There seemed to be a hint of genuine praise in the tone, and Siris, of course, would not fail to hear it. He grinned a little smugly, like the boy who had been whizzing through the corridors of Hogwarts.

"Thank you for the compliment. He said with a big grin that was not at all ashamed, and he looked even more pleasant when he saw Liu Quan's eyes widen and show a look of surprise.

“...... What are you doing here?" Liu Quan decided to go straight to the point with an aggressive approach to questioning. Otherwise, the focus of their conversation would have been diverted by Siris, and she had no doubt about it at all!

"Wait here, because I suddenly realize that I seem to have forgotten something tonight. ”

Still with that childish smile, Siris Black took a few more steps forward. Now he was in the light of the candles cast on the wall of the hallway, and he was already a stone's throw away from the willow spring.

For some reason, Liu Quan's heart suddenly sounded an alarm bell. The faint sense of panic and shame that had just been caused by the discovery of her own childish act of venting her anger—using a special skill inherited from the previous world—was gone, and was replaced by a strange intuition that was a little inexplicable and something was wrong, and made her hairs stand up like a house cat vigilantly—

“...... What's the matter?" she said with a rare pause before she squeezed out the question.

This sudden feeling of weakness of mind must have arisen because he had just been dominated by frustration and was discovered by him for wantonly using special skills that did not exist in this world. Now that he knew a secret about her, she wasn't out of the question, but which one would she choose to convince him? Would she honestly say "I'm overwhelmed by Severus's stubbornness"—no, it obviously won't work—or "I thought there was no one around, so I wanted to test out my new skills a little"?!

Siris still had that nonchalant smile on his face, but Liu Quan noticed that he moved slightly, shifting his weight from his left leg to his right leg.

"Ahem," he coughed, tilting his head slightly for some reason, "I think...... I should probably be, uh, that...... I also invite you to dance with me. ”

Liu Quan: "......"

For two seconds, she felt too shocked to respond to such a statement.

"And you...... Dancing?!" She stammered a rare moment, repeating the most crucial words of Siris's words, and then slowly gained some solidity, before her eyes widened slightly in surprise.

"'Also'?!" she continued to pick out the subtle words used by Ciris, and for a moment suddenly felt a little annoyed and amused.

“...... The prom is over, Siris. She gradually recovered from the shock and said calmly.

"You don't have to come and ask me to dance to take care of my face...... The young ladies may be more concerned about this, but I don't ......."

"yes, yes. Siris interrupted her with a sudden nod.

"I know you don't care about that, Lily. He smiled strangely, "I can see that in your expression...... Well, I've been busy dealing with the overzealous little girls all night, but you never seem to pay too much attention to me—but I think I have to invite you anyway. ”

He took another step closer, pulled his right hand from his trouser pocket, and reached out to her, bending slightly like a gentleman.

"I think the song you just recreated with a spell on the stairs is good - Lily, would you like to dance with me?"

Liu Quan was stunned.

Some strange intuition suddenly rose in her heart, and she was subconsciously frightened for a moment. But she immediately and quickly chose to ignore it.

“...... It's not a good place to dance," she said reluctantly, smiling a little embarrassed and looking around.

"It's curfew now, and it's not wise to keep playing songs...... Maybe we'll be at the next ball—"

Before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted again by Cialis's calm but unquestioning tone.

"Just a little mute spell will solve these problems," he said, still bending down like a gentleman before, "Come on, Lily, it's just a dance, and it won't disturb anyone else." ”

Before hesitantly reaching out to him, Liu Quan trembled slightly.

Finally, as if she had made up her mind, she put her hand in his palm with a righteous and awe-inspiring expression.

“...... If you change the song, you can do it. She whispered.

Ciris took her hand and tilted his lips slightly above her head, a strange smile flashing across the corners of his lips.

"Oh, I think that song is beautiful, even though it doesn't sound in English. He said, as if nothing had happened, graciously and loosely wrapped his arms around her waist, and gave her a brief nod.

"And I thought you liked that song a lot. He added, putting on a pretending to think about it. "What song should we choose now?"

Liu Quan began to feel a little headache. She pretended not to see Siris's half-joking question mark.

Cialis certainly didn't have a question mark on his face for long, of course. The Blake's social etiquette training allowed him to see his partner's intention to avoid the topic. So he smiled again and brought the subject over without a trace.

"Speaking of which—after you left the show, Professor Flitwick sang several songs in a row, saying it was a new song he learned from Muggles—but that melody is probably a long time outdated. He winked happily at Willow Springs in front of him, "But there's a song I think is very good, why don't you listen to it together, Lily?"

Before Liu Quan could say the word "okay," he whistled softly.

Liu Quan listened intently for a while, and then he was surprised to find that Siris was indeed very talented in this area. He couldn't remember all the lyrics, but after listening to them once—and not the original song, but Professor Flitwick's adaptation—he had memorized the whole song's tune.

And coincidentally, she also happened to know what the song was called and what the lyrics were.

derfulworld.

【

andyou

myself

derfulworld】

...... It is indeed a song in reality...... No, in the Muggle world, it's also often used as a special occasion song for Christmas.

A smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of Liu Quan's lips.

"It's a good song. She whispered.

Perhaps hearing her praise, Siris was still whistling the tune of the song, but the corners of his lips slowly lifted upward, as if he were extremely pleasant.

【skiesofbl

thebrightblessedday

thedarksacrednight

myself

derfulworld】

...... It's weird.

Although this night was similar to the countless nights she had spent in this world before, she had gained some smiles and some frustration - from the object of the task - but now, this inexplicable invitation had miraculously helped her restore a little bit of confidence in herself and the courage to keep going - why was that?!

Willow Spring's footsteps faltered slightly, and Siris reacted in time, taking a big step sideways to the side - avoiding the danger of being trampled by her.

Liu Quan immediately realized that he was distracted, and smiled awkwardly.

Cialis's beautiful gray eyes narrowed slightly. He let go of his right hand and waved his wand so that the melody of that song appeared around them out of thin air, then asked with a playful grin, "...... Dancing skills are still not as good as ever, Lily?"

Growing up to this age, he was still mercilessly sarcastic by his old friend, and Liu Quan was a little annoyed and angry.

“...... Certainly not as tried and trained as you!" she replied casually, snorting.

Siris was stunned for a moment, and his face did not show the slightest embarrassment or embarrassment, but raised his head slightly and laughed.

"Really?" he said with a smile, his gray eyes mild and bright with a burning smile.

"Oh, don't worry, Lily—" he deliberately lowered his voice, "I wouldn't laugh at you even if that were the case. ”

Liu Quan: "......"

...... Sure enough, let's step on his feet.

Thinking so, she continued to dance to the melody with a blank face, but the next moment she quickly raised her foot without warning, and with a snap she stepped heavily on the upper of Siris's fawnskin boots, leaving a few faint gray lines on the neat upper of her sole.

Speaking of which, she had just washed out into the snowy courtyard with these shoes on—and when she came back, she had forgotten to put a cleaning charm on the soles of her shoes, so stepping on him now was a bit of a standout.

Siris's originally smooth dance steps couldn't help but pause. He stared at Liu Quan in front of him with wide eyes and a stunned expression, and his surprised look was almost like that of a clumsy teenager. But that expression disappeared for a moment, and Siris narrowed his eyes with a playful look on his face.

"It's ...... Honor students' self-esteem, Lily?" he asked in a low voice.

Being stabbed so little again, with a smile mixed in his deep voice, Willow Quan felt as if she had returned to her teenage years when they were both still studying at Hogwarts, and for no reason, her expression relaxed a little.

"No," she lowered her head slightly, staring at the handmade fawn leather boots on his feet that looked like they were expensive.

Now that he has returned to 12 Grimmauld Place, where he has inherited the Black family, he will no longer be as haggard, tired, depressed, and dirty as a street man as he was during that thrilling night.

"It's—" She druffled, her footsteps suddenly cluttered to the beat of the music with every step, and she deliberately stomped on the expensive boots on his feet.

“...... Gryffindor's counterattack!!" she slammed the other half of her shoe print into the other boot he had just survived, and declared triumphantly.

Under the cover of the mute spell, the melodious singing mixed with their relaxed laughter continued to drift slowly in this small space.

【loursoyinthesky

plegoingby

dsshakinghands

sayin'‘howdoyoudo’

they'rereallysaying‘iloveyou’...

myself

derfulworld】