"Hey, Silan, you're back!"
Fred waved at Silan from across a patch of herb seedlings.
George, meanwhile, was inspecting the Alchemy Workshop partitioned off within the Room of Requirement.
After Silan's continuous efforts, the entire Room of Requirement had changed beyond recognition.
Though the entrance was still a patch of land planted with herbs, he had divided off an Alchemy Workshop behind it, along with a study and resting room furnished with tables and chairs.
Silan walked over to the two of them and greeted them.
Pointing at some of the materials they had bought, Fred clicked his tongue quietly. "George and I have never bought this many alchemy materials at once."
"Yeah, and we've never spent this much money in one go either." George made a tossing gesture. "A whole pile of Galleons, gone in a flash."
"I really want to start making things right now."
Fred took over from George with some disappointment. "Unfortunately, we still have to go train at the Quidditch Pitch."
"Oh, Quidditch is starting to bore me!" George said dramatically.
The Quidditch match was coming up soon.
To get their names engraved on the Quidditch Cup, Wood had recently been dragging them into training like a madman.
Even Fred and George, energetic as two Bludgers, were starting to struggle with it.
"Speaking of Quidditch, our team got a new Seeker this year."
"Harry Potter?" Silan asked.
"You know already?"
Fred spread his hands and said to George, "I knew Wood's secrecy strategy was useless. Even Silan knows Harry is our team's secret weapon."
"Oh, don't mention it. It leaked ages ago." George seemed rather relieved. "Good thing Silan didn't join the Slytherin team, or we brothers would have had to turn on each other."
As he spoke, George grabbed his own neck with both