Chapter 301: Dancing and Crouch's News

After clearing the venue, Professor Dumbledore made a high stage beside the wall with a drum set, several guitars, a lute (poem), a cello and several organs.

"What a strange instrument configuration." Hermione whispered. As someone who has studied piano, he knows some basic music knowledge, so it's normal to feel something wrong after seeing the instruments on the stage.

"Maybe the popular things and playing methods of wizards are a little different from ours. After all, the two worlds have been separated for hundreds of years." Lane said that at this time, she saw two witches dressed in the style of the 1980s walking up with musical instruments. table.

The audience burst into thunderous applause. The two musicians picked up their respective instruments in applause, the lanterns on the table went out, Ryan and other six warriors and their dance partners all stood up.

The Weird Sisters play a slow, sad tune. Ryan led Hermione into the brightly lit dance floor and gracefully began to dance the first dance. He embraced Hermione's waist and slowly rotated on the dance floor.

"You used that bottle of perfume." When Ryan approached Hermione, she finally smelled that the perfume on Ryan's body was from her in the morning, which made Hermione a surprise, after all, she knew that Ryan had never used perfume before. .

"Of course, the pine and cypress taste suits me well, thank you."

After a short prelude, Dumbledore and Madame Maxime took to the dance floor together, and soon they were waltzing. For Madame Maxime's size, this dance was absolutely elegant. Even the usually serious Moody was gone, but his prosthetic leg made him look a little awkward, and his dance partner, Professor Sinista, had to stare nervously at his prosthetic leg.

The most exaggerated is Filch, who is standing on the edge of the dance floor holding Mrs. Norris as if dancing. It's a pity that the cat didn't like this look, and there was always an expression on his face that he wanted to harm me.

As the music was played, many people also entered the dance floor, and the warriors were no longer the center of attention. Ryan saw many acquaintances dancing beside him, and he seemed to be dancing happily.

Until the organ played the last trembling note, the band stopped playing, and the opening dance was over. The auditorium erupted in warm applause again.

Next was free time. After two fast-paced dance songs, Ryan took Hermione out of the dance floor. Just happened to see Ginny sitting alone at a table, fanning the wind with her hands.

"Where's Harry?" Hermione asked as the two approached the table.

"He's got a drink," said Ginny, and Lahmione sat down, while Ryan went to the table over there to get the butterbeer. Ryan happened to bump into Harry at the drinks table after walking around a large group of happy dancing people, and the two of them went back to the lounge with a few bottles of Butterbeer.

When they returned, they saw Ron sitting at the table quietly and quickly talking to Ginny. After seeing Ryan coming, Hermione stood up and pulled Ryan to the other side.

"Ron is dealing with family matters, so we'd better not get involved," Hermione explained as the two drank butterbeer. Fortunately, from a distance now, Ron just patted Harry on the shoulder, so he shouldn't be able to fight. Thinking of this, Ryan was extremely grateful that Hermione was the only child.

Mr. Crouch also went off to dance with Mrs. Maxime at this time. They could see Mr Crouch looking tired as they passed by the dance floor. It seems that his son should have run away, which gave him a lot of psychological pressure.

Percy also came to Hogwarts today under the leadership of Ms. Burns. After seeing Ryan, Percy quickly walked over with Penello.

"Congratulations on being a Hogwarts warrior," Percy congratulated Ryan. "Fortunately, Ms. Burns knew my girlfriend was still in school, so she gave me the chance to be an entourage. Ha, come again after graduation. It feels so good to be in this castle." At this point he smiled at Penello, who took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from Percy's temples.

"You didn't come here to show me your love, did you?" Ryan asked.

"Of course not, I'm just here to tell you that the Ministry of Magic of several countries has been arguing for a long time over the application of the law for this second project, so today Ms. Burns will come to Hogwarts. I hope this news is useful to you. ."

"Thank you so much." After thanking Percy, Lane asked his own question: "By the way, isn't Mr. Crouch in the hospital? Why did he show up at the dance again today? I think he seems very tired. look."

"It can only be said that Mr. Crouch is too dedicated to his work." Percy sternly said, "Although I have some disagreements with his views, I admire his professionalism very much. I heard from colleagues that this hospitalization has made his body recover. But the psychological pressure is still preventing him from fully recovering. It may be that the pressure of holding two large international events in a row is too much. My father told me that Crouch drank a bottle of boosting potion today. St. Munger came to Hogwarts, and I guess he'll have to go back to the hospital after the ball."

"Sounds too bad," Hermione said from the side.

"Yeah, Ludo Bagman is a really good player and a likable guy, but he's a mess in terms of management. For example, Persa Jorkins, who disappeared during the summer vacation from their department, has not let him go until now. It has been four months since people went looking for it. So when there is such an event organizer, the Ministry of Magic can only rely on Mr. Crouch to support the current situation. In this case, the psychological pressure is very high. A very normal situation."

After a few chats, Percy took his girlfriend Penello to the dance floor again. Unlike the two who broke up in the original book, Percy has maintained contact with his girlfriend after his fate changed. For a long-distance couple like them, it is natural to have a chance to meet for a while.

This is when the Weird Sisters play their hit tunes, which, honestly, are very disco-style. The atmosphere in the field was completely ignited, and the explosive rhythm ignited the ancient castle. The little wizards happily twisted their bodies with the rhythm.

"It seems a little noisy, let's go out for a walk." Ryan whispered to Hermione.

So the two slipped out of the door quietly and into the hall. The front door was open, and the fairy lights in the rose garden flickered as they descended the steps. They found low bushes, ornately decorated winding paths and huge stone statues all around.

Ryan could hear the sound of splashing water, like a fountain, and occasionally could see people sitting on the carved benches.

"Ha, much better. I really didn't get used to that kind of atmosphere just now." Hermione patted her chest lightly and said, at this time, the two of them were walking through a winding path among the rose bushes.

"...I don't understand why there is such a fuss, Igor." A voice suddenly came from the other side of the flowers.

"Severus, you can't pretend this didn't happen!" Karkaroff's voice sounded frightened and hoarse, as if he was afraid of being heard, "It has become more and more obvious over the months. I'm very worried right now, I can't deny—"

"Then run away," said Snape's voice impatiently. "Run away—I'll excuse you. But I want to stay at Hogwarts."

Snape and Karkaroff turned a corner. With wand in hand, Snape blasted the rosebush away. He had a stern face, an ugly expression. There were screams from many flowers, and several dark figures jumped out from inside.

"Ten points from Ravenclaw, Fawcett!" said Snape fiercely--a girl ran past him. "Ten points from Hufflepuff, Stebbins!" Another boy chased after him. The girl left.