On the lawn, the school has put a lot of thought into this time for the Ball, and there has not been such a big change like in previous years, at most it is just to make some decorations, which is like now-

A large meadow was turned into a cavern with sparkling fairy lights, hundreds of living fairies, or should I call them little fairies? They sit among the magically conjured roses or flutter their wings on the statue of Santa Claus and his reindeer.

Anyway, it's not just Christmas decorations, they're also full of romance, with moonlight and starry skies, and it's perfect for a walk at this time.

However, it seems that the timing is not so right.

They walked along a path among the roses, and the surrounding benches were not without men and women sneaking out, but no one made much noise, and it was quiet.

But, when they arrived at a place, a low quarrel reached the ears of the two of them—

“…… Don't understand why all this fuss, Igor. ”

"Severus, you can't pretend that none of this is happening! Over the months, it has become more and more apparent. I'm so worried right now, I can't deny it-"

"Then run, run—I'll excuse you. But I wanted to stay at Hogwarts. ”

Hearing this, the two glanced at each other, and invariably quickened their pace, and soon moved away from the position just now, coming from behind

A flurry of chickens and dogs jumped to prove that they had made the right choice.

"Just... It seemed to be Principal Karkaroff and—" Fleur hesitated as she recalled.

"Professor Snape." Ios added.

"Hmm. They seem to have known each other before? But why would Professor Karkaroff want to run away? Also, what's becoming more and more obvious? ”

Of course, Ios knew what was going on, but he couldn't explain it to Fleur, so he had to divert the topic, "These things have nothing to do with us, don't think about it, it's not good to snoop on other people's secrets." ”

“… Hmm, okay. Fleur replied absentmindedly, clearly still thinking about what had just happened.

Ios had to think about what else could distract her, and he found one that fit, "Look, are that Hagrid and Lady Maxim?" He pointed to two huge figures not far away.

"Huh?! It seems like it really is! Sure enough, Fleur's attention was immediately distracted.

And Hagrid's voice also came, just his size, even if he whispered to ordinary people, it was not small to hear, especially since he hadn't deliberately lowered the volume, maybe in his opinion, no one would come around here.

"As soon as I saw you, I understood in my heart." A hoarse voice came.

Fleur looked at Ios with an embarrassed expression, maybe she thought it was some kind of confession or something, and she shouldn't have eavesdropped like this, especially since she seemed to respect Madame Maxim quite a bit.

"What do you understand, Hagrid?"

"I see...... Got you and I do...... Is it your father or mother? ”

"I-I don't know what you mean, Hagrid......"

"It's my mother, who is one of the few remaining in the UK. Of course, I don't remember her very well......"

A low, hoarse voice still came, Ios already wanted to leave, he wasn't interested in eavesdropping on other people's privacy, but Fleur was fine

As if he wanted to know what he was referring to, not to mention that it had something to do with Maxim Fleur, he had to stay here with him.

Until- "What about you?" Where did you get your genetics from? ”

"Heredity?!" Fleur muttered, as if she understood something.

"It's too cold. I wanted to go in. Madam Maxim's voice, which was colder than this winter, rang out.

"Huh? No, don't go! I- I've never met anyone before! ”

"Someone else? You make it clear! In a cold tone, Maxim's voice sounded again.

"Another half-blood giant, that's needless to say!"

"You're so daring! I have never been insulted like this in my life! Half-blood giants? I? I'm just- I'm just big bones!

This time it was not only cold, but also with a monstrous anger and a hint of shivering.

It wasn't until Madame Maxim walked away angrily that the huge commotion woke up the startled Fleur, who subconsciously looked at Ios and found that his face was still the usual faint expression, and her heart was inexplicably calmer.

The two continued to walk along the path, Fleur still looked preoccupied, and it seemed that the news she had just heard had a big impact on her.

“… Unexpectedly... No wonder..."She didn't stay silent, but from time to time a few words popped out of her mouth, and Ios didn't say anything, she had to think about this kind of thing by herself.

"You... You're not going to tell me what you just happened, are you? What she didn't expect was that she quickly cheered up, and instead began to think about her principal, maybe because she also had a different bloodline, so she was more acceptable?

"I'm not interested in that kind of thing." He just replied lightly.

"Speaking of which, what do you think of these people who have the ancestry of other humanoids?" She asked Ios seemingly casually, but judging by some of her physical reactions, she took Ios' answer seriously.

Is this thinking of yourself? Ios glanced at her, "I don't have any special ideas, I don't care about these things in general, and the value of people doesn't change because of them." ”

Although she didn't get the most satisfactory answer, Fleur still relaxed a lot, at least not to reject it, wouldn't it?

Walking and walking, I don't know when, the two of them held hands together, and the distance between them was much closer.

"These flowers are beautiful, and those little fairies." The two of them had stopped and sat on a chair at this point, and Fleur looked at the surrounding scenery in admiration.

"You're prettier!"

Ios looked at Fleur, and she looked back at him. Gradually, the atmosphere between the two became more and more ambiguous, and the two figures under the moon became closer and closer.

On the way back, Fleur's face still had a faint blush that had not receded, and the way she looked at Ios was different from before, more intimate, not to mention, with occasional flashes of sweetness.

Now that the relationship has been confirmed, Ios is no longer stuck with her as before, and he decides to be biased and tell her about the second project early.

Sure enough, it would be better for his girlfriend to beat the other three warriors, and as for fairness and justice, he flashed aside.