Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 139: Eavesdropping

"Professor Slughorn, you are very welcome!"

Mr. Rosmerta, the owner of the Two Broomsticks bar, greeted him warmly and exaggeratedly.

"As usual, two glasses of mead!" Horace Slughorn had a big belly like a chubby big elephant.

Obviously, he is already very familiar with the boss of Two Broomsticks.

He quickly sat down with Miss Elaine Shafik, and then had a cordial conversation over there.

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Miss Hermione Granger glared fiercely at her two companions like a lioness.

Neville quickly lowered his head and said nothing...

As for Matthew, he didn't rush over to greet Professor Slughorn and Miss Shafik enthusiastically as Hermione imagined...

I saw him squinting his eyes, glanced at the old and the young over there, then lowered his head, as if he was thinking about something...

All three were members of the Slug Club, theoretically Horace Slughorn's favorite pupils.

But at this time, they "have their own ghosts", and no one walked over to say hello to the Potions teacher.

Then, Matthew gently put his index finger on his lips, signaling the two friends not to speak——

Then, he quietly took out his wand and whispered softly:

"Mobiliarbus!"

A potted plant next to the small table rose a few inches from the ground, drifted a foot to the side, and landed gently in front of their table.

Between Slughorn and them, to be precise; keep Slughorn from finding them.

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Matthew wanted to know what Slughorn and Elaine Shafik were talking about.

It's just that the voice of their conversation is too low, and there is a certain distance between the two tables... so that even if he **** up his ears, he can't hear anything.

Both Neville and Hermione looked at Matthew's actions in astonishment, but they didn't say anything.

"Do you want to eavesdrop, Matthew?" Hermione said in a very low voice.

Matthew nodded first, then shook his head regretfully.

After all, I still have a poor level of magic, and I don’t have any powerful magic items such as "invisibility cloaks" around; It's really too difficult...

"I have a solution!" Hermione's eyes lit up suddenly.

Then she dug in her pocket, and finally pulled out a limp, fleshy little ear, and a ragged little button.

"I bought this pair of gadgets from a peddler when I was in India... As long as you put this little button on their side secretly, whatever they say can come from the other little ear , I heard it clearly!" Hermione whispered.

Matthew couldn't help being shocked.

The principles of magic are generally different among different civilizations... Even if Slughorn is well-informed and experienced, he may not be able to recognize this kind of magic item from abroad in the first place!

Hermione has already handed over the pair of gadgets.

Matthew hurriedly picked up the small button, and after glancing at the potted plant, he was thinking: what method should be used to put it next to Slughorn, it would be more appropriate...

"Leave it to me!" Neville volunteered.

"Neville?" Matthew looked at him in surprise.

"Trust me!" Neville said firmly.

"Yeah!" Matthew nodded, and then handed him the tattered little button.

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Neville Longbottom, holding the button, left Matthew and Hermione.

He walked around the Two Broomsticks as if nothing had happened, and then walked down to Slughorn and Miss Shafik.

Through the foliage of the bonsai, Matthew could notice that Horace Slughorn and Elaine Shafik were too absorbed in their conversation to notice him.

Suddenly, Neville's foot slipped and he fell to the ground violently.

"Oops!" he let out a scream.

Slughorn seemed taken aback, but he soon realized that it was Neville Longbottom who fell in front of him.

He quickly got up and helped Neville up: "Neville, oh, my child, are you okay?"

"I'm sorry, Professor." Neville supported Professor Slughorn's bench, and with his support, he barely got up.

He looked bruised from a fall.

"I was just looking for someone, I didn't look the way..." Neville said, "Did you see Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan...I came to Hogsmeade with them, In the end we got lost..."

"No, I don't think they're here," Slughorn shook his head, "Shall we sit down and have a drink?"

"No, I'd better go find them at Honeydukes!" Neville declined Slughorn's invitation.

After waving with Slughorn, he stepped out with two brooms without looking back.

Slughorn didn't seem to have any doubts. After Neville left, he sat down again with his head down, and began to talk to Elaine Shafik.

Behind the potted plant, Matthew and Hermione looked at each other.

The two nodded in agreement.

Then one after the other, they quietly walked out of the bar.

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Neville was waiting for them at the door.

He did fall hard just now, his forehead was a little swollen, and now he looks very embarrassed.

Seeing Matthew and Hermione coming out, he rushed to meet them.

"I haven't been spotted, have I?" Neville asked in a low voice, "I just quietly glued that button to the back of Slughorn's bench."

"Probably not," Hermione shook her head, "Let's find a quiet place first, come with me, I know that there is no one in a place."

The three hurriedly left the Two Broomsticks ~IndoMTL.com~ and followed Hermione across the busy Hogsmeade Avenue.

"Matthew, why did you eavesdrop on Professor Slughorn?" Hermione asked in a low voice.

As Matthew put the little ear to his ear, Mr. Rosmerta's voice sounded from inside, and it sounded like he was serving mead.

After hesitating for a moment, Matthew briefly recounted what happened to Elaine Shafik... about the experiences of her father, Mr. Shafik, who is now in Azkaban...Of course , some details are slightly deleted.

"Oh my god!" Hermione looked a little surprised, "So, that's why you deliberately approached that girl named Elaine Shafik?"

"That's right!" Matthew nodded without hesitation.

Hermione seemed to breathe a long sigh of relief, and even a faint smile appeared on her face.

"We're almost there." She pointed to a small hillside on the south side of Hogsmeade village, "There are usually no people on that hillside."