Day N of missing Martial Uncle Zhang...

Chu Yao felt a little sad.

ε=(´ο｀))) Sigh... Had her expectations been too high after all?

It was ordinary home cooking in the end. Compared to Martial Uncle Zhang's spirit food, which could elevate the soul, it was like comparing mud to clouds!

Why couldn't I pack Martial Uncle Zhang up and bring him along when I went abroad to study?

o(╥﹏╥)o Day N of missing Martial Uncle Zhang...

She silently wrapped up the rest of the sandwich. It wasn't bad, but she had lost interest in eating any more.

The gourmet soul within her was weeping.

Just then, Harry let out a startled cry beside her.

He had opened a box containing a Chocolate Frog. The frog inside, made of chocolate, seemed to come to life in an instant. It kicked off with its hind legs, about to leap out of the box and make its escape!

Just as the Chocolate Frog was about to leap out of the compartment, a fair hand shot out like lightning and caught the wildly hopping Chocolate Frog in its palm!

It was Chu Yao.

Trying to run? No way!

Even if she didn't eat it, she couldn't let it go to waste!

But the very next second, Chu Yao regretted it.

She could clearly feel the thing in her palm struggling desperately, kicking and wriggling. It felt strange and sticky.

Worse still, her body heat and the pressure of her grip were rapidly melting the chocolate, covering her palm in sticky, cloyingly sweet chocolate sauce...

Ugh... This feeling... It's so gross!

It's like grabbing some sticky bug!

Are all snacks in the Wizarding World this "interactive"?!

She held back the urge to throw the thing in her hand away, her face tense.

Fortunately, after a few seconds, the struggling in her palm stopped, as though the magic had run out. The Chocolate Frog fell completely still, turning back into an ordinary piece of candy, though perhaps a little misshapen, that had left chocolate all over her hand.

Chu Yao looked at the piece of chocolate in her hand that had been through a "race against life and death," then at her sticky palm. All desire to taste it vanished.

She just wanted to get rid of the thing as quickly as possible.

So, under Harry and Ron's gaze, she gave her wrist an almost imperceptible flick, seemingly without a care.

Whoosh!

The Chocolate Frog, partly melted and covered in her hand sweat (?) and palm print, vanished from her palm in an instant!

As if it had never existed.

But to Ron, this seemingly casual act was like a thunderclap out of a clear sky!

He sucked in a sharp breath, his eyes widening even more than when he had seen Harry's scar. Pointing at Chu Yao's empty hand, he stammered, "It... It disappeared?! You... You used Nonverbal Wandless Magic?! Merlin!"

Nonverbal and wandless! My dad says lots of adult wizards can't do that!

She... She just did it so casually... Is she really a first-year student like us?!

He felt he had experienced far more shocks in this short time in the compartment than he had in an entire month at The Burrow!

First there was the legendary Harry Potter, then the mysterious Eastern sword cultivator, and now an advanced magical technique used so casually...

Ron looked at Chu Yao with awe and disbelief, as though he were looking at a walking magical miracle.

Chu Yao looked at Ron's expression, so shocked he seemed about to crack, and then at Harry's equally curious, probing gaze, and silently grumbled, It was just a little Cleaning Spell. Is there any need to make such a fuss?

Her unruffled manner, as though she had merely brushed off some dust, instantly snuffed out Ron's earlier desire to show off a few simple spells he knew.

Compared to her casually making something "disappear," his little tricks were practically magic tricks for toddlers.

He had better not embarrass himself by using them.

Forget it... I'll just eat my Chocolate Frog. Maybe I can collect a few more cards.

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