Hogwarts: Where the Pokémon Are

"Charlene Gold!"

In the principal's office, a slightly fat man saw Xia Lin and immediately came up to him happily and stretched out his greasy hands to shake hands with him. "Famous is not as good as meeting him. I have always heard of your name. I didn't expect you to be so young." !”

"This is Horace Slughorn, the old colleague and old friend I mentioned to you before." Dumbledore introduced.

In fact, Xia Lin recognized the old walrus at a glance.

Horace Slighorn was once Tom Riddle's teacher, and gave him great inspiration on the way to making Horcruxes. It was he who made Tom think that the possibility of making multiple Horcruxes existed.

It also made the road to destroy Voldemort in the original book extremely difficult.

Of course, with Voldemort's obsession with the number "seven" and his fear of death, Xia Lin believed that even without Slughorn, Voldemort would still try to make six Horcruxes.

From a side perspective, this is enough to prove that Slughorn's research on black magic is also very profound, enough to answer Tom's doubts.

Xia Lin's attitude towards the old head of Slytherin was much better than towards Lockhart.

At least Slughorn is worthy of the respect of others. Even when Dumbledore died and the wizarding world could not see the dawn, he did not join the Death Eaters, but fought with the students of Hogwarts. . You know, he was older than Professor McGonagall at that time.

Of course, greed for pleasure and love of vanity are his weaknesses. This time, like Lockhart himself, he came to Hogwarts for Xia Lin's fame. It's a pity that Lockhart has been replaced——

While Xia Lin shook hands with him, he also noticed some crumbs on his walrus-like beard.

"While waiting for you, Horns and I had some dessert. You are the Malaysian LSda you gave me last time. It's really hard to remember the name, but it tastes really good." Dumbledore was happy. explain.

"Especially after it's dipped in honey, the taste is even more amazing." When it comes to sweets, Slughorn and Dumbledore have a lot in common. His favorite food is pineapple preserves, but the pineapple preserves on the market taste much worse than the honey produced by Sanbee.

"If you like, I can send you some every year. Dumbledore only has one queen bee, and the nectar collected is not the nectar in the reserve. If it is the nectar of tree fruits, the honey brewed will be sweeter."

"That's great!" Slughorn was obviously very happy, but Dumbledore was not so happy.

"Wait, is there such a thing? I want a part of it too!"

"Why don't you come and join in the fun? Aren't you tired of staying at Hogwarts all year round?" Slughorn was afraid that Xia Lin had given Dumbledore part of it and he would lose it when he got it, so he immediately gave Dumbledore some of it. Bullido pushed away.

What kind of friendship with old colleagues?

Not worth a penny!

Xia Lin had already made some remarks, and Slughorn was naturally not at all colorless. He immediately took out a small bottle of golden potion.

"This is the elixir I specially refined. It's about five times the amount. It may be of some help to you." Slughorn put the elixir into Xia Lin's hand, even though he was the one who gave the gift. That side, but he looked very happy. It seems that I have made a big deal.

The two sides were polite, and suddenly, Slughorn said:

"I'm very grateful to you, Charlene Gold! Thank you very much!" He said with a serious face. "Voldemort's death means a lot to me. In the past years when his power was rampant, I have been full of food and drink." Tormented by a wolf heart, yet very uneasy because of fear!”

"Albus told me that you already knew about the Horcruxes and had destroyed many of Voldemort's Horcruxes. Before that, he had asked me many times about the past memories of the Demon Kingdom, but out of fear Del's fear, I have never dared to show him the real memories. Now that Voldemort is dead, the fear in my heart has finally dissipated. Of course, I still feel very sad for the souls of those who died tragically at the hands of Voldemort. Pity!"

He said forcefully, Xia Lin didn't know whether he was sincere or not. As a Slytherin, Slughorn was more qualified in some aspects. He seemed to be greedy for comfort, but in fact he was just Because I am older.

He does have ambitions, but his ambitions are completely different from ordinary ambitions such as world domination. What Slughorn values ​​is connections and talent!

Raising a gifted student is his hobby.

In the previous era, he had no prejudice against Muggle-born wizards, not because of fairness, but because he only valued talent and ability.

Harry's mother was one of his proudest students.

Snape could have been his favorite disciple, but at that time Snape was more obsessed with dark magic. He has great talent in potions, but he is completely devoted to dark magic.

"It's nothing." Xia Lin didn't feel guilty. Although killing Voldemort was just a drama he directed and acted, in the final analysis, Voldemort was indeed defeated by him. Voldemort, who would have been resurrected in Season 4, is now transformed into a firebird of a soul, falling into Dumbledore's hands.

As long as Harry Potter has enough confidence to face death, Voldemort will naturally be destroyed.

As expected, the Second Wizarding War will not start. Those who might have died - Dumbledore, Snape, Sirius, Lupin...

No one will die.

It is said that a gentleman does not care about his heart but his deeds. Although Xia Lin does not think he is great, he can barely bear the praise.

"So Mr. Slughorn, why are you here to see me this time?"

"Of course it's for Pokémon." Slughorn didn't beat around the bush. In fact, he also understood that there must be many potion masters who had the same idea as him about Pokémon. But so far I haven't heard of anyone other than Snape successfully working with Charlene Gold.

Therefore, Slughorn believed that he still needed to speak out directly and make it clear in front of Dumbledore. Negotiate good terms so that you don't miss out on opportunities and make people resentful if you don't tell them.

But to Slughorn's surprise, he thought it might be difficult. But Xia Lin agreed to him very easily.

"Of course, sir. I think maybe Snape would be willing to cooperate with his teacher. You two are masters in the field of potions, and you may be able to invent more powerful potions. I have always believed that only the collision of ideas can , to generate new ideas!”

"That would be great!" Slughorn jumped up happily! His fat belly kept rising and falling, and he couldn't wait to say: "How are you now?"

So Xia Lin took him to the protected area first.

Hundreds of different Pokémon appeared in front of Slughorn, which made him sluggish for a while, and even his breathing became much heavier.

What if there were so many Pokémon...

"If we can study it carefully, we may be able to invent many new magic potions!"

"In fact, Snape has invented many kinds. The sample he brought to the Apothecary Guild last time was just one of them. The others, such as the new hair growth potion, which he thought were not so qualified, or the flame I didn’t bring magic potions like potions and lightning potions with me.”

"In addition to the immunity potion last time, there are also potions similar to the sword dance - after drinking it, you can't help but dance, but your strength will become very strong, and there are also body-fixing potions. After drinking it, you will be short-lived. The magic spell I had just now cannot be used during this time..."

"In the former case, Snape believed that dancing was a side effect, and that it would be of little use if the wizard's strength increased. In the latter case, Western medicine could only be given to the enemy to drink, and he also thought it was not very practical."

"There are also those that will paralyze you if you drink them, increase your speed, or improve your abilities in many aspects, or temporarily enhance your magic power..."

The more Slighorn listened, the brighter his eyes became. In the end, even his tone trembled with excitement: "You have changed the entire potion world, no! If used properly, you may be able to change the entire wizarding world! Pokémon, So great!"

Hearing what he said, Xia Lin felt happy.

The so-called sedan chair was carried by everyone. As soon as Slughorn came out, he said a lot of nice things, which already made him subjectively feel very good about him.

And Xia Lin, who has read the original work, also understands his character very well. He has a few flaws, but he is not essentially a bad person. Xia Lin was relieved enough to give the Pokémon to him. And because of the other person's personality, it is conceivable that the Pokémon in his hands will be more comfortable than others!

"Mr. Slughorn, if you need any materials, please let me know and I will send them to you. If you have a Pokémon you like, you can also try to capture it. Of course, as for whether the Pokémon is willing to follow you, You, it depends on you." Xia Lin said.

Like the students, he also gave Slughorn six Poké Balls. But for an old comrade who is almost over a hundred years old, it is natural to use a magic wand. Otherwise, a single impact from Pikachu would be enough to knock this old bone apart.

At first, Xia Lin thought that a potion master like Slughorn might be more interested in poison-type Pokémon. But apparently that's not the case with Slughorn.

"If you think so, then I can only say that you are a little biased against pharmacists." He said with a smile, "It is undeniable that most pharmacists look a bit slovenly and always make some horrible things. Poison, but in fact, they may not be willing to refine poison. It's just that something went wrong during the refining process.

"It's not that simple to shape a potion from a crucible. What's more, failure is always easier than success."

I have to say, what he said makes perfect sense.

And a pharmacist who always fails, the more he refines, the poorer he becomes, and he looks almost like a beggar.

After all, this is an industry where the gap between rich and poor is very large.

The rich are often the masters in the industry, while others can only refine some simple potions that the masters disdain, just to make ends meet.

The two were wandering around the reserve, and Xia Lin discovered that Slughorn seemed to be more interested in the giant-looking Pokémon. If he didn't know his true identity, Xia Lin might have thought that he was Hagrid!

When the two walked to the lake, Slughorn was attracted by several powerful-looking Gyarados.

However, Xia Lin thought that the seal balls rolling on the shore were more in line with his image.

In the end, Slighorn tamed a wild Pidgeot, a Ghost, an Absol and a Burning Worm.

He had unlocked the Burning Bug group a long time ago, before Alola existed at that time. Later, Xia Lin took most of the burning insects to Alola, but he didn't expect that there was still one like this here.

From this point of view, perhaps there are still a certain number of other rare Pokémon in the protected area.

In fact, it is the same in the Pokémon world.

Without human intervention, the number of powerful Pokémon in nature would only increase. Pokémon such as Quasi-Gods, which are both powerful and adaptable to most environments, would simply not be rare.

It's just that in the Pokémon world, most of the rare and powerful Pokémon are controlled by powerful families.

For example, the Kuailong of the Yulong clan, the Metagross of the Zifuqi family...

As a result, the number in nature naturally becomes scarce. Whether they can meet them or not depends on the luck of the little wizards.

Slughorn's luck is very good, but it is not easy for the burning bug to evolve into a fire moth.

Looking at the little burning insect, Xia Lin couldn't help but think.

"That's great. Did you see it? They like me!" Slughorn let the Burning Bug slowly crawl on his body. Obviously, although this Pokémon did not show affection for its trainer, it Nor did he resist.

On the other hand, Absol seemed to feel something and straightened his chest, looking very noble.

"I like these animals -" Slughorn smiled with a smile on his face, then looked at Xia Lin and said in a sighing and envious tone: "Xia Lin, I guess you must be Dumbledore's favorite students.”

Xia Lin:? ? ?

Why does this sound so awkward?

He looked hard at Slughorn, fearing that the walrus would suddenly take out a huge gas stove.

But Slughorn did not notice his strange behavior, but said to himself: "It's really a pity that I resigned when you were in school. Otherwise, a genius like you could have become my student. ”

Still in his usual style, Slughorn seemed to have a collection of good students. He wanted to personally teach every student he considered to be talented. Harry Potter is like this, and Charlene Gold makes him want to stop!

But it's a pity that Xia Lin is now a professor like him.

"By the way, there is a party on the first weekend of next month, hosted by some of my old friends. Do you want to come together? Believe me, those people will treat you well in the future - oh, look at my mind, they It would be an honor for them to know you!" Slughorn laughed.

Xia Lin also smiled.