Horace-Slughorn, the size of an ant, had already strode into the castle gates.

Jon was about to follow when he felt Mrs. Diana-Greengrass behind him gently grab him.

"Are you sure?" asked Mrs. Greengrass, in a low voice, with some concern.

"Honestly, no. Jon shook his head calmly, "But it's not completely out of the question. ”

Mrs. Greengrass hesitated for a moment, then asked in a low voice again, "Is that locket you took out just now really a relic of Salazar Slytherin...... If it's true, it's too precious!"

"It should be true, but it shouldn't be as precious as you think. Jon smiled a little reluctantly, "Even if you lose to him, it doesn't matter!"

A Slytherin relic is worth a fortune, but when it has been a Horcrux for a period of time and has left a lot of dark magic marks on it, its value is greatly diminished, not to mention that the Horcrux belongs to Voldemort, who is not dead!

So Jon has already made a calculation, and it doesn't matter if he loses this bet......

It's just that it's even more difficult to find a chance to get Slughorn to speak.

"Good luck, Jon!" Mrs. Greengrass sighed, "Let's go, let's go into that castle......"

“...... Just walk forward with your eyes closed and don't look back. She added.

......

At Mrs. Greengrass's instructions, Jon closed his eyes and strode over to the location of the "toy" castle.

Just when he was about to step on the wall with one foot—

He suddenly felt his body descending, like taking an elevator down the stairs quickly...... When he opened his eyes, he realized that it was not a fall, but a smaller body.

The world around him began to zoom in dramatically, and Jon, the size of an ant, looked around in a bit of a panic. The walls of the city, which could have been trampled on with a single foot, were now taller than two stories, and things like desks and wardrobes were now like mountains, not to mention the giantess of Mrs. Greengrass......

Horace-Slughorn was inside the gates, and when he saw Jon's embarrassed face, he laughed and said, "Looks like you're not used to this kind of journey!"

"yes!" Jon nodded wryly.

Mrs. Greengrass followed, but she was much more elegant than Jon.

"Come with me!" Professor Slughorn said triumphantly, "It's been a long time since anyone has visited the Slughorn family's castle!"

Walk across the drawbridge over the moat and enter the city gates, followed by a path with dense low thorns on the left and tall neatly trimmed hedges on the right.

A "buzzing" cry suddenly came from the sky.

The two visitors hurriedly looked up, and a huge mosquito flew towards it, it looked like it was the size of a small helicopter, and the compound eyes and parasites on its body were clearly visible, which was a little disgusting.

"Damn bugs!" Slughorn's face changed, and he quickly pulled out his wand and shouted:

"Stupefy!"

A red light brushed shoulders with the mosquito's wings, and the mosquito was expelled away.

Judging from such a violent reaction, Slughorn in the form of "ant" may have suffered from mosquitoes...... Jon thought to himself.

"What a disgusting creature!" a frowning Slughorn put away his wand and turned back, "Let's go, guys...... We're almost there!"

......

They entered the castle and walked past several empty halls...... A few minutes later, Horace-Slughorn led them through a brass gate to the basement of the castle.

In the basement, it looks like a small library...... The dense shelves were neatly arranged, but the things on them were not books, but processed potions.

"At the top of the first row is a two-horned beast, which I got from an old Tanzanian witch, and it weighs twenty-six pounds, and I swear it's definitely one of the biggest two-horned horns in the world......"

“...... And the little bottle on the far left of the second row, which contained the venom of the Blood Viper, which was very, very precious, and a pint was worth a thousand Galleons......"

"And the bottom row, the little box that is wrapped in glass, and there's a ...... in it."

Horace-Slughorn is one of the treasures of his collection and two visitors to introduce his valuable collection:

"If we want to make a magic elixir...... The material of the elixir ......" He began to shuttle from shelf to shelf, and said to himself at the same time:

"First of all, we need the eggs of the Fire Grey Serpent...... and anemone-like tumors on the dorsal backs of Motra rats...... There was also a bottle of thyme tincture......"

Mrs. Greengrass, apparently not very well versed in the field, stepped aside with interest...... Jon, on the other hand, bowed his head solemnly, as if he was thinking about something, or remembering something.

......

Soon, Slughorn had commanded his wand, took out dozens of large and small bottles and jars, and placed them on several potions tables behind the shelves.

"Shall we begin?" he said, turning to Jon:

"The eggs of the Grey Serpent have been treated with cruciferous roots, turnips, and Gublé fire for three months, and the mixture has been warmed for more than two months with the pickled Motra tumor, and the preparation of the ingredients I have prepared in advance...... Of course, I don't object to it if you want to do it yourself, but then you'll have to stay in my castle for nearly half a year!"

"No problem, just use your pre-prepared materials, Professor Slughorn. Jon nodded, "I'm sure there won't be any problems with the materials you've processed." ”

"That's nature!" Slughorn raised his head confidently, then waved his wand.

Then, a brown glass bottle flew towards Jon...... Jon took it, then opened it delicately, and after glancing at the flattened orb in the vial, he quickly closed the cap and placed it back on the potions table in front of him.

"Let's get started!" Jon offered.

He bent down and lit the cauldron.

"Remember to be more cautious in handling it, and don't blow up my Potions lab later......" Slughorn glanced at Jon with some unease, and his face changed suddenly.

He screamed, "Oh, Merlin's beard...... What are you doing?"

"Do you want to destroy my castle?"

。