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Chapter #11: Playing away.

It’s been a bit difficult for Daphne to not spend more than the necessary time on the phone, but it was something she needed to do, it took her some time and a moment of clarity in her bed to realize that her parents aren’t going to be happy with her newfound interest in the muggle world and their technology.

She was trying hard to concentrate on the program on the TV while her phone was resting on the table in the middle of the living room, however, she was completely tempted to grab the thing and start using any of the social media apps that she had found herself immersed in recently.

Harry, seeing her current state, couldn’t help but sigh and feel bad for her, he couldn’t lie, after he started using magic for the first time he was acting like her, he wanted to do as much magic as possible, and he wasn’t the only one, muggle-borns were in the same state as him back then.

That novelty didn’t last for too long, though, after some time, he got used to the idea of magic, and he felt less inclined to practice as much as he did at first, but the point was that he understood how she felt right now, and how doing something new can become an addiction.

Harry felt like a hypocrite right now because he was trying to stop her from becoming addicted to social media while being a bit of an addict himself, luckily, he had some mechanisms to distract his mind instead of wasting time on social media.

“Daphne…I see that you’re still a bit…Attached to your phone,” Harry said in a calm tone, he wasn’t accusing her, he was just stating facts.

Daphne wanted to deny his accusations; however, she looked at him with shame and nodded a bit hesitantly.

“It’s alright, in fact, people who try to recover from addictions usually fall back onto it, it’s not a crime, it’s just proof that we’re humans and we make mistakes, and sometimes, we’re weak and that’s alright,” Harry tried to make sure she knew he wasn’t judging her.

She didn’t say anything, she just remained like that for some time.

“You know, Daphne, in my experience, the best thing to combat an addiction is distracting your mind with something different…Do you like games?” Asked Harry with a slight smirk.

Daphne thought about chess, magical monopoly, and many other board games she played with her sister while they were growing up, and she couldn’t help but smirk, maybe it was nostalgia or something else speaking for her, but there was no doubt she loved playing those games.

“Yes…I like board games,” she confessed, and Harry nodded.

Soon, he moved away from his seat, he took out a box that was placed on a bookshelf in the living room, Daphne took a look at the image on the box, there was some kind of strange device, like a small screen and that made Daphne feel a bit confused, if the solution for her to not use her phone too much was a thing that looked like a phone, she wasn’t sure it would work.

“Nintendo…Switch? What is that?” She was completely confused right now.

“This is my dear Daphne…It’s a device full of hopes and dreams,” Harry said as he started to set up the console.

Daphne was watching with interest as he worked up, and then she couldn’t help but gasp the moment the screen changed, and now there was some kind of menu.

“The legend of Zelda: breath of the wild?” She asked when she saw him choosing that.

Harry didn’t say anything, instead, he just let her be surprised by the cutscene, it was like an anime, or at least she thought that, and then the dialogue started and now, the character was moving and she was confused about it until she saw something that took her by surprise.

“No way, don’t tell me that…You’re making him move?” She asked with complete awe.

Harry nodded as he showed her how he moved the character, and then she was handed the thing Harry was using to move the character.

“This Daphne…” He said as he pointed at the screen. “It’s a video game, and it’s the peak of human entertainment, or at least I think it is,” he chuckled after saying this. “What I previously gave you are the controls,” the emerald-eyed wizard added with a hopeful smile.

Daphne was a bit surprised by his words. Soon, he started to explain to her how to use the controls, and to say she was excited would be an understatement, she was a bit nervous, but in the end, she started to move the character, and she couldn’t help but test all the things the buttons could do.

“You’re learning fast,” Harry said with a slight smirk, and she happily nodded.

She hasn't had this much fun for a long time, but then. she blushed a bit, embarrassed, she was losing her composure over another muggle artifact, but she couldn’t stop herself from loving it.

“Do you think it’s a good idea if I use this? I fear that if I’m having too much fun, I’m going to become addicted to it,” Daphne was a bit worried.

Instead of being scolded, Harry couldn’t help but chuckle, which surprised her because she thought he was going to mock her.

“It’s a possibility, however, it’s better if you get addicted to this than social media…In the long run, social media only hurts you, at least in the case of video games, you can develop your logic skills,” Harry explained to her, and she nodded.

She was a bit skeptical about his words, however, the game looked fun, and soon, she started to move around trying to find all the secrets of the game.

“Wait, my character is moving on his own and—” She couldn’t continue as the character suddenly stopped and gave her a full view of the map.

She was amazed by the sight, it was so much, he was happy to know there many places to explore.

“Wow,” she said, almost at a loss of words.

“Yes…And this is just one of the countless video games muggles have created to this day, and new games are released every day!” Harry’s words made her eyes open wide.

There was no way in hell she was going to be able to play all the games in the world unless she had a time turner, but she doubted the ministry would grant her one for something like this.

And yet while she was doing the most mundane things in this game like picking mushrooms or apples, she couldn’t help but smile, this was too fun, it was like going on an adventure but without worrying about getting harmed, she had only played for a few minutes and yet, she has loved every second of it.

“You’re doing great,” Harry said as he saw her fighting some monsters.

Daphne was motivated, she wanted to kill all the monsters, and after she achieved it, he couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction, still she had no time to waste on celebrations, and soon she was back in the game.

Meanwhile, Harry was watching the scene with a grin on his face, maybe video games will be the key for wizards and witches to forget about their prejudices and instead embrace what the muggles have created.