Hogwarts Outsider Chapter 158: Slughorn’s guest
? Fifteen minutes later, Matthew Wakefield appeared at the door of the Potions teacher's office as scheduled.
After all, the other party is the dean of his own college, so he invites you over and over again, and he is so enthusiastic... If he doesn't follow his orders, he really seems a little disrespectful...
So after thinking about it, he finally came.
"Oh, Matthew, my child!" Slughorn yelled loudly as soon as he pushed the door open, "I'm finally waiting for you, come, come, come in!"
He grabbed Matthew's hand very enthusiastically, and pulled Matthew into the office. And he held his hand tightly, as if he was afraid that Matthew would run away.
"Sorry, professor..." Matthew quickly "explained", "A while ago, it was indeed due to some special reasons... I was not feeling well at the time...so..."
"Of course, I know very well, child..." Slughorn stopped Matthew from continuing, and he nodded with a smile, "Come on, come in quickly... There are many people waiting for you !”
A lot of people are waiting for me?
Matthew didn't quite understand for a while...
But soon, when he glanced around the office, he began to gradually understand——
In addition to the usual members, there are a few new faces in the office——
They are all adult wizards, in their thirties and forties... probably all members of the Slug Club many years ago.
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"Matthew, I want you to meet Dirk Cresswell, who is currently working in the Goblin Liaison Office of the Department of Magical Creatures Regulation and Control... I suggest you get on good terms with him, because he can give you Revealing valuable inside information in Gringotts..."
Dirk Cresswell is a young man in his early thirties who seems easygoing.
He smiled politely at Matthew, and Matthew hurriedly greeted him.
"Of course, there is also Mr. Ambrosio Froome of Honeydukes. I think you should be familiar with him!" Slughorn continued, "Even if you are not familiar with him, you should be familiar with him." Familiar with his candies."
Mr. Ambrosio Froome seems to be older than Dirk Cresswell, he is a broad, bald man... Matthew used the secret passage in Honeydukes basement the previous time When I was there, I once had a chance with him...
And Wendy Slinka, author of The Theory of Defense Against Magic...
And Regulus Black, a rather handsome young man...
Gwinog Jones, captain of the Holyhead Harpies Quidditch team...
No doubt some former students of Professor Horace Slughorn.
Slughorn also introduced Matthew to them one by one, but except for Mr. Cresswell, no one seemed interested in Matthew.
Soon, the knock on the door sounded again.
Slughorn went off to meet the new guest, and Matthew was able to escape.
He saw a head of long brown hair in the crowd, and hurriedly squeezed past it.
"Excuse me, give way!" He said while squeezing.
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"Hermione!" he said softly.
"Oh, Matthew... good evening..." Hermione looked a little excited, "Have you seen Wendy Slinka, he is the author of the book "Defense Against Magic Theory"... Unbelievable , I was lucky enough to know him..."
"Calm down!" Matthew quickly reminded.
Then, he pulled Hermione to a remote corner.
"Hermione, didn't I remind you, it's best not to attend Slughorn's party again!" Matthew said with a serious face, "This may bring danger!"
Agnes Lestrange's reminder at the time, Matthew thought it was reasonable... Horace Slughorn's performance has always been a bit weird... so he is very likely to be a dangerous person , especially for Muggle-born wizards.
Therefore, while he kept a certain distance from Slughorn in time, he also issued a warning to Hermione.
After all, Hermione was a Muggle-born wizard just like him.
But judging from now, she doesn't seem to listen much.
"But..." Hermione retorted softly, "It's very difficult for us to have such an opportunity to have such close contact with an expert like Wendy Slinka... I think I have so many questions that I want to ask." Go ask him..."
"...and, didn't you come too..." she added.
Matthew felt that he could not argue.
In fact, he could not explain why Horace Slughorn suddenly took himself so seriously, so warmly.
"I still suggest that it's better to be careful and cautious..." he had to say.
"Okay, I see!" Miss Hermione Granger nodded, "Thank you, Matthew!"
"Matthew...Neville..." Neville Longbottom trotted over at this moment.
He arrived a little later.
"It's great, I can attend Slughorn's dinner with you again!" Neville looked very happy, "By the way, why didn't you attend the previous dinners... At that time I It's kind of lonely to be here alone."
"Sorry, I was busy at the time..." Matthew simply made an excuse.
The three found a corner and sat down.
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Slughorn's dinner began soon~IndoMTL.com~Although this time because there were a few more guests, there were also a few more chairs around the round table.
Several adult wizards and former members of the Slug Club are all successful people in the wizarding world, so they are also very popular here.
Almost every one of them was surrounded by a few chattering students.
The dinner was still rich and exquisite.
"Okay, welcome everyone! Let us welcome the distinguished guests!" When the banquet began, Horace Slughorn stood up suddenly, holding a glass of mead, "Cheers!"
"Cheers!"
The students raised their glasses one after another, and Matthew was no exception.
What they are drinking today seems to be the newly imported foreign mead from the Two Broomstick Bar... The taste is much better than the previous mead.
"Of course, please don't spread the news here after you leave my office..." Slughorn added, "Because Principal Rozier doesn't like me being in the castle. Here, invite those guests who do not belong to Hogwarts..."
"...So, I hope everyone can keep it a secret for me!"
"In addition, I have always believed that communicating more with some successful wizards will also help children succeed in the future... So, you don't have to be scruples here, and you don't have to be restrained..."
Slughorn concluded his "speech".
The entire office immediately burst into enthusiastic applause.