Chapter 159 Choosing a Dance Partner (Update)

Hogsmeade Village, Miracle Alchemy Workshop Underground Chamber.

Before Sherin and the two girls arrived, all the members of the Sleeping Dragon Society were already waiting there quietly.

Seeing Sherin successfully bring two "non-Slytherin" "quasi-new members", Murray, who was born in Ravenclaw, showed an excited expression, hurriedly came up, and gave the two girls a big hug to express his welcome.

In the past few weeks, Daphne and Astoria have not given the Slytherin little wizards ideological education, instilling the core idea that Sherin wants to give them - the new world concept of blood equality and school equality. The whole process was generally quite smooth -

First, whether it is Sherin, or the families behind Daphne and Astoria, they all belong to the most powerful first echelon among pure-blood families.

Second, the members of the Sleeping Dragon Society are all young wizards in the second and third grades. They have just entered school not long ago, and their thoughts have not yet been fully formed. And because they are Slytherins, they are born to worship the strong, that is to say - what the strong say is usually right, if you don’t agree, it must be that you still don’t understand something.

Third, even if there are a few wizards of noble birth occasionally, such as Astoria's classmates, the Carol sisters, they also have a family background and are not weak in strength. They are inevitably unruly in character, but all this is no longer a problem after Xie Lin defeated the fire dragon in a way that no one expected. The strength shown by Xie Lin is no longer something that a wizard student can understand. Didn't you see that even Karkaroff, the head of a school, didn't dare to accept his challenge head-on?

In addition, Xie Lin never hesitated to give members various benefits, such as study notes, free dinners, and personal guidance. Under Daphne's knocking, all members of the Sleeping Dragon Society had long been subdued.

After understanding that Zhang Qiu and Susan would also join this big family and become part of them, they also welcomed them with warm eyes and kind smiles.

This made Zhang Qiu and Susan's hanging hearts settle down a lot.

"Hello, everyone," Xie Lin said loudly after watching Zhang Qiu and Susan stand at the end of Murray's side, "Today is another rare day for everyone to gather together. Since the establishment of the organization, I have clearly seen that each of you has successfully achieved the purpose of friendship, mutual assistance and mutual support for other members. I am deeply gratified for this-"

"The Sleeping Dragon Society is an underground student organization-" Xie Lin's eyes were bright, "But in my heart, this is a big family that transcends blood and class. We are all one family!"

Xie Lin paused at the right time, Daphne, Astoria, and Murray clapped their hands in cooperation, and the atmosphere suddenly became warm. Several young wizards from weak mixed-blood families even burst into tears and cheered Xie Lin's name loudly.

Xie Lin raised his right hand, and the scene suddenly became quiet. He spoke again: "If the organization is a seedling, you are the roots of the organization buried deep underground. It is your participation and your contribution that inject nutrition and energy into the organization and support the operation and development of the organization. The organization can survive until today and still lurk underground safely. Each of you has made an indispensable contribution. I must say that as a member of the organization, your performance is enough to make me proud, and you deserve to be proud of yourself!"

Then there was another round of applause until Xie Lin spoke again.

"But--" Xie Lin paused deliberately when he said this. All the little wizards knew that what he was going to say now was the focus of today's gathering, and they all waited attentively for Xie Lin's next speech.

"The organization needs to grow," said Xielin, "We can't be complacent and indulge in the wrong idea of ​​Slytherin's pride and self-admiration. If we want the organization to grow, we must open our arms to the little wizards of other colleges!"

"So--" Xielin said, "Today I successfully invited Qiu Zhang from Ravenclaw and Susan Bones from Hufflepuff. They will join our big family. I need you to welcome them and respect them as you treat the original members, and help them integrate into our big family as soon as possible--"

"They are our precious members," Xielin said, "To use the example just now, if the organization is a seedling, they are the new branches that extend the organization's tentacles to new places and lead us to new corners that have not been touched before."

"So--" Xielin's voice was a little cold, "I hope everyone can treat them as they treat me, and try their best to cooperate and assist them within their ability!"

At this point, the meeting was disbanded. The Slytherin wizards left first, leaving only Xielin, Daphne, Astoria, Murray, Zhang Qiu and Susan.

Xielin and Murray explained the organization's purpose, charter, regulations, and future plans to the two new members in detail. Only then did the two girls truly understand Xielin's dreams and ambitions, his true philosophy, and the future he really wanted to create.

Zhang Qiu and Susan's eyes were full of admiration and enthusiasm. Susan said, "Xielin, I really didn't know that you had such a lofty ideal. Although it sounds like the road ahead is extremely difficult now, I believe in you. You can definitely lead us to achieve your ideal."

"A world of great harmony..." Zhang Qiu murmured, "A world where pure-blood wizards and Muggle wizards coexist in harmony, a world that treats intelligent species well, eliminates slavery and hatred..." She stared at Xie Lin and said, "If you accomplish this feat, you will probably replace Merlin and become a legend in the future!"

From that day on, Zhang Qiu and Susan began to secretly recruit new members for the Sleeping Dragon Society from Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, and tried to choose wizards in the second and third grades.

Time passed quickly.

With the assistance of various members of the Sleeping Dragon Society, Zhang Qiu and Susan's process of recruiting new members was relatively smooth, and they made gains almost every day.

During this period, something happened: Professor McGonagall announced on the notice board that the Christmas ball would be held in the auditorium at 8 o'clock on Christmas Eve and end at midnight, so that the little wizards who wanted to participate in the ball could prepare their robes as soon as possible and invite their dance partners.

The Christmas ball is a traditional part of the Triwizard Tournament, and it is a great opportunity for the little wizards from the three magic schools to interact and build friendships. However, the dance is only open to students above the fourth grade. If students below the fourth grade want to participate, they must get an invitation from a senior student.

The news of the Christmas dance swept the entire campus like the wind, and it became the top priority of almost every little wizard above the fourth grade. As long as everyone thought that they could use this reason to invite the opposite sex they admired or had a good impression of as a dance partner, they would be very excited, but when it came to Xie Lin, he had a headache.

In previous years, the number of people who chose to stay in school during the Christmas holidays was always very small.

This year is different. All students above the fourth grade seem to have to stay. They are all very obsessed with the upcoming dance-at least all girls are like this. For dreamy girls, the gorgeous dance, the handsome prince, and the elegant dance are all as described in fairy tales, full of romance and expectations.

As the top of the list of girls' dream lovers, Xie Lin was suddenly surprised to find that Hogwarts actually accommodated so many girls. He had never noticed it before. Girls were giggling and whispering in the corridors. Girls would laugh shrilly whenever a boy walked by. Girls were excitedly exchanging opinions and talking about what to wear on Christmas Eve...

Everything started to get out of control when a fifth-year Ravenclaw girl, encouraged by her companions, bravely took the first step and asked Sherin, who was walking to the hall for dinner, to be his dance partner. Facing clusters of girls rushing in, Sherin was even deprived of the right to eat a peaceful meal. Girls were like ants smelling honey, appearing in all the paths Sherin usually appeared. Sherin even heard from Pansy that his daily schedule had become a hot item, and it was even sold at a high price of three Galleons among students.

In order to avoid being too conspicuous, Sherin now went to and from get out of class alone, and also used the invisible illusion spell and activated the hidden function of the Supreme Wizard Robe.

Even so, Sherin still couldn't completely avoid these fanatical female fans, especially these girls knew how to grasp the weaknesses of Sherin's gentleman character. They had skills when they asked Xie Ling out. When they met Xie Ling, they had to pretend that it was an accidental encounter. When they asked the question, their eyes and expressions had to be innocent, even a little shy. Most importantly, they had to show their own characteristics.

For Xie Ling, how to tactfully refuse and pretend to be helpless to give a good guy card is also very skillful. He always tried to write regret on his face, and then said in a gentlemanly and gentle voice: "I am honored, Miss XX, but I already have a candidate for a dance partner in my mind." After all, the girl was able to take the risk of being laughed at and looked down upon to muster up the courage. As a gentleman and well-educated Xie Ling, he could not refuse without mercy. That was what a super straight man would do.

This incident almost became the main topic of classmates teasing Xie Ling.

Pansy always said with a smile: "Shaylin, it seems that you are very popular!"

Blaise would then say arrogantly: "It is right to reject them. In my opinion, you are still too soft-hearted, Shaylin. Only by rejecting them directly and sternly can other girls give up this idea. The warrior of Slytherin must be matched with the noble lady of Slytherin as a dance partner."

Nott did not give Blaise much face. He would always expose Blaise's bad intentions bluntly: "Come on! You wish that the girls could give up the fantasy of inviting Shaylin as soon as possible, and then you can shift your attention to other boys, right?" This made Blaise speechless.

Goyle and Crabbe could only stand aside pitifully and said: "I am so envious!" These two people actually knew how to use their cleverness and set their sights on those girls who were rejected by Shaylin and were in the third grade or below, because these girls were not eligible to participate in the dance, and who knows which girl would accept their invitation after being rejected by Shaylin.

As a result, every girl did not even look at the two of them straight in the eye.

Draco's personality was much calmer and more stable. He had already decided on a dance partner with Pansy very early on, so he didn't have any worries about this. He said in a deep voice, "Xie Lin, I know you definitely don't need a dance partner, but I hope you can carefully choose the 'warrior partner' who will open the dance."

The girl's harassment was actually just a small matter. What really gave him a headache was that as a warrior, he had to bring his dance partner to start the dance. In this way, he had to choose one of his three girlfriends as the "warrior's dance partner" to start the dance.

If he was just an ordinary student participating in the dance, he could bring all three girlfriends and dance with them in turn, without missing any of them.

However, as a warrior, he had the responsibility to start the dance, and he had to dance with a female partner in public, which had a different meaning.

He was a little hesitant - was it Daphne? Was it Murray? Or Astoria?

Daphne had always been by his side and worked hard for him; Murray was even more indispensable in his life, and it was she who prevented him from falling into depravity; if he didn't invite Astoria, the latter would not even be qualified to attend the dance. (Author: It's what she deserves!)

Although he knew that no matter who he finally invited, the three considerate girls would probably not blame him, but he didn't want to take it for granted.

In fact, the three girls actually guessed Xie Ling's distress, so they all chose to remain silent considerately. They seemed to have completely forgotten about the dance and never mentioned anything about dance partners to Xie Ling.

Xie Ling felt even more distressed by his girlfriends' thoughtfulness.

He sighed and had to face the most important decision in his life -

Who is his legal wife?