Chapter 450 Dinner

"Mike, you are a famous person. I often hear about you when I am retired at home. I have to say that you are really an amazing young man!"

As soon as Mike and Emma sat down, Professor Slughorn spoke to Mike enthusiastically.

However, Mike only responded politely. He knew very well that such people only care about interests and are not worth deep friendship.

Seeing this, Professor Slughorn was not angry. He turned around and started to communicate with Emma.

He first praised Emma from head to toe, and then tentatively inquired about Emma's family, showing great enthusiasm.

But after he knew that Emma's family had a very bad business recently due to the return of Voldemort and was almost bankrupt, his attitude took a sharp turn and became indifferent.

At this time, other people also arrived one after another, so Professor Slughorn's attention naturally shifted to others and began to get information from them.

Emma was very dissatisfied with this behavior. She pouted her lips and approached Mike and whispered:

"This guy is really a snob. No wonder my parents don't like him!"

"No need to worry about it." Mike smiled and shook his head. "This kind of person is just a clown."

Emma nodded vigorously after hearing this, and then began to introduce the identities of the people who came later to Mike.

"Look, the black-haired boy is called Belby Marcos. There is nothing good about him, but his uncle invented the wolf poison potion and won the Merlin Medal for it!

And the man who looks effeminate, his name is Shabini, his mother is the famous Black Widow! She has been married seven times, but each husband died in a very strange way, leaving her only a huge inheritance! We all say that it was Shabini's mother who designed to kill those poor people. She is a complete bitch! We don't want to play with him. And..."

Mike felt a little speechless. He found that Emma was just like an omniscient intelligence specialist, who could tell anyone's family situation.

But soon, Emma couldn't continue.

Because when everyone found out that Mike was here, everyone except the black guy from Slytherin gathered around Mike and started talking and laughing with him.

This made Professor Slughorn a little bit unbelievable, because from the information he learned, Mike was just a Muggle-born wizard.

Although Mike won the Triwizard Cup and the Order of Merlin, so what? Mike won the Triwizard

Cup with Harry, and Slughorn strongly suspected that he got it by taking advantage of Harry. As for the Order of Merlin, it was obtained by protecting a car of classmates from the attack of Dementors. Slughorn

felt that this was ridiculous, and even began to think that the standard of the Ministry of Magic to award the Order of Merlin was so low that there was no bottom line.

You have to know that the Dementors were still slaves of the Ministry of Magic at that time. Even if they had ten thousand courage, they would not dare to blatantly attack the students on the Hogwarts Express.

In summary, in Slughorn's eyes, Mike was just a lucky kid with some strength and talent, so he didn't pay too much attention to Mike.

But now Professor Slughorn suddenly felt that his judgment of Mike was a bit too hasty.

Looking at the respectful way those people invited by him treated Mike, Slughorn could hardly imagine that this was the treatment that a mediocre person could get.

Slughorn nodded secretly, and slightly improved Mike's status in his heart.

At this moment, the door of the carriage was opened again.

Ginny walked in timidly.

Seeing that the person coming was not Harry, Slughorn's face flashed with disappointment, and he greeted her with a smile and arranged Ginny in a seat in the corner.

Her arrival also attracted the attention of others, and her conspicuous hair immediately betrayed her identity-Weasley.

Many people in the carriage frowned immediately. No matter from which angle, the Weasley family had no right to stay here with them. They really couldn't understand why Professor Slughorn let this little girl in.

The malicious eyes of the crowd made Ginny very uneasy. She looked aggrieved and kept squeezing into the corner, as if she wanted to squeeze herself into the wall and hide.

Seeing this, Mike got up quickly and sat next to Ginny.

"Hey, Ginny, we meet again."

Ginny was originally startled by the person who suddenly sat next to her, but after hearing the familiar voice, the smile on her face bloomed again.

"Mike! It's great that you are here too!"

Ginny said happily, and then whispered in Mike's ear:

"The people here are so strange, they are all looking at me. Is there something wrong with me?"

"No, you are fine, the ones with problems are them."

Mike answered firmly.

Mike's answer gave Ginny courage, and she nodded heavily after hearing the words.

When everyone saw that Mike had left them and sat next to Ginny, their faces were a little confused.

They couldn't understand why someone like Mike would be involved with the Weasley family's youngest daughter.

And Mike didn't deliberately lower his voice when talking to Ginny, so many people heard Mike say that they had problems.

Now many people had expressions of shame and embarrassment on their faces.

But this also explained why Mike accompanied Ginny, that is, he couldn't bear to see a little girl alone in such an embarrassing situation.

After figuring it out, everyone looked at Mike with more admiration, especially Emma, ​​whose red eyes were about to pop out.

Mike is such a powerful man, but he still has a heart of gold!

This is exactly the same as the protagonist in the knight novel!

On the other side, perhaps because of the tension, Ginny continued to talk to Mike:

"...It's really strange. I was practicing the Bat Charm in the carriage when Professor Sgraughorn suddenly came in. He said that I used the Bat Charm very well and invited me to have lunch with him. By the way, do you know the Bat Charm? It's a spell passed down from our family. It can..."

Listening to Ginny's chattering, the smile on Mike's face never disappeared.

In his previous life, when he read the original book, he still hated Ginny. After all, the actress who played her was not really pretty.

But now Mike has changed his mind. Ginny is really cute, and people can't help but want to take care of her.

Time passed little by little, and the guest that Sgraughorn cared about most today finally came.

"Harry! You are finally here! Oh! I think this is Mr. Longbottom?"

Sgraughorn greeted Harry and Neville enthusiastically, but Harry and Neville's expressions were very embarrassed, and they were led away by Sgraughorn like robots.

After Harry arrived, the originally harmonious and lively atmosphere in the carriage became deserted. Everyone stopped talking and looked at Harry with indifference.

Slughorn obviously didn't realize the situation in the carriage. He took Harry's hand and introduced the people in the carriage and their family backgrounds one by one.

After introducing them one by one, Slughorn took Harry's hand again and introduced him with a smile:

"I don't think I need to introduce this person any more, right? This is a heavyweight star. We have known each other during the summer vacation. The famous 'savior'! Harry Potter!"

Professor Slughorn took the lead in applauding after he finished speaking. He thought that since he had invited such a famous person, everyone should follow him and applaud and welcome him.

However, the reality was that no matter how Slughorn encouraged, no one except Ginny and Neville welcomed Mike.

Everyone just looked at Professor Slughorn and Harry quietly with a mocking look on their faces.

Some people even laughed strangely with strong sarcasm, making Harry blush.

At this time, the scene in the C carriage became somewhat similar to the previous prefect's carriage.

The people on the scene were roughly divided into three groups. Most of them gathered around Mike and looked at Harry with hostility, while Ginny, Neville and others gathered around Harry. As for the Slytherins, they hid in the corner and watched coldly.

At this time, Slughorn also found something unusual. His eyes rolled around and he immediately understood.

His previous estimate of the situation in Hogwarts was wrong.

Harry Potter's reputation in Hogwarts was obviously not as high as that kid named Mike! And there was a high probability that the two of them were still in a hostile relationship!

Professor Slughorn had been in seclusion for too long that he didn't understand what the problem was here, but it didn't matter. His strategy was to make friends with both sides. He didn't care whether Mike and Harry had any conflicts!

Thinking of this, Slughorn coughed and continued:

"Well, it's really pleasant. Everyone, please sit down. Our lunch is about to start."

Slughorn arranged for Harry to sit next to him, then took out a lunch box from his basket and distributed the napkins inside to everyone.

"I'm sorry, gentlemen and ladies. The food on the dining car always has a strong taste of licorice wand. I, a poor, old guy, really can't digest these things." Slughorn said while directing the wand to open the lunch box, "So I brought the food for this dinner myself. Of course, if any of you are willing to share your own lunch, you can also take it out. Let's treat this as a very interesting picnic, and everyone will share the food they brought."

The food that Professor Slughorn brought this time was very exquisite, but perhaps he arranged the scale of these foods according to his own appetite, which was a little bit insufficient for Mike and other young boys who were still in the growth period. After

this, everyone looked at each other with a little surprise.

To be honest, people who bring lunch on the train are either from poor families who can't even afford lunch on the train, or from wealthy families who dislike the taste of lunch on the train.

There are very few people who belong to these two categories, so everyone is a little dissatisfied when they hear this.

They don't quite understand why Slughorn invited them over but didn't prepare enough food. Does he want them to starve?

But Ginny's eyes lit up when she heard this, but soon dimmed. Out of past habits and love for her children, even though the family is no longer short of money, Mrs. Weasley still brought some sandwiches for Ginny and Ron.

But, are those shabby sandwiches really presentable?

Ginny fell into deep entanglement.

After a moment of entanglement, Ginny gritted her teeth and took out the large sandwich wrapped in oil paper from her schoolbag and placed it on the table.

"This is what my mother made. If...if you don't mind, please have it."

Ginny's voice was so soft that no one could hear it. It was obvious that the girl was very nervous, as if she was afraid that everyone would dislike the food she brought.

However, the situation she was afraid of did not happen. Everyone had clearly seen how Mike treated Ginny before, so at this time, no one, including Slytherin, mocked Ginny for taking out the shabby sandwich. Of course, they would not touch the sandwich. After all, it didn't look very delicious.

Ginny looked a little disappointed. She could see that these people didn't like her sandwich very much.

She instinctively wanted to take the sandwich back, but Neville, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, snatched the sandwich and stuffed it into his mouth, while mumbling words like "It's delicious, thank you".

Seeing this, many people, including Slughorn, showed contempt. In their opinion, the only heir of the Longbottom family might not be very smart.

Only Ginny was looking at Neville with surprise.

All of this was seen by Mike. He chuckled, and then snapped his fingers in front of everyone's surprised eyes, calling Shuke and Beta, asking them to prepare some food.

Slughorn's eyes almost popped out. He never thought that a Muggle-born wizard like Mike would actually own house-elves, a precious animal that almost only exists in the hands of ancient families!

"Mike, these two house-elves...are they yours?"

"Yes."

"Really? That's really enviable. I've always wanted to have a house-elf, but it's too precious." Slughorn pretended to be envious and said, "Can you tell me where you got them from?" "Of

course. Shuke and Beta were given to me by the predecessors of Raven Scratches." Mike said with a smile, "These two house-elves have special meaning to me, so they cannot be transferred to you. But I have two other house-elves, and I can give you one if you want. It's just that they all have a history of betraying their masters, so I don't keep them with me at the moment, but put them in the company to do some rough work."