harry potter book of crimes

Troyer, a quiet boy.

He was born in Brighton on the south coast of England, a seaside city full of freedom.

Since childhood, he has been different from his two older brothers. His parents feel that he seems to be a little too introverted and rarely plays with other boys.

Of course, the fact that there are so few wizards living in that city may be one of the reasons.

As a result, the apologetic parents began to take the three brothers to attend gatherings of other wizards from time to time, trying to bring a little more sunshine to their little son who never had a smile on his face.

But unfortunately, the efforts put in by his parents did not yield much results. Troyer only tried twice and never wanted to go out again.

Yes, he was really too introverted at that time - even more serious than now. He felt that he was afraid of contact with strangers from the bottom of his heart.

Therefore, instead of making him cheerful, those two small circle gatherings made him increasingly restless.

After that, he didn't leave the door for a while, no matter how his parents tried to persuade him and comfort him, it was of no use.

Fortunately, he also has a pair of brothers who love him equally.

Yes, there is one thing that Troyer still feels lucky about, because his two brothers not only did not feel embarrassed about him, but instead tried their best to find a solution for his unfulfilled brother.

During the two years before he entered school, his two brothers would go home immediately during the holidays and then try their best to take him out.

They knew that their younger brother was afraid of meeting people, so they would only choose good places with beautiful scenery and no people.

In the previous year, Troyer, accompanied by his brother, saw various scenery, walking on the deserted beach during the day, and looking up at the stars on the grass at night.

Under the guidance of his brother, he learned a lot about astronomy before entering school, and also got to know many strange magical animals and herbs.

That year, he found that he could finally go out. Even though his brother was still in school, he could go for a walk in deserted places near home and enjoy the breeze.

Of course, the journey to the destination was still quite difficult for him.

In the second year, that is, the year before he reached the age of admission to Hogwarts, his two brothers brought back a good thing from school during the holidays - wizard war chess.

I heard from my brother that it is a very popular gadget in schools in recent years. Everyone likes to use it to relax in their free time.

To be honest, within half a day, Troyer was completely obsessed with it!

During that holiday, his two brothers always took the set of war chess with him to play on the grass outside.

On the grass covered with sunshine, he directed his chess pieces to move forward and backward, wielded his sword and cast spells. Even if he rarely won, it still made him feel extremely happy.

That was the first time he showed that particularly cheerful smile, and when he laughed out loud, he realized that the eyes of his two brothers were a little red.

It's a pity that this kind of wizard war chess, which is more relaxed and interesting than ordinary wizard chess, also requires the company of friends.

The vacation that made him happy and touching was over, and his two brothers also returned to school... After realizing these two points, Troyer felt more terrifying loneliness and helplessness than before.

He missed his brothers, and even more, he missed the happy time of playing wizard war chess with his brothers.

For several days after that, he couldn't eat anything at all. Even if he stuffed it into his belly, he wouldn't be able to help but vomit it out after a while.

Perhaps because they thought it would not work if they continued like this, while taking their children to St. Mungo's for treatment, Troyer's parents also wrote letters to their two eldest sons who were still in school.

They wanted to see if the two older brothers, who had once made their youngest son smile, had any good ideas.

The day after the letter was sent, Troyer received a stack of instructions on how to play Wizard War Chess.

According to the two brothers' reply, these materials were written by an enthusiast in the school's wizarding chess club. They hoped that Troyer would distract his attention while they were in school and have "something to do."

But it was that information that allowed Troyer to meet an older brother named "Ron Weasley".

That's right, the so-called "Wizard Chess Game Guide" was actually written by Ron.

When Maka gave him a set of wizard war chess, Ron, who was originally very good at ordinary wizard war chess, quickly became a loyal fan of wizard war chess.

After receiving this information, it didn't take long for Troyer to be fascinated by the information. Originally, he didn't pay much attention to the rules when playing with his brothers, but this information contained detailed rules.

There is even a set of single-player gameplay specially developed.

Looking back now, that may have been the first time Troyer admired the boy named "Ron Weasley"!

After that, the remaining half of the year flew by so quickly.

It was during that half-year that Troyer went on a magical rampage - he made several wizard war chess pieces grow several times in size.

Then, not surprisingly, he received the admission notice from Hogwarts.

The moment he opened the notice, he was so excited as he stared closely at the little lion on the Hogwarts school badge. At that time, he even temporarily forgot his fear of strangers.

There is only one thought——

"I must enter Gryffindor House!"

He still longed for it until the moment he timidly sat on the barstool and put on the sorting hat.

However, Troyer's life is not his own at all, and the future he hopes for does not seem to exist at all.

He entered Ravenclaw House and became a shy eaglet.

But he never forgot the name that gave him happiness when he was most desperate. He was grateful to his two brothers, and also grateful to the senior named "Ron Weasley".

In his second year of school, at the beginning of his sophomore semester, Troyer finally plucked up the courage to sign up for the school's Wizarding Chess Club.

He didn't go there to find more chess friends to play with. He joined the club purely to be able to see the senior who had been engraved deep in his heart from time to time.

He doesn't dare to get close - never, he can only take a few glances from a distance, just to have a look!

The second grade was the most complicated period for Troyer. He wanted Ron to have a word with him, but he was also afraid of talking to others.

No, in fact, it was not until later that he realized that what he was afraid of had completely changed. He began to be afraid that even if Ron said something to him, he would not be able to respond well.

"If this happens, the senior will definitely be in trouble."

After thinking about it, Troyer gave up because he knew that he was far from worthy of being the other person's friend.

In addition, many things happened last year, and even Ron always seemed busy most of the time.

"So, let's end it like this..."

Another year passed, and Troyer successfully entered the third grade.

He no longer secretly watched Ron, but began to live his own life. He studied alone, did homework alone, and played chess and took a walk alone in his free time. It seemed that not long after

Then you can bury that senior in the deepest corner of your heart forever.

Maybe it was because he was too focused on spying on Ron in the past two years, and I don’t know when he started, but Troyer was no longer so afraid of other people.

Although he still feels uneasy in places with people, and he still can't communicate with people, at least he rarely has that kind of overwhelming fear anymore.

Everything seems to be developing in a good direction.

Before we know it, the weather has turned cold and winter is coming soon.

"... We don't know where he got the dress. He might have bought it during Hogsmeade Day. Neither of us found out at first, but then... you know, Slughorn

At Professor En’s dance, he sneaked in among the girls at the door.”

"Yes! We actually found out after listening to our classmates' descriptions. Otherwise, who would believe that their brother actually..."

Outside the Ravenclaw common room, Maka leaned on the handrail of the stairs, listening to the brothers telling stories about that... well, that boy's experiences.

And at the end, one of Troyer's brothers said with a grimace:

"To be honest, we don't know how to tell our parents now... Oh, I hope Troyer at least doesn't wear women's clothes when he goes home..."

When Maka heard this, she couldn't help but spread her hands.

"Speaking of which, what do you think...your brother feels towards Ron..." He said, leaning a little closer and lowering his voice further, "How does it feel?"

"Oh - don't ask us!" one of Troyer's brothers immediately groaned, "We have wanted to ask several times, but how should we ask? We are worried that he will feel that we are discriminating against him...

"

"That's right!" Another one echoed immediately, "Professor MacLean, you should have understood after listening to what you just said - Troyer's heart is very fragile! We don't dare to provoke him casually."

"Oh," Maka nodded, "I can understand your feelings, but... you also know that Ron hasn't found your brother yet... You know! But sooner or later, he will know

ah!"

After Troyer's two brothers heard this, they looked at each other, and then both of them showed polite yet awkward smiles.

"Why don't we wait until they get married and then see what happens?" (To be continued)