[HP] Riddle's Spirit Behind

Three days before Halloween, Avery finally invites Walburga at Eleanor's instigation.

Walburga was a beautiful girl with long black hair.After listening to Avery's words, she raised her chin contemptuously, "Sorry, I don't like boys younger than me."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and left without looking back.

Eleanor looked at Avery with a frustrated face, comforted him and said, "Don't worry, you will meet better girls in the future. Think about the masquerade party tomorrow, and be happy!"

Later that evening, a notice was posted in the Slytherin common room stating the location and time of the masquerade.

What made Avery's mood even worse in an instant was that the notice stated that students under the third grade, including those in the third grade, were not allowed to enter without a partner.

"It's not fair at all." Eleanor complained on behalf of Avery, "It's not Valentine's Day, why don't people without a partner be allowed to participate?"

"Anyway, I don't really want to participate." Avery pursed his lips and said, "I'd rather stay in the common room and play gobstones."

At this moment, Avery shrank his neck nervously and hid behind Eleanor.

Only then did Eleanor notice that Walburga was walking quickly towards them.

But Walburga didn't seem to be looking for Avery.She went straight to Eleanor, pointed to the exit of the common room, frowned and said, "Ghost, someone is looking for you outside."

"Is someone looking for me?" Eleanor blurted out, "Who is looking for me?"

Tom couldn't help looking up too.He seemed to have the same doubts as Eleanor.

Walburga played with her hair impatiently. "You'll find out when you get out," she said, turning back to her friends without even looking at Avery.

After Walburga left, Avery immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"I've got to go out and see who's looking for me," said Eleanor to Tom. "Will you get up and walk a few steps and sit down near the door?"

Tom rose reluctantly.He looked at Eleanor suspiciously, "Who will look for you?"

"How do I know?" Eleanor replied.

When she floated out of the common room, she immediately saw two very eye-catching figures standing at the door—to be exact, floating at the door.

"Good evening, Miss Alford!" The fat friar greeted her with a smile.

Floating beside him was the bloody Baro.He still had the dull and empty expression, his eyes staring at a point in front of him lazily.

Several junior students who planned to go back to the common room were startled by the bloody Baro.Pale-faced, they walked cautiously around him, as if worried that at any moment he would rush over and eat them.

"Oh, don't worry about Barrow." The fat friar said to Eleanor. "It's just my turn to partner with him this year and distribute invitations to everyone. You know, it's not easy to convince him to come down from the Astronomy Tower." .”

As he spoke, he took out a translucent envelope and handed it to Eleanor.

"This year we're going to have a dance with the students in the basement," he said. "Of course, partners are very welcome."

Eleanor took the envelope in his hand, "Thank you. I will try my best to get there."

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot!" The fat monk slapped his forehead. "In view of your special situation, we have also prepared an invitation letter for Mr. Tom Riddle."

He took out another transparent envelope, "As long as you present this, you can still attend the ball even if you don't have a partner."

"Oh, you guys are so thoughtful." Eleanor said with some surprise, "Thank you."

"Then I'll see you at the ball then." The fat monk blinked playfully, and he turned around, "Let's go, Mr. Barrow, we still have ten invitations to distribute."

The bloody Baro whimpered and turned around.His dull gaze stayed on Eleanor for a few seconds, and Eleanor subconsciously forced a smile at him.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Barrow." She just wanted to be friendly.

Barrow's cloudy eyes widened slightly, but soon he recovered his dull and stiff expression, and at the same time turned around and left.

What Eleanor didn't expect was that Tom would change his previous attitude and agree to attend the Halloween ball.

She thought he would definitely refuse.But when she took out the invitation letter and read it to him, he said after a moment of silence: "That sounds interesting. I'm going to the dance."

"Are you serious?" said Eleanor in surprise. "Aren't you kidding?"

"Of course, I never joke," said Tom quietly.

When Avery heard that Tom was going to the prom, he immediately clamored that he had been betrayed.

"I thought the two of us could pass the time playing gobstones in the common room!" Avery said sadly. "How could you leave me alone?"

"I'm not going to play gobstones with you if I don't go to the ball," said Tom mercilessly. "Now, shut up, or I'll put a hex on you."

Avery immediately shut his mouth tightly.It could be seen that he was still a little afraid of Tom.

On the night of Hallow's Eve, countless jack-o'-lanterns appeared in mid-air in the hall.Various mouth-watering foods instantly appeared on the four long dining tables, such as large plates of grilled chicken, grilled lamb chops, grilled salmon, and various foods that Eleanor had never seen before.

Eleanor sighed as the students feasted on them.

"Delicious?" she muttered resentfully next to a Slytherin boy.This made the boy's hand tremble, and the grilled lamb chop on the fork immediately fell to the ground.

"What a pity," she said. "Don't waste food."

After all the puddings were wiped out by the students, they stood up one after another and moved towards the dance scene.

The dance was held in two very spacious basement classrooms.Probably because there were much more people attending the dance than expected, so they had to temporarily open another classroom.

After confirming the invitation letter that Eleanor presented, a ghost dressed as a nun standing at the door smiled and said, "Come in, Miss Alford. And your cute little dance partner too."

She said, looking at Tom with a kind of kindness, "Have a good time, Mr. Riddle."

They decorated the two classrooms with hundreds of jack-o'-lanterns and countless candles.A variety of non-alcoholic beverages are placed around the classroom.Once empty, they magically refill themselves.

"Why can't anyone see through your appearance?" Eleanor sighed to Tom, "—you have the face of an angel, but you are a little devil inside."

Tom ignored her.Since entering here, he has been looking around, as if looking for something.

"Who are you looking for?" Eleanor asked.

"None of your business," said Tom dryly.

Eleanor opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by a loud noise at the door.

"what happened?"

She looked out the door, only to see Peeves screaming at the door: "Why don't I have an invitation? Why?"

"That's because..." The nun showed a embarrassed expression, "We decided not to invite you to the dance this time during the last assembly."

"It's not fair!" Peeves said, shaking his fist. "Why don't you let me participate? I'm also a member of Hogwarts!"

"Because you knocked over 150 six plates and threw five dung eggs on the ceiling at the last Halloween dinner," said the nun, "and we had to interrupt the party because of it, remember?"

"I just want to add a little atmosphere to the banquet!" Peeves quibbled.

At this time, Nick, the ghost of Gryffindor, floated over.He sighed and said to Peeves: "Go back, Peeves, we don't welcome you. Now there are even many people who object to your participation in the opening banquet of the school year."

"No, I'm going to participate." Peeves said arrogantly, "What can you do to me?"

"We can't, but someone can," Nick said.

He waved behind Peeves and said nervously, "Well, Mr. Barrow! I'm glad you came to the ball."

Peeves stiffened dramatically all of a sudden.

He turned around and saw the terrifying ghost covered in silver bloodstains slowly drifting towards this side.

He muttered an obscenity under his breath, made a rude gesture to Nick and the nun, turned and fled away.

Eleanor finished watching the excitement with relish.

"Even Peeves is afraid of the Bloody Barrow!" she said. "I don't understand. He's just a ghost, but kind of scary looking."

Bloody Baro mechanically took out the invitation letter from his arms, and then drifted into the venue with dull eyes.

Seeing this, several low-grade girls dressed as elves hurriedly hid aside in fright.

Afterwards, an open area automatically formed around Bloodman Baro.No one seemed to want to get too close to him.

At this moment, Eleanor was surprised to see Tom take a step forward, walking straight in the direction of Barrow.

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