Chapter 236: sea cucumber
The Hogwarts teachers and students continued to express their desire to impress the three other school guests, seemingly determined to show the castle's mouth this Christmas, with the school lit up.
"I haven't seen such a beautiful decoration since I entered school." Iger muttered while looking at the decoration in the auditorium: "What a prodigal..."
Hogwarts is a compulsory education. Except for the cost of books, students need to pay by themselves, and other types of accommodation are free. The most important thing is that the accommodation conditions are very high, and the food is still full of meat. Everything is funded by the Board of Trustees and subsidized by the Ministry of Magic.
Of course, this is not a free subsidy. A large part of the wizards from ordinary families who came out of the school ended up in the Ministry of Magic or the school's own enterprises. This is also the purpose of their funding for Hogwarts.
In the case of paid funding, it is impossible for these families or the Ministry of Magic to say that they do not want to attack Hogwarts, but fortunately, with Hogwarts sitting in the Forbidden Forest, most of them can do it. Self-sufficient, so even if the members of the school board withdraw funds, Hogwarts is not wrong at all, which is why Dumbledore never hangs the school board.
To be the headmaster of Hogwarts means that the next generation of wizards in Britain will become their own peach and plum in the next few decades. This temptation is not small for some politicians who pay attention to fame and fortune.
In today's castle, there are icicles that never melt on the handrails of the marble stairs, which were not taken seriously in the past. The twelve Christmas trees in the auditorium, as always, are now a large piece of glittering gold. All sorts of gadgets, from shiny hollies, to live golden owls who chirped non-stop.
The armors on the side of the road were also cast a spell. As long as someone passed by, they would suddenly sing a song. From time to time, some armors would suddenly meow, and then see Old Filch struggling to pull out from the inside. A cat guard...
"Looks like I can only invite Lavender...before the dance tonight..." Ron muttered in frustration.
"Uh... well." Harry smiled awkwardly, he had finished inviting Ginny.
"I don't think I'm the worst one, think about it, and Neville." Ron always likes to compare Neville with himself, because it will make him feel more at ease.
"Oh... that's a shame, I have to remind you that Neville already has a partner," Hermione said.
"Who?" Ron was taken aback.
Hermione raised her chin, as if she was relieved: "Mad Lovegood, a Ravenclaw girl, one year younger than us, although... her head is not very good, but she looks pretty good. ."
Saying that, Hermione glanced at Iger with a pointed glance, and Iger smiled helplessly.
I really don't know why Hermione is so wary of Luna...
To be fair, Iger really just thinks that Luna's intelligence is very attractive, but it's okay to deal with objects.
Whether in terms of IQ or emotional intelligence, Luna's conditions are not suitable for being a girlfriend.
On the other hand, Hermione, although her IQ is high, her emotional quotient is the same, so confusing...
"Very good, then I'm going to invite her now." Ron stood up eagerly and ran out.
"emmm... I don't know why, but I always feel that the world is malicious to Ron..." Iger pouted and looked at the direction Ron ran away: "He won't fail, right?"
"What a coincidence..." Harry muttered thoughtfully, "I feel the same way..."
Iger: "..."
Facts have proved that the intuition of the two is very correct. When the group returned to the common room after afternoon tea in Emily's Forbidden Forest, Ron was sitting in a small corner with a pale face, looking extremely pitiful. Now, Ginny was looking at Ron worriedly.
"Let me think...she promised someone else?" Iger squeezed his chin and laughed.
"That's not..." Ginny shook her head.
Ron raised his head and looked at several people in despair, his face was bloodless: "She went home, I sent her a letter, and she wrote back that her grandmother was sick, and I didn't invite her for a long time, so..."
"That's not a serious matter, right? It's a big deal to go alone..." Harry was a little puzzled.
"Yeah, that's what I thought too..." Ron's face turned pale. "But why would I do such a thing?"
Saying that, Ron covered his face in despair.
"What?" Iger looked at him suspiciously.
"He... um... he just invited Fleur Delacour to go to the dance with him..." Ginny explained, trying her best to hold back her laughter, but still patting Ron's arm sympathetically.
"So powerful?" Iger grinned: "Brother?"
Harry was stunned for a moment: "What's the matter with you?"
"I don't know how I would do something like this!" Ron gasped and said incoherently, "What am I kidding? It's full of people - full of people - I must be in a daze. Heads over, everyone is watching! I ran into her as I was walking down the hallway...she was standing there talking to Diggory, and I couldn't help myself—just went up and asked her!"
Ron groaned bleakly, covered his face with his hands, and continued to say vaguely: "She looked at me like I was a sea cucumber or something, and didn't bother to answer. Then I don't know why--I just Suddenly I came back to my senses and ran away..."
"Sea cucumber? She must be full of desire when she sees you, boy with thorns?" Iger laughed, his focus was very strange.
Ron suddenly let out a miserable moan, which sounded like a cry.
"Iger!" Hermione tugged at Iger funny: "Stop hitting him..."
"She has a part of Veela blood." You Mengyu, who was reading a book not far away, raised her head: "It should have been casting spells on that Diggory at the time, you happened to pass by, but she wasted her efforts this time, Diggory. Go with Qiu Zhang."
"Did you invite him?" Egger looked at You Mengyu in surprise.
"No, I'm going to invite Qiu Zhang." Youmengyu was expressionless.
"Wait, I'm a little messed up, you let me stroke it, it doesn't seem right?" Iger rubbed his temples and said, "So what should Ron do now?"
"If there's nothing you can do, invite a junior..." Harry suggested.
"All the good-looking girls in the lower grades have also been invited..." Ron's face was bleak He was helpless, let him fend for himself here. ' Hermione tilted her head and rolled her eyes.
"Maybe there is another candidate. We just finished our afternoon tea with her today." Iger thought for a while: "I can't think of anything unexpected, no one should dare to go to the Forbidden Forest to invite her..."
"You mean... Emily?" Ron's eyes lit up.
"That's right." Iger nodded: "Of course, you have to be careful when dancing, don't let her pull your arm down..."
"I'll be back when I go!" Ron's face recovered a trace of blood, and he turned and ran out.
"Will Emily agree?" Harry looked at Iger suspiciously.
Iger smiled: "Have you heard of paid blood donation? Emily has been eating tomatoes for half a year... I don't think she will miss this opportunity to eat meat..."
Harry: "..."