Save the Bachelor of Heaven

Chapter 4087 408 Filch】

"Severus, come quickly, a new dessert is here, pineapple preserves, my favorite dessert, you must try it, I specially ordered them to make it." Slughorn came over and said with a smile.

"Professor, can I have the honor of reading your collection of books?" Xiang Nan asked with a smile.

Slughorn was stunned, then smiled, "Of course. But don't you really want a piece of pineapple preserves?"

"No, professor." Xiang Nan waved his hand, then took down the Emerald Record and started reading.

Alchemy originated in ancient Egypt, and the Emerald Record is the earliest alchemy book; Zygmunt Budge was a sixteenth-century potion master who developed laughing potions, shrinking potions, beauty potions, sleeping potions, polyjuice potions, etc.

Arseny Gigg was a potion master in the 19th century. The first-year students at Hogwarts learned "Magical Pharmacy and Potion", which was written by him, and "Enhanced Magic Potion" is an advanced version.

Libasho Pollach is a pharmacist in South America. The fifth-year students at Hogwarts learned "Advanced Potion Making", which was his work. "Advanced Potion Guide" is another book, but it has obviously not been published publicly.

Seeing this, Slughorn was stunned, and then laughed.

Now that desserts and fine wines have been served, everyone present is busy socializing and enjoying, only Xiang Nan is standing here reading a book, and he doesn't care about anything else.

This determination made Slughorn respectful and impressed.

Because he knew clearly that how high a person can climb and how far he can go depends not only on his starting point, but also on his talent and his will.

As long as the will is strong enough, even if the background is not good, amazing achievements can be achieved.

For example, the former Minister of Magic, Nobby Ritchie, was the first Muggle-born Minister of Magic. He had no background, no connections, and relied on himself to rise to a high position step by step.

So he was very optimistic about Xiang Nan.

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At ten o'clock, the party ended. Xiang Nan took the book "Potions" written by Zygmunt Budge and said goodbye to Professor Slughorn, and then returned to the dormitory with Gregory.

"Severus, you are so disappointed. You didn't eat such delicious manta ray caviar and North Sea golden pearl oysters. It's a pity." Gregory said to Xiang Nan with regret.

Manta ray caviar, as the name suggests, is made from manta ray roe. Manta ray is a magical creature that lives on the Mediterranean coast. Its number is very rare, and its caviar is naturally regarded as a treasure;

And golden pearl oysters live in the North Sea and have a small probability of producing golden pearls. It is a very valuable potion raw material. Of course, the meat of the golden pearl oyster itself is also very tender. It can be said that after swallowing it in one bite, the soul will float out happily.

Xiang Nan smiled and shook his head. Although he didn't eat caviar and oysters, he finished reading the two books "The Emerald Record" and "Enhanced Magic Potion", and also borrowed "The Complete Book of Magical Potion" written by Zygmunt Budge. This wave is not a loss.

"Stop!" At this moment, an old and hoarse voice shouted. Xiang Nan looked back and saw that it was Argus Filch, and James Potter and Sirius Black were standing beside him.

"I caught you, right? Why don't you sleep in the dormitory after curfew? Why are you running out to walk in the corridor?" Filch stared and sneered at Xiang Nan and others, with a smug look on his face, "So, what bad things do you want to do?"

"Mr. Filch, you misunderstood. We didn't violate school rules and hang out after curfew. We were invited by Professor Slughorn to attend his party.

Now the party has just ended, and we are going back to the dormitory." Xiang Nan explained.

"Don't try to fool me easily." Filch said with suspicion.

James Potter and Sirius Black had only been in school for half a month, but they had already caused a lot of trouble, which he had recorded in his little notebook. He also saw Xiang Nan wandering around the eighth floor, sneaking around, and he didn't look like he was doing anything good.

So in his opinion, Xiang Nan's words were not worth believing at all.

"We are telling the truth." Gregory said speechlessly.

Just at this time, Lucius Malfoy passed by, and he waved and shouted, "Senior, please help us prove it, he doesn't believe us."

As the head of Slytherin, Lucius Malfoy has the right to walk around at night, of course, it is called "night patrol".

"Did they attend Professor Slughorn's party?" Filch also looked at Lucius and said.

"I didn't notice." Lucius Malfoy pouted and turned away.

"See, you still dare to lie." Filch said proudly, "Come on, follow me to the office." Then he grabbed Xiang Nan, James and others and went to the office.

"This bastard~" Gregory couldn't help cursing.

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Came to Filch's office in the basement.

The room was dark and dirty, with no windows, and only a lonely oil lamp hanging from the low ceiling. The air was filled with a faint smell of fried fish.

There were many wooden filing cabinets lined up along the walls; from the labels, it was known that the cabinets contained detailed information on every student Filch had punished.

On the wall behind Filch's desk, there was a set of shiny hinges and handcuffs, shackles and other things. Everyone knew that Filch often asked Dumbledore to allow him to hang students by their ankles and hang them upside down from the ceiling.

Filch grabbed a quill from a jar on the desk, and took out a large roll of parchment from the desk drawer, spread it in front of him, then picked up the long black quill, dipped it in the inkwell, and scribbled, "Name, James Potter, crime: violating school rules, wandering after curfew. Recommended punishment: detention for one week..."

"We are really wronged, you should ask Professor Slughorn, he will prove it for us." Gregory said depressedly.

This is the first time he has been punished since he entered the school, and he was wronged. This feeling is very uncomfortable.

"Don't tell me what to do." Filch yelled at him, scaring Gregory.

James and Sirius looked indifferent. They had been to this office several times and had long been accustomed to it. Anyway, if they can't beat him, they will just be detained, which is nothing great.

"Hey, hey~" The two of them were still in the mood to look around and wink, "Look, 'confiscated supplies, highly confidential', I wonder what's inside?"

Suddenly, James Potter pointed to a large drawer with a label of "confiscated supplies, highly confidential" on it. Sirius was also very curious about what treasures were inside.

At this moment, James smiled evilly, then secretly took out a firework from his magic robe, lit it and threw it into the corridor. The firework then whizzed through the corridor, making a popping sound.

"Damn it!" Filch saw this and quickly picked up the mop and rushed out.

Sirius took the opportunity to open the "confiscated supplies" drawer...