Chapter 176 Dance Partner

"Yunkai!!"

"...Oh! That's right! Come, eat some strawberries!"

"...Not hungry!"

Daphne glared at Lu Yunkai angrily and turned her head away.

It was four days later.

In the infirmary, Daphne was still lying there. Although she insisted that she could be discharged, Madam Pomfrey seemed to see that she was going to continue teaching Lu Yunkai to dance. Out of concern for her health, Madam Pomfrey clearly told Daphne that she should not leave the infirmary before the Christmas ball.

So she was in a bad mood recently.

"I'm sorry, I was just thinking about something."

"Things? People!!" Daphne was still angry, "I heard from Astoria that you went to see that girl named Furong the day before yesterday and had a great time chatting with her."

"...Are you jealous of her? I say, can you be more confident in yourself!" Lu Yunkai patted his forehead with his hand and sighed, "Besides, I'm not such a playboy, okay!"

"Then why didn't you tell me what you talked to her about?"

"...Didn't I tell you! I went to find the cat..."

"I'll give you one last chance! Tell the truth!!"

Daphne didn't believe Lu Yunkai's lame excuse of finding the cat! Chris is a person who knows Lu Yunkai best.

What about going to Gabrielle and having fun and forgetting about Lu Yunkai? Even Astoria didn't believe this story, let alone her!

"...I want to get to know Furong through Gabrielle...Can you wait until I finish talking before you pinch me?!" Lu Yunkai rubbed his shoulders and continued, "Then find out about alchemy."

"Alchemy?? You have so much money, why do you want to learn that...Do you want to make a Philosopher's Stone?"

"I heard about a very strange alchemical ritual and wanted to know what it was used for. I couldn't find it in the book, so I remembered that Nicolas Flamel was an alumnus of Beauxbatons, so I wanted to see if I could get to know him in a roundabout way...As a result, she told me that the alchemy class in their school is actually similar to our potions class, and there are many more taboos than our potions class, so if it is a very ancient alchemical ritual, she can help me write a letter to ask their teacher, but there is no guarantee that she can find out anything."

Lu Yunkai explained to Daphne what happened two days ago very seriously.

"Then what? Did you tell her?"

"I did! The ritual requires three materials, one is the flesh of a servant, one is the blood of an enemy, and the other one I don't know..."

"... It's so messy, how can anyone help you ask!!" Daphne was amused by Lu Yunkai, "You are obviously going to chat up Furong, right?"

"She has already written a letter to their alchemy teacher, but I don't know when she will reply." Lu Yunkai shook his head, "To be honest, if it weren't for this mess, I would have looked it up myself. Is there any need to ask!"

"That's right." Daphne nodded, "But I still want to remind you, be careful! Veela..."

"Oh! I know!!"

Lu Yunkai stuffed a cleaned strawberry in his hand into Daphne's mouth.

"Hmph." Daphne chewed the strawberry and rolled her eyes at Lu Yunkai.

The ward became quiet, and the two of them just sat there, in a daze.

Daphne was looking at Lu Yunkai, while Lu Yunkai was looking at Daphne's injured foot that was hung up.

Her feet and calves were all wrapped in bandages. Those who didn't know would definitely think that Daphne had suffered a serious accident, but seeing two round and delicate toes like white jade sticking out from the bandages moving there, you knew that she must be fine...

"Yunkai... I may not be able to go to the dance."

After an unknown amount of time, Daphne spoke.

"Oh, I've already told you, don't worry, I don't believe that Madam Pomfrey won't let you out of the hospital when the time comes." Lu Yunkai knew that Daphne must be in a bad mood when she said this, so he naturally wouldn't agree with her words, "I've asked Madam Zabini to help me pick a beautiful evening dress these two days. If you don't wear it, who should I pick it for?"

"Who knows! Maybe you can invite other dance partners? For example... Hermione?"

"Stop talking about Hermione." Lu Yunkai suddenly laughed strangely, "At lunch today, Harry and Ron were worrying about inviting dance partners, and finally remembered that Hermione was also a girl, so Ron invited Hermione..."

"Wait a minute! Didn't Ron and Hermione start..." last year

"Maybe we really misunderstood! Ron just treats Hermione as a brother .” Lu Yunkai waved his hand and interrupted Daphne’s words, “Then Hermione told them angrily that she had been invited, and asked them not to wait until there was no one else to invite before remembering her.”

“…Someone actually invited Hermione? ? It couldn’t be you…”

“Ron also suspected it was me! That’s why he came to ask me. Otherwise, how do you think I knew!” Lu Yunkai still smiled, “I was curious too, so I asked Hermione, and the result… Hehe, guess who it was?”

“How should I know! Anyway, it definitely couldn’t be Draco!”

“Krum.”

“…That Krum? ?”

“Yes! Viktor Krum.” Lu Yunkai nodded seriously, “How about it, awesome, right?”

“Indeed.” Daphne thought about it and nodded.

Although Daphne gave Lu Yunkai a lot of points as her boyfriend, and it is certain that he performed the best in the first event, the Triwizard Tournament, but compared with Krum, who performed well in the Quidditch World Cup final and is world-famous, Lu Yunkai... does seem to be a little bit behind.

But how did Hermione get together with Krum?

"So, you see, I can't invite anyone else except you." Lu Yunkai said with a smile, "Don't worry, if Madam Pomfrey doesn't let you go, then I will tell Dumbledore that my dance partner has been detained by her and I won't go to the dance. Then it will be Hogwarts that will be embarrassed. I don't believe she dares."

"Do you want to try if I dare?"

Madam Pomfrey's voice came from the next room.

Silence.

"I will really tell Dumbledore that!" Lu Yunkai shouted to the next room.

"Then ask the headmaster to come and find me!"

"Okay! Yunkai!" Daphne reached out and pulled Lu Yunkai, "Madam Pomfrey is also doing this for my own good. I've seen her trying to find a way to help me reduce the impact of the curse on me these days... I also think that if the curse can be resolved, there will be less trouble in the future!"

"Okay!" Lu Yunkai sighed, "But actually I didn't want to go to that dance..."

"No! I don't want to be scolded by the Slytherins, saying that I delayed you." Daphne shook her head quickly, "I've thought about it, otherwise... I recommend a dance partner to you?"

"Who... Millicent?? Please spare me! I'd rather not go to the dance!!"

"What are you doing!!" Daphne glared at Lu Yunkai fiercely.

She couldn't laugh or not laugh, but once the image of Lu Yunkai and Millicent dancing appeared in her mind, it couldn't disappear. She couldn't help it...

"Pansy is Draco's dance partner, don't make it difficult for her. Others..."

"Astoria!!" Daphne interrupted Lu Yunkai.

"... Stop it! That little girl..."

"What little girl? She's already in the second grade this year! The first graders have to attend the dance!" Daphne interrupted Lu Yunkai's behavior of not treating her sister as a woman, "I tell you, if you take someone like Ginny or Parvati to the dance..."

"Parvati? Oh, it seems that it's not impossible now that you mention it... Oh! I'm kidding! Don't be angry!!" Lu Yunkai was a little embarrassed, "Okay, if I really can't avoid this dance, then I'll take her."

"Yeah." Daphne nodded, but seemed a little worried, "But... don't be too perfunctory with her. That little girl has a strong self-esteem. Although I asked her to agree to dance with you yesterday, if you really don't take her seriously, she can do something to make trouble for you at the dance!"

"What are you afraid of! Speaking of making trouble, there are better things than going to the stadium. Is it more of a big deal to snatch a dragon and run away?"

"You!" Daphne sighed with a smile, "I'm talking to you seriously!"

"Don't worry!" Lu Yunkai nodded, "I will take good care of her. Help her to be in the limelight, let her have a lot of suitors behind her, so that she won't pester you to disturb us in the future..."

"You! Don't step on her and hurt her too! !"

"Oh, that's right..."

...

"Brother-in-law, you are too stupid! I told you, don't take the initiative to move, I will move, you just follow me."

"...Then I will become a piece of wood?"

"It's better for you to be a piece of wood than to crush my feet, right? I tell you, my sister promised me that you will get one gold galleon for every time you step on my feet. If I wasn't afraid of pain, I wouldn't remind you!"

"...I'll prepare a thousand gold galleons."

"Ah! ! Are you going to step on me to death or something! !"

Astoria jumped up all of a sudden.

Malfoy and Pansy, who were watching the fun nearby, were all smiling.

Except for Blaise who looked depressed, the entire Slytherin lounge was very cheerful.

As for why Blaise was depressed... He tried to invite Padma to the dance, but he was too late. Ten minutes before he came to her door, she and her sister had just accepted Harry and Ron's invitation.

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"Lu Yunkai!!"

"Oh! Gabrielle!"

"Where's Chris? Can I hug her?"

"She...seems to be sleeping in the dormitory. I'll go and wake her up."

"Ah! No need! Let her sleep! I came to tell you that my sister received a reply from Professor Gabrielle. But she's a bit busy and can't come to you directly."

"Oh. So...did you find out?"

"No. The professor said he hadn't heard of it either. This ritual shouldn't be about alchemy, but it could be an ancient witchcraft from the Middle East. As for the three ingredients you mentioned, except for meat and blood, the remaining one should be bone... Well, that's what my sister said, I don't know the details, why don't you go and ask her when you're free someday?"

"Is that so..."

"Then I'll leave first!"

"Well! When Chris wakes up, I'll let her find you."

"Okay!!"

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