But Connor refused, and the boy did not insist. He turned and walked towards another Gryffindor girl not far away. Kyle remembered that her name seemed to be Parvati or something, anyway, she was in the same grade as Harry.

"Have some soda." Kyle walked over and handed over the food in his hand. "Someone recommended that this pudding tastes good."

Kanna took the pudding and took a bite. She had just danced three dances in a row, and her cheeks were slightly flushed.

"Hogwarts has never been so lively before, has it?" she said. "Everyone looks so happy. It's simply the best Christmas ever."

“Yeah,” Kyle said.

Of course, it would be better if someone would stop staring at him.

Kyle was referring to none other than Professor Snape...

His gaze had disappeared briefly while he was dancing just now, but just when he went to get a drink, that uneasy feeling reappeared.

Kyle turned his head and saw Snape staring at him without blinking from the table he was standing at not far away.

Karkaroff was standing next to Snape. He looked a little anxious and kept pointing outside the door, as if he wanted to discuss something important with Snape.

Kyle turned his head curiously, trying to listen to what they said, but because of the distance and the noise around him, he could only vaguely hear some intermittent voices , "You know... Severus... this is very important..."

"We've already talked about this... Igor, you're making a fuss out of nothing..."

"Hello." Just as Kyle was listening intently, a girl from Beauxbatons suddenly stopped in front of him and asked, "Can we dance together?"

"Sorry, I might need some energy." Kyle raised the pumpkin soda next to him and took a sip.

The girl looked a little disappointed.

"But I can recommend someone else to you." Kyle continued, pointing to the man who was showing off his butter beer at the table with desserts, "Harry Potter, have you heard of him? I noticed that no one has invited him yet."

"The famous savior?" The girl from Beauxbatons was curious at first, but then after seeing Harry's appearance, she became confused. "He looks different from the legend."

"Maybe he's hungry, or maybe because no one invited him, he can only use this method to cover up the embarrassment."

"Really?" The girl walked over doubtfully.

When Kyle turned around, he saw Kanna looking at him with a very strange look.

"It's rare for Hogwarts to hold a ball..." Kyle shrugged and explained, "It's a shame to have a buffet here all night."

"That's not what I'm talking about."

Somehow, Connor's face turned even redder. She looked at the cup in Kyle's hand and said in a very low voice, "I've already drunk the drink you're holding."

"Sorry, but I'll give this cup to you." Kyle said with a smile, "Dancing is such a physical activity, I really don't want to make another trip."

"But...okay..." Kanna said in a voice so soft that it was almost inaudible.

"Thanks."

"Hey, it seems that our Mr. Warrior really likes drinking pumpkin soda." A cold voice came from behind.

Snape came behind Kyle at some point, snatched the cup from Kyle's hand without saying a word, and roughly stuffed another cup of pumpkin soda into his hand.

Because he used too much force, a lot of soda splashed out of the cup and onto Kyle's dress robe.

"It's okay if you don't want to move. I can get it for you." Snape said with cold eyes, "You're welcome. Drink it quickly."

"Um... Professor." Kyle laughed dryly, "I just drank... um... I don't need it for now."

Are you kidding? Even if he had ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare to drink what Snape brought him.

He seemed to want to say something else, but at this moment, a quarrel suddenly broke out not far away and caught his attention.

Snape looked in the direction of the voice and discovered that the two people arguing were Hermione and Ron, then he looked away again... It was obvious that he was not prepared to deal with this conflict.

"Whenever you want to drink pumpkin soda, just come to me. I promise to give you enough." Snape said sinisterly, and returned to his previous position, looking like an owl on guard.

He did not choose to take Connor away from the ball... probably because there was almost no one else in the Hufflepuff common room at that time.

At least here he can watch and stop any situation in time.

Then Kyle was targeted. Now he couldn't go anywhere, couldn't dance, and couldn't leave the hall. He had no choice but to be forced to join Harry's buffet line.

However, Harry and Ron's situation did not seem to be good. Hermione had disappeared, and Ron was complaining about something, and then he left the hall with Harry.

Kyle and Connor came to the other side of the table, sitting farthest from the dance floor. They ate pudding and pancakes and chatted about everything from the Triwizard Tournament to the second task, to Cedric's dancing moves... whatever they thought of.

But looking at Kanna's expression, she seemed quite satisfied with the current situation.

During this period, someone occasionally invited them to dance, but both of them found reasons to refuse.

An hour later, the dance became the home of Fred and George. The two abandoned their respective partners and danced a very cheerful tap dance as if no one was around.

The Weird Sisters were also attracted, and the originally soothing music instantly turned into cheerful drum beats.

After noticing this, the people around started to join in... This time, even Kyle and Connor couldn't sit there anymore. They were dragged to the middle of the dance floor by Cedric and Qiu and joined the carnival.

The atmosphere of the dance party reached its climax at this moment.

…

This continued until midnight, when the Weird Sisters stopped playing.

Everyone gave them another round of applause and started walking towards the foyer.

“That’s great…”

"I love the Weird Sisters so much. I didn't expect the school would invite them..."

"I hope there will be such an opportunity again in the future, and it would be best if it could happen again every Christmas..."

"I don't think it's possible. Don't forget that this is the Triwizard Tournament Ball..."

“That’s why I said I hope…”

Everyone came to the hallway chattering.

Karkaroff finally seized the opportunity and pulled Snape, whose eyes were red, to the area outside the castle.

"Huh, he's finally gone." Kyle said dimly.

Kanna laughed softly. "It doesn't matter. Maybe there will be a dance next year."

"If that's the case..." Kyle glanced in the direction of the castle gate, "I hope the headmaster would find something for Professor Snape to do in advance, as long as he doesn't have to stay in Hogwarts.

After all, he doesn't look like he has any interest in dancing, does he?"

…

(End of this chapter)