Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

Although their family was poor and had many children, it took almost no time to pack the nephews' meager luggage, so they could go home immediately after signing.

Percy was handed over to Aunt Ann who was already prepared.

Ronald was sleeping soundly in Bilius' arms, so he was allowed to go to bed.

I checked with the twins to see what luggage they had brought.

If there is something missing, you need to buy it.

So, they took out a small amount of luggage and explained the items to me.

No, it can even be said that the luggage is so small that the word "luggage" seems exaggerated.

Moreover, all of these things had obviously been repaired with great effort by the children, so much so that the ladies who saw these scenes could not help but shed tears.

"that's it?"

"Yes, this is luggage for four people."

"How do you survive in winter?"

"Every year Mom gives us hand-knitted sweaters as gifts, but—"

"But there aren't even any sweaters here?"

All thin clothes.

The so-called winter coat here? It was frayed to the edges, the sleeves were patched because they were too short, and of course the elbows were patched several times, and some holes were carefully patched.

"At the beginning of this year, all the sweaters were taken away..."

"In the dead of winter?"

"Yeah, well...it is."

The child named Fred looked at the thin clothes with some disappointment:

"This coat is already so torn, if I continue to wear it, I really can't give it to Ronald, right? Although it can still be worn now, it's impossible to buy a new coat. If this coat can't be maintained, Ronald will really have nothing to wear, right?

But no matter how much we begged, they refused to buy us new ones, so we spent the winter without coats...but luckily we still had sweaters."

George carefully put away the worn-out clothes:

"Percy and Ronald are the kind of kids who stay indoors, so they basically stay at home in the winter and don't need coats very much, but we often stay outside to play in the cold winter. "Won't it be cold without coats?" someone asked us.

“Of course it’s cold,” I replied, and they said, “Then you can do it yourself.”

So we made our own knitting needles without telling our mother. Ronald taught us how to knit. In order not to worry about the size, we decided to knit a cloak. We started practicing with a scarf, then gloves, and then socks. After we became proficient, we finally started making a cloak.

The four of us took apart the old sweaters and knitted them again. As we grew older, the tight sweaters were taken apart, and the clothes left by Bill and Charlie were also disposed of at will. They also agreed to our doing so. At first Percy tried to stop us, saying that we would definitely be scolded if we took apart the clothes without consulting our mother, but later he joined us because of the cold. He said that it was useless to discuss it anyway, so let's do it.

Percy tries a veiled request to his mother to knit a new sweater out of an old one, but seems to be rebuffed.

Ronald said that the yarn was of good quality and should be reused, and although it was our first time knitting, we did a great job.

Ronald suggested that since the cloak is a coat, it should be woven with double strands of wool, which would be more tightly wrapped to prevent wind from getting in. The resulting cloak is thick and warm, with a very good effect. Because of its loose size, it should still be wearable for a while. The wool part of this coat was reused at that time.

But Mom seemed unable to tolerate us taking apart the things she had made.

Although it is indeed our fault for opening the gifts without permission...

But it was getting cold, so it would be a bigger mistake not to buy us clothes... Ginny also got new clothes.

We were scolded and told that it was very mean to open gifts given by others.

We asked, "What if we get permission in advance?" Mom yelled, "It's not a question of permission."

We were also very angry at the time, thinking that since we didn't buy new clothes for ourselves, shouldn't we be praised for doing it ourselves? As a result, we had a big argument with our mother.

The end result was that all our belongings were taken away, and we were not allowed to eat as punishment. We could only survive by casting warming spells.

But after that, even though we had made a lot of things ourselves before, that incident made us realize that we could make everything ourselves.

Oh, and you have to hide anything you don't want taken away.

At least we saved the scarf.

Yes, if your neck is warm, other parts of your body will not be so cold.

Since then, my mother often broke into our room without permission, checked our things, and confiscated anything she didn't like.

Did she also take away the things she liked? She even gave them to Ginny."

The nephews' luggage was extremely poor.

That level was even worse than the extreme poverty the Weasleys had experienced before. That was not real poverty, but this was real extreme poverty.

I helped them, didn't I? Did I remember it wrong? I clearly gave Arthur a lot of money secretly?

The situation is so bad that it makes people want to escape from reality.

When his wife saw how shabby the children's luggage was, she went to the mansion's warehouse to find something that might be of use.

However, it wasn't just Percy, even his three younger brothers who said they were healthy in their letters were not in good condition.

Even the twins were surprised to see Ronald dozing off while being held while crying.

"This is the first time I've seen him cry since he stopped being a baby. Although he was often held by Bill or Charlie when he was a baby, he has rarely been held like that since he learned to walk. When Percy was healthy, they often sat on Bill's lap and read books together, but other than that, he rarely showed any childish behavior."

"Yeah, he's only five. I had forgotten that because he looks more mature than his parents."

"I haven't seen him sleep so peacefully for a long time. We basically take care of Percy during the day, and it's Ronald's turn to take care of him at night. Maybe because of this, he couldn't relax. Now that I think about it, we should have taken turns to take care of him at night as well."

"There were indeed a few times when the mentally ill Percy seemed to be sleepwalking and almost ran out at night. Fortunately, he was woken up by Ronald. At that time, he had already walked out of the room. He might have been stopped in the room before."

"Come to think of it, he often takes naps in the afternoon. It turns out that he can't sleep well at night..."

"Why didn't we notice this at the time..."

The twins said something even more troubling.

"You must be tired too."

I have called the doctor and he will come tomorrow. I will tell him all this then. I hope he can cure this child named Percy.

Although I was very angry, I still forced a smile and said to the twins:

"But you did a great job."

"…But we…pushed Percy to that point…"

““I didn’t…I didn’t protect him…”

Tears fell from their eyes.

I held the twins close to my arms.

"Listen carefully, this is not your fault. On the contrary, it is because you tried your best that we can come here to pick you up."

After hugging for a while, I felt that their emotions calmed down a little.

Seeing this, I began to change the subject.

"By the way, Bilius said you guys made something amazing, can you let me see it?"

When I said this, their smiles immediately returned, they broke free from my arms, and proudly opened the boxes they brought.

“We did this together!!”

"It's the secret base I just mentioned!"

“Ronald has reorganized all the information and tools. Now it is more convenient to use and the research is smoother!”

As they talked, they took out from the boxes the proud inventions they had made in the past, things that were in progress, and potions.

Because they couldn't afford to buy books, they would sneak a peek in the bookshops in Diagon Alley, then write down the contents of the books when they got home, making homemade books, as well as ancient magic circles that they asked others to help draw, research data on the analysis results, magical instruments made using these data, and even new magic circles that were further improved and optimized.

Since they don't have wands, they make extensive use of magic circles that can guide magic power.

These twins are really amazing, right?

Can't chant with a stick! At their age?

Haven't been to Hogwarts yet?

Were those ancient languages ​​also learned by peeking?

Professional books on magic?

Can you also analyze ancient magic circles?

This is a talent that is beyond imagination.

No wonder Bill and Charlie wrote to tell me they were worth more than I was.

At first I thought it was just an excuse to get me to take them in, but it was obviously the truth.

They also showed these things to other members of the Weasley family.

Edgar, in particular, showed great interest and kept asking questions.

Others who were interested in research soon started chatting enthusiastically with them.

There should be no problem with these two children, probably because they are twins.

Our family has more time and resources for them to focus on research, and ancient families naturally have quite a few magic books.

I originally thought that I took in the remaining four children just to win over Bill and Charlie, but this time the result was really a pleasant surprise.

They have endless talents, which can no longer be hidden and are bursting out.

Genius… no, this is poking a genius’ nest! This is the only word to describe it.

Although our family does not have much extra money, we are able to assess the talents and value of these two children better than Arthur and Molly.

Even if it's a little reluctant, it's totally worth helping them.

However, Percy's condition still needs to be confirmed by a specialist, but I still hope that he has a chance of recovery...

The tribesmen who had other things to do left soon.

I thanked them and asked them to inform us immediately if they encountered any harassment from the Arthurs in the future, and also asked them to remain vigilant.