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Dear Mr. Macklean,

Oh, and we work together at Hogwarts and meet a few times a day. But at times like these, I still prefer to express my sincerity with a formal invitation.

In fact, I'd like to invite you to my solo ball at 7 p.m. on the weekend in the small hall on the first floor of the East Castle. In this dance, I will prepare some gadgets that can make everyone happy, so that everyone can temporarily get rid of the pressure of daily life and study, and enjoy every minute and every second of rest.

Of course, if you have any friends who would like to join us, I will be glad as the organizer of it!

Well, that's right! Speaking of which, Mr. McLean's wisdom must have understood my little intentions.

In fact, I also wanted to use this dance party to try out a few good ideas that I came up with first, and see if they would have a satisfactory live effect.

Finally, look forward to hearing from you!

Your friend

Horace Slughorn

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This is a private invitation that Maca received two days ago.

Obviously, both of them are professors in the same school, and this fat old man likes to send invitations and letters.

Since Maca often replies to refusals, even the invitations are getting longer and longer, obviously hoping that Maca can go to his private events to show her face more.

But to be honest, Maca really had some expectations today.

After all, this old man with a wide social circle usually has good ideas when it comes to holding events, and he doesn't have to be duplicated. If he can come up with something new and interesting this time, the event will be officially open to the public, and it will also bring a special favor to guests outside of Hogwarts.

The sky was already getting dark.

"Ginny, you went and bought a fluff too?"

In the hallway, Luna looked at the pink furball on Ginny's shoulder with a soft smile on her face.

As you can see, the fluffy fluff is like a fluffy tennis ball. It was lying on its stomach so lazily, with a pair of small black and shiny eyes embedded in its fur and moving around, looking very cute.

However, Maca doesn't like these little ones very much.

At the beginning, he was also stuffed with a quilt of Luna Fluff, but he was awakened by their tongues blocking his nostrils and not breathing.

Fortunately, at least Maca hasn't come over yet.

"Oh, yes!" Ginny reached out and touched the little fluffy one, and said with a smile, "Fluffy is docile, easy to feed, and very pleasant to the touch. ”

But at this moment, Ron, who was following the two of them, suddenly came up to Harry and added in a low voice:

"The most important thing is that it's cheap."

Of course Ginny heard it, and she immediately turned her head and glared at her brother.

"At least it's a little more expensive than a mouse!"

"I'm an owl now!" Ron immediately argued.

Seeing this, Harry had to pat Ron and motioned for him to stop talking, lest Ginny be upset for a while.

Hermione, on the other hand, wasn't very interested in that. She was now comparing her clothes with Luna's, pondering for a moment before she nodded as if she had confirmed something.

Today, the girls are dressed very well.

Luna was wearing a silver cake dress with some glittering sequins on it. This kind of color is uncontrollable by ordinary people, but in Luna, it looks like it has a dazzling feeling.

And Hermione was wearing an off-the-shoulder light gauze dress, and the simple sewing design gave her a sense of floatation that she didn't usually have, and she must have danced very well.

As for Ginny, the pale yellow dress was naturally very inclusive, and it also brought a touch of nobility to it - at least Harry seemed to appreciate it.

"Have you heard? Slughorn also invited Scrimgeour tonight......"

Seeing Hermione suddenly mention this, everyone cast puzzled looks, not knowing what she was going to say. Instead, Luna blinked, as if she had thought of something.

"Is it Rufus Scrimgeur?" She said seriously, "Vampire! He's actually a vampire - Dad told me he wrote a long article when Scrimgeour first took over as Minister of Magic, but as soon as that issue of Contradiction came out, someone in the ministry came to ask him not to ship the rest of the order! ”

Speaking of which, Luna also spread her hands in a matter-of-fact manner.

"You say, the Ministry of Magic is not weak--they are afraid that Dad will tell the truth."

Hearing this, Ron couldn't help but shake his head with a subtle expression.

"I think the Ministry of Magic is scheming about Maca, otherwise they would have brought the rumor-mongering Mr. Lovegood to the ministry for review."

But Maca shrugged at this.

"Don't tell me, I don't know anything."

A few people talked casually, and it didn't take long for them to come to the door of the small hall where the ball was held.

Slughorn's private activities are still popular among students, and both boys and girls love to relax on their evenings off.

And tonight, there are a lot of people gathered at the door...... Especially the girls whose relationship is not good enough to receive the invitation, most of them are waiting to see if any of the boys can take them in.

If you don't get invited, maybe no one will kick you out, but it's still a very rude act.

A few of them made their way through the crowd to the door, and they could already hear laughter and music coming from inside, and of course a lot of buzzing and enthusiastic conversation.

There were already a lot of people in it.

"Shall we wait here for a while? Macado probably hasn't come yet......" Ron asked casually.

Hermione, however, waved at him.

"We'll be fine if we go in first, but your—" she gestured around, "I suggest you'd better go and invite a girl first." ”

Hermione said as she reached out and grabbed Luna's arm, then gestured to Ginny and Harry.

"Look, we're not going to dance with you, I think you'll have to think about your partner."

"Oh...... Can you not speak so directly? Ron sighed bitterly, and then walked to the side helplessly, "Yes, I understand, I'm going to discuss it with them......"

This time, the decoration in the small hall looks a little flowery, and if you look at it objectively, there is even a little bit of "bloat". But recently, the temperature has dropped sharply, and such a dotted environment can make everyone feel a sense of warmth.

The ceiling and the walls on all sides are hung with heavy curtains, and the representative colors of the four major colleges are all available, regardless of each other.

In the center of the small hall hung a large golden lampshade that was a man tall, and the cover emitted a soft light. Every now and then, a light source or two would emerge from the gap in the top of the lampshade, flying and circling over the small hall.

If you look closely, you can see that those points of light are actually little fairies, and if you have to say it, they are actually one of the guests tonight.

Of course, they're more like prom decorations that Slughorn got up.

The sound of the light instruments is echoing softly from every corner of the cafeteria, and no one has yet discovered where they came from.

As soon as he entered, Harry realized that there were obviously more adult wizards invited to the scene today, than Scrimgeur. In the crowd of people standing and talking, he had seen at least five or six middle-aged men and women who were not Hogwarts Professors.

Suddenly, Harry heard Hermione beside him snort coldly. He immediately followed the latter's line of sight to the other side.

That's some hard-working house-elf. They were walking back and forth between the countless calves, their hands raised in the air, and they struggled to hold the silver plate above their heads.

"Oh, my little gentlemen and ladies, here you are!"

Slughorn in the event has always been a six-way observer and a listener. Harry, they had barely entered the door when he immediately spotted a few people and hurried over.

"Welcome, come in, come in! You ......"

As he spoke, Slughorn glanced behind them, as if searching for something. Seeing this, Hermione knew that the fat old man must be looking for Maca.

"He'll come later, we'll come first."

"Really?" Slughorn nodded knowingly, "That couldn't be better!" You don't know, your Professor McGlene is so busy that I always have a hard time getting him to our little events. ”

With that, he straightened the golden-red embroidered robe on his body, and raised the eyebrows, which were already somewhat sparse.

"Come on, then! Let me take you to get to know you...... By the way, I think you're going to love Elder Wolple, who is also a former student of mine - and of course, his friend Bloodny, a vampire, whom he brought to me today! ”

"Oh, there really are vampires......" Harry muttered under his breath.

In ancient times, vampires were sometimes easily recognizable. Especially during the day, since they tend to sleep in the shade when there is enough light, once you see them during the day, you can probably see the tiredness of sleep deprivation on their faces.

But tonight, this vampire Bloodn, tall and thin, still has obvious dark circles under his eyes. I don't know where he went during the day, so he was still sleepy at night.

And his friend Wolple, a short man with glasses......

Well, not only did the vampire Bloodnie look sleepy, but even Mr. Wolple next to him dozed off a bit. It's as if anyone who hands him a pillow can sleep on the spot.

"Drowsiness is contagious." Luna suddenly leaned into Hermione's ear and whispered.

At this moment, the door of the small hall was pushed open again, and immediately after, the figure of Maca appeared.