Chapter 162 Daphne Blooms

As soon as Xie Lin stepped into the auditorium, he immediately became the focus of many people's attention.

Xie Lin has become more and more elusive these days. He rarely even comes to the Great Hall to eat. Even he himself can’t remember the number of good guy cards he has been issued. This matter has almost spread throughout Hogwarts.

Xie Lin ignored everyone's gazes. He straightened his body and walked steadily past the Gryffindor table——

And then there's the Hufflepuff table—

Then passed the Ravenclaw table——

He walked over to his usual seat without sitting down.

Sensing a difference in the atmosphere, Daphne and Astoria lowered their heads at the same time, but from an outsider's perspective, they could see that their cheeks were already redder than a ripe apple.

After a moment of silence, Schelling bent down and stretched out his right hand, palm upward.

"Miss Daphne Greengrass, will you be my dance partner?"

Daphne suddenly raised her head, her azure eyes widened slightly, and her lips pressed tightly together. She was stunned for a moment, and then watched Xie Lin's face fall into confusion. It wasn't until Astoria pushed her gently that she came back to her senses and understood what was happening at the moment.

She couldn't control her emotions for a moment, and tears of happiness flashed in her eyes. Without saying anything, she grabbed Xie Lin's outstretched hand, then stood up, threw herself into Xie Lin's arms in public, and hugged her tightly. he.

After a while, the two separated from the hug. Sherrin and Daphne looked at Astoria and Maury at the Ravenclaw table at the same time.

Daphne lowered her head slightly, her eyes full of apology. Sherin patted her arm, and then said to Astoria: "Tory, I can't..."

Astoria hurriedly stretched out her little hand and covered his mouth. She shook her head gently and smiled: "You don't have to say anything, I understand everything." After saying that, she winked at Xie Lin. Eye.

Xie Lin raised his head and looked in the direction of Mo Rui. She was applauding gently and signaled to Xie Lin with understanding and encouraging eyes. The two understood each other's intentions through one look. Xie Lin felt moved again, and he couldn't help but feel glad that he turned down invitations from Hermione, Katalin, and other girls, without causing any real harm to them.

Why choose Daphne? In addition to the longest relationship between the two and the most things they have experienced together, Daphne's character is also the most suitable candidate - Tory is too kind-hearted, and can even be said to be soft-hearted; while Murray neither likes nor is good at conspiracy. and calculation, and these qualities are necessary conditions for taking the position of hostess, so Xie Lin actually has no better candidate.

In the last week of the semester, the school became more lively and noisy day by day.

People spread rumors about the Yule Ball. For example, Dumbledore bought 800 barrels of mead from Rosmer Tower of the Three Broomsticks; for example, Dumbledore booked the Weird Sisters to come and play.

In class, Professor Flitwick saw that his classmates were obviously absent-minded, so he simply stopped teaching. He allows students to move around freely, even playing games. He himself spent most of the time talking to Schelling, talking about the wonderful protective magic Schelling used in the first event of the Triwizard Tournament. Professor Flitwick has written a letter of recommendation to Schelling, allowing Schelling to be eligible to participate in the European Duel Competition, which was originally restricted to adult wizards. It seems that in his eyes, Schelling is no weaker than adult wizards. .

Nothing could divert Professor Binns' attention, and he continued to trudge through his pile of notes on the Goblin Rebellion and the Giant Rebellion. The most amazing thing is that he can actually make the bloody and thrilling rebellion so boring.

The alchemy class has almost become the favorite class of the little wizards. Professor Bock promptly began to teach the alchemy techniques related to the dance, such as dance boots that can make the steps brisker, perfume that can make the partner's heart beat faster, such as not knowing how to do it. The waist-painting girdle, it was the first time Xie Lin saw the little witches, including Daphne, showing such craziness and love for a piece of knowledge...

Of course, there are still professors who teach seriously - Professor McGonagall and Professor Moody still teach meticulously.

Not to mention Snape, who would rather adopt Harry as his godson than let his classmates play games in class. He looked darkly at the class and told them that he would test their antidote in the last class of the semester. Xie Lin secretly laughed at this. Snape had originally said that he was going to poison the wand on the day he tested it, but he delayed it until now. So, it was obvious that he would choose the target to poison.

With the eager anticipation of the students, the Christmas vacation has finally arrived.

Even though the teachers gave the fourth graders a lot of homework, they still couldn't dispel the cheerful atmosphere.

This holiday, a large group of students stayed in school for the holidays, and this Christmas will be very lively. They gathered together in groups of twos and threes, playing and laughing, and had no intention of doing their homework.

Heavy snow fell on the castle and grounds. Beauxbatons' light blue carriage looks like a big pumpkin covered in frost in winter, and the little gingerbread house sprinkled with frosting next to it is Hagrid's hut; the side of Durmstrang's ship is covered with frost. A layer of ice made it smooth and translucent, and the sail ropes were also stained with a layer of white frost. The house elves in the kitchen below were very busy, preparing hot stews and sweet puddings of various flavors.

On Christmas morning, Sherin found that his Christmas presents had doubled compared to last year. He couldn't help but think that in a few years, his dormitory might not be able to hold all the Christmas presents.

Narcissa's gift was a pair of two-way mirrors, which were used in the same way as Muggle video phones, but were not as convenient as video phones, because the two parties could only communicate with this pair of two-way mirrors. If Sherin wanted to have a video call with another person, he would need to buy another pair of two-way mirrors. Sherin remembered that in the Fantastic Beasts movie, Nicolas Flamel had a treasure that could make multi-person video calls, which meant that there was room for improvement in two-way mirrors.

Gareth Greengrass also sent a gift, a pair of dragon leather boots, with the ancient rune representing "gravity" engraved on the boots. After Sherin put them on, he felt as light as a swallow, and his speed when running at full speed was not inferior to that of a werewolf after transformation. Xie Lin couldn't let go of this pair of boots. After all, if he couldn't hit the target, the killing curse would be useless. With this equipment that improves the dodge rate, he would be more confident in the future war.

Daphne and Astoria each gave Xie Lin a magic book; Murray gave him an elegant magic bookmark with a lighting spell attached, which made it convenient for Xie Lin to read at night.

Zhang Qiu brought Xie Lin the Zhang family's secret transfiguration technique "Phantom Clone" that Xie Lin had been thinking about, and also attached a thank-you letter from Zhang He himself, thanking Xie Lin for his care for Zhang Qiu this semester. Phantom Clone is an extremely profound transfiguration technique, which involves not only the transformation of the body, but also the transformation of the spirit and soul. In Zhang He's own words, it is a transfiguration technique that is at least three times more difficult than Animagus.

Through this transfiguration, a part of your body, such as hair, can be transformed into a second self, which is commonly known as a clone - this clone is not an illusion, but a real and complete second self, with the same consciousness, thoughts, personality, magic, and even blood talent as yourself! Seeing this, Sherin was very excited. Doesn't this mean that his combat power has been doubled? Susan Bones' gift was not bad either. It was an investigation file on the various black histories of pure-blood families over the years, including the Selwyn family, the Yaxley family, the Avery family, etc., and of course, various records of the Malfoy family. These were all investigations and evidence collected by the righteous Aurors at the beginning, but they were all stopped by their superiors (usually the Minister of Magic) for various inexplicable reasons without exception. Sure enough, those who can become officials are not simple. This gift was obviously given to him by Aunt Leah through Susan. The meaning behind it is worth pondering! There were some simple gifts, such as Luna gave him a young sapling of a knotweed vine, and she even tied a bright bow on it to decorate it!

There was also an unexpected gift from Hermione, which was a beautiful feather pen, well-behaved, just like an ordinary friend. Only someone as careful as Xie Ling could find that the feathers of the feather pen were faintly engraved with very small letters "H" and "S".

Xie Ling couldn't help but smile bitterly, but he was reluctant to throw it into the trash can. He thought about it and put it in the locked folder as a treasure.

[Double-sided mirror obtained! ]

[Wind-fixing boots obtained! ]

["Phantom clone" obtained! ]

["Confidential investigation file" obtained! 】

At about 7:30 in the evening, Sherin changed into his evening gown and walked out of the bedroom. Although Dobby bought this gown for him in Diagon Alley, he actually had it specially customized by Mr. Taiting, the owner of Tovan Clothing Store, who imported silk and black velvet from France. The overall fabric was similar to Draco's, both were black velvet, but the collar was a satin lapel with a bright black luster, so at least he wouldn't be said to look like a parish priest.

(Note: The wizard's dress is called Dress Robe, not the Muggle's suit. In the original book, Draco is described as wearing a high-necked black velvet dress, and Harry is wearing a dark green dress similar to the school robe. It can be seen that the general design and tailoring of the wizard robe are not much different from the usual wizard robe except for the different fabrics, that is, the collar and cuffs can be a little fancy)

Although Shaylin's appearance cannot make all women's eyes bloom with peach blossoms and all men's eyes jealous like some cool articles, it has indeed firmly become the focus of everyone's attention.

It must be said that no matter how beautiful the clothes are, it depends on who wears them. Shaylin himself is handsome and tall, and the warrior halo above his head makes him look masculine, so this simple dress style can better set off his majestic demeanor.

Soon, Daphne came to the public room.

Daphne's blonde hair was elegantly tied up at the back of her head. She was wearing a satin off-shoulder high-slit evening gown, which made her skin look like snow. Under the dim light, she looked so bright and beautiful.

It was not the first time that Xie Lin saw Daphne dressed up, but he still felt moved, especially since their relationship had heated up rapidly during this semester. This made him feel for the first time how lucky he was to be reborn as a child and experience pure and immature love again.

He walked forward, took Daphne's white and tender hand, kissed it, and said, "You are the most beautiful tonight."