Author: Muduoduomu

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Chapter 36. The late-again boyfriend

When Della returned to the common room, everyone had gone to bed except Fred. Seeing her crawl in, Fred asked, "I heard Hermione say you went out to look for me." He scratched his hair, "our experiment is almost done."

Della had just solved a problem and was in a good mood, but she couldn't tell him. She couldn't explain why she was against Ludo Bagman, although he cheated Fred, she couldn't sue the headmaster for this.

In this case, she had to hide it from him.

"What have you been doing lately?" Della frowned, "the Skiving Snackbox again?"

"You'll love it!" Fred said excitedly. The Canary Creams have brought them much confidence.

Although they were very confident before. However, it's not like their products were popular. They used to be sure that everyone would like their products, and now, it came ture.

Therefore, they thought it's time to take advantage of the happy atmosphere in the school, to launch a few more popular products.

"Students want to skip classes." Fred said briskly, beaming, "when you want to, no matter read a romantic novel, play a game with a friend, or don't write your homework, you can turn to our Skiving Snackbox! It will make you succeed your goals, professor will never find out!"

He recited it affectionately.

Then he asked her, "what do you think you the slogan?"

Della nodded seriously, "it's very attractive. I'll want to see it."

"Oh yes." Fred clenched his fist and give it an air punch.

Della: "Have you succeeded?" Fred: "Oh, we've only managed to make one now."

Della: "Are there several kinds?" "Of course," Fred said, "you can't get a fever every time you skip class. You can vomit, have diarrhea, and so on."

"Interesting. You don't need to describe so detail." Della wisely stopped the further development of the topic, saying good night to her boyfriend and returning to her bedroom.

The next day, at the breakfast table, she had time to apologize to Harry because the map he had lent her was borrowed by the headmaster.

Ron firstly expressed his suspicion, "are you sure it was borrowed instead of confiscating?"

Harry looked worried for his map.

Della shook her head. "No. Headmaster said 'borrow', since he saw a dangerous man on the map."

Hermione gasped, "who is it?"

Della shook her head, "I'm good at secrecy — you want to know?"

By the noon, everyone in Hogwarts knew that Ludo Bagman was the dangerous guy.

He's setting the gambling stealthily. Headmaster was looking into the people who took part in the underground gambling.

At their Divination class, Professor Trelawney guided them to predict the coming task.

As the students who had been with her for three years, they all knew the rules of Divination very well — they all read from the tea leaves that one of the champions would die in the next task.

On account of the fellowship, Cedric died several times — Della found that many girls were prone to predict the death of this handsome guy and wept for the prediction.

For the same reason, Krum died several times. He won the maximum time in the three, boys also believed that he would be the one who met the most dangerous situation and died in the end.

Owing to completely different reasons, the predictions of the beautiful French witch presented a polarization. Boys believed she would be safe, while girls supposed she would die.

Della held the same view, she went out of the classroom as she talked to Katie, "she's so weak that doesn't seem to ride a broomstick. I think she's done, what about you?" Katie nodded, "obviously."

At lunch, people at the table were talking about the Minister of Sports, who was being investigated by Dumbledore about the underground gambling at Hogwarts.

Della: "When did it happen?"

Opposite, Neville was confused, "but Della, they all said it was you… Don't you know?" Della: "…Was that?"

She turned to Hermione, she only told her!

Hermione shook her head blankly and turned to Harry. "I only told you, that's not what I said."

Harry, looked at Ron.

Ron was dazed: "wasn't that? He took a gamble at the World Cup and cheated the money from Fred and George." Then he did it again at Hogwarts, and was caught by Headmaster Dumbledore, which lead to his expelled from school.

How logical.

However, after that, Ludo Bagman did not show up, instead, at the Yule Ball, Percy Weasley appeared.

He represented the Ministry of Magic.

Fred covered his face when he was told in the morning: "Nightmare."

George was also lamenting, "doomsday is coming."

Even Ron looked sick.

His robe was a second-hand one, moreover, it's an old fashion style belong to at least 30 years ago.

He's going to wear it to the ball, tonight.

And he hadn't found a partner yet.

"It's not fair!" He accused Harry for betraying friend.

Harry did feel guilty, and he actively looked for him a partner. He asked Hermione if there's anyone available among her friends.

Hermione shook head: "No, nope. Katie found her partner in the Quidditch team of Hufflepuff, so everyone was occupied."

Harry suggested Ron invite Ginny, but both of them rejected the idea.

Ginny: "No. I will never go with my brother!"

Then she asked Neville.

Ron turned pale when he heard the news, he said to Harry, "can you believe it, Neville got a partner!"

Harry nodded sympathetically, "yeah." While Ron hadn't. Was he worse than Neville?

Girls got much process than boys.

Della started preparing since ten in the morning. She took a bath, did the facial exfoliating, trimmed her eyebrows and nails, applied the depilatory creams.

Then she started curling her hair with magic curler, it could maintain the curls even she rode the broomstick to the thousands feet in the next second, let alone to dancing all night, it won't mess up the party.

She read out the instruction to Hermione: "There's no problem even if you're going to bathe with your lover — does it mean that it won't get wet?"

Hermione had the same stuff on her head. "I think it means curls would stay its shape."

Della nodded. "Really important. I can't imagine what if it happens."

The makeup tonight must be perfect!

Girls had to help one another.

After Della changed into a dress, Hermione took the magic powder, gently covered all the freckles and moles for her, as well as the uneven skin colour, on the back of her neck, back and arms. The skin had been slapped on, was slightly glowing like pearls.

When it turned to Hermione, Della held the puff behind her, "now, it's your turn, lift up your arms and head."

She began to walk around Hermione.

Hermione said stiffly: "Do you think it's necessary…?" She never thought it would be so troublesome to wear a dress.

"Of course," Della nodded, "it's not troublesome at all. It's a dress, after all."

After they checked the make-up for each other in perfect, without any flaw.

Like a flock of birds out of cage, they flocked down the common room and came to the dining room.

The boys were waiting there.

Harry and Ron were standing together. Ron's dress was really old fashion, which made him more like the Victorian gentlemen in the portrait of corridor, except they had the smoothy clothes.

Harry looked much better. His robe was dark green, completely black in the dark, reflected his eyes emerald.

It gave a nice contrast to his wide shoulder and straight back, as well as his good figure; he looked like a young gentleman.

In the past, Harry had attracted many girls by his saviour title, nothing quite compares today, when he put on his formal dress: there's even a vacuum around him kept girls toward him.

"He's so yummy." Della said in Hermione's red ear.

Hermione took a beat later to realize. She wanted to be angry, but worried about the beautiful clothes today, her expression was strange, between smiling and angry.

Della pushed her to Harry, then turned to Ron, who was standing with Lavender.

"I thought it would be Romilda Vane." She whispered to Hermione.

Harry had already taken Hermione's hand and seemed not to let her go.

"When Ron invited her, she had already gone with Dean." Harry said regretfully. Moreover, when he went to ask Romilda Vane for Ron, she thought it was Harry to invite her and even wanted to refuse Dean, which scared away Harry in a hurry.

All the people who met their partner had went into the hall.

The number were gradually decreased.

Hermione waited with Della in anxious, "where's Fred? Where did he go in this critical time!"

Harry comforted her, "I think he's coming."

Ron shrugged: "If we have that, we can take a look." He was a little mind that Della had given the map to headmaster — he still suspected it had been confiscated.

Lavender Brown asked curiously, "what are you talking about, Won-Won?" Della politely stared him as big eyes as a house elf's in shock.

Hermione opened her mouth in silence: what?

Even Harry widened his eyes.

Ron blushed and slipped first with Lavender, he was probably afraid her leak more.

After their leaving, Della found herself: "are they…?" She made a face.

Hermione seemed to have swallowed a whole lemon.

Harry said innocently, "I don't know."

But it's obvious that Ron, when found a girl for ball, had also quickly solved the problem of girlfriend.