Chapter 25: The Slug Club Meeting
It was soon approaching seven o'clock in the evening, and the four young Slytherin wizards, Severn, Elhiona, Abraxas, and Walburga, made their way to the seventh floor of the castle. It was Professor Slughorn's office and the meeting place of the Slug Club.
Along the way, Xiwen and the others were still thinking about how so many students could hold a dance party in a small office, wouldn't it be too small to let go?
When they arrived at the professor's office, they realized that they were small.
The door to Professor Slughorn's office was open, and a colorful flower adorned the door frame, above which hung an elaborate plaque with the words "Slug Club".
Walking through the door, the vastness of the space inside shocked all the new little wizards.
The office is divided into three areas, connected to the main door is the reception area, a bright green carpet is spread indoors, and pots of flowers are placed around the carpet, like a ceremony for high-end merchants to welcome VIPs.
On the left is the banquet area, where two rows of long tables are filled with a variety of dishes, main dishes and desserts. There is also a huge round table next to the long table, the white tablecloth is inlaid with gold edges, and the seats with gold backs correspond to the gold and silver tableware, and the atmosphere of luxury comes to the face.
The right side occupies the most extensive space, where the candlelight is ever-changing and dazzling, and on the far right, against the wall, there is a large stage, on which a band of elves is already playing a relaxing and melodious music.
Professor Slughorn was already standing in the hospitality area in front of the doorway, waiting for the arrival of the first-year wizard, while a large number of older students sat on the couch behind the reception area and chatted happily.
"Welcome to the Slug Club!" Professor Slughorn said with a spring breeze on his face as he saw the four young wizards who had arrived.
The first to walk into the club was Shevan and Elshiona, who was holding Shevan's arm.
Today, Xiwen finally put on the dress he bought and never wore again. With short brown hair and blue eyes, he is wearing a blue-blue plain gown, the hem of the robe hangs down to the calf, the light cyan shirt is used as an inner layer, and the light onion tie looks a little lazy. What is particularly conspicuous is that a dark blue embroidered rose is revealed on the left chest of the dress, and a line of flower characters is set off under the rose - "never wither".
Elciona's long, shiny bright blonde hair was tied back in a beautiful bun around Xiwen's arm. A few sparkling diamonds are dotted on it, which is particularly beautiful. She was dressed in a light yellow gown, with gold knots dotted in the middle of the dress forming a luxurious decorative line, all the way to the shoulders, painted into flower-like dress straps.
Abraxas and Walburga, who followed behind, were no less ordinary. Abu's unruly platinum-blond long hair draped in the back of his head and a knight-like pure white dress made him look aristocratic. Walburga wore a pink dress, which was very glamorous, although it was covered up by Elsiona.
The people in the club looked at these new little wizards in amazement, and couldn't help but applaud. Professor Slughorn was even more happy to beckon them to come and sit down.
"Today is the first gathering of our Slug Club this school year, and I'm so glad that all the members of the school are here!" Professor Slughorn said with a red gleam. "I'm excited to introduce the four new members who have just joined us – Shivin Rozier, Elshiona Greengrass, Abraxas Malfoy, and Walburga Black!"
The hall burst into applause.
After waiting for a few seconds, the professor pressed his palm: "It's not early, everyone must be hungry, we might as well start our banquet first while the food is still hot." ”
The senior students were happily running to the long table to get the food they wanted. The four of them were personally led by the professor to familiarize themselves with the banquet process.
It was a banquet carefully prepared by the wealthy Potions Master, and the dishes of the Slug Club were a little more elaborate than those in Hogwarts Hall in terms of variety and taste, and the Xiwen and the others almost didn't maintain their elegance, but for the sake of the dress, they finally restrained the idea of gobbling up.
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Finally, when the last dessert was removed, everyone ushered in the long-awaited project - the dance party!
In order to match the progress of the ball, the elves switched to a light and rhythmic piece of music.
With a reluctant expression on her face, Elshiona forcibly grabbed him by the arm and dragged him to the stage. She first took Xiwen's arm and posed, and then carefully explained the precautions to him.
"Follow the music, you move forward with your left foot first, and I will step back with my right foot at the same time." Elsiona said. "Remember, the stress of the first measure is on the left foot, the stress of the second measure is changed to the right foot, and the stress of the rest is changed back and forth between the left and right feet."
Xiwen nodded nervously and followed Elsiona to take the first step, and then felt that the soles of his feet didn't feel right.
"Ahh Elshiona snorted in pain. "You're taking too big a step!"
"I'm sorry, Elshiona." Shivin said apologetically as he let go of Elciona's slender waist and pulled his wand out of his pocket, using a cleansing charm to clean her little golden leather shoes.
"Don't worry about chanting the mantra, you'll be trampled on again soon." Elshiona glanced at him angrily and said, "Besides, just call me Al, it's not troublesome to call your full name every time!" ”
"Okay, Al." Xiwen nodded, but he didn't have much energy to pay attention to Elciona's slightly red cheeks, just focused on the music, for fear of stepping on the feet of his partner in front of him again.
Fortunately, his physical fitness and coordination have always been good, and his sense of rhythm is okay, and within a few minutes, after stepping on Al three or four times, he was finally able to roughly keep up with her rhythm, and he barely learned to dance.
At the end of a few cheerful tunes, Sivan sat down on a stool on high legs next to him, sweating profusely, and asked the house-elf for a glass of honey water. He felt that he would not be so tired from exercising so much in the morning every day!
Al sat down next to him with ease, sipping elegantly on a glass of lemon juice.
"It's not bad, I can't tell you're a beginner anymore!" She said happily.
"Mainly because the dance teacher taught me well." Xiwen said modestly, causing Elsiona to laugh even more happily.
The two of them sat here chatting and laughing, leisurely watching the group of club members spinning happily on the dance floor, which felt very comfortable.
Just then, an uninvited guest interrupted their cosy time.
"You were really invited by the professor at the first party, you really deserve to be a pure-blood nobleman." A teasing tone came from Xiwen's side.
Xiwen turned his head to look, only to see a witch in a long black velvet dress approaching.
Her long, silky silver-gray hair was draped behind her shoulders, one of which covered her ears and hung down in front of her fair collarbone, which complemented her black gown. Compared with a little girl like Elhiona, she has a slightly more mature beauty and delicate curves. The fly in the ointment was that the black-rimmed glasses she wore on her face were too ordinary, obscuring her soft face.
"Goshak?" Xiwen looked at the Ravenclaw prefect with some surprise.
"Why, only aristocratic families like you are allowed to join the Slug Club?" Miranda raised an eyebrow.
"That's not what I mean......" Xiwen touched his nose, thinking that according to the way Ravenclaw selected prefects, Miranda would definitely be the first in the grade. Such an excellent student, Professor Slughorn, did not let go.
However, Miranda's next sentence froze in place.
"Would you like to dance with me?"
The corners of Miranda's mouth furrowed.
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