A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 224 Luna Lovegood

The unicorn came ashore and walked up to William and his two companions.

The girl jumped down, and the knot in her blue dress automatically untied.

She tilted her head back, squinted, and asked groggily, "Are you related to the Thorn Witch?"

William shook his head.

Hermione asked疑惑地问道, "Who is the Thorn Witch?"

"It's the old woman who used to live here. Her name is Olenna Redwin, and Dumbledore called her the Thorn Witch," William explained.

"The Thorn Witch, such a big name?" Annie asked doubtfully. "Is she very powerful?"

Clearly, in Anne's eyes, Dumbledore was the most powerful wizard. Even he called her the Thorn Witch, so she must be an extraordinary being.

"Well, she's a Squib," William explained.

"Where is she staying now?" Hermione asked with concern.

"After I bought the cabin, Dumbledore gave her a large sum of money and sent her to the Sunset Red senior community."

"I heard there's a whole bunch of old men and women like her there," William replied.

"Sunset Glow Community..." Annie's eyes lit up. "I know that place!"

Professor Dumbledore wrote to me saying it was a wonderful place, full of talented people who were also very interesting… He said he would probably live there if he retired.”

"Oh, what did you say?" William asked with interest.

Anne's intelligence on Dumbledore was far more detailed than William's, given that the two corresponded daily.

There was also a two-way mirror that even William envied.

"I replied that he's an old man with no children, and if he doesn't mind, he can come to our house after he retires, and I'll take care of him!" Annie said with a beaming smile.

William patted Anne's head... He felt that compared to the talented people in the senior citizen community, his younger sister had a better voice.

See, no wonder Dumbledore liked Anne so much; the Christmas gifts he gave her were more expensive than William's.

William is just too bad at talking; he needs to humbly learn from Anne in this regard!

"By the way, who are you?" Hermione asked the blonde girl politely.

"Luna, Luna Lovegood," the girl said quickly.

"My name is Hermione, Hermione Granger," Hermione said quickly.

"My name is Anne, Anne Stark!" Anne looked at the unicorn Luna was riding with great interest.

Luna then turned her gaze to William, staring at him. "I know who you are, William Stark."

"I saw your picture in the newspaper. My dad said you caught a Curved-Horned Snoring Beast at Hogwarts and became the youngest Merlin winner."

"What's a Curved-Horned Snoring Beast?" Hermione raised an eyebrow; she had never heard of it before.

"A fictional creature," Cedric believed, adding that he even said he wanted to make a wand from the horn of a snorting beast and give it to Cho. William laughed happily.

"It's not fiction!" Luna said earnestly. "The unicorn is a shy and very magical creature. Otherwise, how could you have become the youngest recipient of the Order of Merlin—"

William shrugged and said softly, "I know, you must also be a big reader of 'The Quibbler'."

"Yes!" Luna tucked the lotus leaf into the unicorn's fur.

"My dad is the editor-in-chief of this magazine!"

"..."

Fortunately, William didn't say "the crazy Lovegood" or "this magazine is garbage, it can only fool kids like Cedric," otherwise that would have been too embarrassing.

"Exceptional wisdom is a man's greatest asset!" Luna said in an aria-like tone.

"Cedric is a wise man; he should have gone to Ravenclaw. What a pity."

William smiled, finding the girl quite amusing.

Of course, the Lovegoods, who were able to raise such a daughter, must have been quite remarkable.

Seeing that neither Hermione nor Anne had seen "The Quibbler," Luna began to recommend it:

"This is a well-known magazine both at home and abroad, and it is particularly authoritative. Unlike the Daily Prophet, which is full of lies, they are Fudge's mouthpiece, trying to cover up the truth that the Muggle world has been taken over by the reptilians."

"real."

Hermione: "..."

"It's alright, Holmes will stop her," Anne comforted her. "I wrote to Baker Street last year, and they replied that Holmes went to study magic!"

"I'll go help him after I graduate from Hogwarts."

What?! The two of them are actually on the same wavelength.

Simply incredible.

"Would you like to become an editor after you graduate?" Luna clearly thought Annie was more 'intelligent' and invited her.

"Cedric wrote to my father, hoping that after graduation he could become an editor at The Quibbler."

William almost burst out laughing.

Cedric also mentioned wanting to open a wand shop.

Obviously, the editor is fake; this is just a lie by Cedric who just wanted to watch The Quibbler for free.

When William was a child, he would often squat in front of the old man selling cotton candy, gazing longingly at him, and solemnly tell him that he would sell cotton candy when he grew up.

The purpose... is simply to gain the other party's approval.

Look, I love cotton candy so much, how could you not give me one as encouragement?

But the old man never fell for it.

That was Cedric's idea; he just wanted to get the magazine for free, but he failed.

Lovegood, who goes to great lengths to swindle money from children, is even more skilled.

After all, all this money is going to support Luna.

"Luna, are you here for a visit?" Hermione asked.

"Well, my dad said we have new neighbors, and he asked me to bring you some crepes to try. These are ones I made."

Luna took a basket from the unicorn and handed it to her; it was filled with sweet and delicious crepes.

William thanked him, waved his wand, and a box of Argentas frozen by a freezing spell flew out.

"Here you go, this is a return gift."

After Luna took it, she tied it to the unicorn, seemingly treating it like a mule.

"Luna, where do you live?" Hermione asked again.

"There!" Luna pointed to the distant mountaintop.

It was a strange house, which from a distance looked like a giant chimney. Beside the chimney was an enormous wooden windmill, turning slowly.

"Where did you find your unicorn?" Annie asked curiously, patting the unicorn's head.

"There's a family of unicorns in the valley to the west. They've been living there for decades," Luna explained.

"Three baby unicorns were recently born. Do you want to go see them? I haven't named them yet."

Anne looked at William, her eyes sparkling.

Hermione also looked hopeful.

Why are you looking at me?

What happened to studying?

What about the intensive training program?

William sighed. "Go ahead, be back before dinner."

"Aren't you going, William?" Hermione asked, puzzled.

"I think I'll pass," William shook his head. "Unicorns don't want male wizards near them."

Why?

"My dad says that wizards have trembling maggots in their heads, and unicorns don't like those creatures," Luna explained earnestly.

"..."

That's going too far! Although William didn't know what "trembling maggots" were, anything involving maggots was definitely not a good word!

Unicorns don't like male wizards; they prefer to be around pure girls.

But this kind of personal attack is unacceptable.

You might as well just say all men are big pigs!

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(Thanks to "Hellcat" for the generous donation; I'll see if I can pay back my debts soon.)

(End of this chapter)