harry potter book of crimes

Seeing Maka walking into their home, Fred and George immediately looked at each other and counted three times, then imitated the voice of their mother, Mrs. Weasley, and shouted: "Oh - Merry Christmas, dear

, you seem to have lost weight again?"

Almost at the same time, a similar voice sounded from inside the door, and the content was almost the same.

Fred and George immediately supported each other and laughed so hard.

Maka, who had just arrived in the living room, heard the noise coming from behind and couldn't help but laugh a few times before walking towards the dining table not far from the door.

Mrs. Weasley had stood up to greet them.

"Merry Christmas everyone." Maka greeted happily.

Luna beside him also said blessings, but her attention seemed to be attracted by the Christmas wreath hanging on the wall, and she was looking at the mistletoe in the wreath!

It was a coincidence that they arrived. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Ron, Ginny, Harry... and even Sirius were still here. A group of people were sitting around the dining table, eating breakfast lively.

It was a pity that he and Luna were already full, otherwise they could have had a meal on the way.

"Maka, and Miss Lovegood... do you want to have something to eat together?" Mrs. Weasley invited warmly.

"No, no need, we have already eaten." Maka hurriedly signaled, "Mrs. Weasley, this is not my first time here. There is no need to entertain us - you go and eat as well! We will put it here

Treat it as your own home!”

"Oh - that's well said! This is your own home." Mr. Weasley nodded repeatedly, "Molly, come and sit down!"

As Maka said himself, he was not polite at all, he casually pulled out a chair and sat down at the dining table.

He noticed that Ron and Ginny's expressions seemed a little dull.

He soon figured out the reason - Percy was still sleeping, and the two of them probably just found out last night. When they were still at school, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley didn't tell the news to him.

They know.

"Harry, Ron, did you have a good Christmas Eve?" He took the initiative to find a topic that could stir up the atmosphere, "Especially Harry, look! I said I would give you a lively Sirius, right?

"

"Oh, yes! Thank you!" Harry said gratefully, "There couldn't be a better Christmas Eve than last night! Did you know? Sirius gave me the coolest Christmas gift ever!"

As he spoke, he leaned into Maka's ear and added in a very low voice: "But to be honest, I don't really like it... although it is indeed great."

"What is it?" Maka asked curiously.

"Yes -" Harry, who was about to blurt out, suddenly paused. He opened his mouth and glanced at Sirius again, "Oh... I'm sorry, I promised what Sirius couldn't say."

"Really? It doesn't matter - that will be your mutual secret." Maka nodded, but also looked at Sirius, "I just hope that it is not a bad idea."

"Hey! What are you talking about!" Sirius said dissatisfiedly, holding up his fork.

"Let me see, Maka is right to be worried!" Mrs. Weasley squeezed him and said, "You always do some reckless things, let alone you don't have any awareness yourself?"

"Oh... come on! Molly..." Sirius said helplessly, "I'm careful enough now."

"Okay! I'm just reminding you," Maka warned Harry, "No matter what kind of gift it is, be careful when using it, and practice more to make sure it's good!"

"You...you know what it is?" Harry said in surprise.

"The gift that can make you so...well, so interested is nothing more than a better broom and a more difficult spell." Maka shrugged and whispered, "You already have a broom and a firebolt, so that's probably it.

It’s a practical and powerful spell... isn’t it?”

"Oh... stop guessing..." Harry quickly covered Maka's mouth, "I know, I will practice more."

Maka nodded and motioned for him to take his hand away quickly. This guy was careless when he was anxious, and almost covered himself until he couldn't breathe.

The reason why Harry was so anxious was because he knew that Maka had already guessed the answer.

The magic spells that R.A. is currently teaching cover a very wide range. The information sent by Maca alone includes a large number of practical magic spells. As for what is not mentioned above, except for black magic, there are only a few dangerous ones.

It's relatively big.

Among them, the one that can be taught to Harry right now is undoubtedly the Apparition Spell.

Although this spell is quite difficult, for ordinary wizards, the main difficulty lies in "determination". If the determination is not strong enough and the will is not decisive enough, it will not be able to spread its attention to every corner of the body. This is

It is easy to cause accidents.

People who tend to lose things easily are not suitable for learning this spell, because you might forget a certain part of your body where it belongs, right?

But for pure Gryffindors like Sirius and Harry, it's no big deal. Maybe in two or three days, Harry will be able to use it to move around smoothly.

Of course, Maka has nothing to do with this. Now that Harry has learned some sense of propriety, he will not take the initiative to jump in front of Voldemort to fight with him.

After chatting for a while at the dining table, Ron, who quickly finished breakfast, took Harry and Maka to his room. As for Luna, Ginny dragged her to the garden outside to find trouble with the goblins.

.

Ron's room is located at the top of the Burrow, and the only thing above is the attic. According to Ron, in addition to some sundries, there is also a ghoul hidden in the attic.

Although the name of this kind of magical creature sounds scary, in fact most of them are not very dangerous. They usually look ugly, have a sluggish expression, and have buck teeth.

Ghouls can't hold much in their brains, they are tired and stupid. Apart from humming and making noise from time to time, they just find spiders or moths to feed themselves.

"...As long as it feels that the house is too quiet, it will knock on the pipe in the corner of the attic." Ron said nonchalantly, "But it basically has no chance to knock during the day, and if it is too late, it will have to sleep."

Before she finished speaking, Maka heard another scolding from Mrs. Weasley downstairs. It was probably because Fred and George had made her unhappy again.

"I think we already understand why it didn't have a chance to knock," Maka pointed to the floor with a smile, "because your mother was here during the day."

"That's it." Ron spread his hands helplessly, "I really hope mom can take a break - I'd rather listen to it knock on the pipes in our house!"

It's been a long time since Maka last visited Ron's room.

However, the appearance here has not changed much. Except for the "Wizard's War Chess" that Maka gave him back then, most of the other places are related to Quidditch.

The surrounding walls and sloping ceilings were all occupied by Quidditch posters - without exception, they were all from the Chadley Cannons, and their orange-yellow main color made them very eye-catching.

The quilt cover on his bed also belonged to the artillery team, with two black "C"s and an imposing golden cannonball printed on it. But I have to say that compared with what Maka saw back then, this quilt cover has become

Somewhat outdated.

Ron is a loyal supporter of this British team. At its peak, it won 21 League Cup championships. But even Maka, who doesn't pay much attention to Quidditch events, knows that this team

It's no longer possible.

"Ron, why don't we go to the orchard behind to play Quidditch for a while?" Knowing that because of Percy's condition, Ron must be feeling very complicated even though he didn't say anything, Maka suddenly said, "Hang on.

Ginny is also called, as well as Fred and George, just three on three, how about it?"

"Where's Luna?" Harry asked quickly.

"She?" Maka shrugged, "Rather than playing Quidditch, she prefers watching..."

As soon as Ron heard that he was going to play Quidditch, he really became interested. It can be imagined that although he is not good at this sport, he is not inferior to anyone in terms of enthusiasm.

"That's a good idea!" Ron said excitedly, "Maka, how long has it been since you played Quidditch - you must be on my team today!"

"Of course," Maka said with a smile, "Harry is now the ace of Gryffindor House, and so are Fred and George...but I think we'll let a few of them have a taste of their power!"

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go quickly! When Charlie came back last time, he left his old broom in the broom shed. If you take it with you, the broom will definitely be enough - Harry's Firebolt is also taken with you!"

"Then what are you waiting for?" Maka showed a rare enthusiasm, "Let's go!"

"It would be nice if Hermione was here," Harry said regretfully, "How about we call her here first?"

"No, I want her to stay with her parents." Maka shook her head and said, "The Grangers are different from Ron's parents. They are a pair of Muggles - they don't care about things in the magical world.

It’s not very clear, but they will look forward to the day when they are reunited with their daughter.”

"Oh... I think you're right," Harry realized immediately, "It must be hard to feel like you have to wait patiently while knowing nothing."

As they talked, they arrived on the third floor. There was a sign with Ginny's name on the door, so even a first-time visitor would hardly recognize the wrong room.

The reason why they stopped here instead of going directly downstairs was because they heard faint voices coming from inside. It seemed that Ginny and Luna had returned from the garden outside.

After Ron knocked on the door, it was quiet for a while, and then there was a slight sound of footsteps. They thought it must be Ginny who opened the door, but when the door opened, everyone found that standing at the door was

Luna.