Hogwarts Summoning Manual

Chapter 166 The Cursed Ball

For two consecutive weeks after the first match, everything went smoothly. It seemed that "Old Barty Crouch" was under a lot of pressure due to Ye Yinglong's incident. Gervoz, he will come back with the preparatory team for the second challenge in more than two months.

The students all thought that there would be a return to peaceful and quiet time for a while, until just entering December, when everyone was feasting in the banquet hall, the owl of the Weasley family brought Ron a big box.

Ron opened it and looked.Inside was an old women's dress, possibly his grandma's when she was young.Seeing Ron foolishly gesticulating on himself, even though Bai Lin was prepared, he almost burst out laughing.

"That's a dress robe!" Hermione laughed and said to Ron.

"Frock robe? Why are you using it?" Ron looked dull.

"Sura field!" Bai Lin couldn't help sighing, thinking of the famous scene in the movie.

According to the ancient tradition of the Triwizard Tournament, on Christmas Eve, the host school will hold a grand dance party. Students from each school will gather together and dance. Most importantly, this is a lot of young wizards. Once in contact with young love.

However, Bai Lin has a lot of opinions on this dance. This is obviously a cursed dance, and it should be held on Double Eleven. .

Because all the dance partners who participated in this ball got Bad Ending in the end.No couple made it to the end, let alone Cedric and Cho Chang, Krum and Hermione, Fred and Angelina (Gryffindor beauty players), or even Malfoy and Pansy, Hagrid and Maxim.It is definitely the original author's silent accusation of his first failed marriage, or a spoof.

Regardless of what was going on in Bai Lin's mind, some sensitive senior students had already heard the news and started to get excited, and soon, Professor Pomona found Bai Lin.

"Professor White...can you dance?" the old lady Pomona whispered.According to tradition, the dean of each college should instruct the students on ball etiquette and simple dance steps, but the old lady Pomona is obviously not good at this. She loves plants and puts all her energy into taking care of the herbs in the greenhouse and teaching. , is completely the image of a peasant woman.So she decided to find Hufflepuff College, who looked the most like Bai Lin who knew the most, for help.

"Um, I know a few amateurs..." Bai Lin learned a little bit of national standard in the club during his freshman year, but he was not proficient.

"That's great!" Professor Pomona was overjoyed, "I can't let the Hufflepuff students be inferior!" She said proudly. Can be a foil to others, or even make a fool of yourself.

"Maybe I can go to Professor McGonagall to learn something secretly, and then go back and teach everyone..." Bai Lin said.

"No, you have to go there if you want to steal a lesson!" Professor Pomona said mysteriously, pointing to the dining table on the other side of the banquet hall while speaking, and Bai Lin saw that it was Beauxbaton's. student gathering place.

Beauxbaton's students all attach great importance to etiquette and appearance. It seems that Beauxbaton is located in France, which is known as romantic. There are many courses about art, and being able to sing and dance is naturally indispensable.Such a view obviously throws Hogwarts, which has almost no art courses, out of the way.

Bai Lin has learned about the courses of the three schools. In summary, the courses of Hogwarts pay more attention to the cultivation of the ability to control magic power (the last thing Lao Deng wants to see is silence), and the shaping of chivalry. Mixed with some non-aggressive ideas similar to Mohism, the students trained in this way are more likely to integrate into society, engage in more industries, and forge ahead bravely in adversity.

Beauxbaton pays more attention to students' creativity and expressiveness, and implements the feelings of romanticism and aestheticism.

Durmstrang is a very different school. It teaches black magic openly. It should be said that it is famous for its pragmatism and efficiency. However, apart from Krum, there are few other outstanding people. In the 700-year history of the hegemony competition, there has never been a championship. Naturally, there is the original author's opposition to violence and pragmatism, but it is more related to the old teaching model and the disconnection with society. In a peaceful age, if you only have martial arts, you will end up useless, or even go astray.It's no wonder that Karkaroff tried his best to invite Bailin Durmstrang to teach, perhaps because he wanted to stir up this stagnant water.

He secretly inquired about the time of Beauxbaton's dance class, and Bai Lin went to steal the teacher on time, but he regretted it as soon as he got to the door. From the gap in the window, he saw that it was Catherine who was teaching the students to dance, and even Yuxi They all listened very carefully among the students.And Maxim sat on the special recliner and watched with a smile.

Catherine was wearing a decent evening gown, dancing beautifully and movingly. Bai Lin felt mixed feelings when he saw it, but he felt warm when he saw the same charming Yuxi.Since the two of them confirmed their relationship, Youqian has matured a lot. If she was a young apple who just graduated from school before, she is now a red-hot AKS rock candy heart.

And Fleur is obviously not only Beauxbaton's warrior, but also a star on the stage. Her dance is graceful and heroic, comparable to Catherine and Yuxi.

Bai Lin swallowed, of course he wasn't here to see beautiful women, he was still seriously memorizing the dance steps they taught, but when he came back to his senses and turned around, he found that there were already more than ten people lying beside the window, They were all senior students from Hogwarts and Durmstrang, and everyone smiled at each other with a little "embarrassment", with a tacit understanding.

Labor and management really didn't come here to peek at beautiful women... Bai Lin felt that his image had collapsed...

Back in the activity room used by the four colleges in turn, Professor Pomona had already explained the ins and outs of the dance, and the students were all eager to try it out, while Filch was still playing with the phonograph next to it, as if he really wanted to figure out the principle behind it.

Eddie, who is Bai Lin's number one fan, is actually among the Hufflepuff students, just to listen to Bai Lin's class one more time.

Pomona handed over the scene to Bai Lin, beckoning him to show his skills.

Looking at the earnest eyes of the students on both sides, Bai Lin seemed to be saying: Professor, it's up to you whether we can get out of the singles!Let Bai Lin have an urge to do something for everyone.

"Well, I've been in Hufflepuff for more than a year, and I've been busy with my own affairs most of the time. I don't have many activities with everyone, and I feel a little sorry... Today is a good opportunity..."

"Let me briefly talk about the three elements of the dance party, that is: clothing, etiquette and dancing skills. Clothes make you glamorous, etiquette makes you elegant and calm, and dancing skills make you stand out from the crowd."

"But professor... I don't have a gown..." A chubby student raised his hand.Most of Hufflepuff's students are from poor backgrounds, and many of them are of mixed blood or born in Muggle families. They are a group of "ordinary people" in Hogwarts.

"You don't have to worry about this. I plan to give everyone a new dress. No, it's not called a dress. It's a battle robe for everyone to go to the battlefield! If you wear the dress I ordered from London, you can't beat it at the ball. All the heroes, that would be too hip! So, everyone, get me excited!"

GuA set of custom-made formal dresses is worth 20~30 galleons. Bai Lin is bleeding a lot, but he has no interest in money anymore, so it's better to bring it to make everyone happy.

Hearing this, almost all the students cheered, as if they had seen themselves dressed like princesses or princes, making their debut at the ball.

"The next thing is my request!" Bai Lin stretched out his hand to press down, "I'll just say it once, and listen carefully to me! Starting today, everyone will practice for me for at least two hours a day. , the dance floor is the battlefield, everyone treats himself as a soldier! One minute on the court, ten years of work off the stage! Do you understand!"

"YES! YOURHIGHNESS!" The students instantly traveled to the Middle Ages and used the honorifics they had just learned from Professor Pomona.

Relying on his strong memory and imitation ability, combined with the national standard level in his previous life, Bai Lin taught vividly. The students studied very seriously, even surpassing the seriousness of the compulsory courses. Professor Pomona watched like an idiot Drunk, as if he was decades younger.

The one-and-a-half-hour dance class was fleeting. Although the students were sweating a little on their foreheads, they were full of energy and expressed their desire to practice in the activity room for a while.

The professors all know that the children are catching up with new ideas, and many students have realized that the dance partner is always the first to act first, and the second to be cool. This time for practice after class, just happens to get their own dance partner, maybe The gods and goddesses agreed to themselves as soon as their brains became hot, and according to court etiquette, once they agreed to the ball invitation, even if there was a better choice of dance partner, they would not go back on their word.

Pomona winked at Bai Lin, and Bai Lin followed her out of the activity room. The old lady was very satisfied with Bai Lin's performance, and patted his upper arm hard.

"How can I let you spend money alone..." the old lady said, and as she spoke, she carefully took out a small bottle and handed it to Bai Lin, "Take this as a little return gift from me, the dean."

Bai Lin took it blankly and looked at it, the small bottle actually aroused the system's reaction,

[Obtain Professor Pomona's gift-excellent herbal essence*3 (rare), each can increase strength by 3, physical strength by 20%, body strength by 10%, and restore most injuries and ailments.The effect of taking it cannot be superimposed]

"WTF! There is such a good thing!" Bai Lin was shocked. Last time he donated 200 Galleons to the Hufflepuff team, he received a gift from Professor Pomona. It is simply a magic medicine. , Today proved once again that Pomona is a treasured old lady.

Not polite at all, Bai Lin put the small bottle into his pocket with a happy smile, and chatted with Pomona, the old lady saw a hesitant girl at the other end of the corridor, she was taken aback for a moment, and immediately understood, Turned and disappeared.

Bai Lin approached and saw that it was Qiu Zhang. She was wearing a velvet coat, and she was well-dressed, looking sweet and demure.

"Xiaoqiu? Do you have anything to do with me?" Bai Lin said with a smile on his face, still in the joy of receiving a gift from Pomona.

Qiu Zhang's face turned red all of a sudden, she kept rubbing the lace of her skirt with her fingers, lowered her head and said hesitantly: "Kai...Professor Kailin, I...I want to ask...ask you, you...do you have any questions? Is there a partner?"

Bai Lin was taken aback by Qiu Zhang's question. He really didn't expect that the first person who came to ask him out was Qiu Zhang. Thinking of Harry who was destined to lose love, Bai Lin couldn't help but sigh.

Bai Lin scratched his head, Qiu Zhang was indeed beautiful, but... she was too young (just turned 15 years old)... Looking at her, Bai Lin felt a little ashamed of herself.

"Uh... this..." Bai Lin didn't know how to reject her so as not to hurt her heart.

"Ah, it's okay, Professor, do you have a partner?" Qiu Zhang asked eagerly, and took a step forward, getting very close to Bai Lin.

"That's not it... I'm afraid I will miss this dance. I have to leave school a few days before Christmas Eve to do some housework..." Bai Lin scratched the back of his head and said.

Bai Lin has received a notice from Phoenix that the seeker family gathering will be held in London on the night of December 12 as usual, and he will definitely attend. A letter from him asking him to go back during the New Year.

Going back to the east has been included in Bai Lin's itinerary, and from what the old father said between the lines, it seems that there are indeed some tricky things that he needs to go back to deal with.Although Bai Lin has never met the parents of this body, and even passed only two letters in total, the family affection and concern revealed by the parents in the two letters aroused Bai Lin's deep miss for his parents in his previous life. Obligation to drop everything and go home.

Qiu Zhang opened his eyes wide and said, "Are you going back to the East?"

Bai Lin nodded and said, "Yes, so I can only disappoint you..."

Qiu Zhang seemed to be relieved. For her, being rejected for this reason was better than leaving her dance partner to other girls.

"No, it's okay... I haven't even been back to the East... I was born in England..." Qiu Zhang said with some regret.

"When you grow up, you will have a chance. The east is beautiful, and the culture is even more charming. Our roots are still in that land." Bai Lin nodded to Qiuzhang and said, "When I come back, I will bring you gift~"

"Aha, then I'll wait and see~" Qiu Zhang became happy when he heard that there was a gift, and suddenly he seemed to have become more courageous. He quickly leaned over and kissed Bai Lin's cheek lightly, and then Fei also It seems to have escaped.

"This, this, this... I was given... a wall by an underage girl?" Bai Lin felt a little petrified when he touched the place where he was kissed.