Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 304 Christmas Dance (Part )
Christmas finally arrived as promised.

For ordinary children, Christmas should be a very happy day, because on this day they can not only eat delicious food, but also receive their favorite gifts.

But for Mike, Christmas was not so pleasant.

The reason is simple: he has too many friends.

As you have more friends, you will receive and give more gifts.

This is not to say that Mike is stingy or feels sorry for the money.

The main reason is that it is simply too cumbersome.

Fortunately, Mike now has two house-elves, Winky and Dobby, by his side. When Mike called these two back, the work on Christmas gifts became much easier.

As for the gifts, Dumbledore's gift was a blank pick-up list from the Beedukes candy store. Mike had already deposited a large amount of gold Galleons at Beedukes, and Dumbledore could write whatever candy he wanted on it.

Mike prepared a lot of such pick-up lists, specifically for use as Christmas gifts, and almost all of his friends who didn't know what to give received them.

The only difference is that the amounts on their lists are different from those on Dumbledore's list. Dumbledore's is the only list that has no upper limit, while the others have a maximum limit of 10 gold galleons.

Let me reiterate, it's not that Mike is stingy, but Mike is afraid that his friends will get cavities if they eat too much candy.

As for gifts, Mike put the most thought into the gifts he gave to Cedric and Professor Flitwick.

The gift for Cedric was naturally the ring. As planned, Mike had a lot of light and shadow image magic added to it, and the sound and light effects were absolutely maximized.

The dress given to Professor Flitwick was a three-cornered hat that he made himself based on the lucky hat, with his initials engraved on the brim. For this purpose, Mike specially learned how to make hats.

As for the gifts Mike received, there's really not much to say.

Except for the gifts from a few people who were familiar with Mike, Mike didn't even touch the Christmas gifts from the rest of the people before Dobby and the others dealt with them.

There is no way around it. Many pure-blood families want Mike's life now. Who knows if a killing curse will suddenly burst out from those gifts after they are opened.

Among the gifts that Mike opened personally, the one that made him most satisfied was Penelope's gift.

It was a scarf she had knitted herself.

This scarf is not exquisite, and it even feels a bit furry when worn, but Mike still cherishes it.

Because Penelope spent a lot of effort on it, which can be seen from her hands that were pierced by needles.

Please don't ask me why Penelope pricks her hand when she knits a scarf. Mike doesn't know either. He can only say that Penelope really has no talent in this area.

In the Ravenclaw common room, Mike and Penelope, who had been busy all day, were chatting with the other Masonic members who had already confirmed that they would attend the ball.

Among them, Soraka naturally became Benjamin's dance partner. Mike was not surprised at all about this. The two had been flirting with each other for a long time. Mike even suspected that they had done everything they should and shouldn't have done when they worked together to make potions.

Franklin's dance partner was Hilary, which surprised many people. After all, Franklin himself was quite strong, and he was a member of the school Quidditch team, so there were quite a lot of girls who liked him.

On the other hand, Hillary gives people the impression of being similar to Hermione, also a nerd, who often hides in the corner of the library with a pile of books while wearing a pair of silly glasses.

Everyone was very surprised that these two people could be together and that Hillary was controlling Franklin so tightly. Even many girls who had been rejected by Franklin suspected that Hillary had drugged Franklin.

However, Mike still supports the development of their relationship. Putting aside other things, just the names of these two people are very interesting, one is Clinton and the other is Hillary.

This is really……

As for Victor, he is still hiding in the secret realm of Freemasonry studying his glorious evolution. According to the information provided by Benjamin, this guy seems to have recently begun to try human experiments.

Thinking of this, Mike suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Benjamin, are you saying that Victor has already started human experiments?"

Benjamin, who was kissing Soraka, immediately turned around and said:

"Yes, that's what he told me last time I brought him food."

"So who did he experiment on? I don't remember allowing him to start human experiments." Mike said thoughtfully, "As the person who takes care of Victor, do you have anything to tell me?"

"This……"

Benjamin stammered and was unable to speak. He had been busy with his love affair with Soraka recently and had no time to pay attention to what was happening with Victor.

"You can't blame Benjamin for this," Soraka said to Mike. "You gave him too much work to do. He's been so busy. Look, he's lost weight lately!"

Mike, who had looked at Benjamin for a long time but couldn't see where he had lost weight, sighed and decided to go check on Victor after the party. It probably wouldn't be a big deal. Victor wasn't a fool. He wouldn't do something like experimenting on himself, right...

"Okay, ladies and gentlemen, let's not talk about this for now." Mike stood up and said to everyone, "It's almost time, let's change into our formal attire and get ready to go to the auditorium."

Everyone immediately dispersed and returned to their respective dormitories.

Hogwarts is decorated very beautifully today, especially the lawn outside the hall, where there is a huge cave with twinkling fairy lights inside, which means there are hundreds of living fairies inside.

They sat in rose bushes conjured up by magic or flapped their wings atop statues that looked like Santa Claus and his reindeer.

Mike and his group arrived at the entrance of the auditorium in a mighty manner.

The Franklin boys were all wearing neat custom-made black suits, and Mike looked the best among them. His short blond hair matched the black suit very well.

Franklin was in a terrible situation. Standing in the dark in a black suit, he looked like he was wearing Harry's invisibility cloak. If it weren't for Hillary, who was wearing a lavender dress and holding his hand, no one would have noticed that there was someone standing there.

Professor McGonagall looked at Mike and the others and nodded with a smile, obviously very satisfied.

But when her gaze shifted to Harry beside her, Professor McGonagall's expression immediately turned gloomy.

"Alright, please follow me. The warriors need to sit with the distinguished guests."

After saying that, Professor McGonagall turned away.

Harry looked a little embarrassed.

The dress he was wearing now was prepared by Mrs. Weasley. To be honest, it looked more like a skirt than a dress. The overly long hem and the somewhat worn fabric made him very embarrassed.

Ron beside him was even worse.

The two of them were wearing very similar dresses, and they looked like they were both prepared by Mrs. Weasley, but Ron seemed to have made some minor changes to the dress - he used the Cutting Charm to shorten the hem and sleeves.

But Ron was clearly not proficient enough in the Cutting Spell, which caused the edges of his dress to be covered with raw edges, making it look more like a non-mainstream ripped outfit than a dress.

Compared to their dresses, their partners' dresses were much more beautiful.

Their dancing partners were Indian sisters Parvati Patil and Padma Patil. Sister Payati, who was leaning against Harry, was wearing a pink traditional Indian dress, while Padma, who was beside Ron, was wearing a light green one.

Mike didn't find it strange at all that there were Indians in the British magic school. After all, Britain's immigration policy towards Indians was very open. Mike guessed that this was because India had been a colony of Britain for a long time.

"Let's go, Harry." Mike invited with a smile, "By the way, your partner is very beautiful."

"oh oh!"

Harry was obviously in a daze, and it took him a while to react after hearing Mike's voice.

On the contrary, Parvati, the gorgeously dressed Indian girl, bowed to Mike leisurely upon hearing this, and then said lightly:

"Thank you. Your partner is also very beautiful today."

Mike and Penelope smiled at each other and entered the castle first.

And Payati followed with Harry, who was still a little absent-minded, holding his arm.

Payati's etiquette is almost perfect, which does not conform to the traditional impression of the Chinese people that Indians are dirty and messy.

The family conditions of the two Patil sisters must be quite good. Their family was either noble or high caste in India. This can be seen from their fair skin and the large amount of gold jewelry on their bodies.

Professor McGonagall did not directly take Mike, Harry and others to a small room next to the auditorium, but then told everyone to wait here for a while.

And in this small room, the other two warriors and their dance partners have arrived.

Seeing Mike and Penelope coming into the room, Fleur immediately took the hand of her dance partner, Roger, the captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team, and glared at Mike fiercely.

The meaning was very clear, but Roger next to him was unaware of it. He continued to stare at Fleur with an idiotic look and did not notice the arrival of Mike and the others at all.

At this moment, Roger felt that he should be the luckiest man in the world. Otherwise, how could he explain that a beauty like Furong would suddenly invite him to be her dance partner?

At this moment, he just wanted to look at Furong forever.

Mike completely ignored Fleur, while Penelope, who was standing next to him, smiled at Fleur as if to show off from an angle where Mike couldn't see.

This immediately made Furong explode, and she instinctively turned her head and wanted Roger to speak for him.

However, at this moment, Roger still looked stupid, and it seemed that he was about to drool.

"You...you piece of trash! Get out of here!"

Furong pushed Roger away in anger and sat in a chair sulking.

Seeing this, Penelope's smile grew even brighter.

As for Harry, his attention had never left Krum and his dance partner since the moment he came in.

"Hermione? Is that you? Hermione?"

Harry asked in disbelief.

His voice also attracted the attention of the girl next to Krum. The girl instinctively turned around and saw that it was Harry and Mike. She smiled and said:

"Harry! Mike! You're finally here."

"Uh, yeah. So, your dance partner is Krum?"

Harry's voice trembled when he spoke and his eyes were a little vague.

His dance partner Payati had obviously noticed something was wrong with Harry, and coupled with the previous report in the Daily Prophet, she seemed to understand something, and the look she gave Harry became increasingly unfriendly.

But this was not Harry's fault. Hermione looked so beautiful at the moment, so beautiful that she was almost a different person from usual.

The originally messy and fluffy hair has now been neatly processed into a beautiful princess bun. The normal-sized front teeth also make Hermione's face particularly cute. Coupled with the light pink princess skirt, Hermione now looks like a princess from a Disney fairy tale.

"You look unexpectedly beautiful today!" Mike stepped forward and greeted him, "You look exceptionally handsome, too, Krum."

"Xia Xie, you too, this outfit suits you very well."

Mike was stunned by Krum's broken English.

He knew that Krum didn't understand English, so he didn't expect Krum to respond to him.

Hermione on the side saw this and explained with a smile:
"Krum has been learning English for a while now. Although his accent is not quite standard yet, he can now communicate in daily life!"

"This is all for you," Krum said. "Hermione."

Hermione's face turned red and she was too embarrassed to speak.

Mike's brows tightened at first, then relaxed and said:

"That's great, Krum. I've always wanted to talk to you. Are you interested in developing in Ying Country? Perhaps you can become the product spokesperson for our Los Santos Group."

"Oh, maybe Haohao might need to think about it."

"It's okay. You have a full school year to think about it. Once you've made your decision, you can always come to me."

"Ok!"

Krum smiled and shook hands with Mike. At this moment, he really felt that Mike was a good person! Knowing that he was far away from Hermione and didn't get along well with him, he gave him a chance to stay in Ying Country and work!

"Alright! Everyone follow me, everyone else is already seated, now it's your turn!"

Professor McGonagall's voice sounded again, and everyone in the room quickly responded. Even Harry, who had been in a daze, was awakened.

Everyone began to follow Professor McGonagall towards the auditorium. Mike and Penelope walked at the back. He looked at Krum in front of him with a gradually unfriendly look in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)