mystery lover

Charles looked at the man walking towards him, and when his sight was caught by the pair of red eyes, the boy could no longer look away from the man, and the crowd automatically made a way for Voldemort An unimpeded road until he stood in front of the young man who had been at the center of rumors.

The auditorium became very quiet at that moment. It seemed that everyone had been pressed the pause button, and the sound of breathing became very quiet. The scene of two people and hundreds of people was so quiet that you could even hear a needle drop on the ground.

Charles looked at Voldemort who had stopped in front of him. Although the moment the man looked at him, a strange idea of ​​'he will come' came into the boy's heart, but when this cold and arrogant king was really as he thought, When thinking about walking in front of him with steady steps, Charles still maintained his original dull appearance, his fingers trembling unconsciously, and his undulating chest could not conceal his frantically beating heart.

What's wrong with him—Charles' brain can no longer think about all his actions, and he can only look at this man who is close at hand with short breath.

It wasn't until the man's clear voice with a hint of deep groan came to his ears that Charles opened his mouth suddenly, wanting to say something but felt that his throat was too dry——

"Charles, Merry Christmas."

Merry Christmas.

Time seemed to have stopped at the moment when the congratulations ended. The boy unexpectedly looked into those eyes that were no longer ice-cold. There was a warmth that should not have appeared in them, like a ball of warm candlelight, surrounding Charles. small figure.

Charles thought he might be dreaming, until much later, when he realized that it might all be real, and that the man in front of him who said Merry Christmas to him was really...after Lord.

The boy replied with some difficulty.

"Merry Christmas to you too, Lord."

After finishing speaking, Charles' small face was completely reddened in fear of embarrassment, bewilderment and shock. The young man lowered his head and dared not look at Voldemort in front of him again. They were several meters away from him, and even the servants following Voldemort didn't dare to step forward to disturb their master, it seemed that the entire auditorium had dispersed around him and Voldemort, and everyone's eyes seemed to be completely closed. in them.

This feeling of being watched by different eyes made Charles feel more and more nervous. He couldn't guess the Lord's intention at all, but he couldn't resist the move of the true ruler of the wizarding world.

But the pressure brought by the other party was too great. Just when Charles was almost out of breath, Voldemort in front of him spoke again.

It was still such a pleasant voice, with a slightly gentle tone, not as majestic as usual, but it made Charles even more afraid to neglect.

"Well, here's your Christmas present."

After Voldemort finished speaking, he waved his right hand holding the wand lightly. With the gleam of the white tip of the wand, an entity gradually took shape in front of Charles, and was then held in the palm of his left hand by Voldemort.

It was a beautifully packaged gift box. Green lace was wrapped around the box. There was a layer of silver shimmer on the outside of the gift box. At a glance, it was known that it was a gift that had been protected.

Charles accepted the gift from Voldemort somewhat flattered, perhaps because the man in front of him had always been too gentle, and he himself was too shocked, which made the young man almost ignore the successive gasps around him.

But then he thought that he hadn't prepared a gift for the lord in front of him. Forgive Charles for never thinking that the Lord would remember such a small person like him in his heart, so he prepared a gift for him, so the young Ah Q thought, he should It's just a holiday, so the Lord's mood will be extraordinarily good.

In the end, the boy said sincerely with some embarrassment, "I didn't...prepare your gift."

When Charles finished speaking in a low voice, everyone around them, including Lucius, who had been paying attention to them, silently shouted Merlin's socks...

It was rare for Lucius to look at the young man opposite his master with a dull expression. The young man looked so shy, but what made him dumbfounded was that this young man just said that he hadn't prepared a gift for his master? !Oh... so difficult, why don't you just say euphemistically that you didn't bring it, and then go back and make it up quickly!This is too disrespectful to the master, Lucius is depressed.

Also...the master treats this boy...a little too...special (nice).He has never received a gift from the master himself, tears in his eyes.

Voldemort looked at the boy's dodging eyes, and recalled the boy's guilty look when he came in, the corners of his mouth turned up.

What happened to his Char?It was no longer pure fear, the boy seemed a little different from the last time he saw him.

"Then be my dance partner."

"what--?"

Charles stared blankly at Voldemort, expressing his disbelief very bluntly.

Voldemort didn't explain too much, "Count it as a gift from you to me."

In fact, as early as two days ago, Voldemort had already received the Christmas present for 'Tom' from Charles. A fluffy scarf and a jar of candies with twelve flavors seemed to be all his lovely gifts. Homemade by Little Char.

Of course, this did not affect Voldemort's request for more things, after all he was not 'Tom' now.

The expression on the black-haired man's face showed that he was in a good mood.

In the end, under Voldemort's signal, Charles walked with difficulty and followed the man. After the Minister of Magic greeted the judges in front of him and the principals of the schools, the Christmas ball was interrupted. It was only then that the previous bustle was gradually restored, although there was obviously a different atmosphere in the bustle.

Charles stood on Voldemort's left, with the usual bewildered expression on his face, so he didn't notice that other people, like Malfoy and Professor Crouch, were following behind Voldemort, and only he, Only he was allowed a place beside the man.

At this moment, Charles was just thinking about why the Lord wanted him to be his dance partner. It's rare that Lord's dance partner shouldn't be—a girl?

The young man's expression was a little tangled and twisted.

Thinking of the sensational effect Voldemort caused when he first entered the arena, Charles, who already knew the popularity of the other party among women, felt a very strange sense of awkwardness and nervousness.

He dared not refuse the Lord, but the two men—

How do you want to dance?

The boy's face turned red, and the first time he met Tom suddenly flashed in his mind...

……

Merlin!

He doesn't want to dance women's steps!

"Are you distracted?" Voldemort's voice almost rang close to Charles' ear, which made Charles take a big step back in shock, but then realized that his action was inappropriate, and he didn't dare to enter at this moment. The boy who didn't dare to retreat looked at Voldemort beside him with a pair of light blue eyes pitifully.

"Lord, I'm sorry..."

"Who are you thinking about?" After Voldemort finished speaking, the corners of his mouth seemed to twitch dangerously, although Charles once thought that he was a little dazzled today.

"No, no." Quickly denying his inattention, Charles noticed that Voldemort seemed to have finished his work, and there were no people around him who came up to please him from time to time. Of course, the young man would not know that it was his Lord who emanated from him. The Do Not Disturb message for is too obvious.

So, when Voldemort bent down, gentlemanly stretched out his left hand, and invited the boy to dance together, Charles was shocked, and of course, everyone present was also shocked.

Lucius' hand holding the snake staff was almost trembling, what did he see!He swears that he has never seen a master like tonight in his life, that noble and elegant master who seems to never step down from the clouds, actually bowed his head to a boy...

Is it... a lover?

Lucius felt that even he couldn't convince himself that the boy was just the master's lover, but if it wasn't a lover on a whim... what could it be?Papa Lu's gaze at Charles changed vaguely.

And the other side of the auditorium.

Platinum Prince and his companions looked at the man they admired and admired on the dance floor, and the boy in Lord's arms, from shock at the beginning to unbelievable, they clearly declared that the boy and them The fact of the unusual relationship between the kings of Slytherin.

"It turns out that the McAvoy boy is so highly regarded by the Lord." Pan Jin, who was standing next to Draco, used a common aria in the aristocratic circle to say something that was just established by the Slytherins. Although the truth is so unacceptable.

"Lord's lover..."

"How can a Hufflepuff be worthy of our perfect Lord."

Another voice next to him said almost gnashing of teeth, accompanied by the echo of some people.

Draco was among them, but he hardly spoke. Although he was as shocked as anyone present, and his thoughts were on the side of most Slytherins, when the platinum prince inadvertently saw When Barty Crouch Jr. left early, a puzzled expression appeared between the boy's handsome brows.

*****

The party ended successfully, except for some small episodes in the middle.

The news that Lord Voldemort invited a boy to dance with him at the Christmas party is obviously more attractive than anything else, and when the boy was a well-known assistant to the minister before, such gossip was enough to cause many boring women to gossip. It's a hot topic after dinner.

So there are several versions of the rumor that the minister likes boys, and his lover is a fourth-year student at Hogwarts. Almost everyone in the wizarding world knows this. Of course, this is also due to the girls at Hogwarts. No publicity spared.

However, Charles, who was in the midst of these rumors, was not very happy. After the Christmas ball, he never thought that such a scandal would spread just by dancing with the Lord, which made Charles very embarrassed and disturbed.

He's not the Lord's lover...and he already has someone he likes.

Thinking of Tom, Charles suddenly wanted to cast a curse on those who spread the news!

If Tom misunderstood... The young man looked at the bitter face in the mirror, and only hoped that the letter addressed to the man would arrive in his hands sooner.

Oh my god... Did Charles suddenly feel that those people were idiots? How could the Lord like him? How could he face the Lord when they spread rumors like this? Thinking about going to the Ministry of Magic for an internship this afternoon, the boy's bitter face became even more distorted .

Let's hope the Lord doesn't hear about these strange things... Charles prayed inwardly.

Lucas on the side looked at the dazed teenager in front of the mirror, and after a long time, he still hesitated to speak.

Although after the Christmas ball, they have been avoiding the topic of that lord, but regarding the recent gossip at Hogwarts, and thinking about the behavior of that lord that night... Lucas really didn't know how to respond My friend said that even he felt that what they said...

When Lucas carefully asked about the relationship between Charles and that adult, his friend's face turned red and he strongly denied it, and he never brought up this topic again.

He believed that Charles would not deliberately lie to him, but then he thought of the strange behavior of his friend in the past six months, and the behavior of that adult, and Lucas was entangled...

Maybe it's just inconvenient for Charles to tell the truth, Lucas thought silently, and Charles over there didn't know, even his best friend didn't believe that he had nothing to do with Voldemort.