Lupin and Sirius had been laughing just a second ago, but the smiles vanished from their faces in an instant.
"Let's start with Lupin. You found a random Bruce on the road in the middle of the night and said you wanted to practice dancing. And Sirius... never mind, I won't even get started on Sirius." Hermione suddenly remembered something halfway through and slowly trailed off.
"Thank goodness..." Sirius let out a relieved breath.
Harry sighed helplessly. If Sirius found out that he had gotten drunk last night and clung to Harry while crying for most of the night, he would probably be mortified.
After dinner, they began packing their luggage... Well, really, it was just Hermione's enormous pile of books and everyone else's snacks. Kayson was included among that "everyone else."
After all, as a modern man influenced by modern sports and all kinds of entertainment, watching a bunch of different flying balls make irregular circular motions in the sky was a little too abstract for him.
Compared to that, it was better to hug a huge bag of snacks and eat like crazy. At least it had atmosphere.
"Ahem, it's not just for eating. We also need to prevent a Death Eater riot." Lupin had also been informed by Dumbledore of this difficult responsibility and was told to keep an eye on Kayson and Sirius so they would not pull any tricks.
"Don't worry about that," Kayson replied with a nod.
"When I bought the tickets, they threw in a Portkey straight to the World Cup venue... and an Apparition map? Which one should we take?" Sirius said, pulling out an azure glass orb.
Kayson did not want to choose either. One was like having an iron hook snag his navel, while the other was like being kneaded