Hogwarts: I am Harry's Cousin

Chapter 454 449. Slughorn’s Slug Club

"Albus, thanks to this magical 'soul-calling potion', it's easy to identify wizards controlled by the Imperius Curse."

On the second day of the official opening of Hogwarts, Grindelwald (he will use his real name from now on) came to Dumbledore's office with excitement. With the help of the spiritualism potion, he found many "traitors" from the Ministry of Magic. .

"The Aurors are fine. Those Death Eaters don't seem willing to waste time on them."

"The main reason is that many employees in other offices have been under the Imperius Curse."

As soon as he got this potion, Grindelwald used it to carry out a large-scale purge at the Ministry of Magic. Naturally, he found a group of Ministry of Magic officials who had been controlled for unknown reasons.

This is still the case when most of the Death Eaters have gone to Transylvania. It is conceivable that if the Death Eaters still stay in England, they may only be able to find officials who have not been controlled among the controlled people.

Of course, it is unknown how many of these uncontrolled people are Death Eaters and how many are loyal to Voldemort.

However, Fudge did not rush to arrest them all and look for traces of the controllers. Instead, he monitored these people.

These are just small fish. Before catching the real big fish, Grindelwald is not going to act easily.

Dudley, the inventor of this magical potion, was sitting in a room with many little wizards.

A sign reading 'Slug Club' hangs outside the door to this room.

Yes, Slughorn invited many young wizards here who he thought were excellent or who had excellent talents in their families.

It is said that it is a dinner banquet, but it is actually to understand the situation of each little wizard through dialogue. This kind of banquet is not just this time, he will invite (expell) qualified (unqualified) little wizards every once in a while .

Slughorn actually wanted to hold this party on the first day of school, but he and Dudley spent so long making potions in the past few days that he almost fell asleep that whole day and almost fell asleep. The classic sorting ceremony was missed.

Dudley, Harry, Neville, and Draco were all on the invitation list, as well as several students from other houses of the same age and from good families.

"Oh, let me take a good look at who this is? Mr. Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived and the savior of the wizarding world. Nice to meet you before your first lesson."

When Slughorn saw Harry for the first time, he spoke in a very exaggerated tone. He received Harry warmly and showed great interest in Harry.

"Me too, Professor Slughorn." Harry was a little uncomfortable with the other person's enthusiasm.

Showing courtesy for nothing is either adultery or theft.

Harry always kept in mind what Dudley told him.

In fact, Slughorn was also secretly surprised at Harry and the others' tall bodies. Why were the outstanding little wizards at Hogwarts so tall? Or is this some new trend that he doesn't know about?

"I hope to see your active performance in Potions class tomorrow." Slughorn looked at Harry and said with deep meaning.

Slughorn still remembers what Dumbledore told him before, that all members of the fifth grade (now sixth grade) are elites, so he is going to verify it tomorrow.

Slughorn is currently taking Snape's place as the Potions professor, while Snape, the former Potions professor, has gotten the coveted position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

"Then we may need to look at tomorrow's pharmaceutical topic."

Harry didn't know why, but he still said it honestly. After all, he was very partial to science, and what he was best at was making poison.

After chatting with Harry for a few words, Slughorn turned his target to Draco. Malfoy's name was a very famous one in the entire wizarding world, so Slughorn would naturally not take him down. The only son of the Malfoy family.

After a brief conversation, Slughorn was also sure that Draco was a wizard with great talent for potions, so he became a little more enthusiastic.

Then there is Neville, who was invited because of his grandmother, Mrs. Longbottom.

This is a very famous witch, and Slughorn wants to confirm whether he has inherited his grandmother's talent.

The answer surprised him. There was no doubt that Neville was also a very talented wizard.

In addition to being a little bit bulky, it's very huge.

Dudley, Harry, and Neville sat in a row, more like they were competing in a fitness competition than wizards.

Then, he found a few young wizards who he thought had prominent families or outstanding abilities, and inquired about each other's information.

Without exception, the performance of these little wizards is very good, whether it is magic spells or anything else, they are far beyond the standards of their peers.

Slughorn was secretly proud of himself. After all these years, his eyes were still as sharp as ever, and he could spot the best talent among the students at just one glance.

But there was one thing that puzzled him, that is, whether it was Slytherin, Ravenclaw or even Gryffindor, their attitude towards Dudley was extremely respectful. I don't know if it was his own illusion, but they seemed to be more respectful to him as a professor. Be more respectful.

Could it be that Mr. Dursley's excellence impressed them?

After all, not everyone can be appointed to the Wizengamot without graduating, and being nominated as Chief Wizard, not even 'that person' from decades ago can do it.

Overall, Slughorn was very satisfied with the party.

After seeing off these little wizards, Slughorn put on his very distinctive purple-red robes, sat on his soft recliner with layers of thick cushions, and drank beautifully. Had a glass of whiskey.

It can be seen that he is in a very good mood today.

This is indeed the case. There is nothing more interesting than being able to meet more talents. He has been doing this for decades in his teaching career and never tires of it, so he plans to continue to dig deeper into Hogwarts. Undiscovered talents, his intuition told him that there were definitely more than a few in this school.

‘This year’s sixth grade students are definitely the most talented in Hogwarts’ history in the past century’

For some reason, Dumbledore's words suddenly appeared in Slughorn's mind.

He smiled and shook his head. Albus was exaggerating. How could such a thing be possible?

After resting on the rocking chair for a while, he drank the whiskey in his hand, put on a slightly exaggerated nightcap, and lay down in the warm quilt.

After a while, there was a sound of moderate snoring.

He had been hiding so much this year, and Slughorn hadn't slept so comfortably for a long time.