"How ingenious." Dumbledore said admiringly. "But for a useless old man who wants to live a quiet life, isn't this kind of life too tiring, Horace? Think about it, if you were to return to the Hogwarts... "
"If you're trying to tell me that my life would be more peaceful in that hateful school, Albus, you might as well save your breath and stop talking! Yes, I'm hiding everywhere, but I don't want to be mistreated. Ever since the incident with Dolores Umrich came out, I've heard some bizarre rumors! If this is how you treat teachers now... "
"That was actually done by me. It had nothing to do with Professor Dumbledore," Elwyn said.
"Oh, you did it?" Slughorn asked. "You ordered the giant to do that to her?"
"It was my idea to hand her over to the giant. I thought the giant would teach her some basic manners and teach her how to respect others. You know, she's really too annoying and did a lot of outrageous things at the Hogwarts." Elwyn said, "But I didn't expect what happened next. It was absolutely beyond my expectations. I'm sorry for what happened to Professor Umrich."
"I was there at the time, and I know what happened. It's not Elwyn's fault." Hermione hurriedly followed. "She collaborated with the Death Eaters and used a truth-telling potion on Elwyn. In order to find evidence that Dumbledore overthrew the Ministry of Magic, she forced us to take her to the Forbidden Forest to find that weapon. She believed that Professor Dumbledore had hidden such a weapon in the Forbidden Forest, so we had to..."
"Hmph, what a silly woman. I've always hated her, ever since she was a student," Slughorn said.
"Yeah, the key thing is that she also knew Elaine's identity at the time. Elaine is our classmate, a vampire..."
"Hey, Hogwarts is recruiting vampires now?" Slughorn said with interest, throwing Umrich aside.
"Elaine is a special case. She is the descendant of Salazar Slytherin. The Hogwarts have no reason to reject her." Dumbledore said, "Identity will never be an obstacle to entering Hogwarts. On the contrary, we should take extra care of those children."
"That's your philosophy, Dumbledore. I neither agree nor disagree with it." "But there's a descendant of Slytherin. How wonderful, how wonderful. This is the first time I've heard that Slytherin has other descendants …"
"We've recruited a few promising students in the past few years." Dumbledore said, "Besides Miss Slytherin, there are also Elwyn, Harry, and Hermione in front of you. They …"
"I know!" Slughorn looked at the three of them and quickly looked away. "I read the Daily Prophet every day. For the past few months, they've been talking about these two boys, especially after the Egypt incident. They've been praising them to the heavens! Hmph, speaking of which, this old newspaper has been going downhill recently. They're about to be crushed by the Hogwarts Magic Newspaper, right? "
"It's not us that's crushing the Daily Prophet, it's them. The public has the right to know the truth," Elwyn replied.
"You're right." Slughorn nodded. He did not continue. There was another silence.
Just then, Dumbledore suddenly stood up.
"Are you leaving?" Slughorn asked expectantly.
"No, I just want to ask if I can use your bathroom," Dumbledore said.
"Oh." Slughorn was obviously disappointed. "Go down the hall, the second door on the left."
Dumbledore walked to the other end of the room. After the door closed behind him, the room became quiet.
After a while, Slughorn stood up, but he seemed to be undecided about what to do next.
He stole a glance at Elwyn and Harry, then strode to the fireplace, turned his back to the fire, and warmed his big butt.
"Don't think I don't know why he brought you three here," he said suddenly.
"The professor just wants you to see the motivation to go back to teaching." Elwyn thought for a moment and said. Harry and Hermione were still a little nervous about this strange old wizard and did not know what to say. They could only let him start the conversation.
"Sly boy, you're just like him. You're so sly!" Slughorn did not seem to want to talk to Elwyn.
He muttered something and did not even look at him.
Instead, he quickly glanced at Hermione, then turned his eyes to Harry's face.
His teary eyes glanced at Harry's scar, and this time he saw his whole face clearly.
"You look like your father," he said slowly.
"Yes, that's what others say," Harry said.
"But your eyes are different. Your eyes …"
"Like my mother, yes." Harry had heard this so many times that he felt a little sick of it.
"Hmph, yes, of course, as a teacher, I shouldn't be partial to my students, but I am partial to her. Your mother. " Slughorn saw Harry's questioning look and added, "Lily Evans, she's one of the smartest students I've ever taught. She's lively, lovely, talented, a charming girl. I often tell her that she should be in my college, but I often get a very rude answer from her. "
After a short silence, Harry looked at Elwyn. He did not know what to say when the other party mentioned his current situation.
Elwyn raised his head slightly, signaling Harry to answer.
It was obvious that Slughorn and Harry's mother had a good relationship, and he had a good impression of her.
"Well, Professor, which college were you in?"
"I was the dean of Slytherin," Slughorn said.
"Oh, come on!" He saw the expression on Harry's face and immediately shook a stubby finger at him. "Don't be hostile to me because of this. Childish thinking. I think you must be like her, a Gryffindor, right?"
"Yes, all three of us are Gryffindor," Harry said.
"Abus is too much. He actually brought three Gryffindor!" Slughorn said loudly.
"You just said that it's actually nothing," Elwyn interrupted.
"Yes, that's right," Slughorn said disapprovingly. Slughorn said disapprovingly, "What about the girl named Elaine? What college is she in?"
"She hasn't been assigned to a college yet. She was in Hogwarts as an exchange student last semester, so it's not suitable for her to be assigned to a college separately. Umrich has been investigating her at the time." Elwyn said, "But this semester, Elaine can be assigned to a college with the new students. I heard that a few vampires will also be enrolled. They are her kind, and also the descendants of Slytherin."
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