A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 426: Slughorn’s review

Dumbledore looked around, seeing everyone's expressions in his eyes. He looked a little tired, but he still smiled and said, "Alastor, two Aurors came from the Ministry of Magic. I need to know something, so I brought them here."

A tall man flashed in, Felix glanced at Kingsley with serious face, behind him was Tonks, she changed her short red hair for herself today, bunches stood up randomly, It looks quite conspicuous. When Felix looked over, she waved enthusiastically.

From the open pocket of Tonks's clothes, half of a blue slender glass tube was exposed. It should be the newly launched super bubble water from "Future World"...

Moody grinned at his two uninvited guests and smiled menacingly, "Did Scrimgeour send you here?"

"Mrs. Burns asked me to say hello to you, Alastor, we all care about you, by the way, I have become an official Auror!" Tonks said happily.

Sirius rolled his eyes, and Moody said hoarsely, "I hope they didn't put water on the class of stealth and tracking."

Tonks snorted softly, "You are too strict."

At this time, the dark-skinned Kingsley opened the briefcase, waved his wand lightly, and a piece of parchment flew out from it. The writing on it was densely packed, and there were already several handwritten signatures on the bottom column.

"Let's talk about the old days later, Alastor." Kingsley said in his characteristic low and slow voice: "We have a mission, and the senior officials in the ministry are very busy. I On behalf of the Minister for Magic, the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, the Wizengamot and the Auror Office, they have prepared some questions about what has happened to you over the past few months... Headmaster Dumbledore?"

Kingsley gave Dumbledore a cautious look.

"Ah, let's go out first, Kingsley and Alastor are old acquaintances, they will not conflict." Dumbledore said to everyone with a smile, and then stopped the first one to leave Snape, "Wait a minute, Severus, I have a few questions about the analysis report you gave me."

Everyone walked out of the ward, Madam Pomfrey closed the door, and Felix caught a glimpse of Kingsley and Moody on the bed hugging from the last gap, "Bang!" The door was shut tightly.

Sirius whispered: "Principal Dumbledore, my substitute..."

"Sirius," Dumbledore said in a more serious tone, "I will not reject your application, but it is obvious that you are not ready to become a professor yet"

"But my grades are good!" Sirius said angrily, staring at Snape with a mocking expression, wishing he could punch him in the face.

"I don't mean grades, you should know that," said Dumbledore.

A lonely expression appeared on Sirius' face again. Harry really wanted to say something for his godfather, but Professor Haip shook his head slightly at him, and he had to hold back his good words.

"Albus, Professor Moody's appointment should only be for one year?" Felix said softly.

Dumbledore showed a knowing smile, "Yes, Alastor has retired, I don't want to work too **** him, this year's situation is special enough... Thinking that I will have to write a new job advertisement in half a year, It's really a headache."

In the outer corridor of the school hospital, Dumbledore and Snape walked upstairs, and it seemed that their destination was the headmaster's office. Felix estimated that the analysis report mentioned by Dumbledore should be aimed at the residual potion they found in the secret room, and it is likely that Voldemort used it to keep his body from collapsing.

But it's not easy to ask in detail right now, he turned around, looked at Sirius, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville and the others, and asked them: "I'm going to Hagrid's place, you..."

"So do we," said Harry immediately. Ron and Hermione nodded like chickens, and Neville looked around and patted his head.

"Let's go together, maybe you can help me a bit." Felix said cheerfully, seeing Harry's puzzled expression, he explained: "Hagrid's snails grow too fast, The scary thing is, they don't need to hibernate yet, and they're full of energy. Hagrid asked me to build some iron chains to prevent these aggressive creatures from surviving their first winter..."

The faces of the little wizards who were no strangers to snails turned pale.

They walked out of the castle and walked on the snowy ground. The biting wind pierced through their thick clothes. The little wizards were shivering from the cold. The blow looks much better.

Felix waved his wand, "The Warmth Charm is one of the most practical magics in winter, if you haven't bought a constant temperature locket."

They immediately warmed up and their steps slowed down. Harry was amazed, and Hermione asked in amazement: "Professor, what is this magic spell?"

"Warm up like a furnace."

"Is it easy to learn? If you learn it, can you achieve the effect of a thermostatic locket?" Ron asked.

"Your two older brothers asked me that too," said Felix, "but unfortunately it only works in winter."

Ron pouted, "Now I finally understand why they are invincible in snowball fights."

"Professor, who is Mrs. Burns?" Harry thought of the name Tonks mentioned, which sounded familiar.

"Amelia Bones is currently the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and has a good reputation." Felix said simply.

"Susan Bones' aunt," whispered Hermione.

"Sirius, do you know her?" Harry asked, he felt that from the performance just now, his godfather should know her.

Sirius thought for a while, smacked his lips and said, "I have a little impression... She was four grades older than me in school, she was a very smart and serious witch," he muttered in a low voice, "I seem to make her cry Passed."

"What's going on?" Hermione asked excitedly.

"Oh, it's been a long time..." Seeing Harry looking at him with interest, he said helplessly, "You should know that magic is not allowed in the school corridors..."

Harry and the others nodded.

"When I first entered school, I showed off the Luminescent Charm in the hallway. Of course, I made some improvements... Amelia happened to see it, so she took the opportunity to deduct points from me. She is a prefect... "

"I don't think prefects should have the right to deduct points." Ron muttered, remembering the point deducted by Percy in the second grade.

Sirius smiled understandingly: "Remus is also a prefect, I just happen to know some inside information, prefects can't deduct points casually, they have to write an explanation for every deduction they do, and Other restrictions...for example, Amelia only deducted two points."

"That doesn't sound like much," said Harry.

"Yeah," said Sirius with emotion, "but I was very unconvinced at the time, so I ran under her eyelids and continued to use the fluorescent spell, and colorful lights flickered on her lenses... She was naturally very upset, and I gave her I deducted points, I continued to chant the mantra, we were in a stalemate for a long time, and finally deducted more than two hundred points?"

Harry's eyes widened.

Sirius smiled slyly: "Actually, it's because the school has just started, and the scores of each house are not high. I remember that there are only a few rubies in the hourglass of Gryffindor College?"

"That's how you got away with it?" Harry asked in disbelief.

"It's not that simple. I was locked up for a week," Sirius said nonchalantly, "but Amelia didn't feel well either. I heard that she finished writing those reports in tears."

Harry thought it best not to tell Susan Bones, who adored her aunt, while Ron thought the opposite.

"How about we hold a dueling self-study group activity, Harry? The last one was a long time ago." Ron said eagerly, "We can ask Sirius to be our guide."

Sirius was a little moved, but he still refused, "I can't just enter Hogwarts, this time Hagrid helped me."

They came to Hagrid's hut, Hagrid was busy in the pumpkin field behind the house, there were only a dozen of snails left, but they grew a lot, even in the snow in winter , still full of energy.

"Are you here?" Hagrid gasped. With a roar, he threw forward a blow-tailed snail that had broken loose, and got up from the snow after a while. The snail he was holding was motionless.

"Is it dead?" Felix asked.

"Not yet," said Hagrid gruffly, "probably passed out." He turned the snail over, picked up a thick rope next to it, and tied it in the middle of its body, Felix guessed Should it be the loin of the snail? If this creature has this body structure.

He approached, poked lightly with his wand on the thick sunken shell of the snail, and its legs kicked twice weakly, proving that it was still alive.

Felix quickly cast a spell on those chains, and he said to Hagrid: "I left some gaps, but if they continue to grow, they may need to be enlarged later."

"I see," said Hagrid gruffly, "that's fine."

When they were sitting on the blanket in Hagrid's hut, Hagrid was still feeling sorry for the creatures like snails: "They are quite docile and don't hurt people very much...but they like to fight, I don't know It is clear which side is the influence, it may be the manticore, they have always lived alone."

The hot tea in Harry's hand was no longer fragrant.

Felix said: "It's best not to release them yet, Severus is studying the medicinal value of this creature"

"Cough cough cough!"

Neville suddenly coughed violently, "Oh, sorry..." he said with a horrified expression.

"What's wrong with him?" Hagrid asked puzzled, stretched out his hand and patted Neville, who fell to the ground suddenly.

Ron said very understandingly: "He may have thought of dealing with the materials of snails in the future..." Harry suddenly felt uncomfortable after saying this. Snape always punished students for handling disgusting potion materials habits, especially those less precious materials that can be mass-produced.

Whether it's the slimy, squishy larvae of the snails, or the slime on their bodies, if Snape finds a wonderful use for it, it will definitely become a nightmare for future students.

And Harry can guarantee that they will definitely be the first batch of students to be victimized.

Hagrid handed over a towel, and Neville took it, and the towel immediately moved by itself, dabbing randomly on his face, chin, and the front of his clothes, "Oh, sorry, that's automatic cleaning! Hagrid snatched it apologetically.

"No, it's okay." Neville said palely.

Hagrid looked at him hesitantly, and brought a plate of hard biscuits from the back room, "You can try this." Neville picked up a piece politely, and saw Harry, Ron and Hermione firmly but slowly Shaking his head, he put it down immediately.

Fortunately, Hagrid didn't notice this, he was talking to Felix: "The snails shed some shells, I don't know if it will be useful to you, I left some for you."

Felix nodded, "This is a new material, and no one has seen it before, but I think it should have the characteristics of both a manticore and a fire crab, but it's hard to say that it is more biased. That one. If it is the former, its value will be very large."

"Mr. Scamander doesn't talk to me about this much, we just discuss some experience in raising magical animals," Hagrid said roughly: "Our directions are not in the same direction... However, some of his suggestions are very useful .”

Knowing that Hagrid was talking about the one in classroom seven, he suddenly thought of something and asked, "I heard that many ghosts like it there?"

"That's right, I did see a lot." Hagrid said, "I heard that they planned to ask Principal Dumbledore to find a cook, and the memory is quite unreliable... But, they are better than the previous dozens of cooks." I am more active in the year."

"Do they have any options?" asked Ron, who was usually interested in the queer.

"There is one," Hagrid muttered, "Horace Slughorn, the fat friar was so impressed that he would sneak into the kitchen for supper every night when he was at school, and never miss a meal. .”

Harry knew the Fat Friar, the ghost of Hufflepuff House, but he didn't know who Slughorn was.

"The potions master?" said Hermione in surprise.

"You know him?" Hagrid glanced at her: "Very interesting man, he was there when I was in school, he was the head of Slytherin house, Sirius must know him."

They looked at Sirius, who was sitting on the sofa with Fang in his arms, scratching Fang's chin intermittently, and hummed in comfort. He said slowly: "Of course I know, an old man who likes to enjoy himself, he formed the famous Slug Club, which brought together many Death Eaters"

"What?" Harry exclaimed in surprise.

"Oh, don't worry, he has nothing to do with Death Eaters." Sirius said, seeing that Harry's expression was still very stiff, he explained: "He is just an old man who likes to enjoy, and he likes mead , candied pineapple, three-tier upholstered sofa..." He glanced at Felix, "I bet he has his eye on your company, I saw a chair when I went to find Remus, it was his favorite."

When the chair was mentioned, Hagrid's expression became abnormal, and he stared at a toolbox in the corner with wandering eyes. There was a red umbrella standing next to the toolbox.

"...He has the common problems of Slytherin. He likes to solicit connections everywhere, loves vanity, and doesn't pay much attention to people with no potential. Of course, he is much better than the current dean."

Felix gave him a reproachful look.

Sirius spread his hands, "I'm telling the truth, well, let's ignore some unpleasant bat spirit," he continued: "In addition to liking material comforts, he also has a magical He always pays attention to those potential students, and he builds a platform for these people to communicate with each other, looking forward to rewarding one day in the future, and he likes this feeling.”

"The Death Eater" Harry asked.

"As I said, besides ability, he also values ​​origin, and you should know who most Slytherins are." Sirius said, "There are not many people who really get in by ability, but Harry, your mother One of the best."

"My mother?" Harry was shocked again, he didn't know why he was so eager to refute, but he did it anyway, "But, but she is Gryffindor!"

"She got into it by ability." Sirius said, "Lily's potion talent is very high. During the war years, the potion she brewed saved many people, especially when she was hunted down by Voldemort. Those of us can only hide in the safe house, only she is still functioning."

His tone dropped, "If she and James can survive, Lily will definitely become the most dazzling master of potions. What Snape..."

Sirius snorted twice, his contempt palpable.

"What about you?" Harry asked, eager to know more, not about Professor Slughorn, but about Sirius and his parents.

"Me and James?"

"And Professor Lupine ~IndoMTL.com~ Harry said, "I mean, Remus. "

Sirius laughed: "I was, uh... more rebellious," he winked at Harry, "I can't understand his behavior, especially after Regulus also joined that club , I don't even want to get involved, James' situation is similar to mine, but he is more because there are too many Slytherins there, and he is very hostile to Slytherins..."

"As for Remus, he has both good character and learning, but you know, his identity is a big problem."

"But I heard that his identity is kept secret, and few people found out that he was a werewolf during school." Harry asked puzzled.

"I can explain this point," Felix said, "You can't expect yourself to be able to deceive a powerful wizard, especially if he is also a master of potions."

…

The next week passed quickly. After the holidays given to employees by the "Future World" company, Felix moved to Diagon Alley and spent the last few days on the improvement of new products, unconsciously , a new term at Hogwarts has begun.