However, no matter what Grindelwald planned, or what conspiracy Barty Crouch Jr. and Voldemort had, he was not afraid. He even expected them to bring him a little surprise. After he defeated them all, he would see who would stand in front of him! He raised his lips, but just as he thought about it, two figures appeared in front of him.
It was Ginny and Hermione.
They stood with their hands on their hips, like two angry butterflies.
"Why are you here?" Cyrus asked curiously, "I remember your dining table is not here."
There were more than a hundred tables, but only the warriors who were still participating in the competition sat together. Ginny and Hermione were seated further away. It was obvious that they came here specifically for Cyrus, and they had bad intentions.
Cassandra smiled without saying anything, leaned back in her chair, picked up her drink and took a sip, looking like she was watching the fun.
It was clearly a Shura scene at the moment. Not to mention Cassandra, everyone at the entire table was silent. Even the people at the next few tables secretly turned their heads to look over here, waiting to see Cyrus make a fool of himself.
There were as many girls obsessed with Cyrus as there were boys who were jealous of him. Not to mention that the students of Beauxbatons hated Ilvermorny to the core. Fleur sat with her dance partner and looked at Cassandra with hatred, obviously angry for her two dead "classmates".
In fact, if this incident had not happened, Fleur might have tried to invite Cyrus to the ball, but now, even if she didn't think Cyrus had much to do with this matter, it was impossible to invite the headmaster of Ilvermorny.
After that, she tried to invite Cedric, but was rejected again. In the end, she could only randomly pick a boy from Hogwarts as her dance partner. This made Fleur feel that nothing good had happened to her since she was chosen as a warrior.
However, Ginny and Hermione did not scream and shout as those people expected. Instead, they picked up the cups of butterbeer and clinked them with Cyrus's, then each took a sip, with a little foam mark left on their lips.
Ginny put down her glass, glared at Cassandra, then looked at Cyrus and invited:
"I wonder if I'll have the honor of dancing with you later? Or will you be dancing with her alone all evening?"
"Of course, two beautiful ladies." Cyrus nodded gently.
Ginny and Hermione immediately left happily hand in hand.
Dumbledore seemed to hesitate for a moment, then turned his head and whispered in Cyrus' ear: "Although I always think that youth and love are beautiful, but you..." He looked at Cassandra, and Ginny and Hermione who were jumping away, and the meaning was quite obvious...
Is it still love if you date three lovers at once? Of course, Dumbledore couldn't say it so bluntly. He was more tactful: "The ball will only last a few hours. If you dance with each of them, I'm afraid you don't have that much time and energy."
The party started at eight o'clock, and it would take more than an hour to eat, so there was really not much time left. And Dumbledore believed that even if Cyrus was willing to dance with Ginny and Hermione, his partner would not be willing to give him up.
But Cyrus just smiled and didn't make any excuses.
After a while, there was not much food left on the plates, and even if there was still food, the wizards in formal wear did not have much stomach to continue eating. So Dumbledore stood up, waved his wand, and all the tables flew to the wall at once, leaving a vacant space in the middle.
Then, a high stage rose from the ground and attached to the right wall, with many musical instruments placed on it. Then, the Weird Sisters came onto the stage together, and the audience burst into thunderous applause.
The Weird Sisters are a wizarding band who are about as well-known in the wizarding world as The Beatles.
The music is also very trendy and not at all old-fashioned.
Then, the lights in the auditorium dimmed, and as the music played, the young wizards present understood what they were going to do next - dance! "Let's start too." Cassandra became nervous, her face flushed, and her eyes looking at Cyrus were like green spring water.
Her black dress became even more unusual at this moment. The dim light around seemed to all gather on her dress. Obviously, Cassandra had used magic in advance to make her dress more eye-catching under the dim light.
Cyrus held her hand under the gauze glove, and at the same time looked at Ginny and Hermione who were standing still in the crowd in the distance as if waiting for him.
Then he held Cassandra's tightly bound waist to the music.
It's very soft, just like hugging a cat.
On the other side, Ginny and Hermione made way and stood on the outskirts of the crowd. Although they were nominally each other's dance partners, it was impossible for the two of them to really dance, otherwise it would be too weird.
They watched the figures coming and going in the auditorium, and soon lost sight of Cyrus and Cassandra in the dim light.
After a while, the Weird Sisters’ first song ended and there was applause from the crowd.
Ginny and Hermione stood on tiptoe and looked around.
"Did you find Cyrus?" Ginny asked.
"No, but I think Cassandra won't stop until she drags him to dance for three or five songs." Hermione immediately said jealously, but although she said so, her eyes never left the dance floor.
At this moment, her Ginny was also a competitor, and they both wanted to dance with Cyrus as soon as possible.
But instead of Cyrus coming, he attracted several annoying bees.
Several boys who thought they were handsome smoothed their hair, left their increasingly close dance partners behind, and walked towards Ginny and Hermione with confidence. They bowed like gentlemen and held out their hands: "Who is so rude as to leave two such beautiful girls aside?"
Ginny rolled her eyes and turned away, ignoring them.
But they did not give up, and continued: "I wonder if we would have the honor to invite you two to dance?"
"Sorry, we're waiting for someone." Hermione frowned and said unhappily.
It's hard to like a guy who abandons his partner after just one dance. Of course, if Cyrus immediately abandoned Cassandra and came to dance with her, it would be different.
"Just one dance—"
They still persisted, which made Ginny annoyed. She was not as good-tempered as Hermione. She just raised her eyes, her fiery red hair seemed to be on fire, and she glared back, her voice sounding like a roar.
"roll!"
The smiles on the two boys' faces froze immediately, and their smiles looked as ugly as if someone had died.
Ginny slapped them in the face so rudely that they could no longer hold back. Their previous gentlemanly demeanor was gone, replaced by another look: "I know you are waiting for Cyrus, but he is dancing with that woman Cassandra Worley now!"
Another person also said sarcastically, "I don't know what's so good about him, but you guys have never been his first choice. How long do you think he will stay with that woman, Volley?"
"Hanging fuchsia!"
A spell flew out of the darkness and dropped the two men to the ceiling.
Cassandra walked over like a shining queen. Her steps were big, but she didn't look reckless at all. Instead, it made people feel that she was supposed to be so decisive.
She is not a princess, but a queen!
"I think..." she began lazily, "the starry sky ceiling of the Hogwarts Great Hall was a bit boring. It looks much better now. What do you think?"
She looked like she was asking a question, but she didn't give anyone the right to refuse. Several pairs of young wizards nearby witnessed her atrocities with their own eyes, but no one dared to say anything and they all stayed away from this place of trouble.
In order to prevent the two people from attracting attention, Cassandra put earplugs around them to prevent their noisy voices from affecting the dance.
"Cassandra?" Ginny and Hermione both looked over in surprise.
"Why are you here?"
Although Ginny and Hermione had both thought about becoming Cyrus' next dance partner before Cassandra came over, they felt a little embarrassed and reserved when they saw Cassandra graciously give up Cyrus' position.
"Of course I'm here to invite you to dance?" Cassandra raised the corners of her mouth and looked at Ginny and Hermione with the same eyes she always used to look at small animals. "Otherwise, you would be so pitiful, huddled here like abandoned kittens."
The reserve that Jin and Hermione had just shown disappeared immediately, and they looked at Cassandra angrily.
Cassandra was even happier when she saw them like this, and said with a smile, "Let's go."
However, Ginny and Hermione looked at each other. Now the opportunity to dance was in front of them, but who would go first became a problem.
But at this moment, many exclamations suddenly sounded in the center of the dance floor. Ginny and Hermione were also attracted by the sound and looked over there.
They saw the boys and girls dancing together and couldn't help but make way for them. At the end of the road, Cyrus was walking slowly towards them.
only--
It's three Cyruses!
The three Cyruses stood in front of them and extended their hands gracefully: "Anyone want to dance?"
Hermione and Ginny were immediately stunned.
"What's going on? Who drank the Polyjuice Potion?"
"It's not a compound potion, but a doppelganger spell." Cyrus gently held their hands and pulled them into the dance floor. Ginny and Hermione were blushing at this moment, and they were like two puppets, letting Cyrus manipulate them.
They attracted the attention of everyone at the ball, not only because of Cyrus' handsome looks and the excessive beauty of the three girls, but also because since the founding of Hogwarts, there has never been such a magical thing that one person dances with three people at the same time.
So much so that when the second song of Weird Sisters sounded, many people had forgotten what to do. The center of the dance floor was suddenly empty, and they were stunned like the audience watching a pair of ice skating.
It wasn't until the Weasley twins and their dance partners broke into the dance of the three Cyruses that they reacted.
——Now it’s time to dance.
Of course, it was strange enough that Cyrus was dancing with several girls, but when Dumbledore and Grindelwald let go of Professor McGonagall and Vader respectively, and then held each other's hands to the music, everyone present would rather believe that they were dreaming.
They put their arms around each other's waists, and Dumbledore seemed to be playing more of the female role in the dance. Cyrus could tell at a glance that he was a zero!
The gazes around seemed sharp and stinging. These gazes fell on the two elderly people. The doubts and even questions contained in their gazes alone were enough to crush people to death!
But both Dumbledore and Grindelwald seemed to be unconcerned about these looks. It was as if they had temporarily forgotten all their sadness and grief, and returned to almost a century ago in the music.
It's time to return to the rose blooming season in Godric's Hollow.
Cyrus gently held the girls' hands, wrapping up Dumbledore and Grindelwald like three petals of a rose.
Grindelwald didn't even look at him. There was only one person reflected in his eyes now - Dumbledore! Not the Dumbledore of today, but the Dumbledore of nearly a hundred years ago.
However, as for the relationship between the two of them, Dumbledore and Grindelwald had not directly explained anything to anyone until the beginning of the second game.
Harry wanted to know if what Rita Skeeter said was true, but he didn't dare to ask Dumbledore this question. However, the day after the Christmas party, he heard that Dumbledore seemed to have been punched, and his already crooked nose now looked even more unbearable.
But anyway, the second game started like this.
They gathered again on the Quidditch field under the spring sunshine. The temperature was already very cold in early spring as the snow had not yet melted, but this could not dampen their enthusiasm.
But no warrior has appeared on the Quidditch field yet.
"What's going on?" The audience was all shocked.
The game was about to start, but none of the warriors showed up. If it weren't for the free tickets, many little wizards would have stepped on the heads of the wizards in the front row and shouted, "Geneva, give me your money back!"
The twins were eager to try, but at this moment, the big screen in the center of the Quidditch field suddenly lit up! Then, an ancient hall and a black corridor appeared before their eyes.
Some young wizards have recognized this place. They widened their eyes, covered their mouths and exclaimed:
"This is the Ministry of Magic?!"
(End of this chapter)