Albert left.
The girls finally managed to extract the bad news from Krum's broken English, which meant that no one would have the chance to invite Albert to dance again, and the girls who had danced with Albert became the objects of everyone's envy and jealousy.
Especially Albert's dance partner Katrina, who was now surrounded by girls. They were all very curious about how Katrina became Albert's dance partner.
Finally, Katrina was forced into a corner and could only briefly explain the reason why she became Albert's dance partner.
"Albert originally wanted to invite Isobel to be his dance partner. You know their relationship, but for some reason, Isobel didn't agree, so he turned around and invited me to be his dance partner, saying that I could help him block some trouble. Don't look at me like that, these are his exact words." Katrina shrugged, indicating that she was telling the truth: "Albert invited me to help him block your harassment. As for the reason, he didn't say, but I think it must be acquaintances. The people who danced with Albert before were all his acquaintances and friends."
"Does he know the warriors of Beauxbatons?" someone couldn't help asking
"You should know that. Albert usually takes care of his acquaintances and friends." Katrina shrugged and said what Albert had taught her before. She didn't expect it to come in handy.
Therefore, the reason why the people around were unable to dance with Albert was that they were not familiar with each other.
"I thought he liked you and wanted to pursue you." Laurena said depressedly.
"You think too much." Katrina glanced at the group of delusional girls and felt that it was ridiculous, but she didn't laugh in the end. She just said calmly, "Albert has always liked Isobel."
"Aren't you jealous?" asked Laurena.
"Jealousy is useful?" Katrina asked, "Do you expect me to send him a cake laced with love potion like you did?"
The girls were a little embarrassed when this was pointed out to them.
"Don't be silly. Albert doesn't eat anything of unknown origin. He will probably just throw away something suspicious like this." Katrina shook her head, telling these people to give up and stop making trouble.
"Why didn't you tell us?" the girls complained.
"Even if I say it, will it be useful?" Katrina asked back.
The silence around them lasted even longer.
Is it useful
No, but no one will say that people usually like to find excuses from others rather than looking for reasons in themselves.
Katrina ignored her female companions and walked straight to the entrance hall, preparing to return to the Ravenclaw common room early. She had danced happily with Albert tonight and now planned to go back to rest.
As for where Albert went
Katrina could actually guess that he had probably gone to spend Christmas with Isobel. As for how Albert had done it, she didn't really know, but that guy was extremely powerful.
On the other side, Harry, who had just eavesdropped on Hagrid's conversation with Madame Maxime, was staring at Cho Chang who was dancing with Cedrit on the stage with a somewhat depressed look on his face. He felt inexplicably anxious, while Ron next to him was still in shock that Hagrid was a half-giant.
"Harry, I have something to tell you." Hermione walked towards the two of them.
"What's up."
Harry turned his gaze away from Qiu Zhang and asked in confusion.
"About the golden egg." Hermione lowered her voice, "Albert has solved the secret of the golden egg, and he asked me to tell you."
"I thought the guy was going to use this to blackmail Sirius," muttered Ron.
Hermione didn't even look at Ron, just ignored him and continued to talk to Harry, "As long as you put the golden egg in water and open it, you will know its secret."
"But why did Anderson tell me?"
In his heart, Harry actually agreed with what Ron said. After all, Albert had extorted a sum of Galleons from Sirius through the first project.
"I suggest you ask him about this yourself." Hermione frowned at Harry's reaction and said, "Also, I remember he gave you a hint in the first project."
"Sirius paid for it," sneered Ron.
"Before Sirius asked for divination, he told you that the first project might require facing magical creatures with a danger level of ***xx." Hermione glanced at Ron coldly and said, "Sirius wanted accurate information, so he paid for it. I don't think there is a problem with that. Don't you pay for anything you buy in Hogsmeade? Or do you think others should give it to you for free?"
Hermione really didn't like Harry and Ron's attitudes, they were just as childish and ridiculous.
Harry opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment. In the end, he didn't dwell on the matter any further, but told Hermione what they had just overheard.
Hermione didn't think it was that scary that Hagrid was a half-giant, as Ron did.
"Actually, I already knew he was a half-giant," Hermione shrugged. "To be honest, we don't need to get all nervous about it."
"You have no idea how dangerous giants are," said Ron sharply. "Giants are fierce and dangerous. They love to kill."
"Do you think Hagrid would hurt us?" Hermione asked hilariously.
"Of course not," said Harry quickly. He didn't care, and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
"However, it's irrational for Hagrid to do this." Hermione sighed, "Albert has warned him more than once not to mention the giant bloodline in front of anyone. In fact, we shouldn't talk about it either."
"Albert knows?" Harry asked doubtfully.
"He'll definitely be angry if he knew Hagrid didn't listen to his warnings." Hermione was a little worried about what would happen next.
"What's there to be angry about?" Ron disagreed.
"To be honest, I think Madame Maxime is very sensible. I would probably say I'm just too stubborn," Hermione muttered, ignoring Ron. "I hope nothing bad happens."
Hermione knew very well that since Albert had specifically reminded Hagrid, it meant that the disclosure of this matter might have a very bad impact on Hagrid.
"Nothing bad."
"You should have remembered the impact of Professor Lupin's werewolf identity being revealed, right?" Hermione reminded, "Professor Lupin lost his job because of this and received countless angry letters. Dumbledore also received a lot of letters demanding the dismissal of Professor Lupin."
"So, don't mention it again, and don't mention it in front of anyone else." Hermione said and got up and walked away. Harry and Ron saw Krum quickly appear beside Hermione. The two chatted for a few words and then walked towards the dance floor together.
Ron's face darkened further.
"If she is asked to dance, she probably won't refuse."
"What?" Ron turned suddenly to look at Harry.
"Nothing, I was thinking about whether to invite..." Harry murmured in a low voice.
Until the end of the ball, Harry still couldn't muster up the courage to ask Qiu Zhang to dance, and spent the Christmas ball in regret.