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"Black, can you explain what exactly happened?"

Anduin looked at Harry, Ginny, and Neville, who had all grown a full size rounder, and Ron, George, and Fred, who looked as though they'd been skinned. He stared at Sirius, utterly speechless.

He couldn't understand how these six young wizards could have changed so much in the little over a month he'd been away.

He'd clearly given them a training plan. Half of them had gained a whole lot of weight, while the other half had lost a whole lot, making the difference between the two groups glaringly obvious.

"Uh... You can't blame me for this." Sirius thought Anduin was asking about the three Weasley brothers. "They were Leona's responsibility. I also think she was far too strict with the kids."

At that, Anduin glanced at Leona, but the Ghost Captain looked entirely unbothered. "You handed them over to me, so naturally they had to do as I said. And I didn't mistreat them. They had all their meals and rest; I only made them do a bit of work now and then."

George and the others weren't at all pleased to hear this. They all started complaining miserably. "She didn't just make us work more! In just one month, we practically renovated the entire ship. And all she gave us to eat was bread and water—not a single bit of meat!"

"Exactly! Uncle Wilson, please take us home already. I can't stand staying here another day!" Ron gazed at Anduin pitifully, looking as if he were about to burst into tears at any moment.

"You brought this on yourselves!"

Surprisingly, Anduin paid no attention to their complaints. He'd left the three of them in Leona's care precisely so they would face the consequences of their mistakes.

Besides, he wasn't about to