As Christmas approaches, the internal atmosphere of Hogwarts gradually becomes more relaxed. This is not only because of the arrival of the holiday, but also because of the current tense mood spreading throughout the wizarding world.
Even Hogwarts is shrouded in this shadow. The incident of Cady Bell seems to have happened yesterday. Although Dumbledore has repeatedly claimed that Hogwarts is the safest place in the UK and even the entire British island, the students Still maintaining a high level of vigilance.
However, with the arrival of Christmas and the Christmas dinner organized by Slughorn, the students gradually relaxed.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Louis came to the foyer. The silver-haired girl in a blue iris dress stood out among the unusually many girls.
Astoria had been carefully preparing for this dance for a long time, although her face looked a little pale due to the blood curse.
"let's go."
The girl took the initiative to hold Louis' hand, and her smile that could conquer the world slowly walked upstairs under the jealous and envious eyes of everyone.
"Where is the party?"
"Slughorn's office." Louis thought for a moment, and Harry told him this location.
"Can that place hold so many people?"
"I don't know, but it is said that he also invited the Weird Sisters, the band that came to the Christmas ball last year." Louis explained to Astoria, "Famous Quidditch players, and vampires..."
"vampire?"
The girl caught the key words in the words, then she looked around, lowered her voice and said to him:
"Dracula will also be coming to this party."
"I don't think he's that capable." Louis spread his hands, "Dracula is the last pure-blood vampire in the world. I'm afraid only a few of us and Dumbledore know about Dracula in the entire Hogwarts. He probably has some... A hybrid with vampire blood.”
Just kidding, as the former overlord of the Forbidden Forest and the hidden core trump card of Hogwarts, it is absolutely impossible for him to show up in front of so many people. Let’s not expect Slughorn to recognize him. Dracula himself would not bother to participate in this kind of event. Activity.
"Are you talking about Rufus Scrimgeour?"
The sudden question startled Louis and Astoria, and it was Luna who suddenly appeared next to them with Rolf.
As the grandson of a famous magizoologist, Rolf Scamander would have been invited.
"What? You mean the Minister of Magic?"
"Yes, he is a vampire." Luna nodded with certainty, "When Scrimgeour just took over from Fudge, my father wrote an article saying that he had raised blood slaves in the ministry, but someone in the ministry wouldn't let him publish it. .”
This is simply ridiculous, but from Luna's mouth, it is indeed extremely normal.
Rolf next to her nodded from time to time. It seemed that this guy was deeply poisoned by Luna's wild ideas.
The four of them walked together, and they didn't discuss vampires anymore. Soon, everyone arrived at Slughorn's office. At the door, cheerful conversations and music came from the room. When they knocked on the wooden door, Slughorn greeted them at the door with his slightly fat body. .
"Oh, welcome, one of my favorite students, it's great that you can come." Slughorn looked very happy. He was holding a wine glass in his hand and still wearing pajamas. "It's hard to make an appointment. , Mr. Ducatin, you are just as busy as Harry."
"I'm sorry, Professor Slughorn, I was sick a few days ago." Louis said in an apologetic tone, "You know, it takes some time to adjust to coming to the UK from the United States."
"Understandable." Slughorn smiled naively, "It just so happens that I want to introduce you to others. Come here, kid."
Slughorn led them in, and only then did Louis see the decoration in the room.
The ceiling and walls were covered with green curtains, symbolizing Slytherin's identity. The room looked very huge, as if it had been enlarged several times by magic. A golden lantern hung from the ceiling in the center, illuminating the surroundings and highlighting the elegant temperament of the party.
There seemed to be elves jumping around inside the lamp, and each elf was a bright point of light.
Slughorn walked very fast, as if he wanted to lead them to Apparition. Louis could only hold Astoria's hand tightly to ensure that she would not be scattered by the crowd.
He invited many famous wizards in the magic world, all of whom are well-known figures in a certain field. Even if the situation is so tense now, no one can stop him from holding a banquet.
"Children, come here." Slughorn waved to them, "This, Eldwalpur, is my former student and a recent celebrity in the wizarding world. You must have heard of his books. This book, and of course his friend Xueni."
Before Slughorn took them, Harry had already appeared there, chatting with Mr. Walple, and seemed to see a life-saving straw when he saw Louis and the others coming.
Louis said hello to them. He had met one of the best-selling authors before. Lockhart was much more famous than Walpole, and his vampire friend was also a mixed race.
According to Dracula, the magical energy in hybrid vampires is completely different from that of pure blood, and hybrids are born with a bad habit. They cannot restrain the urge to suck blood, just like werewolves.
Just as Lewis was thinking this, he suddenly saw Nabarni approaching Astoria and Luna step by step, with hungry eyes in his eyes.
He protected Astoria behind him and pressed the wand with one hand. Once the hybrid made any move, he would take action without mercy, even at Slughorn's dinner. .
"Here you go, eat a piece of pie, just stand here and don't move, wait for me to come back."
Xue Ni looked at the fair and tender girls, and then at the somewhat short Walple. For some reason, he lowered his head and ate the pies with a somewhat aggrieved expression.
"I'm sorry, everyone, that's what he is."
Worple followed Louis with an apologetic expression, then turned to focus on Harry again.
In his opinion, writing a book was more attractive than getting to know the few Hogwarts students in front of him.
Lewis didn't want to waste time on him. He hurriedly followed Slughorn, made an excuse, and then left with Astoria and Luna.
Naturally, Harry would not miss this opportunity. Taking advantage of Walpole's pause, he firmly refused:
"I'm really not interested, Mr. Worple. I'm going to go see my friends now. I'm sorry."
After he finished speaking, he hurried towards the direction where Louis and the others disappeared.
"It's really annoying. Slughorn must be trying to get someone to introduce us to him." Harry panted and followed Louis' troops. "Let's find a place where no one is around to survive this banquet."
The five men walked towards the other end of the room, grabbing goblets of mead as they went.
But when they just walked out of the crowd and stood on the other side of the room, there was an old man holding a goblet and gesturing towards them with a smile.
Louis didn't expect to see this long-lost old friend again at Hogwarts.
