The Strongest Badger at Hogwarts

At night, Harry finally walked out of the dormitory.

Hogwarts at this moment has been shrouded in a happy atmosphere.

Professor Flitwick led the students to dot the entire Hogwarts castle with ribbons, colored balls and all kinds of decorations, even the grim and serious stone statues and armors in the corridors have been replaced. She looks a lot cuter with a Santa hat on.

Today is Christmas Eve.

On this happy day, even the narrow-minded Filch would not keep an eye on the students who violated the rules, so everyone had no scruples.

The lower grade students were running and playing around in the corridor, while the older ones gathered together in twos and threes, chatting happily and setting off a few Qualiba fireworks from time to time.

Although there were not many students and professors who chose to stay at Hogwarts for Christmas, they still spread laughter to every corner of Hogwarts Castle.

But in this happy atmosphere, Harry kept his head down all the time, his body was filled with confusion and bewilderment, and he looked devastated.

Right now, the spatial anchor given to him by the French wizard named Gerrard is being hidden in his chest.

All afternoon he struggled with the ramblings in his head and wondered whether he should follow Gerald's plan or not.

This kind of high-intensity thinking and mental confrontation made him look in a trance. He only remembered that he had an agreement with Snape to go to the Christmas party of Professor Slughorn's Slug Club to share dinner. .

He walked crookedly, swaying here and there, but fortunately, the students around him still rejected him, almost to the point where they would avoid him when they saw him, thus avoiding the ending of colliding with others, and the road was smooth Unimpeded' arrived at the fifth floor of Hogwarts.

This is the assembly point given to him by Professor Slughorn.

Harry actually couldn't understand why the Christmas dinner wasn't held in the former Potions classroom?

Obviously that classroom was well-dressed by Slughorn, it was almost the best banquet venue he had ever seen except the Hogwarts auditorium.

Is there anything more beautiful than the Potions Professor on the fifth floor of Hogwarts?

With doubts, Link pushed open the door of an abandoned classroom.

Then he was stunned by the scene in front of him.

The classroom that was supposed to be full of dust inside the door has become completely new at this moment. Two long tables covered with white cloth are placed on both sides of the center of the classroom, and in the classroom, or the innermost side of the banquet hall, there are It is a huge Christmas tree, which is almost covered with Christmas decorations such as ribbons, candy canes, colored balls, and light strips. People have cast magic around it, and there will be phantoms of snowflakes from time to time. Slowly falling.

The golden light emanating from the Christmas tree is connected with several giant chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, making the whole banquet hall shine with resplendent gold!

Harry standing at the door was almost stunned by this scene.

"Harry! You are here at last, come in quickly, don't be dazed at the door!"

Slughorn's voice came suddenly, pulling Harry back from his stupor.

It was only then that he suddenly realized that he was not the only guest who arrived in this huge banquet hall.

In addition to him, Professor Slughorn and several other members of the Slug Club were also there, and the rest included-Link!

This made him panic, and he said to Slughorn:

"Ah, Professor, I'm sorry I didn't notice you."

"It's okay, it's completely understandable, after all, this banquet hall is really amazing, right? I still remember the first time I went to the banquet at the senior's house, it was a member of the Bulster family. It was considered the heyday, so their family's banquet was very good, and the scene, tsk tsk, I was just like you now, I was almost terrified!"

Hearing what Slughorn said, Harry finally relaxed a little, but only a little. The tension was still buried deep in his heart, and was sent to every part of his body through the heartbeat and blood flow through the blood vessels. corners, causing his muscles to remain tense.

The only thing he's lucky about now is that both Link and Emily are being stalked by the rest of the Slug Club members who want to suck up.

Otherwise, if Link came up to greet him, he felt that he might faint from nervousness.

On the other side, seeing that Harry hadn't replied for a long time, Slughorn said with some dissatisfaction:

"Hey, Harry, what's the matter with you today? It's too rude, I'm still waiting for you to ask about this banquet hall! Can't you satisfy the vanity of an old man like me?"

Harry was taken aback by the voice, and he followed Slughorn's words almost subconsciously:

"Then... how did this banquet hall come about?"

"It's very simple, you just need to use some relationships."

A smug smile appeared on Slughorn's face, "First of all, the venue, the right to use this abandoned classroom itself was obtained through Link's relationship. You should understand this, that guy Dumbledore He is simply a cheapskate, even if it is just an abandoned classroom, if he is asked to apply, he will definitely not succeed.

Then there is the cleaning and renovation of the interior of the classroom.

I've given most of the work to the house-elves. These cute little guys were overjoyed to hear that I was going to give them new jobs. However, I was personally responsible for the layout of the traceless stretching spell here.

Of course, manpower alone is not enough.

Most of the materials for the renovation were also sponsored by other members of the Slug Club. For example, these chandeliers were sent by Buck Layton. This guy is a recently risen, quite famous magic lamp businessman. He channeled the lamp through another member of the Slug Club in an attempt to join the Slug Club. And there are these tables and chairs…”

Slughorn gave Harry a detailed introduction to every object in the banquet hall.

After this operation, Harry's mouth opened wider and wider, and finally reached a state of sluggishness that could hardly be closed.

He didn't quite understand the fancy words Slughorn said.

The only thing he could understand was that, except for the traceless stretching spell in the banquet hall, almost every piece of furniture and manpower here was prostituted by Slughorn for nothing.

In Harry's opinion, this can be described as unbelievable.

At the same time, he also gained a new and complete understanding of the network of the Slug Club.

There aren't many members of the Slug Club.

But these people are divided into various industries in the magic world, and generally occupy high positions.

Through these people, Slughorn can contact countless other peripheral personnel, and through these people, he can accomplish his goals with great speed.

This set of interpersonal relationships like a spider web can be described as omnipotent!

Harry was not very popular when he was a child, and Sirius, whom he got close to later, was also a loner, so this was the first time he saw the power of interpersonal relationships, and he was deeply shocked by this power.

Slughorn, on the other hand, was very satisfied with Harry's expression.

He could tell Harry was genuinely stunned.

This kind of performance satisfied his vanity more than false flattery, and it made him laugh out loud.

And at this moment, the door of the banquet hall was opened again.

Ernie, Harry's old acquaintance, came in with ease and went straight to Slughorn and Harry.

Gu Gao\u003c/span\u003e "Look, Professor Slughorn, and Harry, you are really looking good today, so handsome!"

While talking, Ernie opened his arms and gave Slughorn and Harry a big hug, "It's great to see you, oh yes, Professor Slughorn, I'm still here for you I brought a gift, I hope you can accept it!"

Ernie took out a large gift box wrapped in Christmas paper.

This is actually a Christmas present.

But it is somewhat embarrassing for the younger generation to give Christmas gifts to the elders, so giving it on Christmas Eve is a barely feasible method.

"Really? Is this for me?"

Slughorn was a little flattered, and opened the gift box while talking after receiving the gift box.

What then appeared in front of Harry and the others was a complete set of potion making tools.

These include a small cauldron, a pair of dragonhide gloves, and a full set of knives for handling materials.

"These are all made of mithril alloy. No matter what kind of potion they are used to make, they will hardly suffer any wear or corrosion. The most important thing is that this set of tools is made by the potion master two hundred years ago, Kun Reese used it!"

Ernie raised his head slightly and introduced with some pride.

Slughorn was also very face-saving, he took a breath and said:

"Quinris? I'm his fan! Ernie, I really like your gift, thank you!"

"No, as long as you like it."

The two continued to chat for a while, and then Ernie went to Link's side again.

It can be seen that he actually wanted to meet Link a long time ago, but he reluctantly stayed here because of Professor Slughorn's face.

Fortunately, Slughorn also saw this very clearly, so he didn't delay him for too long.

And now Harry was a little uncomfortable.

Now Ernie sent a gift and he didn't, which was so embarrassing.

This made him restless and wanted to find some gift to give away.

It's a pity that he was in a trance for the whole afternoon, and now he didn't even bring the traceless stretching spell bag except for the space anchor point given by Gerald.

And Professor Slughorn seemed to see Harry's embarrassment.

He smiled slightly and said:

"Harry, you don't have to be like this. I'm not very interested in things like gifts. These are unnecessary, and you don't need to make things difficult."

Harry pursed his lips.

Professor Slughorn's reputation for being petty and cheap had already spread throughout Hogwarts.

I heard that even if you gave this guy a bag of durians as a gift, he would happily accept it, but now you actually say that you don’t like gifts?

Who would believe this nonsense?

Harry felt that Slughorn was dissatisfied with him for not giving him a gift.

Slughorn also knew that Harry didn't believe it, so he raised the set of potion tools with a smile and said:

"Do you think this is of any use to me?"

Harry shook his head decisively this time.

After studying NWET level potions with Slughorn for so long, he has a good understanding of potions.

So it is also very clear that almost every senior potionist has a set of tools that they are used to, and only when using that set of tools can their strength be fully displayed.

Precious potion tools and the like are really not that important to experienced potion masters, the tools that suit them best are perfect.

"So you should understand that this thing is not of high value to me, so why should I choose to accept it?"

Slughorn asked himself again and answered, "It's very simple, because this is Ernie's wish. If I don't accept it, then Ernie will not only not be happy, but will be very panicked, thinking that something has offended me And now that I accept it, he has settled his mind. At the same time, I will give him a gift in return, although the gift in return will not be too precious either.

But if you help me, I will help you, and if you give me something, I will give you a gift in return. This is human relationship.

The so-called interpersonal relationship is constructed in such exchanges.

So you may think that I just accepted Ernie's gift, but what you didn't see is that I actually gave Ernie a chance to build a personal relationship with me.

That's the art of being human, Harry, and you still have a lot to learn. "

Harry nodded thoughtfully.

This is the first time he has received a similar education, and it feels very novel.

At the same time, he also felt that this was a very useful knowledge.

After all, Slughorn just showed him the complete experience of using his interpersonal relationship to prostitute a banquet hall for nothing.

Harry figured he might as well find something to give Slughorn away.

In the words of the other party, this is called building a relationship opportunity.

That way he would fit into Slughorn's personal relationship.

But when he was thinking this way, he suddenly heard a cold voice behind him saying:

"Professor Slughorn, you'd better not mislead people, especially Harry. Your methods can't do anything except turn people into good management villains. It's just tasteless."

Harry was taken aback, and suddenly turned around to find that Snape was standing behind him at some point.

Slughorn was also a little angry when he heard the words, he shook his head and said:

"Being good at management is also a kind of ability. All the ministers of the Ministry of Magic in the past were also good at management. According to you, are they all villains?"

"sophistry!"

Snape sneered, "But I'm not too lazy to argue with you, as long as you don't instill that in my students. Especially Pot, his brain the size of a walnut can't stand you Such a fool."

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