The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 594: Brave Weasley
The girl told me that my card tricks were amazing, almost like real magic...

Ron unilaterally announced that they would die together, shouting as he ran downstairs, not daring to stay within the twins' sight.

If falling in love with Lavender "The Kissing Man" Brown only made Ron socially dead in the Burrow, if he was caught after exposing the twins' true colors, he would probably be killed by the angry twins!
Ron didn't dare to delay for a moment and ran madly in front, with the twins chasing closely behind, coaxing him as they chased.

"Stop, Ron! We promise we're just going to talk, and we won't lay a finger on you!"

Why not watch the fun? Ada also got up and followed them out. She wanted to see how Fred and George were going to deal with Ron, and she was also quite interested in the girl in the paper shop.

When leaving the bedroom, the considerate Ada gently closed the door, creating a private space for Harry and Ginny so that they would not be disturbed by any ignorant people.

This is all I can do to help you, come on!

Ron was delayed for a short while just because of closing the door. He didn't dare to stop and ran into the living room, hiding behind his mother who was singing loudly.

Mrs. Weasley was very unhappy that her singing interest was disturbed and frowned. The twins who had been chasing here immediately slowed down their pace and dared not shout arrogantly "If you don't stop, I will kill you."

Ada was the last one to fall behind, and before she could follow them back to the living room, she could no longer move. The magical clock in the Weasley family attracted her and she couldn't take her eyes off it.

It was a magic positioning wall clock. There were no numbers representing time on the clock face, but location information of home, school, prison, Quidditch, etc. At twelve o'clock on an ordinary clock, "Deadly Danger" was engraved.

The pointers were not hour, minute, or second hands, but names, each with the name of a family member. Now, all of them were pointing to twelve o'clock, pointing to the deadly red danger.

Bill came over at some point with a half-drunk glass of eggnog in his hand.

"The clock has been like this for a long time. After the mysterious man publicly returned, it pointed to 'fatal danger'." Bill said softly, "I wanted to throw it away a long time ago, but my mother didn't agree."

Ada looked quietly at the names on the pointer: Mr. and Mrs. Weasley's, Bill, Charlie, Percy, the twins, Ron, Ginny.

Originally there were only these hands on the wall clock, but now there is one more hand. I don’t know when it was installed, and “Esmeralda” is written on the hand.

Ding! Your friend [Stumbling Block on the Road to Darkness] is online!

"Ah, you're looking at this!" Bill said with an expression of sudden enlightenment, "This was added by my mother because she was worried about you. Furong was jealous for several days because of the appearance of your pointer!"

Fleur did have reason to be jealous. As the future daughter-in-law of the Weasley family, and the eldest daughter-in-law, her name was not on the magic positioning wall clock, while Ada, a person with an outsider's surname, was named on the clock. Anyone would be unhappy.

"That's a good thing. It shows that Furong cares about you very much." Ada said with a smile, her eyes still fixed on her pointer. "For you, she wants to integrate into this family and get everyone's recognition..."

Before he could finish his words, Furong's voice came from the living room.

Fleur seemed to be imitating Celestina's singing voice. It was unknown whether she was trying to please her future mother-in-law or to stage a battle between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in advance and settle it once and for all. In short, Fleur's singing voice was hard to describe, and Mrs. Weasley's expression was equally hard to describe.

"It's just that her method may not be right and needs to be adjusted." Ada said speechlessly, "Good things take time, good things take time..."

Bill also looked up at the sky, helpless. Furong had messed up everything again.

How many times has this happened? Bill thought about it, and suddenly realized that he couldn't remember. He had messed up so many times. The two of them returned to the living room together. When Bill came in, Furong immediately came over, with an expression on her pretty face that said, "I did a good job, come and praise me."

Then, Bill really stroked Furong's long, smooth hair lovingly, with words of praise like "proud" and "awesome" written all over his face. Bill, he was really good at it.

Being unexpectedly fed a handful of dog food, Ada really wanted to first give this sweet couple a [Strong Hand Skull Crack], then a [Deliberate Punch], and finally end with a [Breathtaking].

Only in this way can I relieve the depression in my heart.

Except for Ada, everyone in the living room had already gotten used to it and continued to chat about their own things, ignoring the couple as if they were air.

The twins and Ron stood beside Mrs. Weasley with their heads lowered and their hands behind their backs, like three primary school students who had made mistakes. Every time Mrs. Weasley said something, the twins and Ron nodded, like precise machines.

Mrs. Weasley asked who Lavender Brown was, who the girl in the paper shop was, and asked all sorts of questions to the girl who suddenly appeared. Judging from Mrs. Weasley's expression, she was obviously dissatisfied with her son's vision.

The eldest son has already chosen Fleur Delacour. Mrs. Weasley doesn't want her younger sons to repeat the mistakes of their eldest brother, so of course she has to keep a strict eye on them.

Compared to the unfamiliar Lavender, Hermione was slightly more pleasing to the eye; as for the Muggle girl in the paper shop, who was not even a wizard, Mrs. Weasley was more satisfied with Fleur than with the Muggle girl.

The Weasleys are friendly to Muggles, and they do not discriminate against them, let alone abuse them. Mr. Weasley also wrote laws to protect Muggles, and was furious when Fred and George teased Dudley.

Even so, if children really want to marry Muggle girls, it is not an easy task.

Whether in the East or the West, marriage is never a matter between two people, but a union of two families.

There is a huge difference between Muggles and wizards in their understanding of the world. This difference affects the lifestyles of both sides, which in turn affects their relationship and may even lead to irreconcilable conflicts.

The Dursleys' attitude towards James Potter was not an isolated case. Wasn't the reason why Harry praised Marge so much because of the slanders she had leveled against his own parents?
The unknown creates fear. The power wielded by wizards is incomprehensible to Muggles, so they regard wizards as monsters and demons. Otherwise, why would there be a witch hunt?

Muggles regard wizards as evil aliens, so wizards are naturally not friendly to Muggles.

If wizards were willing to treat Muggles well and put them on the same footing as themselves, Grindelwald back then might not have received so much support, and Voldemort today would not have been able to win over a large number of pure-blood wizards so easily.

Even Mr. Weasley could not help but show contempt for Muggles in his words.

This is not a big mistake, or an evil in the heart, but the result of the extraordinary power that wizards have. Even Muggles have strong and weak relationships, let alone extraordinary wizards.

The Weasleys may have looked down on Muggles, but they never treated them with contempt and insult. Instead, they treated them as kindly as possible. When Voldemort led his Death Eaters to slaughter Muggles, they stood up and tried their best to stop it.

Although Muggles are weak to Voldemort and his followers, the Weasleys are also weak.

If you don't swing your sword at the weak, you are already kind. If you draw your sword at the stronger to protect the weak, you are a brave man. The Weasleys are brave men.

(End of this chapter)