After finishing dinner, everyone present was sent to bed by Mrs. Weasley. According to her, since they had to get up early the next day to use the door key, they shouldn't think about staying up late or sleeping in.
Lying on the large bed that had been enchanted with a non-detectable stretching charm, Lin Yue slightly turned her head to look at Hermione, who was sleeping soundly with her arms wrapped around her. Although she didn't quite understand why Hermione wanted to sleep so close to her despite the ample space, the feeling was...
A gentle smile curved at the corners of her mouth; it was quite nice.
At midnight, she closed her eyes and instantly fell into a deep sleep. Lin Yue opened her eyes promptly at six the next morning.
Just five minutes after she opened her eyes, the sound of Mrs. Weasley's knocking and calling came through.
“Girls, it’s time to get up.”
Lin Yue sat up suddenly, watching Hermione and Ginny on either side of her also start to groan and rub their eyes as they struggled to get out of bed.
Feeling relieved, she got out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash up. When she finished washing up two minutes later and stepped out of the bathroom, Hermione and Ginny had both sat up on their own.
“Good morning, Hermione, Ginny.”
“Good morning, Lin Yue.”
Hermione and Ginny responded, with Ginny shuffling into the bathroom in her slippers, looking a bit sluggish, while Hermione walked over and gently pinched Lin Yue's cheek.
“Did you sleep well?”
“I slept very well,” Lin Yue replied with a neutral expression, nodding her head.
“That's good.”
Hermione smiled with relief and then went into the bathroom to wash up as well.
Once the two of them were done, the three girls changed their clothes and went downstairs together. At that moment, Harry, Ron, and the four boys, including the twins, were still upstairs dozing.
Mrs. Weasley was pouring stew into her husband’s plate while talking.
“I’m serious, Arthur, I don’t need to go. I never liked watching Quidditch matches anyway, so why waste the ticket money?”
“Don’t say that, Molly,” Mr. Weasley gently kissed his wife’s cheek, “this is a family activity, and these tickets were a gift from Ludo, so we didn’t have to spend any money.”
“People’s favors are the most valuable.” Mrs. Weasley glanced at the girls beside her, her face slightly reddening.
“Ludo is just returning a favor to me.”
Mr. Weasley smiled gently and waved to the girls who had just come downstairs, "Good morning, ladies. How did you sleep?"
"Good morning, Mr. Weasley. We slept very well."
Lin Yue and Hermione politely nodded and thanked him.
"Alright, sit down and have something to eat while those boys are still asleep. Let me give you some fried sausages."
"First come, first served."
Mrs. Weasley said with a smile, placing several fried sausages on the plates of Lin Yue, Hermione, and Ginny.
"Thank you, Mrs. Weasley."
Lin Yue thanked her without much expression, while taking a bite of her fried sausage.
"Ah... good morning, Lin Yue, Hermione." Ron yawned as he came down from upstairs, with Harry following behind him, rubbing his eyes.
"Good morning, Harry, Ron."
Lin Yue and Hermione took a moment to respond before quickly lowering their heads to "deal with" their breakfast.
To be honest, although the Weasley family is not wealthy, it is clear that they never skimped on food for their children.
Lin Yue thought to herself as she looked at the large bowl of stew in front of her.
Before long, the twins also came downstairs and sat at the dining table. Fred complained while eating breakfast.
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"So why can Percy, Bill, and Charlie sleep in?"
"Because they can Apparate."
Mrs. Weasley handed him some sausages, "Once you’re old enough to learn that spell, you can sleep in too."
"Now, hurry up and eat so you don’t waste time."
Fred chuckled mischievously but still lowered his head obediently to eat.
Everyone finished breakfast quickly, and after they were done, they all headed out together towards the place to use the Portkey.
Sirius had returned to the Black family home the night before and was setting out alone from there today; otherwise, it would be impossible to accommodate so many people in such a cramped place.
Along with Lin Yue and the others using this Portkey was a Hufflepuff senior, Cedric Diggory, and his father, Amos Diggory.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the two groups arrived at a Portkey shaped like a worn-out boot.
"Oh, this Portkey looks quite shabby."
Harry looked at the key on the ground and instinctively made a sarcastic remark. Lin Yue blinked blankly and explained, "The most important point about a Portkey is that it needs to have a common and cheap appearance, so that other wizards or Muggles who see it lose the desire to pick it up, ensuring that it can be used normally by the designated user."
"I see," Harry nodded in understanding.
"And one more thing," Hermione pressed her lips together and glanced down at her belly button, "it's said that the experience of using a Portkey isn't very pleasant."
"Merlin, you two are truly our walking encyclopedias," Ron exclaimed, then quickly added, "I mean, I really admire how much you both know, no sarcasm, absolutely none!"
"We can tell, Ron."
Hermione gave him a helpless look; both she and Lin Yue could clearly tell that he was genuinely complimenting them. Otherwise, regardless of whether Lin Yue would have reacted or not, her slap would have long since landed on Ron's head.
"Alright, kids, it's about time. Everyone put your hands on the Portkey."
Mr. Weasley glanced at his watch and, as he spoke, demonstrated by placing his hand on the Portkey. Following him, Mrs. Weasley, Amos, and the three other adults instinctively joined in as the first three people.
Lin Yue leaned slightly forward and, at the same time as Hermione, placed her hand on the Portkey.
In less than a minute, the Portkey began to take effect. A strong sensation of spinning hit them, and Lin Yue opened her eyes to look around.
They found themselves lifted off the ground, their bodies positioned as if they were lying flat, while they all spun rapidly around the Portkey, everything around them becoming a blur.
Hermione's face turned slightly pale from the rapid spinning, and the other kids also showed signs of discomfort. It was only normal to feel nauseous after just having breakfast and being spun like this.
However, Lin Yue felt relatively okay, although she did experience some nausea. But it was far from the level that would make her brain tell her she was very uncomfortable; it was still quite manageable.
After nearly three seconds, just as Lin Yue's brain was about to count to four, the spinning suddenly stopped, and the feeling in her belly button, as if it were hooked, vanished in an instant.
Everyone was rapidly falling down, but of course, at this height of less than a meter, it was impossible to get hurt.
So the three adults smiled nearby, slowly walking down to the ground while "enjoying" the children's awkwardness. Even Mrs. Weasley was smiling as she watched her sons fall.
Since they wouldn't get hurt, what was the harm in watching her sons' little mishap?
Mechanically moving her fingers, Lin Yue's body instantly righted itself, and the silent Levitation Charm allowed her to return to a feet-down position and gently descend. At the same time, Hermione and Ginny were also righted by her.
The three girls landed steadily on the ground, just like the three adults.
Only the boys had a rough landing; Harry, Ron, Fred, George, and Cedric all fell face-first onto the ground, with Harry lifting his head to spit out the grass in his mouth.
"Lin Yue, can you teach me the wandless Levitation Charm?"
Wandless magic could evade the Ministry of Magic's trace checks, and as for the non-verbal aspect, Harry thought it was better not to make things harder for himself.
"There’s no formal learning for wandless magic; it’s all about continuous practice."
Lin Yue shook her head expressionlessly, indicating that she was powerless to help. At the same time, she cast the levitation charm on the five boys, lifting them all up.
It wasn't that she didn't want to help earlier; it was just that, based on her analysis of their micro-expressions, it was clear that the Weasley couple and Amos wanted to see the kids take a little tumble.
She didn't want to fall herself, nor did she want Hermione to fall. Ginny had a strong sense of pride and probably wouldn't want to fall in public either.
So she lifted the three of them up, as for Harry and the others... boys generally have a stronger resistance to these kinds of things, right? What can't be laughed off?
Just like now, the five boys were pointing at each other and laughing.
Including Harry, who had just asked Lin Yue to teach him the levitation charm without a wand—did he really want to learn?
Of course not; he was just going along with the atmosphere.
Once the boys got up, laughing and joking, everyone headed towards the venue for the Quidditch World Cup.
It was a large Muggle campsite, but clearly, the Muggles here had been subjected to the Obliviate and Confundus Charms to ensure they wouldn't see or discover anything they shouldn't.
"But won't excessive use of the Obliviate Charm damage their brains? I've read that it can harm the brain," Hermione frowned, looking at the Ministry wizard who had just Apparated in front of the Muggle operator and used the Obliviate Charm on him.
"That... can indeed happen. The Ministry should handle it afterward," Mr. Weasley hesitated for a moment, speaking uncertainly.
"After the competition ends, the Muggles here will be taken to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries for a two-year treatment."
Lin Yue's cold and emotionless voice suddenly rang out.
"All expenses during this period will be jointly borne by the businesses hosting the Quidditch World Cup final."
"If the event causes any physical harm to the camp operators and their families, the organizing committee will be fully responsible for treatment and subsequent rehabilitation, as stated in our contract."
"No matter what the Ministry of Magic does, neither I nor those businesses will shirk our responsibilities."
"Merlin's spirit of contract!"
Hermione excitedly hugged Lin Yue and gave her a hard kiss on the cheek. This girl truly made her feel that liking her was absolutely the right thing to do.
"This is much more reliable than the Ministry of Magic."
Mrs. Weasley also made a fair comment, while teasingly glancing at her husband who worked at the Ministry.
"Ah, well, we want to be reliable too."
Mr. Weasley rubbed his nose and shrugged helplessly, "But you know Minister Molly, he can't really care about Muggles."
"Alright." Mrs. Weasley shook her head and didn't pursue the topic further, as there were quite a few Ministry staff around, and it wasn't appropriate to keep discussing such matters.
Upon arriving at the Weasley family's campsite, Lin Yue saw Sirius struggling to set up a tent in the adjacent campsite on her right.
"Sirius!"
Harry cheered and rushed over to give him a hug.
"Good morning, Harry. I'm trying to set up the tent without magic, but... I don't seem to be very good at it."
He smiled wryly and waved the tent poles in his hand.
"Oh, maybe I can give it a try."
Harry hesitated and said, reaching out to take the pole from Sirius's hand and examining it carefully.
He had never been camping before, so he could only guess how to set up the tent.
Lin Yue glanced at Harry's situation and quickly determined that he couldn't set up the tent by himself.
So she nodded to Hermione, "Hermione, go help Harry. You two can work together to set up the tent."
"What about over here?" Hermione pointed to the pile of tent poles and the tent itself that Mr. Weasley had just taken out.
"I can handle it," Lin Yue said decisively. Although she had never set up a tent before, having only seen them in an outdoor goods store at the mall, she was able to quickly deduce how to assemble the tent based on the poles and the tent itself.
"Alright." Without any hesitation, Hermione agreed and went over to help Harry set up the tent.
Meanwhile, Lin Yue bent down ahead of the others, grabbing the tent itself with one hand and taking out a tent pole with the other. With the sound of fabric rubbing together, she skillfully inserted the pole into the tent.
"Wow!"
"Great job, Miss Lin Yue from Ravenclaw!" Fred and George praised her in a comedic back-and-forth manner, clapping for her as well.
Mrs. Weasley, hands on her hips, let out a breath and couldn't help but give each of them a light smack on the back of their heads.
"Stop just standing there and go help Lin Yue with the supplies."
After saying that, she, along with Mr. Weasley and Ron, each took a side and began hammering the tent's base into the ground.
After finishing the third pole, Lin Yue was about to bend down to grab another one when she noticed that the pole she wanted had already been handed to her. Fred and George were grinning at her.
"Thank you."
Lin Yue's voice was as calm as a cold pool beneath the Arctic ice, and she smoothly took the tent pole and inserted it into place.
In just three minutes, Lin Yue had completely assembled the tent.
"Wow, it looks great, doesn't it?" Mr. Weasley said, putting down the hammer and looking at the newly set-up tent with excitement.
Lin Yue nodded in agreement. Whether it was the attached magic or the quality of the tent itself, it was indeed up to standard.