The Haunted Apartment gave Wizet and the others more of an absurd, uncanny feeling.
The group entered the main hall, which was split in two by the sightseeing rail cars.
On the other side of the hall stood, besides windows flashing with lightning and rumbling with thunder and a broad staircase, a figure in a wedding dress seen from behind.
The pale light of the lightning reflected off the pristine white dress, heightening the bizarre and eerie atmosphere.
Fred pointed at a candlestick and suddenly said, "Ron, look! Cobwebs!"
"Yeah!" George quickly added. "There are spiders on them too! One's crawling down!"
Ron's eyes widened first, then he took a sharp breath, as though trying to restrain something.
"Cut it out! It's not like I've never seen spiders..." He recovered quickly and even shot Fred and George a glare. "Besides, they aren't real!"
"Hm?" Fred and George voiced their confusion, looking Ron up and down. "Are you really... our Ronald?"
"No..." Ron shifted his gaze away from the candlestick. "Actually, I'm Ron."
"Oh! Ron! You've grown up!" Fred and George sighed in unison, their voices carrying a trace of sorrow. "We're truly relieved!"
Wizet watched it all with a smile. Ron really was well suited to the Fear Manifestation Charm. Only someone talented in that spell could balance fear and courage so well.
Hermione, Neville, and Hannah boarded the sightseeing rail car much more slowly than the others. Their bodies had even tensed up again as they anxiously looked around.
For them, the most frightening part was the moment they boarded the sightseeing rail car and it began to move slowly.
When they had ridden the Indian Temple Roller Coaster, it had also started out moving slowly before accelerating and plunging downward.
Fortunately, none of what they feared happened. The