Chapter 488 Christmas Ball (5)

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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.

It may also be related to the tense atmosphere last year. After the situation became less serious, the students seemed to be released. Everyone wanted to enjoy this Christmas to the fullest - they wore one size smaller last Christmas She spent her pajamas in the auditorium listening to Dumbledore's serious words.

The professors have also taken this into consideration. Whether it is the serious Professor McGonagall or the playful Professor Flitwick, they have not given many homework assignments. Even the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor who just got the nickname "Mad Teacher" from his students Moody only left behind a practical exercise on cracking small-scale curses - during the time when Moody was the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, everyone saw a lot of terrible curses that were unimaginable, such as three The Unforgivable Curse or something...

Moreover, although the amount of homework assigned by Professor Moody was not large, it was always very difficult. This Christmas, he could be regarded as "extraordinary mercy".

Of course, what surprised everyone the most was that Snape mercifully didn't leave much homework, which simply made everyone unable to believe it.

"I bet, with a Silver Sickle! Snape must have been cast under the Imperius Curse." That's what Ron said.

Harry on the side also agreed deeply, because in the last Potions class before Christmas, Snape didn't even bother him and Sean, he just finished the class dryly and called it a day.

In fact, Snape, who was used to procrastinating in class, felt that he couldn't wait for the class to end.

"This is nothing like that big bat. The last class today is Potions class, and tomorrow is Christmas. How can he be so kind? According to custom, he should torture Sean and me a little more before the holidays. Yes - speaking of it, he was unusual in the previous few classes, and he actually gave Sean extra points..." After the Potions class. That's what Harry said.

Sean, who was listening, smiled but said nothing. He knew what was going on...

That day, when Professor McGonagall urged him and Daisy to quickly find a dance partner, Sean invited Daisy.

The little white flower, who struggled repeatedly, finally happily agreed to Sean's invitation - this also had something to do with her knowing who Hermione's dance partner was.

Then, after the news spread that Sean and Daisy would be the first dancing partners, Snape quickly learned about it.

Sean, who "unfortunately" encountered Snape in the corridor, almost had dozens of holes poked in his face by the old bat's hooked nose.

After escaping with difficulty, Sean also knew that he would definitely not have an easy time in the next few classes...

Therefore, in order to protect himself, Sean chose a more shameless approach.

Using the Marauder's Map and the information provided by Dave, Sean learned Snape's location in advance, and he deliberately dragged Daisy around.

Until Snape came to the corner, Sean pretended not to know that anyone was nearby and asked Daisy loudly: "Daisy, how is the gift you prepared for Professor Snape?"

Although Daisy was a little confused as to why Sean suddenly mentioned this, the little white flower still answered honestly: "It has been prepared for a long time..."

"It seems like you take everything I say to heart." Sean nodded with satisfaction.

Daisy looked at him suspiciously, Sean had never asked her to prepare a gift for Professor Snape, it was her own idea.

However, before she could question, Sean took her hand and walked away. As he walked, he said, "Although the professor doesn't pay much attention to fancy things, I think the gifts should be packaged well. I There happen to be a lot of packaging boxes and greeting cards left over there - of course, you have to get them with your own hands."

"I have long..." Before Xiao Baihua could finish her words, Sean covered her mouth and took her away.

After walking away, Sean secretly glanced back. Sure enough, Snape didn't come out of the corner after hearing their voices...

He had a proud look on his face, hum, under the master's plan, I don't believe you have the nerve to target me recently...

On the other side of the corner of the corridor, on top of long greasy hair, a moving little man in an oil painting was commenting on the people below.

"Oh, this gentleman looks happy."

"Ha, he actually laughs!"

Snape raised his head and stared at the painting fiercely, and then slowly left after the little people fell silent.

When he walked away, the little people started talking quietly again.

"Look, he is really happy and walks briskly."

"Oh, I can understand what this gentleman is thinking. Back then..."

In short, thanks to Sean's operation, Snape not only did not embarrass him in the subsequent Potions class, but even gave Sean extra points, which was extremely rare!

Historic progress!

In such a joyful atmosphere, Christmas has quietly arrived.

This is probably the Christmas with the fewest people going home for the holiday, and the castle is very busy early in the morning.

After happily enjoying breakfast in the auditorium, everyone returned to their respective common rooms to open gifts from friends. As always, Sean received a lot, and correspondingly, he also gave away a lot - except for the new students. , other students are used to it.

Every time before Christmas, a large number of owls will come with packages and throw them at Ravenclaw classmate Sean Wallop. Many people will even tease each other about which package is for them. Gift.

Collecting and delivering gifts took up Sean's entire morning. At lunchtime, they returned to the hall and enjoyed a sumptuous lunch, including at least a hundred turkeys and a large pile of Christmas puddings, as well as a mountain of Christmas puddings. of Cribbage Wizard Shortbread Cookies.

In the afternoon, Sean will also use this rare holiday to go out and play with his friends, instead of contacting magic spells or deepening his relationship with magical animals as usual.

A large group of people had a hearty snowball fight outside. When Sean used his wand to control a huge snowball to bury everyone else in it, the girls who were watching were already packing their things and going back.

"It's only half past five. The dance starts at eight o'clock, right - are they going back so early to prepare for the dance?" Harry pulled himself out of the snowball and said in confusion as he watched the girls leave.

"What do you want me to say, let's go back and get ready?" Ron's face turned red. He didn't know whether it was because of the cold or something else.

Finally, the boys reached a consensus and walked towards the dormitory together.

On the way back, they also saw a pair of people wearing strange clothes and holding strange musical instruments hurriedly walking into the castle from a path.

Ron and Harry looked very excited. They told Sean that it was the famous band "The Weird Sisters" - it seemed that Dumbledore had spent a lot of money on this Yule Ball. After all, he invited a full eight-member band. It's quite expensive to have a band that's all in the Chocolate Frog picture.

Back in their respective dormitories, Sean read the ancient rune information alone for a while, and finally changed into a dress at the urging of his anxious roommates.

Except for Sean, his roommates all looked extremely nervous. Terry Butt kept checking in front of the mirror to make sure that the buttons on his dress were buttoned in the wrong place.

Another roommate, Michael Koner, enviously looked at Sean who had just changed into a dress. He looked down at his ordinary black dress and said with some emotion: "Sean, you are handsome enough, and you are so handsome." If you want to change into such a handsome dress, my God, I must not stand next to you."

The other roommates nodded in agreement.

Sean smiled heartily: "My mother has been preparing it for me for a long time. She pays more attention to these ritualistic things."

His dress was not bought from Diagon Alley, but was made by Mrs. Wallop in a haute couture dress shop in London that she had been eyeing for a long time. According to Mr. Wallop in the letter: Sean attended the banquet with a dance partner for the first time, which was of great significance.

The couple now just regrets not being able to see their son dance with other girls.

Of course, Sean fully accepted his parents' kindness. This dress was indeed worthy of its six-figure price. It perfectly fit Sean's figure and also magnified all of Sean's advantages. It was exquisite but not ostentatious, luxurious but calm.

When they walked out of the dormitory, there were already a lot of people in the common room. People were no longer wearing all black robes, but wearing colorful dress robes.

When Sean appeared, the crowd let out low exclamations, especially the girls, who excitedly held their companions' hands and pointed at Sean.

His roommates all took a step back, their eyes filled with resentment.

Sean shrugged helplessly, greeted his familiar friends, and then waited for Daisy's arrival.

As he looked down at his watch, the crowd suddenly let out an exclamation of exclamation, including both boys and girls, and some boys even whistled.

Sean looked up and saw two dazzling girls walking down the stairs step by step.

It's Daisy and Hermione.

The two girls who were already beautiful became even more radiant after changing into dresses. They suddenly became the focus of the crowd.

Terry sighed at the side: "Not inferior to that Beauxbatons Fleur at all, right? Hermione and Daisy are so beautiful..."

Sean nodded in deep agreement.

Terry gave him a sour look: "They are all your best friends...Daisy is still your dance partner...but who is Hermione's dance partner? I heard that that stupid guy Krum even invited her , but was rejected.”

Sean just spread his hands to show that he didn't know anything.

The two girls came to Sean under the gaze of everyone.

Hermione was wearing a robe made of flowing light purple-blue fabric today. Her temperament was completely different from before, with an amazing feminine charm.

After she walked over, she glanced at Sean arrogantly, then waved her hand: "I'm going to find my dance partner."

"Have a good time." Sean winked.

When Hermione left with her head held high, Daisy came closer. She looked at the other person's leaving figure and said with some uncertainty: "Is this really okay..."

"Professor Flitwick agreed anyway." Sean shrugged.

"And Hermione seems quite happy..." the little white flower muttered.

"It's also a good thing..." Sean said softly, then turned to look at Daisy.

Xiao Baihua is wearing a pale blue tube top dress today. Different from her sweet and charming temperament in the past, she has the sexiness of a little woman and the youthfulness of a girl today. Just one look at her makes people not want to look away. look.

He stretched out his arms and put on the most elegant smile: "Do I have the honor to invite you to be my dance partner today? Miss Potter."

Daisy's eyebrows curved into crescent moons, and she gently took Sean's arm: "With pleasure, Mr. Wallop."

When they came to the foyer, it was already crowded with students, and Sean had to put his hands on the wall to protect Daisy in his arms.

The oak front door opened and everyone turned to see students from other schools walking in along with professors. Krum walked at the front, but his expression didn't look excited.

Over their heads, Sean saw that a piece of lawn in front of them had been turned into a cave, which was filled with fairy lights. This meant that there were hundreds of living fairies, sitting on magic roses. Among the flowers, or flapping their wings on the statues, those statues seemed to be Santa Claus and his reindeer.

At eight o'clock, Professor McGonagall's voice sounded: "Warriors, please come here!"

Professor McGonagall wore a red tartan robe with an ugly wreath of thistles on the brim. She told them to wait by the door and let others go in first. After the students were all seated, they lined up and walked into the auditorium. Fleur Delacour and Roger Davis stood nearest the door. Davis seemed unable to believe that he was so lucky to have a dance partner like Fleur. He simply couldn't take his eyes off her.

Cedric's dance partner is Qiu Zhang, who is wearing a cheongsam. The two are laughing and talking. George's dance partner is Angelina Johnson, and Fred's dance partner is Angelina's best friend Alia Spinnet. .

Krum's dance partner seems to be a girl from Durmstrang. She is very beautiful, but she looks very young and a little nervous. However, Durmstrang's other two warriors are actually the same as the two remaining Beauxbatons. The girls got together, but the two couples didn't even look familiar...

The arrival of Sean and Daisy only attracted some attention, because everyone was staring at the last pair.

Stephanie and...Hermione...

Daisy grabbed Sean's arm and whispered in surprise: "That's Stephanie..."

The corners of Sean's eyes twitched: "Yes..."

The group of girls standing at the far end received surprised looks from others, and the surprise mostly came from the person next to Hermione.

Stephanie.

She didn't know what kind of magic she had used, but her originally petite figure had grown much taller, and she was even as tall as Sean. She was not wearing a long dress, but a suit similar to Sean's, and a pair of standard men's leather shoes.

Stephanie's long silver hair was tied into a neat high ponytail, and above the thin tie, there was a cheerful smile with a youthful air on her usually expressionless face.

She held the beautiful Hermione on her arm and looked heroic.