Chapter 163 Christmas Ball

In the Slytherin common room.

Draco, wearing a black velvet turtleneck gown, stood upright. Pansy, wearing a frilly light pink robe, stood beside him, holding his arm tightly.

Nott, who was usually quiet, didn't plan to attend the dance, so he didn't show up.

Crabbe and Goyle were both dressed in green, like two moss-covered boulders, and they had no dancing partners around them.

Blaise was wearing a dark green dress, and his dance partner was a fifth-grade Slytherin girl. She was pretty good-looking. She was chattering excitedly in Blaise's ears, and she didn't notice Blaise's slightly wrinkled face. brow.

They walked out of the stone wall, climbed the stairs, and arrived in the foyer just before eight o'clock. The place was already crowded with students, milling back and forth, waiting for the auditorium door to open. Some people want to meet their dance partners from other colleges, so they squeeze through the crowd sideways to look for each other.

Not long after, there was a burst of exclamation from the crowd. It turned out to be Fleur Delacour walking over. She was wearing a silver-gray satin robe, and with the added effect of her Veela bloodline, she looked breathtakingly charming just standing there. Accompanying her is Roger Davis, captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team.

At this moment, the oak door of the castle opened. Everyone turned their heads and saw Durmstrang's students walking in together with Professor Karkaroff. Xie Lin saw Eleanor walking in the front, and her dance partner was Poliarcho, who had a somewhat unrestrained eating manner. Krum was also there, but his dance partner was not Hermione, but a female Beauxbatons student.

Xie Lin then remembered that he had just seen Harry and Ron, but not Hermione. It seemed that she did not plan to attend the ball.

When the door opened, Xie Lin also took the opportunity to have a glimpse of the scene outside the castle. A lawn in front of the castle was turned into a cave, with little fairy lights shining inside. That means there are hundreds of live fairies, sitting in magical rose bushes or flapping their wings on top of statues that appear to be Santa Claus and his reindeer.

At this time, Professor McGonagall's voice sounded: "Warriors, please come here!"

The chattering crowd made a passage to let them pass. Professor McGonagall wore a red tartan robe with an ugly wreath of thistles on the brim. She asked the warrior and his partner to wait by the door, letting the others go in first. After the students were all seated, they lined up and walked into the auditorium.

At this time, Schelling met the Beauxbatons warrior Katalin. Katalin is also stunningly beautiful tonight. She is wearing a pure white off-the-shoulder dress, with her beautiful collarbones looming. The material of the dress is so white that it seems transparent, but not exposed at all. She looks like she has fallen into the world. angel in space. The hem of the skirt is an arc from high to low, and is slightly puffed up gracefully, revealing the girl's slender legs as white as jade. The corners of the skirt are covered with diamonds, like countless beautiful morning dews.

Her choice of dance partner is very interesting. He is a tall and thin boy with a somewhat pale face, and is also the 7th grade Slytherin prefect - Hector Foley.

The Foley family is one of the 28 holy pure-blood families. It is similar to the Crouch family in that they are both enthusiastic families in the political field and do not have much involvement in business and wealth. What's interesting is that Hector has a grandfather with the same name as him. He once defeated his opponent by a high vote to become the Minister of Magic, but he resigned due to improper handling of the Grindelwald Rebellion.

What really interests Schelling is, did he really mishandle it? Or was it intentional at all?

With Schelling's knowledge of the history of magic, he knew exactly how many Aurors died in Europe and America during that turmoil - that number was astonishing, and for the population of wizards it was almost a crippling number. . Interestingly, among the dead Aurors, there are almost no characters from the 28 pure-blood families. How about that? Interesting?

Xie Lin has been thinking about revenge against the Ghost Society since last semester. In his mind, there are already several suspects for the mysterious leader of the Ghost Society, and Hector Foley is the number one suspect among the many candidates!

Xie Lin narrowed his eyes slightly and looked away from the two of them.

As for Harry, his dance partner is Parvati, an Indian girl from the same college. To be fair, Parvati's conditions are very good, her appearance is sweet, and her family background is not bad. Unfortunately, she is paired with straight man Harry - judging from Harry's expression, it is obvious that he is interested in her. This dance partner has no interest at all, and he only invited her as a dance partner because he could not find anyone else.

(Note: Parvati was praised by Dean Thomas as the most beautiful girl in the grade; and in the first grade, Pansy called her by her first name instead of her last name, indicating that she had been exposed to these purebloods before entering school. Small circle)

Under Professor McGonagall's instructions, students quickly sat in their respective seats. After everyone was seated in the auditorium, Professor McGonagall asked the warriors and their dance partners to line up two by two and follow her in. They filed in and headed towards a large round table in front of the auditorium where the referees were seated. The people in the auditorium applauded enthusiastically.

The walls of the auditorium were covered with glittering silver frost, and the ceiling was a starry night sky, hung with hundreds of garlands of mistletoe sprigs and ivy. The four academy tables were gone, replaced by a hundred small tables lit with lanterns, with about ten people sitting at each table.

The warriors came to the front of the guest of honor, Dumbledore was smiling, and Karkaroff's face was expressionless. Ludo Bagman clapped enthusiastically in a brilliant purple robe, and Madame Maxime wore a flowing lilac gown. Mr. Crouch did not come. In the fifth seat at the table sat Percy Weasley.

The warriors and their partners approached the table, and Percy pulled out an empty chair next to him and looked at Harry with bright eyes. Harry understood what he meant and sat down next to Percy. Percy was wearing a brand new navy blue dress robe and had a smug, smug look on his face.

"I have been promoted," Percy said before Harry could say anything - from his tone, you would have thought he had just been elected supreme ruler of the universe, "I am now Mr. Crouch's personal assistant." , I'm here on his behalf." Percy then began to ramble on to Harry about how valued he was at work.

The warriors and their partners sat down at the table, on which were laid a glittering plate and a small menu beside it. Just say what you want to eat on the plate, and the food will suddenly appear on the plate.

The dinner was sumptuous, at least most people enjoyed it, and the atmosphere was lively.

After everything was finished, Dumbledore stood up and asked his classmates to stand up as well. Then he waved his wand, and all the tables flew up to the wall, leaving an empty space in the middle. He conjured up a high stage, attached to the right wall, with a drum set, several guitars, a lute, a cello and several organs on it.

At this time, the weird sisters rushed onto the stage together, and the audience burst into thunderous applause. They (the author is correct, they are men) all have very thick hair and wear black robes that are deliberately torn and torn. They took up their instruments, the lanterns on his table were extinguished, and the warriors and their partners stood up.

The Weird Sisters played a slow, melancholy tune. Xie Lin took Daphne's hand and walked onto the dance floor, put one hand on her waist, and danced soothingly to the dance music.

Xie Lin's dancing skills are not the best. No matter in his past or present life, he has not spent much time on these fancy activities, but as a direct descendant of the Malfoy family, he must have basic dancing skills.

But Xie Lin also has an advantage. His body has undergone magical transformations time and time again. Both in terms of agility and flexibility, he is much better than the dance masters in the Muggle world. As a lady of the family, Daphne's social dancing is a must, and her dancing skills are perfect. The dance steps of the two are extremely smooth and pleasing to the eye. Every movement is full of nobility and elegance. To others, it looks like a beautiful picture of a prince and a princess dancing together.

On the other side, the dance between Harry and Parvati was a bit horrible. Harry was like a circus dog, letting Parvati lead him around, being pulled east and west all of a sudden. Sherlin You could even hear Draco's little taunting.

Eleanor and Poliarco's dance was quite satisfactory and there was nothing to comment on.

As for Katalin, she is indeed a girl who grew up in romantic France. She is very familiar with dance. With her graceful figure, every movement reveals a soul-stirring beauty.

It can be said that if it weren't for the fact that Xie Lin's pair of handsome men and beautiful women had an advantage in appearance and managed to share half of the attention, Katalin could almost make the entire dance floor focus on her, making other warriors transparent .

Well, at least that's the predicament that Harry Potter and Eleanor are in now.

At this moment, even Dumbledore and McGonagall, who were extremely partial to Harry, couldn't help but have a thought in their minds, "Fortunately we still have Sherrin..."

Soon, many people also entered the dance floor. Draco and Pansy were spinning slowly beside them, and Pansy was smiling so happily.

Next to him, Dumbledore was waltzing with Madame Maxime, his pointed hat just touching her chin. Crazy-Eye Moody was awkwardly dancing a two-step with Professor Sinistra, who was nervously avoiding his wooden prosthetic leg.

The organ played the last trembling note, the Weird Sisters stopped playing, and the auditorium burst into warm applause again, and then the Weird Sisters began to play a cheerful tune again.

Xie Lin took Daphne outside the dance floor and took a short rest. Dancing is physical work, Xie Lin feels okay, but he doesn't want Daphne to be too tired from dancing.

After a while, Murray and Astoria also came. They didn't dance. When they came to the ball, they directly joined Sherrin and Daphne in chatting. The four of them chatted eagerly, and after a while, the Weird Sisters played a beautiful song again. Daphne pushed Xie Lin, and Xie Lin immediately understood and reached out to Murray to invite him to dance.

Murray's dance steps were a little stiff, but under Xie Lin's careful guidance and guidance, it was not a big problem. After the dance, Schelling escorted Murray off the dance floor in a gentlemanly and gentle manner, and then danced the next dance with Astoria.

Thanks to Xie Lin's physical strength, he is the strongest among wizards. He is in his prime, and he has drank several potions that permanently enhance physical strength, and he has also been transformed by the "source of life" left by Hufflepuff. Only with his body can he dance so continuously. The other little wizards danced twice in a row and were already out of breath. So, why some people can have three girlfriends, but some people can't even get one? It turns out that it's all about "hard work for those who can"!

Halfway through the dance, the weird sisters who were invited to sing had already changed three songs.

Roger Davis, who had been immersed in the dance, suddenly plucked up the courage and tried to kiss Fleur, but Fleur raised her eyebrows and pushed him away, leaving him standing on the dance floor in embarrassment.

Fleur looked around and saw Sherin and the other four. She smiled charmingly and walked over, "Mr. Malfoy, do I have the honor to ask you to dance with me?"

"Oh, of course," Sherin smiled confidently, "Beautiful Miss Delacour."