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Chapter 1387: Stunning Girls
🕑 Added 2025-02-19 23:00:48 +0000 UTCNo one knew what Harry had said to Ron.
However, the next morning, he hastily decided on his partner for the Christmas party.
Harry took Hermione's advice because it was so obvious.
Since they had returned to the common room last night, girls had been giving Harry food or drinks laced with love potions.
For example, Romilda Vane kept pestering him, one moment urging him to drink gillywater, the next giving him coffee.
Besides that, there were Chocolate Cauldrons, firewhiskey, homemade treats … it was endless and really annoying.
In the end, Harry really had no reason left to refuse. He couldn’t exactly say he suspected these things were spiked with love potions, so he had no choice but to flee back to his dormitory.
The next morning, he announced the selection of his companion for the party.
It was Luna!
This choice was beyond everyone's expectations. Facing Harry's invitation, Luna was so excited.
Because no one had ever invited her to a party, especially such an important one.
Harry didn't need to spread the news at all. Peeves, who overheard their conversation, spread the news to everyone in the school in less than an hour.
“Potty asked Loony to go to the party! Potty lurves Loony! Potty luuuuurves Looooooony!" He shrieked everywhere, cackling madly, as if afraid anyone might not hear.
In a blink of an eye, the whole school knew that Harry Potter had invited Luna Lovegood to Slughorn's party.
The funny thing was that when he told Evan and the others the news, he also told them to keep it quiet...
"We don't need to tell anyone, Harry. Peeves has spread the news to everyone."
"What?"
"I'm really glad you’re taking her, Harry, she’s so excited," Ginny came over to tell Harry about this.
"Oh, yeah, all right," said Harry, "it's nothing, I invited her as a friend."
His voice trailed off as Ginny made her way to join friends.
At dinner, Ron followed Harry and sat down again with Evan, Hermione and Elaine.
It was the first time since their argument. He looked a little awkward — Harry must have said something to him.
Ron seemed to want to reconcile with everyone in this nonchalant way, as if nothing had happened. If it were just Hermione and Evan, this might have worked, because Hermione was too soft-hearted, and Evan didn’t really care.
But Elaine wouldn’t give him that chance. The word "forgiveness" didn’t exist in her dictionary.
Without saying a word, she quickly pulled Hermione away, saying they had to get ready for the party...
At eight o'clock in the evening, Evan, Harry, Colin and Dean arrived at the entrance hall.
There were an unusually large number of girls lurking there. Hermione, Elaine and Ginny had not arrived yet, but Luna was already waiting there.
She was wearing a set of spangled silver robes that were attracting a certain amount of giggles from the onlookers, but she was completely in line with her usual style.
The girls all stared at Harry resentfully as he approached Luna.
To be honest, Harry felt relieved after seeing Luna's appearance.
Because apart from her clothes, she looked quite nice. Harry was glad that she had left off her radish earrings, her butterbeer cork necklace, and her Spectrespecs.
"Let's wait for Hermione, Elaine and Ginny, they’ll be here soon," said Evan.
Earlier in the common room, Elaine had insisted that the four of them go ahead, saying she had a surprise for them.
What a surprise! Evan remembered Hermione’s breathtaking appearance at the Yule Ball two years ago!
That picture was enough to be engraved in the mind and remembered for a lifetime.
That night, every girl had dressed up, but Hermione had undoubtedly stood out the most.
Many people even asked if she was a student from Beauxbatons or Durmstrang, failing to recognize her at all.
Unfortunately, after that night, Hermione never dressed like that again, and the heart-stirring moment became just a memory.
Evan closed his eyes and thought about what Hermione would look like when she appeared in a moment.
Soon, there was a burst of discussion around.
He opened his eyes and saw Hermione, Elaine, and Ginny coming down the staircase.
His heartbeat quickened, faster and faster!
Hermione smiled and lifted the hem of her gown slightly as she ran toward him.
Her hair was smooth and shiny again, and she was wearing flowing sky-blue robes, like an angel descending from heaven.
If there was any way to describe her breathtaking beauty, "angel" was the perfect word.
Everything was just like the scene in his memory, no, it was even more beautiful and more heart- stirring than in his memory.
Compared to two years ago, Hermione had become much more mature, carrying an indescribable charm.
To be more precise, it should be a kind of magic.
She had a kind of magic that made it impossible to take one’s eyes off her after just a single glance.
“Well? How do I look?” Hermione asked nervously as she reached Evan’s side.
"You are so beautiful. I am sure you will be the focus of the audience tonight."
“It’s probably just you who thinks so,” said Hermione with a smile. “I think Ginny and Elaine are both prettier than me."
“In my eyes, you’re the most beautiful. That’s all that matters!” said Evan. “Hmm, you must have slipped me a love potion."
As he spoke, he leaned down toward her, making Hermione blush and push him away.
"Wait, there are so many people here," she whispered.
"Well, let's find a place with no one around later," said Evan. "How about under the mistletoe?"
Hermione didn't answer him. She simply gave him a playful smile, full of meaning, before turning to join Elaine.
Ginny and Elaine had also dressed up beautifully, which was stunning and surprising enough.
Ginny was wearing a set of red robes and her long red hair was tied into an elegant bun at the back of her head.
She was very beautiful, the kind of beauty that attracted boys, and her pink cheeks made her look indescribably adorable.
She was whispering to Dean, and Harry kept staring at her, obviously fascinated.
As for Elaine, her pairing with Colin was a completely different style.
How to say it, it was like the elder sister was leading the younger brother out.
Although she was not very big, not tall, and looked very weak, she had this kind of aura.
She was wearing black dress robes, lightly biting her lip, her fair complexion as delicate as a porcelain doll.
The most eye-catching thing was Elaine's eyes, her wine-red pupils exuded seduction.
She looked as if she had stepped straight out of a painting — utterly breathtaking.
"Let's go, the party is about to start!"
"Where is the party?"
"Slughorn's office."
The group went up the marble staircase away from all the staring and muttering.
