Fleur Delacour had always moved around with the Beauxbatons girls.
They had classes to attend as well, but somehow, there seemed to be an invisible wall between Fleur and the other students. The other Beauxbatons students had been the same at first, but they gradually became familiar with the others and formed friendships. Fleur, meanwhile, was always with her younger sister, even though her sister should not have been attending classes at her grade level.
Madame Maxime favored Fleur far too much, almost to the point of indulgence. But more importantly, Fleur herself seemed completely unable to hear the voices of the outside world. Naturally, she knew nothing about the girls' "dating list," nor had she asked around. She chose her dance partner entirely according to standards she had set for herself.
Several boys had already volunteered to invite her before Cedric...
What the hell—Cedric actually planned to invite Fleur! He had come to the greenhouse to ask Pomona whether Triwizard Tournament champions could invite one another to be dance partners.
"Of course not," Pomona said with a smile.
"Why not?" Cedric asked, sounding somewhat persistent.
"Because you are competitors," she said in a sweet voice.
"I don't understand..."
"If you have a romantic relationship, it will affect the fairness of the competition," Pomona said.
"No, I only want to invite her to the dance," Cedric hurriedly explained.
"That won't do either. Find a Hogwarts girl. How about Cho Chang?" Pomona said after glancing at Neville, who was tidying lavender nearby.
"Cho Chang? Why her?" Cedric asked.
Because Harry Potter had a crush on her, and as long as Potter's life was going badly, the old bat of Slytherin would be delighted and would stop making Neville dissect horned toads that looked remarkably like his pet Lucky.
That was what