Chapter 758 Ginger Juice

( ) "Ah, so you are here." Professor Horace Slughorn stood in front of a booth near the corner with a glass of oak-aged mead in his hand, "Lisa Torrance, Louise Torrance, it’s great to meet you.”

"Professor Slughorn." The second-year twin Slytherin witches replied at the same time. Their voices seemed to have no emotion at all, and they felt gloomy and depressing when they heard them coming out of nowhere.

The two sisters wearing green fur vests stood up at the same time, their long brown hair hanging down, covering a small half of their cheeks. The two witches stood there upright, their hands hanging on their sides, their expressions looking a little gloomy.

"I would like to congratulate you on the addition of a new brother during the summer vacation. What did Jack name them?" Professor Slughorn had no reaction to the lifeless expressions of the twins and was still full of enthusiasm.

"Danny." The twin witches answered with the same tone and frequency, without any joy.

Horace rubbed his temples. After being unable to sleep in a state of excitement for three consecutive days, he never had enough time to make up for the missing sleep. After gently relieving his painful nerves, he continued: "I organized a A small informal group called the Slug Club. I will occasionally host a few dinner parties, and I would like to invite you to have dinner with me. I would be very happy if you could come." (Slughorn is slughorn in English, slug means "slug")

"Don't be too busy to refuse, kid, your father Jack Torrance is also one of them." Seeing the twins look at each other, Horace quickly stretched out his finger, "He also opened the Yuanwang Hotel in your family. He invited me to go on vacation, but I never got around to it. Does he still love writing as much as he did back then?"

"When there are no guests in the winter, he likes to hide in the hotel on the mountain and write books." Lisa Torrance answered this question.

Louis Torrance then Lisa continued: "Professor, we would like to participate."

"It's a good thing to be able to stick to your hobbies. Then I'll let the owl notify you the next time I hold a dinner party." Professor Slughorn raised his glass to the twin sisters, then turned around and wanted to leave. When he was there, he saw Alan and Hermione sitting in the booth in the corner.

"Hello, Professor Alan Harris." Horace couldn't help but touched his nose, and tried his best to put on a warm smile that shone like the gold buttons on his vest: "I am Horace, Horace. Slughorn, it's such an honor to meet you, and I believe this is our first official conversation."

"Nice to meet you." Allen stood up, "Professor Slughorn, your achievements in potions and the textbooks you edited have greatly benefited me in this subject."

Slughorn deliberately turned his head to look like he was seeing Hermione: "Excuse me, did I interrupt your date with Miss Granger?"

"Not at all, Professor." Hermione put down her hand holding the butterbeer glass and stood up, then pushed the small basket on the table forward, "Would you like some lemon meringue?"

"The Three Broomsticks' pineapple preserves are also good. I recommend you to try them too." Slughorn, who wanted to take this opportunity to leave, had to stand there and take a piece of cookie, and pondered for a moment, "Professor Harris, I will be hosting a dinner party in a few days, and I wonder if I would be honored to invite you to it?"

Horace originally did not want to have a too close relationship with the Harris family. The Harris family is indeed very powerful in the wizarding world. However, Slughorn spent some time in Europe during the rebellion of the first Dark Lord and knew that. The Grindelwald and Harris families have a close relationship with each other.

The most important point is that although Horace likes to make "excellent" friends and enjoys the privilege of meeting celebrities and successful people, an experience many years ago made him realize that it is too easy to make friends with overly talented students who exceed the "excellent" range. of danger.

Moreover, despite the recent tense relationship between the Harris family and the traditional British pure-blood family, although ordinary wizards cannot understand it, he learned enough private information through the club he established. Coupled with the weirdness revealed by some small details of the Harris family, such as Minister Owen Harris's speech and his unnecessary feud with International Confederation of Wizards President Babajide Ajinba, Harris TV recently broadcast Those tough remarks... These revealed information made Horace feel that although there was no evidence or precise inference, there was something wrong with these signs. Therefore, he did not want to get too close to the Harris family to avoid getting burned.

It's just that now that Allen and the others have obviously heard the invitation they just sent to the Torrance sisters, with the current status of the Harris family in the magic world, even the members of their own Slug Club are very powerful in the magic world. Don't ignore, neglect or offend.

Therefore, out of necessary etiquette, Horace Slughorn had no choice but to extend the invitation.

"I'm very pleased to receive your invitation, Professor Slughorn." Allen agreed without any embarrassment. He and Slughorn elegantly clinked glasses and took a sip of Gordigan tea. , "I will definitely attend on time."

"I will enclose the specific time and formal invitation with an owl." Slughorn extended the mead glass to Hermione again. "Miss Granger, please take the time to attend. That will be me." an honor.”

"Thank you for the invitation, Professor." Hermione, who tried her best to show off her protective umbrella and take the helm, also imitated the adult-like appearance of Allen and Slughorn just now, gently clinked glasses with each other, and then poured the butter in her glass. She drank the beer in one gulp, but after drinking the non-alcoholic fake beer, a circle of butter flowers hung around her lips, which looked like a white beard.

Slughorn uncomfortably twisted the gold buttons on his waistcoat. Alan glanced at him and tilted his head slightly in the direction of Hermione, indicating that Alan should handle such an embarrassing situation. Reminding the other party, the fat old man who looked fat suddenly waved his hand quickly in the direction behind the stairs in the lobby, and then bowed slightly to Allen and Hermione: "Sorry, I see a friend, please excuse me for a moment."

"Please, Professor." Then Allen followed Slughorn's gaze and glanced at his female companion. He raised his brows to suppress his smile, stretched out his finger, and pointed at Hermione's mouth. Then he pointed to the same position on his mouth: "There is a circle on your mouth..."

Hermione, who had just sat down again, glanced at the residual foam remaining in the beer glass. Her slightly widened eyes and straight back silently expressed Miss Know-It-All's embarrassment. She was stunned for a few seconds before she quickly turned away. , and wiped his mouth directly with the cuff of his wrist in a panic.

Alan, who also sat back in the booth, just stared at the other person after doing all this, and then suddenly leaned over, raised his well-joined, pale and slender index finger and lightly scratched the corner of Hermione's mouth, and then The small lump of white cream foam on her fingertips came close to her lips, and she slightly extended her tongue to lick her fingertips: "Butterbeer with ginger juice tastes better."

At the other end of the stairs, the couple who had finished being intimate with Ginny and pretended that nothing had happened had already returned to the long table with their companions carrying drinks and food. In order to complete the task assigned to him by Dumbledore, Harry took the initiative to raise his hand and waved, calling Professor Slughorn over as he walked over. Then he stood up and shook hands with his Potions professor: "Professor Slughorn, it's nice to see you."

"Me too, me too." Slughorn smiled and shook Harry's hand warmly.

Harry was at a loss for words and began to chat with the other party: "Professor Slughorn, what are you doing here?"

"The connection between the Three Broomsticks and me is very deep." Slughorn held his head high, "I still remember what it looked like when it was called a Broomstick." Horace couldn't help but speak. He raised his hand consciously, and the mead in the cup spilled out, almost onto Ginny.

"Attention, Miss Weasley." Professor Slughorn didn't pay much attention. After reminding Ginny, he turned around and continued to chat with Harry, "In this way, my child, in the past... I will occasionally hold a few There is a dinner party and only a few students are invited. Are you willing to come? Your friend Miss Granger will also attend."

Professor Slughorn turned around and motioned to Harry for the booth where Allen and Hermione were sitting in the corner. He was somewhat surprised to find two Aurors appearing in front of the booth table, and one Auror was leaning over. He lowered his head and said something in Alan's ear. Then Alan and Hermione stood up after saying a few words, and hurriedly left the Three Broomsticks Tavern with the three Aurors.

When Allen walked away, Hermione stood up with a disappointed expression, picked up the basket of cookies and the remaining half cup of butterbeer and walked over.

"I was telling Harry that Miss Granger would also attend my dinner." Professor Slughorn raised his glass to Hermione, "Does the Ministry of Magic want to see Professor Harris for anything?"

"It seems so, there seems to be some official business that he needs to deal with." Hermione nodded to the Potions Professor, then looked at Harry who was standing opposite Slughorn, "Harry, have you also received the invitation? ?”

Harry nodded quickly: "Yes, I am honored. I will definitely participate when the time comes."

"Hermione, come and sit." Ginny moved her chair closer to Harry's. Hermione smiled at Professor Slughorn and clinked glasses with Ginny in silent agreement.

Seeing that Ginny had a very close relationship with Harry and Hermione, Professor Slughorn's eyes flashed: "You are welcome to come, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net Miss Weasley."

Ginny, who didn't expect Professor Slughorn to invite her, quickly swallowed her drink and said, "Thank you, Professor."

"Great, just wait for my owl to deliver the message. I, the old man, will not disturb you young people. I wish you a good time." Slughorn turned around and his eyes stayed on Ron and Seamus. After a moment of hesitation, he said, "Nice to meet you too, Seamus Weasley, Warren Buffinigan."

The two little wizards were embarrassed and didn't know how to respond, but fortunately Professor Slughorn didn't mean to wait for their response and turned around and left immediately after greeting them.

"Ron, we are all his students, and he actually got my last name reversed with yours. Did he do it on purpose?" Seamus was a little unsure whether the Potions Professor made the mistake on purpose.

"Ginny and I are brother and sister, both with red hair. He knew she was Weasley, but he actually thought my surname was Finnigan..." Ron weakly pointed at Ginny's red hair, "Also, Harry, you What the hell are you doing with Slughorn?"

"Dumbledore wants me to get close to him..."