Chapter 445 445. Visiting Lovegood's House
Since Roger had been sleeping, Scott and the others could not stay longer in St. Mungo's. After confirming Roger's condition, they returned to the Burrow again.
"I'll walk you home."
Scott said to Luna after walking out of the fireplace.
"good."
Luna nodded.
The two walked out of the Burrow together, Fred and George laughing loudly from behind.
"Oh! I guess Luna doesn't need anyone to take her home in this village where she has lived for more than ten years!"
"No! I think he wants to make up for the duel with Mr. Lovegood!"
Neither Scott nor Luna paid attention to their joking.
"Our home is on the north side of the village."
On the quiet road in the country, Luna skipped ahead and Scott followed her with his hands in his pockets.
"Have you been in contact with Savannah lately?" Scott asked.
Luna nodded, "Of course, we keep in touch."
"I want to go there again," Scott said, "the Sea of Oaks guarded by the Dougherty family."
Luna stopped and turned to look at him.
"Oh, you want to explore the passage to Avalon?"
Scott told her, "In case you don't know, Medea has fallen into a deep sleep due to Voldemort's curse. If I want to do something, now is the best time."
"Do you want to go alone?" Luna's silver-gray eyes stared straight at Scott, "I think this is not a good idea."
Scott smiled, "Of course I have to get in touch with Savannah in advance. Without her leadership, I wouldn't dare to break into the Druid's sphere of influence alone."
Luna shook her head.
"Ask Savanna first. Of course, even if there is no problem with Savanna, you'd better not go alone."
She turned around and took a few steps forward, then turned back.
"Have you forgotten again? I remember what you told me. The professors all know your situation and they are very willing to help you."
"Sorry." Scott was stunned for a moment and laughed, "I guess I did forget."
"It's okay, you're just not used to asking for help."
Luna smiled slightly and continued to skip forward.
Scott also took steps again to follow her.
The two walked beside a wheat field and climbed over a small hill.
"That's my home."
Luna pointed ahead to another, higher hill.
Scott looked up and saw only a weird house standing on the top of the hill, like a huge black column, with a ghostly moon behind it hanging in the summer morning sky, surrounded by a seemingly Very messy garden.
"Very imaginative."
Scott looked at the fake moon hanging behind the house.
"It's interesting, isn't it?" Luna said proudly, "Dad did it after I was born because of my name."
The two of them walked down the hill together and started climbing up again.
"I will help you contact Savannah." Luna said, "We should receive a reply from her soon."
"Then I will discuss this with Professor Flitwick later," Scott said.
Not long after, they came to the damaged courtyard gate.
Three hand-painted signs were nailed to the door.
[Editor-in-Chief of "The Quibbler": X. Lovegood]
[Pick your own bunch of mistletoe]
[Don’t touch the airship Lee]
"Let's go in!"
Luna pushed open the creaking courtyard door.
Ahead is a winding path lined with all kinds of exotic plants.
All the plants are growing wildly without any trace of pruning.
Scott saw a bush covered in orange radish-shaped fruits that Luna wore as earrings.
Across the garden, guarding either side of the front door are two leafy crabapple trees, with large canopies of mistletoe embellished with white beads hanging from the trees.
A small owl with a slightly flat head and a bit like an eagle's head was standing on a branch, tilting its head to look at them.
Luna waved at the owl and walked to a heavy black door first.
The door had iron round nails embedded in it and an eagle-shaped knocker.
"Welcome back, Luna."
The eagle-shaped door knocker spoke, and the door opened automatically.
"Come in, Scott."
Luna jumped through the door and turned to Scott.
"excuse me."
Scott walked in the door and suddenly felt his eyes dazzled.
The first floor of the house looked like the kitchen, but it was the strangest kitchen Scott had ever seen.
Because the house is in a standard round shape, once you enter the house, you feel like you are in a giant pepper shaker.
What dazzled Scott was the strong eccentric style inside the house——
Everything as far as the eye can see is curved to match the walls, including the stove, sink and cupboards.
In addition, flowers, insects and birds are painted everywhere with bright primary colors, which can give people a strong visual impact.
In the center of the room is a cast-iron spiral staircase. At this time, there are clicking and ping-ping sounds coming from the upper floor, which sounds very lively.
Scott couldn't help but look up.
"Oh, that's the sound of the printing press. My dad is printing his magazine."
Luna explained as she led him upstairs.
The second floor seems to be both a living room and a workroom, and it looks messier than the kitchen.
The room is still a standard round shape and filled with all kinds of sundries.
Things that seemed to have been hidden there for centuries made it look like the room where things were hidden in the Room of Requirement.
There were piles of books and papers on every surface, leaving Scott feeling like he had no where to start.
Not only under the feet, there are also various exquisite animal models hanging from the ceiling of the room, all of which are flapping their wings or moving their mouths all the time.
Scott followed Luna's footsteps through the debris and saw the back of Mr. Lovegood.
At this time, he was standing bent over a huge machine.
It was a wooden thing with many magically turned gears that looked like a cross between a workbench and a bunch of old shelves.
At this time, this old machine that looked like it might collapse at any time was making unpleasant noises while spitting out portions of "The Quibbler."
"dad."
Luna stepped forward and picked up a new magazine from the floor.
“Oh, I can’t wait to start reading it!”
"Luna, are you back?"
Mr. Lovegood turned to Luna and smiled lovingly.
But after seeing Scott there, his face changed instantly.
"Oh, and you, the boy who is said to be a genius."
At this moment, the look he looked at Scott contained indescribable disgust.
"Excuse me, Mr. Lovegood, I'm here to take Luna home." Scott smiled politely, "I'm Scott, Scott Trollope."
Mr. Lovegood nodded slowly.
"I remember your name, boy, but I don't like your name." He raised his chin and said slowly, "Thank you for sending Luna home. Of course, in fact, you only need to send her to the door of the yard. ”
"You're welcome, sir."
Scott continued to smile as if he didn't hear anything other than "Thank you for sending Luna home."
His performance left Mr. Lovegood a little dumbfounded.
It seemed that he had never met such a shameless person before, and he was stunned for a moment.
"Oh, Dad."
Luna, who was flipping through a magazine, suddenly came to her senses.
"You keep working, we have other things to do."
With that said, she took the initiative to take Scott's hand and walked towards the spiral staircase.
Scott glanced back. At this time, Mr. Lovegood stood motionless, the expression of disbelief on his face had solidified, as if he had been hit by a petrification spell.
Scott couldn't bear to look any longer and followed Luna's footsteps past a strange stone bust in the window and walked up to the third floor.
"This is my room." Luna introduced to Scott.
This room is covered with light blue carpets, and there is a large photo next to the bed, showing a young Luna hugging a woman who looks very much like her.
"That's mom and I." Luna walked to the photo and said softly, "She left us because of a failed curse experiment."
Before Scott could say anything to comfort her, she smiled to herself, "But it doesn't matter, I still have my father, and I always believe that we will meet again."
"Of course." Scott said dryly.
"Oh, let's write!"
Luna walked to the desk and sat down, handing the magazine in her hand to Scott.
"You can take a look at this first."
"Thanks."
Scott reached out to take the magazine and looked at the portrait on the table.
The little girl, barefoot and wearing a nightgown, sat on the big window sill with her knees in her arms, surrounded by the warm morning light.
That was his Christmas gift to Luna in 1992.
"I'll tell Savannah what you want to do..."
Luna took out a pen and paper and started writing a letter. Scott sat down on a stool nearby and opened the magazine in his hand.
"Shocking changes, dark moments at the World Cup final"
Mr. Lovegood's article is long and eloquent.
It’s just the content…
Compared with the facts Scott explained to him, it cannot be said that it has nothing to do with it, it can only be said that it has little relationship.
It was clear that Mr. Lovegood preferred the stories polished by Fred and George.
Scott even suspected that he had made a second creation based on the twins' polished work.
But that’s fine too.
Scott thought.
Such an exaggerated story is not only more in line with the tone of the Quibbler magazine, but will also not offend Voldemort and the Death Eaters too much.
He suddenly remembered that in the "original book" Luna was captured by Death Eaters because Mr. Lovegood openly supported Harry in the magazine, so the Death Eaters captured Luna and threatened him.
It is conceivable that Luna must have suffered a lot of suffering and torture when she was imprisoned in the dungeon of Malfoy Manor in the "original book".
Scott looked at the back of Luna who was writing furiously and decided to protect her.
"It's written, take a look."
Luna turned around and handed him the parchment she had written on.
After taking it, Scott looked at it for a few times and nodded.
"Then send it!"
Luna took out the envelope, folded the parchment and put it in the envelope. After sealing it, she wrote Savannah's name on the envelope.
They came downstairs together and asked the owl to deliver the letter.
"I think Savannah will reply soon." Luna watched the owl fly away. "She often complains to me that her time is too boring..."
The two were standing under the crabapple tree talking, when Mr. Lovegood suddenly came out of the door.
"It's time for us to have lunch, Luna." He glanced at Scott, "Oh, you're not gone yet, boy."
He urged Scott to leave quickly with his eyes.
But Luna had no tacit understanding with her father on this matter.
"Come along, Scott." She enthusiastically invited Scott, "You can try the Gordig root tea we made."
"It's my pleasure." Scott smiled slightly.
Although Mr. Lovegood's gaze threatened to burn his face, he pretended not to notice.
"Welcome," Mr. Lovegood said through gritted teeth.
Scott and Luna both enjoyed their lunch.
Although the homemade Gordig root tea that Luna recommended was really bad, the rest of the food didn't taste weird.
At the dinner table, Scott and Luna were chatting and laughing while eating, but Mr. Lovegood looked gloomy.
After lunch, Scott still had no intention of leaving.
Although Mr. Lovegood endured it very hard, as long as he didn't chase people away directly, Scott pretended not to understand his twists and turns and his eyes.
In the end, Mr. Lovegood could only turn a blind eye and choose to stay alone in the workshop.
"Maybe I've become Mr. Lovegood's most annoying person," Scott said to Luna.
Luna laughed.
"Oh, it's okay, my dad is always so energetic."
Scott also found it funny, "I kept wondering when he would be able to bear it and drive me away, but I didn't expect that he would hold it back."
"Of course, he won't drive you away." Luna said firmly. "I think he is just making me happy. He often does this."
"..."
As the culprit, Scott also felt sorry for Mr. Lovegood.
He was certain that, although there was more to Mr. Lovegood's performance, there was also a real heart to it.
Just as Luna said, the owl returned in the afternoon, bringing Savannah's reply.
There are still two letters. In addition to the reply to Luna, Savannah also wrote a separate letter to Scott.
But after reading the letter, Scott had to temporarily give up the idea of going to the Sea of Oak.
The stakes were high, and Savannah did not hide the prophecy revealing the possible resurrection of Slytherin from her grandfather.
Scott wasn't surprised.
Putting aside old grudges, if Slytherin were to resurrect, it would not only be Scott who would face the crisis, but the druids of the Doherty family who had guarded the passage for generations would be the first to bear the brunt.
Savannah tells Scott that her grandfather revealed part of the truth to the others, and now the druids have split into two factions.
Some druids have no confidence in defeating Slytherin. They advocate giving up their duty to guard the passage for generations and want to escape completely.
Another group of druids, like Scott, are more inclined to take the initiative, trying to open channels to explore inside Avalon.
At this tense moment, Scott seemed reluctant to intervene directly.
