The news that the Hogwarts would be holding a Christmas ball was like a bomb thrown into a calm lake.
In the past, only a small number of people stayed at school for Christmas.
This year was different. It seemed that all the students from the fourth grade and above would stay.
As for the students from the first to the third grade, they were all thinking of ways to stay and participate in the ball.
Everyone was obsessed with the upcoming dance party, at least all the girls were like that.
The boys were surprised to find that the Hogwarts had so many girls.
They all dressed up meticulously and became more beautiful than ever, attracting more attention. The girls giggled and whispered in the corridor. Every time a boy walked by, they would laugh loudly and excitedly exchange ideas about what to wear on Christmas night …
"I really don't understand these girls!" Ron sighed.
"Yeah, why are they all moving around in groups?!" Harry said. "If it keeps going like this, how can we wait until they move around alone and grab one of them to make a request?"
At this time, about ten girls walked by. They looked at Harry and Ron and giggled.
"Maybe we can use a noose to catch one of them!" Ron said hesitantly. "Have you thought of anyone to invite?"
Harry did not answer. He knew very well who he was willing to invite, but it was another matter if he could muster up the courage to do so.
After all, Qiu Zhang was a year older than him. She was very beautiful and an excellent Quidditch player.
She was also very popular, and it seemed like …
"I haven't thought of anyone to invite, but you should be fine, Ron!" Harry said at last. "You are a warrior, and you just defeated the Fire Dragon. There should be a lot of people lining up to dance with you."
"I hope so. Elwyn will definitely be with Hermione, so he won't have to worry about this!"
Ron's prediction was not accurate at all. Elwyn was also troubled by this matter.
He had originally thought that Hermione would invite him. They had experienced so many things together, so he would definitely be Hermione's dance partner.
However, that was not the case. From the day the news was announced, Hermione had not expressed her position on this matter.
She didn't talk about the ball with Elwyn and the others. Every time Elwyn brought up the topic, she would leave immediately.
Looking at Hermione's expression, she was acting as if nothing had happened and was concentrating on studying the house-elf.
What was going on? A girl's thoughts were really hard to guess!
Elwyn didn't lack invitations from girls, he just hoped that Hermione could invite him.
With Elwyn's fame and performance in school, he had long become one of the ideal dance partners for many girls.
Just as he and Corin rushed to the Transfiguration class, a fifth-year girl from Ravenclaw Academy took the initiative to invite Elwyn to the ball with her. This was already the third one today. Before this, they had never spoken to each other.
Elwyn rejected without even thinking. The girl walked away, looking hurt.
"Actually, she's quite pretty," Corin said fairly, looking at the girl's back.
"Forget it. She's much taller than me. I don't like girls taller than me!" Elwyn replied.
"If only someone invited me. My brother and I want to go to the ball too."
Regarding the Christmas ball, Corin and his brother Denis had other worries.
Both of them weren't old enough, so they had to find a senior girl who was willing to invite them.
Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to attend the Christmas ball and could only go home.
Or worse, they could lie in their bedroom on Christmas Day …
Corin and Denis didn't give up and were actively looking for opportunities.
But to be honest, the possibility of them attending the ball was very low. Hogwarts's current student population was obviously more male than female.
The girls from first to third years faced the same problem, but their situation was slightly better.
Based on the ratio of males to females, many of them had the opportunity to attend the ball.
In this situation, they had to take the initiative. The junior girls were all looking for suitable candidates.
For example, Krum was the most popular. Many girls liked him because he was a warrior and had a great reputation.
They gathered around Krum, looking for any possible opportunity to rush up and introduce themselves …
Ginny didn't run around the castle like the other girls, looking for popular candidates.
This confused Corin, but Elwyn knew what was going on with Ginny.
She liked Harry. Until now, she still hoped to be Harry's dance partner.
The possibility was also very low. Harry didn't have that kind of thought about Ginny at all.
He was now together with Ron every day, whispering and planning for Ron and doing some useless things.
"Quiet!" Professor Meg slammed the desk and said unhappily, "I know what you're all thinking, but please don't bring this kind of emotion into class. If anyone isn't paying attention, I'll ask them to leave!"
The blackboard was filled with words. The main content of this class was: How to adjust the Transformation Spell when changing species.
This was very important content, but no one was paying attention to it.
Professor Meg spoke for a while. After seeing that everyone was paying attention, she turned around and continued to explain the key points.
When they were practicing in groups, she didn't let the students idle until the last second before class ended.
As Christmas approached, the students' emotions became more and more unstable.
It became more and more difficult to concentrate and listen to the class.
Some teachers, like the short Professor Flitwick, saw that the students were obviously not paying attention, so they simply stopped teaching.
But many professors were like Professor Meg, they weren't that easy to talk to.
For example, nothing could divert Professor Benz's attention. He continued to wade through the pile of notes about the Fairy Rebellion. The students speculated that since Professor Benz didn't let his own death stop him from continuing to teach, a small matter like the Christmas Ball would not distract him at all.
It was strange that he could actually talk about the bloody and soul-stirring Fairy Rebellion as boring as Percy's Bottom of the Crucible Report. It was inconceivable.
As for the in-term general exam, he changed the content of the potion class for all the years to decoct the antidote.
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