Troyer, a quiet boy.
He was born in Brighton on the south coast of England, a coastal city full of freedom.
Since childhood, he was different from his two brothers. His parents thought he was too introverted and rarely played with other boys.
Of course, the lack of wizards living in that city may also be one of the reasons.
So, the guilty parents began to take their three brothers to other wizards' parties and dinners from time to time, trying to make the little son with no smile on his face more sunshine.
But it's a pity that his parents didn't get much from their efforts. Troyer just tried twice and didn't want to go out again.
Yes, he was really introverted at that time - even much more serious than now. He felt that he was afraid of contacting strangers from the bottom of his heart.
Therefore, the two gatherings in the small circle not only didn't make him cheerful, but also made him more restless.
After that, he hasn't been out of the house for a while. No matter how his parents persuade him, it's useless to comfort him.
Fortunately, he also has a pair of brothers who love him equally.
Yes, Troyer is still happy, because his two brothers not only didn't feel ashamed of him, but tried every means to find a way to relieve his disappointing brother.
In the whole two years before entering school, his two brothers would go home immediately every holiday, and then try every means to take him out.
They know that their brother is afraid of meeting people, so they will only choose good places with beautiful scenery and no one.
In the previous year, Troyer, accompanied by his brother, saw all kinds of scenery. He walked on the deserted beach during the day and looked up at the stars on the grass at night.
Under the guidance of his brother, he knew a lot about astronomy and many strange magical animals and herbs before entering school.
That year, he found that he could finally go out. Even if his brother was still at school, he could go for a walk and blow the wind in the uninhabited places near home.
Of course, the journey to his destination was still quite difficult for him.
The next year, the year before he reached Hogwarts school age, the two brothers brought back a good thing from school during the holiday - Wizard chess.
According to my brother, it's a very popular gadget in school in recent years. Everyone likes to use it to relax in their spare time.
Seriously, it was only half a day before Troyer was completely fascinated by it!
During that holiday period, the two brothers always took the game of chess with him to play on the grass outside.
On the sunny grass, he commanded his chess pieces to move forward and backward, wielded his sword and cast spells. Even if he rarely won, it could make him feel very happy.
That was the first time he showed that kind of particularly cheerful smile. When he laughed loudly, he found that the eyes of his two brothers were a little red.
Unfortunately, this kind of wizard chess is more relaxed and interesting than ordinary wizard chess, but it is also accompanied by friends.
The holiday that made him happy and moved was over, and both brothers returned to school... After realizing these two points, Troyer felt more terrible loneliness and helplessness than ever before.
He missed his brothers, and he missed the happy time of playing wizard and chess with his brother.
For several consecutive days after that, he couldn't eat at all. Even if he just stuffed it into his belly, he couldn't help vomiting in a moment.
I think it's impossible to go on like this. While taking their children to St. Mungo for treatment, Troyer's parents also wrote letters to their two eldest sons who are still in school.
They wanted to see if there was any good way for the two brothers who once made their youngest son smile.
The day after the letter was sent, Troyer received a stack of instructions on how to play wizard chess.
According to the reply of the two brothers, these materials were written by a fanatic in the school wizard war chess club. They want Troyer to be distracted and "have something to do" during their school days.
But it was that information that made Troyer know a big brother named "Ron Weasley".
Yes, the so-called "wizard war chess playing instructions" was actually written by Ron.
At first, Maka sent him a pair of wizard chess, which made Ron, who was originally good at ordinary wizard chess, soon become a loyal fan of wizard chess.
After receiving this information, Troyer was fascinated by it. Originally, he didn't pay much attention to the rules when playing with his brothers, but there are detailed rules in this material.
Even made a special set of single player play.
In retrospect, it may be the first time Troyer admired the boy named "Ron Weasley"!
After that, the remaining half a year was fleeting.
In that half year, Troyer had a magic rampage - he made several pieces of wizard chess several times larger.
Then, not surprisingly, he received an admission notice from Hogwarts.
At the moment of opening the notice, he was excited to stare at the little lion on the Hogwarts school badge. At that time, he even temporarily forgot his fear of strangers. At that time, there was only one thought in his heart——
"I must enter Gryffindor college!"
He was still so eager until he timidly sat on the high stool and put on the branch hat.
However, Troyer's life is not his own thing at all, and the future he hopes for does not seem to exist at all.
He entered Ravenclaw college and became a shy eagle.
But from beginning to end, he never forgot the beautiful name given to him when he was most desperate. He thanked his two brothers and the senior named "Ron Weasley".
In the second year of school, at the beginning of his second grade semester, Troyer finally summoned up the courage to sign up for the school's wizard chess club.
He didn't go there to find more chess friends to play. He joined the club just to meet the senior who had been engraved in his heart from time to time.
He didn't dare to approach - never, he could only look at it from a distance, just look at it!
During the second grade, Troyer's mood was the most complicated stage. He wanted Ron to say that to himself, but he was afraid to talk to others from his heart.
No, in fact, he didn't find out until later that what he was afraid of had completely changed. He began to fear that even if Ron said something to himself, he couldn't respond well.
"In this way, the senior students will be embarrassed."
After this thought, Troyer gave up because he knew that he was far from worthy to be each other's friend.
In addition, a lot of things happened last year. Even Ron always looks busy.
"So, it's over..."
Another year passed, and Troyer was successfully promoted to the third grade.
Instead of secretly watching Ron, he began to live his own life. He studies alone, does his homework alone, plays chess and takes a walk in his spare time, as if he could bury the senior in the deepest corner of his heart in a short time.
Maybe it's because he focused too much on peeping at Ron in the past two years, and I don't know when. Troyer is not so afraid of others.
Although he will still be nervous where there are people, and he still can't communicate with people, at least there is little more fear.
Everything seems to be developing in a good direction.
Unknowingly, the weather became cold and winter was coming again.
"... we don't know where he got the dress. Maybe he bought it in Hogsmeade. We didn't find it at first, but later... You know, Professor Slughorn's ball. He sneaked into the girl at the door."
"Yes! In fact, we didn't know until we heard the students' description. Otherwise, who would believe that his brother actually..."
Outside the Ravenclaw common room, Maka leaned against the handrail of the stairs and listened to the brothers telling the story of that... Um, the boy's experience word by word.
At the end, one of Troyer's brothers said bitterly:
"To tell you the truth, we don't know how to talk to our parents now... Oh, I hope Troyer doesn't wear women's clothes when he comes home at least..."
When Maka heard the speech, she couldn't help spreading her hand.
"Speaking of it, you think... Your brother to Ron..." he said, getting a little closer and further lowering his voice. "What's the feeling?"
"Oh - don't ask us!" groaned one of Troyer's brothers immediately. "We've wanted to ask several times, but how can we ask? We're afraid he'll think we're discriminating against him..."
"That's right!" the other immediately echoed, "Professor McLean, you should have understood that Troyer's heart is very fragile! We don't dare to stimulate him casually."
"Oh," Maka nodded, "I can understand your mood, but... You know, Ron hasn't found your brother yet... You know! But he will know sooner or later!"
When Troyer's two brothers heard this, they looked at each other. Then they both showed a polite and embarrassing smile.
"How about... Wait until they get married?"