harry potter book of crimes

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Dear Mr. Macca McClain:

Oh, although we work together at Hogwarts and meet several times every day. But at this time, I still hope to express my sincerity with a formal invitation.

In fact, I would like to invite you to come to my personal dance party at 7pm on weekends in the small hall on the first floor of the East Fort. In this dance, I will prepare some gadgets that can make everyone happy.

Everyone can temporarily get rid of the pressure of daily life and study and enjoy every minute and every second of rest.

Of course, if you have any friends who would like to join us, I, as the organizer, would be delighted!

Ah, that's right! At this point, Mr. MacLean must have understood my little intention with his wisdom.

In fact, I also want to use this dance party to try out some of the good ideas I have come up with to see if they will have a satisfactory on-site effect.

Finally, I look forward to your reply!

Your friend,

Horace Slughorn

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This is a private invitation that Maka received two days ago.

Obviously both of them are professors at the same school, but the fat old man still likes to send invitations and letters.

Since Maka often replies "no" when something happens, the guy's invitations are getting longer and longer now. It's obvious that he really hopes that Maka can go to his private events and show more face.

But to be honest, Maka really had some expectations today.

After all, this old man with a wide social circle is usually very creative when organizing events, and there are no duplicates. If he can come up with something new, interesting, and eye-catching this time, the event will be officially open to the public.

, it can also bring a special good impression to guests outside of Hogwarts.

The sky was already getting darker.

"Ginny, did you buy a velvet too?"

In the corridor, Luna looked at the pink fur ball on Ginny's shoulder with great interest, with a soft smile on her face.

You can see that the cattail is like a furry tennis ball. It lies down lazily, with a pair of small black and shiny eyes embedded in the fur and wanders around. It looks very cute.

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However, Maka doesn't like these little guys very much.

At first, he was stuffed with velvet blankets by Luna, but they woke up because their tongues blocked his nostrils and made him unable to breathe.

Fortunately, at least Maka hasn't come yet.

"Oh, yes!" Ginny stretched out her hand to touch the furry little guy and said with a smile, "Puffs are very docile, easy to feed, and they are also very comfortable to touch."

But at this moment, Ron, who was following the two of them, suddenly approached Harry and added in a low voice:

“The most important thing is it’s cheap.”

Of course Ginny heard it, so she immediately turned to glare at her brother.

"At least it's more expensive than a mouse!"

"I'm raising an owl now!" Ron immediately defended.

Seeing this, Harry had no choice but to pat Ron and signal him to stop talking, lest Ginny would be upset again.

On the other hand, Hermione was not very interested in these. She was currently comparing the clothes on herself and Luna. She thought about it for a while, and then nodded secretly as if to confirm something.

The costumes of several girls today are very good.

Luna is a silver cake dress with some sparkling sequins on it. Most people can't handle this color, but on Luna, it looks eye-catching.

Hermione, on the other hand, is wearing an off-the-shoulder long gauze dress. The simple sewing design gives her a sense of floating that she doesn't usually have. She will definitely look good dancing.

As for Ginny, the light yellow dress is naturally very tolerant, and it can also bring a bit of nobility to people - at least Harry seems to appreciate it very much.

"Have you heard? Slughorn also invited Scrimgeour tonight..."

Seeing Hermione suddenly mention this, everyone looked at her with doubts, wondering what she was going to say. Luna blinked, as if she had thought of something.

"Is it Rufus Scrimgeour?" she said seriously, "a vampire! He is actually a vampire - Dad told me that he wrote a long article when Scrimgeour first took over as Minister of Magic.

But as soon as that issue of "The Quibbler" was released, someone from the department came to ask him not to ship the remaining orders!"

Having said this, Luna even spread her hands in a serious manner.

"Do you think the Ministry of Magic has a guilty conscience? They are afraid that Dad will tell the truth."

When Ron heard this, he couldn't help but shook his head with a subtle expression.

"I think the Ministry of Magic is worried about Maka, otherwise they would have brought Mr. Lovegood to the Ministry for review."

But Maka shrugged.

"Don't tell me, I don't know anything."

A few people chatted casually, and soon they arrived at the door of the small hall where the dance was held.

Slughorn's private events are still very popular among students, and both boys and girls like to relax on their rest days.

And tonight, there were many people gathered at the door...especially the girls whose relationship was not good enough to receive invitations. Most of them were waiting to see if any boy could lead them in.

If you come in uninvited, maybe no one will kick you out, but it is still very rude.

A few of them walked through the crowd and came to the door. They could already hear the laughter and music coming from inside, and of course there were also a lot of buzzing and enthusiastic conversations.

There are already a lot of people inside.

"Should we wait here for a while? Maka is probably not here yet..." Ron asked casually.

However, Hermione waved her hand at him.

"It's fine if we go in first, but if you say-" she pointed around, "I suggest you'd better invite a girl first."

As Hermione said this, she reached out to hold Luna's arm, and then pointed at Ginny and Harry.

"Look, none of us are planning to dance with you. I think you have to think about your partner."

"Oh...can you not be so direct?" Ron sighed with a grimace, and then walked helplessly to the side, "Yes, I understand, I will go and discuss it with them..."

This time, the decoration in the small hall looks a bit colorful, and if you look at it objectively, it is even a little bit "bloated". However, the temperature has dropped sharply recently, and the environment decorated like this can actually make everyone feel a sense of warmth.

warmth.

Thick curtains are hung on the ceiling and the walls on all four sides. The representative colors of the four major colleges are all available, regardless of each other.

In the center of the small hall hangs a huge golden lampshade that is as tall as a person. The soft light is emitted from the lampshade. From time to time, one or two light sources will come out from the gaps on the top of the lampshade, and they will appear all over the small hall.

Flying and circling.

If you look carefully, you will find that those light spots are actually little fairies. If you must say it, they are actually one of the guests tonight.

Of course, they are actually more like ball decorations brought by Slughorn.

And the brisk sound of musical instruments is echoing softly from every corner of the small hall, and no one has yet discovered where they are coming from.

As soon as he entered, Harry discovered that Scrimgeour was obviously not the only adult wizard invited today. Among the people standing and talking, he had already seen at least five or six middle-aged men and women who were not Hogwarts professors.

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Suddenly, Harry heard Hermione next to him snort. He immediately followed the latter's line of sight and looked to the other side.

Those were some hard-working house elves. They were walking back and forth between the countless little legs, raising their hands high, and struggling to hold the shining silver plates above their heads.

"Oh, my little gentlemen and ladies, you are here!"

Slughorn always kept an eye on all directions during activities. Not long after Harry and the others entered the door, he immediately spotted the figures of several people and hurriedly walked over.

"Welcome, come in, come in! You..."

As Slughorn was speaking, he suddenly glanced behind them a few times, as if he was looking for something. When Hermione saw this, she immediately knew that the fat old man must be looking for Maka.

"He will be here in a while, we came here first."

"Really?" Slughorn nodded clearly, "That would be great! You don't know, your Professor McGrane is too busy, and it is always difficult for me to invite him to join us.

Small activities.”

After that, he straightened his gold-red embroidered robe and raised his somewhat sparse eyebrows.

"Then, come on! Let me take you to meet everyone... By the way, I think you will like Elder Walple, he is also a former student of mine - of course, and the special person he brought today

My friend Xueni is a vampire!"

"Oh, there really are vampires..." Harry couldn't help but mutter in a low voice.

In ancient times, vampires were sometimes easy to identify. Especially during the day, because they usually hide in dark places and sleep when the light is sufficient, so once you see them during the day, you can probably see it from their faces.

Tired look from lack of sleep.

But tonight, this vampire nun is tall and thin, but he still has obvious dark circles under his eyes. I don’t know where he wandered during the day, so he was still sleepy at night.

And his friend Walpole, this is a short man wearing glasses...

Well, not only did the vampire Bloody look sleepy, but Mr. Worple next to him also seemed to be dozing off. It was as if anyone could hand him a pillow and he would fall asleep on the spot.

"Sleepiness is contagious." Luna suddenly leaned into Hermione's ear and said softly.

At this moment, the door of the small hall was pushed open again, and immediately afterwards, Maka's figure appeared there. (To be continued)