Chapter 656 Red Velvet Cake

"Come on, please take a seat... Now all the seats I prepared are filled! This is really a happy thing..."

When Harry, Hermione, and Ron also appeared at the door, Slughorn smiled and clapped lightly. He looked left and right at the table, and seemed to think that being able to gather so many guests was really a bumper harvest for a large social circle.

Speaking of which, since Slughorn returned to Hogwarts, such private gatherings at the school have become more colorful.

Yes, driven by this bald old man, the students also fell in love with this kind of small party - even if they couldn't get permission from Professor McGonagall to borrow the room, they could hold a party in the common room only There is nothing wrong with small activities belonging to his own college.

Of course, as the leading host of private parties, Slughorn must have spent the most time.

It's just that today, even Maca didn't expect that the old man actually invited the little girl Sarah Hohenheim, and I have to say that his hands and feet are fast enough.

"So……"

Maca was about to say something, but unexpectedly, the three of Hermione were not the latest, and the last one to arrive was Lavender Brown, who had been entangled with Ron last semester.

"Oh . Going to take this bottle of Ellis I ordered from The Three Broomsticks."

"Miss Brown, you really bothered..." Slughorn waved his hands again and again, "You're not late, right? Come on, please come in!"

As he spoke, he took the wine bottle that Lavender handed him.

"This is really red wine produced in the village of Ellis Swamp. Although the price is not expensive, for wizards who really like red wine, it is of great collection value! Thank you very much, a touching heart! "

Meanwhile, Slughorn waved his wand again and added a chair to the table. Although his actions looked casual, everyone immediately guessed that Lavender probably came here uninvited.

But even so, Slughorn, who likes to make friends and is quite easy-going, naturally would not turn away visitors, and the other party even brought a gift in a very "sensible" manner.

Instead, let this uninvited guest sneak in smoothly.

"So,

Professor Slughorn——" Maca didn't care about these little things, and when Lavender and Slughorn also took their seats, he sat with everyone at the round table covered with beautiful tablecloths, and shrugged. Shrugging and smiling, "As the host of today's party, are you ready for the next opening speech? "

While he was speaking, Lavender first showed a smile to Hermione, and then those eyes swept across Ron's face intentionally or unconsciously.

Hermione and Lavender have been roommates for so many years. Of course, they can't be indifferent to each other when they greet each other, although she doesn't really like this girl at all-the relationship between little girls is also complicated!

Hearing that Maca started with a joke quite cooperatively, the old man stroked his round belly, and the smile on his face obviously became stronger.

"Oh, come on! What I'm hosting today is neither a dance nor a dinner party. It's not so formal..." He laughed, "I can guarantee that this will be the purest dessert tasting party! After letting those sweet Before the rich and delicious food fills our stomachs, I don't want to let nonsense take up most of the time—”

"Oh, that sounds absolutely fantastic!"

Maca grinned, as Slughorn had done before, and applauded the good idea. But how many people present didn't know, and every time they counted the fat old man talking the most nonsense.

However, most people would not refuse desserts, and even Hermione, who didn't really think about coming to participate, couldn't help but look forward to it. It has to be said that this old man may be unreliable in other aspects, but he has always paid special attention to the details of eating, drinking and enjoying.

"If you can like it, then I will be even happier!"

As Slughorn said, he really pulled out his wand and swiped it in a circle from left to right. Immediately, cups of black tea appeared in front of everyone.

And then, when he finally pointed to the middle of the round table, a brightly colored cake appeared on the stage.

"Gentlemen and ladies, this is the first dessert tonight," the old man put down his wand and clapped his hands, showing a satisfied expression, "I think everyone should know that the owner of Honeydukes, Ambrosio Froome was my former student, and in this dessert tasting tonight, most of the desserts are new ideas that I asked him to prepare specially! Really, I can’t find them anywhere!”

He first showed off his students as usual, and then introduced: "This one is called 'Red Velvet Cake'. I heard from Ambrosio that this kind of cake seems to be very famous in the Muggle world... …But I want to say that Muggles would never have guessed that this red velvet cake was only popular among vampires in America at first!"

As Slughorn said, Muggle-born wizards are more familiar with this cake. Of course, even maca isn't quite sure about its origins. When he heard Slughorn say that he appeared from the vampire clan, he suddenly nodded.

The contrast between the snow-white cream and the fiery red body is so sharp that one can't help but feel that even if someone tells it that it is drenched in blood, they will not be surprised at all.

"Of course, we wizards are not used to vampire desserts!" The old man continued, "So this time, Ambrosio and I made a lot of effort to replace the real blood with the juice of bloody tentacles. Believe Me, it tastes sour and sweet, once I eat it, I will never forget it!"

"I think..." Maca smiled and said, "It will also make us more sensitive to all good things, so you chose to make it the first dessert tonight, right?"

"Oh, you told me about this little surprise I hid!" Slughorn said helplessly, "Yes, that's true—the formula of the love potion contains the juice of blood tentacles. The characteristics of the material, the few of you in the course can memorize it by the way!"

After speaking, he shared a piece of cake for everyone and tasted it each.

I have to say that this red velvet cake with some new tricks is really delicious.

Because there is a lot of blood tentacle juice in it, the scarlet cake is put into the mouth with smooth cream, and the thick feeling of sweetness with a little sour taste soon becomes clearer and clearer. After adding black tea at a suitable temperature, the fragrance and fragrance will make people have endless aftertaste.

But after all, everyone came here after dinner, even if there seems to be a tempting saying in this world that "desserts are packed in the second stomach", overeating is always bad. Therefore, everyone is only assigned a small piece.

However, this excellent delicacy has whetted everyone's appetite again, and soon everyone began to look forward to the second dessert tonight.

So after that, as Slughorn conjured up various desserts again and again, they were swept away by everyone present again and again, and the satisfaction level of everyone continued to rise.

And when the party was half over, at Lavender's suggestion, Slughorn, who was especially happy, opened the bottle of red wine she sent and began to taste it.

Of course, apart from him, no one wants to share with him. Because Ellis red wine is actually very famous - people who like it can buy it by barrel, and those who don't like it will never take a second sip after drinking it.

I don't know about Lavender, how did he know about Slughorn's little-known hobby.

The dessert tasting event lasted until a few minutes before the lights were turned off. In the second half of the time, everyone chatted casually while enjoying the delicious food, but most of them lived comfortably—at least it was much more enjoyable than the previous few gatherings held by the old man.

Well, everything was fine, except that Lavender turned his head to look at Ron a little too much.

At the end, Slughorn, whose cheeks were flushed from drinking, stood up and announced with a smile that the dessert tasting session had come to a successful conclusion. The big guys left their seats one by one, and the students hurried back to their dormitories to go to bed.

"Fortunately, tomorrow is a day off, otherwise I'm afraid I'd have to rush homework until early morning..." Ron whispered as he walked in the corridor by the door.

"Yeah!" Harry couldn't help but agree, "After the sixth grade, the difficulty of the homework has obviously become a lot more difficult, and it takes more time..."

Maca followed them, smiling casually.

"Even if you are resting tomorrow, you'd better speed up," he kindly reminded, "Snape is on patrol tonight, and he also knows that Slughorn is going to hold a private party—I don't need to say more Right? Hurry up! If he catches you, don't blame me for not notifying you in advance!"

"Oh, Merlin's stinky boots!"

After Ron let out a low cry, the students who heard this, no matter which college they belonged to, immediately started to trot. Maca watched them disappear one by one around the corner ahead, and couldn't help shaking his head slightly.

"I'll get a good night's sleep today too! Tomorrow morning I have to go to the greenhouse to repot those baby bumps. I can't always bother Professor Sprout..."

Thinking of this, he immediately quickened his pace, and soon turned and walked to another corridor. It's just that no one noticed this time, there seemed to be another person who didn't leave with everyone.