Hogwarts: Who uses a crowbar in wizard duels?

"Ding-dong~"

The doorbell rang.

"Kevin! Hermione! We're here!"

Harry and Ron's voices came from outside.

Today was the day they had arranged to go out and have fun together.

They are still children after all. The current situation doesn't require them to do anything. They should relax and study.

So they formed a group and went out to have some fun.

With a click, the door lock opened automatically.

Harry and Ron exchanged a glance outside and went straight inside, followed by Ginny and a black dog.

After the others entered the house, Kevin slowly came downstairs.

"Don't you ever sleep in...? You get up earlier on vacation than during the school year..."

Kevin yawned as he complained.

"It's almost ten o'clock, do you think it's only seven or eight o'clock?"

Upon hearing Kevin's complaint, Ron immediately retorted.

"Don't you usually get up pretty early?" Harry asked curiously.

"Hmm...it's a long story. Please have a seat."

Kevin paused for a moment, without giving a direct answer.

It wasn't their first time here, so they were quite familiar with the place and didn't stand on ceremony, sitting down and strolling around as they pleased.

Is Hermione still sleeping?

Harry, who was standing nearby, noticed that Hermione was not there and said in surprise.

"No, she's next door. She's probably heard you and is getting ready to come back."

Sure enough, as soon as Kevin finished speaking, their front door opened again, and Hermione returned.

To be honest, seeing this scene, the group was quite envious of Hermione.

Hermione and Kevin not only live together, but they also live next door to her parents, allowing her to visit them anytime while still having her own privacy.

Didn't they ever consider the possibility of arguing and breaking up?

After exchanging greetings, the group sat down and began to chat.

Sirius Black and Crookshanks ran off to play in the yard.

"What did Draco say? Isn't he coming?" Kevin asked while pouring tea.

"Yeah, he said he had guests at home and couldn't go out," Harry replied from the side.

"What business is it of his if guests come to his house?"

"Who knows? Ron used to laugh at him, and now the two of them are exchanging letters and arguing every day."

Upon hearing this, Ron, who was drinking tea on the other side, said righteously, "He spat at me first."

"..."

"However, the Malfoy family's situation isn't much better right now. Although the Ministry of Magic has cleared them of suspicion, they probably don't trust the Malfoys much. Plus, the family business has suffered considerable losses, so they're probably in for a lot of trouble."

"They deserved it," Hermione suddenly said.

"really."

Harry and the others nodded in agreement.

In their view, Draco is Draco, and Malfoy is Malfoy; they cannot be confused.

Unless Draco officially succeeds as the new head of the Malfoy family someday.

Kevin shrugged and didn't argue.

As the group chatted, the sky outside the window gradually darkened.

Snap, snap, splash splash.

Before long, large raindrops began to fall, eventually turning into a torrential downpour.

Sirius Black and Crookshanks, who were playing happily in the backyard, were suddenly drenched in a downpour.

However, Sirius didn't return. As if he had never seen rain before, he raised his head and opened his mouth wide, letting the rainwater hit his mouth.

You'd think this dog had mental problems if you didn't know better.

"Huh? Didn't the Muggle weather forecast say today would be a sunny day?"

Ron, inside the house, looked at the rapidly changing weather and said something strange.

As the heavy rain continued to fall, London was gradually shrouded in a layer of rain and fog, obscuring the sun.

"Sleeping on a rainy day is the most comfortable, why don't we go to sleep?"

Looking at the completely gloomy sky and the incessant sound of rain, Kevin leaned back lazily on the sofa, feeling a wave of drowsiness wash over him.

"..."

Harry and the others were speechless. Did we come all this way just to sleep?

"Ah, I've got it."

Through the glass door leading to the yard, Kevin saw Sirius Black getting wet in the rain, and suddenly an idea struck him.

He got up and went to the eaves of the courtyard. With a wave of his hand, a cloth bag with a traceless stretching spell flew out from the second floor.

Then a large tent flew out of the bag and landed in the yard, with a rain shelter set up at the tent entrance.

Then came a variety of Muggle ovens, tables, chairs, food, and drinks, all laid out under the awning.

"Let's go to the yard and pretend you're camping."

Kevin pointed to the tent swaying in the wind and rain and said with a smile.

To be honest, Harry and Ron were tempted.

Camping under a tent in this torrential rain, and even having a barbecue, sounds like a lot of fun.

It might be troublesome for Muggles, requiring them to prepare this and that, but wizards can solve it with a wave of their hand.

Before Harry and Ron could nod, Sirius Black suddenly transformed into human form and ran into the tent with a whoosh.

"I'm going to call Remus too!"

Sirius's excited voice traveled through the tent and through the rain, reaching the ears of the group.

Harry and Ron exchanged a glance, then without further hesitation, they put their arms around each other's shoulders and ran into the rain with a shout.

They let the rain pelt them, tripped over each other, rolled around a few times on the wet grass, and then ran into the shed laughing.

Downpour + camping BBQ + best buddies, a man's happiness buff is stacked to the max.

Perhaps only Hermione and Ginny, the two girls, don't quite understand their feelings.

However, they did not refuse, after all, they had not experienced such a holiday in a long time.

Upon entering the tent, I found Sirius already fast asleep, comfortably reclining on the soft cushion in the middle of the tent, completely relaxed.

It was almost noon, and Harry and the others were outside preparing ingredients, planning to have a barbecue for lunch.

Several people sat under the awning, around the grill, chatting and eating.

The heavy rain continued, showing no signs of abating.

The rain curtain that obscured the sun, and the surrounding misty scenery, made it seem as if they were the only few people left in the whole world.

"Kevin, have you heard about the new ideas in the wizarding world lately?" Harry, who had been looking at the rain, suddenly asked.

"Hmm? What new idea?"

"Actually, it wasn't that widely known; it just suddenly spread within the pure-blood wizarding community."

This time, it was Ron's voice that rang out.

As he ate his chicken leg, he said, "It's about what would happen in the end if wizards really were to rule over Muggles."

"What will be the outcome of wizards ruling Muggles?"

Kevin was taken aback when he heard this.

"Well, the current rumor is that in the end, wizards will be assimilated into the Muggles."

"Therefore, the new idea is that the wizarding world should be completely isolated from Muggle society, so that Muggles have no opportunity to come into contact with wizards, in order to ensure the continuation of the wizarding bloodline."