harry potter book of crimes

"Now, please invite today's two brides to enter the venue hand in hand with their dearest parents -"

As the door of the Burrow opened slowly and automatically, a pair of beautiful girls in white wedding dresses stepped onto the carpet led by their parents.

One of them is gentle and the other is generous. They walk together in thick skirts of both long and short styles, but they don't give people any incongruous feeling at all.

As the band played the melodious music, their slightly nervous postures became even more graceful, causing the guests to sigh for a while as soon as they appeared.

Behind them, Luna and Hermione, the bridesmaids, also walked out gently. Their temperament was not inferior to that of today's protagonist, and even the two bouquets of flowers held in their hands seemed to be a bit duller.

After being stunned for a moment, the guests applauded gently for the beauty of the bride and the bridesmaids. Everyone sent them to the wedding tent and stood in front of the wedding tent with smiles filled with blessings.

The person who presided over the wedding was a member of the Wizengamot who was quite prestigious in the British magical community. Although his magical talent was not very high, he was worthy of everyone's trust in both his background and his personality.

I think back then, he and Dumbledore had always had a good relationship. If Mr. Akinbard had not personally appeared at Dumbledore's funeral at that time, he was actually originally planned to be the host.

Now, Mr. Weasley, who had some friendship with the little old wizard, asked him to take charge of the wedding.

Seeing that the bride was already standing in front of the tent, the little wizard waved his silver staff again and said loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen! Today we gather here with smiles and joy, just to celebrate the fusion of two pairs of loyal souls. They met, got to know each other, and promised each other, from youth to maturity, from ignorance to steadfastness, until today

This sunny and wonderful afternoon..."

The host used a slow and melodious tone like chanting, guiding the mood of everyone present, and moving towards the sincere expectation with the bride.

After a moment, he continued:

"...Then, in order to prove that this encounter will eventually be successful, we invite today's two grooms and their trusted parents to appear together and walk step by step towards the tearful waiting bride!"

As soon as the words fell, the guests hurriedly turned their heads back to the door of the Burrow. Looking at the appearance of some of them, it seemed that they were even more anxious than the bride.

However, three seconds passed... five seconds passed... ten seconds passed.

The person who was supposed to be there never showed up.

At this moment, everyone suddenly saw Mrs. Weasley rushing out with a panicked look on her face. After looking around, she asked loudly:

"Where are Fred and George? Where have they gone?"

As soon as these words came out, some people who were familiar with this pair were dumbfounded - could those two unreliable guys want to do something unreliable at the last moment?

"They didn't run away, did they?"

Ron, who was sitting in the front row, tilted his head and said this to Ginny next to him. When he said this, Ginny couldn't help but pursed her lips.

"If it were anyone else, I wouldn't believe it," Bill whispered, "but this is Fred and George's wedding, and I wouldn't be surprised at what kind of scene it turns into!"

"Yes!" Charlie nodded, "Rather, I find it strange that they have been cooperating with my mother to make all the complicated preparations these days!"

"Fred - George -" Mrs. Weasley screamed, "where have you been! Come out!"

Listening to his mother's angry shouts that were about to explode, Ron couldn't help but shuddered:

"Speaking of which...where is Maka? Where are he and Neville, the best men?"

Just when Ron was wondering about Maka's whereabouts, he suddenly remembered the time Fred and George showed up at Hogwarts a few days ago. In the guest room of the Vice-castle that day, Maka seemed to be interested in Fred.

What did De and George whisper?

Could this be Maka's idea?

"Something's wrong?" Thinking of this, Ron couldn't help but said to himself, "Logically speaking, even if Maka gave them some ideas, it wouldn't be such a bad idea of ​​escaping from the battlefield..."

While Ron was thinking to himself, Hermione and Luna, who were standing in front of the tent with a pair of brides, also blinked in surprise.

However, they both seemed much calmer than the others.

"Don't worry! Ashley, Mary, don't worry..." Luna smiled naturally, took Ashley's hand and said, "Maka is with Fred and George! Everything will be fine.

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On the other side, in order to reassure the sisters, Hermione also held Mary's hand as tightly as Luna did. She could feel that the latter's hand was slightly moist and warm, obviously she was too nervous.

"Yes!" Hermione said, "Luna is right - as long as Maka is with Fred and George, he will definitely bring them to you."

However, at this moment, when Mrs. Weasley turned around and wanted to rush back to the Burrow, everyone saw a person walking out of the house.

Yes, just being alone, nothing else.

"Mrs. Weasley, don't worry! They will be here soon."

That was Maka. Maka, who was supposed to be one of the best men and accompany the groom, appeared!

Not only that, everyone also discovered that he was not wearing the white dress that the best man should wear, but only his own wizard robe.

He stopped Mrs. Weasley for a moment, then turned around and waved his hand, and everyone present saw four figures, Shi Shiran, walking out of the open door.

The two people walking in front were naturally the grooms, Forre and George. They were both wearing elegant white suits with gold threads. The right hooks made their already upright postures even more upright.

Mrs. Weasley raised her eyebrows on the spot when she saw the two grooms, but just as she was about to have a fit, the best man following behind the two grooms made her froze in place.

One of them is, of course, Neville.

To be honest, with his current capital, he would be more eye-catching than the groom after putting on the best man's clothes. But he seemed to have remembered Maka's previous instructions and deliberately shrunk his back a little, so that

I don't look that energetic.

However, no matter how eye-catching Neville was, Mrs. Weasley had no time to take another look at him at this time.

Because her eyes were completely attracted by the other best man.

"Percy?" After being stunned for a while, she took two steps forward almost involuntarily, "Is it really Percy? Oh, my child... you, are you awake?"

"……Mother."

That was indeed Percy - because he had been in a deep sleep for a long time, even food and water needed to be brought into his stomach using magic spells, so he seemed to be in very bad health.

But since he was wearing the best man's attire at the moment, he was in good spirits even though he was slightly thin.

Now that he saw his mother walking towards him with tears in her eyes, he didn't know whether it was because of shame or what, but he just subconsciously took half a step back with trembling hands.

"sorry."

It has been a long time since Percy fell into a deep sleep due to Voldemort's Imperius Curse. Maka had seen it for him back then, but for some reason could not wake him up directly.

There was no way, after all, besides Voldemort's Imperius Curse having a huge impact on his soul, there was actually another most critical factor. And it was that factor that made all outside help in vain.

Because, the reason why Percy fell asleep was more because he was immersed in boundless happiness and was reluctant to wake up.

As the saying goes, don't try to wake a person who is pretending to be asleep - if this saying is applied to Percy, I'm afraid it would be perfect.

"...I'm sorry, dad, mom."

"No, it's okay, you just-"

As a mother, Mrs. Weasley no longer cares about Percy's past mistakes. In her opinion, nothing is more important than her son being able to wake up, right?

What's more, although Percy took the initiative to cut off contact with his family because he was worried about affecting his job and future in the Ministry of Magic. But now it has been so long, even Voldemort has long been a thing of the past, and Weasley

How could Madam still care about this?

Even though she was the one who was most angry and disappointed with Percy's behavior back then.

However, the moment she realized that Mrs. Weasley was about to deny Percy's apology, Maka, who was standing aside, slightly closed her lips a few times.

A few of his words penetrated into Mrs. Weasley's ears without most people noticing.

"Snapped!"

As a clear and loud voice passed by, many guests, including those who knew the inside story, were stunned. Because they saw Mrs. Weasley slapped Percy on the face on the spot.

And then, Mrs. Weasley, who had just slapped Percy hard, hugged the thin Percy tightly, and two lines of tears rolled down his neck.

"Mother--"

Looking at Percy, Maka, Fred, and George, who could only repeat these words back and forth, as if they were mentally retarded, they looked at each other and laughed.

"What did you say to mom just now?" Fred came up and asked quietly, "Mom was willing to beat Percy. This is the first time in my life that I have seen him!"

George on the side also nodded repeatedly, his eyes mixed with the excitement of witnessing his brother's return, and the amusement after relaxing physically and mentally.

Hearing this, Maka did not answer directly, but shook her head and said:

"For those of us who have always been awake, Percy's sleep time was indeed very long; but for Percy himself, it was just something that happened yesterday. And just now, when he learned from us

After seeing so many people worrying about him..."

"...How do you think he will feel in his heart?" (To be continued)