A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 641: Pre-holiday party
The next few days were lackluster. The students discussed how to celebrate the New Year and began to pack their bags, but these had nothing to do with the members of the 'Animagus' class. They collectively chose to stay in school.
Because practicing Animagus transformation has a great impact on daily learning, no one wants to waste two weeks of vacation. In the lounge, Harry and the others were still trying to figure out how to fight against a small blade to make it obedient.
"Christmas is two days away," said Hermione irritably. .
Suddenly Harry's heart began to pound. "So we're about to get the Mandrake blade?" he asked,
There's a full moon on Christmas night, which means ready or not, they're going to have to bite the bullet and try.
"That's right," said Hermione, pointing to a piece of parchment, "but there are two dinner parties waiting for us on the way to that little, lovely blade of grass... at this juncture! I've never been so bored at a dinner party..." She roughly erased a line of notes on the paper.
Harry knows that Hermione has a fanatical preference for preparations. She has collected suggestions from different people in various ways these days, but none of them is foolproof. She even forced Harry to talk to Sirius in advance. Call, then pretend to show up by accident and conjure up a list of questions you prepared in advance.
"Professor Slughorn still refuses to stop. I don't know what's going on this time?" He said with deep feeling.
Ron shrugged. In addition to the Christmas dinner, they had to attend a personal banquet hosted by Professor Slughorn tonight, because most of the students would go home tomorrow.
"Actually, his small party was pretty good. Not only did he have good food to eat, but he also got to meet famous wizards." Ron narrowed his eyes and said with reminiscence, "You know Gwenog Jones Is that the captain of the Holyhead Harpies...you should have heard how he called me, 'Dear Mr. Sounds very comfortable. Too bad you weren't there that time."
Unlike Ron who participated in a few slug club banquets, ha... dangerous, as for the water of life and death"
"Life and death water?" Harry looked at her in surprise, and cried out, "Hermione, you don't believe Snape's nonsense, do you?" Ron was also taken aback.
"Oh, I won't." Hermione said, "That would delay the normal class."
The Animagus class was highly discussed. According to Nearly Headless Nick, "Animagus has never been taught in such a big way since Hogwarts was founded." Therefore, this topic is not only popular among students (the college scores of the four colleges have dropped sharply during this period), but even professors have participated in it. So far, Professor McGonagall has devoted half of a class to explaining The study requirements of Animagus, use the other half of the time to give examples of the consequences of those wizards who are overwhelmed in history-this part is composed of horror stories, basically an abbreviated version of her notes; Shorty Professor Flitwick introduces an anti-eavesdropping magic to students
"It is effective against any living thing, and it can also prevent mosquito bites!"
Harry suspected the spell was targeting Rita Skeeter, whose beetle form was no secret.
According to the wishes of the public, Professor Bagshot temporarily inserted the content of "forced appearance".
In addition to what Harry saw with his own eyes, he also heard that Trelawney talked about how to use Tarot cards to guard against "ghosts and villains" in his improvement class. Six-legged insects approached her. And Snape mentioned in his class to the fifth graders that if it was him, he would prepare a pair of life-dead water and sleep directly for a month.
It was Ginny who told him.
"He's playing tricks, he's not being kind—anyone can see that," she said angrily.
Just as Harry was checking the time for the third time, an owl flew in through the window with snowflakes in its feathers, and it dropped a heavy package on Ron's head.
"Christmas presents? So early?" Harry asked with some surprise.
"No," Ron said as he tore off the wrapping paper, "It's Collins, didn't I tell you that she was in Hogsmeade? I asked her to bring me something, and she was idle anyway. ...oh..." ...he drawled his tone while looking at the little card.
"What's wrong?"
"She's leaving, and that Carlotta Pinkstone really seems to be planning to retire at the Three Broomsticks." Ron said, "After all, the Ministry of Magic can't keep two Aurors exhausted, can it?" ?” He dug out a few quills, magic erasers, socks, and other miscellaneous things from the package. Harry just wanted to take a closer look, but was stopped by Ron.
"There's your Christmas present in here," said Ron warily.
At eight o'clock in the evening, they and Neville showed up in Slughorn's office. It was a completely different place, with Christmas trees strewn with icing and candied fruit for free, a dozen or so legless tables scattered about the room, and Harry saw a man waving, the one closest to him A floating table floated in front of him with a load of delicacies.
A brisk and melodious music came, and Harry was 100% sure that it was the Weird Sisters.
But the biggest difference is the difference in the number of people. Harry estimated that there were at least a hundred people present, and most of them were adult wizards~IndoMTL.com~ He was dumbfounded. Did Professor Slughorn call back all the previous members of the Slug Club?
These people were dressed in different clothes, shuttling through the office that seemed to have been cast with a traceless stretching spell. Some wizards and wizards were handsome, but also many were quite reserved. Let out a moan that is half surprise and half frightened: "Mom and Dad?"
Harry and Ron hurriedly followed her gaze, both startled, there were too many acquaintances. It's not just the Grangers, Professor Slughorn seems to have invited quite a few parents of students (especially those who can't go home for the holidays), the Weasleys, the Longbottoms, the Malfoys...Harry also saw Ernie McMillan and Cormac McLaggen, dressed in exquisite gowns and bows, stayed obediently next to a middle-aged couple, and the ones talking to them were Sirius and Amelia Bones.
"Hey, you guys, long time no see." A familiar teasing voice came from behind.
Harry turned his head sharply, and there was a pair of twins looking at them lazily...it turned out to be Fred and George! They looked like successful people, with one hand in their pocket and the other hand holding a goblet, smiling at the corners of their mouths,
It looks like it was copied from a mirror.
"Looking at your expressions, it seems that no one told you? Oh, these parents are really bad..."**
(It turned out to be Fred and George! They look like successful people, with one hand in their pocket and the other hand holding a goblet, with smiles on their lips,
It looks like it was copied from a mirror.
"Looking at your expressions, it seems that no one told you? Oh, these parents are really bad..."**
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