"Something still slipped through the cracks." Hermione shook her head repeatedly, looking rather regretful.
Everyone else beside her felt rather rueful too.
They had initially thought they had accounted for almost everything and nothing would go wrong. But after opening the spacetime rift and crossing over, they discovered that they had still overlooked something.
Namely, the house belonging to the family they had chosen.
In their world, this family had gone off to have fun in Las Vegas. But the other world's timeline was not synchronized with theirs, and all sorts of things might even be different for various reasons.
Now they had run into precisely that situation. The instant Daphne crossed the spacetime rift, she saw a family eating breakfast, staring in astonishment at her sudden appearance.
What else could she do? Naturally, she treated them to a Stupefy.
Though they had shrunk, everyone was still sitting on Daphne's shoulders and had witnessed the whole thing. First they were startled, then stunned, then speechless.
That was what had prompted Hermione's remark.
"True, for all our planning, we still didn't account for this." Daphne was rather embarrassed too. She glanced at the people slumped beside the dining table.
"But it doesn't make much difference, does it?"
"Not much difference? You call this not much difference?" Hermione was clearly very unhappy with Daphne's nonchalant attitude. "Then what are we supposed to do with them? Those two children probably aren't on summer vacation yet..."
"It's winter here..." Daphne glanced outside. The sun was shining brightly.
Well, it was indeed winter, though it was hard to tell.
"Is that the point?" Hermione glared fiercely at Daphne.
"Um... no." Daphne shook her head and shrank back.
The little lioness was angry. Even she had to steer clear for the moment.
"The children aren't on