Chapter 305 Christmas Dance (Part 2)

Krum and McGonagall, who were walking in front, obviously didn't notice the malicious eyes behind them, and walked straight into the hall with Mike and others.

Today's hall is more like a banquet venue than before. The tables used for dining are no longer the usual four long tables of the college, but a hundred small tables with lanterns. Students in various formal dresses are sitting at the small tables in groups of three or two, chatting and laughing.

But when Mike and his group appeared in the hall, everyone stopped what they were doing and cast curious eyes over here.

Everyone wanted to see the style of the warriors and their dance partners.

Hermione's new look obviously surprised many people. Malfoy and his gang were dumbfounded at this moment. They would never have thought that the ugly duckling on weekdays would become a white swan today!

But when his eyes fell on Harry, his eyes finally returned to the usual sarcasm.

Harry really didn't disappoint him, and he was still as stupid as always.

Harry obviously noticed the looks of Malfoy and the others. The strong nervousness made him stiff like a robot, and he let the excited Parvati drag him forward.

Many people were surprised by Hermione's new look today. The group of Krum's fans almost cast a strong jealous look at Hermione the moment the two of them appeared.

In addition, Ron's performance was even more exaggerated.

When Hermione passed by the round table where he was, he pretended as if he didn't know Hermione.

But Mike, who was walking behind, found that after Hermione ignored him, Ron's expression suddenly became hideous like a Sichuan opera face-changing.

Mike chuckled and walked forward confidently with Penelope. The

combination of the two of them was the well-deserved first tonight. Whether it was Mike's classic suit or Penelope's evening dress shining like the starry sky, countless people looked at them sideways.

But no one was too surprised, because everyone already knew how outstanding the golden couple of Michael and Penelope were. In comparison, Hermione, the ugly duckling, suddenly turned into a white swan, which was more shocking.

Professor McGonagall led everyone straight through the hall and came to the VIP seats at the innermost part of the hall.

Unlike before, the staff seat that had always been used as a VIP seat was gone, replaced by a huge round table, where the referee of the Triwizard Tournament and the deans of the four major colleges of Hogwarts sat in turn.

What surprised Michael was that Percy, who had already graduated, also appeared at the round table.

Percy sat in the seat next to old Crouch, very nervous, and didn't even have the courage to look up at Michael.

And old Crouch beside him looked like he was about to die. He was even weaker than the last time they met, and the dark circles under his eyes were almost pulled to his cheeks.

Mac and Penelope sat down next to Professor Flitwick, which made Professor Flitwick extremely happy. He rubbed his hands and said to Penelope:

"Child, what do you want to eat? How about steak?"

After that, regardless of Penelope's objection, he directly said to the empty plate on the table:

"Steak! Perfect!"

The house elves hiding in the dark who heard the order immediately took action. Everyone only felt a glimmer of light on the plate, and then a piece of steaming hot steak appeared.

"Come on, eat quickly, child. Don't blame me for ordering a perfect steak for you. God knows if there will be parasites in those undercooked steaks. It's not good for your health." Professor Flitwick said, "Especially if you are planning to have a baby soon, you can't eat it. It's not good for the baby!"

This made Penelope blush. She lowered her head and replied in an inaudible voice, and then lowered her head to eat.

Mac hurriedly laid out the tablecloth for her to prevent the food juice from splashing on her clothes.

Professor Flitwick looked at the golden boy and girl with the kind eyes of an old father, his eyes full of satisfaction.

He felt that God was good to him, and he could meet Michael and Penelope when he was old.

Of course, if these two people work harder, it would be even better for him to hold the baby sooner!

Professor McGonagall, who was sitting opposite the round table, looked at Flitwick, Michael and others with envy. Like Flitwick, she was still single and childless, so she envied Flitwick for meeting students like Michael and Penelope.

Hermione and Krum beside Professor McGonagall didn't notice the scene on Michael's side at all. At this moment, Krum was concentrating on introducing his daily life to Hermione.

"We also have a castle, but it's not as big as this one, and it's not as comfortable as this one. The castle has only four floors, and you can only light fires when it's magical." Krum said, "But our site is very large, with large mountains and lakes. In the summer, we fly around outside every day, which is quite pleasant, but it's not the case in the winter. The days there are very short in the winter..."

"Enough! Viktor!" Karkaroff interrupted Krum with a look of contempt for Hermione, saying, "Don't reveal more secrets, or your charming friend will know where we are!"

Karkaroff emphasized the word charming, and everyone could see that he didn't like Hermione.

But this is not surprising, he himself is a pure-blood, and he was a Death Eater in his early years. Disdaining Muggles is their basic operation.

But his reminder was obviously too late. Krum had revealed enough things. There are not many places in Europe with the same geographical and climatic conditions. If necessary, Mike is confident that he can easily find the location of Durmstrang.

"Igor (Karkaroff), if you keep secrets so strictly, people will think you don't welcome others to visit."

Dumbledore said with a smile, and Karkaroff on the side laughed:

"As headmasters, we naturally have to carefully guard the school halls that we are entrusted with, and of course we also need to keep those secrets that only we know!"

"Oh! I would never dream of asserting that I know all the secrets of Hogwarts." Dumbledore said kindly, "For example, today, I took a wrong turn when going to the toilet, and when I came to my senses, I found myself in a room that I had never been to before and was very exquisitely decorated. And there were a lot of exquisite and luxurious chamber pots in the room. But when I went back to investigate carefully, I found that the room was gone! Isn't it amazing?"

Mike on the side frowned. He dared to swear that Dumbledore turned his head and blinked at him when he said the last sentence.

This was clearly a hint that he already knew about his relationship with the Room of Requirement.

But it didn't matter. Mike had already put everything about Freemasonry into the secret realm. Now the Room of Requirement was just a gathering place for the members of the Freemasonry.

"Well, it's about time. Maybe we can start dancing!"

Professor Flitwick, who was standing by, obviously noticed Dumbledore's last look and hurried out to help Mike out.

Perhaps he felt that he had applied enough eye drops to Mike, so Dumbledore nodded and stood up, asking the students to stand up as well.

Then he waved his wand, and all the tables flew to the wall, leaving a large open space in the middle.

He also conjured up a high stage, attached to the right wall, with a complete set of musical instruments on it.

At this time, the strange sisters with thick hair and deliberately wearing tattered black robes also went on stage and picked up the instruments.

Their appearance on stage was greeted with cheers from the audience, and then the lanterns on the other tables were all extinguished, leaving only the stage still brightly lit.

Mike smiled and stretched out his hand, saying to Penelope, "Beautiful lady, are you interested in dancing with me?"

Penelope smiled happily, stretched out her hand and put her jade hand into Mike's.

The two walked onto the stage hand in hand, with Mike putting one hand on Penelope's waist and the other hand holding Penelope's hand.

Accompanied by the music played by the Weird Sisters, Mike and Penelope also danced.

As if deliberately allowing those students who were not good at dancing to adapt, the music played by the Weird Sisters was quite soothing.

Mike was naturally familiar with dancing. In his previous life, he had participated in many such dances. At that time, he specially invited a dance teacher to teach him, so as not to make a fool of himself in such occasions.

Penelope should have also made up for the dance postures, but this kind of learning without actual combat was obviously not enough, so her movements were still a little stiff.

After the dance, Penelope finally got into the mood.

At this time, the dance music played by the weird sisters also changed to a fast-paced and violent dance music. Mike, who had finished warming up, smiled evilly at Penelope and then sped up his movements.

The sudden increase in movement made Penelope scream, and she made various movements under Mike's guidance like a puppet.

Fortunately, Mike's dancing skills were really good. Under his guidance, Penelope soon became excited, and the two of them kept dancing to the music.

The dance music on the stage changed one after another. Mike and Penelope had entered a state of ecstasy at this moment, completely ignoring the surrounding environment, and both sides only had each other in their eyes.

It was not until Penelope's face turned red and she burped breathlessly that Mike stopped and asked:

"Honey, are you feeling okay?"

"I feel great!" Penelope shyly buried her head in Mike's arms and said, "But I may need to rest for a while."

Mike understood.

Just now he watched Penelope finish a whole steak by herself, and then did such intense exercise, so it was not surprising that her stomach started to feel uncomfortable.

He quickly helped Penelope to sit down at the table, and also brought her a cup of hot water.

"Is Penelope okay?"

Hermione's worried voice came over, and Mike turned his head and saw Hermione resting alone.

"It's okay, just a little tired."

Penelope said hurriedly.

She was afraid that Mike would tell Hermione that she felt uncomfortable because she ate too much, which was really too embarrassing.

Seeing this, Mike also changed the subject:

"Why are you staying here alone? Where are Krum and Harry?"

"Krum went to get me a drink, as for Harry, I don't want to see them anymore!"

Mike and Penelope looked at each other, and both saw surprise in each other's eyes.

"It's mainly Ron. He's so annoying. He actually said that being Krum's partner is a pro-enemy behavior!" Hermione said indignantly, "This is simply unreasonable. Shouldn't the original intention of the Triwizard Tournament be to deepen the exchanges between wizards from various countries?"

"Actually, you don't have to take it to heart. Maybe they are just jealous." Penelope comforted, "Look, how pitiful they are. Even their partners ran away with others."

Mike and Hermione looked in the direction Penelope pointed, and they saw the pair of Indian sisters dancing with two Beauxbatons boys, while their original partners, Harry and Ron, were sitting in a small corner with their heads down.

Seeing this, Hermione's mouth curled up unconsciously, but then returned to its previous state and said:

"That's their own fault!"

Mike laughed at the side and sighed secretly. Most of the happiness of human beings is indeed built on the pain of others, and even Hermione is no exception.

"Okay then, you take a good rest here, and Penelope and I will dance again for a while." Seeing that Penelope had almost rested, Mike said, "By the way, Hermione, if I see Krum, do you need me to tell him you are here?"

"No...no."

Hermione was obviously disappointed when she heard that, but Mike didn't care. After he responded, he pulled Penelope straight towards the stage, leaving Hermione standing there alone and looking at his back with resentful eyes.

"Isn't this a bad idea?" On the dance floor, Penelope whispered in Mike's ear with some concern, "Won't you ask me to dance with you?"

"No, I only belong to you tonight, Your Highness."

"Hehe, you weren't like this before."

"I admit that I had some inappropriate thoughts when dealing with some things in the past, but now I have corrected them." Mike felt the hot breath from Penelope's ears, licked his lips and said, "By the way, do you feel that it's getting hotter here?"

"Yeah, yes."

The voice as light as a mosquito's hum made Mike's heart beat faster and faster. He gasped and asked tentatively:

"How about, let's go to the dormitory."

After that, Mike scratched Penelope's palm.

Penelope's red face became even redder. She did not answer. Like Mike, she also gently scratched the palm of Mike's hand.

The tingling sensation in the palm of his hand spread all the way to the bottom of his heart. Mike could not hold it any longer and pulled Penelope out of the hall.

Mike knew that there would be many things happening at the ball today, and many rats would show their true colors, but Mike really didn't care about anything now. He only wanted to xxxx.

In the corner of the hall, Professor Flitwick, who witnessed all this, had a relieved smile on his face.

Rubbing his hands vigorously, he felt that his wish to hold his grandson, oh no, his wish to hold his disciple's grandson might come true soon!