Hogwarts from another world

Elaine Shafiq is the new member of the slug club?

Matthew frowned in disbelief. To be honest, this is a bit outrageous!

Although the name of the Slug Club is a bit unpleasant, its entry threshold is actually very high. At least not just any cat or dog can join.

You must know that at this time last year, among the first-year students at that time, the only ones invited by Slughorn were Draco Malfoy and Neville Longbottom, two children from very good families.

Those who want to join the Slug Club must be the children of famous and successful people, or the children of families with good interpersonal relationships in the magical world...or they must be students with very good talents.

For first-year students, the latter point is naturally unreliable. And although Matthew has not had too many in-depth exchanges with Miss Shafik, a student who can easily forget the password to the common room is so talented that he was selected by Slughorn as soon as the semester started. It's a little too outrageous.

As for the previous point, if it were two months ago, Mr. Shafiq, who was the manager of Flourish and Blott Bookstore, might still be considered a successful person... But now, he is eating in Azkaban because of the "smuggling" incident. In prison... No matter how he thought about it, Matthew couldn't imagine the reason why Slughorn liked Elaine Shafik...

unless--

Matthew glanced at the Potions teacher, his dean, with some suspicion.

……

The applause rang out again, but this time it was obviously a little sparse.

After all, the name Hermione Granger is somewhat famous in Hogwarts, while Elaine Shafiq is just an unknown freshman.

Behind Slughorn, Elaine glanced timidly at the crowd in front of her.

"Sit somewhere on that table, Miss Shafiq!" Slughorn said with great enthusiasm.

Elaine's eyes swept across, and soon she found a familiar face——

"Mr. Wakefield!"

She trotted over and sat on the other side of Matthew, in the opposite direction from Neville and Hermione.

"Matthew, are you familiar with Miss Shafik?" Hermione glanced at the two of them suspiciously.

"Not very familiar, but at least from the same college." Matthew answered briefly.

Then, his face turned to Miss Elaine Shafik: "Congratulations, Miss Shafik."

"Thank you...Actually...I didn't expect..." the little girl said incoherently: "I heard from Miss Farley that our dean is very picky...but I didn't expect that he suddenly attacked me yesterday afternoon. Invitation... He told me that my father was his favorite student when he was studying..."

It must be said that Miss Shafiq was very excited and she even looked like she couldn't believe what was happening in front of her.

Matthew soon began to talk to her eagerly.

The two soon started chatting enthusiastically.

Matthew is not stupid. He must seize this once-in-a-lifetime moment when he can have a good relationship with Miss Shafiq.

……

The dinner started soon.

Many shining golden plates appeared in front of everyone, but there was no food in them, just a small menu placed next to them.

Matthew enthusiastically taught Miss Shafik how to order from this menu...just like how Neville taught him almost a year ago.

However, Miss Granger on the other side looked a little unhappy.

Even the joy of joining the Slug Club was somewhat tempered.

"Humph, it's just because of my father that I can join in..." Hermione looked at Elaine Shafiq with some contempt and said angrily.

"Um...Hermione..." Neville on the other side said in a low voice with some embarrassment: "I...I also...can join this club only because of my parents..."

"Sorry, I didn't mean it to you, Neville!" Hermione glanced at Matthew again.

When she saw the smile on Matthew's face, she seemed a little impatient.

All in all, the entire banquet was not as enjoyable as expected.

Although the food here is much more sophisticated than the dinner in the auditorium; after all, Professor Slughorn is very particular about eating and drinking.

Most of Slughorn's energy is still focused on the table of senior students.

However, he said that the junior class had come to the table several times, and even made a special toast to the two new members, Granger and Shafiq.

He showed great enthusiasm.

Hermione drank half a glass of mead and her cheeks suddenly turned red.

At this moment, Matthew suddenly patted her shoulder gently: "Hermione! Hermione!"

"What's the matter?" Her reaction became slightly hostile.

Matthew seemed to have remembered something, and asked very seriously: "By the way, your pet, Crookshanks...has it done anything unusual recently?"

Under the influence of alcohol, Hermione's mood became even more unpleasant... Almost half an hour into the banquet, Matthew, who was sitting next to her, took the initiative to talk to her for the first time... As a result, he actually asked her Cat thing?

"No, and it's none of your business!" she said angrily.

Unfortunately, because the sound at the banquet was too loud, Matthew was a little distracted and did not hear the emotion in her voice.

"Before I came to Professor Slughorn's office, I met a cat at the stairwell of the second floor. It looked a lot like Crookshanks..." Matthew continued, "So, I suggest you Better take care of it..."

"I will take care of my pets, Mr. Wakefield!" Hermione said coldly, "You don't need to worry about it!"

"Yeah!" Matthew nodded.

Then, he turned around and looked at Miss Shafiq.

"Elaine," he said very kindly: "I suggest you try this lamb chop, it tastes great..."

Hermione angrily picked up the goblet and drank the mead in it.

Neville, who was next to him, stared at this astonishing scene with his eyes wide open.

……

The dinner lasted almost two hours.

Everyone had enough to eat and drink, although some people ate food while others were full of fire.

Everyone left one after another, and Miss Hermione Granger was the fastest one. She was eager to leave this ghost place as soon as possible!

Just as Matthew was about to return to the Slytherin common room with Miss Elaine Shafik——

"Matthew, wait!" Professor Horace Slughorn suddenly called him.

"What's wrong, Professor?" Matthew raised his head in confusion.

"There is something I want to talk to you about!" Slughorn said with some deep meaning.

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