Chapter 488 "The Ball Part 5"

Snow fell heavily on the castle grounds. Beauxbatons carriage looked like a great frosted pumpkin in winter, and Hagrid's hut was next to it. It was covered with ice and became buried. The house elves in the kitchen below were busy preparing hot stews and puddings in a variety of flavors.

It may also have something to do with the tense atmosphere last year. After the situation became less serious, the students seemed to be relaxed. Everyone wanted to enjoy this Christmas to the fullest.

The professors also considered this. Whether it was Professor McGonagall or Professor Flitwick, they didn't assign much homework to the students. Even the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, who just got the nickname "Mad Teacher" from the students, left only one homework. 

During the period when Moody was a professor, he saw a lot of terrible curses that he couldn't even imagine, such as the three Unforgivable Curses being thrown around. Moreover, although the homework assigned by Professor Moody is not much, it has always been difficult. 

Of course, the most unbelievable thing for everyone was that Snape did not leave much homework, which made everyone unbelievable.

Ron said, "I bet one Sickle that Snape must have been hit with the Imperius Curse."

Harry also agreed because Snape hadn't even scolded him and Sean in the last class before Christmas. 

"It's not like him at all. Today's last class is Potions class, and tomorrow is Christmas. How can he be so kind? According to his usual habit, he should torture Sean and me before the holiday. I mean, he was weird in the previous few classes and even gave Sean extra points."

Sean smiled and said nothing. He knew what was going on. That day, when Professor McGonagall urged him and Daisy to quickly find a dance partner, Sean took advantage of the opportunity to invite Daisy.

Daisy happily agreed to Sean's invitation. This also has something to do with her knowing who Hermione's dance partner is. When word got out that Sean and Daisy would be the first dance partner, Snape quickly learned.

Sean, who "unfortunately" met Snape in the corridor, was almost poked dozens of holes in the face by him. After escaping with difficulty, Sean also knew that he would definitely not have a good time in the next few classes.

Therefore, in order to protect himself, Sean chose a more shameless approach. Using the Marauder's Map and the information provided by Dave, Sean knew Snape's location in advance and purposely dragged Daisy around.

When Snape came to the corner, Sean pretended he didn't know anyone was around and asked Daisy loudly, "Daisy, how's the gift you prepared for Professor Snape?"

Although Daisy was a little puzzled as to why Sean suddenly mentioned this, Daisy still replied, "It's been ready for a long time."

"It seems that you have taken everything I said to heart." Sean nodded in satisfaction.

Daisy looked at him suspiciously. Sean never asked her to prepare a gift for Professor Snape; this was her own thinking.

However, before she questioned, Sean took her hand and walked away, "Although he doesn't pay much attention to such fancy things, I think gifts should be wrapped good enough. There just happen to be a lot of boxes and greeting cards I have for you to use."

"I've..." Daisy was taken away by Xiao En, covering her mouth before she could finish her sentence.

After walking away, Sean glanced back. Snape didn't come out of the corner after hearing the voices of the two. He had a smug look on his face.

On the other side of the corner of the corridor, the paintings are talking about something.

"He looks happy?"

"He can actually laugh!"

Snape raised his head and stared viciously at the painting. After they fell silent, he left slowly. When he was far away, the painting started talking in low voices again.

"Looks like he is really happy."

"Oh, I can understand his feeling."

In short, under Sean's plan, Snape not only did not trouble him in the Potions class but even gave Sean extra points in an extremely rare way.

In such a happy atmosphere, Christmas came quietly. This is probably the Christmas with the least number of people going home for the holidays, and the castle was lively in the morning.

After happily enjoying breakfast in the Hall, everyone went back to their common rooms to unwrap the gifts from friends. Sean collected a lot as usual, and correspondingly, he also gave out a lot except for freshmen and other students he didn't know much.

Before Christmas, many owls will come with packages and throw them at Sean Wallop. Many people even joke about which package is for which.

Sean had spent the morning collecting and delivering presents, and by lunchtime, they were back in the Hall for lunch, which consisted of at least a hundred turkeys, a heap of Christmas pudding, and a mountain of Cribbage Wizarding Crackers.

In the afternoon, Sean will use this rare holiday to go out and play with his friends instead of learning magic spells or deepening his relationship with magical animals. A large group of people had a snowball fight outside, and when Sean controlled a huge snowball with his wand to bury everyone else, the girls watching were already packing their things and going back.

"It's only half past five. The dance starts at eight o'clock. They went back to prepare for the dance that early?" Harry pulled himself out of the snowball, looking at the backs of the girls leaving.

"Let's go back and prepare as well?" Ron's face was flushed, and they didn't know if it was from the cold or something else.

Finally, the boys also reached a consensus and walked toward the common room together. On the way back, they saw a pair of people in strange costumes and holding strange musical instruments hurrying into the castle from a path.

Ron and Harry looked excited. They told Sean that it was the famous band "Weird Sisters", and it seemed that Dumbledore had spent all his money on this Ball. After all, he invited a famous band to this event.

Back in their respective common room, Sean read the ancient rune materials alone for a while and finally changed into a dress because of his mates.

His roommates all looked extremely nervous, and Terry had been double-checking in front of the mirror that the buttons on his gown hadn't been buttoned in the wrong place.

Another roommate, Michael, looked enviously at Sean, who had just changed into a dress. He looked down at his clothing and said with some emotion, "Sean, you are already handsome enough. I need to not stand around you so that girls would see the gap between our looks."

The other roommates nodded in agreement.

Sean smiled heartily, "Well, my mother has prepared my clothing for me for a long time, and she pays more attention to these things."

His clothing was not bought from Diagon Alley but from Mrs. Wallup's gowns in London's haute couture shop, which she had scouted for a long time. According to the letter he sent to them, he will have his dance partner at the Ball for the first time, which is important.

His parents only regret not being able to see their son dancing with other girls for the first time.

Of course, Sean accepted his parents' kindness, and this clothing was indeed worthy of its six-figure price. It perfectly fit Sean's figure and magnified his look. When they walked out of the common room, there was already a large group of people in colorful dress robes.

When Sean appeared, the crowd let out low exclamations, especially the girls, excitedly holding their hands. His roommates took a step back in unison, their eyes filled with resentment. Sean shrugged helplessly, greeted his friends, and waited for Daisy's arrival.

While looking down at the watch, the crowd suddenly let out exclamations, and some boys even whistled. Sean looked up and saw two girls walking down the stairs step by step.

It's Daisy and Hermione. After putting on their dresses, the two became even more radiant, and they immediately became the focus of the crowd.

Terry sighed from the side, "It's as good as Fleur, is it? Hermione and Daisy are so beautiful."

Sean nodded in agreement.

Terry gave him a sour look. "They are all your best friends, and Daisy is your dance partner. But who is Hermione's dance partner? I heard that Krum invited her, but she rejected him."

Sean just spread his hands and said that he didn't know anything. The two girls came to Sean under everyone's gaze. Hermione is wearing a robe made of flowing light purple and light blue today; her characteristics are completely different from before.

After she walked over, she gave Sean a look and waved her hand, "I'm going to find my dance partner."

"I wish you all a good time." Sean blinked.

When Hermione left with her head held high, Daisy leaned closer. She looked at her leaving figure and wondered, "Is this really okay?"

"Professor Flitwick agreed anyway." Sean shrugged.

"And Hermione seems quite happy," Daisy said.

"It's for the best," Sean said softly, turning to look at Daisy.

Daisy is wearing a light blue tube top dress today, different from the sweet and pleasant character in the past. She has the figure of a little girl today, and her youthful appearance made anyone not want to take their eyes off her.

He stretched out his arms and put on a smile, "Do I have the honor to invite you to be my dance partner today, Miss Potter?"

Daisy's eyebrows turned bright, and she gently took Sean's arm, "I'm honored, Mr. Wallup."

When they came to the Hall, it was so full of students that Sean had to put his hands against the wall, holding Daisy under his arms. The front door was swung open, and everyone turned to see students from other schools walking in with the professors. Krum walked in the front, but his expression didn't look excited.

Sean saw that the lawn had been transformed and that it was dotted with lights, meaning hundreds of living fairies were sitting in the bushes.

Professor McGonagall's voice sounded, "Please come here!"

Professor McGonagall wore a red robe with a thistle wreath on the brim of her hat. She told them to stand by the door and wait for the others to go in first. After the students were all seated, they lined up and walked into the Hall. Fleur and Roger stood near the door. Davis seemed in disbelief about his good fortune to have a partner like Fleur, and he couldn't take his eyes off her.

Cedric's partner is Cho Chang in a cheongsam, and the two are laughing and talking; George's partner is Angelina Johnson, and Fred's partner is Angelina's best friend, Alicia Spinnet.

Krum's dance partner seems to be a girl from Durmstrang; she is beautiful, but she looks young and a little nervous, and Durmstrang's other two delegates are with the Beauxbatons. But they didn't seem to be enthusiastic enough with each other.

The arrival of Sean and Daisy only attracted some attention, because everyone is staring at the last pair who came.

Stephanie and Hermione.

Daisy grabbed Sean's arm and whispered in surprise, "That's Stephanie..."

Sean's eyes twitched, "Yes."

The two on the farthest side received surprised looks from other people, and most of the surprise came from the person next to Hermione.

Stephanie.

She didn't know what kind of thing she was using; her figure was much taller, and she was even on the same level as Sean. Instead of wearing a long dress, she wore a suit and dress similar to Sean's, with a pair of standard men's leather shoes on her feet.

Stephanie's silver hair was tied into a neat high ponytail, and above the thin tie, there was a youthful and hearty smile on her face. She held Hermione on her arm, looking heroic and a bit gentlemanish.