Chapter 613
Brave Ron
Chapter 613 Brave Ron
Although Harry felt that Wade's words made sense, every time he wanted to invite Qiu Zhang, the words he had rehearsed countless times in his mind couldn't help but solidify in his throat.
Qiu Zhang is beautiful, gentle and kind, like a lily with morning dew. She is very popular in Ravenclaw. No matter where she goes, there are four or five girls around her.
Harry saw this from afar and his fingers unconsciously clenched the straps of his schoolbag. He wanted to find an opportunity to talk alone, but he never found one.
……
On the other side, Wade was leisurely spreading raspberry jam on his toast, not caring about his dance partner.
After all, excluding the girls around him, he still has the more perfect choice of puppets.
There are so many students from other schools in Hogwarts now, so even if a beautiful girl who no one knows appears at the ball, no one will feel it is abrupt.
Suddenly, a special piece of parchment in the friend's book emitted heat. Wade opened the friend's book and saw the thin and long words with circles inside circles on it. He was stunned for a moment.
Half an hour later, Wade arrived at the principal's office.
"The Yule Ball is coming soon." Dumbledore looked at him over his half-moon glasses with a smile in his eyes: "I guess you have already invited a partner?"
Wade thought Dumbledore was beginning the conversation with a small talk, and looking at a slender silver kettle on the headmaster's desk, he said, "I'm still thinking about it, Professor."
"Hmm...a piece of honey bee candy?"
Dumbledore pushed the box of candies over and Wade picked up one.
While he was biting the candy, Dumbledore suddenly said, "Wade, you should not consider the large puppet, right?"
Wade paused, then raised his eyes to look at Dumbledore.
"No matter how exquisite the puppet is, it is not flesh and blood after all, and there is always the possibility of being discovered." Dumbledore said: "Don't underestimate the eyesight of others, especially Ms. Owens and Mr. Moreau of Salem College."
"But..." Wade chewed the candy and swallowed it, saying, "Even if they see through it, it doesn't matter, right? In the eyes of others, the puppet is my symbol."
"To be precise, a pet-shaped puppet is your symbol," Dumbledore said. "The puppet can be cute, elegant, unruly, or even a terrible scorpion or poisonous snake, but it cannot be a human."
Vader looked thoughtful.
He was reminded of the so-called "uncanny valley effect," in which the closer a man-made object's appearance and movements are to real people, the more it triggers instinctive disgust and fear in humans.
His puppets are more than just close to the real thing, they are completely indistinguishable from the real thing.
But perhaps because Vader gave them life himself, he never felt that there was anything scary about his puppets.
Later, Dumbledore's statement was consistent with his guess.
"It's a wise move to make alchemical creations look like animals, but the release of puppets that look just like humans will do you no good at all."
Dumbledore looked into Wade's eyes and said softly, "Besides, this kind of existence may become your trump card at a critical moment. Why expose it for a ball?"
"Go ask a real good girl, Vader. Be brave... a real hug is much warmer than the cold limbs of alchemical objects."
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"So you were originally planning to bring a puppet you made as a dance partner?"
Michael's eyes widened in surprise, as if Wade's idea was seriously ill: "There are so many good girls in school!"
"I already know that this is not a good idea." Wade sighed: "So? Who do you know who doesn't have a dance partner right now?"
"A lot, but if someone privately accepts someone's invitation, they won't tell me!"
Michael said, "But it's not that difficult. As long as you don't disappear like a ghost today, I promise - as soon as you stand there, more than ten girls will immediately ask you out." Wade began to feel that it was a mistake to ask Michael.
But an hour later, he followed Michael's instructions and went to have dinner alone when the cafeteria was busiest.
"Don't ride on a broom, don't disappear right after you finish eating, take longer to eat, you have to give others a chance."
Michael said very experiencedly: "Girls are shy. If they see someone is around you, they will be embarrassed to come over."
When walking down the stairs from Ravenclaw Tower, Wade suddenly heard someone talking around the corner -
"Will you...will you go to the dance with me?"
It was Rolf's voice.
The last line of his voice trembled slightly, and without seeing him in person, I could imagine his blushing face.
Vader paused, lest his voice interrupt the invitation.
"Oh..." Luna said slowly.
She shook her head, her carrot earrings swaying, and after a moment she said, "But only students in the fourth grade and above can participate."
"I found Oliver Rivers and Leanne Kane from Hufflepuff!"
Rolf said quickly, "They are willing to help... one invites you and the other invites me, so that we can all participate. After the opening dance, I... I can invite you to dance."
He glanced at Luna and added, "In fact, we don't even have to do the opening dance. No one will pay attention to us anyway."
"...Have you asked them?" Luna asked, her voice seeming to come from far away.
"Yeah, I have to find out if there's a chance to participate." Rolf said shyly, "So...are you willing?"
Luna blinked her eyes, as if waking up from a dream, and said, "Ah...Okay!"
Wade leaned against the railing until the footsteps of the two people disappeared before continuing to walk downstairs.
He had not considered the possibility of inviting Luna to be his dance partner - Rolf had been interested in Luna for a long time, probably because her ethereal temperament that was not like that of an ordinary person was very attractive to Rolf.
Of course, even without Rolf, Wade hoped that as one of the focuses at such a grand ball, his dance partner would not look too weird.
——You don’t need to be too outstanding, but at least you have to be like a normal person.
And Luna... although it's a bit offensive to think so, she is actually a bit like a smaller version of Professor Trelawney - the same messy hair, bulging eyes, mysterious and strange temperament, and always dreamy expression.
It’s just that one is a deliberately exaggerated performance, while the other is just natural.
Wade walked towards the auditorium while listing the similarities between the two in his mind. He often encountered pairs of students in the corridor, and felt that the air became hot.
Of course, he met quite a few girls, but they didn't come over to invite him as Michael said. Instead, they gathered in groups of two or three. Some of them would keep looking at Wade, then push and shove with their companions, giggling.
Wade felt that part of them seemed to be expecting him to go over and invite them, but he was afraid that he was overthinking it.
He walked all the way to the auditorium, but still didn't find an extra dance partner.
Before he even stepped into the hallway, Wade suddenly heard a high-pitched voice.
"Fleur!" Ron rushed over with a flushed face, his voice even cracking a little: "I think we can go to the Christmas ball together, what do you think?"
Everyone in the hall was stunned. They looked at Ron in amazement for being too brave. The look in his eyes almost turned the boy's self-esteem into ashes.
(End of this chapter)