Chapter 45: The Ball, Part 3

After someone confirmed the accuracy of the time and place of Holly's appearance with the "paparazzi", a group of odds on who Holly's male companion was quickly opened by the underground betting group at Hogwarts, which caused countless people to pay attention to and chase this matter, but fortunately, the "paparazzi" were quite dedicated and did not sell too many copies of the news, and the boys who got the news were also tight-lipped one by one and did not publicize anything. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

So one Friday night, next to the Black Lagoon at Hogwarts, a dark shadow could be seen coming out of the castle, walking through the grass to a corner, and after a while, behaving strangely back to the castle, oh, and a few more were back on the boat to the lake.

So the next day, there were a number of "idiots" who didn't know what happened to hurt themselves, and there were too many Hogwarts celebrities in them - Cedric Digry, Victor Krum, Roger Davis, and of course, a bunch of boys who thought they were very good in the middle and lower grades, in short, except for Gryffindor and a few self-aware people, the vast majority of the boys seemed to have gone to Madame Pomfrey to report that day. And no matter how much Mrs. Pomfrey asked, she couldn't learn the reason for their injuries from these people's mouths, and in fact, they really didn't know, but in the memories that have not been erased, it seems that she got the news that she was going to invite Holly to the Christmas ball as her female companion, but what she did later was completely unremembered......

Mr. Filch was furious, and you can imagine that every few minutes in the hallway that Mr. Filch had so much effort to clean, a student, with his feet covered in mud, would dance in the hallway in a strange way, even if he called out to Mrs. Norris, but still couldn't see the student's face, and the student left his footprints in every corner of the hallway and slipped away...... All night, Filch was mopping, mopping, mopping...... It wasn't until dawn and a little light outside that the troublemakers stopped appearing, except that Durmstrang's headmaster, Igor Karkaroff, reappeared in the hallway, and Filch's work was wiped out again.

There's also a reason why Karkaroff appeared at Hogwarts so early...... He hadn't been able to sleep at all last night...... The old sailing ships of the Middle Ages, even with the addition of soundproofing spells, could not have any good effect, so all night on the ship, there always seemed to be people there tap-dancing, feeling either around his cabin, or on the upper floor, in short, it seemed that Durmstrang's students had been partying on his back last night, but when he got up in the morning, Karkaroff found that the situation did not seem to be what he imagined, and many of his students did not sleep honestly in bed, but on the deck, lying horizontally…… Among them, there is even Victor Krum, whom he likes and loves the most......

Dumbledore also didn't sleep all night, and he had more headaches than Karkaroff, who could only struggle with a few Durmstrang students, while his boys, Hogwarts, were visibly more affected...... Fortunately, Harry Potter did not appear in the middle of the group of boys, in fact, he himself wished that this scene would happen, so that at least she could see what kind of existence her brother in this existence was, and whether she had a little pity or forbearance in her heart?

But fortunately, the Gryffindor students were not involved, which is good news, at least the Ravenclaw and Slajerin students don't shout, and the Hufflepuff students are notoriously non-existent, even Cedric Digri, who has been brushing his face on campus recently, actually doesn't have too many followers, and even if he has some big problems, he won't be as sensational as Ron Weasley......

On Saturday, the bets on Heley's male partner have been closed, and the underground handicap of several popular candidates has not been able to exceed 1:3, and in the betting world, more than 3 bets with odds of less than 1:3 almost means that the final result will definitely appear in these people...... However, the few generally optimistic candidates did not appear in front of everyone on Saturday, and after that, several people were also silent about this matter......

Similarly, as time passes, other betting content, for the betting items of these boys' female partners, is also being closed one by one, waiting for the final results to be revealed.

Library, as usual for an afternoon, Holly slowly stirred the coffee in his hand, looked at the books spread out in front of him, and the few pieces of letter paper and checks pressed under the books, and shook his head.

The so-called "paparazzi" It was established by the Weasley brothers at the behest of Holly, how to skillfully use the castle to observe the situation and pass on the news, this is what the Weasley twins are best at, even if it is the combination of James Potter and Sirius Black, it is not clear that they can surpass these two in this regard, and similarly, the so-called underground handicap, also has a credit to Holly, but after putting forward this idea, Holly did not get too involved too much, after all, appearing in front of the Weasley twins every once in a while, it is still a little abrupt for her, as for passing the message through Ginny or Hermione or house-elves, Holly feels that there is still a possibility of leaks, it is better to completely let go of the Weasley brothers, see the organizational ability and handling ability of these two, as for the ability to cause trouble, all the teachers at Hogwarts can prove that these two people are outstanding in this regard.

Over time, an unconfirmed partial list of attendance at the Yule Ball spread privately among the students, and the same unrepeatable special spell was imposed, and the price was also exorbitant, but the "paparazzi" did take advantage of the students' curiosity and earn handfuls of gold galleons from the students.

"Cedric Digry - Cho Chang, Fleur Delacour - Roger Davis, Draco Malfoy - Pansy Parkinson, Ginny Weasley - Neville Longbottom, Fred Weasley - Angelina Johnson, George Weasley - Katie Bell, Lee Jordan - Elias Spoonett, Erinka Sterling - Daniel Chang Silver, Holly Parker - Vlad Alcat!