mystery lover

Chapter 14

It was already Saturday afternoon when Charles returned to school. He was worried because he had been missing for a day, but when he met Lucas in the corridor, it was the other person who asked in surprise.

"Charles, aren't you going home? I thought you wouldn't be back until tomorrow."

Charles was confused by the question, thinking that he hadn't asked for leave or returned to the dormitory, so he could only say awkwardly, "Well... Luca, I'm not at school on Friday, did the professor..."

"Ah, speaking of which," Lucas slowed down, and walked towards the auditorium with Charles, "Charles, did something happen in your family, why did you go home all of a sudden?"

Lucas remembered that he was in the classroom that day, and he was a little worried when he didn't wait for Charles, but he couldn't find anyone when he went back to the dormitory. Later, after hesitating for a long time, he found out that Charles had asked for leave to return to the head of Hufflepuff. home.

"Luka... how did you hear that I'm coming home?"

"Here is the dean," Lucas said, looking at Charles with some resentment, "I was so worried that you didn't come to class, and I couldn't find you anywhere, so I had to go to the dean Yes, it turned out that you had already asked for leave to go home, hey...Char, what is your expression?"

Charles was a little shocked, and his back was sweating with fear. After hearing what Lucas said, he almost suspected that he had really asked for leave to go home. "I didn't ask the dean for leave... huh?"

"Hey, that's probably your father asking for leave for you," Lucas said indifferently, but seeing his friend's expression getting weirder, he also became serious, "What's the matter, Char? What's the matter?"

Charles's mind was still stuck on the inexplicable leave, and he couldn't answer Lucas's question that he had no clue about. He hesitated and changed the subject after a few words. After all, this weird leave just happened to be resolved. solved his problem.

Leaving school without authorization is not a trivial matter. Thinking of this, the culprit dragged him to the hotel after taking him to see the Muggle Christmas parade yesterday, and was said to be a joke by the other party. Put him out of bed.

Just by rushing at the other party's arrogant behavior without considering the consequences, Charles has already thrown the villain Tom in his mind several times.

Hey... After sighing at his man's perverse behavior, Charles was a little thankful for having such a ready-made excuse, but the boy decided to send a letter to his father after a while to find out about the situation at home.

*****

When the two teenagers were about to walk to the auditorium, a figure suddenly stood in front of them.

"Hi, I'm Katie Haines."

The girl in the Slytherin uniform smiled sweetly as she spoke.

"Uh..." This was the voice of Lucas whose head was temporarily frozen, because the target of the girl opposite was obviously Charles beside him, judging by the way the girl looked at Charles intently.

"Hello."

Charles didn't know the girl in front of him. Although the other party quickly explained the purpose of coming, it still made Charles a little at a loss when he encountered this situation for the first time.

"I'm a fourth year Slytherin, Charles, may I call you that?"

When the girl said this, Charles vaguely felt that there were suddenly many people wearing green school robes around him, and these Slytherin students seemed to be watching them casually.

"Okay, what's the matter?"

The girl seemed to blush because of Charles' question, but she quickly answered the boy's question, "Charles, do you have a girlfriend for next week's party?"

The pure-blooded girl named Katie Haynes finally explained the reason for stopping Charles. After being signaled by her family, she chose to send an invitation to the boy in front of her, who has occupied almost all the topics recently. This is A very risky temptation, because the other Slytherins are still waiting to see, and many of them inevitably have the idea of ​​using the power of this family to test this for a fourth-year girl who can only be counted as an upper-middle class girl. The Hufflepuff pureblood boy favored by the grown-ups.

That day in the Ministry of Magic, the Lord personally escorted Charles McAvoy, which caused some Slytherin students who were still hostile to Charles to put away their small thoughts in shock after hearing the news. Almost every student from a pure-blood family at school received a severe warning from their family. Although they did not explicitly ask them to show favor to McAvoy, they were absolutely not allowed to do anything that would displease the Lord.

This is also the most conservative method thought up by those Death Eaters who can't guess their master's mind. Of course, there are also adventurous families like Haynes who choose to use the ready-made opportunity of the Christmas ball to deal with Maika. Voy makes a probe.

"No."

Charles spoke the truth, and almost as soon as he had finished speaking, the girl invited him.

"Charles, may I be your dance partner?"

"Ah...this..."

Charles was a little overwhelmed by the sudden invitation, after all, this was the first time he was invited by a girl.And Lucas next to him looked more nervous than him, as if he was the one facing this huge problem.

In the boy's hesitation, the girl's patience seems to have run out. In fact, this is also very understandable. After all, she actively asks to be a boy's girlfriend under the watchful eyes of everyone, and the other party doesn't seem very happy. Embarrassing, let alone the always proud Slytherin.

In fact, Charles just happened to think of his father's previous letter asking him to choose a girlfriend, but because of a series of things that happened afterwards, he almost forgot about the Christmas ball.

But even if Charles remembered the imminent prom now, he would not accept the girl's invitation in front of him, but it seemed too embarrassing to refuse the girl in front of him in this situation.

What Charles didn't know was that as early as he hesitated, the person opposite had already felt insulted.Fortunately, at this moment, a voice not unfamiliar to Charles intervened.

"Hey! Char, long time no see!"

Harry walked up to Charles to say hello, and the other party gave him a relief? ? ?smiley face.And the golden boy of Gryffindor realized that the atmosphere around him was a little, a little, a little weird after exchanging a few habitual greetings.Then he saw the boy next to him who was greeting him a moment ago looking politely and formally at the girl standing opposite him, oh, forgive Harry for not really noticing that there was someone on the other side just now, his eyes were all on the other side. On to Charles.

"Miss Haines, thank you for your invitation, but I don't think I need a female companion for now, sorry."

After Charles finished speaking, he pulled Harry beside him who hadn't regained consciousness, and then pulled Lucas who was still in a daze on the other side, and led the two of them quickly detoured away from the increasingly crowded corridor.

Katie Haines's beautiful face was already flushed with anger at this moment, especially after hearing some Slytherin's ridicule, she left this place angrily. Of course, her direction was the same as Charles was right on the contrary.But for the other Slytherins, Charles's rejection of Haynes just now made them more optimistic. If he just accepted the invitation of an ordinary nobleman, it would not be worthy of their attention.

*****

Originally, he thought that McAvoy could not see such an ordinary family as Haynes, but in the following week, Charles rejected three Slytherin girls one after another, and after one Ravenclaw girl, it was true. It made some people dissatisfied.

And Charles, who was regarded as the culprit, turned extremely ugly after rejecting another fifth-grade senior, and tonight was the Christmas ball that was loved by Hogwarts students.

Especially this year, the two magic schools of Durmstrang and Beauxbatons joined in and the warriors of the Triwizard Tournament danced, which made this year's dance extraordinarily important and attractive.

It can't go on like this. In the past two days, Charles has clearly felt the hostility towards him that had been suppressed by Slytherin, and now it is faintly emerging again.

Sure enough, not long after Charles walked out, he was stopped by a group of people in a secluded corridor.

"It's just a useless Hufflepuff, what right do you have to show off?" Panjin Parkinson walked in front of Charles, without hiding the sarcasm in her eyes.

Even if we still don't know the reason why Lord is so special to this boy in front of him, the McAvoy family is not worthy of their lower status as the oldest nobles in the wizarding world, so Pan Jin's behavior at the moment, It's completely disgusting for a stupid Hufflepuff to repeatedly reject girls from their house.

She really wanted to see what kind of female companion this Hufflepuff wanted to find?

In fact, Charles, who was very wronged, looked at the aggressive girl in front of him, and was a little speechless. He didn't want to refuse other people's invitations like this, and he didn't expect that so many girls would be attracted to the assistant minister, who seemed to him a false identity. Come ask him to be your dance partner.

However, the point is that he doesn't need a female companion at all.

If he doesn't express his position at this time, it is very likely that his father will immediately arrange an engagement, so he will definitely not approach any girl at this time.Fortunately, he can use the excuse of spending time in the library to study in the library and not having time to socialize with girls in order to behave better in front of the Lord to deal with his father.

Although not a long-term solution.

"Humph, a Hufflepuff who has never gotten an O in the final grade, do you think the Lord really wants you to be such a waste?" The boy with short platinum blonde hair stood next to Pan Jin with his arms folded, led by Draco The small circle of people gathered here at the moment, and their purpose today was simply to teach this bold Hufflepuff a lesson.

Charles' face was a little red at the moment, and what the other party said were all facts, which made it hard for him to refute anything.

"I'm very sorry……"

Hearing the boy's perfunctory answer, Pan Jin frowned fiercely.

The dignity of the Slytherins was not to be trampled on, and the boy across the way was clearly provoking them.

"McAvoy, why don't you tell me directly, who do you want to invite as your female companion?"

Given that this person is currently Lord's nominal assistant, Draco and the others are not going to take action against Charles directly, especially when the warnings at home are still there, at least they will not use too obvious methods to teach the boy .

Of course, such threatening conversations are still necessary.

Charles looked at Pan Jin who was asking the question with some embarrassment, and finally confessed honestly, "Sorry, in fact, I don't plan to invite female companions."

"Why, if you're not going to invite a female companion, it's rare that you're planning to invite a male companion?"

A voice that was only joking but actually mocking came from Slytherin's side, and when Charles heard this sentence, his face turned red obviously.

How could he invite male companions to Hogwarts!But the other party's words still hit his weakness.

When the Slytherins who had been laughing at first saw the blushing cheeks of the boy stopped by them, Charles's forbearance without refuting a word made Pan Jin, a girl who is more sensitive to emotions, notice Something was wrong, and others gradually noticed the problem.

"You... don't you like boys?" Pan Jin's tone was a little blunt, and her words made several Slytherins look shocked, and even Draco stared at Charles without blinking. .

Just when the atmosphere was getting weirder, a voice broke everyone's tense nerves.

"What are you doing--?"

When the deep and cold voice sounded, Charles realized that the hands under the sleeves had clenched into fists at some point.

When Barty Crouch Jr. walked past Charles, he was still cursing in his heart how this brat could cause trouble so much.

Batty Jr. also heard about the fact that Charles rejected several girls. Although he was in a strange mood for a moment because of this incident, the boy's obviously inappropriate and even stupid approach still made him waste a lot of money. Spending precious time worrying about this brat, it's - damn it.

No, here comes the trouble.

Because of Barty Crouch Jr.'s appearance, the Slytherins instinctively backed away. Although they dared to trouble Charles, they didn't dare to let Lord know about it.

But there are exceptions. When Della realized that she had retreated subconsciously, her complexion immediately turned a little bit bad.

"Professor, you favor Hufflepuff students in this way, and instead target us Slytherin, does Lord know?"

Stabilizing his figure, the platinum-haired boy said coldly, he already knew from his father why the Lord sent Barty Jr. to Hogwarts, in order to strengthen the reputation of Slytherin House in the school. Therefore, the young man did not retreat because of the appearance of the man at this moment, although compared with the man in front of him, he was still much weaker in momentum.

Little Barty looked coldly at the kid from the Malfoy family in front of him, and raised his brows slightly for a moment, but instead of getting angry because of being questioned, he said with a smile, "Then our Master Malfoy, with a group of Slytherins The students who came to besiege the people chosen by the Lord are dissatisfied with the decision of the Lord? Or is it a more direct provocation?"

After the cold voice stopped, Draco's face turned pale, and the other Slytherin students showed the same look of fear after hearing Professor Crouch's words. They definitely did not intend to provoke the Lord!Professor Crouch's charges in these words are too serious!But the damn thing is that they really seem to be dissatisfied with Charles... Oh no, including Draco, they all regret the impulse just now.

"Also, Draco, I don't think you're qualified to be called Lord right now."

Little Barty said maliciously, when he smiled, he only raised the corners of his mouth slightly, which really didn't make people feel any kindness, and this almost directly hit the boy in front of him, making Draco's face even paler.

"Aren't you going yet?"

The last warning, out of Draco's fear and reluctance, these Slytherins followed him and left here quickly, no one wanted the Lord to know about it.

After the appearance of Barty Crouch Jr., Charles was guarded by this professor from the beginning to the end, which made the teenager feel lucky from the relief of the crisis. Leitlin's student, Charles gradually became confused.

Does Professor Crouch really need to do this, to offend such a Slytherin student for himself, a Hufflepuff student?

"What are you still doing?"

After driving away the group of brats, Little Barty turned around and saw the dazed kid behind him, and immediately became upset again.

Charles couldn't remember how many times he heard Professor Crouch say that, and felt a little embarrassed.

"Thank you...professor."

Hearing the boy's respectful answer, little Barty frowned even more. After waving the boy to leave, little Barty began to recall what the group of Slytherins had just said to this brat.

Like...boys?

*****

The ball arrived as expected, and the Great Hall of Hogwarts was lavishly adorned, all the walls of the great hall were covered with silver glittering frost, hundreds of mistletoe garlands and ivy intertwined in the star-shaped black ceiling superior.The tables in the room were all painted, and there were about a hundred other small, lantern-lit tables, each seating twelve people.

Charles and Lucas were standing at the side of the auditorium at the moment. Lucas had expressed his opinions on the fact that his friend rejected all the invitations, but Charles just listened with a smile, making every speech of Lucas It feels like hitting cotton.

As the warriors entered the arena, there was loud applause in the auditorium. Charles saw the four warriors and their dance partners lined up in pairs, followed Professor McGonagall into the hall, and faced the judges sitting in the hall. We went to the big round table together.

For the students in the auditorium who care about and pay attention to different people, Charles pays more attention to Harry, who rarely gets his hair neatly done, because he heard Potter say how nervous he is for this prom not long ago, Not only because the female partner he wanted to invite was preempted by senior Cedric, but also if you let him dance, in Potter's own words, it is far from easy to let him cast a spell.

However, this situation did not last long before it was forcibly interrupted. When the man with black hair and red eyes appeared at the door of the auditorium, Charles found that everyone's attention could not be refused by the man exuding a deadly demon all over him. Pressed men are attracted to the past.

There were murmurs, exclamations, and — cheers?

It must be a student of Slytherin, and the corners of Charles' mouth twitched because of this man for some reason.

The young man looked at the king who belonged to the darkness. He just stood quietly at the end of the auditorium, but he already had the power to make the world bow down.

……

"Lord is so handsome..."

"Oh my god... I'm going crazy..."

"I don't know if the minister will accept the witches..."

"Are you crazy?..."

……

The commotion caused by the other party among the women was obviously very strong. Hearing the discussion in his ears, Charles suddenly wanted to laugh, Lord is really popular.

However, when he suddenly remembered that perfectly sculpted facial features in his...some kind of dream, Charles' expression changed strangely.

He looked at the man who had walked into the auditorium with a guilty conscience. His every movement seemed to attract the eyes of others, while his own gaze crossed everyone's eyes. The blue eyes met together.

When meeting the red eyes in the dream, Charles almost knocked over the cup he was holding in his hand in fright.

Barty Jr. and Lucius have been following Voldemort all the time. Because of the holding of the Triwizard Tournament, they originally came to the Hogwarts dance as representatives of the Ministry of Magic, but they saw their master's footsteps suddenly deviate from the original route. , but turned and walked towards the left side of the auditorium.

Lucius didn't react for a moment, but little Barty had already noticed the boy standing by the side of the auditorium, watching Lord walking towards the boy, little Barty was startled for a moment, some kind of incredible emotion His eyes were stained, and they all knew that the Lord didn't need to come to this ball...

What makes Lord come to Hogwarts again and again?

The answer seems to be on the horizon.

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