The flyleaf tore apart, its paper fibers clearly visible. Driven by the Miniature Magic Circle, the spine broke too. A large hand formed from magic moved nimbly among the scattered pages. Soon, the paper stacked into the curve of a forehead, followed by the spiral of a cochlea, while the loose ribbons dangled down as strands of hair-
"Make Gryffindor great again!" the Managing Emotions Starting Today edition of Oliver Wood said earnestly. "Angelina, have you finished today's training?"
"..." Angelina's eyes widened. She cautiously stepped back, looking at this colorless, abstract version of the Gryffindor House Quidditch captain. Suddenly, a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. Driven by curiosity, she reached forward and grabbed Wood's left ear-rip!
"!" The Hufflepuff girl immediately covered her eyes, moving her index and middle fingers left and her ring and little fingers right so that she could see everything perfectly clearly.
The Slytherin girl licked her lips and said inwardly, Cool!
Under Angelina's pull, Wood's ear parted from his head without the slightest reluctance-it was completely hollow inside. Amazed and a little panicked, Angelina's mouth formed an "o." She hastily stuffed the ear back in-backward.
"Ah! I can't stop Quaffles coming from the left anymore!" paper Wood cried miserably. Just then, his ear turned itself around and returned to its original position. His expression relaxed, and he said with a goofy smile, "Oh, looks like I can stop them again now."
"Oh, Professor Brian, this Wood is the Wood who's always making a fool of himself-stupid, but a little cute. Much easier to put up with than Wood giving lectures!" Angelina exclaimed delightedly. "Aha, if only he could stay like this!"
"Actually, he can't, Miss Johnson."
Brian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. The way this girl had ripped Wood's