Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 903 Christmas Ball

With its walls covered in glittering silver frost, its ceiling a starry night sky, and hundreds of mistletoe sprigs and ivy garlands, it's not hard to see Hogwarts professors A lot of thought went into this Christmas ball.

  The warriors came to the guest seat amid the applause of Dumbledore and the referees.

   Everyone did not see Karkaroff, and Mr. Crouch also did not come. Albert's acquaintance Percy Weasley replaced him.

  Percy smiled and waved to Albert, and pulled away an empty chair beside him. The meaning was already obvious, and Albert took Katrina to sit next to Percy.

   "I was promoted, and now I'm Mr. Crouch's personal assistant, representing him here at the Christmas ball." Percy said in a showy tone.

   "Congratulations, I suddenly discovered that you have the potential of a workaholic." Albert smiled and picked up his menu, looking at the recipes on it.

   "Working hard is one of the ways to get promoted quickly by your boss." Percy didn't care about Albert's teasing, and continued, "Mr. Crouch is very good at handling all kinds of things."

   "You really think that?"

"What's the meaning?"

"Your luck is good now, but it won't be so good soon." Albert waited for Dumbledore to give everyone a demonstration and ordered a pork chop before ordering a French fried foie gras for himself, and said to the side Katrina said: "I suggest you don't order steak. There have been a lot of troubles a while ago. The cattle in the whole of Europe may have problems. Now I dare not touch any beef-related food except milk. You can try It’s a good experience to have a taste of foreign food.”

  Harry, who just took a bite of the Hungarian goulash, suddenly became very excited.

  Katrina glanced at Albert, and then ordered French fried foie gras. She cut a small piece of foie gras with a knife and put it in her mouth, and found that it tasted really good.

   "I think you should be transferred to be the assistant to the Minister of Magic soon."

Albert ate some French-style fried foie gras and found that the chef's level can only be said to be average. After all, the house elves can't compare with those chefs who study cooking skills, and they still cook in large batches. The taste is good if it can be above the standard up.

   "Assistant to the Minister of Magic?" Percy was a little dazed. He didn't suspect that Albert was lying to him, but he didn't understand what it meant.

   "How could I suddenly become an assistant to the Minister of Magic? Could it be that Mr. Crouch will become the Minister of Magic? However, the election of the next Minister of Magic still needs..."

   "When did Mr. Crouch's physical condition start to get worse?" Albert interrupted Percy's soliloquy.

"He's been off the hook since the World Cup. It's no surprise - it's been a long time at work. Also, Mr. Crouch isn't as young as he used to be." Percy ate absently, seeming to be thinking It's up to him to become an assistant to the Minister of Magic.

  Albert also continued to chatter with him, chatting with Katrina about the dishes on the plate, and by the way led the topic to travel, talking about some countries he had visited.

  He hoped that Katrina would be able to travel around the world after graduating from school, and it would not be safe to stay in the UK in recent years unless she was willing to hide.

   "Are you planning to travel too?" Katrina understood what Albert meant, but she couldn't figure out why the other party wanted her to travel.

   Could it be that he thought he was in the way?

   This is not right, Albert's words always make her feel baffled.

   "Yes, I have planned it." Albert ordered another pan-fried fish steak for himself, and continued: "Except for some relatively bad countries, there are still many good places suitable for travel."

  Katrina was a little confused, she ate the food on the plate slowly, and sometimes agreed with her, ordering the same food as Albert every time, but I have to say that the taste was really good.

   "Are you curious about what I want to do in the future?" Katrina asked with raised eyebrows.

   "No, I just want to give you some kind reminders to prevent you from encountering some bad things." Albert said gently, "I hope you won't be angry because of it."

   "So, you suggested that Isobel write a book." Katrina stared at Albert for a moment, and suddenly said: "I think she might not be interested in those, she didn't even write a diary before."

   "Oh, what does Isobel like?" Albert asked, he really didn't know much about Isobel's interest.

"Actually, I don't know, almost no one knows what she is thinking." Katrina glanced at Albert and said casually: "It's like no one knows what you are thinking, to some extent , you are very similar and match very well.”

   Can you not match it?

   It's all engaged!

   "What about you?" Albert asked casually, "What do you like?"

   "Me? I haven't thought about it for now, I plan to wait until I graduate from school." Katrina is indeed a little confused, she has been chasing Isobel's back.

   "Think about it first, anyway, there is still a long time before graduation."

"Maybe, after I graduate, I will also study beauty medicine. Catherine and Valeria once invited me. They seem to be interested in opening a beauty chain store in the UK, saying that this product is very profitable." Carter Rina is really interested in beauty potions, and she is actually using them now, and the effect is very good.

   Is it a beauty shop again?

  Albert felt depressed and his liver hurt. He found that most of the beautiful girls he knew were dragged by those two guys to open beauty shops.

   "I remember my sister seemed to care about this too." Katrina recalled.

   "Not going to work at the Ministry of Magic?"

   "I remember you didn't like the Ministry of Magic," Katrina said.

   "The Ministry of Magic will be in bad luck after a while, and it's always right to stay away from there." Albert grumbled.

  Katrina looked at Albert in surprise, and she felt as if she had guessed why Albert wanted her to leave the UK to travel elsewhere.

"what about you?"

   "Definitely not in the UK."

   Albert turned his gaze to the other warriors, and Harry was struggling with the plate of Hungarian goulash, because he had already remembered what Albert said. Fleur Delacour was criticizing the Hogwarts decor to Roger Davies, Hermione was teaching Krum to pronounce her name correctly, smiling at Albert after meeting his gaze smiled.

Although English is an international lingua franca, many people don’t know how to speak it. Fleur Delacour also speaks it very badly. She even popped out a few sentences in French from time to time. I really don’t understand how Roger Davis understood it. of.

  Perhaps, he didn't understand at all, and just responded like a fool, "That's right, that's it, that's right."

  Of course, Albert doubted whether Fleur could understand. After all, there are only a few students who can understand several languages ​​like Yanila.

  Maybe, you know your mother tongue, and then you know French, because you spent several years at the Beauxbaton School of Magic and Magic in France, and you must know French to be able to stay in France, but what about other languages?

  Albert learned English for nearly ten years in his last life, but in the end, not all of it was returned to the teacher. He does not deny that there are self-taught people, but such people are very few, and wizards are not language geniuses, otherwise there would not be only a few ancient runes that were excellent.

  After everyone finished eating the Christmas party dinner, Dumbledore waved his wand to clear an open space, and then conjured up a bunch of musical instruments such as drums, guitars, and lutes.

  Before everyone could react, a group of men with very thick hair and wearing black robes that were deliberately torn and tattered rushed onto the stage.

   That’s right, man.

  The so-called "Weird Sisters" are not a pair of sisters, let alone sisters. They are actually a band of eight slovenly, tramp-like wizards.

   "I really don't appreciate the so-called trends."

   Listening to the thunderous applause erupting in his ears, Albert whispered.

   Before Katrina could speak, she heard Fleur Delacour's slightly mocking voice: "Your taste is really special."

   "Maybe, you should ask other audience members." Albert shrugged, took Katrina's hand, and walked into the brightly lit dance floor.

  Anyway, the reactions of the four warriors to the "Weird Sisters" on stage were all average.

  Albert put his hand on Katrina's waist, and pinched the other's hand with the other hand, and began to dance to the music.

   "What were you talking about?"

  Katrina couldn't understand French, she was being led by Albert to dance, and she was careful not to step on Albert's feet.

   "Miss Delacour complained about the band's taste in dressing on the stage." Albert said softly, "Just relax, just follow my rhythm."

   "I quite like the songs of the Weird Sisters." Katrina said softly humming the song.

   "Isobel once said that too." Albert asked curiously, "Did Isobel teach your dance?"

"Well, I practiced for a long time during the summer vacation, and I often stepped on her feet." Katrina found that she had never felt so relaxed before, and she was slowly turned around by Albert, without any rust at all, let alone worry Can't keep up with the beat.

   "Do you dance a lot?"

   Katrina gradually relaxed and began to enjoy the dance.

   "No, I don't like dancing very much."

   Albert took Katrina to dance with light dance steps. The two looked at each other, and Albert saw the smile on Katrina's face, which was very sweet and cute, a bit like Isobel, maybe just like Katrina said, their sisters are actually very similar.

   "It doesn't look like you don't like dancing." Katrina is a little obsessed with this feeling now, and even hopes that the music will never stop.

   "That's because I learn everything quickly." Albert said cheekily.

   After the four warriors have danced for a while, others have entered the dance floor, and the warriors are no longer the center of attention.

  Most of the students' dance level is actually very average, or even bad, so dancing is not pleasant, for example, being constantly stepped on by a dance partner is definitely not a pleasant thing, especially at the beginning of the break-in.

The slow, sad piece that the Weird Sisters played at the beginning was actually a break-in time for the dancers off the stage. The last trembling note was played on the organ, the band on the stage stopped playing, and the auditorium erupted again Applause.

   "Continue?" Albert asked. Naturally, he wouldn't treat Katrina as a tool, throwing her aside after using it once. Look at the savior Potter over there. After the end of the song, he hurriedly led his partner to leave the dance floor, obviously not intending to continue dancing.

   "This song is very good!" Katrina's eyes sparkled, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

   Tonight, he belongs to himself, at least for now.

  The rhythm of the second song was much faster than before. This time, Albert sped up the speed a little. Katrina, who was completely relaxed, was in a good state and quickly got used to the rhythm of the song.

  All the girls nearby looked at the two with envy, but those envious eyes seemed unable to disturb the two who were immersed in the dance.

  As long as Katrina didn't refuse, Albert invited her to continue dancing and let her dance to her heart's content.

I don't know how long after jumping, Albert noticed that Katrina's breathing began to become short, her cheeks were slightly flushed, and fine beads of sweat oozed from her forehead. He knew that Katrina's physical strength was about to reach its limit. Watch her dance as she moves toward the edge of the dance floor.

   "You need to rest for a while." Albert found a vacant seat and asked Katrina to sit down and rest. Dancing is an extremely physical activity. It is normal for her to be exhausted after dancing several dances in a row.

   "I'll get you something to drink."

"No need, we've already brought it for you." Lee Jordan walked towards Luna with Luna, and handed two glasses of butter beer to them. He said enviously, "You can dance so well It's awesome, I bet there are tons of girls coming up and asking you to dance."

   "You didn't go to dance?" Albert took the butter beer, stared at Lee Jordan for a while and asked.

   "I jumped, my level is very average, so I gave up." Li Qiaodan shrugged and asked, "When will you take Luna to dance for a while?"

   "Let me rest for a while." Albert took a sip of butter beer and said to Luna, "You don't mind waiting for me for a while!"

   "I don't mind, you dance very well." Luna said happily.

   "Oh, yes, this is for you." Albert handed the handkerchief to Katrina.

   "Thank you." Katrina took the handkerchief from Albert and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"Where are Fred and George?" Albert glanced at the desserts on the table, picked up a piece of chocolate cake and tasted it slowly, and passed a piece to Katrina, "Eat something to restore your strength, and the dance is probably going to be a success." It won't be over until twelve o'clock."

   "There they are."

Lee Jordan pointed to Fred and Angelina who were dancing enthusiastically not far away, and complained, "That guy Fred always says he can't dance, but he dances much better than most people, and George is following Shanna dances, she doesn't seem to be looking for a partner."

   "You danced better than I expected." Yanila walked towards this side, and beside her was a beautiful little silver-haired girl.

   "Long time no see, big brother." Gabriel waved to Alberto.

   "Long time no see, Gabriel." Albert handed her a cake.

   "Thank you, I just ate."

   "It should be my turn next!" Yanila said, ignoring Katrina's gaze.

   "Someone has already made a reservation, I'm afraid you have to wait a little longer!" After destroying the cake, Albert took out a candy from his pocket and threw it into his mouth to quickly recover his strength.

   "You really work hard!"

  George led Aliya and Shanna towards this side, just saw this scene, couldn't help laughing and teasing.

  (end of this chapter)