Strange, I Can't Think of a Title, So Happy New Year in Advance, Everyone

Only then did Cedric mute his mic. Most of the others in the group didn't pay it much attention, but the other Hogwarts students in the voice chat grew anxious. Fred almost thought, Holy shit? No way. Did someone beat me to it again?

After watching anxiously for a while, though, it seemed no one was paying much attention to Cedric's accidental outburst. Most people were focused on the footage Kerun was filming.

Luna Is an Angel on Earth! No Arguments: Boohoo, I can see an ethereal-looking Luna sitting nearby and drinking water.

[Admin] !: Whoa, there's a really tall Harry over there!

Red-Lipped, White-Toothed The Chosen One: I'm dying, little Harry wouldn't want to hear that.

A Harry who looked to be about 1.8 meters tall appeared in the footage, and the phone's view suddenly shook.

Kerun: Holy shit, I saw him! I'm so excited! He looks like he came with a friend! His friend is Malfoy!!! Holy shit, he must be 1.9 meters tall!! I'm rushing over to get a photo first!

Young Master's Official Girlfriend: This young master is way too handsome!!

Harry stared at the tall "himself" on the screen, deeply shocked. Could he grow as tall and big as that person? Ron also envied those people's physiques. "I want to grow that tall too! Then those two, Fred and George, won't be able to push my head down every day!"

Ron gazed longingly at the rest of the screen. Suddenly, he seemed to spot something very strange. Had he just seen someone who looked like a boy go into the women's restroom?

Wait?

How could a girl come out of the men's restroom!??

Were the restrooms in their world reversed too?

Harry seemed to have noticed as well. Both of them fell silent.

Leaky Cauldron's Number One Devoted Lover: Waaah, oh my god, this Hermione cosplay is so beautiful!

Hermione's Little Darling: I'm crying my eyes out! Please, give me her contact info!

My Older Brother Is Farting: Am I seeing things? Why did I see a girl come out of the men's restroom?

Cho: Is that allowed? (Shocked)

Sirius's Underpants: Hehehe, that's the mystery of a convention.

Magpie: I'm dying, hahahahaha!

James-Brand Shampoo: Nah, you don't have to match a character's gender to cosplay them. Boys can dress up as pretty girls too~

Damn Muggle: ?

What's Wrong with Eating More?: So this is a convention...

What's Wrong with Eating More?: (Strange knowledge acquired.)

Harry was stunned. So those girls were actually boys in disguise? Didn't they think there was anything strange about it?

Was this sort of thing normal at conventions?

Harry had made a mistake. He shouldn't have seen this during exam week. Now his head was full of the shocking realization that boys could dress up as girls too.

Quite a few people's worldviews were overturned yet again. The openness of that world challenged what they knew time and again. Fred felt that nothing would ever shock him again.

Kerun: Ahhh, I finally spotted a Grindelwald!!

The Negative of GGAD's Marriage Certificate: !! Holy shit, it's the Fantastic Beasts 2 version, the gas stove, ahhhh!

Bald Ferret: What the hell, gas stove.

Twins Sandwich Biscuit, My Love: How come I haven't seen the twins? Damn it!

Bug Ming: That can't be right!

Proprietress Number Two Isn't Here Today, I'm Proprietress Number Three: Where did my darling twins go?

Proprietress Number Two: Bullshit, I'm here! My Leeuwenhoek microscope already spotted them! In the upper right corner! There are two redheads!

Kerun: ? Damn, you're looking more closely than I am.

Twins Sandwich Biscuit, My Love: Such astonishing fan dedication...

Original Boys' Love Girl Chuci: Ahhh, this Gellert is so elegant! Where's Albus? QAQ!

Faithful Follower of the Dark Lord: I'm dead, this is my ideal Grindelwald.

As much fun as they were having watching the group, time didn't allow them to keep entertaining themselves there.

Blaise picked up the pieces of his shattered worldview and began revising the Astronomy he would be tested on that night. Malfoy still seemed dazed by the shock of seeing himself all over the screen.

He didn't think he could forget that sight.

A group of Malfoys calling one Harry "Potter."

"Ron... I don't think we should watch any more." Harry felt a pain in his stomach as he sat in the common room. Those images were still a little too advanced for them right now. For once, Ron put down his phone and picked up a book, saying:

"You're right, Harry... I love studying."

Neville, who was passing by: ? Ron actually said he loved studying?

Gryffindor was shocked.

The week-long final exams finally came to an end.

The moment the exams ended, everyone seemed to relax completely. Ron and Harry walked out of the exam room together, excitedly discussing how to enjoy their holiday. When Harry said he didn't actually want to leave Hogwarts that much, Ron immediately said, "Harry! You can come to my house! Mum would be happy to see you!"

Beside them, Hermione, who had only just freed her phone from her drawer, held it and questioned her life. Scrolling through the chat history, she looked at Harry and Ron and asked in confusion:

"Why does it feel like I missed a whole century?"

A group album had appeared, containing some photos of Kerun with other cosplayers at the convention. Well, you know. Hermione had seen those photos because Kerun had also posted them in the main chat, but there was something she couldn't understand.

Why were there so many Malfoys in those photos?

"Hermione, you were too focused on your studies." Ron sounded like a teacher offering earnest advice as he imitated Hermione's tone. "You missed so much new knowledge in the group! That's why people need to balance work and play!"

Harry didn't dare speak. New knowledge? Did he mean those people who swapped genders?

To be honest, when Fred and George discovered there was another way to turn into a girl, they had wanted Harry to dress up as one and walk around in front of Snape. But someone would die if they did that!!!

Harry had frantically refused the twins out of a fear of Snape etched into his DNA. Fred was very disappointed. What if Snape got so happy that he gave Gryffindor points?

George felt disappointed too and loudly plotted with Fred: "Looks like we can only use that method!"

Harry: ? I'm still here.

Back when he learned that Snape had secretly been in love with his mum, he had been so shocked that he couldn't face Snape for a while. Whenever Harry saw him, he couldn't help remembering those so-called childhood photos of Snape posted in the group.

Now things had finally become a little less awkward, so he had to be on guard against Fred and George! Rule number one at Hogwarts: treat anything the Weasley Twins hand you with caution.

"What on earth have you been through...?" Hermione asked Harry from the bottom of her heart.

Proprietress of Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes: That Fred the other day was so accurate!! And it was from his long-hair period too!!

Bug Ming: My heart was seriously racing!!

Kerun: It's just a shame he didn't want to exchange contacts qwq

Oh My Mother: Damn it, why is it that none of the gorgeous cosplayers I find want to exchange contacts? (Crying)

Luna Is an Angel on Earth! No Arguments: One day I'll lure Teacher Di into cosplaying Luna. (Stares--)

Luna Lovegood's Biological Younger Sister: Teacher Di, won't you really consider cosplaying Luna? (Stares--)

Ravenclaw Who Can't Slack Off: You're so gorgeous, you'd be perfect for her. (Stares--)

Oh My Mother: Spare me, I'm just some lousy artist.

Oh My Mother: (Crying cat face.jpg)

Bug Ming: If you're a lousy artist... then I'm a junk collector. (Humbled)

Cho's Girlfriend: ? Teacher Di, Teacher Bug, what nonsense are you both spouting?

Magpie: Wow, I just came in and was knocked over by the teachers' loud farts.

Oh My Mother: ? Let me save a little face.

Cho's Girlfriend: So did nobody really notice darling Cho, the last one to come over for a photo that day? That Cho had the complete aura of a classical beauty, I'm bawling, boohoo.

Kerun: She really was stunning... so I added her as a friend~

Kerun: No other reason, I just wanted to make you jealous.

Head of Hogwarts's Fifth House: ? Throw her out.

My Younger Brother Isn't as Handsome as Me: ? Even more wicked than me. Throw her out. ()

Snape's Wife: Haha, you're all drooling over the photos while I was there that day. /Shy

Kerun: ?

[Admin] Yan: Were you the girl who took a photo with the Snape who brought his own blower?

Professor Snape Is Mine: I really couldn't hold it in when I saw that blower.

Lan Yue'er: Well, he said he used it to shoot his proper cosplay photos. (Laughing and crying)

Stepmother Literature: More than that, I'm curious how he brought it in.

Kerun: I'm curious too.

Harry on My Left, Tom on My Right, Arrogant to the Extreme: But there really weren't many Toms that day. Though having lots of Harrys was nice too.

[Group Owner] ?: There were more Toms on the second day of the event.

Bug Ming: ? Did you go on the second day, great one?

[Group Owner] ?: Sort of.

[Admin] !: ...Yeah, actually, Question Mark was one of the event organizers.

Kerun: ??!!!!!!!!???

[Group Owner] ?: Ah, I'm sleepy. Logging off.

Homework, My Lifelong Enemy: Holy shit.

Snape's Wife: ? Why do I feel like I went but missed out on a hundred million?

Bug Ming: Holy shit...

[Admin] Holy Crap: What I want to know is, @! How did you know? (Usami-chan's gaze sharpened.)

My Younger Brother Isn't as Handsome as Me: Something's going on with those two.

Zabini: Organizing such a huge event, impressive...

Kerun: I'm so shocked I can't speak.

James-Brand Shampoo: Group owner, what other surprises are you still keeping from me, your emperor?

Oh My Mother: Oh my mother.

Proprietress Number Two: (George-brand shock.jpg)

Wants to Make Friends: So impressive...

What's Wrong with Eating More?: Bloody hell...

Fred watched all this on the screen and exchanged a glance with George. The two became even more determined to hold a convention in the wizarding world. If Muggles could do it, there was no reason wizards couldn't, right? And this really was interesting!

They wanted to witness the spectacular sight of Malfoys everywhere.

In Slytherin, Malfoy was packing his luggage when he suddenly sneezed and flung his phone into his suitcase.

"You've been sneezing more often lately." Theodore, who had finished packing and was ready to attend the end-of-term feast shortly, frowned at Malfoy. Malfoy took his phone out of the suitcase, glanced at it, and put it aside.

"I keep getting an uncomfortable feeling, like someone's talking about getting me," Malfoy said, his face full of impatience. "Speaking of which, who do you think will win the House Cup this year?"

"Judging by Gryffindor's performance this year, I think it's a little uncertain," Blaise said as he walked in, still holding his phone.

Malfoy raised his head and gave a proud huff. "Slytherin will definitely be the champion, because it always has been."

"Gryffindor has that Granger this year. She gets in first to answer almost every question in class. She won't be easy to deal with." Theodore objectively and ruthlessly poured cold water on Malfoy.

The subject made Malfoy angry. How was that Granger so good at studying!? He couldn't compete with her at all! He couldn't even beat her to answering questions!!

Meanwhile, in the Cedric Fan Support Group.

[Group Owner] Ced Is Mine: I keep feeling like the voice of that group member whose mic wasn't muted in the voice chat the other day sounded familiar...

Cedric's Underpants: Something feels really wrong. Did anyone see that group member's ID? When I checked the online members, everyone was already muted.

A Little Badger Who Ships Draco and Harry: And he was speaking English.

[Group Owner] Ced Is Mine: I didn't manage to record it that day, but ? has a habit of screen-recording every voice chat, so I asked ? for the audio from that part. The more I listen, the more it sounds like him...

kyria: But is this really possible? It's too fantastical qwq

Mrs. Diggory: I can hardly believe it either. It must be a group member with a similar voice, right?

[Admin] I Am Cedric's Dog: I stayed on the voice chat page at the time. I did see it.

[Admin] I Am Cedric's Dog: The ID of the person who spoke was Cedric.

Mrs. Diggory: That can't be possible, can it? If it's true, I'll really cry QAQ @Cedric

Little Badger Stunned by Angst: My substitute... it can't be... they're, they're not from this world QAQ @Cedric

Hufflepuff's Great Food Thief: I'd rather believe I'm a Muggle than believe there's no magic in the world qwq

[Admin] Hufflepuff House Cub: Help, this is actually scary qwq

[Group Owner] Ced Is Mine: If it's true... I suggest everyone hurry up and change your IDs. (Curling my toes hard enough to dig out a three-bedroom apartment.)

Cedric's Underpants: QAQ

Ced Is My Wife: But crossing time and space and all that... it can't be possible, can it...

Cedric watched his fan group on the screen. People were tagging him. They were genuinely afraid that he was the real Cedric, but also afraid that he wasn't.

Was the secret identity he'd kept hidden for just one school year about to be exposed like this?

Ced smiled. He didn't really mind whether they recognized him. After all, watching these adorable fans chat in the group every day lifted his mood, although sometimes he was indeed baffled by the topics they discussed.

But even if he wanted to tell them now, he didn't have time... The end-of-term feast would start soon, and the House Cup would be announced. Though Hufflepuff would probably be in last place again this year.

Cedric felt a moment of sadness. As a member of Hufflepuff House, of course he wanted to see his own house's banner hanging above the Great Hall.

And so the Cedric his fans had been longing for finally sent a message.

Cedric: I have to attend the end-of-term feast soon. I'll explain everything to you on the train home, all right?

Cedric's Underpants: !!! Is it really a living senior?!

Mrs. Diggory: Help, I'm really going to cry qwq

Little Badger Stunned by Angst: Why does seeing that message with that ID make me want to cry so much?

kyria: QAQ I don't care, I believe it! Senior is still alive!

[Group Owner] Ced Is Mine: (;д;)

[Admin] Hufflepuff House Cub: Wait, if Cedric is... then those people who joined the main group at almost the same time that day...

Mrs. Diggory: ???

A Little Badger Who Ships Draco and Harry: How about we keep it from the main group (?, so only our support group knows the news!

The identity-reveal plot is really hard to write. If anything is OOC, I apologize. (Crying cat face)