Chapter 248: Chatting
Under Professor McGonagall's guidance, the Triwizard Warriors and their dance partners made their way to the guest of honor, apparently as a reward for their status, and Darren pulled out a chair for Hermione before taking a seat next to her. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Krum and Fleur also sat around their respective tables, but being able to eat at the same table with the headmasters made them a little cramped, and in the past, Hogwarts banquets were all buffets, and the food would appear on the table and be full, but now they didn't know what to do when they looked at the empty plates in front of them.
Soon, Dumbledore showed them how to order, he picked up the small menu next to the plate, looked at it carefully, and then looked at the plate and said very clearly, "Pork chops!"
With Dumbledore's voice, a pork chop with just the right heat immediately appeared on the plate, well, it seems that Hogwarts tonight has changed from a buffet restaurant with more or less self-picking, to a la carte restaurant, which will undoubtedly greatly burden the kitchen, because they need to pay attention to the requirements of each diner.
However, Darren thinks that in addition to being more formal, there is no difference from a buffet, it is better to do it yourself, at least the amount can be grasped by yourself, the dietary structure of Western food is heavy on oil and meat, unless you eat a salad without sauce, if you don't pay attention to control, eat mechanical satiety like Chinese food, eat more birds than 100%, perhaps, this is why foreigners are prone to big fat people......
After Dumbledore's demonstration, the others at the table followed suit and ordered their favorite food on the plate, and after a few bites, it seemed that under the influence of the food, several students were no longer so nervous and began to talk to each other, of course, the warriors and their dance partners.
"Ah, we also have a castle, I don't think it's as big as this one, and it's not as comfortable as here," Krum said to Hermione, yes, I don't know if it was accidental or intentional, he sat next to Hermione, and was now chatting with her, completely ignoring the feelings of the dance partner next to him, and Darren...... "Ours is only four floors, and it can only be lit when magic." But our field is bigger than here - but the days are short in winter and we can't play on the field. In the summer, we flew around outside every day, over the lake, over the mountains—"
Hermione seemed a little overwhelmed by Krum's behavior, after all, she was sitting at a table, and it seemed that it was not convenient to dodge or forcefully refuse the other party, but fortunately, someone quickly helped her, "Alright, alright, Wickdor!" It was Karkaroff.
He said with a smile, but there was no smile in his eyes, "Don't give more secrets, or this charming young lady will know where we are!"
Dumbledore smiled, his eyes sparkling. "Igor, keep it a secret like this...... People think you don't welcome people to visit. ”
"Oh, Dumbledore," Karkaroff said, grinning wide, showing a mouthful of yellow teeth, "we all want to protect our private domains, don't we? don't we need to be careful to guard the halls of the school we have entrusted with?Shouldn't we be proud that only we know the secrets of the school?shouldn't we keep them......
The conversation between Dumbledore and Karkaroff caught Krum's attention, and Hermione relaxed a little and pouted at Darren, who was also dissatisfied with Krum's dance partner, who had not paid attention to her before and was certainly not a Gryffindor student.
On the other side, Fleur was also speaking to Roger Davis, but it seemed a little louder than Darren and Hermione, "It's nothing," she looked at the star-twinked walls around the Great Hall and said contemptuously, "At Beauxbatons Castle, our Great Hall is filled with ice sculptures at Christmas. Of course, they don't melt...... It's like the giant diamond statues, which sparkle in the auditorium, and the food is superb, and we have the choir of mountain fairies, and when we eat, they serenade us, and we don't have any of these ugly armors on the wall, and if any mischievous ghost breaks into Beauxbatons, he will definitely be kicked out!"
"She's going too far, Hogwarts is great, Davis should have told her that!" Hermione said a little angrily.
But Roger Davis obviously couldn't do it, he looked at Fleur with a look of fascination on his face, and several times the fork was crooked, and he didn't put the food in his mouth, "That's right!" Davis replied busily, "That's right!"
Seeing that Krum's attention was diverted from Dumbledore and Karkaroff, and he was about to speak to Hermione, Darren raised his glass and turned in the direction of the other party, "Merry Christmas!"
Krum hesitated for a moment, then raised his glass as well, "Merry Christmas!"
They both took a sip, of course it couldn't be wine, but it was enough to bring them closer, "You behaved so bravely that day, charging at the Tree Hornet, what was that spell?"
Hearing Darren talk about his performance in the day's game, Krum subconsciously shook his head, as if he was stunned by the golden egg and returned, then raised his head and looked at Darren, "It's nothing, your method is really ingenious, I heard the commentary," he raised his heavy eyebrows, "Actually, I wanted to do that at first, but ......" He looked in Karkaroff's direction, "I'm not sure if the spell I learned can be completed." ”
"Oh?" Darren was a little surprised by Krum's directness, he looked at the other party, "Maybe, we can learn from each other, so it's good for both of us, isn't it?"
Hearing Darren's suggestion, Krum's eyebrows furrowed, "Learn from each other?
"What do you think is the purpose of the Triwizard Tournament, to pick one of the strongest students from the three schools?" Darren said slowly, "It provides an opportunity for us to interact with each other, after all, for most students, there is not much chance to meet students from wizarding schools in other countries," he glanced at Karkaroff, "not to mention, the magic school that is not even prepared to reveal the exact location." ”
"Are you going to come to Hogwarts for a year, and go back with only one 'Warrior' title and a thousand Galleons? ”
"And what do you want to do?"
"You certainly didn't use textbooks like The Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration, Theory of Magic, Magic Potions and Potions, and Standard Spells, but the spells that were very common to you, I probably never saw them, and likewise, what I learned at Hogwarts, you probably hadn't been exposed to," Darren looked at Krum, "Even if it's just looking at each other's notes, it must be of great benefit to us, even if it's just to complete this competition." ”