Chapter 1433 Slughorn's Invitation

After breakfast, everyone lined up to leave the castle together.

Filch stood at the oak gate as usual, checking the names of the students who were allowed to go to Hogsmeade one by one.

This time was longer than before, because in addition to checking the list, he had to repeatedly test everyone with a spy device.

Filch had that skeptical look on his face, as if every student passing him was carrying some dangerous dark magic item.

The spy is a simplified version that the Ministry of Magic is using, and Ivan is not sure how useful this thing is.

Hermione said Filch had used it to check out Crabbe's dark magic item on the first night of school.

It sounds good, but it certainly didn't detect the contents of Ivan's carry-on bag.

"I don't understand, what does it matter if we smuggle out the dark magic item?" When it was Ron's turn, he stared at the long, thin spy device uncomfortably, and asked, "I'm afraid you should check Something we brought in, right?"

He swears, and Filch pokes him a few extra times with his spy device.

When they walked outside in the wind, rain and snow, he was still grinning in pain. It turned out that the spy device can still be used like this...

Speaking of which, today's weather is really bad enough, and this year's winter seems to have come very early.

Ivan couldn't help but wonder whether Voldemort and the evil gods had the ability to affect the climate, otherwise how could this bad weather be explained?

The walk to Hogsmeade was uncomfortable, very windy and cold with rain keeping the temperature down.

Although everyone walked together, no one spoke.

On the road leading to Hogsmeade, you can see students bending forward against the wind everywhere.

Everyone had scarves wrapped around their heads, and even then, the exposed parts were numb with the cold.

This kind of weather should be curled up in a warm bed or in a warm common room instead of coming out. When they finally entered Hogsmeade, this feeling became more intense, similar to Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade Almost half of the shops in De Village are closed, making it extremely depressed.

The door of the first shop at the entrance of the village, Zoko’s joke shop with the largest flow of people, was boarded up.

Ivan heard Harry lament, although Fred and George's joke products are very popular, but as a veteran prank supplier, Zuko's joke shop still has many unique products, and its closing makes people feel Pity.

Thankfully, the Honeydukes Candy Shop was still open, making their trip a little less boring.

The group was not in a hurry to leave, and decided to go to the Honeydukes Candy Store first.

After entering Hogsmeade village, most of the students staggered towards the crowded shop.

A few seconds later, everyone feels a sense of pleasure as the warm breath of toffee smells on the face.

"Thank God, it's so good here, I really want to..."

"Ah, children, I didn't expect to meet you here!" said a bell-like voice behind them.

Ivan's heart jumped, it was Professor Slughorn's voice.

They turned around and saw Professor Slughorn. He wore an enormous plush hat, a coat with a matching plush collar, and clutched a large bag of candied pineapple that took up at least a quarter of the tiny shop.

"Ivan, Harry, Hermione, Elaine, it's such a coincidence to see the four of you here." Slughorn said kindly, not knowing if it was intentional, and he missed Roy again. Well, "Speaking of which, you four little guys have missed my three small dinner parties in a row! This is no good, no, children, I am determined to invite you, and you can share with those who attended the party Ask around, everyone loves the vibe there.”

Ivan never doubted this, the point is that they didn't talk at all to the guys who could like Slughorn's party.

Most of the things that those people pursued and liked were denied and rejected by the four of them.

God knows how much effort they had spent over a month trying to turn down Slughorn's invitation.

Harry's strategy was that every time Slughorn sent him a small invitation with a purple ribbon, he deliberately arranged for the team to practice, regardless of the time and weather, it was training, this Tactics ensured that Ron was not left alone.

Ginny and Elaine can also use this excuse not to go, but most of the time Elaine directly refuses.

The excuses used by Ivan and Hermione were to conduct magic research, or simply avoid Professor Slughorn.

"I know the four of you are very busy, you train and study hard, and you are the best students in the school, but it's not harmful to have some entertainment once in a while. It's a good balance between work and rest. By the way, Elaine, I specially prepared the first class The blood of the dragon, the blood of the black dragon of the Heshidia Islands, this is a high-end product, not only has a strong magic power, but also tastes very delicious, you will definitely like it, I guarantee." Slughorn said, "Then , how about Monday night, I think the weather..."

"Not Monday, Professor."

"Harry and I have an appointment with Professor Dumbledore that night to go to him."

"It's unfortunate again!" Slughorn exaggeratedly yelled, attracting the attention of most people in the store, "Ah, well, you go to Albus's, but you can't avoid me forever Yes. What about the ladies? Hermione, Elaine, are you two free on Monday night?"

"Free, free!" Elaine said impatiently, sniffing hard.

This greedy ghost may have been tempted by the black dragon's blood from the Heshidili Islands, and she had always refused before.

"Oh, well, we're going to the party on Monday, Professor..." Hermione said helplessly, looking at Elaine.

"It's settled!" said Slughorn with satisfaction, as if he thought it was a good start to invite Hermione and Elaine to the party.

He waved his hands pretentiously, and walked out of the candy store in a big way.

He didn't notice Ron until the end, like he was just a bunch of cockroaches on display in the store.

"That's really nice!" Ron was as sullen as he had been at the first invitation in the second week of term.

He seemed eager to go to Slughorn's party, thinking it would be a good chance.

Except for Elaine who was still obsessed with the taste of high-grade dragon blood, no one was in the mood to continue shopping. After simply buying some candy, the five of them separated quickly, and Ron went to the place where he had made an appointment with Lavender. Harry went to the Three Broomsticks with the two Creevey brothers whom he later met in the shop.

Ivan, Hermione, and Elaine are going to buy pygmy puffs, and then go to the Pig's Head Bar to find Mundungus for contraband trading...