Ever since she couldn't help but be happy to tell her that Locke was about to be his dance partner at the Ball, Hermione had become the target of the girls, and the last few days had been difficult.

What Hermione didn't even expect was that even many of the girls in Beauxbatons had some ill will towards her, but fortunately, within a few days, the Christmas Ball was coming.

Locke is also not a bad person, since he took the initiative to invite Hermione, he naturally had to make all the preparations, and prepared exquisite dresses for himself and Hermione.

Hermione chose a light-colored dress, with her long blonde hair pulled up high, and a matching shawl to match the long skirt, with her good looks, if she wasn't young and didn't fully grow up, she would probably become the most eye-catching beauty at the ball.

Locke is a normal dress suit, but they are all specially custom-made, which also makes the eyes of many girls who have long paid attention to him bright, and many girls are surprised that there is such an outstanding man in the academy.

When the dance begins, Locke is guided to dance to the beat of the music under the soothing music.

As her body rotated, Hermione's gown turned gorgeously, like a cluster of dancing elves, and then the gowns on the two of them stimulated the effect of enchantment, and the brilliant magical light emanated, attracting the attention of everyone on the field.

The people around were stunned by this gorgeous scene, and after a while, they came back to their senses and continued to dance with their dance partners, but the envy and surprise in their hearts couldn't hide it.

After the ball, there were many evocative sounds in the hidden rooms, woods, and grass of Hogwarts Castle, and Locke led the happy Hermione to leave to rest, just in time to meet an unhappy Ron and a girl standing beside him.

"Mr. Locke, don't you think you're too old compared to Hermione?" Ron bit his lip and finally uttered such a sentence.

"Ron!" Hermione couldn't help but glare at Ron and said loudly, "What are you talking about!" ”

"Alright, Hermione." Locke smiled and rubbed Hermione's head and said, "Ron, you should care more about your dance partner, let's go." ”

Saying that, Locke took Hermione's hand and bypassed Ron, he naturally wouldn't be jealous with a little boy, and when they left, Ron's dance partner couldn't help but glared at Ron angrily: "You don't want to dance with me, do you?" ”

Ron was silent and didn't speak, in all fairness, his dance partner was also a little beauty, and he could agree to Ron to dance together, and seeing that Ron was wearing some antique dresses and didn't complain, he must have a good impression of Ron.

But Ron's current performance made her can't help but turn around and leave.

"I didn't expect Ron to be so rude, you saved him and Harry in the Forbidden Forest before." Hermione couldn't help but say, "I'll have to talk about him when I get back." ”

"It doesn't matter, I know what he's thinking at this time, because I robbed him of the best dance partner in his mind." Locke smiled and said, "Do you know what I was thinking when I danced just now? ”

"What?" Hermione asked curiously before she could realize what Locke meant by his best dance partner.

"I wondered if I would invite you to join me on my trip, and at the same time I was worried that you wouldn't be able to see your parents and friends for a long time to come."

"Really?!" Hermione looked a little surprised: "I don't think I have a problem, I also want to see how big the world really is with you, teacher." ”

"Don't worry, I'll probably leave at the end of this semester, and I'll tell you where I'm going, and then you can make a decision." Locke smiled, "Now, let's enjoy life at Hogwarts." ”

Locke had actually been a little hesitant to take Hermione away before, after all, he also had a good impression of Hermione, and when he came to the Harry Potter world once, it seemed that he was a little unscrupulous if he didn't try to kidnap Hermione.

Locke wasn't going to hide it, just let Hermione make her own choices when the time came, and he would explain the situation to Hermione before leaving, so that she could decide for herself whether she wanted to go to a completely strange world with Locke.

Two months passed, and the second game was approaching, and on this day, Locke was about to go to the Room of Requirement to practice spells, but he didn't expect to see Harry alone at a railing in a daze.

He went over and said hello: "Harry, why haven't you rested yet, are you wandering here alone at night in a daze?" ”

"Mr. Locke." Harry came back to his senses and said hello to Locke: "I'...... No, nothing. ”

Harry, as always, is the kind of person who keeps things in his heart when he has something, and replied, "I'm just thinking about something." ”

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Locke took the initiative to say.

After a moment's hesitation, Harry shook his head, "Just a little thing. ”

"Are you worried about the second game? You should have thought of it, the song of the mermaid in the golden egg represents that the second game has something to do with water, what are you thinking, can't you think of any way to deal with the game? ”

"That unbearable noise is the mermaid's song?" Harry couldn't help but be stunned and asked, surprised.

"You shouldn't know about a mermaid, so you don't know that he is a mermaid, in fact, the mermaid's song becomes a harsh noise after leaving the water, and magical creatures have various characteristics."

Locke smiled and said, "If you can't think of a way to deal with it, I have a book to recommend to you, or you can ask Hermione, she should know some ways too." ”

"Really? Thank you, Mr. Locke, I didn't expect that voice to be the song of a mermaid, I thought it was the effect of some kind of spell. ”

Harry had an excited look on his face: "I'm sorry sir, I suddenly thought of something and wanted to go back. ”

"Okay, but don't go on a night tour in the future." Locke didn't say anything, and only after he left did he frown slightly:

"Didn't that fake Professor Moody give him a hint yet? Indeed, the plot does not specify which day he prompted Locke to go to the bathroom, and at the same time secretly told the ghost the answer, but he didn't expect that the second game would not be a few days away. ”

Inadvertently playing the role of a fake Professor Moody, Locke didn't care about this little thing, and continued to go to the Room of Requirement, and when it came to the second game, all the teachers and students gathered together and came to the Black Lake Center.

In the cold wind, the four fighters gathered together on the platform, and the referee read out the rules of the match, saying that all four warriors had lost something precious and that they needed to get it back within an hour.

After the four contestants entered the water, all of them tried to look down from the lake, but due to the magical effect, they could see nothing but darkness.

Locke knew that the Black Lagoon that surrounded Hogwarts not only contained magical creature sanctuaries, but also enchanted passages that could even connect to other waters around the world.

The four warriors who need to be rescued are in the area where the merfolk are active in the Black Lake.

Locke also collected some mermaids in his small suitcase, to be honest, the mermaids in this world are not as beautiful and moving as in fairy tales, they are really ugly, reminding that the slender ones are like water snakes, and there are bubbling eyes, which can ruin all the beautiful fantasies of a person about mermaids after seeing them.

(End of chapter)