"yes, of course, I dare say he must be busy. Slughorn looked at Belby inquiringly and said, "I think he must have worked a lot to invent the wolf poison potion, right?"

"I think so......" Belby said, as if he didn't dare eat any more quail until she was sure Slughorn had finished interrogating him, "hmm...... yes, he doesn't have a very good relationship with my dad, so I don't actually know much about ......"

Her voice lowered as Slughorn sneered at her and turned to Pandora Fudge.

"Pandora, has your grandfather been busy with work lately, and it looks like the Ministry of Magic has a lot of things going on. ”

"Busy, I go out early and return late every day, and I have two or three Aurors with me, and it looks like I will be attacked at any time. Pandora said uneasily, "But I'm sure the Ministry of Magic will defeat the Death Eaters." ”

Slughorn smiled and nodded, looking to the other side.

"What about you, Cowmike," said Slughorn, "I happen to know that you have seen your uncle Tiberus often, for he has a picture of you both there...... Let me think about it, a wonderful picture of a giant tailed hunt in Norfolk, isn't it?"

"Oh, yes, that's fun," McLagan said, "and we're with Betty Higgins and Rufus Scrimgeour - before he was Director of the Law Enforcement of Magic, of course—"

"Ah, you still know Betty and Rufus?" Slughorn smiled and picked up a small plate of pies to distribute to everyone, somehow missing Belby, "Then tell me about ......"

Obviously, everyone here seems to have been invited because of their affinity with some influential figure - except Ginny. The one who was interrogated after McLagan was Shabini, whose mother was a beautiful witch with a great name (Lockhart also knew her, who had been married seven times, and each of her husbands had died strangely and left her a large inheritance, so Lockhart did not dare to get in touch with them).

"Now," Slughorn said, moving his seat like a host to a big star, "Harry Potter!

He looked at Harry contemplatively, as if he were a fat, juicy quail, and then he said, "'Savior Star', they call you that now!"

Lockhart looked at Harry happily, glad that he seemed to have been skipped because of his status as a professor, and Harry looked at Lockhart as if to express his frustration. Everyone was staring at him.

"Of course," Slughorn said, looking closely at Harry, "there have been rumors for years...... I remember back then- yes...... After that terrible night--Lily--James--you survived--some people say you must have supernatural powers-"

Sabini coughed softly, apparently to show that he was skeptical and ridiculous. An angry voice suddenly came from behind Slughorn.

"Yes, Sabini, because you're so talented...... In terms of posturing......"

"Oh my God!" Slughorn smiled softly and reassuringly, turning his head to look at Ginny, who was glaring at Shabini through Slughorn's belly, "You need to be careful, Blais! I passed by the young lady's carriage and saw her cast a wonderful bat spirit spell! I dare not mess with her, and besides, she is said to be the Savior's girlfriend!"

Sabini just looked contemptuous.

"Anyway," Slughorn said as he turned back to Harry, "this summer has been full of rumors. Of course, no one knows what to believe, and everyone knows that the Daily Prophet often publishes false information - but with so many witnesses, it seems that there should be no more doubt that there is indeed a battle at the Ministry of Magic, and you are at the height of the battle!"

"The fiercest battle, and the one that confronts the mystery man!" added Ginny.

"That's right, judging by the pictures in the newspapers, the halls of the Ministry of Magic look like they were ploughed by German Muggle bombers from World War II!" Slughorn lamented, "I'll be going to see my students at the Ministry of Magic in a few weeks, and there are still traces of the battle!

"Uh...... Actually, the traces of the battle over there were all left by the Aurors and Voldemort, and I only exchanged two tricks with him...... If it weren't for Professor Lockhart......"

"Two tricks with the Mystery!" Slughorn immediately exclaimed loudly, "Professor Lockhart...... Gildero, were you there at the time?"

"No, I guess Harry was referring to him surviving the battle using what I was teaching in class," Lockhart didn't dare take the credit in front of so many Slytherin students, "I often teach students some fighting techniques, and Harry learned them well!"

"Ah, Harry is a gifted child......" Professor Slughorn looked at Harry with satisfaction, then turned to Lockhart, "Gildero, as the 'man best at dealing with the dark arts', I think you must have more stories than the children combined, can you tell us about it?" ”

Still inevitably killed, Lockhart reluctantly spoke: "Of course ......"

"I'm curious about what it's like to be under the Death Curse, Gildero?" Slughorn looked at Lockhart with interest, "Harry was too, but he was too young to remember." ”

"Uh...... It's like an out-of-body experience...... I can see my body from above, there is a force that wants to tear me out of this world......" Actually, Lockhart was in a coma at the time, but he didn't mind using his imagination, and he didn't believe that anyone in the room had the same experience as him: "Then I told myself that I can't die yet, my parents are still waiting for me to come home, the children are still waiting for me to go to class, and there are so many dark wizards in the world waiting for me to finish...... I tried my best to get closer to try to get into my body, and finally, after months of trying, I was back in my body. ”

"Oh my God......" many of the people present looked at him with a look that made Lockhart look like a god. Ginny suddenly stood up, ran over and threw herself into Lockhart's arms, then hugged him and cried out, "I'm sorry, Professor, it's all my fault, if ......"

Untying Ginny's little arm around his neck, Lockhart explained to the stunned crowd, "I was attacked when little Ginny was controlled with a Imperius curse. ”

As Ginny's boyfriend and Lockhart's girlfriend, Harry and Pandora didn't have a big deal, but Shabini snorted disdainfully: "A pure-blooded traitor dares to attack Professor Lockhart, can he be held accountable for something." ”

"Alright, Sabini, don't say it. Lockhart stopped, anyway, it's all over, and it's useless to say more.

"Gildelow is such a good man!" concluded Slughorn, "so responsible to everyone, to everything! ”

"That's right, I'll marry Professor Lockhart as soon as I graduate!" Pandora declared embarrassed, but proud.

"Ahaha, I'll be there then!" Slughorn laughed happily, "Gildero, I heard you've gone to China to spend your honeymoon? ”