harry potter book of crimes

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

When Harry, Hermione and Ron also appeared at the door, Slughorn smiled and clapped softly. He looked left and right at the table, as if he felt that he could gather so many people.

The arrival of guests is indeed a great harvest for a large social circle.

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

Yes, under the guidance of this bald old man, the students also fell in love with this kind of small party - even if they couldn't get permission to borrow the hall from Professor McGonagall, they could just hold a party in the common room.

There is nothing wrong with small activities belonging to your own college.

Of course, as the leader in private party organizers, Slughorn must be the one who takes the most trouble.

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

"So……"

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

"Oh... Dear Professor Slughorn," Lavender said softly in her slightly artificial tone, "I think I seem to be a little late - to express my apology, please be sure

Take this bottle of Ellis wine I ordered from Three Broomsticks."

"Ms. Brown, you've taken so much trouble..." Slughorn waved his hands repeatedly, "You're not late, you're just in time, aren't you? Come on, please come in!"

As he spoke, he took the bottle from Lavender.

"This is indeed a red wine produced in Ellis Marsh Village. Although the price is not expensive, it is highly collectible for wizards who really like red wine! Thank you very much, it is a touching heart!

"

At the same time, Slughorn waved his wand again and added a chair to the table. Although his action seemed casual, everyone immediately guessed that this was Lavender.

It's uninvited.

But even so, Slughorn, who likes to make friends and is quite easy-going, naturally would not turn away the visitor. Besides, the visitor was very "sensible" and brought a gift.

Instead, this uninvited guest sneaked in smoothly.

"So, Professor Slughorn -" Maka didn't care about these little things. After Lavender and Slughorn took their seats, he sat with everyone at the round table covered with exquisite tablecloths.

, shrugged and said with a smile, "As the host of today's party, are you ready for your next opening speech?"

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

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

After hearing Maka's rather cooperative start with a joke, the old man touched his round belly, and the smile on his face obviously became thicker.

"Oh, come on! What I'm holding today is not a dance party or a dinner party. It's not that formal..." he said happily, "I can guarantee that this will be the purest dessert tasting party! Let those sweet

Before the rich deliciousness fills our bellies, I don’t want to let nonsense take up most of the time——"

"Oh, that sounds great!"

Maka smiled and expressed her approval of this good idea with applause just like Slughorn did before. But there were several people present who didn't know, and the fat old man always talked the most nonsense.

However, most people would not refuse desserts. Even Hermione, who originally didn't want to come over to participate, couldn't help but look forward to it. I have to say that this old man may not be very reliable in other aspects.

However, I always pay special attention to the details of eating, drinking and enjoying.

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

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

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

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first dessert tonight," the old man put down his wand and clapped his hands with a satisfied expression, "I think you all probably know that Ambrosio Ambrosio, the owner of Honeydukes,

Froome is my former student, and at tonight’s dessert tasting party, most of the desserts are new creations that I asked him to specially prepare! Really, you can’t find them anywhere!”

He first showed off his students as usual, and then introduced: "This is called 'Red Velvet Cake'. I heard Ambrosio tell me that this kind of cake seems to be very famous in the Muggle world...

...But I want to say that Muggles will never think that this red velvet cake was only popular among a group of vampires in the United States!"

As Slughorn said, Muggle-born wizards are quite familiar with this kind of cake. Of course, even Maka is not sure about its origin. I heard Slughorn say that it came from the vampire community.

Appeared, he suddenly nodded.

The sharp contrast between the snow-white cream and the fiery red body makes people feel that even if someone were told that it was dripped with blood, they wouldn't be surprised at all.

"Of course, we wizards can't get used to vampire desserts!" the old man continued, "So this time, Ambrosio and I spent a lot of effort to replace the real blood with the juice of the blood tentacles. I believe it.

I, the taste is sour and sweet, once you eat it you will never forget it!”

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

"Oh, tell me about this little surprise I've hidden!" Slughorn said helplessly, "Yes, it's true - the formula of the love potion contains the juice of blood tentacles. Regarding this kind of

Those who are taking my N.E.W.Ts course can take note of the characteristics of the materials!"

After saying that, he divided a piece of cake for everyone and each of them tasted it.

I have to say, this red velvet cake with some new tricks is indeed particularly delicious.

Because it contains a large amount of blood tentacle juice, the scarlet cake with smooth cream is put into the mouth. The sweet and slightly sour taste soon becomes more and more clear. After adding the appropriate temperature

The black tea is so fragrant and fragrant that you will have endless aftertaste.

But after all, everyone has come after dinner. Even if there seems to be a tempting saying in this world that "desserts are in the second stomach", overeating is always bad. Therefore, everyone

They only got a small piece.

However, this outstanding delicious food has once again aroused everyone's appetite, and soon everyone began to look forward to the second dessert tonight.

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

And when the party was halfway over, at Lavender's suggestion, a particularly happy Slughorn also opened the bottle of red wine she sent and tasted it.

Of course, except for him, no one wants to share it with him. Because Ellis red wine is actually very famous - people who like it can buy it by the barrel, but people who don't like it have to drink it.

Once you take one sip, you will never take another sip.

I don’t know how Lavender knew about Slughorn’s little-known hobby.

This dessert tasting session finally lasted until a few minutes before lights out. In the second half of the time, everyone enjoyed the delicious food and chatted casually, but most of them had a pretty good time - at least better than this old man.

The first few parties my son held were much more enjoyable.

Well, except that Lavender turned to look at Ron a little too often, everything was indeed fine.

At the end, Slughorn, whose cheeks were a little red from drinking, stood up and announced with a smile that the dessert tasting session was successfully concluded. Everyone left their seats one by one, and the students hurried to catch up.

They returned to their respective dormitories to prepare for bed.

"Fortunately, tomorrow is a day off, otherwise I would have had to catch up on homework in the early morning..." Ron whispered as he walked in the corridor at the door.

"Yes!" Harry couldn't help but agree, "After reaching sixth grade, the difficulty of homework has obviously become much more difficult, and it also takes more time..."

Maka followed them and smiled casually.

"Even if you have a day off tomorrow, you'd better speed up a bit," he reminded kindly, "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 me, don’t blame me for not notifying you in advance!"

"Oh, Merlin's stinky boots!"

After Ron's low cry, the students who heard this, no matter which college they were from, immediately started running. Maka watched from behind as they disappeared around the corner in front, and couldn't help but shook her head slightly.

.

"I'll have a good sleep today! I have to go to the greenhouse to repot those baby bumps tomorrow morning. I can't bother Professor Sprout all the time..."

With this thought in mind, he immediately quickened his pace and soon turned to another corridor. But this time, no one noticed that there seemed to be another person who did not leave with everyone.