Chapter 2: [Before Entering the Original Story] – The Birth of That Mr. Weasley Who Suspiciously Loves Potatoes
Harry Potter
A wizarding novel published in the late 1990s in the UK.
To be exact, it’s one of the bestsellers that marked a significant milestone in literary history as a wizard novel.
Later, it became the central work of the ‘Wizarding World’ universe.
“Dutya!”
It seems I have ended up inside that very world.
You’re wondering why I’m suddenly crying like a baby without even being given any narrative context? Naturally, I was utterly confused.
The Harry Potter novels I enjoyed as a child never grew old for me, even as an adult. Every time a new movie, musical, or spin-off was released, I eagerly consumed it.
Not to mention Fantastic Beasts, which is set even before Harry Potter’s timeline, both the novel and the movie. I even played the unpopular indie games Goblet of Fire and Deathly Hallows.
“Dya? Dyadya!”
While the online gaming industry became notorious for its predatory practices, indie gaming platforms like Steam gained attention. Playing Hogwarts Legacy on Steam only deepened my obsession with Harry Potter.
In fact, my passion extended to woodworking, a hobby I picked up in college, where I crafted my own wand from discarded wood.
Amidst enjoying the games, movies, and novels…
“My house is really messy, huh.”
When I opened my eyes, I had already been reborn into the Harry Potter world. And—
“Oh dear~ Our little Pernell ~! You’re so quiet and well-behaved, not even crying!”
I had been reborn as one of the Weasleys, one of the three main families of the Harry Potter story.
***
Pernell Bilius Weasley
I was born as the sixth son of the Weasley family, the twin brother of Ronald Bilius Weasley—known as Ron Weasley—the best friend of Harry Potter and one of the Gryffindor Trio.
With the signature features of the Weasley family, such as fiery red hair, pale skin, and freckles, I—
“Oh my! He’s even more handsome than Bill (a nickname for William)! Haha! What a joyous day for the Weasley family!”
“Dear… you’ll wake the baby if you keep this up!”
Honestly, it might sound like flattery, but my parents, Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett—Weasley, frequently commented on how handsome I was, even though I was just a newborn baby.
In the original story, Bill Weasley was said to be the most handsome in the Weasley family. And if you look at the actor in the live-action films, he exuded more masculinity than boyish good looks, showing a dependable image to others.
I couldn’t quite understand why I was being compared to Bill, but I wished my parents would pay attention to my twin brother as well.
“Dya… Dya dya… Dyaaaaa!”
“Oh dear! Do you want to go to Mommy?”
“Dyaaadya!”
My father, Arthur, wasn’t the type of person to openly Favor one over the other, but since I couldn’t speak yet, I tried to motion to him to quiet down.
However, my father misunderstood my gestures, thinking I wanted to go to my mother.
Compared to me, who was relatively calm and didn’t cry much, my real baby brother, Ron, was being carefully cradled by our mother as she soothed him to sleep.
“Hey… George, our little brothers seem bored!”
“Oh~ Fred, don’t you think so too?”
“Hehe”
In the meantime, two mischievous figures loomed over me as I waited quietly in bed.
With playful grins, flaming red hair characteristic of the Weasley family, and distinctive freckles, two boys stood before me—two characters you could never forget from the Harry Potter series.
Fred Weasley and George Weasley.
Personally, these two twins felt more endearing than the protagonist… or rather, I suppose I should call them my brothers now.
Anyway, as they approached with their mischievous grins, clearly planning some prank—
“Waaaahhhhhh!!!”
“Aaaahhh!!!”
Knowing their personalities all too well, I shouted with all my might, enough to make them leap into the air in shock. Both of them tumbled backward.
“George! Fred! You troublemakers!”
“Waaahhhh!!”
“Oh no! I just got him to sleep! You little rascals!”
Hearing my loud cry, my brother Ron woke up and began to wail, and our mother, looking suddenly aged, rushed to calm the situation.
Fred and George tried to make a break for it—
“Hey, where do you think you’re going, you troublemakers?”
“Ack! It’s Bill!”
But our older brother, Bill, swiftly caught them, holding them in place. With my cries and Ron’s wailing echoing through the house, our father came running and took the twins away.
And me? Naturally—
Zzz…
I pretended to sleep like a log, feigning innocence.
***
It’s been nearly ten years since I was reborn into the Harry Potter world.
In some parody or fantasy novels, babies are depicted as being able to speak fluently from infancy, but that was not the case here.
Due to the nature of being a baby, I had to struggle a lot with speech, as my jaw and tongue muscles and nerves weren’t fully developed. It felt like I had to constantly correct my pronunciation because my mouth would naturally open in a way that messed up the words.
More than anything, it was uncomfortable not having teeth, and I had to endure two years of eating tasteless baby food.
‘No matter what, I wasn’t too keen on the breast milk…’
When I refused to drink breast milk, my parents were very worried, but thanks to my mother, who had an incredible knack for survival, she invented a special baby food.
As a result, I didn’t have to drink breast milk and could substitute with baby food instead, but—
‘Was there no formula milk? Well, no big deal if there wasn’t.’
Looking back now, considering the chaotic Weasley family situation, it wasn’t easy surviving.
“Mom, how is it?”
“Oh my… It can be cooked like this too!”
“When you make mayonnaise, instead of using too much cooking oil, you should crush almonds and cashews by hand to release their natural oils. That way, it’s less greasy and tastes better.”
“Oh my goodness… At this rate, Pell (my nickname) will solve all our food problems!”
“Add a little more lemon juice, and we’ve got vinegar already stocked up, so no worries there… We can use blueberry for the jam, right?”
The Weasley family was already a large one. And after Ron and I were born, not even a year later, we gained another sibling—a little sister.
Ginny Weasley. My little sister, who would eventually become the wife of Harry Potter, but—
“Brother! George and Fred took the baked potatoes again!”
“——I’m going to turn their heads into mashed potatoes!”
Seeing her in person, it was easy to understand why people said Ginny was pretty and why she was considered one of the beauties in the story.
‘She may be an adorable little girl now, but when she grows up, she’s going to break a lot of hearts.’
Admitting this to myself, I quickly grabbed the old frying pan that Mom was about to throw away and dashed out. Ginny shook her head at me.
“Pell!”
“Yes, Mom?”
“Go give them a smack and tell them: if they don’t want to skip dinner, they better return the potatoes right now.”
“Yes, Ma’am!”
Leaving my mother behind, ready to catch someone in the act, I started the chase at sunset.
“Hey! My dear brothers! If you were that hungry, you should’ve told me! I would’ve smacked your heads so hard that you wouldn’t feel hunger anymore!”
“Hey, Pell! That’s murder! Killing your elders!”
“Right! And come on, it’s just three potatoes out of all of them, isn’t that a bit much?!”
“Those three potatoes were for the ‘potato salad’ you were going to eat, you bunch of pranksters!”
“Ah! Look! Traitor Ron is running away!”
For the record, not just George and Fred, but even my twin brother, Ron, had also been caught trying to sneak off with the potatoes.
“Ro-nald Weasley!”
“Aaaahhh! My twin brother is trying to kill me!”
“If I catch you three, I’ll send you to meet the Mole Spirit!”
“Aaahhh!!!”
Dinner tonight was supposed to be hash browns—and while chasing after the three mischief-makers, I somehow became the Weasley family’s handyman and potato cook.
“Why did I become a potato cook at such a young age?”
“Maybe because our son is so kind?”
“…Dad, maybe you should wipe the ketchup from your mouth before you say that?”
In the end, I couldn’t save the potatoes, and George, Fred, and Ron only got to eat two pieces of hash browns. That’s what you get for taking them.
Authors Note:
“I thought it might be a bit dull to jump straight into the original storyline, so I decided to add some everyday life moments.
The protagonist’s name is ‘Pernell Bilius Weasley.’
I look forward to your continued support!”
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