The next morning, when the wind and snow stopped, Alan returned to Hogwarts and had breakfast in the Great Hall, which was filled with news that Katie had been spelled. The details were not known except for a few people who were actually trying to attack Katie herself, and the school asked several Gryffindors not to talk about it to anyone else.

After a few words of questioning Hermione, Alan swallowed the last piece of duck fried potatoes on his plate and ate it, walked out of the auditorium, and explained to the Auror guards beside him, "Pupai, have someone bring me that opal necklace." ”

The Aurors moved very quickly, and not long after Alan returned to his teacher's office, there was a knock on the door, and Pupai walked in wearing dragonskin gloves and holding a box in his hand.

"Sir, I didn't have much time to lose, someone on our team happened to be at the Ministry of Magic, and I asked him to come over with the fireplace. Pupai respectfully reported with a hint of joy. Alan lifted his chin at the box, and Pupai gently lifted the lid of the box, and the opal necklace glowed green.

Although it was clear through Lucius's report that the person who carried out the assassination mission had been replaced by Draco in the original plot to Pansy, but it was not clear when the other party would act, and yesterday he also personally talked to Miss Rosmerta, who was supposed to be controlled by the Imperius Curse, but he did not find any signs of the other party being controlled, and he was a little curious: "Tell me about your investigation." ”

"We found out that Cheryl, the waitress of the Three Broomsticks Bar, was used with a Maypensus Charm, and Cheryl used the Imperius Charm to control Katie and asked her to send the cursed necklace to Albus?? Headmaster Dumbledore's hand. Pupai bowed his head slightly, his voice slightly low, "Sir, we have repeatedly confirmed with Cheryl, but she has no idea who used the spell on her, we have determined this matter through the regent's recitation, the murderer should have cast the spell directly behind her, and he did not show his face when giving the order, we did not make a noise but made up the secret stake in the Three Broomsticks Tavern, if the prisoner will come back, we can arrest him." ”

The opal necklace floated in the air and spun around, and suddenly, in Pupai's exclamation, Alan directly grabbed the necklace with his bare hands and casually checked it, and put it back in the box.

"Since it's evidence, I won't lift the curse above, so be careful yourself. Alan handed the lid of the box back to Pupai, who was still a little stunned, and the other party was stunned for a long time before bowing slightly, picking up the box and taking a few steps backwards to leave the room.

Compared to the curse that Voldemort placed on his Horcrux, although the necklace's attack method is more direct and deadly, if you want to remove it, the magic difficulty is much simpler, not to mention Dumbledore, those Gringotts professional spell solvers such as Bill?? Weasley would have taken a moment to unravel him, though they couldn't just hold it in their hands without breaking the spell like Eren did.

I felt the effect and power of the curse for myself, and for Allen, who has read many color-resistant scrolls, if you want not to hurt Katie?? It is not difficult for Bell to lift the curse on her directly after making sure she is safe, and let her recover quickly.

But as soon as he stood up to go to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries, he remembered what Luna had asked him to do earlier—and Alan sat back in his chair, stroking his chin, thinking that there was room for use in this matter. The sound of a clattering sounded in the silent room, and Alan's hand flicked rhythmically on the table......

After the snowstorm, the weather was sunny for several days, but the temperature plummeted after that.

On the evening of the third Ancient Magic class, Alan and his sister Emily pushed open the door to Professor Slughorn's office with Hermione and his sister Emily, and found that the other wizards who had come to the banquet to take the ancient magic class were all wearing the magic robes that Eren had given them. Belle looks very conspicuous in the ordinary dress of several people.

"It's great that you're here, it's great. Slughorn wore a brown suit with gold buttons on his waistcoat that glittered in the light, but the bow tie made him look like he had no neck. He walked out of his seat, shook hands with the Harris siblings and Hermione, and ushered them to the empty seats next to him.

Draco, who was sitting next to them, immediately forked a roasted quail on their plates, and the other wizards who stood up when they saw Eren enter also sat down again after each other nodded and took their seats.

"Alan?? Professor Harris, of course, there should be no one here who doesn't know about Professor Harris's deeds, the British wizarding community can now have such a stable situation, but thanks to his and the Ministry of Magic's efforts. Slughorn complimented, picked up a placecloth and put it on his lap, and took a piece of food in front of him and put it in his mouth, "What a pleasure, an opportunity to get to know you all more." ”

The feast officially began, and as everyone's plates began to fill with food, Slughorn turned his attention to Coumec, who was on his left. McLagan: "Tell me about Mike, did you meet your uncle Bellous lately?"

"Some professors, in fact I should go with him and Betty this holiday?? Higgins, Rufus?? Scrimgeour goes hunting together. McLagan held his head high and showed good table manners.

"Don't forget to say hello to both of them on my behalf. Slughorn smiled as he slipped a roasted quail into McLagan's plate.

"Where's your uncle Damocles, Marcos?" Slughorn took a fancy to the fat white Marcos?? Belby. He introduced to the crowd at the round table: "In case anyone hasn't heard of it, let me introduce Marcos's uncle, Damocles??" Belby, a very good wizard, is very good, he was the one who invented the wolf poison potion, and his Merlin medal is absolutely deserved. He turned to Marcos again, "What new inventions has he been working on lately? Do you see your uncle often, Marcos?"

Unfortunately, Marcos had just taken a big bite of quail, and in his eagerness to answer Slughorn's question, he swallowed so quickly that his face suddenly turned the color of pig liver, and he choked on it.

"Cough down. Slughorn pointed his wand at Belby, and said calmly, Belby's windpipe seemed to be unobstructed all at once.

"No...... I don't see him much. Belby gasped, his tears choking out.

"yes, of course, I dare say he must be busy. Slughorn looked at Belby inquiringly and said, "Is he inventing any new potion?"

Marcos didn't seem to dare to eat quail anymore, but he turned his attention to the dessert in front of him, and replied without raising his head: "I heard that it seems that he accepted the invitation to join the umbrella company?" He didn't have a good relationship with my dad, probably because my dad said potions were rubbish. ”

Slughorn never expected that the other party would say such a thing in front of his Potions professor, nor did he expect that the other party would have a bad relationship with the Potions master uncle at all. Horace frowned, leaned back, and furrowed his nose. It's just that all this was not noticed by Marcos, who was burying his head in the dessert binge.

Marcos continued: "He said that the only potion that would work would be to go home and drink a few sips of spirits. ”

Slughorn's face turned cold, and then he turned around and had a smile on his face again: "Speaking of Alan??" The umbrella company of the Professor Harris family, I don't know if you know if it's clear or not, this Hermione in front of you?? Miss Granger is at the helm of it, and in all the years I've been teaching, she's the second witch to be rewarded with my Elixir Elixir, which is very good. ”

Hermione, who was once again unidentified, was not as flustered as the first time, she just responded with a smile and did not make a sound.

"So, Miss Granger, where are your parents tall in the Muggle world?" Slughorn asked Hermione with his arms folded on the table, his hands folded in front of him, and a pleasant face.

Hermione was slightly stunned, but she said confidently to her proud parents, "My parents are both dentists. ”

With the exception of Draco, whose face had turned a little pale due to his poor memories, most of the pure-blood students in the room either didn't know what the profession of dentist was for, or they were still stuck in the part-time job of being a dentist and a barber.

Just like the twin sisters in the second year, their gloomy eyes looked at Hermione at the same time, although they were not discriminatory, but they were also puzzled and waited for her to explain further.

"That's funny, is this profession dangerous?" Slughorn echoed with a blank bow, the wrinkles on his forehead squeezing together as he tried to comprehend, and McLagan next to him looked just as misty as he looked.

"Not really. Hermione's gaze caught in the reaction of everyone at the table, Harry, who had been living in the Muggle world before entering Hogwarts, couldn't help but laugh because of these pure-bloods, stupid expressions— Little Wolf's Animagus didn't immediately ask them to hold a single leaf of Mandela in their mouths for a month, he had to give enough theoretical knowledge to the children first, and let them ask questions about what they couldn't figure out before they could start to prepare, he didn't want his godson to encounter the accident of only half of his body when he was transformed, or what kind of animal could not change back into human form.

The scene was a little embarrassing for a while, and Alan, who was getting some candied pineapple fruit for his sister, opened his mouth to lift the female companion to relieve the siege: "Similar to our therapists, Muggles are actually more detailed in medicine, you can understand dentists as healers who specialize in treating teeth, and Muggle barbers would not mention tooth extraction and amputation hundreds of years ago, even if you don't take Muggle studies courses, you should read relevant books." ”

"I think it's dangerous...," Draco muttered, clutching his teeth that had been treated by Hermione's father, the sound of the electric drill in his frightening memories giving him phantom pain.

"But there's a boy named Robin?? Senk, took a bite out of my dad. Hermione laughed as she spoke, "Ten stitches for him." ”

Marcos also stopped the knife and fork he stretched out for the dessert, all the wizards who have lived in the wizarding world since childhood were a little confused - what does it mean to have ten stitches, they can't judge the injury, let alone ten stitches after being bitten, what is this concept? Zabini coughed lightly and couldn't help but touch his nose,

"Yes, Zabini, because you're so talented...... In terms of posturing...... "An angry female voice came from the other side of Horace.

Slughorn glanced at Hermione and Alan in a bit of a panic, and was relieved to see that they didn't show any obvious displeasure, and then turned to look at Ginny, who had just spoken...... Ginny was glaring at Zabini through Slughorn's belly, and he had to try to lighten the mood in a joking tone: "You need to be careful, Blaise! I happened to witness this young lady cast a wonderful batspirit spell! I don't want her if you don't want her face to be covered in huge bats!"

Brace?? Zabini didn't respond to Ginny's sarcasm at this point, and he glanced apologetically at Hermione, a little annoyed that he had unconsciously applied the story of looking down on Muggles - fortunately not enough to cause the other party to displeasure.

Seeing that the pure-blood students around her were still skeptical, Ginny, who had saved her father's life with this technology, immediately opened her mouth to correct its name. "After my dad was attacked last year, the snake's venom kept his wounds from healing, and St. Mungo's Hospital used the sutures and witchcraft treatment that I got from Muggles under the umbrella to make my dad heal. ”

"Ah, I was talking about this new method, and I went to St. Mungo's Hospital to see it myself, although it looks a little scary and looks like a centipede... I have to say that this works well for some wounds that are difficult to heal due to magic or toxins. Miss Weasley, please eat more dessert as well, or Belby will soon be eaten up. Slughorn's gaze lingered on Ginny, who was next to Harry, for a moment, and then began to smile and pick up a small plate of pie and distribute it to everyone, somehow missing Marcos?? Belby.

After questioning everyone and complimenting Harry with additional compliments, Slughorn began to divert the subject at length, reminiscing about the past in a rambling manner, and throughout the rest of the feast, in addition to taking care of some of the students, Slughorn began to tell many anecdotes about the great wizards he had taught back then, describing how they had gladly joined the organization named the Slug Club after a portion of his surname was taken from him at Hogwarts.

The founder of the Slug Club, Horace?? Professor Slughorn's obvious discrimination was seen by the little wizards who were a little politically ill, and anyone who sat here must have been invited in some way that he felt might be worth associating.

But after questioning, the details were clarified, and it was obvious that some people's names had been eliminated from his list. Like that Marcos who has a bad relationship with his uncle who has a Potions Master?? Belby, after the conversation, Slughorn's resistance to him was obvious to be a bit excessive.

And Lucius?? Malfoy did not reveal his identity in the Ministry of Magic incident at the end of last semester, so Draco was touted many times by the other party during this banquet, along with Draco's henchman Brace?? Zabini was also warmly entertained by Slughorn, whose mother was a beautiful witch who had been a widow seven times and left her a large inheritance after the unexpected death of each of her husbands.

However, Slughorn's attitude towards Alan is quite intriguing, he treats him warmly, and constantly brings some dishes to Allen, showing that he does not want to have a deep friendship with Allen by describing the background of the special dishes and constantly complimenting but not asking each other much at all.