Harry Potter and the Legend of the Temple

"Well, that was delightful, let's hurry up and have lunch, you must all be starving."

When Slughorn finally introduced the last person, he said slowly, "Relax kids, this is just to give you more opportunities to communicate. I think in school, you are in different colleges. I don’t have that much time to talk to students from other colleges.”

"Here, I made these myself. I remember that the food on the train was too strong, smelling like licorice. The person who delivered the food was already old and his memory and brain were not very good. Let's do it. , a quail, Bayless?”

Marcus Byres sat diagonally across from Louis. He looked like a thin boy with a nervous expression. He seemed to be flattered by Slughorn's cue.

"Ah, I was just about to talk about you." The old man put half of the cold-looking quail on the table onto Marcus' plate, "I had the honor to teach your uncle, Antonia, a very outstanding wizard. I think I have at least half of the credit for him receiving the Order of Merlin.”

After saying that, he looked around proudly, then turned to Marcus Bayless and asked, "By the way, have you had any contact with your uncle recently?"

A sudden question surprised Marcus. He swallowed a large piece of quail meat in his mouth at once, but because he went so fast, his face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, which was obviously caused by being swallowed. I choked on this food.

"An cough and disappear."

A simple spell solved the problem, and Slughorn was still waiting for the child to say something.

"Indeed.

I don’t see him much anymore. "

Marcus gasped for air, quickly grabbed the drink cup in front of him and took a large sip of the drink into his mouth.

"Yeah, I think he must be very busy." Slughorn said with a smile, "He must be busy writing reports now. He must have put a lot of effort into inventing the ultimate potion."

"Maybe." Marcus said uncertainly. He had no confidence and seemed to have no understanding of his uncle.

“Actually, my dad doesn’t have a good relationship with him, and we don’t have much contact with each other at home.

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It's over, a result flashed through Lewis's mind. He shouldn't have said that, at least not in front of Slughorn.

Sure enough, Slughorn sneered, his tone full of disdain, and then stopped talking to the fifth-year Hufflepuff and turned to ask McLaggen aside.

Marcus Bayless is a typical student who was treated by Slughorn because of his relatives' background. The old man's purpose is very clear, which is to recruit outstanding talents and add them to his collection, like Marcus This kind of person just wants to strengthen the previous connection. Once this guy finds that you have no value, he will abandon you without hesitation.

Louis didn't like this atmosphere, and it even felt worse than the banquet held by the student union president last year.

"What about you, McLaggen?" Slughorn asked persistently. "I happen to know the picture of your uncle, Tiberus, hunting cockroaches in Rockford. Did you two go together?"

"Oh yes, it was fun that time." McLaggen was obviously smarter than the previous one. "There was Rufus Scrimgeour, you know, the current Minister of Magic. That guy was so long, It took a lot of effort to get it.

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Louis was not sure how much of the words of the stupid Gryffindor in front of him were true or false, but it was obvious that his words aroused Slughorn's strong interest.

"You still know Rufus? That's great, tell me about it.

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Slughorn's eyes flashed with gold, and this guy's words hit his pain point.

Astoria, who was sitting next to Louis, was pouting and fiddling with the food on the plate in boredom. She cast a look in Louis' direction asking for help. Astoria was here entirely because of Slytherin. The identity of the newly promoted captain, of course, does not rule out the fact that Slughorn has taken a liking to the Greengrass family.

"I can see that the people who can be invited here are either prefects or related to some important person." Qiu Zhang whispered to Louis on the side, "I can't stay any longer. When will we Walk?"

Just as Louis thought, he also wanted to find a reason to leave this annoying party.

"I have an idea."

Astoria nodded at the badges they wore on their chests, and Louis immediately understood what she wanted him to do.

Immediately, before McLagan's conversation was over, he stood up from his position, and everyone's attention was suddenly focused on him.

"What is it, Oliver?" Slughorn felt strange about the behavior in front of him.

"I'm sorry, Professor, we have work to do later. You know, I am the president of the male student union. I have to assign tasks to the prefects and take care of the students below. This is a very important job." Louis tried his best. He said it very politely, "There are many prefects present, and I'm afraid it will be delayed.

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"Oh, yes, I almost forgot, this matter is indeed more important." Slughorn patted his head, as if he had remembered something, but his focus now was on those people who were related to famous people. For old people, "Go ahead, go ahead, you young people are doing your work, don't worry about me, an old man."

He waved his hand and seemed not to care at all. The prefects in the seats quickly stood up after Louis, and they cast grateful glances at him, except of course Grantster.

Harry originally wanted to go with Louis, but Slughorn's eyes quickly locked on him.

"You don't have to go on patrol with them, Harry."

With one word, Harry was quickly pushed back into the chair. He hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.

"Then don't leave in a hurry, I just want to introduce you to everyone." Slughorn was very happy, "Harry Potter, how should I say, I think I touched a little bit of your surface the last time we met. ”

While the old man's attention was still on Harry, Louis called the Hogwarts prefects to leave the box, leaving Harry with a helpless expression.

Of course, not all the prefects followed Louis out of the private room. Draco Malfoy did not move. In fact, the only prefects in Slytherin were Astoria and Grant who followed Louis and Qiu. Zhang and the two returned to the prefect's carriage.

Although his slightly tough behavior just now won the favor of most of the prefects present, the real test for the seemingly outsider, Airborne Student Council President, has just begun.

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