Chapter 393: Ivan Welcomed by the Ghost

Under the watchful eyes of everyone around them, the two chatted happily.

Neither of them had the will to care for anyone else.

Beauxbatons Academy had more rules than Hogwarts, and they were not allowed to walk around during meals.

Looking at the expressions of some of the students, it looked like they wanted to get close and look for trouble with Ivan, but in the end they all didn't act.

The Great Hall was ringing, because tomorrow was summer vacation. Most of the students' topics were focused on the organization of the vacation and the annual exams that had just ended.

After talking about some of Ivan's past adventures, on behalf of his sister, Fleur invited him to visit her home in Paris this summer.

If he didn't have to keep looking for the other half of the philosopher's stone, Ivan would love to go see it, not just because of the girl Gabrielle. He had listened to Hermione for almost a whole semester, talking about the unique, fascinating and alluring magic of Paris, and he was very intrigued.

Now he had to politely decline the invitation.

Fleur was not unhappy, but the topic turned to the upcoming Quidditch World Cup.

The banquet continued, and under the magic, the exquisite golden chandelier slowly rotated on the huge sky blue ceiling, and the pulsing flames of its candles formed various exquisite patterns.

The ghosts also flew down from the ceiling, performing extravagant acrobatics in the air, and burrowing around the huge circular Great Hall, and then gathering to whisper.

You could tell that the ghosts were very interested in Dumbledore, Sirius and Ivan.

They were talking about the three people's past experiences and were getting gossip all over the hall.

Strangely, more and more ghosts gathered around Ivan.

The number far outnumbered the main guest seats, as the ghosts' attraction to him seemed to outweigh that of Dumbledore and Sirius.

"You're very popular!" Fleur said with a smile, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.

Looking at the half-moon like smile on Fleur's face, Ivan was confused.

It was nice to be popular, but it was too weird with all the ghosts as fans! It wasn't so nice to think about it....

These ghosts pointed at Ivan, but none of them dared to go on.

"So, you're that Ivan Mason? "Just as Ivan was thinking about the reason for everything, a male ghost dressed in a medieval French aristocratic costume fell stiffly beside him, looking a bit like Nick Almost decapitated....

Like Nick, his neck was gone, as if a slice had been taken directly from his shoulders.

Only his body and head floated in the air, which made him look very odd and funny.

If it hadn't been for the angry look on the ghost's face, Ivan would have almost laughed out loud. He hastily wiped his mouth with a napkin to cover his smile.

"This is Vincent Duc de Trefle-Picques!" Fleur leaned over his head and whispered, "You must have offended him. He doesn't always do that."

Ivan had seen this ghost's name in 'History of Magic' before. It was said that he put a concealment charm on his neck to pretend that he had been beheaded and had escaped the gallows.

For the actual effect, the effect of that Concealment Charm was too perfect.

Even after his death, the power of the Enchantment had not disappeared.

Of course, the main reason why he could be included in 'History of Magic' was because he had invented the Concealment Charm on the basis of an ancient magic scripture, a high-level spell that marked an era.

This charm could make something disappear permanently, but the success rate of casting it was very low, and it was a Beauxbatons-specific charm, so not many people knew about it.

Although he had heard the Duke call his name, Ivan was sure he had never seen him before today, and he didn't know why this ghost was glaring at him angrily.

"'Hogwarts Magic' you created!" Duc de Trefle-Picques said loudly with his milky white, translucent body showing a pinkish color. "Like other ghosts, I wrote a lot of things and mailed them, but all the news I provided was not used. I've already been rejected 76 times! Nick, that nasty guy, said that the content of my news was too shallow..."

Hearing this, Ivan knew what was going on.

No wonder so many ghosts surrounded him, all of them like the Duke of Trefle-Picques, hoping to get along with him so that their respective contributions could be adopted by 'The Magic of Hogwarts'.

Ivan had this situation before at Hogwarts. Now he was almost the most popular among the ghosts.

Wherever he went, there were always ghosts surrounding him.

In fact, the life of a ghost is too boring and there is hardly any entertainment.

With almost no help, since last year, many ghosts had provided news and reports to 'Hogwarts Magic' and were proud of the adoption of their articles.

This was originally a whim of Ivan's, hoping to add a little to the lack of contributions to 'The Magic of Hogwarts'.

Who could think of it? But in the end it gradually became the paper's biggest highlight.

The ghosts knew many secrets and saw things from a different perspective. Their unique reports were unexpectedly well received by the wizards.

The presentation also aroused unexpected enthusiasm among the ghosts. Although Ivan paid them nothing, he gave them something to brag about!

After all, they could use their dull and empty time to write, and their articles could be published in the live newspapers, arousing the attention and discussion of the magicians.

Such a thing, to have one's work be the center of attention of the living, was an incredible achievement for a ghost!

With the growing influence of 'The Magic of Hogwarts' and the increasing number of subscribers, contributing to the paper had gradually become the most important thing for ghosts.

Today, not only Hogwarts and UK ghosts, but also many foreign ghosts such as the Duke of Trefle-Picques began to contribute and give news to the paper.

This issue was mainly handled by Nick almost decapitated. As far as Ivan knew, he did a good job.

However, he was not surprised that Nick treated the Duke of Trefle-Picques' work badly.

Nick was good at everything. He was upset that he hadn't had his head completely cut off.

Even though hundreds of years had passed, he was still complaining about it.

No wonder he was jealous of the Duke of Trefle-Picques, whose neck had completely disappeared.

Although this was because of the enchantment, in Nick's opinion, all that mattered was that the neck of the Duke of Trefle-Picques was not there to be seen!

With this in mind, of course, it would not be rational to expect him to adopt the Duke of Trefle-Picques' contribution.

Looking at the angry ghost, Ivan had to try to appease him, and promised to ask Nick to notarize the case and use his manuscript after returning to Hogwarts.

The Duke of Trefle-Picques nodded with satisfaction and flew away, but encouraged by him, more ghosts immediately rushed towards Ivan....