No matter how worried Harry was, it could not affect Webb and Wally's magic show at the TV Station.
Fred theatrically blew on the deck of cards, then snapped his fingers smartly.
Snap!
George flipped his hand, and the Ace of Hearts had somehow appeared at the very bottom!
A burst of enthusiastic applause rang out in the studio. Vernon muttered, "Hmph, such an old trick."
"Of course, if you want it to appear at the very top..."
Fred winked at the audience, and George knowingly slipped the Ace of Hearts casually into the deck.
Snap!
After another snap, the top card was turned over—and it was also the Ace of Hearts!
Dudley let out a muffled gasp, and Petunia paused midway through frying an egg.
"That's impossible!" cries erupted from the audience seats!
"Oh... how did they do that?" Petunia instinctively looked at her husband.
Vernon finally lowered his newspaper completely, frowning as he tried hard to work his not particularly sharp mind.
Only Harry was struggling not to laugh while his stomach clenched with worry.
Based on Harry's understanding of the Ministry of Magic and the Statute of Secrecy, this should have been the moment when an owl suddenly flew into the studio and delivered a warning letter from the Ministry of Magic to the Weasley brothers.
Or perhaps an Auror would quietly take control of the scene, and the television screen would turn to static as the program was abruptly cut off...
Yet nothing happened. Fred and George merely basked smugly in the audience's astonished stares before finally beginning their explanation after a while.
"Ha ha... actually, this trick is very simple. Usually, it requires a special card arrangement, invisible thread, and the hand speed gained from twenty years of practice..."
"—But our method is much simpler!