Chapter 732 Peeves and the Vanishing Cabinet (page 12)
In the magical world, many wizards like to hold various dances, especially those ancient pure-blood families, which hold them two or three times a year. For example, birthday dances and Christmas dances have become a fixed event, but the focus of most dances has never been on dancing.
This time was no exception. The music in the office never stopped, but there were very few people dancing.
Most of them just circle around twice symbolically, and then start chatting with the people around them with a glass of wine.
It has to be said that Professor Slughorn has a wide network of contacts and has invited many famous people over.
In addition to the well-known writer Walple and the vampire Bloody, whom Kyle had met before, there was also professional Quidditch player and current Chaser of the Montrose Magpies, Buwell Hodder, a reporter from the Daily Prophet. Rita Skeeter, but another wizard.
According to Slughorn, he has done most of the interviews with the Director of the Ministry of Magic and above.
Kyle also saw the owner of Honeydukes Candy Shop...yes, there is a signed photo of him in Slughorn's residence. The school is so close to Hogsmeade, there is no reason not to invite him over.
Even so, Slughorn still seemed to feel that it was not lively enough. According to him, Halloween was just a simple gathering, and Christmas was the highlight. He also told Kyle and Connor not to miss it.
But they have completely different views on it.
The two found an excuse to get away from Slughorn and came to the beverage area where there were relatively few people.
But Kyle came here just to hide and not drink anything on the table.
Ever since he learned that someone in school had bought a love potion, he was not going to touch anything of unknown origin again.
"Kyle, I didn't expect you to come too."
A few minutes later, Harry, who finally got rid of Worple's entanglement, arrived. He must have said a lot, and he directly picked up a glass of butterbeer and drank it in a gulp.
Kyle observed it for a moment and was disappointed to find that it was just a normal butterbeer.
"How do you feel?" he asked.
"What..." Harry didn't react for a moment, thinking that Kyle was talking about this dance. He immediately shook his head and said, "It's too bad. I can't believe Hermione can insist on coming every time."
"Maybe she's used to it." Kyle followed his words and said, "Why didn't you find an excuse to reject him?"
Harry, like them, had been making excuses, such as Quidditch practice, for not wanting to attend Slughorn's dinner party.
As the captain, he could arrange the training time during the dinner party, but he also avoided it many times.
"I'm here with Ron. He really wants to see the ball." Harry said.
"Can you invite boys to the prom?"
"Yeah." Harry nodded, "I just wanted to try it, but Professor Slughorn didn't object.
"Oh, by the way, have you seen Ron? I've been looking for him."
"No," Kyle said, "You can go look across the room."
"Okay," Harry said, grabbing his Butterbeer mug and walking across the dance floor.
Some time later, Kyle met the drunk Professor Sybill Trelawney again.
As one of the professors at Hogwarts and a descendant of the famous seer Cassandra Trelawney, she is somewhat well-known.
Slughorn supposedly said there was free sherry at the ball, and then she came over.
And Luna, who was discussing with Neville whether Scrimgeour was a hidden vampire and his secret plot to manipulate the Aurors and use the Gum Disease Curse to bring down the Ministry of Magic from within.
Neville looked shocked, but Kyle couldn't help laughing and almost snorted the mead.
"The Swelling Gum Curse can be developed. I think it is more effective than a lock tongue to seal the throat." Kyle said with a smile.
As for Scrimgeour's identity as a vampire, this is even more nonsense. If he were a vampire, the huge looking glass in the Auror's office would have been ringing long ago.
No other employees of the Ministry of Magic have complained about him for disturbing the public, which is enough to prove Scrimgeour's identity.
I have to say that some of Mr. Lovegood's remarks are quite interesting, and he always brings up some points that others would never think of.
If you don't consider the logic and just look at the fun, "The Quibbler" is indeed a good magazine.
Kyle decided to order a copy when he went back so that he could take it out and have fun when he got bored.
After Luna and Neville left, the dance began to become boring again, until there were ten minutes left before curfew...
Kyle originally thought that the dance was over, but Peeves suddenly broke in from outside.
He flew on the ceiling, holding a large number of balloons filled with water in his hand. Without a word, he launched an indiscriminate attack on the students below who had not yet reacted.
For a moment, it felt like it was raining in the whole office.
There was chaos in the room as everyone screamed and dodged water balloons falling from the sky.
"Ha, I always felt like something was missing. It's okay now." Kyle said with a smile: "After all, how could such a lively place be missing Peeves."
With a slight movement of his fingers, he threw a flying water ball somewhere else.
"But Professor Slughorn is still here. Didn't Peeves never dare to mess with the professor?"
"He just doesn't dare to provoke the four deans. The other professors are just giving him face." Kyle said, "But he may not be in a good mood tonight.
"Remember what the Fat Friar said at the dinner party? Peeves got mad because he didn't have his pumpkin statue, and went on a rampage upstairs destroying the armor.
"I guess that's why he wanted to come to the dance to cause trouble."
Kyle pushed away a water balloon again, then pulled Connor and ran towards the door.
While most people haven't reacted yet, it's better to leave as soon as possible, lest everyone swarm up later and block the door again.
Soon, the two came to the corridor outside.
Kangna raised her arms and smelled her sleeves, frowning and said, "I just wanted to say, did you smell a sour smell?"
"It's vinegar." Kyle lowered his voice and said, "Actually, this is what I told Peeves. Adding a little vinegar to the water will make it more lethal."
Kangna looked at Kyle with disgust.
"Don't look at me like that, it happened a long time ago." Kyle shrugged, "At that time, I asked him to help find a ghost, and this idea was considered as reward.
"After all, freshmen often make mistakes when knocking on wooden barrels. It's a pity that the vinegar sprayed out is wasted like this..."
"Anyone who's ever had a water balloon thrown at you by Peeves will hate you."
"Just say it's Filch." Kyle said with a smile, "He helped Umbridge torment the students last year. This can be regarded as teaching him a lesson."
