Oh my, is there nothing tasty in the United Kingdom?
"But American fast food is basically yours too." Vivi chuckled to save face for Harry, "If I remember correctly, they were colonies that broke away from the UK."
"It's different now, they've all become missile bases."
Harry helplessly put down his knife and fork, remembering what Mr. Wellesley had said earlier.
"Missile bases?" Vivi was stunned, "What's a missile?"
"A missile is a kind of Muggle weapon." Harry began to explain to Vivi: "I saw it on TV too, they said it can hit Moscow all the way from London, and one missile can destroy a city..."
"Is it that powerful?" Vivi's eyes widened, "Just a hundred years ago, Muggles were so weak... over a hundred years and they've developed to this extent?"
"Yes, Muggle technology is quite impressive." Harry shared proudly with Vivi: "In fact, Muggle life, in some aspects, is much more convenient than that of wizards. For example, telephones—people can make calls thousands of kilometers apart, like you in Vienna can contact me in London, it's like the Two-Sided Mirror, but more convenient and quicker."
"Oh~" Vivi's eyes twinkled brightly: "So, are telephones expensive?"
"Not really, you can get one for a dozen Galleons." Harry said, then added to Vivi, "I actually think wizards should properly incorporate some Muggle things and modify them... like Mr. Leme, he also gave me a bag of British Pounds to buy a computer for him... Oh dear, I forgot to buy the computer for him, remind me tomorrow!"
Harry finally remembered he needed to buy a computer for Mr. Leme.
"Alright, I'll remind you tomorrow." Vivi picked up a cherry and popped it into Harry's mouth, "Then, tell me about Muggles' modes of travel. I remember a century ago it was similar to us wizards, with carriages, cars... and trains and ships. After so long, they must have developed more advanced transportation, right?"
"Yes, now airplanes are popular." Harry said with a smile to Vivi, "But planes are really fast, from London to Paris, or Vienna, it only takes a few hours to get there..."
"Then I want to take a plane!" Vivi clenched her fist, stars shining in her eyes, looking at Harry with determination.
"But..." Harry hesitated as he looked at Vivi, "You're an Austria-Hungary person, even if you consider your current affiliation, you're an Austrian, not an English person... Actually, I'm kind of the same, without a passport, we probably can't cross borders, right?"
"What's the big deal?" Vivi said casually, "Isn't there Gringotts?"
"Oh right! How could I forget Gringotts!" Harry pounded his fist happily, "Gringotts still owes us a Snake Monster Poison Fang, shouldn't forget about that."
Vivi picked up a napkin and dabbed at her moist lips.
"So, tomorrow, we'll first go buy the computer." Harry told Vivi, "I think I should contact Hermione... you know, the girl Ron likes, she's from a Muggle family, it'll be convenient if she takes us."
"Okay."
Vivi suddenly lowered her voice, speaking gossipingly: "Tell me more about Ron and Hermione, I want to know how you can tell they're interested in each other."
"Just a feeling." Harry nodded, "Besides, don't be fooled when Ron talks about Hermione all the time, because when those Pure Blood fanatics from Slytherin insult Hermione, Ron is always the first to stand up."
"Oh~!" Vivi nodded continuously, "Then why do you think Hermione likes Ron?"
"Because Hermione doesn't care about anyone else, just Ron." Harry took a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, "There's a lot, but I can't really describe it, it's just instinct to think that way."
Vivi smiled softly, looking at Harry for a while, making him feel inexplicably awkward.
She inwardly rejoiced and chuckled.
As the saying goes, those in the game are confused, and bystanders are clear. From the perspective of a bystander, she also saw through Cassandra's feelings for Harry.
But she understood Harry more, after all, in that era, a marriage between a commoner and a noble was absolutely impossible. A poor guy being fancied by a noble family's young lady would only happen in fairy tales.
To speak of more distant matters, take her aunt Princess Sissi as an example, who was the daughter of the Duke of Bavaria Kingdom, even she was harshly treated by her mother-in-law. Let alone Harry, this "Muggle orphan."
Of course, she didn't know this: even the daughter of an Earl marrying the Prince of Wales is a sensational event across the United Kingdom.
If one were to say Harry would think Cassandra liked him, it would be akin to a toad lusting after a swan.
Which is also why Vivi always tried to blur this identity, leaving Harry with the impression that she's first a bullied person, secondly an orphan, and only lastly a wizard, this is the shared connection she found with Harry.
Harry stayed in Vivi's room until past ten, telling her about the changes over the century.
Including his half-understood insight into changes in the world order, in short... what he said was as mismatched as a donkey's mouth to a horse's lips, yet it still sparked Vivi's interest.
Vivi expressed that they should buy some relevant books and look into the changes in recent years.