Furious Complaints Within, Steady as a Rock on the Outside

"Chu... Chu Yao?" Harry called hesitantly. Then his gaze fell on her empty hands and the space beside her. "You... didn't you bring any luggage?"

He pointed to the bulky trunk on his trolley.

Chu Yao shrugged indifferently, raised her hand, and wiggled her fingers to show him a storage ring that looked ordinary but held a vast space within. In a casual tone, she explained, "I did. It's all in here. This is a kind of... um, storage tool from the East. It's very convenient."

Harry's green eyes widened, and his mouth fell slightly open as he stared at the little ring. His face was full of expressions that said, "Amazing!" and "How is that possible?!"

He stared curiously at the ring for several moments before forcing himself to look away. His cheeks flushed slightly from his earlier embarrassment and his current curiosity.

Eastern magic is so amazing!

"Shall we... go in?"

Harry made the suggestion a little awkwardly, pushing his trolley with its bulky trunk toward the space between platforms nine and ten.

The closer he got to the solid-looking barrier, the more hesitant his steps became. His eyes were full of uncertainty and a trace of obvious anxiety.

He was genuinely afraid he would crash headfirst into the wall and draw laughter from the Muggles around them.

Chu Yao adjusted the sunglasses on her face and gave him a reassuring smile. Her tone was easy and confident. "Of course. Let's go. I know how to get in."

The confidence in her voice was like an effective calming pill, easing Harry's anxiety a little.

Then, under Harry's nervous gaze, Chu Yao calmly pushed forward and stepped straight toward the solid wall, as though passing through an ordinary curtain of water or a wall of air.

Just like that, she and her trolley abruptly vanished into the wall!

Harry's green eyes widened in shock, and his mouth formed an O.

After a second of stunned silence, he feared being left behind. He immediately took a deep breath, mustered his courage, closed his eyes, and pushed his trolley at full speed toward the spot where Chu Yao had disappeared!

The impact he expected never came. Instead, he briefly felt a strange sensation, as though he were passing through a cool film of water.

He opened his eyes and found himself standing on a completely different, extraordinarily noisy platform.

A scarlet steam train stood beside the platform, with a conspicuous sign on its front: Hogwarts Express.

The air was filled with the smell of coal smoke, the aroma of all kinds of snacks, the hooting of owls, and the excited chatter of children.

Chu Yao stood at ease not far away, her arms folded, apparently waiting for him.

But Harry noticed that her gaze rested on the rather old-looking steam train before her, and the corner of her mouth beneath her sunglasses seemed to twitch almost imperceptibly.

At that moment, Chu Yao was screaming wildly inside!

My god! This is the Hogwarts Express?

It looks even older than the antique trains I saw in history books!

No wonder it takes so long to get to school!

At this speed, it must be more than eight hundred times slower than my flying sword!

The Wizarding World's transportation really is... nostalgic!

She complained furiously inside, but on the outside, she remained steady as a rock.

Chu Yao turned and smiled at Harry, who was still a little shaken. "See? That was easy, wasn't it? Let's get on."

Harry quickly nodded and pushed his trolley, joining Chu Yao in the stream of people boarding the train.

Along the way, Chu Yao's eyes, hidden behind her sunglasses, worked like a highly efficient scanner, precisely picking out the people she had read about in the book: Percy Weasley hurried past, the Prefect Badge on his chest gleaming; a pair of red-haired twins were playing a "guess who I am" prank, drawing laughter and mock scolding from those around them...

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