"Holy crap!" Ted cried out when he saw the quest.
You were a mouse playing escort to a cat—you wanted money so badly you didn't care about dying? You were screwing with me, weren't you?
Could I even do this quest? Was I trying to get myself killed?
Even if I jumped from here, I still... Wait, who were those? The Weasley Twins!
"Ahem! Hermione, I'm going to have a chat with George and Fred about boy stuff. You head back first."
Hermione had already been startled by the Chinese that Ted had suddenly blurted out. Before she could ask about it, she heard that.
What did he mean, boy stuff?! Was he messing with her?
Then she saw Ted jump straight off the covered bridge!
She cried out, only to see Ted flick his wand in midair, mumble a word, and slowly float down.
Hermione blinked. "Has Ted gotten this good at the Levitation Charm already?"
It was not a wandless, silent spell, but Ted had simplified both the wand movement and the incantation. That was already incredibly impressive!
An ordinary adult wizard might not even be able to do that.
Only a wizard who had studied the Levitation Charm for a long time and developed a deep understanding of it could manage such a thing.
Hermione narrowed her eyes. Looks like I'm still not working hard enough! Back to the books! In truth, this was largely thanks to Mind Power's control over willpower, which allowed many spells to be simplified.
By the time she saw Ted again, it was dinner. She learned that Ted had cost their House twenty points and been given two weeks of detention by Professor McGonagall! "What did you do?" Hermione's voice went shrill with anger. She had only looked away for a moment,