Chapter 463: Envy, jealousy and hatred
Chapter 463 Envy, Jealousy, and Hatred
The first meeting of the Slug Club is over.
Except for a little accident that happened to Emma, overall this banquet was a success. Thanks to Slughorn's precise vision, everyone who attended this party all made acquaintances or backgrounds. Noble, or a gifted companion.
This is a rare opportunity, whether it is for those wealthy nobles or for a poor genius like Hermione.
The most valuable asset in the wizarding world today is neither powerful spells nor expensive magic materials, but talent!
Whether it is the ancient pure-blood aristocrats or the mixed-blood upstarts like Mike, their desire for talents is eternal. Muggle or mixed-blood geniuses like Hermione or Harry's mother are their best. For investment targets, they usually use a large amount of resources to win over each other, and the most common and ultimate method of winning over is marriage.
Blood relationship or family relationship is always the best weapon to force others to stand with you. This has been true since ancient times.
But this is also a good thing for those geniuses who are not well-known and very poor. After all, in this way they can not only obtain various resources to accelerate their growth, but also obtain a high social status in one fell swoop through marriage. .
Therefore, as an upper-class social tool, the role of the Slug Club is undoubted. It not only allows the nobles to quickly get to know those unknown talent seeds, but also allows them to make more efficient exchanges of interests, so as to Seize more benefits, mutual benefit, and as the founder of the club, Slughorn will also gain a lot of benefits and reputation.
This is the ultimate goal he wants to achieve with his continuous efforts, and judging from the current situation, Slughorn is doing pretty well. Through his years of hard work and the bond between teachers and students at Hogwarts, Slughorn En's Slug Club has extended its tentacles to all walks of life in the European wizarding world. If he is given some more time, maybe he can create a super club that does not belong to the Extraordinary Apothecary Association or even the Raven's Claw!
There are many smart people in Hogwarts who have noticed this, but not everyone here is qualified to join the Slug Club.
Just like Draco and Pansy.
Pansy will not mention it. She is very self-aware. With the current decline of the Parkinson family, she believes that no matter what, Slughorn will not let her join the Slug Club, even though her father was one of them. One member.
So she was just complaining.
But Draco is different. He really can't understand what the old guy Slughorn is thinking in his mind. It's okay if he doesn't take the initiative to invite him. He even took the initiative to ask Slughorn to join. The request was ruthlessly rejected!
Yes, that's right, Draco took the initiative to approach Slughorn the day after the first banquet of the Slug Club. After an unpleasant negotiation, Draco became completely distraught. Becoming a little angry.
Immediately afterwards, Slughorn, the former head of Slytherin, was boycotted by a group of radical Slytherins headed by Draco. The direct result of this was that Slughorn's demon Medicine class turns into a disaster.
"Ah! My potion! Merlin's beard! Who did this!"
In the Potions class, along with a huge explosion, a Hufflepuff's scream resounded throughout the classroom, and everyone, including Mike, looked over in unison.
They saw that the operating table shared by four people was now in a mess. A tattered crucible was lying crookedly on the operating table, and the unfinished hot potion inside was splashed everywhere. The crucible The owner's head and face were poured directly, and now the places where the magic potion was splashed have turned red, indicating that he was burned.
The three people who were on the same console with him were even more unlucky. Although their injuries were not as serious as that person's, the aftermath of the crucible explosion also caused the half-made potion to be completely scrapped!
The Hufflepuff area suddenly burst into mourning, while students from other houses behaved very calmly.
There was no way, this was already the tenth crucible explosion accident this month, and they were already used to it.
There was even a burst of schadenfreude and ridicule from the Slytherin side, among which Draco laughed the most proudly and cast a provocative look at Slughorn.
This move immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of everyone present. Everyone knew very well that all the crucible explosion accidents must be caused by Slytherins. The Slytherins were the best if their crucibles did not explode even once. prove!
But unfortunately, they had no evidence to prove that this was done by the Slytherins, even if Slughorn had consciously been wary of the Slytherins causing trouble.
After staring at Draco and the others angrily for a while, Slughorn reluctantly withdrew his gaze. This time, he still failed to grasp the other party's handle.
He quickly waved his wand, and a stream of water poured out on the Hufflepuffs, rinsing away the remaining medicine on their bodies.
"You, you and you, get these people to the infirmary quickly, their burns are serious!"
Slughorn quickly issued the order, and the boys who were named immediately stood up and stepped forward to help the Hufflepuffs to the infirmary.
They were very skilled in this set of actions. After all, Slughorn clicked on just a few of them every time.
Strictly speaking, this will affect their studies, but they enjoy it because they get bonus points for doing it.
Then Slughorn quickly directed the rest of the classroom to start cleaning up the operating table. After all the things were dealt with, it was time for get out of class to end. Slughorn reluctantly announced that get out of class was over. .
The Slytherins left the classroom proudly. This scene made Slughorn furious.
'Thanks' to the other party's small actions, my original teaching plan has been greatly delayed. If this continues, the students in this period will not be able to complete this year's studies at all!
Slughorn secretly made up his mind that he must find a way to show these naughty children a little bit of strength!
On the other side, Mike, Harry and others also left the classroom early, but instead of returning to the lounge as usual, they blocked the door of the classroom and stared at the classmates who kept passing by.
After a while, the person they were waiting for appeared.
I saw Hermione hurriedly walked out of the classroom with a thick stack of books. She had a very heavy task today. Not only did she have to complete the homework of ancient runes, transfiguration and potions, but she also had to prepare for tomorrow's homework. Course, you must return to the lounge as soon as possible to start studying!
However, as soon as she stepped out of the classroom door, Mike and Harry picked her up and walked towards the outside of the castle.
I'm very sorry. I went to visit my friend's mother because she was seriously ill. As a result, my friend and his father forced me to stay at their home to drink and express my sorrow. So...there are only two thousand left today...
