Some two or three hours passed. The blazing sun tilted slightly westward, and the sweltering heat left the young wizards with no desire to go out for a stroll.
So they sat in a circle inside the tent and played Exploding Snap.
Ron had wanted to play Wizard's Chess, but the Weasley family clearly knew that while their youngest boy was no good at anything else, he was a first-rate chess player. Nobody was eager to get thrashed.
Mr. Weasley and Barty Crouch, who had returned after dealing with his business, discussed work at the other end of the room.
Nobody knew what Ginny and Hermione were tinkering with in the kitchen, and Su Er did not dare go over to look. All he heard were occasional bangs and clatters from inside.
Every so often, a burnt smell drifted out of the kitchen.
Only when the sun sank westward and the heat gradually faded did Hermione emerge from the kitchen with a plate. On it was a mass of bright yellow, slightly scorched, bread-like stuff, with a layer of white frosting on the surface.
Everyone outside could hear the noises coming from the kitchen...
"Come on, try some. Ginny and I finally managed to make these." Hermione looked at Su Er expectantly.
"What is this?" Su Er braced himself and picked up a piece, examining it from every angle. He simply could not identify this thing that felt neither soft nor hard.
"You'll know once you try it..." Hermione said.
Well, then. Feeling the good-luck looks the other men around him were giving him, Su Er closed his eyes briefly, opened his mouth, and took a bite. Surely it couldn't be any harder to describe than Hagrid's snacks?
Mm... Su Er had intended to swallow it in one mouthful, then