Chapter 1396 The Snowy Christmas Ball
Compared with that at home, the Christmas atmosphere at the association headquarters is indeed stronger.
There is nothing wrong with being crowded and lively.
But what’s going on with this Christmas tree?
Looking at this weird-looking Christmas tree, Albert was quite speechless.
Some kind of performance art?
Or did someone use the Transfiguration Spell to turn into a Christmas tree, and ended up looking like this?
Albert guessed right. This tree was indeed created by several members of the association who were good at deformation using deformation magic.
It’s a pity that it was obviously their first time trying it, so they came up with such a weird Christmas tree.
What surprised Albert the most was the igloo that Fred and George led people to cut out of ice and snow in the village clearing. They also used the Traceless Expansion Charm to expand the space inside the igloo countless times so that there was Plenty of room for a Christmas ball.
“The idea is good, but the practical skills are a bit poor.”
Albert took out his magic wand and waved lightly at the weird Christmas tree. After making the Christmas tree normal, he seemed to feel that there was still something missing. He took out the traceless stretch bag from his robe pocket and put in the Christmas tree prepared for the association members. The gifts are piled up under the Christmas tree.
“Well, it looks much more comfortable this way.”
Albert put away the traceless stretch bag, looked at the Christmas tree filled with gifts, and nodded with satisfaction.
“You actually prepared so many Christmas gifts?”
George appeared next to Albert at some point. He bent down and picked up a package and asked, "What is the gift?"
"Foreign desserts." Albert nodded towards the Christmas gift and said, "Open it and take a look, one for each person, but I can't guarantee that you will all like it."
"Dessert, it's pretty good. In fact, we have also prepared some. If you don't receive a gift on Christmas, it will be somewhat disappointing." George put the Christmas gift in his hand back into the pile of gifts, planning to wait until later Share it with everyone.
Albert was a little surprised and asked with a smile: "Are you also ready for schools and shelters?"
"Ready." George explained, "Sanna said that only by treating everyone equally can we better enhance the cohesion of the association members."
“Very good.” Albert felt very pleased. It seemed that they had grown up a lot without knowing it.
"However, this requires a lot of money, so we used some inspiration from random Easter eggs to make a batch of random Christmas gift boxes, which are full of joke props we made!" George said and took out a non-marking stretch bag He was about to hand it to Albert. Originally, he was going to put the wrapped Christmas gift under the tree, but he didn't expect that Albert would take the lead.
“Take it yourself and distribute it to everyone together with the Christmas gifts under the tree later.” Albert left after a while and had no time to distribute gifts to everyone.
"All right."
George was just about to stuff the seamless stretch bag back into his pocket. As if he thought of something, he reached out and took out a Christmas gift from the bag and handed it to Albert.
“This is the Christmas gift Fred and I picked out especially for you.”
“Can I take it apart on the spot and take a look?”
Albert took the gift and was a little surprised to receive it at this time.
"certainly."
"I said don't be lazy...Albert, when did you come? Everyone was just discussing whether you would come over to spend Christmas together." After Shanna said hello to Albert, she urged George not to be lazy. , quickly leveled the floor of the igloo and laid out the carpet.
As for the carpet, it was naturally conjured by magic.
“Is this a record?”
"I guess you haven't heard a lot of famous music. Those records are all here." George said proudly, "It took Fred and me a long time to get these records."
“Just give me a gift.” Shanna couldn’t help but complain.
“Gifts are as long as they are sincere.” George also felt that Albert would be lacking something.
“I haven’t heard many songs yet.” Albert smiled and put away the gift.
“Well, go and finish your business first, otherwise we may not be able to hold the Yule Ball tonight.”
After Shanna sent George to work, she turned to Albert and talked about the Christmas ball.
"I was planning to tell you this... You know, last time you robbed their prey and made them sad for a long time."
"I didn't steal their prey." Albert corrected: "I found the Inferi's lair, so it's not called robbing. They just lost an opportunity to practice."
"Experience, okay!" Shanna said suddenly without paying much attention, "I have prepared your Christmas gift and will give it to you later."
“Today is really full of surprises.” Albert looked away from Shanna and changed the topic and asked: “How are you getting ready for the dance?”
“It should be ready by noon.” Qiu Zhang and Angelina walked towards this direction, looked at Albert up and down and asked, “Will you stay for the Christmas ball later?”
“It depends on the situation, but I probably won’t stay and dance.”
"Why?"
"I don't like dancing very much." Albert changed the topic and said, "But the number of girls in the association is a bit small."
“Yes, girls are in hot demand.” Qiu Zhang looked at Shanna and teased with a smile.
“Why not invite the girls from the asylum to the ball?” Angelina suggested.
“You know that underage wizards carry traces of traces on their bodies, and we can’t take any risks.”
"sorry, I…"
"It seems that things have been going so well recently that you have all relaxed your vigilance." Albert narrowed his eyes and said, "This is not a good thing. Don't fall before you succeed."
"You are too harsh, Albert." Lee Jordan put his hand on Albert's shoulder, "If you are free, help strengthen the igloo. I am a little worried that this thing will suddenly collapse."
Albert finally used magic to help slightly strengthen the igloo so that it could last until the end of the winter.
With Albert's help, the preparations for the ball sped up a lot.
Under Albert's spell, the igloo was gradually frozen with thick ice, and beautiful ice cones were produced, which burned with a cold blue flame, reminding many people of the Triwizard Tournament. That Yule Ball.
No, it should be said that they were imitating the Christmas party at Hogwarts that year.
"Look, I just asked Albert to help, and it will be done soon!" Lee Jordan said to several people around him.
“You’re treating me like a coolie.” Albert said angrily.
"It's called hard work for the able, and it's an easy task for you anyway." Fred looked at the much more exquisite ball hall, nodded with satisfaction and said, "If you count on them, they will probably be busy tonight. There’s no guarantee that there will be a dance party.”
This is actually true, everyone’s efficiency is really not high.
“I can only say that your tacit understanding needs to be improved and you need more practice.” Albert reminded, “The students in the shelter can do a lot better than you in using magic to solve problems in life.”
At the end of the day, Albert waved his magic wand and helped them take care of the rest. For him, it was just a matter of waving a magic wand.
Although letting them do it by themselves can get them exercise, considering that today is Christmas, let them forget it and let them have a happy Christmas.
Half an hour before the dance started, both the men and the girls dressed up a little and put on rare suits and dresses.
Albert looked at Shanna changing her dress, frowned and asked, "Where did you get these things?"
"A few days ago, after we decided to hold a dance, we secretly got it from home at night and used the flying spell. You know it's not a difficult task." Shanna tugged on the dress and muttered, "It's just that the clothes don't fit. ”
“This means you have grown taller.”
“Aren’t you really going to stay and dance?” Shanna noticed that Albert hadn’t changed his clothes.
“No, you know, I don’t actually like dancing.”
Albert watched Dobby holding the wand and placing food and wine on the table, then he got up and went to help.
At about half an hour, there was a sudden noise outside the igloo. People came in in twos and threes, as if everyone had agreed in advance.
After people sat down, it gradually became quiet, because Albert stood up, and everyone looked sideways at him.
"You should have noticed that I have prepared Christmas gifts for you." Albert pointed to the pile of packages on the Christmas tree, "One for each person, and George has also prepared one for you."
“I know you can’t wait, Merry Christmas!”
Speaking, Albert raised his glass.
"Merry Christmas!"
Everyone raised their glasses.
In the soft and soothing music, the banquet began.
The food on the table is not rich, and some of it is even bought directly from Muggle shops.
This was Shanna's idea.
After all, they were preparing in a hurry, and there were not enough people to cook the food. Dobby alone would definitely be too busy.
Furthermore, Muggle food is also widely praised.
Looking at the couples dancing to the music, Zannah told Albert about Cedric and Cho Chang's plan to get married after the wizarding war is over.
“This…” Albert was speechless.
This flag is set, don’t you think you died quickly enough?
“What’s wrong?”
Noticing Albert's frown, Shanna asked doubtfully.
“It’s not good to set a flag.”
Set up a flag?
Zannah looked stunned.
“There was once a soldier who went to the front line and told his fiancée that I would definitely come back to marry you, but he died on the battlefield.” Albert casually cited a case.
“I didn’t expect you to care about this kind of thing.”
“That’s really not good.”
“Okay, I will mention this to them.” Shanna nodded and continued the conversation, pointing out several couples in the association to Albert.
Many girls have found themselves a boyfriend.
After noticing Albert's gaze, Shanna shrugged and said: "Lee Jordan... we are not suitable. Many wizard families actually care about this matter, and I also think it is not appropriate to fall in love at this time. At least we have to wait until the war is over..."
“If marriage is not the goal, it will be difficult for many couples to stay together until the end.”
Albert thought of Neville and Luna.
Many readers thought they would end up together, but...
"Are you and Isobel like that? I mean getting married."
“So be it.”
“It’s so enviable.” Shanna said softly, looking at the couples dancing on the stage.
"It mainly depends on what you want." Albert shook his head and said, "Who can say clearly about love?"
“By the way, I’ll go somewhere else later, so I’ll leave it to you here.”
(End of this chapter)