Chapter 264 I regard you as my brother, but you want to be my brother-in-law?

"Oh? It seems our first warrior has appeared." Dracula said happily.

He deliberately used the word "Warrior", which is the same as the name of the contestants in the Four-wizard tournament, and glanced at Harry, who was only across the aisle from Neville, with a half-smile.

Harry rubbed the goose feathers on his quill in embarrassment, his eyes wandering to nowhere.

Neville, as if his legs were numb from squatting, moved stiffly in the direction of a little Hufflepuff witch wearing a yellow-collared wizard robe.

It was a girl with a rosy complexion and blond hair styled into two braids.

Seeing Neville walking towards her, the little witch couldn't help but widen her eyes.

"Hannah, can you... be my dance partner?" Neville pinched the corner of his clothes and his voice was almost too low to be heard.

"You mean...me?" Hannah Abbott asked in surprise.

She is not very beautiful and has a shy personality. She usually only has a few friends such as Susan Bones and Ernie MacMillan from the same college.

But compared to Hannah, Susan has a more cheerful and generous personality. In addition, she has an aunt who is the Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic, so she is much more popular at Hogwarts.

Ernie MacMillan had made an early appointment with Susan as his dance partner, and Hannah was the only one left among her few friends.

She had already planned not to attend the Yule Ball and sit in the audience watching other people's performances...

But I never thought that Professor Dracula would actually arrange a "blind date" in this Defense Against the Dark Arts class, giving those of them without a dance partner a chance to speak.

"No...that's right, Hannah." Neville looked at Hannah's surprised expression and thought she was going to refuse, so he hurriedly continued:

"Hannah, Professor Sprout arranged for us to be partners in herbal medicine class before... At that time, I felt that I could work well with you, but because I felt that we were not familiar enough, I did not ask you to be my partner. dance partner..."

"Neville, you are actually a very good wizard." Before Neville could finish speaking, Hannah suddenly said, "Especially in the course of Herbology!"

"So... you agreed?" Neville felt his heart stop for a moment.

"Yes, I agree!" Hannah nodded, her face flushed.

Neville almost jumped up with excitement, and a simple smile appeared on his face.

"boom--"

With a crisp sound, a large group of small fireworks appeared out of nowhere in the classroom. Colorful light spots of various colors bloomed like flowers, and then filled the entire classroom.

The little wizards all looked at the podium and saw Dracula pointing his wand diagonally at the ceiling of the classroom, with clusters of colorful fireworks pouring out from his wand.

"Congratulations, the first couple successfully held hands!"

Dracula nodded with satisfaction and took the lead in applauding.

The little wizards also clapped their hands vigorously in cooperation, and a few good boys whistled.

Neville and Hannah blushed deeply and stood awkwardly in the middle of the classroom, not knowing what to do next.

It wasn't until Dracula had enough of admiring their embarrassed expressions that he waved his hand and moved the two of them and their desks to one side of the classroom next to each other, allowing the two thin-skinned little wizards to relax and breathe. One breath.

"Very good, the first warrior who mustered up the courage has achieved success, a very good start." Dracula said with a smile, "Are there any other gentlemen who want to try it?"

"I suggest you seize it. This is a rare opportunity. Other professors will not use their classes to find dance partners for you like me!"

At Dracula's urging, a Hufflepuff boy without a dance partner mustered up the courage to stand up and walked towards a Gryffindor girl.

Perhaps because the current atmosphere was so good, the two little wizards successfully formed a partnership without much hesitation.

Seeing their success, the other little wizards who had no dance partners could not sit still. They stood up one after another to find their favorite dance partners, and they were all very successful.

At the end, only Harry, Ron and a Gryffindor girl were left present who had not found a dance partner.

These three little wizards immediately became the focus of other people's attention.

"Oh? This is really interesting." Dracula's expression became more playful, "Now there are only two men and one woman left on the field, which means that in the end there must be a man who can't find a dance partner."

"Mr. Potter, and Mr. Weasley, how will you two inseparable brothers choose?"

Harry and Ron looked at each other, both of them looking at each other.

In fact, from a personal point of view, neither of them are bad, they can even be said to be very good——

As the savior of the wizarding world, the youngest genius seeker at Hogwarts, and the second place finisher in the first game of the Four-Wizard Tournament, Harry has three important advantages that needless to say; but his appearance The conditions are also excellent——

From the previous generation, Harry's parents, James Potter and Lily Potter, who were the most popular figures in Hogwarts at that time, were both outstanding in appearance. In addition, Harry was exposed to Voldemort's Horcrux fragments since he was a child. Influenced by his influence, his appearance is even slightly closer to that of young Tom Riddle.

Therefore, although there are the brutally handsome Professor Dracula and Assistant Riddle for comparison, as well as tall and handsome prefects like Cedric for comparison, Harry's appearance is not that outstanding, but it is still attractive. A lot of facial control.

As for Ron, although he does not have the outstanding experience and good looks like Harry, he has inherited the outstanding genes of the Wes family, is much taller than his peers, and has a humorous personality. , which makes him quite lovable normally.

Unfortunately, Harry always had a candidate in mind that he didn't dare to say clearly, so he subconsciously rejected everyone who came to invite him. This also made other little witches with ideas give up the idea of ​​finding him as a dance partner.

As for Ron, he just couldn't save his face and wanted to find the most beautiful dance partner.

"It looks like you two are not ready yet," Dracula looked at Harry and Ron's stunned expressions and couldn't help laughing, "What? Do you need me to give you a few minutes to discuss who to invite?" ?"

Ron reacted first, nodded hurriedly, and then immediately pulled Harry's head under the desk.

"Harry, otherwise I won't dance, so you can invite Eloise Midgen to the dance." After avoiding the sight of other students under the table, Ron relaxed slightly and said righteously.

Eloise Midgan is the last girl left in the classroom without a dance partner. She is also a Gryffindor student and is famous for the large number of pimples on her face.

It is precisely because of these dense acne that everyone tends to avoid her.

"Why?" Harry asked in confusion, "Didn't you say...it would be very embarrassing if we were the only fourth-year boys in Gryffindor not to attend the dance?"

"But...sometimes I'd rather be alone," Ron glanced towards Midgen and found that she was looking under their table with twinkling eyes, and quickly looked away, "The acne on her face is too... It’s scary…”

"Her acne has gotten much better recently," Harry said. "She put a curse on her face to get rid of them, and Madam Pomfrey cured them."

He commented fairly: "After getting rid of the acne, she actually looks quite beautiful!"

"But her nose is a little crooked," said Ron critically.

"Don't be like this, Ron, we have no choice now." Harry persuaded, "If it weren't for this opportunity given to us by Professor Dracula, would you really be able to find another suitable dance partner?"

"But……"

"It's not just this problem," Harry continued, "Even if you can really find another dance partner, are there any other opportunities that can save you half a month of Defense Against the Dark Arts homework?"

Ron was a little moved, but he couldn't save his face and wanted to rebut a few words.

At this moment, Dracula's urging voice interrupted him.

"Have you discussed it, gentlemen?" Dracula walked up to the two of them at some point and stared at them with a half-smile. "The end of get out of class is not far away. I suggest you discuss it before the end of get out of class." result--"

"Besides, Miss Midgan looks like she's already in a hurry."

Harry stood up from under the table.

He glanced at Eloise Midgen and then at Ron, then took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to say to Dracula:

"Professor, I actually have a favorite dance partner that I haven't had time to invite...she is not in this classroom..."

"What do you mean?" Dracula raised his eyebrows.

"Can I ask you for leave and finish class two minutes early?" After speaking, Harry's words became smoother and smoother, and his tone became more firm, "I want to wait for her at the door of her classroom."

Ron next to him looked at him dumbfounded: "Is it because you persuaded me to invite Midgen because you already have a girl you like?"

However, both Dracula and Harry ignored him.

Dracula stared at Harry and was silent for a few seconds. In Harry's eyes, these few seconds of silence seemed like an hour.

"That's right."

Dracula's voice was like the sound of nature, and Harry jumped out of his seat in surprise.

"Thank you so much, Professor Dracula!" he said quickly, "Ron, remember to take my schoolbag back to the dormitory for me after class. I'll go first!"

As he spoke, he quickly opened the classroom door, his steps staggering a bit, but his expression was extremely joyful and he rushed out of the corridor.

As a result, Ron and Eloise Midgen, a boy and a girl, were the only ones left in the middle of the classroom.

"Very good, now we don't have to worry about the uneven number of boys and girls." Dracula looked at Ron and said happily, "It's up to you now, Mr. Weiss."

"Well, I..." Ron glanced at Midgen, still feeling hesitant.

However, at this moment, Midgen stood up from the chair first.

"Come Ronald Weiss, can you be my dance partner?" she said generously.

Ron was stunned. He found Professor Dracula, Eloise Midgan, Hermione, and even all the other students in the classroom staring at him... This kind of atmosphere would make girls look bad if they refused. .

"Okay... okay." Ron nodded after all.

At the same time, the bell for the end of get out of class rang leisurely.

All the students in the classroom found dance partners, Dracula also had a lot of fun, and everyone was happy in this Defense Against the Dark Arts class!

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Time flies, and Christmas is coming quickly in the eyes of everyone.

The Christmas dance that students from the four schools have been dreaming about has quietly arrived in this snowy season.

Harry, Ron, Seamus, Dean and Neville, five roommates in the same dormitory, changed into their respective robes in the dormitory above the Gryffindor common room, and each of them looked a little embarrassed.

But no one was as nervous and frustrated as Ron. He looked at himself in front of the long mirror in the corner, with a guilty and uneasy expression on his face.

After all, he still didn't have the money to buy another decent dress, so he could only wear the second-hand, lace, skirt-like gown that Mrs. Weasley bought for him... It was ugly, it was a helpless avoidance of facts.

In a desperate attempt to make the robe less feminine, he cast a cutting charm on the pleats and lace.

It still works, at least the lace on the clothes is gone.

But he didn't use the magic spell neatly. When the boys started to go downstairs, his collar, cuffs, and clothes corners were still raw, which made him very frustrated.

At this time, Ron missed Hermione very much...if she had used the cutting spell, there would definitely be no such rough edges.

"Where's Hermione, why didn't you see her?" Ron and Harry walked down the stairs together and looked around in the common room, but they couldn't find Hermione at all.

"I remember she said she was going to change clothes three hours ago. Isn't she dressed up yet?" Harry said in surprise.

"Maybe these are the girls," Seamus Finnigan next to them made a face. "Among our group of boys, Ron, the most stubborn one, only took less than half an hour."

"By the way, Harry, you haven't told us who your dance partner is yet?" Dean Thomas suddenly asked curiously, "You ran out two minutes early for that Defense Against the Dark Arts class to find some girl. ?”

"You'll find out later." Harry glanced at Ron from the corner of his eye and said coquettishly.

The answer to the question was soon revealed——

A petite witch with fiery red hair came down the stairs from the girls' dormitory. She had many freckles on her face, which made her face particularly beautiful.

"Oh, Ginny, this is the first time I know you can dress up so beautifully." Seeing the little witch wearing a beautiful light green dress, Ron greeted in surprise, "By the way, I haven't asked yet. Who is your dance partner?"

However, Ginny just smiled at him, walked straight to Harry, who had a stiff expression next to Ron, and took his arm with a blush on her face.

"Let's go, Harry," Ginny whispered.

Looking at this scene, Ron's eyes widened in shock:

"Harry, I regard you as my brother, but you want to be my brother-in-law?"

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