Chapter 468: Another knock on the door

The drizzle brought a touch of coolness to the hot summer weather.

Tonight's Quidditch World Cup final should not be affected by this, but at that moment, Ivan's room was witnessing something else entirely.

Time had passed very slowly and seemed to have frozen at that moment.

Steam slowly rose from the cup in Ivan's hand and filled the room with the sweet aroma of chocolate.

Perhaps because of the steam, Ivan felt the temperature inside the room rising rapidly.

It soon became very stifling, like the greenhouse at noon, making him feel suffocated by his clothes.

Ivan stood with the hot drink in place, looking at the small pile of clothes Elaine had left outside the bathroom door.

The sound of the water inside mingled with the sound of the rain outside the tent, becoming indistinguishable.

As mixed as the sound were Ivan's thoughts, all churning together. He couldn't understand them, nor could he stop them.

He blinked to make sure he was not dreaming, for this turn of events was truly unexpected.

Who could have thought that Elaine would actually bathe in his room?!!

Who would have thought she would leave all her wet clothes out?!!

Admittedly, Elaine was very attractive, regardless of her vampire status and her evil desire to bite him at any moment.

Of all the girls Ivan knew, none was more beautiful than her.

For no reason, his mind naturally wandered to Elaine in the bathroom at that moment.

Petite body, snow-soft skin, porcelain doll face, wine-red eyes full of charm, and....

No, he couldn't think of anything anymore!

Ivan had a headache. This girl was very troublesome. She had no sense at all!

He didn't know what to say or what to do.

Fortunately, everyone was sleeping now, and there were only them in the room. If anyone else came, it would be too embarrassing.

If he and Elaine were discovered in this room, it would be an inexplicable situation.

Ivan looked back. Fortunately, he had locked the door and no one could enter.

He just breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately thought, "What am I doing?!"

Why did he look back at the lock as if something was really going to happen?

He just went out to get her a drink - who would have thought that would happen? Not everything was what Ivan wanted to happen. He was forced to accept it single-handedly.

Still, would anyone believe that?!!

Maybe it wasn't a good idea to have a vampire in his room on a rainy day.

All in all, Ivan now only hoped that Elaine would leave immediately after bathing and that no one would see her.

In particular, he was not to let Hermione see the current situation in his room.

He stood there for a long time before deciding to pretend he hadn't seen the pile of clothes at the door.

"Elaine, are you taking a shower inside?" Ivan asked in as clear a voice as possible, setting the cup on the table.

"Yes, I came in when I saw the bathroom!" Elaine said. "When my clothes got wet in the rain, they got really sticky."

"Oh, then I'll put the drink on the table, and you'll go out for a drink after you wash up." Ivan looked again at the pile of clothes by the door.

The dialogue was mundane, and none of it was what Ivan really wanted to say. He actually wanted to ask her why she had put her clothes there.

His clothes were all outside the door, how could he have gotten out after the bath?!

Thinking about this, Ivan felt he had to get out quickly and give her space and time.

Just then, Elaine's voice came from the bathroom. "Oh, my clothes!"

The girl seemed to have noticed that she left her clothes outside the door.

There was an awkward silence, and no sound came from the bathroom for a long time.

Elaine must be shy, lacking in common sense. She also knew that this kind of situation was not quite right.

"Elaine, I'm going out," Ivan replied before she continued.

He heard someone moving down the hallway. Harry seemed to be off to the side of the room going to do something.

Maybe he was hungry and wanted to find something to eat in the kitchen downstairs. Or maybe, he couldn't sleep and wanted to find someone to chat with; which would really be the worst case scenario.

If everyone left their rooms, then how could Elaine be sent out unseen?

Ivan was considering the use of Apparition. Although he did not have permission, he knew the principle of this magic.

After a few minutes of suffering, Harry dragged his heavy steps back to his room.

Ivan sighed with relief. Fortunately, he was not discovered.

"Ivan, could you bring me my clothes from outside?" Elaine seemed to have finally summoned up the courage to suddenly say, "Through the crack in the door!"

"Oh, I see!" Ivan replied.

His proposal came at the right time. Now that Harry was awake, he could hear them at any time. In case he saw something....

Although he had done nothing, Ivan felt guilty as if he were a thief.

Maybe the right thing to do was to slip these clothes through the crack in the door and give them to Elaine.

Besides, he was taking her clothes at her request.

Ivan held his breath and walked over to the small pile of rain-soaked clothes on the floor.

There wasn't much clothing, a light blue dress, a pair of white socks and underwear tucked underneath.

She hadn't noticed before that there were pink ornaments sewn on them and some decorations and designs.

They were all Muggle clothes, like what most young Muggle girls her age were choosing at the time.

Ivan stared at the clothes for a while, and his first feeling was that Elaine was very thin.

How did she get into such exquisite clothes?!

Ivan shook his head. Now was not the time to think about these things.

He took a deep breath and reached straight for the wet clothes.

They were very light, and even the light blue dress didn't seem to have much weight.

The fabric was also very soft, and she didn't know what material it was made of.

Ivan's head was blank; there was no time to think of anything else.

He felt that his face was a little red, so he hurried to slip these clothes through the crack in Elaine's door.

But why didn't Elaine open the door? She couldn't just barge in like that.

Inside, Elaine was equally worried.

But before her struggle was allowed to continue, there was another knock on Ivan's bedroom door.

"Who is it?" Ivan asked hurriedly, nervous to the extreme, was it Hermione?!

"It's me, Master Ivan!" Kreacher's voice broke in. "There's a lady looking for you. I brought her."

There was another girl coming.... What was going on?!