Chapter 1: Vaughn Weasley
A summer morning in Devon.
The cool morning breeze swept across the fields outside St. Catchpol Village, crossing Weasel Mountain, making the large patches of lush reeds behind the mountain undulate like waves.
The residents of St. Catchpol Village had always believed that there was nothing here but reeds and wilderness.
But the wind knew that a wizard family was hidden among those vast reeds.
It had a not-so-small garden, and the pond in the garden swayed with the reeds, creating ripples.
The main building was a towering, seemingly dilapidated house. Only the first floor looked sturdy and regular. Though the paint was old, it was well-maintained, and a wooden plaque with the words “The Burrow” hung by the door.
It seemed to tell of how, more than twenty years ago, a young couple chose to settle here, entrusting all their passion for life and hopes for warmth to that single-story hut.
But it was clear that life’s unexpected events far exceeded their expectations. As they had more and more children, the hut was added to, higher and higher.
Until it became the strange sight it is today!
In the attic of “The Burrow,” which had been occupied by a Ghoul a few years ago, was now remodeled. Rows of herb racks lined the walls, piled high with boxes and jars and bottles, looking messy and crowded. Only the center of the attic was cleared into an open space.
A simple experiment bench was placed there, with various instruments for brewing potions arranged methodically. A stove burned, and the potion in the cauldron bubbled.
In front of the cauldron, Vaughn Weasley, with his red hair, focused intently as he finished processing the medicinal herbs and then double-checked the heat of the potion in the cauldron.
“Kneazle’s Beard, African Tree Snake Skin… Hmm, and a little bit of Fairy Wings…”
Vaughn turned down the heat, waiting for the cauldron’s temperature to drop, and added the last ingredient in his hand to the pot.
“Finally, add the Flowing Grass to provide the Beauty Potion with body plasticity…”
He murmured as he carefully observed the changes in the potion within the cauldron. As the Flowing Grass dissolved, the temperature gradually decreased until the last bubble popped, and a marvelous reaction occurred within the pot.
The originally thick, black potion quickly turned from cloudy to clear, like melted rock sugar that hadn’t yet been caramelized, emitting a sweet fragrance.
“Success!”
Vaughn quickly rummaged through a pile of messy-looking herb racks nearby and accurately found a box of bottles. He waved his old wand, levitated the potion, and bottled it into small vials.
Finally, he carefully attached his own handwritten labels:
【Vaughn’s Beauty Potion （Anti-Wrinkle Type ）】
【For external application, combined with massage, it will banish your wrinkles and restore healthy, firm skin】
After finishing everything, Vaughn stretched his back with a forceful yawn, accompanied by the satisfying crackle of his bones. He looked out the attic window at the reeds swaying like waves in the morning breeze, and the sky brightening on the horizon, feeling a moment of disorientation.
It had been 11 years since he transmigrated to this world. Since birth, he knew his surname was Weasley and that he had five older brothers named Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, and George.
And his twin brother, whom he had kicked five minutes after his own birth, was named Ronald Bilius Weasley, or Ron for short.
How could Vaughn not know what world he had transmigrated to!
Harry Potter…
Eleven years ago, although his memories of his past life were still relatively clear due to frequent recollection.
But after living in this world for so long, the past had inevitably begun to fade.
Vaughn shook his head, no longer dwelling on it, and silently recited:
“System!”
As he thought this, a panel invisible to others appeared before his eyes:
【Host: Vaughn Weasley】
【Magic Power Scale: 370 (Normal Adult Wizard is 500)】
【Talent: Charms Mastery 7, Dark Arts 6, Transfiguration 7, Potions Mastery 10, Herbology Mastery 6, Divination Mastery 2 (Max is 10)】
【Spells: Legilimency LV5(MAX), Full Body-Bind Curse LV3(2/8), Disarming Charm LV2(2/4), Levitation Charm LV2(0/4), Petrifying Curse LV2(0/4), Fire-Making Spell LV2(1/4), Illumination Charm LV2(0/2)…】
【Potions: Felicity Potion, Stamina Potion, Blood Replenishing Potion, Hair Softening Potion, Hair Growth Potion, Beauty Potion （Master Level, includes various types of recipes ）…】
【Reputation Points: 12 points】
This system had awakened when Vaughn was born.
Having read the novels and watched the movies, Vaughn, who knew the future survival environment would become increasingly dangerous, did not give up the moment he was born. It had to be said that the existence of the system gave him great courage!
Vaughn glanced at the “Potions Mastery 10” entry in his talent section on the system panel. Even after seeing it many times, he still felt a sense of satisfaction that cured his obsessive-compulsive disorder.
The levels of other talents were innate from birth. Only “Potions Mastery” was a reward from the gift pack that came with the system’s awakening—Legilimency max level, and one random talent increased to max value!
Over the past 11 years, as he gradually explored, Vaughn had come to understand the function of the so-called “Reputation System.” So far, this system had not issued any quests, had no shop, and no lottery.
Its core function, as the name suggests, was to settle Reputation Points monthly based on the extent of Vaughn’s current fame!
Reputation Points could be used to upgrade spell levels. The numbers in parentheses in the system’s spell list indicated the Reputation Points required to upgrade a spell to the next level.
The required Reputation Points varied accordingly based on the difficulty of the spell.
Of course, spells could also be practiced to improve their levels, but this required a lot of practice and talent.
After understanding the system’s functions, Vaughn was fortunate that his “Novice Gift Pack” had randomly granted him “Potions Mastery” at max level.
Undeniably, Potions Mastery was profound, but its entry barrier was not high. As long as one had the ingredients, recipes, and a cauldron, any wizard could get started. Some simple recipes didn’t even require the step of waving a wand.
Among all the branches of magic, none was more suitable for a young wizard like Vaughn, who didn’t even have a wand.
Vaughn’s personality was very cautious.
He was well aware that both his identity as a transmigrator and the existence of the system were huge secrets. When he was young, he never tried to highlight his abnormality.
It wasn’t until he was 4 years old that Vaughn began to cultivate his “genius” persona, completely outshining Ron in basic subjects such as word recognition, writing, and drawing.
Then, at the age of 7, he began to gradually extend his “genius” persona to his faithful “Potions Mastery”!
Starting with the simplest potions, four years passed. From the initial vague inquiries and learning from Bill and Charlie, to improving recipes himself, Vaughn had already become a renowned Potioneer.
Even in the field of Beauty Potions, the few theses he published and the various types of Beauty Potions he improved had made him almost a “Beauty Master” and “Friend of Women” in the wizarding world!
As for why he specialized in beauty…
Nothing more than the fact that it was easy to gain fame and sold well!
