best environment in their home. The window was facing the garden outside.
However, it was winter now. The garden was bare with only some snow, and some ugly little gnomes were randomly hitting the hole in the garden.
"Don't you need to care about them?" Coven pointed at the little goblins in the garden and asked George, "Why don't we use some magic spells to expel them forever?"
"If that's the case, we won't have any fun," George replied with a smile.
"That's right." Fred also explained with a smile, "We've always been using those little gnomes to practice magic spells."
"I see." Coven suddenly understood.
"Alright, come with us."
George greeted Coven and said as he walked out the door, "Follow us upstairs."
"Yes!" Fred also greeted, "I'll let you see our' laboratory '."
Coven did not refuse and followed them.
Just as Coven expected, the so-called laboratory of the twins was their bedroom on the third floor.
In addition to two very narrow single beds, the entire bedroom was filled with all kinds of messy things, almost making people unable to step down.
However, there were many things that Coven had never seen before. He immediately asked the twins one by one with interest...