A crisp laugh was heard.

Scott looked up.

A group of small glittering creatures flew out of the green parasites and ivy above everyone's heads.

This is a group of small magical creatures that resemble fairies.

They are larger than fairies, but they are also cute and cute, with a pair of thin green transparent wings on their backs.

Dressed in dresses made of flowers and vines, and holding small and delicate musical instruments in their hands, they played merry Christmas music as they flew around the ballroom, shedding light along the way.

Soon, with music and laughter, they returned to a higher place, and then parted, sitting like swings, in a wreath of parasitic and ivy flowers.

The music stopped, and the fairies of the mountains stopped laughing.

When they played their instruments again, they also sang beautifully and gracefully.

Madame Maxim stretched out her hand and motioned for the warriors to enter the dance floor.

Scott turned around and bowed slightly, holding out a hand at the same time.

Fleur smiled and gently placed her hand on his.

They walked hand in hand onto the star-studded dance floor, Krum and Caccini walking behind them.

Once in the middle of the dance floor, Scott turned around again and placed his other hand on Fleur's waist as they began to move to the rhythm of the music.

Soon, the other students were on the dance floor.

"Have you heard?"

Fleur whispered suddenly.

"Huh?"

Scott raised an eyebrow.

Fleur's voice was lowered.

"Waldo has been making trouble since he came to his senses, and he is desperate to get revenge on you, but Professor Girard sent him home."

Scott shook his head slightly.

"No wonder he didn't show up on this occasion today."

"It's not in the style of the Girards." "If it was in the past, they would have done something." ”

Scott didn't speak, keeping a smile on his face.

Fleur added: "I inquired about the reason, it was because the Russell family helped, and they did not allow you to be harmed in France. ”

She looked at Scott with a curious gaze.

"Can you tell me why the Russell family did this?"

Scott lowered his voice as well, "Probably, they're doing it for Professor Dumbledore's sake. ”

"You're lying."

Fleur gave him a blank look.

"The Russell family is more open-minded than the Girards, but they are still purebloods. Pure-blood families don't look at feelings, only interests. ”

"You're right." Scott said, "Maybe it's because Professor Dumbledore has some deals with the Russell family. ”

Fleur certainly didn't believe it.

"Of course, if you don't want to say that, forget it."

Seeing that she couldn't ask anything, she didn't ask again.

The two began to concentrate on dancing.

Scott took advantage of the spinning motion to glance at the others on the dance floor.

Clearly, Fred had clearly achieved what he wanted.

He and Angelina, who were all red, were dancing happily, like two red roaring letters that were shaking, which attracted the eye.

In addition to this, the combination of Dumbledore and Lady Maxim is also eye-catching.

Although Lady Maxim's dancing moves were elegant, the difference in size between the two was so great that Dumbledore's movements looked very funny.

In order for her to dance happily, at some point, he even had to jump.

Compared to Madame Maxime, Dumbledore was a dwarf, and the top of his pointed hat had just touched her chin.

As soon as the song ended, Scott and Fleur immediately let go of each other's hands and walked out of the dance floor.

Fleur said to him, "Very well, our mission for today is perfectly over. ”

"yes." Scott said in an exclamatory tone, "Just for these few minutes, I got into a lot of trouble." ”

Fleur looked up at the forest fairies who had started singing again.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect that." She whispered, "During the Triwizard Tournament, I thought he would be a little more scrupling. ”

Scott shook his head, "You don't have to apologize, it's not your fault." What's more, I took the initiative to invite you, didn't I? ”

Hearing him say this, Fleur laughed, "Oh, you're right. ”

Scott shrugged his shoulders.

"Alright, let's just go apart." Fleur said, "I have to go back quickly to avoid trouble." ”

"You're going to miss the next ball?" Scott asked.

"Yes, I have already agreed with Madame Maxime."

Fleur glanced at Lady Maxime, who was still waltzing with Dumbledore on the dance floor.

"I don't want to deal with too many invitations."

She took this for granted.

Indeed, at the moment when Scott and she left the dance floor and stood here talking, there were already many boys looking this way.

Scott had no doubt that as soon as he left, someone would rush up and invite Fleur to dance.

Seeing the eyes of those eyes looking at Fleur, Scott nodded understandingly.

"Indeed, if you're not going to develop a romantic relationship, avoidance is the best way to deal with it."

Fleur secretly rolled her eyes again.

"Oh Scott, if you know each other, you should say you'll be dancing with me all night."

Scott raised an eyebrow, "Is this what you want?" ”

"Forget it." Fleur looked at Scott carefully and waved her hand, "Although you are very handsome, I don't like boys younger than me. ”

"Oh, that's a pity." Scott spread his hands.

"Yes, you don't regret it at all."

Fleur laughed.

"Of course, after I leave, you can invite some other little girls, and they will be happy to dance with you."

"If I had that thought, I wouldn't have invited you in the first place," Scott said. ”

"Then I don't care." Fleur waved her hand, "Have a good time, good night." ”

With that, she turned and walked away, and soon disappeared behind the row of Christmas trees.

Scott looked around and walked over to a table and sat down.

Cedric was sitting here alone.

"Cedric, where's your dance partner?" Scott asked.

"I didn't invite a dance partner, and I didn't go dancing." "That's not necessary, I'm not a warrior after all." ”

Scott laughed and teased him, "Oh, you're such a loyal and good boyfriend, don't worry, I'll tell Cho about the situation, and she'll like you even more when she finds out." ”

"No, I already told her." Cedric said.

Scott suddenly remembered that day Cedric had come to the bedroom to borrow [the magic mirror].

He was immediately impressed by Cedric, "You are truly loyal." ”

"Don't talk about me." Cedric smiled, "What about your dance partner, there are a lot of people who envy you for dancing with Miss Delacour......

Just then, several boys approached.

"Troope, where's Miss Delacul?"

"Where did she go?"

They all looked at Scott with blank eyes.

Among them were Beauxbatons students, as well as Durmstrang's.

Scott told them, "She's a little unwell and has left early." ”

"So she won't be seen all night?" A Durmstrang boy asked eagerly.

Scott nodded, "I think so, that's right. ”

Hearing this, several of the boys fell on their shoulders, as if they had received some kind of major blow.

Immediately afterward, they left listlessly, without even saying a polite goodbye to Scott.

"That's a ......"

Scott kindly sympathized with them for a second.

A few more girls came over and asked Scott to dance, and of course, Cedric was invited, but they all declined.

"I don't understand, why would you refuse?" Cedric said, "I didn't hear you had a girlfriend. ”

"Because I don't like this kind of activity in the first place." Scott said.

Cedric didn't say anything more, and the two bored men sat down and began to take pleasure in observing others.

"Oh, you see how happy Roger is dancing."

On the dance floor, Roger is dancing with a blonde girl in his arms, both with happy smiles on their faces.

"Did that guy from Krum never get off the dance floor?"

Krum and Caccini seemed to be dancing with Roger's pair, and they couldn't stop.

"How long can Dumbledore last, you say?"

"Fred and Angelina have become one with the red curtain in the corner."

It didn't take long for Scott and Cedric to be bored and completely speechless.

"I think we can go back first." Scott said.

Cedric immediately agreed, "Good idea, I'm already hungry, we can go to the house-elves and order something to eat." ”

So they got up and left the lively ballroom.

When they walked into the ice and snow forest in the square, they realized that it might not be just the banquet hall that was lively.

While walking through this snowy forest, they accidentally disturbed many couples who secretly met here, hugged each other, or kissed each other.

This makes them say sorry all the way.

It wasn't until they left the square that they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Back at the tower, they had another big meal before they went back to their dormitories.

Walking into the bedroom, Scott picked up the [Magic Mirror] on the table, and found several missed communications, as well as some messages.

Scott opened up the messages, and the content of the messages was basically questions from friends.

Everyone seemed to be envious of them for the Christmas Ball, and curious about their experience at the ball.

Only the content of George's message was cursing Fred, and the red dress that cursed him shattered like a roaring letter to complete his mission, preferably in plain sight.

Scott was about to reply with a few messages when another communication came.

It's Luna.

"Good evening, Scott, Merry Christmas."

Luna, who appeared in the mirror, waved her hand.

The background is in Lovegood's house, in her room.

Luna sat by a small stove with a thick blanket.

"Merry Christmas, Luna, thank you for the gift." Scott said.

Luna's eyes widened suddenly, "Why are you in the dorm room and not at the prom?" ”

Scott told her, "The prom was boring, and I was back early." ”

Luna disagreed, saying, "You should be happy in the moments of joy." ”

"I think today is enough fun......"

Scott talks about how everyone had set up the tower together during the day, and walked out of the tower holding the [Magic Mirror] to show Luna what they had done.

Luna loves the ice sculptures Scott makes, but she thinks maybe it would be more creative with a couple of giant airships.

The two were chatting about the creativity and artistry of the ice sculptures, when George's communication was picked up on the [Magic Mirror].

Scott was on George's side at the same time.

"Scott, find Dumbledore, Harry has been attacked!"

George's background was in the school hospital, and he brought bad news.

"What? At Hogwarts? Scott asked in surprise.

In half of the mirror, Luna's eyes widened in shock when she heard the news at the same time.

George nodded, "Yes, just now, we don't know who did it, but Harry was injured. ”

"Doesn't he know who it is?"

Scott turned and strode towards Beauxbatons Castle.

"He was approached from behind, knocked unconscious, and woke up with no idea who attacked him." George said, "The professors haven't found the killer yet. ”

Scott said, "Can't even Professor Moody find the killer? Should it be the people who stay in school during the holidays, and the number of people who stay? ”

"There are several in every school, and the professors are looking into them."

"So, is Harry seriously injured?"

"He had his wrist cut and he was bleeding profusely."

"Attacked him, but didn't take the opportunity to kill him?"

"Harry collapsed in the hallway on the fourth floor, found by Professor Moody. Probably because he heard Professor Moody's footsteps, the killer fled early. You know, Professor Moody has a wooden leg and his footsteps are loud. ”

"It looked really dangerous."

"Yes, Professor Moody also said that someone had smuggled Harry's blood. Madam Pomfrey said that there was indeed less blood left at the scene than normal. ”

"I see, I'll inform Dumbledore as soon as possible, anyway, I'll get back in touch later."

Scott hangs up George's comms, says goodbye to Luna, and then hangs up on her comms as well.

He quickened his pace through the snowy forest in the square.

This time he didn't care about whether it would affect the couples who had a secret tryst, he just strode past them, and heard a scream from time to time.

That is until he meets Fred and Angelina.

These two red guys are too conspicuous in a white world.

But the two who were hugging each other and gnawing on each other didn't notice him.

Scott had to cough.

Hearing the cough, Angelina hurriedly pushed Fred away.

The girl who played Quidditch a lot had a lot of hands, and she almost pushed Fred to the ground.

In short, Fred stumbled several times before he steadied himself.

After seeing that Kiyoto was Scott, the two of them blackened their faces at the same time.

Of course, Angelina's face was already dark.

"Oh Scott, what the hell are you doing!" Fred asked, "Don't you see we're busy?" ”

Angelina was also very strong, "Or do you want to join us?" ”

"Ahem......"

Scott, who was about to speak, choked on her words.

"Don't even think about it!" Fred immediately exclaimed.

"Of course, I'm not prepared to say yes." Angelina said.

"Ahem! I'm sorry. Scott hurriedly spoke, "I just wanted to ask you if Dumbledore is still in the banquet hall. George had just sent a message that Harry had been attacked at Hogwarts. ”

"What?"

Hearing the news, Fred and Angelina had no intention of joking.

"Dumbledore was still in the banquet hall, at least when we left."

"Then I'll go find him first." Scott walked forward, "Go ahead, have fun." ”

"Wait!"

Fred and Angelina hurriedly chased after him.

"You've got to tell us what happened!"

"Oh poor Harry, is he okay?"

Scott walked briskly as he quickly recounted what George had told him.

"Unbelievable!" Angelina exclaimed, "That's in Hogwarts!" ”

Fred said with some solemnity: "Remember what Dumbledore said, Hogwarts' protective magic has been upgraded, and wizards outside can't enter at all." ”

Angelina exclaimed again, "What do you mean ......"

"That's what you mean." Fred said, "It must have been someone from the school who did it." ”

"And the killer was very cautious, he didn't use magic the whole time, so he wasn't afraid of being examined," Scott said. ”

They discussed a few words as they went, but as soon as they approached the castle, they immediately shut up, afraid of being heard.

Re-entering the ballroom, Scott caught a glimpse of Dumbledore sitting in the front seat.

At this time, he was talking cordially with the two French Ministry of Magic officials who were involved in the Triwizard Tournament.

Scott asked Fred and Angelina to wait at the door, and walked around the dance floor to Dumbledore's table alone.

"Sorry to interrupt, Professor Dumbledore, Mr. Leffieble, Mr. Jolly."

He bowed.

"There's news from Hogwarts that needs to be handled by Professor Dumbledore himself."

As he spoke, he winked at Dumbledore.

Although the two officials glanced at him inquiringly, they were very interested and did not ask much, but politely asked Dumbledore to deal with urgent matters first.

Dumbledore said sorry and left the banquet hall with Scott.

Fred and Angelina followed them as well.

When he came to no one, Scott quickly recounted the story.

After listening to Scott's story, Dumbledore had no expression on his face, just nodded slightly.

"I'm sorry, I might have broken my promise." He said apologetically, "I need to go back to Hogwarts and tell the others that I'll try to get there tomorrow." ”

Scott nodded, "I see, Professor. ”

"Purr."

Dumbledore snapped his fingers.

"Lulu is here!"

A sharp voice rang out, and the house-elf named Lulu burst out of the air.

It stared at Dumbledore with large, round eyes.

"Dear Mr. Headmaster, do you need to do anything with Lulu?"

"Take me out of Beauxbatons, Purr."

Dumbledore commanded.

"Lulu obeys!"

The house-elf said, holding out its hand to take Dumbledore's hand.

With a "snap", their figures disappeared.

Scott pulled out the [Magic Mirror] again and connected to George's side.

"I've told Dumbledore about it, he's already rushed back." He told George.

"Good." George turned his head to the side, "Hear me, Professor McGonagall, Harry, Dumbledore have already rushed back." ”

Professor McGonagall's voice came, "I hear you, thank you for your help, Mr. Weasley, you can go back to your dorm." ”

George immediately quit, "Oh no, I want to stay here and wait for events to unfold, I helped contact Dumbledore just now!" ”

"That's because our Mr. Trollope probably doesn't have a good memory."

Professor McGonagall's voice was a little unhappy.

"He forgot to give his Transfiguration professor a tool to communicate with, Filius is not at school, I can only come to you for help."

Hearing her words, Scott was a little embarrassed.

Probably because Professor McGonagall was too strict, and whenever there was something funny, he would always subconsciously forget to share it with her.

Fortunately, Professor McGonagall didn't say much about the subject, and she said sternly to George, "Although I have a way to contact Dumbledore urgently, it is not a quick one, anyway, thank you for your help, Mr. Weasley, you can go back." ”

George's eyes suddenly widened and exclaimed, "Dumbledore is back!" He's fast! Oh! It was the phoenix that brought him back! ”

"Mr. Weasley!" Professor McGonagall's voice rang out again.

"Oh, I'll go back, Professor."

George quickened his pace and left the school hospital.

Scott: They also saw Dumbledore in the mirror who had staggered past him.

"George, is Harry's injury healed?" Angelina asked.

"The wound on his hand has been healed by Madam Pomfrey." "But he's still weak and needs to drink a lot of potions to replenish the lost blood." ”

Fred nodded, "Anyway, Dumbledore is back, remember to tell us the rest of the story." ”

"It depends on the mood." George pouted and said, "I'm very busy, too." ”

He apparently refused to give Fred a live stream of the Ball.

Fred laughed disapprehantly, "Oh, you'll tell us, George. ”

"Hopefully, remember to pray to me every night, Fred." George grinned and turned off the comms.

After that, Scott returned to the tower with Fred and Angelina.

When this happened, Fred and Angelina weren't in the mood to kiss me anymore.

In the common room, Cedric, who had changed into pajamas and was sitting by the fireplace reading a book, saw the three of them walk in together, and immediately showed a puzzled expression.

Scott had to tell the story all over again.

So Cedric stopped reading, and the four of them sat together on the couch by the fireplace, and discussed the matter without any reason.

Fred said, "Who do you say wants to steal Harry's blood?" What's the use of all that blood? ”

"Is it trying to curse Harry with those bloods?" Angelina guessed.

"Then why didn't he just kill Harry?" Fred said, "If the killer hadn't cut Harry's wrist to get blood, he would have obviously had time to kill Harry." ”

Hearing the word "kill", Angelina couldn't help but shudder and hugged Fred's arm.

"Don't talk about it." She shook her head, "Good thing Harry is fine. ”

"Anyway, Harry's enemies must have done it." "I just don't know if this enemy is hiding at Hogwarts or if he's using dark magic to manipulate a student." ”

Angelina leaned back against Fred, "It's terrible, maybe there's a Dark Wizard or someone manipulated by a Dark Wizard hiding at Hogwarts...... I don't even know which one would be a little worse. ”

"Don't worry, Angelina." Fred put his arm around her shoulder, "Dumbledore has gone back, I believe he will find the murderer soon, whether the murderer is a dark wizard or a manipulated student, he will definitely not be able to escape his eyes." ”

Hearing Dumbledore's name, Angelina visibly relaxed a lot.

"Hopefully we'll hear good news tomorrow."

Cedric also said, "Hopefully Harry's blood can be recovered." In short, the person who stole the blood must be trying to do something bad with that blood. My dad told me that some dark wizards can cast some weird magic through their blood connection to me. ”

"I'm afraid it's too late." "All it takes is an owl to get that blood away," Scott said. ”

At the same time, he also had some speculation in his heart about this incident.

Whoever did it, the person behind it must be Lord Voldemort.

Voldemort's previous resurrection is unknown which of his enemies' blood was used, but for Voldemort, it was destined to be imperfect.

Before her death, Harry's mother, Lily Potter, cast a powerful spell at the cost of her life—

His mother's selfless love was in Harry's blood, protecting him from Voldemort.

As long as he called home the place where his mother's blood flowed, he would be free from Voldemort's harm.

Because of the blood magic, Voldemort couldn't kill Harry, or even touch him.

This is how Professor Quirrell, possessed by Voldemort's remnant, died the year Harry entered school.

Only Voldemort could get Harry's blood and incorporate it into his own body to avoid the protective magic that Lily Potter had left in Harry's body.

Of course, that's probably why the killer who attacked Harry tonight didn't kill him.

With Voldemort's personality, he probably wanted to kill Harry with his own hands after removing the threat of blood magic.

The fact that Harry's blood had been stolen was obvious to him.

Scott believed that Dumbledore, who had always known about the existence of blood magic, should have thought of it right away.

"Scott, what are you thinking?"

Hearing Fred's voice, Scott looked up and saw that all three of the others were looking at him.

"I'm thinking about the person behind this, what is his purpose." Scott said.

Although he knew a lot of clues and a lot of speculation, he obviously couldn't share them.

After all, he couldn't explain his own intelligence sources.

"Wasn't that what we were talking about?" Fred was puzzled.

Scott could only say, "Harry's identity is very special, he is the 'boy who never dies', the 'savior' who gave Voldemort a taste of defeat soon after birth." This may indicate something. ”

"Oh Scott! Don't say that name! ”

Hearing Voldemort's name, Angelina immediately screamed.

Fred and Cedric's faces also turned slightly pale.

Scott said, "Dumbledore said that as long as more and more people stopped fearing him, boldly called him by his name, and confronted him, Voldemort would lose his invincible power. ”

But his words had no effect on the other three.

Their fear of Voldemort has been ingrained since childhood, and it has penetrated into their bones.

Even Fred, who is not lacking in courage, is not afraid of Voldemort in his true heart, but he still feels habitually uncomfortable after hearing that name.

"Alright, mystery man." Scott changed his name.

Cedric was a little embarrassed and said, "Maybe Dumbledore is right, the mystery man draws strength from people's fears." But alas, people have gotten used to this fear, including me. ”

Angelina said: "All the wizards in England are afraid to hear that name, and legend has it that the mysterious man cast a spell on his name, and he would sense the location of everyone who said that name!" ”

"If I had said that name at home, my mom would have beaten me up and moved with us overnight," Fred said. ”

"Don't worry." Scott smiled, "This is Beauxbatons, it's France, and the mystery people won't come here even if they sense my location." ”

Angelina, on the other hand, doesn't think she can rest easy when she is abroad.

"Who knows?" "Don't forget, even the Quidditch World Cup Final, which gathered 100,000 wizards from all over the world, made it in." ”

Fred nodded, "Yes, he wanted to kidnap Harry that time, but Dumbledore stopped him. ”

"He must have instructed this incident." Cedric speculated, "As Scott said, Harry is a special person, and perhaps, even the mystery man wants to use Harry's blood to find out why he lost to a baby." ”

Angelina's eyes widened, "No wonder he's been hiding since the World Cup final. He will not start a war until the reasons for the defeat are found. But then maybe ......"

As she spoke, she seemed to be startled by her own speculation, and her expression was horrified.

"So ......"

"Don't worry, he may not be able to succeed in research." Fred said, "Harry looked normal, nothing special except for the scar. Maybe the reason why he was able to defeat the mysterious man is unexplainable......"

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting more and more solemn, Scott hurriedly spoke, "Okay, let's not think about it here." Anyway, Dumbledore will definitely find the murderer, and we'll ask tomorrow. ”

"You're right." "There's no point in us making any conjectures here," Cedric said. ”

"So, let's have some fun."

Scott drew his wand, made a simple flair game with Transfiguration, and pulled them into play.